Bodhisattva Activity
Working tirelessly for the benefit of all sentient beings.
A bodhisattva engages in six types of activity: pacifying, enriching, magnetizing, subjugating, and the activity of enlightened wisdom. All actions serve to benefit beings.
For as long as space endures, and for as long as sentient beings remain, until then may I too abide to dispel the misery of the world.
This verse expresses the infinite commitment of the bodhisattva.
Bodhicaryavatara
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- What Tibetan Buddhism says about service
Service is set out as activities rather than as a feeling - pacifying, enriching, drawing in, subduing - and judged by whether beings actually benefit.