རབ་ཏུ་བཟོད་པ་མ་ཡིན་ནོ། །
“Thus, Śāriputra, the bodhisatva who comes to master such patient acceptance achieves ‘bodhisatva patience.’ What is bodhisatva patience? The absence of malice is a sign of bodhisatva patience. The absence of anger is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Nonviolence is a sign of bodhisatva patience. The absence of disputes is a sign of bodhisatva patience. The absence of aggression is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Guarding oneself is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Guarding others is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Guarding one’s body is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Guarding one’s speech is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Guarding one’s mind is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Investigating everything thoroughly is a sign of bodhisatva patience. [MS.84.a] Not wishing for nirvāṇa is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Accepting the ripening of the fruits of previous actions is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Being physically pure is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Being verbally pure is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Being mentally pure is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Experiencing the excellent states of a god or a human being is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Coming to possess the major and minor marks of a tathāgata is a sign of bodhisatva patience. The attainment of the resounding speech of a tathāgata and the voice of Brahmā is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Following the way of the bodhisatva and never allowing one’s roots of virtue to perish is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Being beyond any attack from others is a sign of bodhisatva patience. Delighting in setting one’s opponents on the right path is a sign of bodhisatva patience. In short, possessing the powers, confidence, unique qualities, great compassion, great love, great empathetic joy, and great equanimity of a tathāgata and being replete with all the characteristics of a buddha is a sign of bodhisatva patience.
Bodhisattva, Buddha, Teachings