Sutra of the ten ways of being free: the Discourse on the Ten Wholesome Ways of Action

Because one adorns this practice with the five powers, all enmity will be entirely destroyed and one cannot be harmed.

Because one adorns this practice with the seven factors of illumination, one will always well awake to all dharmas.

Because one adorns this practice with the Noble eightfold Path, one will attain to perfect wisdom which will always be present before oneself.

Because one adorns this practice with calm meditation, one is able to wash away all the bonds and latent tendencies.

Because one adorns this practice with insight meditation, one is able to know the self nature of all dharmas according to reality.

Because one adorns this practice with the means, one will quickly attain to the fulfillment of the conditioned and unconditioned happiness.

Oh Dragon King, you should know that these ten wholesome actions can lead up to the completion of the Ten Powers of the Tathágata, of the Four Kinds of Fearlessness, of the Eighteen Dharmas that distinguish the Buddha and of all Buddha-dharmas. You should therefore practice and and train with diligence.

Oh Dragon King, it is like the towns and villages, they all depend on the great ground where they stand. All the herbs, grasses, flowers, trees, and woods also depend on the ground for their growth. With these ten wholesome ways of actions it is the same. All men and devas are established (in their human and Deva nature) depending on them. The illumination of all the Sravakas, of all the Pratyekas, the way of the Bodhisattva, all Buddha- dharmas they all are attained and come to fruition due to these ten wholesome great grounds. After the Buddha had spoken this discourse, the Dragon King of the Ocean, together with the great assembly, all the devas, asuras, and so on, all rejoiced greatly, received it with confidence and put it reverently into practice.