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The '''two-fold benefit''' (Skt. ''dvārtha''; [[Wyl.]] ''don gnyis'') — in general:
The '''two-fold benefit''' (Skt. ''dvārtha''; Tib. དོན་གཉིས་, ''dön nyi'', [[Wyl.]] ''don gnyis'') — in general:
*the benefit of self (Skt. ''svārtha''; Tib. ''rang dön''; Wyl. ''rang don''), and  
*the benefit of self (Skt. ''svārtha''; Tib. ''rang dön''; Wyl. ''rang don''), and  
*the benefit of others (Skt. ''parārtha''; Tib. ''shyendön''; Wyl. ''gzhan don'').
*the benefit of others (Skt. ''parārtha''; Tib. ''shyendön''; Wyl. ''gzhan don'').

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The two-fold benefit (Skt. dvārtha; Tib. དོན་གཉིས་, dön nyi, Wyl. don gnyis) — in general:

  • the benefit of self (Skt. svārtha; Tib. rang dön; Wyl. rang don), and
  • the benefit of others (Skt. parārtha; Tib. shyendön; Wyl. gzhan don).

In particular, according to Maitreya's Uttaratantra Shastra, all of the qualities of a buddha can be condensed into the two-fold benefit of self and others, which are further subdivided into eight qualities (Tib. དོན་གཉིས་ཀྱི་ཡོན་ཏན་བརྒྱད་, Wyl. don gnyis kyi yon tan brgyad) :

Benefit of self:

Benefit of others:

And