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It is easier for a mother to understand what is meant by the Bodhisattva Vows. A mother naturally wishes her child all the best in life and actually when that child's life is threatened will do anything in her power to save her child even when she must surely know it is not within her power to do so - and that mother does not stop to review her karmic connections with her child or attachment to him - she does so out of love. Likewise the Bodhisattva will do all in his/her power to save sentient beings even if he/she must surely know it is not within his/her power to do so - he/she does so out of love.