Talk 3, Second Ground, The Stainless
2.2.2.1.1.2. The second bodhisattva ground: The Stainless
2.2.2.1.1.2.1.1. The actual topic
2.2.2.1.1.2.1.2. An extensive Explanation of perfectly pure ethical discipline
2.2.2.1.1.2.1.2.1.1. The purity that comes from abandoning the ten types of non-virtue
2.2.2.1.1.2.1.2.1.2. How ethical discipline is purer here than the first ground
2.2.2.1.1.2.1.3. Explaining its purity by way of example
2.2.2.1.1.2.1.2.2.1. If it fixates on things, ethical discipline is impure
2.2.2.1.1.2.1.2.2.2. How the Bodhisattvas' ethical discipline is free from fixation on things
2.2.2.1.1.2.2.1.1.1.1. One falls into the lower realms
2.2.2.1.1.2.2.1.1.1.2.The fruits of generosity do not ripen perfectly there
2.2.2.1.1.2.2. One does not gain liberation from the lower realms
2.2.2.1.1.2.2.1.2.1. Why the teachings on ethical discipline were given followed the ones on generosity
2.2.2.1.1.2.2.1.2.2. How ethical discipline is the support for all good qualities
2.2.2.1.1.2.2.1.2.3. How it is the cause of higher rebirths and definite excellence for ordinary and noble beings alike
2.2.2.1.1.2.2.2. Especially, a praise of the Bodhisattvas' ethical discipline
2.2.2.1.1.2.2.3. The distinction between mundane and transcendent discipline
2.2.2.1.1.2.3. A concluding summary presenting the etymology of the grounds' name, its fully ripened result, and its quality,
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