The Mind-Nature Should Correspond to the Stage of Fruition

After seeing one's true mind, one becomes a genuine Mahāyāna bodhisattva. If one's mental disposition has not been genuinely transformed before awakening to the true mind, and one does not yet possess the mental disposition befitting a qualified Mahāyāna bodhisattva, then it will be difficult—or even impossible—to become a true Mahāyāna bodhisattva. A bodhisattva should have the character of a bodhisattva; a person should have the character of a person; a Buddha has the character of a Buddha. One's mental disposition should correspond to one's stage of attainment—only then is it normal. Otherwise, one is a false bodhisattva, a false Buddha. A person who lacks the character of a human being is not a complete person, not a person in the true sense.