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- Sep 2023
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The scope of the Bodhisattva’s sphere of measurement and modification is not just seemingly infinite, but actually so, because a Bodhisattva’s scope and mode of engagement are not defined by the intrinsically limiting frame of one individual mind. Instead, it is shaped and driven by the infinity of living beings, constituting infinitely diverse instances of needs and desires in time and space.
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- example: care drive - bodhisattva
- an exemplary story comes to mind, that of the Tibetan yogi named Tilopa
- There are stories of the master Tilopa liberating fish by biting their heads off
- To an ordinary being, this would seem to be the direct opposite of liberation. Indeed, the story of his student Naropa's seemingly blind faith in Tilopa can easily be interpreted as abusive in modern society: https://thrangumonastery.org/about/kagyu-lineage/naropa/#:~:text=As%20he%20got%20closer%2C%20he,for%20taking%20it%20to%20market.
- an exemplary story comes to mind, that of the Tibetan yogi named Tilopa
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