འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5.10

5.10

“Bodhisattvas should take joy in renunciation in order to maintain their asceticism. Bodhisattvas should train in asceticism in order to pacify their body, speech, and mind. Bodhisattvas should be like a forest dweller in order to reach perfection in meditative concentration, samādhi, meditative composure, the higher cognitions, knowledge, and liberation. Bodhisattvas should cultivate meditative concentration in order to assimilate the realization of emptiness. Bodhisattvas should delight in solitude in order to tame kinnaras, mahoragas, vidyādharas, and siddhas. Bodhisattvas should be vidyādharas in order to assimilate their realization of the three knowledges. Bodhisattvas should cultivate the wisdom of higher cognition in order to obtain the six higher cognitions. Bodhisattvas should study extensively in order to become experts in the aggregates, elements, and sense bases. Bodhisattvas should become teachers in order to be experts in all scientific treatises. Bodhisattvas should be Dharma reciters in order to teach the Dharma free of materialistic concerns. Bodhisattvas should uphold the Vinaya in order to tame desire, anger, and dullness. Bodhisattvas should be upholders of enumerations in order to know the appropriate measure in all contexts.

“Bodhisattvas should cultivate restraint in order to free themselves from all seeking. Bodhisattvas should not be flustered in order to be free of desire. Bodhisattvas should not be arrogant in order to be free of anger. Bodhisattvas should not be garrulous in order to be free of dullness. Bodhisattvas should not speak confusedly in order to restrain their speech.

“Bodhisattvas should be a merchant captain in order to enter the Great Vehicle. Bodhisattvas should be a porter¹⁴⁷ in order to affirm their promise to awaken. Bodhisattvas should be a pleasure garden in order to be a ground for all beings.