A Deep Sense Of Gratitude

বিশ্বের কঠিনতম জিনিস একটি হীরা, কিন্তু একটি মহান ব্রত নয়

There is a saying which goes:

"The toughest thing in the world is not a diamond, but a great vow ".

How can a vow be harder to break than a diamond?

In Buddhism, great vows hold more weight than anything else.

There are many examples of great vows in Buddhism:

the Ten Vows by Samantabhadra Bodhisattva;

the Twelve Vows by the Medicine Buddha;

the Forty-eight Vows by Amitabha;

and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's vow that he wouldn 't become a Buddha until hell was empty.

All the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas achieved enlightenment exclusively by making vows.

It is therefore evident that,

if one wants to practice Buddhism and become a Buddha one day,

one must commit to great vows.