The ten dependable things: 1. One should take refuse in a holy guru, who possesses supreme knowledge and compassion. 2. One should take shelter in the monastery, which is isolated from the society, spiritually pleasant, blissful and established with the divine blessing.ealization. 3. One should take stable companions like views; character and practice keep with equal importance. 4. Keeping in mind that livelihood(16) is full of faults and leads to sinful deeds; one should keep himself confined to limited livelihood. 5. One should take shelter in the lineage instructions of Siddhas by giving up the partial outlook. 6. One should apply the materials, medicines, mantras and deep interdependence that are beneficial to oneself and others. 7. One should take food that benefits his health and should follow the path of method for sound health. 8. One should take shelter in Dharma and conduct to benefit himself through experience. 10. One should always have mindfulness and alertness upon the four kinds of conducts(17) and should use them in life. 16). In Bodhicaryāvatāra it is said: Due to torment involved in collecting it, Protecting and finally losing it, I should realize wealth to be fraught with infinite problems. Those who are distracted by their attachment to it have no opportunity to gain freedom From the misery of conditioned existence. Thus, the person having many possessions is tormented first while trying to accumulate wealth, then in having to guard it, and lastly through losing it. Persons of few desires, however, are not troubled in this way. 17). The four bodily activities are: going, walking, sleeping and waking.
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