An essay on the compassionate and resolute figure known as Di Zhang Wang Pu Sa (Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva). The Great Vow: Di Zhang Wang Pu Sa and the Heart of Compassion
It argues that stability in the world is contingent upon the protection of the Dharma and the moral conduct of leadership. It warns that a society that neglects the vulnerable will inevitably collapse into chaos. The text uses Ksitigarbha’s vow—"If I do not go to hell to help them, who will?"—as a model for leadership. It suggests that true authority is derived not from dominance, but from the willingness to descend into the lowest strata of society to uplift the marginalized. di zhang jing