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Toh 154

ཀླུའི་རྒྱལ་པོ་རྒྱ་མཚོས་ཞུས་པ།
The Questions of the Nāga King Sāgara (2)
Sāgara­nāga­rāja­paripṛcchā

The Questions of the Nāga King Sāgara presents a discourse given by the Buddha Śākyamuni on the importance of considering the effects caused by actions. At the start of his teaching, the Buddha remarks how the variety of forms that exist, and in fact all phenomena, come about as the result of virtuous and nonvirtuous actions. By understanding this law of cause and effect and by taking great care to engage in virtue, one will avoid rebirth in the lower realms and enter the path to perfect awakening. In the rest of his discourse he explains in great detail the advantages of engaging in each of the ten virtues and the problems associated with not engaging in them.

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