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In [[Buddhism]], [[vows]] that [[Buddhas]] and [[bodhisattvas]] take to lead [[living beings]] to [[enlightenment]]. There are two kinds of [[vows]]: [[universal]] and {{Wiki|individual}}. The [[bodhisattvas]] make [[four universal vows]] when they embark on [[Buddhist practice]]: | In [[Buddhism]], [[vows]] that [[Buddhas]] and [[bodhisattvas]] take to lead [[living beings]] to [[enlightenment]]. There are two kinds of [[vows]]: [[universal]] and {{Wiki|individual}}. The [[bodhisattvas]] make [[four universal vows]] when they embark on [[Buddhist practice]]: | ||
| − | (1) to save | + | (1) to save innumerable [[living beings]], |
(2) to eradicate [[unlimited]] [[earthly desires]], | (2) to eradicate [[unlimited]] [[earthly desires]], | ||
(3) to [[master]] inexhaustible [[doctrines]], and | (3) to [[master]] inexhaustible [[doctrines]], and | ||
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誓願 (Skt pranidhana; Jpn seigan )
In Buddhism, vows that Buddhas and bodhisattvas take to lead living beings to enlightenment. There are two kinds of vows: universal and individual. The bodhisattvas make four universal vows when they embark on Buddhist practice:
(1) to save innumerable living beings,
(2) to eradicate unlimited earthly desires,
(3) to master inexhaustible doctrines, and
(4) to attain unsurpassed enlightenment.
Among individual vows, the forty-eight vows of Amida Buddha and the twelve vows of Medicine Master Buddha are well known.
These Buddhas made their respective vows in a previous existence before at-taining Buddhahood. Such vows made by Buddhas while engaged in bodhisattva
