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6. Morality and forbearance.
7. Morality and energy.
8. Morality and meditation.
9. Morality and wisdom.
10. Forbearance and energy.
11. Forbearance and meditation.
12. Forbearance and wisdom.
13. Energy and meditation.
14. Energy and wisdom.
15. Meditation and wisdom.
The Bodhisatta accomplishes through the pair of:
1. Giving and morality, the double merit of doing what is beneficial to
others and of abstaining from what is harmful to them.
2. Giving and forbearance, the double benefit of non-greed and non-
hatred.
3. Giving and energy, the double merit of generosity and learning.
4. Giving and meditation, the double merit of abandoning sensual desires
and ill-will.
5. Giving and wisdom, the double merit of concentration and insight
meditation; and also the double merit of learning the text (
pariyatti
)
and meditation.
6. Morality and forbearance, the double merit of purity of bodily and
verbal conduct and purity of mental disposition.
7. Morality and energy, the double merit of concentration and insight
meditation.
8. Morality and meditation, the double merit of abandoning defilements
through transgression, physically and verbally (
vītikkama-kilesa
) and
defilements in the mind (
pariyuṭṭhāna-kilesa
).