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This episode is the last of a three part series on the ten nonvirtuous actions, and the focus is on actions of mind. Actions of mind you say! Yes, actions of mind do create karma. In fact, mental actions are continuously creating our reality. Our mind can create a heaven or a hell right on earth. Our mind can also create a happy life\u2014or at least 80% happier.

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Nonvirtuous actions of mind:

• covetousness
• ill will
• Wrong view

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Finding fault in what\u2019s not at fault\xa0

And seeing no fault in what is,\xa0

Those who take up wrong views\xa0

Go to a bad rebirth. (318)\xa0

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But knowing fault as fault,\xa0

And the faultless as the faultless,\xa0

Those who take up right views\xa0

Go to a good rebirth.\xa0

-Buddha, The Dhammapada

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References and Links

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Buddha.The Dhammapada. Translated by Gil Fronsdale. (Kindle). Shambala, Boston and London, 2011, pp. 78 (Link)

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Je Tsongkhapa. Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment, by Je Tsongkhapa, Volume 1 (Kindle). Translated by the Lamrim Chenmo Translation Committee. Joshua Cutler, Editor-in-Chief, and Guy Newlan, Editor.