Bodhisattva Sanskrit; Pali, bodhisatta, "Enlightenment-Being"; Chinese, P-u-sa; Japanese, Bosatsu; Korean, Posal; Tibetan, byang.chub sems.dpa, "Hero of the Thought of Enlightenment") In Theravada Buddhism this is a title exclusively identifying ...
A bodhisattva should regard every action and movement of his body as an occasion for the cultivation of friendly thoughts for the good of all creatures. When he sits down he thinks thus: "May I help all beings to sit on the throne of enlightenment.
Bodhisattva
From the Sanskrit, "Bodhi," meaning Enlightenment, illumination or Transcendental understanding.
Bodhisattva Literally, "He whose consciousness has become intelligence or buddhi." Those who need but one more life to become perfect buddhas. Name of office Lord Maitreya, known in the west as the Christ.
The Bodhisattva of the time, appearing as Vyasa, Thoth (Hermes), Zarathushtra, Orpheus, finally as Gautama; who became the Lord Buddha
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The Lord Maitreya, the present Bodhisattva, the Supreme Teacher of the world.
pani (Bodhisattva).
And Thubka-Zhonnu is, at present, the Buddha Vajra-
sattva.
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"The World Teacher is that Great Being Whom the Christian calls the Christ; He is also known in the Orient as the Bodhisattva, and as the Lord Maitreya, and is the One looked for by the devout Mohammedan, under the name of the Iman Mahdi.
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-and he might have added "death of all compassion for the world of suffering." And this is why the Bodhisattvas who prefer the Nirmanakaya to the Dharmakaya vesture stand higher in the popular estimation than the Nirvanees.
You were allowed to see the truth under the agreement that you would communicate it to others (that is the ultimate meaning of the bodhisattva vow). And therefore, if you have seen, you simply must speak out.
Before becoming a Buddha it was necessary to pass through a stage of being a Bodhisattva. It is said that Siddartha Gautama's preparation for Buddhahood began under the previous Buddha Dipankara many eons ago.
" And this is why the Bodhisattvas who prefer the Nirmanakaya to the Dharmakaya vesture stand higher in the popular estimation than the Nirvanees.
 See also: Spirit, Buddha, World, Spiritual, Ritual
  
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