The Four Means of Gathering Disciples
Methods for helping others on the path to awakening.
The four means are: giving what is needed, speaking pleasantly, teaching appropriately, and practicing what one teaches. These create connections that lead beings to dharma.
First give what beings need, then teach them dharma.
These methods skillfully help others while maintaining pure motivation.
Mahayana Sutras
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- What Tibetan Buddhism says about service
Four plain methods: give what is needed, speak pleasantly, teach at the level the hearer is at, and do what you tell others to do.