འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.14

3.14

The mind of a bodhisattva giving generously is not easy to trust, much less understand, by anyone other than thus-gone ones and bodhisattvas who have attained acceptance. This is known as a bodhisattva’s practice of generosity.

“What is a bodhisattva’s practice of discipline? A bodhisattva’s practice of discipline has ten types: they practice the discipline of the śrāvaka vows, the discipline of the pratyekabuddha vows, the discipline of the bodhisattva vows, the discipline that includes all virtuous dharmas, the discipline of not giving up the search for a spiritual friend, the discipline of vowing to uphold the sublime Dharma, the discipline of vowing to always fulfill the aims of others, the discipline of vowing to ripen to awakening, the discipline of vowing to always remain in meditative composure, and the discipline of vowing to be patient in overcoming the nexus of habitual patterns. Bodhisattvas possess nonconceptual discipline. The practice of their discipline is not easy to understand for anyone but the omniscient. This is known as a bodhisattva’s practice of discipline.

“What is a bodhisattva’s practice of patience? A bodhisattva’s practice of patience has three types: the patience of enduring suffering, the patience of tolerating the harm inflicted by others, and the patience of comprehending phenomena.⁹⁴ The patience of enduring suffering refers to acting with the knowledge that suffering is the result of one’s own karma. The patience of tolerating the harm inflicted by others refers to acting with love toward all beings, as if they were one’s only child.