Originally posted by bohiruci:
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first . let me put a gentle note , not flaming u or wat
i dun carry a lighter
according to ven shin hong ,our MCK disciple
he said Chinese Mahayana not stressing much on Bodhicitta
even 6th Patriach and Chan Sect in China
the point is to see your true nature
and u will gain enlightenment
From my understandings, Zen, 6th Patriarch, is taking the Sudden
Awakening path and not the Gradual path. The 37 prerequisites of
enlightenment is a gradual path. However to say that we can totally
ignore is also incorrect. Not everyone has the capacity to practise
the sudden path, I must say that even I am a gradual person,
otherwise I would have been awakened by now, isn't it? However we
should not mix them up together.
If you just paid more attention to Mahayana scripture ,you will
not find alot of reference on making the Bodhi vows
whereas for 52 stage of Bodhisattva
dont quote becos u think it is deep 
My purpose for posting the 52 stages of Bodhisattva is not bcos
it is chim, but to give people a general understanding of
Bodhisattva cultivation, as I have seldom posted anything on
Mahayana. I am not a Bodhisattva, so if they want to practise, they
should also find a Bodhisattva teacher. Anyway I
don't think it is very chim. It is much more difficult to put them
into practise.
By the way, if you have an english version of the 37 chapter, I
would appreciate if you post it up on the forums to benefit
everyone
