འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཡང་དག་པར་སྡད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 6.1

6.1

…yours is in accord with the genuine proclamation of Dharma.' [Bampo 6] Then the venerable Rāhula addressed the Bhagavān: 'Bhagavān, a bodhisattva who seeks the genuine proclamation of Dharma should seek those who uphold the Dharma. Why is that? Bhagavān, from those who uphold the Dharma, one will comprehend the Dharma. Therefore, diligent in seeking the Dharma, one should seek it from those who uphold the Dharma. Why is that? Bhagavān, Dharma arises from those devoted to the Dharma, not from those devoted to material wealth. It arises from those who do not regard their body and life, from those who have regard for the next world, and from those who desire solitude; it does not arise from those delighting in villages, cities, and towns. It arises from those who are pleasant to associate with, not from those who are unpleasant to associate with. It arises from those without pride, not from those inflated with pride. It arises from the gentle, not from the difficult to please. It arises from those whose minds are pliant and tender, not from those whose mental continuum has become base. It arises from those whose minds are solitary, not from those whose minds are attached. It arises from those who discern evil, not from evil…'