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Not to dedicate or to dedicate awry, | Not to dedicate or to dedicate awry, | ||
To brag to others or to have regrets: | To brag to others or to have regrets: | ||
Four things that lay your virtue waste.<ref>Pelden, 393–94.</ref> | Four things that lay your virtue waste. | ||
Accordingly, without the dedication of the roots of virtue, virtue comes to nothing, for there are many causes for its destruction, such as the occurrence of anger. By contrast, when virtue is dedicated to the attainment of enlightenment, it is as when drops of water fall into the ocean; they will remain for as long as the ocean lasts. Virtue dedicated to the attainment of buddhahood will not be spent until enlightenment is gained. Indeed, it will increase and actually take us there.<ref>Pelden, 393–94.</ref> | |||
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The | The ''Sūtra Taught by Inexhaustible Intellect'' (Skt. ''Akṣayamatisūtra'') reminds us of this important point—if our roots of virtue are properly dedicated, then they cannot be damaged or destroyed until we achieve enlightenment: | ||
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And will not dry until the sea itself runs dry, | And will not dry until the sea itself runs dry, | ||
The virtue that to buddhahood is pledged | The virtue that to buddhahood is pledged | ||
Is not consumed till buddhahood is gained. | Is not consumed till buddhahood is gained. | ||
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Dedicating in the context of emptiness | Dedicating in the context of emptiness | ||
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