Samma Sankappa - Right Intention
Cultivating intentions of renunciation, goodwill, and harmlessness.
Right Intention involves three aspects: the intention of renunciation, of goodwill toward all beings, and of harmlessness. These intentions purify the mind and align our motivations with the path of awakening.
All that we are is the result of what we have thought.
Right intention transforms our mental habits and karmic patterns.
Dhammapada
Written about in
- What Tibetan Buddhism says about doing no harm
Harmlessness is listed as an intention to cultivate, along with goodwill and letting go. The work begins before the action does.