BODHICITTA or BODHI MIND
1.Bodhicitta [ that is, the desire for enlightenment] is
like a seed because from it grows all the truths of Buddhism.
2.It is like a farm because here are produced all things of
purity for the world.
3.The bodhicitta is like the earth because all the worlds
are supported by it.
4.It is like water because all the dirt of the passions is
thereby cleansed.
5.It is like the wind
because it blows all over the world with nothing obstructing its course.
6.It is like fire because it consumes all the fuel of bad
logic.
7.The Bodhicitta is like the sun because it leaves nothing
unenlightened on earth.
8.it is like the moon because it fills to perfection all
things of purity.
9.It is like a lamp because it perceives w
here the road is even and where it is uneven.
10.The bodhicitta is like a highway because it leads one to
the city of knowledge.
11.It is like a sacred ford because it keeps away all that
is not proper.
12. It is like a carriage because it carries all the
Bodhisattvas.
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13.It is like a door because it opens to all the doings of
the Bodhisattva.
14.The Bodhicitta is like a mansion because it is the
retreat where Samadhi and meditation are practiced.
15.It is like a park because it is where the enjoyment of
truth (Dharmarati ) is experiences.
16.It is like a dwelling-house because it is where all the
world is comfortably sheltered. it is like a refuge because it gives a salutary
abode to all beings.
17.It is like an asylum because it is where all the
bodhisattvas walk.
the bodhicitta is like a father because it protects all the
Bodhisattvas.
It is like a mother because it brings up all the
Bodhisattvas.
It is like a nurse because it takes care of all the
Bodhisattvas.
It is like a good friend because it gives good advice to all
the Bodhisattvas.
It is like a king
because it overpowers the minds of all the Sravakas and the Pratyekabuddhas.
--
It is like a great sovereign because it fulfills all
the excellent vows.
The bodhicitta is like a great ocean because it harbours all
the gems of virtues. It is like Mount Sumeru because it towers impartially
above all things.
It is like Mount Cakravada because it supports all the
world.
It is like Mount Himalaya because it produces all sorts of
knowledge-herbs.
It is like Mount Gandhamadana because it harbours all kinds
of virtue-fragrance.
It is like space
because it infinitely spreads out the merit of goodness.
The Bodhicitta is like a lotus-flower because it is never
spoiled by things of this world.
It is like an elephant because it is obedient.
It is like a well-bred horse because it is free from evil
nature.
It is like a Charioteer because it keeps watch over all the
truths of the Mahayana.
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The bodhicitta is like a medicine because it heals all
diseades of the passions.
It is like a charm because it submerges all that is evil.
It is like a vajra because it penetrates into everything.
The Bodhicitta is like a box of incense because it contains
the fragrance of virtue.
It is like a great flower because it delights those who
catch the sight of it.
It is like sandal-wood because it cools off the heat of
greed.
It is like Kalapa because its fragrance penetrates through
all Dharmadhatu.
The Bodhicitta is like Sudarsana which is the king of medicine
because it destroys all the diseases arising from the passions ( klesa).
It is like a salve
called Vigama because it draws out all the
arrows of the passions.
The bodhicitta is
like Indra because it is the overlord of all the gods.
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It is like Vaisravaṇa because it destroys all the pain of
poverty.
It is like Sri because it is embellished with all the
virtues.
The Bodhicitta is like an ornament because all the
Bodhisattvas are decorated with it.
It is like the kalpa-consuming fire because it burns up all
corruption.
It is like a great medicinal herb known as Anirvrittamula because
it brings up all the truths of Buddhism.
The Bodhicitta is like a Naga-gem because it nullifies the
poison of all the passions.
It is like a transparent water-gem because it purifies the
turbidness of all the passions.
It is like a Cintamani ( wish-gem) because it supplies all
the wealth one desires.
It is like a MAGIC JAR because it fulfills every desire. it
is like a wish-granting- tree because from it are showered all the
virtue-ornaments.
The Bodhicitta is like a robe made of goose-feathers because
it is never stained the dirt of birth and death.
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It is like pure Karpasa thread because it remains from the first brilliantly
luminous.
The Bodhicitta is like a plough because it clears the
mind-field of all beings.
It is like the iron
arrows of Narayana because it strikes down the view of an ego-soul.
It is like an arrow because it pierces the target of pain.
it is like a spear because it vanquishes the enemy known as passion.
It is like a coat of
mail because it protects the mind that conforms to rationality.
It is like a scimitar because it cuts off the heads of the
passions.
It is like a sword-blade because it cuts through the armour
of pride, conceit and arrogance.
It is like a razor because it cuts the passions.
It is like a banner of a brave fighter because it bears down
the banner of Mara.
It is like a sharp cutter because it rends asunder the tree
of ignorance.
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It is like an axe because it chops the wood of sufferings.
It is like a weapon because it protects one from violence.
The bodhicitta is like a hand because it guards the body of
the Paramitas.
It is like a foot
because it gives a support to virtue and knowledge.
The bodhicitta is like
a surgical instrument because it removes the sheath and film of
ignorance.
It is like a pair of tweezers because it picks out the
splinter of the ego-soul.
It is like a bedstead because it gives rest to the vexations
of the passions.
The bodhicitta is like a good friend because it loosens all
the bondage of birth and death.
It is like being in possession of wealth because it wards
off poverty.
It is like a great teacher because it points out the way to the devotional life of the Bodhisattva.
--
It is like a depository of treasure because it contains an
imperishable mind of merit.
It is like a fountain because from it issues an
inexhaustible supply of knowledge.
The Bodhicitta is like a mirror because it reveals all the images of truth.
it is like a lotus-flower because it is stainless.
it is like a great river because in it flow the Paramitas as
well as the rules of acceptance.
it is like the lord of serpents because it showers clouds of
good truths.
it is like the giver of life because it supports the great
compassionate heart of the Bodhisattva.
the bodhicitta is like nectar because it makes one abide in
the realm of immortality.
it is like an all-trapping net because it gathers and draws
up every tractable being.
the bodhicitta is like a basket of sandal-wood because it
contains all the fragrance of virtue.
It is like medicinal AGADA because it preserves one’s
perfect health.
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It is like an antidotal medicine because it counteracts the
poison of sensuous pleasures.
It is like a magical charm because it wipes out the
poisonous effect of irrationality.
The bodhicitta is like a whirlwind because it sweeps away
every obstruction and oppositions before it.
It is like an isle of treasure because it produces the
treasure of every factor of
enlightenment.
It is like a good family because from it issues every work
of purity.
It is like a dwelling-house because it is where everything
virtuous has its refuge.
It is like a city because it is where all the Bodhisattvas
like merchants carry on their business.
The bodhicitta is like quicksilver because it clears up all the hindrances of karma and
the passions.
It is like a honey
preparation because it completes the provisions for the attainment of all-
knowledge.
The Bodhicitta is like the highway beause it leads all
the bodhisattvas to the city of all-
knowledge.
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It is like a repository because it holds all the works of
purity.
It is like a shower because it washes away the dust of the passions.
It is like a shelter because it provides all the
bodhisattvas with the instructions they need for their settlement.
It is like the loadstone because it refuses to attract the fruit of Emancipation attained by the Sravakas.
It is like lapis lazuli because it is by nature stainless.
It is like a sapphire because it far surpasses all the
knowledge that is realized by the sravakas and Pratyekabuddhas as well as by
people of the world.
The bodhicitta is like a kettle-drum because it awakens all
beings from their sleep in the passions.
It is like pure water because it is essentially limpid and
stainless.
It is like Jambunada
gold because it outshines all the stocks of merit obtainable in this world of
created things.
It is the great prince of mountains because it towers above
all the world.
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The bodhicitta is like a shelter because it never refuses
anyone that may come.
It is like a real substance because there is in it nothing
that is unreal.
It is like a wish-fulfilling gem because it satisfies every
heart.
The bodhicitta is like a sacrificial utensil because by it
all the world is gratified.
It is like an enlightened one because there is nothing in
worldly-mindedness that is comparable to it.
It is like a rope because it lifts up all the truths of
Buddhism.
The bodhicitta is
like a good binder because it holds the life and the vows of the Bodhisattva.
It is like a protector because it protects the entire world.
it is like a watchman because it holds back all that is bad.
It is like Indra’s net because it subdues the passions which
resemble the Asuras.
It is like VARURA’s
chain because it draws and controls.
116.It is like Indras’s fire because it consumes all the habit-energy, passions and impure
desires.
117.It is like a CAITYA because it is respected by all the
world, by human beings and by Asuras.
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Chapter 39, AVATAMSAKA SUTRA
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