Editing Prajnaparamita (section)

====Other Bodhisattva qualities====
[[File:Astasahasrika Prajnaparamita Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Nalanda.jpeg|thumb|[[Avalokiteśvara]]. ''{{IAST|Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā Sūtra}}'' manuscript. [[Nalanda|Nālandā]], [[Bihar]], [[India]].]]
The Prajñāpāramitā sutras also teach of the importance of the other [[pāramitā]]s (perfections) for the Bodhisattva such as [[Ksanti]] (patience): "Without resort to this patience (kṣānti) they [bodhisattvas] cannot reach their respective goals".{{sfn|Orsborn|2012|p=124}}

Another quality of the Bodhisattva is their freedom from fear (''na vtras'') in the face of the seemingly shocking doctrine of the emptiness of all dharmas which includes their own existence. A good friend (''kalyanamitra'') is useful in the path to fearlessness. Bodhisattvas also have no pride or self-conception (''na manyeta'') of their own stature as Bodhisattvas.{{sfn|Orsborn|2012|pp=139–140}} These are important features of the mind of a bodhisattva, called [[bodhicitta]]. The Prajñāpāramitā sutras also mention that bodhicitta is a middle way, it is neither apprehended as existent (''astitā'') or non-existent (''nāstitā'') and it is "immutable" (''avikāra'') and "free from conceptualization" (''avikalpa'').{{sfn|Orsborn|2012|p=141}}

The Bodhisattva is said to generate "great compassion" (''maha-[[karuṇā]]'') for all beings on their path to liberation and yet also maintain a sense of equanimity ([[upekṣā]]) and distance from them through their understanding of emptiness, due to which, the Bodhisattva knows that even after bringing countless beings to nirvana, "no living being whatsoever has been brought to nirvana."<ref name="ReferenceA"/> [[Bodhisattvas]] and [[Mahāsattva]]s are also willing to give up all of their meritorious deeds for sentient beings and develop skillful means ([[upaya]]) in order to help abandon false views and teach them the Dharma. The practice of Prajñāpāramitā allows a Bodhisattva to become:

<blockquote>"a saviour of the helpless, a defender of the defenceless, a refuge to those without refuge, a place to rest to those without resting place, the final relief of those who are without it, an island to those without one, a light to the blind, a guide to the guideless, a resort to those without one and....guide to the path those who have lost it, and you shall become a support to those who are without support."{{sfn|Orsborn|2012|p=271}}</blockquote>