On one reading of the Bodhisatva ideal, the extinction of sentient life on the planet is the ultimate goal of Buddhism.
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To start, there’s two possible interpretations, according to whether you count Buddhas as sentient beings.
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“Saving” in Buddhism means “enabling a sentient being to become a Buddha, who is not a sentient being.” So “I vow to save them all” should result in extinction of sentient beings by way of all six realms being exhausted of transmigrating non-Buddhas, >
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Anyway, I’m sorry, these were all jokey answers. Maybe you had an actual question, and possibly I have an actual opinion about it.
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No apology necessary, I laughed. I'll come back to you if I get interested enough to think of an actual question.
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