The Zen of Advaita - Stephen H. Wolinsky Ph. D.

this point his statements becomeobvious, given what we havepreviously discussed.Buddha: “Although I have liberatedmany beings, no being has beenliberated.”Buddha: “Although we talk about orrefer to it as a being, there isno being, there are no beings toliberate.”BodhisattvasA Bodhisattva simply put is a“liberated” being, who incarnatesagain and again to help otherbeings become enlightened. Thisfor Tibetan Buddhism is actuallya practice, a belief system, withvows and all the “spiritual”accoutrements.No Bodhisattva: The basic premiseof a bodhisattva or liberatedbeing is deconstructed in theDiamond Sutra. Why and How?First if there is no self, soul,world, or life, who or what getsliberated?62