“For your vegetable to grow big and beautiful, you have to remove the weeds. That’s when your vegetables will have a chance to grow large and beautiful—because you’ve removed the weeds. You’ve removed the bad things around the vegetables, so the vegetables can grow. It’s the same with our body, speech, and mind. If we remove our bad actions, then our goodness
—our virtue—will grow. So take the precepts and follow them with restraint, with care.”