འཕགས་པ་དགངས་པ་ངས་པར་འགྲལ་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 83

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'how many are the accumulation of merit, and how many are the accumulation of gnosis?'
'Avalokiteśvara, that which is the training in higher ethical discipline is the accumulation of merit. That which is the training in higher wisdom is the accumulation of gnosis. Diligence and meditative concentration, I declare, are all-pervading.'
'Bhagavān, how should a bodhisattva train in those six bases of training?'
'Avalokiteśvara, they should train in five ways: initially by having great faith in the bodhisattva piṭaka that teaches the authentic Dharma endowed with the perfections; subsequently by accomplishing the wisdom arising from hearing, contemplation, and cultivation through the ten Dharma practices; by safeguarding the mind of awakening (bodhicitta); by relying on spiritual teachers; and by uninterrupted application to the side of virtue.'
'Bhagavān, why should those bases of training be understood as established in the number of six?'
'Avalokiteśvara, it is for two reasons: for the purpose of benefiting sentient beings, and as antidotes to afflictions. In that regard, three should be known as benefiting sentient beings, and three as antidotes to afflictions. Bodhisattvas benefit sentient beings through generosity by providing them with material necessities. Through ethical discipline, they benefit them by not bringing about destitution, harm, or offense. Through patience, they benefit them by being indifferent to destitution, harm, and offense. Thus, through those three, they benefit sentient beings. Through diligence, they apply themselves to the wholesome qualities that repel afflictions and vanquish afflictions completely; afflictions cannot divert them from their application to wholesome qualities. Through meditative concentration,'