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Subtle confidence-inspiring strategies

make people forget to fear danger.

So trust only brings disaster,

causing heedlessness and imprudence.

To stop any other geese from suffering the same misfor­ tune, the Bodhi·sattva uttered a special cry to announce that the lake was dangerous. The geese were distraught that their king had been snared and, paying no heed to one another, they flew into the sky, uttering shrill and hysterical shrieks out of fear, like soldiers when their leader has been killed. But Sumukha, the general of the geese, did not move from the king’s side.

Hearts bound by love do not

consider losing their own life.

For the misery of a friend’s suffering

pains them more than losing their life.

The Bodhi·sattva responded to this by saying to Sumukha:

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“Go! Go, Sumukha!