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The 'four wheels of favorable conditions' conducive to the arising of the path; Mipham Rinpoche:'phags lam skye ba dang mthun par gyur pa'i yul lha mi'i 'gro ba na gnas pa, dge ba'i bshes gnyen skyes bu dam pa la brten pa, bdag nyid kyi blo chos la legs par smon pa, tshe rabs sngon du bsod nams bgyis pa'i rgyu yod pa bzhi'o The 'four wheels of favorable conditions' conducive to the arising of the path [of liberation]: i) to dwell among the class of beings of [either] gods or humans, realms that are conducive to the arising of the noble path; ii) to follow a spiritual guide and holy personage [who is teaching the path]; iii) for one's mind to fully aspire towards the Dharma; iv) to possess the causes [for the arising of the path in one's stream-of-being] through having created merit in former lifetimes. [RY]