འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 82

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[Avalokiteśvara asked:] '...among all beings, why is the rebirth of a bodhisattva called the most supreme?'
The Bhagavān replied: 'Avalokiteśvara, it is for four reasons: because it accomplishes completely pure roots of virtue; because it is taken up with deliberate examination; because it possesses compassion that protects all transmigrating beings; and because they are not afflicted themselves while dispelling the afflictions of others.'
'Bhagavān, why is it said that bodhisattvas proceed with vast aspirations, possess noble aspirations, and have the power of aspirations?'
'Avalokiteśvara, it is for four reasons: bodhisattvas are skilled in dwelling in the bliss of nirvāṇa; they are capable of attaining it swiftly; yet abandoning that swift attainment and dwelling in bliss, with an intentional mind they aspire to encounter many diverse and prolonged sufferings that are motiveless and purposeless for the sake of sentient beings. For that reason they are said to proceed with vast aspirations, possess noble aspirations, and have the power of aspirations.'
'Bhagavān, how many trainings are there for bodhisattvas?'
'Avalokiteśvara, there are six: generosity, ethical discipline, patience, diligence, meditative concentration, and wisdom.'
'Bhagavān, among those six trainings, how many are the training in higher ethical discipline? How many are the training in higher mind? How many are the training in higher wisdom?'
'Avalokiteśvara, you should understand that the first three are the training in higher ethical discipline. Meditative concentration is the training in higher mind. Wisdom is the training in higher wisdom. Diligence, I declare, is all-pervading. Bhagavān, among the six bases of training,'