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'''Nine factors of practising virtue''' (Tib. དགེ་བ་བྱེད་པའི་དངོས་པོ་དགུ་, ''gewa jepé ngöpo gu'', [[Wyl.]] ''dge ba byed pa’i dngos po dgu''), which are mentioned in chapter five of the ''[[Bodhicharyavatara]]'', verses 55 to 58, are as follows:

'''Verse 55''': <br>
(1) having complete certainty (''shin tu nges pa'') <br>
(2) having complete faith (''rab tu dad pa'') <br>
(3) being firmly resolved (''brten po'') <br>
(4) being respectful (''gus pa'') and polite (''zhe sar bcas pa'') <br>
(5) having a sense of self-control or moral conscience (''ngo tsha shes pa'') and apprehension (''’jigs pa dang bcas pa'') <br>
(6) being peaceful (''zhi ba'') <br>

'''Verse 56''': <br>
(7) not becoming disheartened (''mi skyo ba'') <br>

'''Verse 57''': <br>
(8) constantly maintaining the thought that all actions are like a magical apparition lacking an ‘I’ (''sprul pa bzhin du nga med par yid ‘di rtag tu gzung bar byed pa'') <br>

'''Verse 58''': <br>
(9) thinking repeatedly about gaining the supreme freedoms of a human life (''dal ba’i mchog thob yang dang yang du bsams pa'')<br>


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