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|jumbo-text=The Six Perfections, or pāramitās, are the primary constituents that make up the bodhisattva path. They represent the different facets of the bodhisattva conduct, as specific areas of focus that are initially practiced successively in order to produce a cumulative effect. | |||
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|definition=The six or ten types of practices which lead an individual to Buddhahood. The practice of perfections is particularly important in Mahāyāna Buddhism in which the entire path of the Bodhisattva to reach full enlightenment is included in the six or ten perfections. | |||
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|term=Prajñāpāramitā | |||
|definition=A class of Mahāyāna sūtras which represents some of the earliest known literature of this genre of Buddhism. The term itself references a type of intelligence, discernment, or knowledge that embodies the insight which transcends the notions of the three spheres of agent, object, and action. | |||
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In the ''Bodhicaryāvatāra'' Śāntideva expresses this sentiment, stating, | |||
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In his expansive study of the concept of bodhicitta, Professor Dorji Wangchuk states, | |||
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|quote-text=As we all know, Mahāyāna is principally defined by a new goal of salvation: One should not only seek one's own freedom from ''saṃsāra'' but should become a ''buddha'', whose task consists in primarily leading others, too, to salvation. One should hence follow the path of a ''bodhisattva''. Because the way to Buddhahood is much longer and arduous than the direct way to ''nirvāṇa'', a strong motivation is required to overcome and endure the difficulties. The Mahāyāna texts often mention compassion (''karuṇā'') as a decisive motive for this undertaking. Empathy or compassion is hence seen as the root (''mūla'') or seed (''bīja'') of ''bodhicitta'', and ''bodhicitta'' as the defining principle of a ''bodhisattva'' striving to become a ''buddha''. | |||
|source-wiki-page=The Resolve to Become a Buddha | |||
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And, | |||
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|quote-text=The notions of ''bodhicitta'', ''bodhisattva'', and Mahāyāna are so intricately linked with each other that it seems to be almost impossible to deal with one of them without referring to the others. Doctrinally speaking, there cannot be a bodhisattva without ''bodhicitta'', and no Mahāyāna without a ''bodhisattva''. | |||
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In his ''The Jewel Lamp: A Praise of Bodhicitta'' Khunu Lama describes the importance of bodhicitta to the bodhisattva path, stating, | |||
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Those who wish to follow the spiritual practice | |||
of the bodhisattvas, the Victor's children, | |||
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bodhicitta since it is the foundation of that practice. Verse 101 | |||
Since a buddha is born from a bodhisattva | |||
and a bodhisattva is born from bodhicitta, | |||
intelligent persons understand | |||
the greatness of supreme bodhicitta. Verse 102 | |||
|source-wiki-page=Vast as the Heavens Deep as the Sea | |||
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|featured-books=The Resolve to Become a Buddha;Atisha's Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment;The Way of the Bodhisattva (2006);The Nectar of Manjushri's Speech;Ornament of Precious Liberation (Holmes);A Feast of the Nectar of the Supreme Vehicle;The Words of My Perfect Teacher (1998);Vast as the Heavens Deep as the Sea; | |||
|featured-articles=Śāntideva on Developing the Thought of Awakening;A Precursory Phrase of Tantric Definition of Bodhicitta in the Śāntideva's Śikṣāsamuccaya;Altruism as Antidote to Demagoguery: Shantideva’s Bodhicharyavatara Chapter 3 as Method for Countering Identity Divisions;Bodhicitta (Ringu Tulku);Bodhicitta and Charity: A Comparison;Cultivating Bodhicitta: Wisdom and Compassion in Śāntideva's Introduction to the Awakened Life; | |||
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[https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/patrul-rinpoche/aspiration-generate-bodhichitta ''Aspiration to Generate Bodhicitta, Utterly Pure and Supreme'' by Patrul Rinpoche]; | |||
[https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/ngawang-tenzin-norbu/commentary-refuge-bodhichitta ''Brief Commentary on the Refuge & Bodhichitta Prayer'' by Dza Rongpu Ngawang Tendzin Norbu]; | |||
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