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'''Four genuine restraints''' (Tib. ''yangdakpar pongwa shyi''; ''yang dag par spong ba bzhi'') - the second group of practices in the [[thirty-seven factors of enlightenment]]. They are: | '''Four genuine restraints''' (Tib. ''yangdakpar pongwa shyi''; ''yang dag par spong ba bzhi'') - the second group of practices in the [[thirty-seven factors of enlightenment]], practised at the middle level of the [[path of accumulation]]. They are: | ||
*To avoid generating any negative states that have not arisen | *To avoid generating any negative states that have not arisen | ||
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Four genuine restraints (Tib. yangdakpar pongwa shyi; yang dag par spong ba bzhi) - the second group of practices in the thirty-seven factors of enlightenment, practised at the middle level of the path of accumulation. They are:
- To avoid generating any negative states that have not arisen
- To abandon negative states that have arisen
- To generate virtuous states that have not arisen
- Not to allow any virtuous states that have arisen to deteriorate and to develop them further
The Sutra of Ten Bhumis says:
"To avoid generating unvirtuous dharmas that have not arisen, one develops the intention, one applies effort, one is diligent, and one takes hold of the mind and settles it correctly. It is the same in order to abandon unvirtuous dharmas that have arisen, and in order to generate virtuous dharmas that have not arisen. In order to maintain whatever virtuous dharmas have arisen without allowing them to deteriorate, to expand them, to develop them further and to bring them to completion, one develops the intention, applies effort and so on."