Bodhisattva Vow.

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awakened mind, Bodhicaryavatara, Bodhicitta, Bodhisattva, Buddha, conduct, discipline, path, precepts, Shantideva, train, vow

Just as all the Buddhas in the past
Have brought forth the awakened mind,
And in the precepts of the Bodhisattvas
Step-by-step abode and trained,

Likewise, for the benefit of beings,
I will bring to birth the awakened mind,
And in those precepts, step-by-step,
I will abide and train myself.

Shantideva
From the Way of the Bodhisattva
Skt. Bodhicaryavatara