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(1) One does good for oneself by abandoning worldly conventions
and devoting oneself to the Holy Dharma.
(2) One does good for oneself by departing from home
and family and attaching oneself to a guru of saintly
character.
(3) One does good for oneself by relinquishing worldly
activities and devoting oneself to the three religious activities,
--hearing, reflecting, and meditating [upon the chosen
teachings].
(4) One does good for oneself by giving up social intercourse
and dwelling alone in solitude.
(5) One does good for oneself renouncing desire for
luxury and ease and enduring hardship.
(6) One does good for oneself by being contented with
simple things and free from craving for worldly possessions.
(7) One does good for oneself by making and firmly
adhering to the resolution not to take advantage of others.
(8) One does good for oneself by attaining freedom from
hankering after the transitory pleasures of this life and
devoting oneself to the realization of the eternal bliss of
Nirvana.
(9) One does good for oneself by abandoning attachment
to visible material things [which are transitory and unreal]
and attaining knowledge of Reality.
(10) One does good for oneself by preventing the three
doors to knowledge [the body, the speech, and the mind]
from remaining spiritually undisciplined and by acquiring,
through right use of them, the Twofold Merit.
These are The Ten Things Where One Does Good For Oneself.
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