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Why does bodhicitta come first in practicing Buddhism?

Bodhisattva is the foundation of all Buddhist practices, and it is also the foundation for pedestrians to seek Buddha and realize Tao. A true Buddhist practitioner must first show great bodhicitta and learn Buddhism for all sentient beings who have troubles and pains, because Buddha and Bodhisattva came to this world of concubines in order to relieve the troubles and pains of all sentient beings. What is bodhicitta? The original meaning of "bodhi" is "consciousness", so "bodhi heart" is "awakened heart", which can be interpreted as "wisdom and compassion" in the modern sense-awakening illusory wisdom in the world and awakening compassion in the world. In this state, because of wisdom, I can feel emptiness. Because of compassion, you can enter the world, follow karma, and cooperate with the inevitability of "living in bad space" to make the world feel good and convenient. Generally speaking, "bodhicitta" is the wish to "help yourself". For example, promoting Buddhism and helping the poor. So sometimes "bodhi heart" is called "wish". "Making great bodhicitta" means "making great wishes". When you put bodhicitta into action, you must have both wisdom and compassion. Otherwise, only compassion will often degenerate into superficial compassion and become a poor man without wisdom. It only satisfies the vanity of "I want to help people" and cannot help them properly and completely. Why do Buddhists send bodhicitta? Everything is because of "compassion". I hope that my life of learning Buddhism can be complete, and I also hope that others can get rid of it when they are in pain. This compassion is the greatest motivation of bodhicitta. A Buddha student with compassion will naturally develop bodhicitta, but without compassion, it is difficult to develop bodhicitta. Therefore, people who study Buddhism can often cultivate the four boundless hearts of "compassion and joy". Why don't you ask people who study Buddhism why they should develop bodhicitta? Bodhisattva is born out of compassion, with no desire and no cause. If you have a reason to be motivated, this kind of motivation is not "bodhicitta". This is why we don't ask "why bodhicitta" in the general way of thinking. Characteristics of bodhicitta If you understand the meaning of bodhicitta, you should be "cautious" and "true" to bodhicitta because of compassion, and you should have some characteristics: First, when you suffer hardships and obstacles and your own interests are damaged, you will be happy and will not blame others. Questioning, slandering and insulting others will not shake his bodhicitta. This is because he realized that "everything in the world is empty after all", so why bother? Second, I am very enthusiastic about helping the world. I am actively involved and try my best to help others, but I will not miss the world and care about my grades. This is because I have compassion. Third, try to cultivate students' ability to benefit and enrich their survival ability; We will also try our best to run anti-abortion business (such as companies or factories) to take care of the lives of employees and the public; Although there are many difficulties, we will not be discouraged and will not give up easily. This is because we can put down our posture and benefit others without self-determination. Fourth, the object of power and influence will not be icing on the cake; Unreasonable demands on others will be avoided in time; When threatening and indulging, he can be "rich and unyielding" because he can always maintain "mindfulness" and "mindfulness".