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Bodhisattva

In Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a person who has attained, or is striving towards, bodhi (meaning ‘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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Burmese
ဗောဓိသတ် (bɔ́dḭθaʔ)
Chinese
菩薩/菩提薩埵, (pinyin: púsà/pútísàduǒ), (Jyutping: pou4 saat3/pou4 tai4 saat3 do3), (Wade–Giles: p'u2-sa4)
Japanese
菩薩/菩提薩埵 (romaji: bosatsu/bodaisatta)
Khmer
ពោធិសត្វ (UNGEGN: poŭthĭsât)
Korean
보살, 菩薩 / 보리살타, 菩提薩埵 (RR: bosal / borisalta)
Mongolian
Бодисад / Бодисадва (bodisad / bodisadva)

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Etymology

Early Buddhism

Nikāya schools

Theravāda

Mahāyāna

Mahayana bodhisattvas

In Theravada Buddhism

Gallery

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Bodhisattva

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related to Etymology · 50
Bodhisattva → According, Anesaki, Another, Bodhi, Buddhahood, Chinese, Chinese Buddhists, Early Buddhist Texts, Enlightenment, Enlightenment Being, Erleuchtungswesen, Examples, Har Dayal, Hayal, However, In, In Sanskrit, Indic, Jain, Kern
related to Gallery · 46
Bodhisattva → Amoghapasha Lokeshvara, Avalokiteshvara, Avalokiteśvara, Bihar, Borobudur, Buddha, Cambodia, CE, Central Java, ChinaPadmapani Lokeshvara, ChinaWooden, Dun Huang, Gandharan, GandharaSamantabhadra, Gandhāra, Gaya District, Himalayan, India, Indonesia, Jambi
related to Popular figures · 39
Bodhisattva → Avalokiteshvara, Benzaiten, Biàncáitiān, Both, Brahma, Buddhist, Chenrezig, Chinese, Compassion, Daikokuten, Dalai Lamas, Deities, Dàzìzàitiān, East Asian Buddhism, Effulgence, Followers, For, Furthermore, Hari, Harihara
related to Early Buddhism · 24
Bodhisattva → Acchariyabbhutadhamma-sutta, According, Bhikkhu Analayo, Bodhisatta, Buddha, Buddha Kāśyapa, Buddha's, Buddhahood, Buddhism, Buddhist, Chinese, Discourse, Gautama, Gautama Buddha, In, Madhyama-āgama, Marvellous Qualities, MN, Other, The
related to Nikāya schools · 24
Bodhisattva → According, Avadānaśataka, Bodhisattva Piṭaka, Buddha, Buddhahood, Buddhist, By, CE, Dar Hayal, Dharmaguptaka, Divyāvadāna, Extensive, Mahasamghika, Mahayana Buddhist, Mahāsāṃghika, Nikaya, None, Piṭaka, Sanskrit, Sarvāstivāda
related to Length and nature of the path · 23
Bodhisattva → Amitabha, Asanga, Asian Mahayana Buddhism, Buddha, Buddha's, Buddhahood, Buddhism, Buddhist, East Asian Pure Land, In Pure Land Buddhism, Indian, Just, Jōdo Shinshū, Jōdo-shū, Later, Mahayana, Shantideva, Some, Sukhavati, The Mahāyānasaṃgraha
related to Theravāda · 23
Bodhisattva → Avalokiteśvara, BCE, Buddha Dīpaṃkara, Buddhaghosa, Buddhahood, Buddhas, Buddhavaṃsa, Buddhism, Buddhist, By, CE, Gautama, Indian Buddhist, Metteya, Natha, Non-canonical Theravada Jataka, Pali Canon, Saman, Samantabhadra, Several
related to In Theravada Buddhism · 20
Bodhisattva → Avalokiteshvara, Bodhisattvas, Buddhism, Gautama, Jataka, Mahayana Buddhism, Mahayana Buddhist, Maitreya, Metteya, Natha Deviyo, Pattini, Saman, Samantabhadra, The, Theravada, Theravada Buddhist, These, Upulvan, Vishnu, While
related to Others · 20
Bodhisattva → Akṣayamati, Akṣayamatinirdeśa SūtraSadāprarudita, Amitabha, Avalokiteshvara, Bhadrapāla, Candraprabha, Earth, Gaṇḍavyūha SutraThe Four Bodhisattvas, Jambhala, Lotus SutraBhaiṣajyarāja, LotusVajrasattva, Mahayana Buddhism, Medicine King, Moon Light, Other, Prajñāpāramitā, Solar Light, Sūryaprabha, Vajrayana BuddhismVimalakirti, Vimalakīrti NirdeśaAkṣayamati
related to Early Mahāyāna · 19
Bodhisattva → According, BCE, Bodhisattva Vehicle, Bodhisattvayāna, Bodhisatva, Buddha, Extensive, For, Hayal, Indian Mahayanists, Lotus Sutra, Mahayana, Mahāyāna Buddhism, Nikaya, Peter Skilling, Sanskrit, These Mahayanists, This, Vaipulya

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bodhisattvas also buddhahood path mahayana one buddha buddhism buddhist beings mahāyāna various become sources bodhi early bodhicitta wisdom according great

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
BodhisattvaBurmeseဗောဓိသတ် (bɔ́dḭθaʔ)1.00infobox
BodhisattvaChinese菩薩/菩提薩埵, (pinyin: púsà/pútísàduǒ), (Jyutping: pou4 saat3/pou4 tai4 saat3 do3), (Wade–Giles: p'u2-sa4)1.00infobox
BodhisattvaJapanese菩薩/菩提薩埵 (romaji: bosatsu/bodaisatta)1.00infobox
BodhisattvaKhmerពោធិសត្វ (UNGEGN: poŭthĭsât)1.00infobox
BodhisattvaKorean보살, 菩薩 / 보리살타, 菩提薩埵 (RR: bosal / borisalta)1.00infobox
BodhisattvaMongolianБодисад / Бодисадва (bodisad / bodisadva)1.00infobox
BodhisattvaPāliबोधिसत्त (bodhisatta)1.00infobox
BodhisattvaSanskritबोधिसत्त्व (bodhisattva)1.00infobox
BodhisattvaSinhalaබෝධි සත්ත්ව (bodhisatva)1.00infobox
BodhisattvaTagalogBodisatta ᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜐᜆ1.00infobox
BodhisattvaThaiโพธิสัตว์ (phothisat)1.00infobox
BodhisattvaTibetanབྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ་ (jang chup sem pa)1.00infobox
BodhisattvaVenerated byTheravāda, Mahāyāna, Vajrayāna, Navayāna1.00infobox
BodhisattvaVietnameseBồ Tát 菩薩/Bồ-đề-tát-đóa 菩提薩埵1.00infobox
Bodhisattvais aperson who has attained0.90text
Bodhisattvais astory of his encounter with the previous Buddha0.90text
Bodhisattvais amahāsattva0.90text
Bodhisattvais auniversal aspiration to end suffering for all sentient beings0.90text
Bodhisattvais aBodhisattvapiṭaka sūtra0.90text

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