Look up: bodhisattva

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   Bodhisattva
   A Bodhisattva is someone who has transmuted his personal human nature and raised it into impersonality.
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   Bodhisattva
   [n] - Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
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   bodhisattva
   In Mahayana Buddhism, someone who has reached enlightenment but has chosen to remain on the human plane in order to help other living beings. A bodhisattva is free to enter nirvana but voluntarily...
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   Bodhisattva
   Boddhisatva noun Buddhist worthy of Nirvana who postpones it to help others
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   Bodhisattva
   In Buddhist thought, `bodhisattva` literally means `enlightened (bodhi) existence (sattva)` in Sanskrit. Those who call themselves bodhisattvas are motivated by the wish to benefit other `existences` and to lead them to enlightenment. The Mahayana encourages everyone to become bodhisattvas and to take the bodhisattva vows. With these vows, one makes the promise to work for the complete enlightenment of all sentient beings. Indelibly entwined w...
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   Bodhisattva
   • (n.) Alt. of Bodhisattwa
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   bodhisattva
   in Buddhism, one who seeks awakening (bodhi)—hence, an individual on the path to becoming a buddha.[28 related articles]
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   bodhisattva
   bodhisattva (bō"disät'wu) [Sanskrit,=enlightenment-being], in early Buddhism the term used to refer to the Buddha before he attained supreme enlightenment; more generally, any being destined for enlightenment or intent on enlightenment. The spiritual path of the bodhisattva is the...
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   Bodhisattva
   (Skr.) 'Existence (sattva) in a state of wisdom (bodhi)', such as was attained by Gautama Buddha (s.v.); a Buddhist wise and holy man. -- K.F.L.
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