 The Bodhisattvas are thus called "mahāsattvas" in the "Threefold Lotus Sutra", because they have a great goal of obtaining supreme enlightenment (bodhi) and finally attaining Buddhahood by enlightening all beings.This chapter is called "Virtues" simply because all the beings in the assembly, no matter what "state" they were in, desired to praise the Buddha for his virtues (the precepts, meditation, wisdom, emancipation, and knowledge of emancipation) and excellence.In doing so, they could sow their knowledge of the Buddha deep into their minds.