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		temporarely on July 6, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Diamond Sutra, the oldest dated printed book (... > “A bodhisattva does not need to build up virtue and happiness… A boddhisatva gives rise to virtue and happiness but is not caught up in the idea of virtue and happiness.” collorary: If you wonder if you are a bohisattva you are not.

gbuk2013 on July 6, 2024 [–]

Indeed - the sutra is quite explicit: “There is no independent object of mind called bodhisattva.”

blueprint on July 7, 2024 | [–]

independent

doesnt say it's not an object

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