..续本文上一页in degree, one should not just leave it at that. It is very important to share what one knows with others. A bodhisattva should aspire to teach others and, in knowing a little or a lot, one should be willing to teach other beings the dharma. There is great benefit from that both for oneself and for others. Here the Buddha primarily mentions the ten benefits for oneself, when the bodhisattva engages in expounding the dharma for other people. One will fully abandon unvirtuous activities. If we have studied to some extent and we are repeating what is right to others then automatically from the habit of that we will understand what is right and what is wrong and therefor avoid negative activities. Secondly, we will engage in activities that are virtuous. We will abide by the principals of sublime beings, which is only possible if we have studied and understood the dharma to some extent. By expounding the teachings to others, will help with the strength to be able to abide by the principals of noble beings, and we will be planting the seeds, purifying ourselves toward enlightenment. Teaching others will help us in achieving the supreme essence of enlightenment. Also to be able to be generous with material things, to cut through disturbing emotions, the kleshas, to be generous, to give to other sentient beings, giving them their share of the fortune of the dharma teachings. Train ourselves in the attitude of loving kindness and finally, being able to achieve a state of ease and well being within this life time. Those are the qualities that a bodhisattva achieves from being generous and from giving dharma teachings to others.

　　 Following that, The Buddha describes the ten qualities resulting from practicing meditation. The first quality is establishing the view of emptiness, then training in the state of samadhi meditation. Since the entire sutra on The King of Samadhi is simply about this, then the qualities have already been explained and covered. After that the Buddha explains the ten benefits from remaining in seclusion. We will be able to remain with less negative activities, we will be less involved, we will involve ourselves in dharma activities. We will be free from adverse circumstances which could prevent us from practicing the dharma. We will be far from persion, worldly bustle. We will remain free from strife because within seclusion, or a dharma community, there is no cause for being involved in pision. We will be able to act in a way which is utterly peaceful and serene, and remain in maintaining the precepts and continuously cultivating a state which is conducive to liberation. These are the benefits from remaining in seclusion. This concludes the twenty-ninth chapter.

　　In the thirtieth chapter, called King Mound of Majestic Splendor, the Buddha relates a story of a past lifetime when he was a universal monarch. The story illustrates the necessity of abandoning an entire kingdom with all its riches and splendor and to pursue with the utmost diligence, as if ones hair was on fire, in the training of samadhi. And the reason is that a world ruler is merely a temporary condition of happiness. While the state of samadhi, is a direct cause for achieving permanent happiness. Practicing the Dharma, and especially training in samadhi, is more important than anything else. We can see by the example of Milarepa, how he trained with tremendous diligence. He undertook enormous hardship. Milarepa felt that Dharma practice was more important than food or clothing and did not want to waste his time and focused on practice with great diligence. We should understand these same principals, that no amount of luxuries or wealth, or the state of a world ruler, can compare with the importance of practicing the D…

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