Shikshasamuccaya 14

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dur-labhā + aṣṭā-kṣaṇa-nirvṛttir dur-labho manuṣya-pratilambho dur-labhā kṣaṇa-saṃpat-viśuddhir dur-labho buddha-utpādo | dur-labhā + a-vikala-indriyatā | dur-labho buddha-dharma-śravo | dur-labhaṃ sat-puruṣa-samavadhānaṃ | dur-labhāni bhūta-kalyāṇa-mitrāṇi | dur-labho bhūta-naya-anuśāsany upasaṃhāraḥ | dur-labhaṃ samyag-jīvitaṃ | dur-labhaḥ sad-dharme tad-anukūlaḥ prayatno manuṣyalokae iti ||

"Difficult to obtain is release from the eight unfree states; difficult to obtain is human birth; difficult to obtain is the purity of the rich endowment of leisure and fortune; difficult to obtain is the arising of a buddha; difficult to obtain is the possession of intact faculties; difficult to obtain is the hearing of the Buddha-Dharma; difficult to obtain is association with virtuous people; difficult to obtain are authentic virtuous friends; difficult to obtain is the presentation of instruction in the authentic path; difficult to obtain is a correct livelihood; and difficult to obtain is effort in the world of humans that accords with the true Dharma."