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Old 03-18-2012, 09:43 PM   #2
CitsMoise17

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First of all, I don't think the Bodhisattva vow is about "saving" anyone
'Saving all sentient beings" was an expression I heard being used when I was a Tibetan Buddhist practitioner.

I maintain my opinion which I expressed previously. - that the notion of 'saving' or 'liberating all beings' is unrealistic and can give one a false idea that one is on some kind of a mission.

What's the point in having the desire to liberate the rest of the world if we're still deluded ourselves and don't really have any clear idea of what that actually means

As far as plans for other lifetimes are concerned, that to me is just speculative mental proliferation.

I once took the Bodhisattva vow myself a long time ago - and had no real understanding of what it meant (see Berzin archives -there are secondary vows included too) because the ceremony was done in Tibetan and I thought it was something that was necessary, like taking Refuge.

...... and with a group effort, the goal might be difficult, but not unrealistic. Many seeming impossible tasks become possible because of collective and focused group efforts, helping all sentient beings is no different
Sounds too much like Evangelism to me, why not go round in a group ringing peoples door bells too?

Many non-Buddhists help others on a daily basis above and beyond ''the call of duty" of their occupations and don't need to take feel-good vows or have ''beliefs'' in order to do so.

May all beings have peace and happiness.

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