What Are the Bodhisattva’s Vajra’s Fierce Glare and Thunderous Means?

Question: What is meant by the Bodhisattva's Vajra's wrathful gaze and thunderbolt means?

Answer: For example, consider a person with mysophobia confined together with a pig. Upon seeing the pig defecate and urinate in its straw nest, this person cannot help but kick the pig—this is the thunderbolt means. Again, consider a Bodhisattva whose mind is already purified, arriving in the Saha World of Five Turbidities and dwelling among beings afflicted by greed, hatred, and delusion. Seeing these beings deeply immersed in ignorance, creating foolish karma without self-awareness, and refusing instruction, the Bodhisattva cannot help but loudly rebuke them—this is the Vajra's wrathful gaze.

Question: Doesn't this cause people to say the Bodhisattva lacks compassion?

Answer: Compassion or lack thereof has never been defined by sentient beings. Bodhisattvas devote themselves heart and soul to sentient beings, yet the beings are heartless and ungrateful, and do not recognize this devotion. Being scolded is unavoidable. It would be rather abnormal in the Saha World of Five Turbidities for a Bodhisattva not to be reviled by sentient beings; otherwise, how could there be those Bodhisattvas who regress?