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In Mahayana thought, Bodhisattas were compassionate beings who used their merit to do what?
AFound monasteries
BHelp others
CDebate scholars
DGain a throne
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Help others
They accumulated merit but used it to help others rather than to attain nibbana and leave the world.
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