Students must exercise constant watchfulness over their feelings and reactions. They must keep out selfishness, envy, anger, greed and other such evil tendencies from entering their minds. These are nets which entrap the person. These vices overwhelm and subdue the holiness of man, so that it cannot influence him any longer. The person will forget himself and behave like another worse individual, an individual caught in frenzy. He will blabber as his tongue dictates, without regard to the effect - good or evil. He will engage his hands in work that the hands favour.

Envy does not stop with this string of mischief. It makes us revel in scandalising others. This evil is widespread among the youth. It comes naturally to them for it is a sign of ignorance. To get rid of this habit, one must devote some time, early in the day and before retiring for sleep, in exploring the mind and examining faults that have secured foothold therein. One must pray to God to save him from this tendency. When once we have won the Grace of God, we can rest assured that such absurdities will not deform our character. The discriminating student can be recognised by the good company he keeps, the good works he delights in and the good words he utters.

This is the reason why I am emphasising on many occasions, "Eyes that seek evil, ears that relish evil, tongue that craves evil, nose that enjoys the foul and hands that delight in evil - these must be totally avoided." Whoever has any of these must be avoided. Or else one's future is bound to be disastrous. The wrongs of the five Indriyas (senses) will result in the destruction of the five Pranas (vital energies) and the killing of the five Kosas (sheaths). Of course, the sense yields momentary pleasure and joy but, as the saying goes, 'senility lies in wait.' Sensual pleasures bring about great grief quite soon.