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all of your actions matter
being hateful is a habit that can seep over into other areas
think before you speak
reflect on how what you say will affect yourself and others
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What is a mirror for?
For reflection.
In the same way:
>bodily actions,
>verbal actions,
>mental actions
are to be done with repeated reflection.
“Whenever you want to do an action, you should reflect on it:
‘This action I want to do—would it lead to self-affliction, to the affliction of others, or to both?
Would it be an unskillful action, with painful consequences, painful results?’
If, on reflection, you know that it would lead to self-affliction, to the affliction of others, or to both;
it would be an unskillful action with painful consequences, painful results,
then any action of that sort is absolutely unfit for you to do.
But if on reflection you know that it would not cause affliction,
that it would be a skillful action with pleasant consequences, pleasant results...
then any action of that sort is fit for you to do.
“While you are doing an action, you should reflect on it:
‘This action I am doing—is it leading to self-affliction, to the affliction of others, or to both?
Is it an unskillful action, with painful consequences, painful results?’
If, on reflection, you know that it is leading to self-affliction, to affliction of others, or both… you should give it up.
But if on reflection you know that it is not… you may continue with it.
https://www.dhammatalks.org/books/KarmaQ&A/Section0004.html
