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What is the goal of every Tibetan Mahayana Buddhist before crossing into paradise?
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In Mahayana Buddhist tradition the Bodhisattva do not enter Nirvana (not Paradise) until all sentient beings are ready to enter. They return to the cycle of death and rebirth to assist this process. In various ways the promise they make is given as:
- Sentient beings are numberless, I vow to free them.
- Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them
- The Dharma gates are boundless, I vow to open them.
- The Enlightened Way is unsurpassable, I vow to embody it.
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