Practice these precepts and you will find release

Santipa, a Mahasiddha, taught this to his student the Mahasiddha Kotalipa.

Your body has been worn down by your hard life.
You have been following the karma
Of six-fold perversity:

Digging the earth as generosity;
Nonviolence as moral conduct;
Enduring pain as patience;
Persistent effort as perseverance;
Unflagging energy as concentration;
Recognition of this path as perfect awareness.

That karmic path is inherently hostile.
You must abandon it and practice the karma
Of six-fold perfection:

Devotion to the guru as generosity;
Guarding the mind as moral conduct;
Constancy of mind's nature as patience;
Meditation upon mind's nature as perseverance;
Undistracted absorption as concentration;
And perception of reality as perfect awareness.
Practice these precepts and you will find release.

above excerpt from Buddhist Masters of Enchantment,
translated by Keith Dowman.
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