The Great Chariot

by Longchenpa | 268,580 words

A Commentary on Great Perfection: The Nature of Mind, Easer of Weariness In Sanskrit the title is ‘Mahāsandhi-cittā-visranta-vṛtti-mahāratha-nāma’. In Tibetan ‘rDzogs pa chen po sems nyid ngal gso’i shing rta chen po shes bya ba ’...

Part 1b.3b.i - The four divisions: The ripening of the fruition

First, as for the ripening of the fruition of non-virtue:

The lesser fruition of the ten actions is birth among beasts.
The middle with hungry ghosts, and the great to suffer in Hell.

The Objects of Mindfulness says:

Of these ripenings, the lesser is to be born as an animal.
The intermediate is to be born as a hungry ghost.
The great is to be born among Hell beings.

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