Buddhist-Meditation-Systematic-and-Practical

kept for the sake of saving mankind and every sentient
being in transmigration. Every day one should
frequently think like this, even writing down one's
special feelings of good will in a list. Every day they
should be repeated, and every good Dharma practiced
for their accomplishment until the aim is reached.
2. Bodhicitta of Deeds
When the will is developed, one must act on it with the
six paramitas. In this way one performs myriad deeds of
virtue and actually benefits sentient beings. Thus, the
eight right paths in Hinayana, the six paramitas of
Mahayana, and all the virtues of Vajrayana will be
fulfilled in this way.
3. Bodhicitta of Victorious Significance
To get rid of the volition of bodhicitta, and flee from the
"demon of compassion," one has to develop the
bodhicitta of victorious significance, which is fixed
thoroughly by the sunyata of nature. One of the stanzas
I have written on bodhicitta may be quoted here:
The best significant bodhicitta
Has no kind of work or date;
There is no real mind from which it arises,
Nor is there volition to hold it.
There is neither pleasure nor pain, sufferer nor enjoyer,
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