Generosity

• The giving of material goods and service: food, clothes, and all that may be necessary.
• The giving of fearlessness and security: shelter, health care, counsel, support.
• The giving of the truth: the explanation of the true nature of phenomena.

Ethics

• Ethic that maintains direction: renunciation of harmful action and rejection of unwholesome acts.
• Ethic that accomplishes: applying ourselves to positive attitudes, activities and speech no matter how small.
• Ethic that accomplishes for others: sincerely acting for the benefit of others.

Patience

• Patience in the face of enemies: ability to bear with indifference any injury by others and abandoning anger and hatred.
• Patience in the face of suffering: ability to bear difficult circumstances and abandoning whining.
• Patience in the face of the truth: ability to hold certainty on that we can not yet comprehend and abandoning doubt.

Diligence

• The diligence of resolution: never taking an indifferent attitude, nothing too insignificant to perform, nothing beyond our capabilities.
• The diligence of application: persevering in all circumstances, to completion, no slacking off.
• The diligence of refusing to turn back: never being satisfied with what can be further improved.

Concentration

• The concentration of strict control: mental calm, impartial observation, physical peace and flawless tranquility.
• The concentration of positive qualities:maintaining activity while maintaining tranquility.
• The concentration of benefit: benefiting beings by these methods.

Insight

• The insight of understanding absolute nature: the true nature of phenomenal experience.
• The insight of relative nature: cause and effect, dependent origination, cause and condition.
• The insight of knowing what will benefit others: generosity, kind words, helpfulness, and impartiality.

Precious Human Birth

The freedoms and endowments of this precious human birth are extremely difficult to find, therefore, most certainly precious. Recognize the good fortune of this human existence.

Impermanence

All sentient existence is conditioned by impermanence and death. Recognize the nature of change inherent in all phenomena.

Cause and Effect

The cause and effect of positive and negative actions is absolutely certain. Recognize that cause and effect is actually produced by mental habit.

Existence of Suffering

The result of cause and effect is a cycle of suffering.Recognize that negative actions will lead to negative results and positive actions will lead to positive results.