Two-fold benefit
The two-fold benefit (Skt. dvārtha; Tib. དོན་གཉིས་, dön nyi, Wyl. don gnyis) — in general:
- the benefit of self (Skt. svārtha; Tib. རང་དོན་, rang dön, Wyl. rang don), and
- the benefit of others (Skt. parārtha; Tib. གཞན་དོན་, shyendön, Wyl. gzhan don).
In particular, according to Maitreya's Uttaratantra Shastra, all of the qualities of a buddha can be condensed into the two-fold benefit of self and others, which are further subdivided into eight qualities (Tib. དོན་གཉིས་ཀྱི་ཡོན་ཏན་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. don gnyis kyi yon tan brgyad) :
Benefit of self:
- 1) self-arisen wisdom (Tib. སོ་སོ་རང་རིག་, soso rangrik, Wyl. so so rang rig)
- 2) unconditioned (Tib. འདུས་མ་བྱས་, dümajé, Wyl. 'dus ma byas) body
- 3) spontaneously (Tib. ལྷུན་གྲུབ་, lhündrub, Wyl. lhun grub) perfect
Benefit of others:
- 4) wisdom (Skt. jñāna; Tib. མཁྱེན་པ་, khyenpa, Wyl. mkhyen pa)
- 5) love (Skt. karuṇā; Tib. བརྩེ་བ་, tséwa, Wyl. brtse ba)
- 6) power (Skt. śakti; Tib. ནུས་པ་, nüpa, Wyl. nus pa)
And