དན་རྣམ་པར་ངས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་ཆས་ཀྱ་རྣམ་གྲངས 22

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One does not perform karma that occurs as white-black and occurs having white-black maturation. One performs karma that is conducive to the destruction of the black and what occurs having black, non-white maturation. One has good karma as refuge; one has good activity. This is called right activity.

“Among those, what is right livelihood? When, in accordance with the noble lineage, one does not abandon the good qualities of purification and does not abandon frugality; when one does not engage in hypocrisy, chatter, or extortion; when one is in the habit of behaving heroically; when one has no envy at others’ gain and is content with one’s own gain; and when one has a blameless livelihood that is approved by the noble ones, this is called right livelihood.

“Among those, what is right effort? One does not endeavor in the effort that is wrong, due to which attraction, aversion, and confusion insidiously grow. One follows the effort that enters into the truth⁷³ of the right path of the noble ones, the effort that bestows the path that leads to nirvāṇa. This is called right effort.⁷⁴

“Among those, what is right mindfulness? It is well placed, unshakeable, upright,⁷⁵ is not crooked, and rightly sees the flaws of saṃsāra⁷⁶ as being misery; it is the mindfulness that guides on the path to nirvāṇa;⁷⁷ and it means not to forget the path of the noble ones. This is called right mindfulness.⁷⁸

“Among those, what is right samādhi? It is the samādhi that is even⁷⁹ in the sense that it is right.⁸⁰