[JasminBerkova]

Bodhicitta, or the activity of a Bodhisattva, is very much founded on love. Many people, me included, have had problems when trying to define love - well, at least logically. Bodhicitta is a special kind of love - unlimited love aimed at an unlimited number of beings - may all beings be happy and have the causes of happiness. Notions such as to save or to awaken have to be looked at with regards to this unlimited love. The Bodhisattva vows are taken within the context of this unlimited love for an unlimited number of beings or at least with the aspiration of generating such a love. The Bodhisattva vows are, I think, simply an expression of deep, deep metta.