Mahayana Buddhism encourages everyone to become bodhisattvas and to take the <answer>bodhisattva vow</answer>, where the practitioner promises to work for the complete enlightenment of all beings by practicing the six pāramitās. According to Mahayana teachings, these perfections are: dāna, śīla, kṣanti, vīrya, dhyāna, and prajñā.
What is the idea there the practitioner promises to work for the complete enlightenment of all beings by practicing the six paramitas?
bodhisattva vow