Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c9.s3.40
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c9.s3.40
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c9.s3.40
III. Puṇyānumodanā follows Pāpadeśanā. It consists in the expression of sincere joy by words, mind, or body³ on seeing beings who after suffering hellish pains enjoy happiness through their good actions, or on seeing people developing citta for Śrāvakabodhi or Pratyekabodhi, or on seeing the great beings, the self-finders of the path,⁴ continuing to be bodhisattvas or becoming Buddhas and exerting themselves for the welfare of beings.⁵