Human Development
Purification of virtue
Description:
[Virtue as volition] is present in one who, for example, abstains from killing living things, and who fulfils his duties. [Virtue as consciousness concomitant or mental properties] is the abstinence in one who follows the law. [Virtue as restraint] is that exercised through: the rules of the community (patimokkha); mindfulness; knowledge; patience; energy. [Virtue as non-transgression] means not to transgress in body or speech the precepts which one has undertaken. Purification of virtue is the purified four-fold virtue.Context:
One of the two purifications or purities which constitute the roots of understanding according to Hinayana Buddhism, the other being the purification of consciousness or purity of mind.< Broader:
Purifications