Executive Briefing: La-Mehdoo Ahad (The Infinite Vow)
Theravāda ki tarah fard-e-wahid ke liye Arhatship hasil karne ki koshish ke bar-aks, Mahāyāna Buddhism ka markaz Bodhisattva hai — aik aisa roshan khayal wajood jo danishta tor par Nirvana mein aakhri dakhle ko us waqt tak muattar kar deta hai jab tak kainaat ke har zee-rooh ko azadi nahi mil jati.
1. Shantideva ka Bodhicaryāvatāra: Apne aur Dusre ka Tabadla
8veen sadi ke Nalanda ke ustaad Shantideva ne Parātmaparivartana (khud ko aur dusre ko barabar samajhna aur tabadla karna) ke amal ko wazeh kiya: *”Main un logon ke liye hifazat karne wala banun jinka koi hifazat karne wala nahi, musafiron ke liye rehnuma, aur un logon ke liye pul banun jo par hona chahte hain.”*
2. Hawalay
- Shantideva. (c. 700). The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryavatara). Shambhala.