The Refutation of Arising from the Four Extremes—Section A 25 2.2.1.2 The benefits of explaining emptiness to such individuals All the good qualities following from that will arise within them They always practice pure ethics, Give generously, practice compassion, cultivate patience, And the resulting virtue they completely dedicate to all wandering beings’ liberation in enlightenment They respect the perfect bodhisattvas (5d-7a) Giving these teachings to such listeners is not meaningless On the contrary, it causes all the good qualities that follow from the meaning of these teachings to arise within them Therefore, they regard this system of Dharma as a newfound precious treasure, and rely on the following qualities in order that it should not diminish: They always practice pure ethics that avoid all forms of nonvirtue [122] The reason for this is that if as a result of corrupted ethics they take birth in the lower realms, the continuum of their view of emptiness will be cut They give generously, because even if through proper ethical conduct they take rebirth in the higher realms, if they are poverty stricken, they will have to put so much effort into obtaining food and other means of livelihood that the continuum of their view of emptiness will be cut They practice immeasurable compassion, because when the view of emptiness is embraced by compassion, this produces the enlightenment of the buddhas, and nothing else can so They cultivate patience, because anger brings rebirth in the lower realms and an ugly color to one’s face, and if their anger displeases the noble ones, they will not receive the noble ones’ teachings and the continuum of their view of emptiness will be cut [122.13] Furthermore, these bodhisattvas completely dedicate all of this virtue so that all wandering beings without exception may be liberated in enlightenment They this because virtue that is not so dedicated will not produce the uninterrupted development of the causes and results that culminate in enlightenment They also respect the perfect bodhisattvas because no one other than the bodhisattvas can explain dependent arising 26 The Moon of Wisdom 3A-/?-0:A-KA