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Your body has been worn down by your hard life.
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That karmic path is inherently hostile. |
| You have been following the karma |
You must abandon it and practice the karma |
| Of six-fold perversity: |
Of six-fold perfection: |
| Digging the earth as generosity; |
Devotion to the guru as generosity; |
| Nonviolence as moral conduct; |
Guarding the mind as moral conduct; |
| Enduring pain as patience; |
Constancy of mind's nature as patience; |
| Persistent effort as perseverance; |
Meditation upon mind's nature as perseverance; |
| Unflagging energy as concentration; |
Undistracted absorption as concentration; |
| Recognition of this path as perfect awareness. |
And perception of reality as perfect awareness. |
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Practice these precepts and you will find release. |
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| above excerpt from Buddhist Masters of Enchantment, translated by Keith Dowman. |
