Why The Bodhisattva Works Alone Analysis

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“Why the Bodhisattva Works Alone was a great introduction into world religions. The bodhisattva is a person that attains enlightenment. The will to act alone was one of the key ideas I took from the excerpt. The Bodhisattva took the things he learned and tried to save others from the corrupted world. Journeying out to help other obtain peace, to someday become enlightened. The tradition strongly emphasized was suffering. She stated all creatures are in pain, all suffer from bad hindering and karma. I felt that was his whole purpose of moving alone. “I work to establish the realm of transcendent wisdoms for all beings”. I detected tensions within the world from this excerpt. The bodhisattva was not backing down and did not fear

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