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is CHITTOPAD. One should create such a mind, such a decision; one should create such a great decision, determination -- CHITTOPAD -- in this manner:
'"AS MANY BEINGS AS THERE ARE
IN THE UNIVERSE OF BEINGS,
COMPREHENDED UNDER THE TERM 'BEINGS',
ALL THESE I MUST LEAD TO NIRVANA..."'
"Not one or two, Subhuti, not one or two, but all the beings -- men, women, animals, birds, trees, rocks. All the beings in the world. One should create such a determination that 'I will lead all of them into Nirvana.'"
'... INTO THAT REALM OF NIRVANA
WHICH LEAVES NOTHING BEHIND.
AND YET, ALTHOUGH INNUMERABLE BEINGS
HAVE THUS BEEN LED TO NIRVANA;
NO BEING AT ALL HAS BEEN LED TO NIRVANA.'
That too you have to remember, you should not forget; otherwise, leading others, you will fall into ignorance again.
All the beings have to be led to the other shore, and still you have to remember that their miseries are false, so your remedies are also false. And you have to remember that they have no selves; neither do you have any self. So don't forget; don't think that you are helping people, that you are a great helper, this and that, otherwise you will fall again. Again you will grow roots on this shore.
So two things have to be remembered. You have to remain on this shore with great determination, otherwise you will be pulled by the other; and yet you are not to grow roots, again otherwise you will not be of any help. You will destroy yourself, you will fall into the dream again.
'AND WHY?
IF IN A BODHISATTVA
THE NOTION OF A "BEING" SHOULD TAKE PLACE,
HE COULD NOT BE CALLED A "BODHI-BEING".
AND WHY?
HE IS NOT TO BE CALLED A "BODHI-BEING"
IN WHOM THE NOTION OF A SELF
OR OF A BEING SHOULD TAKE PLACE,
OR THE NOTION OF A LIVING SOUL
OR OF A PERSON.'
"So you have to remember, Subhuti, two things. One, that you have to lead all the beings to the other shore, and still you have to remember that nobody has a being -- neither you nor they. All egos are false and illusory.
"Go on remembering this and go on with great determination.
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