Details of the Ten Destructive Actions

If I explain like I have been doing, is this something that you find beneficial? I ask because there are many different ways the Dharma can be taught.

Dr. Berzin: Rinpoche is asking for some feedback. Is this a suitable manner to present this material for you?

If you find this a good way of proceeding, then I’ll continue like this because the whole point is to explain something that is going to be of benefit to you, and make this a beneficial experience. Whatever type of teachings you hear, whatever you learn about these preventive measures, it is something that you first listen to and then, based on that, you know about them. Knowing about them, you should try to put them all into practice – what we are involved with here.

Just knowing about these preventive measures without taking up any of them, without putting them into any practice, is no great accomplishment. Even if you want to take preventive measures and practice, if you don’t know what measures to take, then you can’t take them. Therefore, it is important to both learn and also put things into practice. You have to listen to the teachings, listen to the explanation of these measures, learn about them and practice them. All of this has to go together: it is one process.

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