ཐ་ན་ཆུ་བུམ་པ་གང་ཙམ་ཡང་འབུལ་ལོ། །
“Furthermore, Śāriputra, the bodhisatva cultivates the following thought: ‘Alas! Sentient beings do not value advice. They dislike their teacher’s instructions and are not able to understand them. What is it they do not understand? They do not understand the riches of the teacher. What are the riches of the teacher? The riches of faith, the riches of morality, the riches of learning, the riches of conscience and moral sensitivity, the riches of renunciation, and the riches of wisdom—these are considered to be the riches of the teacher. Those who do not understand this can be said to be utterly impoverished. I will value the advice I receive and keep an open attitude toward the instructions of the teacher. How is this to be done? The bodhisatva who values advice keeps an open attitude toward the instructions of the teacher and attains understanding. What is it that he understands? He understands the riches of the teacher. What are the riches of the bodhisatva’s teacher? These riches comprise the cycle of teachings contained in The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva. When the teacher sees that the receptive bodhisatva is able to value his advice, he will give him a detailed explanation of the cycle of teachings contained in The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva. He will teach it to him, guide him in it, expound it for him, illuminate it for him, instruct him in it, open it up for him, and make it manifest to him. The bodhisatva who gains a firm mastery of The Collected Teachings on the Bodhisatva completely eliminates poverty and gains understanding—the state of a fully accomplished buddha. Having cultivated this thought, I will give meaning to this insubstantial body by valuing the advice I receive and maintaining an open attitude toward the instructions of the teacher. In this way, one honors and serves one’s teacher to the extent that one will even be willing to give up one’s water flask.’
Jewels, Water, Bodhisattvas