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འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 5.12

The Dharma Council 5.12

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5.12

and they privilege saṃsāra because they take delight in ripening all beings. They teach the Dharma free of materialistic concerns because they are unconcerned with gain and respect.

Their minds are unerring because they are well versed in the doctrines of impermanence, suffering, selflessness, and uncleanliness. Their minds are liberated because they are unconcerned with all objects. They are of excellent family because they were born into the noble family, and they have excellent intellects because of their strong renunciation. They are noble because they understand the truths of suffering, origin, cessation, and the path. Because they maintain their discipline, studies, and vigilance, they are sublime beings. They regard all beings equally because they understand the selflessness of compounded things. They have a character that will not regress because they are sealed with the seal of the noble ones. They are inclined toward the seat of awakening because they are sealed by the seal of irreversibility.

“Bodhisattvas’ behavior is always impeccable because they have excellent and admirable conduct. They take no delight in worldly intrigues, ill-intentioned companions, gain, respect, or fame. They have no attraction to entertainments, folk tales, or tales of kings, thieves, or women. They are not attracted to comedies, war stories, or tales about conflict. They have no attraction to corrupt regions, districts, or kingdoms, nor are they attracted to corrupt towns, cities, market towns, or mountainous regions. They are also not attracted to dancing, acting, laughing, or singing.

“Furthermore, child of good family, bodhisattvas are not attracted to stingy people.

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