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若名、利、眷屬從外來破，憶此三術齧齒忍耐。雖千萬請，確乎難拔，讓哉！隱哉！去哉！若煩惱、業、定、見、慢等從內來破者，亦憶三術：即空、即假、即中。設使屠粉肌肉心，不動散；大地鎮壓，不為重淪。毘嵐弗輕，寒氷非冷，猛炎寧熱？端心正觀，那得薄證片禪即以為喜？纔見少惡即以為憂？坯器易堆，菴華難實。《大品》云：「無量人發菩提心，多墮二乘地。」為辦大事彌須安忍。若得此意，不須九境；若未了者，當更廣明。

If fame, profit, and retinue attack from without, remember these three methods and endure with clenched teeth. Though requested thousands or tens of thousands of times, be firmly unyielding: decline! hide! depart! If defilements, karma, dhyāna, views, and arrogance attack from within, likewise remember the three methods: namely emptiness, namely the provisional, and namely the middle. Even if one's flesh and bones were ground to dust, the mind would not waver or scatter; though the great earth pressed down upon one, one would not be overwhelmed. The vairambha winds are not light, cold ice is not chilly, and fierce flames are not hot. Maintaining a straight mind in correct contemplation, how could one rejoice over a shallow realization or a sliver of dhyāna, or grieve over encountering a slight misfortune? An unbaked vessel is easily crumbled, and the āmrāta flower seldom bears fruit. The Pañcaviṃśatisāhasrikā says: 'Countless people arouse the mind of bodhi, but most fall to the level of the two vehicles.' To accomplish the great matter, patient endurance is all the more necessary. If one understands this meaning, there is no need for the [other] nine realms; if one has not yet fully comprehended, it must be explained further.