The Root Stanzas of the Middle Way by Nagarjuna

Author:Nagarjuna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Shambhala

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An Examination of Action

Restraining oneself perfectly

And doing good to others with a loving mind:

All these are virtue—seeds that bear their fruit

In this and other lives.

2

The Supreme Sage has said that actions

Are intentions and the deeds intended.

Specific cases of these acts have been explained

In all their many aspects.

3

Deeds referred to as intentions

Are the movements of the intellect.

Deeds intended by the mind

Are acts of body and of speech.

4

Speech and motions of the body,

Imperceptible nonvows

And vows, which also cannot be perceived,

And “other acts” asserted in like terms,12

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