Exhortation to Resolve Upon Bodhi

Master Sying An (d 1734) of Hang Zhou encouraged his disciples to resolve their minds upon attaining enlightenment. He states ten causes and conditions for making this resolve including

- The Buddha's deep kindness

- Our parents' kindness

- Our teachers' and elders' kindness

- The donors' kindness

- Living beings' kindness

- The suffering in birth and death

- Reverence of the spiritual nature

- Repenting of karmic obstacles

- Rebirth in the Pure Land

- The proper dharma