For the aim of an awakening mind—meaningful being for others—is only fulfilled in the actualization of Buddhahood. But in addition, active participation in the lives of others is demanded in order to incorporate the full range of human potential into spiritual life. Penetrating insight into voidness may be the essential factor in the awakening to meaningful being for oneself, but if it lacks a comparably evolved framework in which to express itself in words and deeds, it falls short of the goal of optimal human being.
