Bodhisattva
Sign in to saveIn Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a person who has attained, or is striving towards, bodhi ('awakening', 'enlightenment') or Buddhahood. Often, the term specifically refers to a person who forgoes or delays personal nirvana or bodhi in order to compassionately help other individuals reach Buddhahood.
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A bodhisattva is a person in Buddhism who has achieved or is working toward enlightenment and Buddhahood. The term often describes someone who postpones their own final liberation to compassionately help others reach enlightenment instead.
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Key facts
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- Plaosan Bodhisattva 02.jpg
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- A 9th-century relief depicting Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, from the Candi Plaosan temple located in Central Java, Indonesia
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- बोधिसत्त (bodhisatta)
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- বোধিসত্ত্ব (bodhisotto)
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- බෝධි සත්ත්ව (bodhisatva)
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- โพธิสัตว์ (phothisat)
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- ဗောဓိသတ် (bɔ́dḭθaʔ)
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- 菩薩/菩提薩埵, (pinyin: púsà/pútísàduǒ), (Jyutping: pou4 saat3/pou4 tai4 saat3 do3), (Wade–Giles: p'u2-sa4)
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- 菩薩/菩提薩埵 (romaji: bosatsu/bodaisatta)
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- ពោធិសត្វ (UNGEGN: poŭthĭsât)
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- 보살, 菩薩 / 보리살타, 菩提薩埵 (RR: bosal / borisalta)
Article
30 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Early Buddhism
- Nikāya schools
- Theravāda
- Mahāyāna
- Early Mahāyāna
- Mature scholastic Mahāyāna
- Entering the bodhisattva path
- Bodhisattva conduct (caryā)
- Length and nature of the path
- Nirvana
- Bodhisattva stages
- Avaivartika (non-retrogression)
- Bhūmis (stages)
- Sōtō Zen
- Mahayana bodhisattvas
- Eight main Bodhisattvas
- Female bodhisattvas
- Popular figures
- Others
- Fierce bodhisattvas
- Sacred places
- In Theravada Buddhism
- Gallery
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Works cited
- Further reading
- External links
In Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a person who has attained, or is striving towards, bodhi ('awakening', 'enlightenment') or Buddhahood. Often, the term specifically refers to a person who forgoes or delays personal nirvana or bodhi in order to compassionately help other individuals reach Buddhahood.
In the Early Buddhist schools, as well as modern Theravāda Buddhism, bodhisattva (or bodhisatta) refers to someone who has made a resolution to become a Buddha and has also received a confirmation or prediction from a living Buddha that this will come to pass. In Theravāda Buddhism, the bodhisattva is mainly seen as an exceptional and rare individual. Only a few select individuals are ultimately able to become bodhisattvas, such as Maitreya.