If you are the master giving the teaching, you should set an example by being cleanand conducting yourself purely. Eschewing pride and contempt, any desire to be famous orspecial, and attachment to offerings, respect, and possessions, you should maintain the mindset on supreme enlightenment, thinking, “I shall acquire the eye of Dharma for all sentientbeings. I shall light the lamp of primal wisdom. I shall do everything to ensure that theBuddha’s teaching remains for a long time.”Visualize yourself as the Universally Good Lake-Born Diamond Bearer with hisconsort, and, seated respectfully in front of him, tens of millions of gods, sages, knowledgeholders, and other beings. Consider your speech as the sound of the Dharma, endowed withthe sixty qualities, filling the whole universe; it dispels the darkness of ignorance in allsentient beings and they gain the power of memory as an entrance to the Dharma, alongwith confident eloquence and concentration.Avoid being sleepy, dull, or distracted, chatting meaninglessly, leaning, speakingirrelevantly, and other such faults. You should teach at a moderate pace, neither too leisurelynor too hurriedly, with a clear, pleasant voice, in a relaxed and regular manner, teaching for asuitable length of time, without getting angry, so that those listening to the teaching do notbecome weary.
