All Non-Virtuous Actions - Jeffrey Hopkins

All non-virtuous actions involve a misjudgement about the cause and effect of actions

Non-virtuous actions are paths leading to the lower realms of "samsara" (hell-beings, hungry ghosts, animals), i.e. to more confusion and suffering. In principle, there are countless non-virtuous actions, but they are classified insofar as the cause is physical, verbal or mental.

The ten virtuous actions represent the abandonment of the ten non-virtuous actions.
The ten virtuous actions (categorized according to their associated doors) are as follows:

Bodily Actions
(1) The Abandonment of Killing
(2) The Abandonment of Stealing
(3) The Abandonment of Sexual Misconduct

Verbal Actions
(4) The Abandonment of Lying
(5) The Abandonment of Divisive Speech
(6) The Abandonment of Abusive Speech
(7) The Abandonment of Idle Speech

Mental Actions
(8) The Abandonment of Covetousness
(9) The Abandonment of Harmful Intent
(10) The Abandonment of Wrong Views

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Education

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• Actions
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• Ethics
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• Behavior