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.3c - The final summary of these topics

As for the concluding summary:

In short, these ten actions by their nature are unwholesome.
They are like poison. Anyone who ever performs them,
Heavy, light, or between, will make great suffering.
Therefore we should try to avoid them like enemies.

The instructions to the noble one Gyebu Nor (gyad bu nor) in the vinaya scriptures say:

The bad is like poison, because even a little produces great suffering. It is like a wild man,
because it destroys the whole assembly of the good.

According to that, it should be abandoned, and we should try to do what is good.

The Precious Garland says:

That which is bad in body, speech, and mind
Should entirely be eliminated.
What is good should always be pursued.
By that the above two dharmas are explained.

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