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/ˌbōdiˈsätvə/,/-ˈsət-/,
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bodhisattvas, plural;
  1. (in Mahayana Buddhism) A person who is able to reach nirvana but delays doing so out of compassion in order to save suffering beings

  1. Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
  2. In Buddhism, a bodhisattva (Sanskrit: बोधिसत्त्व bodhisattva; Pali: बोधिसत्त bodhisatta) is either an enlightened (bodhi) existence (sattva) or an enlightenment-being or, given the variant Sanskrit spelling satva rather than sattva, "heroic-minded one (satva) for enlightenment (bodhi). ...
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  4. An person,generally who has taken specific lay or monastic vows; is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment; An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical ...
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  6. (Bodhisattvas) highly enlightened Mahayana Buddhist beings who refuse nirvana so that they can devote themselves to the service of others
  7. Bodhisattvas are angle-like beings in Mahayana Buddhism. They were originally people who have earned admittance to nirvana, but because of their love for humanity have decided to delay their arrival there to help other people reach salvation.
  8. In Mahayana Buddhism, a person who has achieved enlightenment, but has who has chosen to remain in this world to help those who are suffering, instead of going on to nirvana. This is the highest ideal. ...
  9. Sanskrit word meaning wisdom (bodhi) being (sattva). An awakened person who, having dedicated himself or herself to helping all living beings attain enlightenment, postpones his or her own supreme liberation for the sake of others.
  10. Literally, he whose consciousness has become intelligence, or buddhi. Those who need but one more incarnation to become perfect buddhas. ...
  11. A saint who has dedicated his life to serving and helping sentient beings and is destined to become a Buddha. Bodhisattvas take a vow to save all beings and forego nirvana until they have accomplished this. A Bodhisattva can also be an Ascended or unascended master.
  12. Refers to an individual, who through many lives, vows to attain Buddhahood and constantly helps others to attain the same level of awakening.
  13. A person who has generated spontaneous bodhichitta but who has not yet become a Buddha. From the moment a practitioner generates a non-artificial, or spontaneous, bodhichitta, he or she becomes a Bodhisattva and enters the first Mahayana path, the path of accumulation. ...
  14. ("enlightenment being"): in Mahayana Buddhist yoga, the individual who, motivated by compassion (karuna), is committed to achieving enlightenment for the sake of all other beings
  15. enlightened being with Attainment Status in the Buddha School who is higher than Arhat but lower than Tathagata.
  16. Also Bodhisattwa: one who has reached the highest degree of saintship, so that in his next incarnation he will be a Buddha, or savior of the world. (Budh.)
  17. Originally a term for the stage Sakyamuni achieved before he attained enlightenment. In Mahayana Buddhism, it refers to the sentient beings who devote themselves to seeking Buddhahood for the benefit of all.
  18. (Sanskrit: meaning “Awakened Truth”) refers to a set of distinctive beliefs and practices in Mahāyāna Buddhism to cultivate saviour-like qualities as well as specific celestial beings who are freed from the cycle of birth and death (Samsara), but create emanation bodies (nirmanakaya) in this ...
  19. Sanskrit; Bosatsu (Japanese), Bosal (Korean); one who postpones his or her own enlightenment in order to help liberate other sentient beings from cyclic existence; compassion, or karuna, is the central characteristic of the bodhisattva; important bodhisattvas include Avaloikitesvara, Manjusri, ...
  20. an awakened being. Through his practice and awakening, the bodhisattva naturally helps all existences. Jukai, the bodhisattva ordination, usually for lay people, marks the beginning of the Buddha-way.
  21. or Bodhisatta: One who seeks to attain liberation for the welfare of all beings.
  22. A Buddhist Sanskrit term that literally means "an enlightenment being." A person who is embarked on the path to enlightenment and has reached the final stage before nirvana. ...
  23. An awakened or enlightened being who renounces the experience of nirvana in order to remain with unenlightened beings and work for the liberation of all. The bodhisattva ideal is closely associated with Mahayana Buddhism.
  24. (Sanskrit) A being whose actions promote unity or harmony; one who vows to postpone one's own enlightenment in order to help all sentient beings realize liberation; one who seeks enlightenment not only for oneself but for others. The bodhisattva ideal is at the heart of Mahayana and Zen Buddhism.
  25. Enlightened students of the Buddha who are destined to become Buddhas in this life or another, but who have chosen to delay transition so they can help others reach enlightenment.