དེ་ལ་རབ་ཏུ་བཟོད་པ་གང་ཞེ་ན། གང་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ཁོང་དུ་ཆུད་པ་དེ་ལ་ལྟ་བ་བསལ་བ་ཡང་མེད། སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་དུ་སྒྲོ་འདོགས་པ་ཡང་མེད། གང་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ཁོང་དུ་ཆུད་པ་དེ་ལ་རྣམ་པར་རྟོག་པ་བསལ་བ་ཡང་མེད། མཚན་མ་མེད་པའི་སྒྲོ་འདོགས་པ་ཡང་མེད། གང་སྟོང་པ་ཉིད་ཁོང་དུ་ཆུད་པ་དེ་ལ་སྨོན་ལམ་བསལ་བ་ཡང་མེད། སྨོན་པ་མེད་པར་སྒྲོ་འདོགས་པ་ཡང་མེད།
“Śāriputra, because of this bodhisatva patience, he truly understands that any outburst is just like an echo and will not retort when he is verbally abused. He sees the body as being like a reflection and will not strike back when he is struck. He understands that the mind is like an illusion and will not become angered, even when others are angry. He knows his own level of achievement and is neither downcast if he is not praised nor flattered if he is complimented. He is disciplined and tranquil and is neither exhilarated by gain nor depressed by loss. He sees the bigger picture and is neither fascinated by fame nor troubled by anonymity. He is firm and unshakeable and is neither bowed by blame nor elated by praise. His focus is sentient beings, and so suffering does not trouble him. As conditioned happiness is impermanent, he does not allow himself to become intoxicated by happiness. He is beyond any type of birth and is therefore untarnished by worldly matters. As he does not cause others any agony, he is able to bear the agony that befalls him. As he possesses all the factors of awakening in their fullness, he can bear it when his major and minor limbs and his head are chopped off. As his goal is the buddha body, he can bear it when his body is cut to pieces. He is able to patiently bear any difficulties, as it is this that provides one with the power of having acted in positive ways. This, Śāriputra, is what is called bodhisatva patience.
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