bodhisattva
A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect…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.
» I read the article "Between Bodhisattva and Christian Deity: Guanyin and the Virgin Mary in Late Ming China."
Meaning
2 sensesA 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.
Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
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.
Examples
1 sentencesI read the article "Between Bodhisattva and Christian Deity: Guanyin and the Virgin Mary in Late Ming China."
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva, “enlightened existence”).Borrowed from Sanskrit बोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva, “enlightened existence”).
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Forms
plural: bodhisattvasSynonyms
2 synonyms- Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others:Boddhisatva