勸發菩提心集 1.53

1.53

Fascicle forty-seven states: Because of attaining a pure, surpassing intention, in order to desire to make offerings to the supreme sentient being, the true field of merit, the Great Master and Dharma King, they therefore generate the first great vow. In order to desire to uphold the unexcelled true Dharma proclaimed by him, they therefore generate the second great vow. In order to desire to entreat the turning of the wondrous wheel of the true Dharma never seen before, they therefore generate the third great vow. In order to desire to follow him in practicing the bodhisattva practice, they therefore generate the fourth great vow. In order to desire to mature those sentient beings who are suitable vessels, they therefore generate the fifth great vow. In order to desire to go to the lands of the Buddhas, meet the Tathāgatas, and attend to and make offerings to the true Dharma, they therefore generate the sixth great vow. In order to purify their own Buddha-lands, they therefore generate the seventh great vow. In order to never be separated from the Buddhas and bodhisattvas in all places of rebirth, and to always share the same single flavor of intention and application with all bodhisattvas, they therefore generate the eighth great vow. In order to always benefit all sentient beings without ever doing so in vain, they therefore generate the ninth great vow. In order to realize unexcelled, perfect bodhi and carry out all Buddha activities, they therefore generate the tenth great vow.