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'''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: | '''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, | *that he should be [[generosity|generous]], | ||
*his language should be pleasant, | *his language should be pleasant (Skt. ''priyavāditā''; Tib. ''snyan par smra ba''), | ||
*he should teach each individual according to that person’s needs, and | *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. | *he should act in conformity with what he teaches (Skt. ''arthacaryā''; Tib. ''don spyod pa''). | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
Revision as of 11:16, 5 July 2023
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).
Further Reading
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher, pages 137-143.