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[...] This teaching will explain how to perfectly accomplish virtuous or wholesome activity. Nagarjuna said:
Happiness and birth in the higher realms are the result of virtuous activity. Unhappiness and birth in the lower realms are the result of unvirtuous activity.
Neither happiness nor positive qualities will arise if you engage in unvirtuous activity. However, positive qualities such as peace, happiness, bliss, and loving-kindness will arise sooner or later from the practice of virtue. While you are engaged in negative actions, some happiness or delight may exist, but the fruition of that negative activity will definetely not involve anything delightful or pleasant. A poisonous substance might have a pleasant, sweet taste, but once it gets into the system of the body, the result is suffering and great unpleasantness. In a similar way, the practice of virtuous activity might seem unpleasant at the time, but it is like a bitter tasting medicine which cures illness. [...] excerpt from page 1
Embracing What is Genuine, Ven. Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, spiral bound, 8.5 x 11 inches, 27 pages, $6.00
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