The Mahayana path is characterized by developing bodhichitta to overcome both emotional and cognitive obscurations for full Buddhahood and to benefit all beings by means of that. The seven-part cause and effect method of developing bodhichitta includes recognizing beings as mothers, remembering their kindness, wishing to repay it, cultivating great love, great compassion, exceptional resolve and finally the altruistic mind aimed at enlightenment. Another method of developing bodhichitta, equalizing and exchanging self and others, counters self-cherishing by contemplating faults of selfishness and advantages of cherishing others, and includes tonglen practice, when one visualizes taking on others’ suffering and giving away one’s happiness. Bodhisattva vows include commitments for aspiring and engaged bodhichitta that are helpful guidelines for maintaining all the necessary practices and benefiting others. Prior pratimoksha vows strengthen the foundation for keeping these vows purely. Bodhisattva conduct builds the two networks of positive force and deep awareness to achieve a Buddha’s Rupakaya and Dharmakaya. The six far-reaching attitudes (six paramitas) ripen one’s own continuum. The four ways of gathering disciples through generosity ripen the mental continuums of others toward enlightenment.