Examples of 'bodhisattva' in a sentence

Meaning of "bodhisattva"

In Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is on the path to enlightenment and vows to help all sentient beings achieve liberation. Bodhisattvas are revered for their altruism and selfless dedication to the welfare of others
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  • A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who 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 reality understood and acknowledged by scientific thought, resembling the Western notion of angels, but with a wealth of its own nuances and expectations. These include the compassionate working for enlightenment of all sentient beings.

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So it helps our bodhisattva resolve not to decline.
Some of us have taken the bodhisattva vow.
We can not be a bodhisattva if we are not a human being first.
In other words this is what we call a bodhisattva.
A bodhisattva goes forth when wisely he knows this.
Do not search for a bodhisattva in your imagination.
Within the tainted is the pure bodhisattva.
The bodhisattva awakens himself and others.
There is the story of the bodhisattva captain.
Bodhisattva beg you to really get better quickly.
So now the eighteen root bodhisattva vows.
And he is the bodhisattva of infinite compassion.
Thousands of hands and eyes bodhisattva.
The bodhisattva is in the tribanga pose.
One accords with the bodhisattva vow.

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His bodhisattva was sent to help humanity.
So are they violating this bodhisattva vow is the question.
A true bodhisattva would never refer to himself as a bodhisattva.
He is regarded as an incarnation of the bodhisattva avolakiteshvara.
The bodhisattva path is one of power and strength.
One hundred type guanyin bodhisattva.
This is the bodhisattva practice of the true cause.
And all who tread the bodhisattva path.
A realized bodhisattva has no dualistic view.
This is the archetype of the bodhisattva.
A bodhisattva wishes to help all beings attain nirvana.
This is the way of the bodhisattva.
The bodhisattva really moved her eyes like this.
And a great gathering of many bodhisattva mahāsattvas.
Bodhisattva impartially benefit all living beings in this manner.
This also suggests something of the bodhisattva ideal.
So any fallen bodhisattva is a killer.
Those are the requirements to become a bodhisattva.
The master and his bodhisattva are a mysterious double individuality.
It manifests the courage of the bodhisattva.
But a personal bodhisattva has already intervened on their behalf.
Tonight we are going to look at the ten stages of the bodhisattva.
A bodhisattva is one who works for the benefits of others.
To me she is even more than a bodhisattva.
Suppose the bodhisattva listens to and accepts the sutra.
He was speaking of the world of the bodhisattva within ourselves.
The bodhisattva are always revolutionary.
Gnosis is the path of the bodhisattva.
A bodhisattva is one who dedicates their existence to helping others.
Surrounded by infinite numbers of bodhisattva disciples.
A bodhisattva is a someone who has vowed to save all beings.
And was well known for being actually a bodhisattva himself.
Bodhisattva practice incorporates the virtuous activities of all bodhisattvas.
This would be how a lesser bodhisattva would act.
Only the bodhisattva embodies both male and female essences.

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