Bodhisattva Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Sōtō Zen=== As part of the [[Sōtō|Sōtō Zen]] school of Mahāyanā, [[Dōgen Zenji]] described [[Shobogenzo|Four Exemplary Acts of a Bodhisattva]]: * Offering Alms: Not being covetous or greedy; * Kind Speech: Feeling genuine affection for other sentient beings and offering words that are neither harsh nor rude. * Benevolence: Working out skillful methods to benefit sentient beings, be they of low or high station. * Manifesting Sympathy: Not making differences, not treating yourself as different and not treating others as different. Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page