A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.333
A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s6.t4.333
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v2.c19.s6.t4.333
By means of numerous extracts from the Mahāyāna-Sūtras, it is shown how salutary *Bodhicittam* is, *i.e.*, thought directed towards enlightenment, the Will to Enlightenment, the resolve to embark on the career of a Bodhisattva, in order to become a Buddha in the future. Whoever has formed this resolution, however, must carry self-denial, self-sacrifice for the sake of others, to the extreme. He must be prepared not only to give up his temporal possessions but even his salvation in the Beyond, for his neighbour. He must not shrink from taking the sins and sufferings of the beings in hell upon himself. The Bodhisattva must say: