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|quote-text=. . . how can we make sure to rid ourselves of evil, which alone is the cause of sorrow? This should be our only concern, as the text says—our sole and constant thought. This should be our daytime obsession and something that keeps us awake at night! It is thus that we should strive to confess our evil actions.<ref>Blankleder and Fletcher (Padmakara Translation Group), trans., ''The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 116.</ref> | |quote-text=. . . how can we make sure to rid ourselves of evil, which alone is the cause of sorrow? This should be our only concern, as the text says—our sole and constant thought. This should be our daytime obsession and something that keeps us awake at night! It is thus that we should strive to confess our evil actions.<ref>Blankleder and Fletcher (Padmakara Translation Group), trans., ''The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 116.</ref> | ||
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In his commentary Khenpo Kunpal also makes a very important point regarding our negative actions. Besides leading us to future suffering in the lower realms it also prevents our virtuous actions right now, such as trying to study, contemplate, and meditate on the teachings, from being effective. | In his commentary Khenpo Kunpal also makes a very important point regarding our negative actions. Besides leading us to future suffering in the lower realms, it also prevents our virtuous actions right now, such as trying to study, contemplate, and meditate on the teachings, from being effective. | ||
To conclude the chapter, Śāntideva mentions another of the key features of | To conclude the chapter, Śāntideva mentions another of the key features of confession—the promise never to engage again in the actions which we have confessed: | ||
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