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འཕགས་པ་དཀན་མཆག་སྤྲན་ཅས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 6.20

The Jewel Cloud 6.20

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6.20

“Noble son, bodhisattvas endowed with ten qualities are free from stinginess and envy. What are those ten? They are as follows. When they themselves are donors, they also establish others in the practice of generosity. They praise generosity and rejoice in the generosity of others. With regard to other donors, they encourage and delight them. When donors are giving to others, they have no thoughts such as, ‘Give to us, and not them! May this be ours and not anyone else’s!’ Rather, they wish, ‘May all beings attain whatever they need for their livelihood! May they attain all manner of happiness, both of the world and beyond it!’ Thus, committing themselves to striving and endeavoring for this very purpose, they decide to give up stinginess and envy. Noble son, bodhisattvas who possess ten such qualities are free from stinginess and envy.

“Noble son, bodhisattvas endowed with ten qualities have equal concern for all beings. What are those ten? They are as follows. They engage equally with all sentient beings, have no aversion for any sentient being, nor any wish to harm anyone. In giving, they give exclusively for the sake of all sentient beings, and the same is the case with observing discipline, cultivating patience, mustering diligence, practicing concentration, cultivating insight, and accomplishing even the stage of omniscience. Thus, they do not practice with a mind that is confined to duality, but with a mind that is equally there for all sentient beings, a mind that practices by taking all sentient beings into account. Thus, they practice to attain the intrinsic nature quickly by all means. As they themselves are delivered from the blazing bonfire of cyclic existence, they also deliver others. Moreover, they liberate others with an attitude that treats everyone the same,

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