In order to achieve the enlightenment, a Bodhisattva needs the provisions for enlightenment, including practicing the six perfections and the four immeasurables as well as accumulating the collections of merits and wisdom. In addition, a Bodhisattva must deal with his own afflictions. He should not fear their afflictions, for he vows to liberate the sentient beings through transgressions arising from affliction taint. Therefore, when the afflictions arise, he should observe them and firmly control them by means of the antidotes to them. Hence, the means of the antidotes to afflictions are crucial. Bodhisambhāra-śāstra explans how Buddhas and Bodhisattvas practice the Bodhisattva paths and accumulate the Bodhisattva provisions through transgressions arising from affliction taint. Hence the afflictions are regarded as one of the provisions in order to attain the enlightenment. Firstly, the provisions of the six perfections are necessary for completing practicing the Bodhisattva paths. It is also necessary to understand the meanings of the provisions as well as the six perfections. Besides, they should be possessed with merits and wisdom. Secondly, they should use the wisdom by skillful means, especially when a bodhisattva perceives emptiness as the nature of all phenomena and meditate on emptiness. Lastly, they should practice the Bodhisattva paths in their correct order in order to attain the enlightenment. Finally, Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra, which is written by Śāntideva, is analyzed in order to make a comparison with Bodhisambhāra-śāstra. Both of the two treaties focused on afflicted minds and their antidotes. By comparing the antidotes in the two treaties, the difference of the antidotes to the afflictions and the reasons of being different become evident.
