Aspects of Mahayana Buddhism and its Relation to Hinayana c9.s3.6
Aspects of Mahāyāna Buddhism and its Relation to Hīnayāna c9.s3.6
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c9.s3.6
Though originally the development of bodhicitta was regarded as a matter of long practice and the outcome of qualities that one could possess rarely, it became later a matter of ceremony, and the persons seeking bodhicitta went through some formalities, an idea of which is given in the works of Śāntideva. The formalities are:—