six principal virtues of a disciple

To possess the roots of all the virtuous qualities of admiring, longing, and trusted faith; to have the attitude of renouncing samsaric existence by realizing samsara to be like a fiery pit or a prison; to be endowed with the compassion of delighting in benefiting others because of perceiving sentient beings as being one's own parents; to have the sharp faculty of correctly understanding the meaning merely by hearing it, due to the awakening of one's potential through former training; to have the great intelligence of being able to accommodate without doubt this view and conduct of extensive Mahayana and the profound Secret Mantra; to possess the courageous discipline to engage in any practice without feeling intimidated or discouraged--since these six virtues embody all good qualities, a qualified master should accept a disciple endowed with them. (LW1), pg 92. (RY)