Generosity, kind words, meaningful actions, and practicing what one preaches.

The four means of attracting disciples are generosity, kind talk, meaningful actions, and practicing what one preaches.

Generosity, kind talk, meaningful actions, and practicing what one preaches.

Generosity, kind talk, meaningful actions, and practicing what one preaches.

Generosity, kind talk, meaningful actions, and practicing what one preaches.

These are traditionally listed as four: generosity, kind talk, meaningful actions, and practicing what one preaches.

Giving whatever is necessary, speaking pleasantly, cooperation, and consistency between words and deeds.

Generosity, kind talk, meaningful actions, and practicing what one preaches.

Four ways of attracting people to the Buddhist teachings: charity, kind words, beneficial conduct, and practicing what one preaches.

These are (1) generosity (sbyin pa, dāna), (2) pleasant speech (snyan par smra ba, priyavadita), (3) purposeful activity (don du spyod pa, arthacaryā), and (4) harmonious activity (don ’thun par spyod pa, samānārthatā). The last of these is interpreted in Asaṅga’s works to mean “doing oneself what one preaches to others,” but the original meaning in this context according to some sources including the Mahāvastu may have been consonance, or empathy, in the sense of sharing the joys and sorrows of others (see Edgerton p. 569).

Buddhas attract disciples through generosity, speaking pleasantly, consistency in action, and acting altruistically.

Buddhas attract disciples through generosity, speaking pleasantly, consistency in action, and acting altruistically.

Generosity, kind words, meaningful actions, and practicing what one preaches.

Giving gifts, kind words, beneficial actions, and consistency between words and deeds.

Giving gifts, kind words, beneficial actions, and consistency between words and deeds.

The qualities of teachers that enable them to gather fortunate students, namely, that they should be generous, their language should be pleasant, they should teach each individual according to that person’s needs, and they should act in conformity with what they teach.

The four means of enticement are (1) generosity, (2) kind words, (3) consistency between words and deeds, and (4) helpful actions.

Four ways of attracting people to the Buddhist teachings: generosity, kind words, meaningful actions, and practicing what one preaches.

Generosity, pleasant speech, conscientiousness, and egalitarianism. See F.191.b.

Generosity, kind words, actions that benefit others, and practicing what one preaches.

Mahāvyutpatti 924. The four methods of conversion are: (1) generosity (dāna), (2) kind words (priyavādita), (3) being supportive of others (arthacaryā), and (4) being consistent with one’s own teachings (samānārthatā). (see Mvyut 924).

Generosity, kind talk, meaningful actions, and practicing what one preaches.

Generosity, kind speech, meaningful behavior, and practicing what one preaches.