/lit/ - Literature

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I'm talking from the mahayana view, and here the end is to benefit others, here compassion and wisdom are like the wings of a bird - if one is missing it's impossible to fly. If you want this explained in a more esoteric sense the vajra symbolizes the masculine aspect and the bell the female aspect, the central properties of these genders are male symbolizing compassion and female symbolizing wisdom, this is the most basic symbolism of these.

Compassion is the ground for all the teachings and wisdom (and power/this is later) is the tool to guide and actualize this compassion.