3. The Essence of Maha-yana
①
Subhuti!
A bodhi-pursuer should vow the following:
‘I will lead all sattvas —
egg-born, womb-born, moisture-born, or transformation-born;
with form or without form; with thought, without thought,
or neither with thought nor without thought —
to Nirvana of perfect happiness and no pain.’
②
Thereafter he should lead innumerable sattvas to Nirvana,
and should be free from the thought
(that) ‘I have led sattvas to Nirvana.'
③
Subhuti!
A bodhi-sattva, who thinks
(that) ‘I have led sattvas to Nirvana’,
can't be said to be a true bodhi-sattva.
④
Subhuti!
A bodhi-sattva, who thinks
ego-centrically· human-centrically· sattva-centrically· life-centrically,
can't be said to be a true bodhi-sattva.