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From the Buddha,
The Dhammapada ( 20.8 - 20.11 )
One who is indolent when it is time for effort—
who, though young and strong,
is lazy, weak-willed, and lacking in determination—
will never find the Way.
Guard your speech. Observe your mind.
Do no harm with your body.
Practice these three
and you walk the path of the masters.
Clarity increases through spiritual practice.
Clarity weakens with lack of practice.
Knowing this two-way path of gain and loss,
walk in the direction of clarity.
Cut down the jungle of desire, not just a tree.
From the jungle of desire comes fear.
Cut down the jungle of desire, you practitioners,
and cut out the underbrush of lust.
Be free of the jungle.
"One cannot become absorbed in meditation without clarity.
One cannot realize clarity without meditation.
One who meditates in clarity realizes Nirvana" (25.13)
