One Cannot Attain Buddhahood Without Relying on Sentient Beings

One Cannot Attain Buddhahood Without Relying on Sentient Beings

“1. By thinking of all sentient beings
As more precious than a wish-fulfilling jewel
For accomplishing the highest aim,
I will always hold them dear.”

Mahayana Buddhism states that “There is no way that one can attain Buddhahood without relying on sentient beings,” which means that if someone chooses to devote and depend only on Buddha, and not rely on sentient beings, one will not be able to attain Buddhahood.

The Six Paramitas we practice are directly related to sentient beings as well. Being a practitioner of Mahayana Buddhism, we shall therefore care more for all sentient beings based on the way we care for ourselves. I earnestly ask you to not neglect this line of thought.

Palyul Choktrul
2020/11/13

Tibetan version   སེམས་ཅན་ལ་མ་བསྟེན་པར་སངས་རྒྱས་འཐོབ་མི་ཐུབ།
Chinese version  不依眾生 不能成佛
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