In Buddhism, a bodhisattva (English: /ˌboʊdiːˈsʌtvə/ BOH-dee-SUT-və; Sanskrit: बोधिसत्त्व, romanized: bodhisattva) or bodhisatva is a person who is on...
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Good") is a great bodhisattva in Buddhism associated with practice and meditation. Together with Shakyamuni Buddha and the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī, he forms...
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Guanyin (redirect from Bodhisattva Guanyin)
Guanyin (Chinese: 觀音; pinyin: Guānyīn) is a Bodhisattva associated with compassion. Guanyin is a common Chinese name for Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर)...
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The Bodhisattva Precepts (Skt. bodhisattva-śīla, traditional Chinese: 菩薩戒; ; pinyin: Púsà Jiè, Japanese: bosatsukai) are a set of ethical trainings (śīla)...
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The Bodhisattva vow is a vow (Sanskrit: praṇidhāna, lit. aspiration or resolution) taken by some Mahāyāna Buddhists to achieve full buddhahood for the...
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Avalokiteśvara (redirect from Bodhisattva Avalokiteśhvara)
Lokeśvara ("Lord of the World") and Chenrezig (in Tibetan), is a tenth-level bodhisattva associated with great compassion (mahakaruṇā). He is often associated...
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Mahayana (section The Bodhisattvas)
of the bodhisattva striving to become a fully awakened Buddha for the benefit of all sentient beings, and is thus also called the "Bodhisattva Vehicle"...
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In Buddhist thought, a bodhisattva (Hindi, Devanagari: बोधिसत्व; Burmese: ဗောဓိသတ်;Sinhalese:බෝධිසත්ව ; Chinese: 菩薩; pinyin: púsà; Japanese pronunciation:...
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Kṣitigarbha (redirect from Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva)
Tạng (地藏), Standard Tibetan: ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ་ Wylie: sa yi snying po) is a bodhisattva primarily revered in East Asian Buddhism and usually depicted as a Buddhist...
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Ākāśagarbha (redirect from Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva)
Vietnamese: Hư Không Tạng Bồ Tát, Standard Tibetan: Namkha'i Nyingpo) is a bodhisattva in Chinese, Japanese and Korean Buddhism who is associated with the great...
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Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra (redirect from Bodhisattva's Way of Life)
Chinese: 入菩薩行論; Japanese: 入菩薩行論) translated into English as A Guide to the Bodhisattva's Way of Life, is a Mahāyāna Buddhist text written c. 700 AD in Sanskrit...
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Mahayana bodhisattva (a being striving towards Buddhahood) and the act of giving rise to bodhicitta (bodhicittotpāda) is what makes a bodhisattva a bodhisattva...
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Chatra umbrella of the Bala Bodhisattva The Bala Bodhisattva is an ancient Indian statue of a Bodhisattva, found in 1904–1905 by German archaeologist...
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Skanda (Buddhism) (redirect from Skanda (Bodhisattva))
known as Wei Tuo (Chinese: 韋馱) and Idaten (Japanese: 韋駄天), is a Mahayana bodhisattva regarded as a devoted guardian of Buddhist monasteries who protects the...
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The Kṣitigarbha Bodhisattva Pūrvapraṇidhāna Sūtra (Sanskrit, Sutra of the Fundamental Vows of the Bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha; Chinese: 地藏菩薩本願經) or Kṣitigarbhasūtra...
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Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva (Jizō Bosatsu, 地蔵菩薩), is a Japanese wood and bronze statue of about 1175 in the late Heian period, which is now in the permanent...
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Mahayana Buddhist teachings urge followers to take up the path of a bodhisattva, and to not fall back to the level of arhats and śrāvakas. The arhats...
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up bodhisattva vows in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bodhisattva vow may refer to: The Bodhisattva vow taken by Mahayana Buddhists Bodhisattva Precepts#Brahma...
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Bodhisattva Sen is an Indian-American statistician. Sen earned his bachelor and master of statistics from the Indian Statistical Institute in 2002 and...
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Bodhisattva or "Interrogation of a Husband" is a 2010 independent film directed by San Banarje and written by Trisha Ray and San Banarje. The film stars...
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Tara (Buddhism) (redirect from Bodhisattva Tara)
Vajrayana Buddhism and Mahayana Buddhism. She may appear as a female bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism. In Vajrayana Buddhism, Green Tara is a female Buddha...
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Maitreya (redirect from Maitreya Bodhisattva)
Maitreya (Sanskrit) or Metteyya (Pali), is a bodhisattva who is regarded as the future Buddha of this world in all schools of Buddhism, prophesied to...
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practice and understanding are taken to be indispensable elements of the Bodhisattva path. According to Edward Conze, the Prajñāpāramitā Sūtras are "a collection...
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Ill Communication (redirect from Bodhisattva Vow (song))
Boys Caldato 3:36 18. "Shambala" Beastie Boys Nishita Bobo 3:40 19. "Bodhisattva Vow" Beastie Boys Caldato 3:08 20. "Transitions" Beastie Boys Nishita...
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Kimbell seated Bodhisattva ("Year 4 of the Great King Kanishka") The Kimbell seated Bodhisattva is a statue of a "bodhisattva" (probably the Buddha after...
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Mahayana cult of worshipping Bodhisattva statues has existed in ancient Sri Lanka. Archaeological evidences show that Bodhisattva cult had existed as a secondary...
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Messiah complex (redirect from Bodhisattva complex)
The messiah complex is a mental state in which a person believes they are a messiah or prophet and will save or redeem people in a religious endeavour...
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death and rebirth (saṃsāra), while the Mahayana tradition emphasizes the Bodhisattva ideal, in which one works for the liberation of all sentient beings....
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19.2 — Birthday of Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara (Guan Yin) 21.2 — Birthday of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra 4.4 — Birthday of Bodhisattva Manjusri 8.4 — Birthday...
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Manjushri (category Bodhisattvas)
Manjushri (Sanskrit: मञ्जुश्री, romanized: Mañjuśrī) is a bodhisattva who represents prajñā (transcendent wisdom) of the Buddhas in Mahāyāna Buddhism...
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