Franklin Merrell-Wolff stresses the importance of the action of the will, in addition to knowledge and love, in following the yogic path. He points out that although this aspect has not been usually emphasized in his work, it is an essential factor in the sadhana that helps to keep one from getting overloaded with scholarship and hung up with the process of ideation. Wolff goes on to assert that it is of prime importance to regard the sadhaka as a responsible, moral agent. He maintains that nothing is more important than the moral factor in the yoga and that the use of tantric practices is not of central importance. He insists that the power of the will is crucial in making the nirvanic breakthrough and that the sadhaka should not be soft and self-indulgent, but, rather, that it is his obligation to exercise will power on the yogic path.