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Loss of the awakening mind is also a misfortune, and its cause is stated in the Ratnakūṭa: 'Possessed of four qualities, Kāśyapa, a bodhisattva's awakening mind becomes bewildered. Which four? Through deceiving preceptors, gurus, and those worthy of offerings; through instilling regret in others where there is no regret; through uttering disparagement, ill-repute, infamy, and dispraise of beings who have set out in the Mahāyāna; and when he attends upon another with deceit and treachery, not with resolute intention.' Its abandonment is stated here: 'Possessed of four qualities, Kāśyapa, as soon as he is born in all births, the bodhisattva's awakening mind manifests before him, and it does not become bewildered in the meantime until he sits upon the terrace of awakening. Which four? Namely, even for the sake of his life, he does not deliberately utter a false speech, even as a joke; and he stands before all sentient beings with resolute intention, free from deceit and treachery; and he generates the perception of the Teacher toward all bodhisattvas, and proclaims their praise in the four directions; and whatever beings he matures, he encourages them all toward unexcelled, perfect awakening, because of not longing for a limited vehicle. Through these four, Kāśyapa.'