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to hear that she would be the nimitta {incidental cause} in
his upliftment.

The Day Begins When You Awaken
It is never beneficial to delay actions or activities connected
with dharma. They should be accomplished at once. And
never be delayed because :

1. We do not know how much time we have in our hands.

2. We have a lot of work to do. We have collected misdeeds
and false beliefs over endless past lives. We need to free
ourselves from all of them.
3. When we were living in ignorance, deep in the slumber
of nescience, we remained immersed in sinfulness and
inauspicious karmas. But now, after knowing, can we
remain immersed in the same quicksand of sinfulness and
wanton behaviour? We have to get down to the brass
tacks and commence sincere and focused efforts to attain
enlightenment.
4. One who does not procrastinate and immediately begins
focusing on good thoughts, good words and good deeds
will find that he progresses rapidly. One who delays and
does things half-heartedly, may find that his progress is
slow and painful. It is good that he chooses to walk on the
path of dharma. But he will not make the rapid progress
that the enthusiastic and hardworking seeker will be able
to make.
5. One should not delay walking on the path of dharma,
because he is effectively delaying his own attainment of
happiness. Hence, it is folly to delay walking on the path
of dharma.

6. The only appropriate usage of the precious opportunity
of human birth and the powers of mind, speech and body

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