Purification of virtue (Buddhism)

[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.

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.