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Manjushri said to Buddha,
"World-Honored One, I have long cultivated good roots and
have acquired extensive and profound wisdom. So, as soon as
I hear anything the Buddha says, I understand and believe it
immediately. However, other living beings may doubt Buddha's
sincere words. They might believe them temporarily but they
cannot hold the words in their hearts, and will begin to
doubt them and then to criticize them. I hope the
World-Honored One can provide more detailed information
about Bodhisattva Kishitigarbha, Mahasattva, and tell us
what this Bodhisattva did. What kind of vows did this
Bodhisattva make that allowed him to achieve this
inconceivable thing?" comments from
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche and Adi Da on the Bodhisattva
vow:
Student: You spoke of the vajrayana path as one that could lead to enlightenment in this lifetime. Yet in the bodhisattva vow, we vow not to enter enlightenment until all sentient beings have become enlightened. That seems to present a contradiction. Trungpa Rinpoche: I don't think so at all. That's the trick of the mahayana path; it helps you to give up. You're not going to attain enlightenment at all; you're going to work with sentient beings. And the idea in vajrayana is that you're going to attain enlightenment in one lifetime. Both work together. In mahayana, the idea that you're not going to attain enlightenment cut your speed, your ambition. In the vajrayana, you develop pride, vajra pride, and dignity. Actually, both amount to the same thing. You can't become buddha in any case at all. Youless, unyou, nonyou, is going to attain enlightenment. That logic holds true all the way along. You can't attain enlightenment. Maybe nonyou can attain enlightenment. Good luck! The Collected Works of
Chogyam Trungpa, Vol. 4, p. 191
The true Bodhisattva is not one who in any sense prevents his or her own Enlightenment in order to first Enlighten others. How can an un-Enlightened being Enlighten anyone else? Rather, the true Bodhisattva is either pursuing ultimate Enlightenment or else he or she is already fully established in the Awakened Wisdom of true Enlightenment while still alive. The Enlightened Bodhisattva is a true Buddha or Transcendental Siddha. And such an individual may intentionally remain in the phenomenal worlds through countless rebirths in order to Awaken others - but this does not involve the prevention of his or her own Enlightenment. The Buddha's or Enlightened Bodhisattvas or Awakened Siddhas that constantly or periodically reappear in the phenomenal worlds for the sake of Helping un-Enlightened beings always reassert their Enlightenment in each lifetime. What they prevent is not Enlightenment but the Hinayana form of Nirvana.
Franklin Jones, 1970 (Adi Da Samraj)
"Your Enlightenment and your Sublimity is guaranteed. Why should this be guaranteed to someone without preparation? No one can account for it, no one whatsoever. Somehow those who are thus arbitrarily Graced transmit the same Grace to other beings. This is why it has occurred in your case. It has not occurred because you are so great. Your qualities do not make any difference. It is simply that some must be chosen for the sake of others." Adi Da Samraj, 1982 or 1983
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