#bodhisatta

magictransistor:

Temptation of Mara. Mogao Cave Mural, Dunhuang. 950.

The Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra charts the bodhisattva’s path of practice—an embodied way of life—not merely one of well-wishing from afar. Through compassion, one is moved to action, drawing near to the flames in order to extinguish them for good.

See→https://unityinplurality.blogspot.com/2020/01/extinguishing-fire.html