Two-fold benefit

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

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