Motif
Aspiration toward liberation after seeing others freed
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A motif of the Mystical Quest and Interior Journey family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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buddhist
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The Questions of King Milinda, Part I (Sacred Books of the East, Vol. 35) I, 13. THE HERETICS OF OLD. Q / I, 19. MAHASENA THE GOD. / BOOK II. / Chapter 1.; lines 5362-5516 confidence: medium
Aspiration is explained as the recluse, seeing others' hearts set free, aspiring toward the fruit of stages of the Excellent Way or Arahatship and applying himself to what has not yet been attained or realised.
The recluse perceives that others' hearts are set free and aspires to attain stages of the Excellent Way or Arahatship.
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