If someone slander us till the entire world filled with
malicious gossip, to generate profound compassion to praise his
virtues is the practice of a Bodhisattva.
Even if someone expose our faults and speak ill of us in the public
meeting, to pay reverent respect and view him as a supreme
spiritual friend is the practice of a Bodhisattva.
If someone whom we have protected and nurtured as our own child
treat us like an enemy, in return, to treat him even kinder than a
loving mother caring her sick child is the practice of a
Bodhisattva.
If those who are equal or inferior to us, despises us or out of
arrogance attempt to debase us, to always respect them as guru is
the practice of a Bodhisattva.
When we are belittled and abuse because we are poor and lowly, all
the same time afflicted by dangerous illness and evil spirits, not
to be discouraged to take on all sufferings caused by wrongful
actions committed by all beings is the practice of a
Bodhisattva.
Though we may be famous and repsected by many people and have the
same amount of wealth as Vaishravana, we should know that wealth
and power are without true essence. To abandon the mind of
arrogance is the practice of a Bodhisattva.
Even though the outer enemy is subjugated, unless this inner enemy
of aggression is conquered, the outer enemy will grow more and
more. To promptly conquer his own mind and arm with compassion and
loving kindness is the practice of a Bodhisattva.
All phenomena come from illusions of the mind and the mind itself
is from beginningless time without inherent existence, free from
extremes (eternalism and nihilism) and beyond all elaboration. To
understand this and not to fabricate one's own mind in
subject-object duality is the practice of a Bodhisattva.
When we encounter favourable and pleasant circumstances, we should
see it as a summer rainbow with a beautiful projected appearance
yet it has no real essence. To abandon attachment and desire
towards these circumstances is the practice of a Bodhisattva.
All sufferings are like experiences in a dream of the only child's
death. If we take them as real then we will become extremely worry.
To view unfavourable conditions and difficult circumstances as
merely illusions is the practice of a Bodhisattva.
A Bodhisattva would even sacrifice the body to pursuit the bodhi,
not to mention to sacrifice the possessions. To practice generosity
and not to expect the fruition of karmas and not to ask for reward
is the practice of a Bodhisattva.
Without following strict precepts, we cannot even benefit
ourselves, not to mention to benefit others. Therefore, not to look
for worldly happiness, but to diligently follow and protect
precepts is the practice of a Bodhisattva.
If a bodhisattva desire the reward of virtuous merit, he should see
the enemy as a precious treasure. To abandon hatred and aggression
towards beings, learn to be spacious and enduring is the practice
of a Bodhisattva.
Even pratyebuddhas and shravakas who accomplish only their own
welfare diligently practice if pulling off fire on their head.
Seeing this, to take up diligent effort - the source of good
qualities - for the sake of all beings is the practice of a
Bodhisattva.
The vipashyana wisdom arises from profound shamatha can destry
devils of karmas and worry. To cultivate meditative concentration
to abandon the four formless absorptions is the practice of a
Bodhisattva.
Without the guidance of wisdom, it is impossible to attain perfect
enlightenment through other five paramitas. To cultivate skillful
means with wisdom and to recognise that the one who act, the
action, and the one being act upon completely lack inherent
existence is the practice of a Bodhisattva.
