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The Eleven Virtuous Mental Factors

(1) Faith / Confidence / Respectful Belief - Gives us positive attitude to Virtue and objects that are worthy of respect. Three types are distinguished, with the last one being the preferred type.

A) Uncritical Faith: motivation is for no apparent reason

B) Longing Faith: motivation is by emotionally unstable mind

C) Conviction Faith: motivated by sound reasons

(2) Shame / Sense of Propriety - The personal conscience that stops negative actions and perform positive actions.

(3) Embarassment / Decency - Avoids evil towards others, basis for unspoiled moral discipline, considerateness.

(4)   Non-Attachment / Detachment - No Attachment to cyclic existence and objects, renuncitation.
(5)   Non-Hatred / Imperturbablitity  - No animosity to others or conditions; rejoicing
(6)   Non-Ignorance / Open-Mindedness  - Usually understanding the meaning of things through clear discrimination, non-bewilderment, never unwilling to learn.

(7) Enthusiastic Effort / Diligence - Doing positive acts (specifically mental development and meditation) with delight.

(8) Pliancy / Thorough Training / Flexibility - Enables the mind to engage in positive acts as wished, interrupting mental or physical rigidity.

(9) Conscientiousness / Carefulness - Causes avoiding negative acts and doing good; mind with detachment, non-hatred, non-ignorance and enthusiasm.

(10) Equanimity/ Clear - Minded Tranquility - Clear-minded tranquility - peaceful mind, not being overpowered by delusions, no mental dullness or agitation.

(11) Non-Harmlessness / Non Violence- Compassion without any hatred, pacifist.

These virtues from the viewpoint of either their entity, being an antidote, or having similarity [that is, accompanying a virtuous mind or mental factor].

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