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'''Four ways of attracting disciples''' ([[Wyl.]] ''bsdu ba'i dngos po bzhi'') — the qualities of the teacher that enable him to gather fortunate students, namely:  
'''Four ways of attracting disciples''' (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,  
*that he should be generous,  

Revision as of 22:00, 8 March 2018

Four ways of attracting disciples (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,
  • he should teach each individual according to that person’s needs, and
  • he should act in conformity with what he teaches.

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