འཕགས་པ་ཆས་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱ་རང་བཞན་མཉམ་པ་ཉད་རྣམ་པར་སྤྲས་པ་ཏང་ང་འཛན་གྱ་རྒྱལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 8.6

8.6

‘Brother, wise scholar,
How can I say anything
In front of such a great being?’ {45}

“Do not speak too hastily.
Examine the one who would be the recipient.
If you know that he is a worthy recipient
Teach him even if he has not requested it. {46}

“If you see that there are many present
Among your followers who have bad conduct
You should not teach them austerity,
But instead you should praise generosity.⁸⁶⁹ {47}

“If they have few desires
And maintain pure conduct,
Have a loving mind
And speak to them of austerity. {48}

“If there are many with correct conduct
Who have restrained bad desires,
When that aspect has been attained
Then you should praise correct conduct. {49}

“First you should know your students,
And if they are known to be pure
Then teach to them every one
Of the virtuous qualities that there are. {50}

“Always praise and teach
Generosity, conduct, patience,
Diligence, meditation, and learning,
Contentment, few desires, and austerity.⁸⁷⁰ {51}

“Living in solitary places, practicing meditation,⁸⁷¹
And abandoning living among many people
Should be praised by you
As the doorway to the power of retention.⁸⁷² {52}

“They should have perfect conduct
By staying in solitary places.
They should have perfect generosity
Through remaining in seclusion. {53}

“Maintaining the aspect of conduct,
They should become very learned.
Those who seek for this samādhi
Should make offerings to the Buddha’s relics. {54}

“Those who seek this peaceful samādhi
Should make offerings to the Buddha
With parasols, banners, and flags,
And with incense, garlands, and ointments. {55}

“Without being indolent or disheartened,
They should offer to the Buddha’s relics
Delightful music,
United with song. {56}

“For the highest enlightenment⁸⁷³
They should offer to the Lord
As much incense, garlands, parasols,
Clothing, and powders as there are. {57}

“For the sake of this peaceful samādhi,