Chapter 42 Chapter 40 Bodhisattva Thought

The bodhisattva is merciful and feels sentient beings, and the heart of bodhisattva is sincere and sincere, and the vows are deep, I wish that in the vast world, I will plant a field of blessings at the expense of my life. - Nalanda In Buddhism, there are three methods of enlightenment (bodhi) that lead to the highest attainment.Practitioners can use one of them according to their own nature.They are: savakabdhi, paccekabhi and sammasambodhi. Shravaka Bodhi is the enlightenment of the Buddha's disciples, and the original meaning is the one who hears the sound, that is, Arhat (meaning those who should be offered or those who have no desires).Those seeking arhatship usually seek the guidance of a great enlightened teacher.With a little guidance from an enlightened teacher, a Dharma seeker with moral cultivation can make great progress on the path of enlightenment.For example, the Venerable Shariputra only listened to half of the gatha of the Venerable Ashi said, and immediately realized the first fruit.Bandhachara, who had tragically lost all her loved ones, suffered in agony and attained arahantship by gazing at the river that washes her feet. The childish Gotami begged the Buddha to heal her dead son. The holy fruit is proved by the blown out candle.The little Bandoka could not recite a gatha for four months. Later, he put a clean white cloth in his hand, and stared at it tightly with his eyes under the sun, thus attaining Arhatship.

After attaining the holy fruit, the arhat dedicates the rest of his life to serve other people who seek peace by his own words and deeds.He first purified himself, and then tried to teach others the Dharma he had already verified, so that others could be purified.An Arahant is more capable of explaining the Dharma than an ordinary person who has not realized the truth, because the Dhamma he speaks comes from his own experience.In the lofty arhatship ideal, there is no selfishness at all, because only by cutting off all forms of selfishness can one attain arhatship.To achieve arahantship, self-ignorance and selfishness are some of the obstacles that must be discarded.All wise men and women of the Buddha's time and after have benefited from this extraordinary cause and attained enlightenment in this life.

Independent Enlightenment is the enlightenment attained by those with advanced witnesses relying on their own efforts without any external aids.Such saints are called solitary enlightened beings.Because he is incapable of teaching the Dharma he has discovered, purifying and serving others.Nevertheless, he inspired all living beings with morality. Solitary Enlightenment only comes into play when the Dharma ceases to exist.In a certain period of time, it is different from the perfect enlightened person.There is no limit to the number of solitary beings.Although the era of Gautama Buddha has passed, we are still in the Buddha Kalpa, because the teachings of the Buddha still exist in a pure and undefiled way.Therefore, no solitary beings appeared during this period.In the "Rhinoceros Horn Sutra" in the "Sutras", some of the best words of the Buddha are preserved.Here are some quips of wisdom collected.

1.Put down the butcher knife, do not harm all sentient beings, do not spare your sons and friends, roaming around like a rhinoceros. 2.From love arises intimacy, and from it arises pain.Recognizing the evil of love is like a rhinoceros roaming everywhere. 3.Admire friendship, associate with superiors and equals, and live without fault, roaming like a rhinoceros. 4.Material desires are varied, sweet and intoxicating, and seduce people in many forms. Knowing them is dangerous, like a rhinoceros roaming around. 5.Overcoming all heat and cold, hunger, thirst, wind and sun, mosquitoes and poisonous snakes, roaming like a rhinoceros.

6.Like a lion, it does not tremble from any sound, like the wind, it does not cling to the mesh, like a lotus flower, it is not stained by mud, like a rhinoceros, it roams everywhere. 7.Practice compassion, joy, sacrifice and liberation at the right time, and not be hindered by the world, just like a rhinoceros roaming around. The fully enlightened person is the most compassionate in order to practice the ultimate realization. He is the supreme enlightened person who knows everything.Those who have attained this kind of Bodhi are called Samyak Sambodhi Enlightened Ones, which means perfect self-enlightened ones.He not only realized the truth through his own efforts and wisdom, but also taught the Dharma to those who pursued the truth, made it pure, and rescued them from the endless cycle of life and death.Unlike the pratyekabuddhas, only one fully enlightened being appears in the world at a specific time, just like some trees have only one flower.

The person who seeks to realize the enlightenment of Sanliu Sanbodhi is called Bodhisattva.In this self-centered world, this bodhisattva ideal is the highest and most beautiful spiritual state imaginable.What could be more noble than devotion and a pure life? In this saha world, the reincarnated sentient beings hope to save others and reach the ultimate consummation. People can freely follow the Bodhisattva way.However, not everyone has to seek Buddhahood, which can be said to be completely impossible.Some critics have argued that the bodhisattva ideal is a counter to the closed, peaceful and apathetic saga life.This only exposes their ignorance of the true Dharma.

The late Sanskrit classic "Theory on the Adornment of Viewing the Emergence of the World" is a re-commentary to the "Prajna Paramita Sutra", which writes: "The disciples of great hearers (sravaka) have attained two kinds of bodhisattvas, with more or less, and fear in their hearts, because they do not have great compassion and great wisdom (uru-karuna-prajna-vaika-lyena). It is possible because of the cessation of the former life force. Enter Nirvana. In fact, (the Hinayana sages) only see Nirvana similar to the extinction of fire, and no longer reincarnate in the three realms. However, when their life in the world ends, the Arhat is reborn in the Immovable Realm (anasravadhatu), the purest place of Dharma, eternal Go deep into samadhi and live by the lotus flower (padmaphutesu-jayante). After that, Amitabha Buddha and other Buddhas, like the sun rising to the sky, awakened them and made them eliminate the remaining ignorance. Therefore, all arhats made further efforts to seek the unsurpassed Bodhi. Although they live in liberation, they should appear (in the conditioned world) and even go to hell. Accumulating the merits of becoming Buddhas in this way, they become teachers (Buddhas) of all living beings."

This is absolutely absurd argument, completely deviated from the Buddha's heart. Whether the arhat is selfish, whether all sentient beings need to seek the Buddhahood.To save other beings, these issues have been debated all the time.Some people may ask: "What is the purpose of becoming a Buddha? Is it to make others become arhats and achieve the purpose of saving others?" If this is the case, the logical conclusion is that the Buddhahood itself cultivates selfishness.This is very absurd. There is no doubt that Buddhahood is the highest and noblest of the three ideals, but not all sentient beings can achieve this highest ideal.For sure, not all scientists can be like Einstein and Newton, there must be some ordinary scientists, help the world according to their own power.

The Pali term bodhisatta is formed from the words prajna or enlightenment (bodhi) and dedication or aim at (satta).Thus, bodhisattva means one who is devoted to, or aims at, wisdom or enlightenment.Sanskrit should be bodhisakta, but the more popular usage is Bodhisattva, which means a wise man, or a person who seeks to prove and become a Buddha. This term is generally used to describe people who seek enlightenment, but according to the meaning, strictly speaking, it should only be used to refer to those who decide to achieve the supreme Buddhahood. (1) In one respect, every sentient being is a future Buddha, because the attainment of Buddhahood is not the privilege of those who are particularly favored.

It should be noted that Buddhists do not recognize a divine spark that needs to be developed within the being because they deny the existence of a Creator.However, they pay attention to a person's inner agency and creativity. Buddhism also denies the existence of eternally reincarnated souls that unite all experiences.Buddhism presupposes the existence of a similar powerful life-flow in the process, rather than some so-called unchanging soul at the root of man. As a human being, Prince Siddhartha attained Buddhahood with his willpower, wisdom and compassion.Every sentient being can attain this supreme state of perfection.It is a characteristic of Buddhism that anyone who has made the necessary effort can seek the realization of a teacher.Buddha never regarded becoming a Buddha as his exclusive right.This is not an evolutionary program.One can do it by one's own efforts without the help of others.Buddha did not curse human beings, did not call them sinners, on the contrary, he gave them hope, pointing out that their nature is pure.He encourages and enlightens people to emulate himself instead of frustrating them, creating a complex of baseness and keeping the nobility of Buddha alone.

A Bodhisattva is not necessarily a Buddhist.We may find compassionate bodhisattvas among Buddhists today, who may not even know their lofty pursuits, or among followers of other religions. three bodhisattvas According to Buddhism, there are three types of bodhisattvas, namely: wisdom type (pannadhika), faith type (saddhadhika), and diligence type (viriyadhika).These three types of bodhisattvas correspond to the Indian meditation yoga, pandi yoga and karma yoga. Wisdom-type Bodhisattvas have less belief but more diligence; faith-type Bodhisattvas have less virtuosity but more wisdom; diligent Bodhisattvas have less wisdom but more faith.These three qualities are seldom combined harmoniously in the same individual.Gautama Buddha is considered to be of the wise type.According to the scriptures, the wisdom type can become a Buddha in a short time, the belief type needs a longer time, and the diligent type needs a longer time. Compared with paying homage to idols, Wisdom Bodhisattvas pay more attention to the cultivation of wisdom and practice meditation more.They are always guided by reason, never accept blind faith, never surrender themselves, and are not slaves to classics and individuals.They like to meditate in silence, silently cast powerful thoughts in their quiet places, and moralize human beings in pain. Piety or trusting faith has an absolute advantage in the faith-type Bodhisattva.Using faith as an aid, they obtain evidence of Buddhahood.These bodhisattvas are very interested in paying homage to idols.Buddha statues have great enlightenment and appeal to them. It should be understood that Buddhists do not worship Buddha statues, they pay homage to the Buddha represented by the Buddha statues, thinking about the merits of the Buddha.The more they visualized Bodha in this way, the more they respected and loved him.This is why Buddhism does not condemn these external forms of worship.However, personal practice should be truly admirable and absolutely sublime.Dry reason must be added with faith to get satisfactory results.Even so, it must be in the light of wisdom, for excessive faith may sometimes bring disadvantages. Diligent bodhisattvas always seek every opportunity to serve all beings, and nothing can make them happier than active dedication. "For them, phasing is happiness, and happiness is phasing." They will not feel happiness unless they keep doing it.As the Sri Lankan King Sangha Bodhi said: "Their flesh and blood are for the happiness and happiness of the world." Their lives are not only for themselves, but also for all sentient beings. This spirit of selfless devotion is the main characteristic of all bodhisattvas. Bodhisattvas are unremittingly diligent and hardworking, but they are not like slaves but like masters. They do not seek fame and fortune, and all their interests and hobbies are only in service.Whether others know of their deeds of selflessness is neither important nor relevant.They have no regard for praise or slander. In these acts of impartial service to others, they forget about themselves and even sacrifice their own lives if this act saves other sentient beings. A bodhisattva who forgets himself in the process of saving others should practice metta-karuna, and thus attain an extraordinary height. The Bodhisattva wishes the world beauty and happiness, loves all sentient beings like a mother loves her only son, and regards herself as one with the public.For him, the happiest thing is to regard all sentient beings as his brothers and sisters.And to sentient beings, he is like a mother, father, friend, teacher. "The spirit of being equal to others and suffering on behalf of others constitutes the compassion of a Bodhisattva."When he is so knowledgeable, he abandons his self-concept, realizes that there is no difference between himself and others, repays evil with good, and helps those who have wronged him without asking, because he knows that "the power of a religious teacher lies in patience." . "When insulted by others, he does not insult others; when attacked, he does not attack others; when irritated by others, he does not anger others. His tolerance never shrinks, just like Mother Earth silently bears everything." [Note] (1) Professor Ross Davis wrote in "The Jataka of Buddhism" (xxxiv): "There is a religious romance called Barlaam and Joasaph".An Indian prince was persuaded by Balam to become a hermit.Readers will be surprised to find that this history comes from Buddhism, and Joosevelt is the Buddha with a changed title.The word Joseph is an abuse of Bodhisattva.Joseph is written in Arabic as Yudasatf (Yudasatf), which is due to the confusion of the Arabic word Y and B, it should be Bodhisattva. Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Vol. VII, p. 567.