འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 6.17

6.17

“There are another four dharmas that bring joy to bodhisattvas. What are these four? Engaging in a lot of study without being prideful, teaching the Dharma with a mind free of material concerns, revering their master by seeking wisdom, and applying diligence in their efforts to ripen all beings. These four dharmas bring joy to bodhisattvas.

“There are another four dharmas that bring joy to bodhisattvas. What are these four? Giving the Dharma through perfect discipline, living in solitude with few desires, obtaining meditative concentration while living in solitude, and not disrupting their conduct by entering into villages, cities, and market towns. These four dharmas bring joy to bodhisattvas.

“There are another four dharmas that bring joy to bodhisattvas. What are these four? Having confident eloquence by speaking truthfully, expressing emptiness by speaking the Dharma, regarding all beings equally by speaking about patience, and controlling their faculties by speaking about restraint. These four dharmas bring joy to bodhisattvas.

“There are another four dharmas that bring joy to bodhisattvas. What are these four? Speaking sincerely by remaining positive, being content by being satisfied with simple things, being undeceiving by acting in accord with their pronouncements, and being guileless by not deceiving any being. These four dharmas bring joy to bodhisattvas.

“There are another four dharmas that bring joy to bodhisattvas. What are these four? Not being malicious due to their inner calm, not being deluded due to not being mistaken about the external, not being covetous due to realizing the impermanence of all material things, and not being arrogant due to correctly understanding how things are.