Thanks! And yet, it’s not clear to me what actions were considered “good” what actions were considered “bad” … and so on.
From the buddhist epic Manimekalai we learn about the ethics of “pancha śīla” — that is to avoid drinking, theft, passion/desire, murder, lying. That’s about it. Is that what’s implied in saying “actions/deeds?"
The Pali term being translated as “deeds” is kamma (Skt. karma). What you do, your actions, is what makes us different. All actions.
Dan Lusthaus
'all are the same by birth and differ by their deeds’.
However, I’ve never been able to find out what those deeds are!