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The impossibility of realizing the Bodhisattva ideal alone shows it was not meant to be taken literally. For not only would the Bodhisattva have to wait until the two billion inhabitants presently occupying this planet had been saved, but what of the others who would have been added to this number by that time? The Bodhisattva ideal is supposedly set up in contrast with that of the Pratyeka Buddha, who is alleged to seek his own welfare alone.

-- Notebooks Category 1: Overview of the Quest > Chapter 5 : Self-Development > # 176