How to cultivate good q:


  1) How do you cultivate good?
  
  2) what is good?
Elsewhere in the Dhammapada it suggests to cultivate good &quot;drop by drop&quot;:


Think not lightly of evil, saying, &quot;It will not come to me.&quot; Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the fool, gathering it little by little, fills himself with evil.

Think not lightly of good, saying, &quot;It will not come to me.&quot; Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.



Buddhism is called a &quot;gradual training&quot; -- and I think that's because it's taught gradually, step by step -- but I also think it's practised gradually, e.g. you might learn from moments of kindness or moments of suffering.
As for &quot;what is good&quot; one hint might be found in MN 61

Having done a bodily action, you should reflect on it:

'This bodily action I have done — did it lead to self-affliction, to the affliction of others, or to both? Was it an unskillful bodily action, with painful consequences, painful results?'

If, on reflection, you know that it led to self-affliction, to the affliction of others, or to both; it was an unskillful bodily action with painful consequences, painful results, then you should confess it, reveal it, lay it open to the Teacher or to a knowledgeable companion in the holy life. Having confessed it... you should exercise restraint in the future. But if on reflection you know that it did not lead to affliction... it was a skillful bodily action with pleasant consequences, pleasant results, then you should stay mentally refreshed &amp; joyful, training day &amp; night in skillful mental qualities.

There are different Pali words being used in different verses, for example puñña
, kusala, and sampadā