"Finally, Geshe Sha-bo-gay-pa chastised himself: 'You old fool - you wish for high teachings, though your nature is low. You charlatan - you desire to improve others, but do not improve yourself. You sham - you act as if Dharma were meant only for others to follow, and not for yourself. You blunderer - you have charged others to act correctly, but act incorrectly yourself. You shiftless bum - each rise precedes a greater fall. You politician - you make extensive promises but abbreviated application. You rascal - you seek fettering passions, and
at the same time pretend to apply their countermeasures. You coward - you are fearful of others seeing your faults and hope that they will see only your good qualities.
"You involve yourself with your relatives instead of cultivating spiritual friends. You involve yourself with fettering passions instead of cultivating their antidotes. You leave practice for future lives instead of cultivating it in this life. You involve yourself with those who help you rather than cultivating those who harm you.
"You idiot - you harm others, not knowing you harm yourself. You do not know that to help others is to help yourself. You do not see that misery and harm which come to you are conducive to practising Dharma. You do not see that desire and happiness are non conducive to practise of Dharma.
"You say to others that practising Dharma is very important, yet do not follow the Teaching yourself. You despise others who are sinful, yet do not stop your own wrongdoing. You see the slightest faults in others, yet do not perceive great faults in yourself. You soon stop helping others when you get nothing in return. You cannot bear to see other teachers receive respect. You are subservient to those in high position while contemptuous of those beneath you. Talk of future lives is not pleasing to your ears. You act holy and disdainful when corrected by others. You want others to see your virtues and are content when they do not see
your faults. You are satisfied with a good facade though what is inside is not so good.
"You like to be given things. Not seeking happiness within yourself, you seek it externally.
Having vowed to learn Buddha's Teaching, you learn worldly affairs instead. Though you agree with the advice of the Bodhisattvas, your actions are preparing you for hell. Though you have dedicated your body, enjoyments, and virtuous activities of past, present, and future for the benefit of all living beings, you refuse to give up your ego. You like sinful friends, forgetting that they lead to ruin. You do not know that the anger of a spiritual friend is helpful.
"Do not waste time in pointless debate. Do not build castles in the air, increasing your cravings. Do not delight in dangerous activities. Do not do many things which senselessly hinder virtuous work."

"Feeling self-reproach, he scolded himself in this way.