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In this context, I should return to the Buddhist notion of Boddhichitta, the sincere wish that all beings be relieved of dissatisfaction (Skt. dukkha.) Boddhichitta implies that I exchange myself for others, or sacrifice my self for others. In order to benefit the limitless living beings, I should defer personal advantage. Others must be considered first. If others do not accomplish their goal, then I should not either. We should not try to understand Boddhichitta logically. It is impossible to understand logically. That is not to say that it is illogical; merely that it is extra-logical. This extra-logical approach to humanity's spiritual satisfaction holds great promise as a counterweight to the compelling, consumer-driven, egocentric capitalist world. The notion of Boddhichitta functioned as a governor for Buddhist excess and appeared during the Mahayana Bodhisattva Renaissance. The Mahayana Bodhisattva regards him or herself as a possible Buddha while alive. The Bodhisattva does not move on to full Buddhahood until all other beings move there first. Luckily, anyone can be a Bodhisattva. Issues like race, money, caste, have no bearing on it at all. The only qualification is innate sentience. The myriad Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
are really just manifestations of the singular Buddha mind. Nothing more.
Similarly, all of us are also expressions of this great cosmic mind, and
from this we might look optimistically on the myriad nodes of the vast
planetary mind that we seem to be creating.
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Atsuro Seto,
graduate from a Japanese Traditional
Buddhist University, Bukkyo University Kyoto.
A disciple of the late master artist,
Jampa Tsetan, Dharamsala INDIA
Japanese artist, currently natural
media art and computer art lecturer at
Tibet Culture Centre Tokyo; Bukkyo
University Shijo extension centre;
ACT Information and business processing
college.
http://www.cc.rim.or.jp/~atsuro/
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