The Great-Earth Mind

"You should reflect with right mindfulness in this way as you approach a good friend. Further, good man, in approaching a good friend, raise a great-earth mind, because it bears every matter without fatigue; raise a vajra mind, because it remains firm and upright, indestructible; raise a vajra-mountain mind, because every suffering and affliction cannot destroy it; raise a mind without a self of its own, because it follows the other's own wishes; raise a disciple's mind, because it never goes against any teaching; raise a servant-boy's mind, because it never grows weary or averse to any laborious task; raise a nurturing mind, because it does not fear being defiled by the afflictions; raise a hired-laborer's mind, because it never contradicts whatever teaching it receives … [the list continues]"