Four ways of attracting disciples

Four ways of attracting disciples (Skt. catuhsamgrahavastu; Tib. བསྡུ་བའི་དངོས་པོ་བཞི་, duwé ngöpo shyi, Wyl. bsdu ba'i dngos po bzhi) — the qualities of the teacher that enable him to gather fortunate students, namely:

that he should be generous,
his language should be pleasant (Skt. priyavāditā; Tib. snyan par smra ba),
he should teach each individual according to that person’s needs (Skt. samānārthatā; Tib. don mthun pa, sam), and
he should act in conformity with what he teaches (Skt. arthacaryā; Tib. don spyod pa).

Four ways of attracting disciples

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