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All the faults committed, caused, and approved of should be examined and renounced without any attachment. One should adopt the great vows, which are permanent until death and complete. (4)
One should forgive oneself, one's loved ones, and one's family with kind words. What should one do? One should abandon and renounce. Whom? Attachment to love and kindness, attachment to hatred and unkindness. Attachment to family, children, wife, etc., the feeling of "mine" and "this is mine," external and internal possessions. One should renounce all of this and become pure of mind and clear of heart, and then forgive. In the same way, one should adopt and establish within oneself. What is that? The great vows. What kind? Permanent until death, complete in all five aspects. What should one do? Examine. What is that? The faults. What are those? All that is committed, caused, and approved of. For example, one has committed the fault of violence, etc., caused it by being the reason, and approved of it by mentally praising it when done by another. One should examine all of this without any attachment, free from the ten faults of examination, as it should be. There are ten faults of examination. It is said:
"Akappayi, aṇumaṇiy, jandihen, bāndaram ca, suhemam ca,
Channāṁ saddāṁ ulayam, bahujanaṁ ancatta, tassevi." (1)
Thus, after examining in this way, one should adopt the great vows and do this, as it is said:
"One should abandon sorrow, fear, dejection, attachment, defilement, and aversion.
One should awaken one's strength and enthusiasm, and make the mind happy with the nectar of the scriptures." (5)
One should make the mind happy. With what? With the words of the scriptures. What kind? Like nectar, like the nectar that quenches the thirst of the suffering and pain of the world. What should one do? Abandon. What is that? Sorrow, etc. Sorrow is the grief over the loss of a loved one, their qualities, etc. Fear is the fear of the hells, etc., caused by hunger, thirst, etc., or pain. Dejection is sadness, grief, or distress. Attachment is affection. Defilement is attachment to something, passion and aversion. Not only the aforementioned, but also aversion, lack of interest. One should not only do this, but also awaken and manifest. What? Strength and enthusiasm, the strength to perform the vows. (5)