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Gampopa (Dvagpo-Lharje)
XIX. The Ten Things Wherein One Doeth Good To Oneself
(1) One doeth good to oneself by abandoning worldly conventions and devoting oneself to the Holy Dharma.
(2) One doeth good to oneself by departing from home and kindred and attaching oneself to a guru of saintly character.
(3) One doeth good to oneself by relinquishing worldly activities and devoting oneself to the three religious activities, - hearing, reflecting, and meditating [upon the chosen teachings].
(4) One doeth good to oneself by giving up social intercourse and dwelling alone in solitude.
(5) One doeth good to oneself by renouncing desire for luxury and ease and enduring hardship.
(6) One doeth good to oneself by being contented with simple things and free from craving for worldly possessions.
(7) One doeth good to oneself by making and firmly adhering to the resolution not to take advantage of others.
(8) One doeth good to oneself by attaining freedom from hankering after the transitory pleasures of this life and devoting oneself to the realization of the eternal bliss of Nirvāṇa.
(9) One doeth good to oneself by abandoning attachment to visible material things [which are transitory and unreal] and attaining knowledge of Reality.
(10) One doeth good to oneself by preventing the three doors of knowledge [the body, the speech, and the mind] from remaining spiritually undisciplined and by acquiring, through right use of them, the Twofold Merit.
These are The Ten Things Wherein One Doeth Good To Oneself.
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