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Which are the four pure dharmas.<ref>Pearcy, ''Brightly Shining Sun'', https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/patrul-rinpoche/bodhicharyavatara-brightly-shining-sun.</ref> | Which are the four pure dharmas.<ref>Pearcy, ''Brightly Shining Sun'', https://www.lotsawahouse.org/tibetan-masters/patrul-rinpoche/bodhicharyavatara-brightly-shining-sun.</ref> | ||
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In the first verse of the chapter, we see a reference to maintaining the bodhisattva vows, which one takes during the ceremony of taking hold of bodhicitta outlined in the previous chapter. This includes both types of bodhicitta, the aspirational and engaged forms of that mind of enlightenment. | |||
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Khenpo Kunpal [LINK to text pdf p. 180] explains the use of the expression "firmly grasped" in the root text as follows: | |||
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|quote-text=The expression "firmly grasped" in the root text means that the Children of the Conqueror have assimilated the attitude of bodhichitta perfectly and irreversibly. Similarly, from the moment that we have generated the mind of enlightenment, we too must uphold it firmly, with the zealous wish that, come what may, we will never abandon it. If we have such a concentrated intention, telling ourselves that bodhichitta must be omnipresent even in our dreams, this will come about. It is therefore taught that the focusing of our earnest intention is of great importance.<ref>Fletcher and Blankleder, ''Nectar of Manjushri's Speech'', 141.</ref> | |||
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