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注大乘入楞伽經 8.227

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Third, distinguishing the characteristics: Generosity has three kinds: the giving of material wealth, the giving of fearlessness, and the giving of Dharma. Moral discipline has three kinds: the discipline of restraint, the discipline of gathering wholesome dharmas, and the discipline of benefiting sentient beings. Patience has three kinds: patience enduring resentment and harm, patience peacefully accepting suffering, and patience clearly observing the Dharma. Energetic advance has three kinds: armor-like diligence, diligence gathering the wholesome, and diligence benefiting and bringing joy [to others]. Quiet meditation has three kinds: quiet meditation abiding in bliss, quiet meditation generating [virtues], and quiet meditation accomplishing undertakings. Wisdom has three kinds: preparatory non-conceptual wisdom, fundamental non-conceptual wisdom, and subsequent non-conceptual wisdom. The remaining four perfections below have specific names and differentiated characteristics. Since there is no text here, they are as explained in distinct chapters.

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