Don?t be reckless about your age

We are already old. don't think that you are still young. Reflect on aging. If you get carried away with thinking that you are still young and do things that you are not supposed to do, you may misstep into an unhappy realm. Try to accumulate more transcendental merit than worldly merit. It is the transcendental merit that releases you from defilements.

February 16, 1975
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Note: Defilements (kilesa), mental impurities consisting of greed, anger and delusion; hindrances or poisons that cause beings to perform intentional deeds (kamma) and suffer rebirth.