Buddhist Philosophy in India and Ceylon c24.s7.15

c24.s7.15

Intuition of vacuity and compassion are the two great concerns of the Bodhisattva; two whole incalculable ages must pass ere he attains in the eighth stage the knowledge of the wholly empty character of all phenomena. Aware as he his from the outset of the vacuity of things, he acts as if they were real and as if their misery were real; his occupation is active ¹ and energetic exhibition of compassion to all suffering creatures, and, as we have seen, this compassion leads assuredly if indirectly to the attainment of that complete insight which ensures Buddhahood.