the Four Encompassing Vows
The Bodhisattva vow is the vow taken by Mahayana Buddhists to liberate all sentient beings.
One who has taken the vow is nominally known as बोधिसत्त्व a Bodhisattva, “enlightened existence”. This can be done by venerating all Buddhas and by cultivating supreme moral and spiritual perfection, to be placed in the service of others. In particular, Bodhisattvas promise to practice the six perfections of giving, moral discipline, patience, effort, concentration and wisdom in order to fulfil their bodhicitta aim of attaining enlightenment for the sake of all beings.
Whereas the प्रातिमोक्ष (prātimokṣa a list of rules contained within विनय, the Vinaya, governing the behaviour of Buddhist monastics [monks or bhikṣus & nuns or bhikṣuṇīs] wherein Prati means "towards" and mokṣa means "liberation" from cyclic existence संसार saṃsāra) the Prātimokṣa's vows cease at death, the Bodhisattva vow extends into future lives.
「四弘誓願文:しぐせいがんもん 」
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A Bodhisattva vow is found at the end of आवतंसक सूत्र the Avatamsaka Sutra or महावैपुल्य बुद्धावतंसक सूत्र the Mahāvaipulya Buddhāvataṃsaka Sūtra, in which समन्तभद्र Samantabhadra (lit. "Universal Worthy"觀普賢菩薩) a bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism associated with practise and meditation makes ten vows to become a Bodhisattva. In the बोधिचर्यावतार, Bodhicaryāvatāra or Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra "A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life" or "Entering the Path of Enlightenment.", शान्तिदेव Shantideva explains that the Bodhisattva vow is taken with the following famous two verses from that sutra:
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