Chapter Three : Practice 57

He continued,
“If each practitioner wishes to diagnose his illnesses of the mind and cure them, then one must first know how to do it. First, just as a patient with a physical illness must reveal his symptoms to his physician without hiding anything, you must also reveal honestly the symptoms of your mind’s illnesses to your mentor. Second, just as a patient with a physical illness must comply with all of his doctor’s instructions, you too absolutely must comply with the teachings of your mentor. Third, just as a patient with a physical illness must not neglect making sincere effort until that illness is completely cured, you too must try with utmost sincerity to cure your mind’s illnesses until the very end. If in this wise you carry through conscientiously, you will finally recover the mind’s complete health, and at the same time gain the ability to treat and cure the multitudes who are suffering from illnesses of the mind. You then will accomplish the great enterprise of delivering sentient beings and curing the world.”

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