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Generosity and discipline, patience, diligence, | |||
Concentration, and the wisdom that knows thusness— | |||
Those measureless perfections, make them grow, | |||
And be a Mighty Conqueror who’s crossed samsara’s sea. | |||
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Furthermore, the perfections are described as being endowed with four special features (''khyad chos bzhi ldan'') that distinguish them from their mundane counterparts. These four are to be uncorrupted by their specific counteragent (i.e. patience that has no trace of anger), to be endowed with non-conceptual wisdom, to be able to thoroughly satisfy all that is desired, and to be able to throughly ripen or mature sentient beings. | Furthermore, the perfections are described as being endowed with four special features (''khyad chos bzhi ldan'') that distinguish them from their mundane counterparts. These four are to be uncorrupted by their specific counteragent (i.e. patience that has no trace of anger), to be endowed with non-conceptual wisdom, to be able to thoroughly satisfy all that is desired, and to be able to throughly ripen or mature sentient beings. | ||
In his '' | In his ''Brightly Shining Sun'', Patrul Rinpoche writes, | ||
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Generosity | What are these four special features? As it is said: | ||
Generosity in which adverse factors have disappeared, | |||
Endowed with wisdom that is non-conceptual, | |||
|source-wiki-page= | Completely fulfills all wishes, | ||
|page-number= | And brings all beings to maturity at the three levels. | ||
The adverse factors for the pāramitās are stinginess, wayward discipline, anger, laziness, distraction and misguided intelligence, respectively. | |||
The various ways in which they fulfill the wishes of beings are as follows: | |||
*generosity leads to the giving away of possessions and so on; | |||
*discipline is an inspiration to others; | |||
*patience allows us to face harmful situations; | |||
*diligence helps us to do what is necessary; | |||
*concentration produces miraculous abilities and supernatural perceptions which inspire others; | |||
*and wisdom allows us to point out what must be adopted and abandoned. | |||
These [pāramitās] bring all that could be wished for, and bring beings to maturity, directly or indirectly, by leading them to enlightenment, as a śrāvaka, pratyekabuddha or fully enlightened buddha. | |||
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