01:840:211 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Mahayana, Mahayana Sutras, Bodhisattva Vow
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: theravada - individual obtains liberation from samsara by buddha"s teaching. : mahayana - individual needs to strive to find pure dhamma by themselves and become a. Marks the turn from self-concern to concern for others: taking the bodhisattva vow (pranidhana) before a buddha, practice and acquisition of the six (or ten) perfections (paramita) across ten stages over multiple lifetimes. The concept of the awakening mind" (bodhicitta) - crucial in mahayana buddhism - purification (e. g. meditation/ dharma) compels an individual to enter the bodhisattva path. :bodhicitta may arise as the result of past life good karma, ritual practice, or mental. : compassionate aspiration to save others from samsara by becoming a bodhisattva (and ultimately a buddha) : all living beings are thought to possess this capacity to (eventually) develop. Mahayana sutras - begin to identify bodhicitta with the (somewhat later) concept of.
