This I will state. Let the gods forsake me. Let all persecutions assail me. Still I will give my life for the sake of the Law. Shariputra practised the way of the bodhisattva for sixty kalpas, but he abandoned the way because he could not endure the ordeal of the Brahman who begged for his eye.*
The Opening of the Eyes - WND-1, 280
This is the great vow of the Buddha. Without such vow, we will not be able to undertake all persecution and shansho shima attacks in the midst of this world to fulfill our mission. πππ
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