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| Alphabetical [« »] acted 1 acting 3 action 20 actions 21 active 3 actively 1 activites 1 | Frequency [« »] 22 dukkha 22 perhaps 22 person 21 actions 21 detached 21 form 21 him | VV.AA. (R. Bogoda, Susan Elbaum Jootla, & M.O'C. Walshe) The Buddhist Layman IntraText - Concordances actions |
Essay
1 1| good or bad. We know that actions consciously performed again 2 1| are merely the results of actions done repeatedly in innumerable 3 1| own kamma, of one's past actions and thoughts. It is just, 4 1| and unskilful (akusala) actions. The former are rooted in 5 1| in one's life. The good actions are Generosity, Morality, 6 1| Rejoicing in others' good actions, Hearing the Doctrine, Expounding 7 1| one's views. The unskilled actions are rooted in greed, hate 8 1| avoided. There are ten such actions - killing, stealing, sexual 9 1| views. This division of actions is a natural outcome of 10 1| evolved according to one's own actions. Beings are not only owners 11 1| kamma but also their heirs. Actions fashion not only one's fortune, 12 1| to be mindful of one's actions, because of the inevitability 13 1| the moral quality of one's actions. As a tree is judged by 14 1| nature, as shown by his actions, and the development of 15 1| carefully choose in one's actions and strive to maintain a 16 1| mind that dominates man's actions. It is mind that makes one 17 1| character, as shown by our actions. As for the rest, nothing 18 1| preserving ours? Our past actions of depriving others may 19 2| honest in our speech and actions, our employers will certainly 20 2| unwholesome reaction that such actions lead only to dukkha, and 21 3| we can control our future actions, and thus their future effects. ~