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==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Patrul Rinpoche, ''The Words of My Perfect Teacher'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group, ISBN 0-06-066449-5, pages 16-18 | [[Patrul Rinpoche]], ''[[The Words of My Perfect Teacher]]'', translated by Padmakara Translation Group, ISBN 0-06-066449-5, pages 16-18 | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
* [http://www.lotsawahouse.org/patrul/preliminary_points.html Patrul Rinpoche, ''Preliminary Points to be Explained When Teaching the Buddha’s Word or the Treatises''.] | * [http://www.lotsawahouse.org/patrul/preliminary_points.html Patrul Rinpoche, ''Preliminary Points to be Explained When Teaching the Buddha’s Word or the Treatises''.] | ||
Revision as of 17:40, 31 May 2011
The four metaphors explain the conduct to be adopted when listening to the teachings, and are given in the Gandavyuha Sutra (The Sutra Arranged Like a Tree, Tib. སྡོང་པོ་བཀོད་པའི་མདོ་ ), which is the final section of the Avatamsaka Sutra (The Flower Ornament Sutra, Tib. མདོ་མེ་ཏོག་རྣ་རྒྱན་ཕལ་པོ་ཆེ་ or simply, Tib. མདོ་ཕལ་པོ་ཆེ་).[1]
Noble one, think of yourself as someone who is sick,
Of the Dharma as the remedy,
Of your spiritual teacher as a skilful doctor,
And of diligent practice as the way to recovery.[2]
References
Further Reading
Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, ISBN 0-06-066449-5, pages 16-18