[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Tibetan canon (Kangyur & Tengyur)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet) › [Kangyur (translated words of the Buddha)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur) › [General sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde) › [དགེ་བ་དང་མི་དགེ་བའི་ལས་ཀྱི་རྣམ་པར་སྨིན་པ་བསྟན་པའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355) › [Teaching the Ripening of Virtuous and Nonvirtuous Actions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000) › notes.33 # དག་བ་དང་མ་དག་བའ་ལས་ཀྱ་རྣམ་པར་སྨན་པ་བསྟན་པའ་མད notes.33 Teaching the Ripening of Virtuous and Nonvirtuous Actions notes.33 - **Language:** English ### [notes.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.notes.33) 33. The Chinese reads 狠戾從羊中來為人 “Being cruel means one has become human from having been a sheep” (Taishō 2881, p. 1380c20–21). 狠戾 can mean cruel, but it can also mean hard to control and tame. - [Previous: notes.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.notes.32) - [Next: notes.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.notes.34) - [Up: notes](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.notes) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.notes.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.tibet.kangyur.mdo_sde.355~en-84000.notes.33) · Pramāṇa