A person engages in:

• action that is dark and the result is dark.

• bright and the result is bright.

• Dark and bright so the result is dark and bright.

• bright but the result is dark.

 

Actions of body, speech and mind:

• One engages in harmful (dark) actions which brings more suffering (a dark result)

• One engages in bright (non-harmful) actions which bring happiness (a bright result)

• One engages in dark and bright actions (self-importance and service) which bring more of the same result

• A bright action for expansion but the result is a collapse.

 

Medical Example of types of Action

• A bright doctor operates, and the patient gets better (bright and bright)

• An incompetent doctor operates and the patient dies (dark and dark)

• A doctor operates with a mixture of bright and dark; the patient gets a mixed result (dark and bright outcome)

• A wise doctor operates (acts) with wisdom and compassion. S/he is not identified with a bright or dark outlook nor dependent on simplistic cause-effect thinking.