Abstract:
In MahAyAna Buddhism, it has their own an ideal that is Bodhisattva. Bodhisattva
is the term for anyone who motivated by great compassion, has generated
Bodhicitta, which is a spontaneous wish to attain Buddhahood, for the welfare of
other beings. Today’s world have to face countless issues which are, due to the
egoistic behavior of human beings, in the western , such egoistic behaviors are
classified as psychological egoism, normative egoism, rational egoism, and ethical
egoism etc. Buddhist altruist enables not only to helpers to accomplish personal
growth, conclusively, self-benefiting altruism that is motived by the enlightened
mind and four immeasurable but also western egoism philosophy as effective
method to get rid of egoism. In the MahAyAna Buddhism, it asserts that helping
other people is the practice of the bodhisattva spirit in modern society. However,
the altruistic views of Bodhisattva is unthinkable; it says, in the 3rd chapter of
BodhicAryavAtAra of Santideva that, Bodhisattva is like the earth, the elements,
and the space itself to support the lives of boundless beings, by providing all that
they might need. Here, the present article is an attempt to not only indicate the
practicability of bodhisattva spirit, but also inspire civic participants how to
encourage social integration that constructs, sustains an inclusive society and how
to get rid of the egoism with the help of the 3rd chapter of BodhicarAyvatAra by
SAntideva, SinglovAda Sutta of DN, Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta of SN, and
Attahita parahita Sutta of AN etc. And it explores briefly the significance and
contribution of altruistic behavior.
