5 habits to purify your mind

1. Have the right ideas of things (we must rid the mind of worldly passions)

2. Practice careful and patient mind control (this is the key to removing worldly passions)

3. We must have the correct ideas with regard to the use of all things (Clothing, food, etc. only in relation to the body’s needs)

4. Learn endurance!

5. Avoid all dangers along the path.

The 5 faculties of power

In Buddhist practice there are 5 faculties of power:

1.The faith to believe.

2. The will to make the endeavor

3. The faculty of alertness

4. The ability to concentrate ones mind &

5. The ability to maintain clear wisdom.

The 4 correct procedures

In Buddhist Philosophy there are 4 correct procedures;

1. Prevent evil from starting.

2. Remove evil as soon as it starts

3. Induce the doing of good deeds &

4. Encourage the growth and continuance of good deeds that have started.

The 4 correct viewpoints

There are 4 correct viewpoints in Buddhist Philosophy;

1. Consider the body impure; remove your attachment to it.

2. Consider the senses as a source of suffering

3. Consider the mind to be in a constant state of flux

4. Consider everything in the world to be a consequence of causes and conditions.