འཕགས་པ་ཚངས་པས་ཞས་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 10

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they think nothing of it. Even if they are harangued by local people, saying, ‘Oh these śrāmaṇas with shaved heads are bad! Oh, these śrāmaṇas with ugly shaved heads are bad!’¹³—they think nothing of it. Even when they are slandered with false accusations, they accept it with forbearance and remain focused on what they have to do. And those with forbearance do not praise themselves or disparage others.

“In order to tame the tendency toward indolence, to attain those qualities oriented toward awakening that have not yet been attained, to develop those that have already been attained, to mature those that have been developed, to master those that have been matured, and to refine those that have been mastered, they apply effort. When acting for the sake of beings, they do not grow weary, they do not despair, and they do not lose heart. Whether it is to benefit an outcaste or a king, they will always go the distance for them, without prejudice. Whether bodhisattvas are offered some base, second-rate object by a miserable and destitute person, or a supremely wonderful gift by a prosperous and wealthy person, bodhisattvas have compassion. They praise them respectfully, encourage and reassure them, and accept the second-rate object. Why? Because it is not an easy thing for a miserable person to give a gift.

“In order to tame the tendency toward distraction, they develop stable meditative concentration. How do they practice concentration? Brahmā, first of all, bodhisattvas control their body well. Physically, they live in seclusion and avoid physical contact.