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... Main Differences Are Between Theravada on the One Hand and Mahayana on the Other Hand. The Next Chapter is a Short Explanation of the Concept of the Bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism. Next Follows a Discussion of the Concept of the Bodhisatta in Theravada, Such As Types, Powers and Characteristics of Bodhisattas, the 32 Marks of a Great Man, Spheres of Existence and the Fo...

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... 9Fig. 1. 212. The Bodhisattva in Mahāyāna 30Fig. 2 ... ... 3Contents Preface 1. Development of early Buddhism 2. The Bodhisattva in Mahāyāna 3. The Bodhisatta in Theravāda § The term Bodhi... ... third or fourth level. The Pāli word Bodhisatta and the Sanskrit word Bodhisattvadiffer only by a single letter, yet there is an essential differ... ...ly. It was of great profit for the study ofthe concept of the Bodhisatta / Bodhisattva. The English typescript was sent to the Buddhist Publicatio... ...and Mahāyāna on the other hand. Then Idescribe in brief the concept of the Bodhisattvas in Mahāyāna. Nextfollows a discussion of the concept of the Bo... ...he good in one single being. The Bodhisattva Jyotis,for example, broke his vow of chastity and had sexual intercourse witha woman who otherwise would ... ... sexual intercourse witha woman who otherwise would have died.[60] The vow of the Bodhisattva is as follows: “There are innumerable living being...

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...ces it is miswritten as”…is illusion.”) said Sakyamuni, “and all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas around the universe, their number isas many as that of the ... ...severe, more and more frequent.Someone asked how the compassionate Buddha and Bodhisattvas help all sentient beings to be free frompain. They do this ... ...le to apply theprinciples in our daily lives. We cannot blame the Buddha and Bodhisattvas for not helping. The fact is they are trying to; we are not... ...ying is one of the greatesttransgressions, we can be assured that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas would not deceive us.” I told Master Yungu that I had hear... ... to show my gratitude towards myancestors, Earth, and Heaven. Upon hearing my vow, the master showed me a merit-fault chart and taught mehow to keep a... ...s, and we were able to complete the 3,000 meritoriousdeeds. Now, I had made a vow to complete 10,000 more deeds, but there were fewer opportunities to... ...at the government residence. She worried about how long it would be before my vow could be fulfilled. That night, I dreamed of a heavenly being, and ... ...ced the taxes on the farmlands.That one good deed was worth 10,000 merits. My vow was already fulfilled! When I had become mayor, thefarmers in the co... ...eally exists, e.g., seehttp://www.larong.com/larong/fawang/bio.html.): “When Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was practicing the profound Prajna Paramita,...

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...ces it is miswritten as”…is illusion.”) said Sakyamuni, “and all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas around the universe, their number isas many as that of the ... ...severe, more and more frequent.Someone asked how the compassionate Buddha and Bodhisattvas help all sentient beings to be free frompain. They do this ... ...le to apply theprinciples in our daily lives. We cannot blame the Buddha and Bodhisattvas for not helping. The fact is they are trying to; we are not... ...ying is one of the greatesttransgressions, we can be assured that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas would not deceive us.” I told Master Yungu that I had hear... ... to show my gratitude towards myancestors, Earth, and Heaven. Upon hearing my vow, the master showed me a merit-fault chart and taught mehow to keep a... ...s, and we were able to complete the 3,000 meritoriousdeeds. Now, I had made a vow to complete 10,000 more deeds, but there were fewer opportunities to... ...at the government residence. She worried about how long it would be before my vow could be fulfilled. That night, I dreamed of a heavenly being, and ... ...ced the taxes on the farmlands.That one good deed was worth 10,000 merits. My vow was already fulfilled! When I had become mayor, thefarmers in the co... ...eally exists, e.g., seehttp://www.larong.com/larong/fawang/bio.html.): “When Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was practicing the profound Prajna Paramita,...

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...ces it is miswritten as”…is illusion.”) said Sakyamuni, “and all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas around the universe, their number isas many as that of the ... ...severe, more and more frequent.Someone asked how the compassionate Buddha and Bodhisattvas help all sentient beings to be free frompain. They do this ... ...le to apply theprinciples in our daily lives. We cannot blame the Buddha and Bodhisattvas for not helping. The fact is they are trying to; we are not... ...ying is one of the greatesttransgressions, we can be assured that Buddhas and Bodhisattvas would not deceive us.” I told Master Yungu that I had hear... ... to show my gratitude towards myancestors, Earth, and Heaven. Upon hearing my vow, the master showed me a merit-fault chart and taught mehow to keep a... ...s, and we were able to complete the 3,000 meritoriousdeeds. Now, I had made a vow to complete 10,000 more deeds, but there were fewer opportunities to... ...at the government residence. She worried about how long it would be before my vow could be fulfilled. That night, I dreamed of a heavenly being, and ... ...ced the taxes on the farmlands.That one good deed was worth 10,000 merits. My vow was already fulfilled! When I had become mayor, thefarmers in the co... ...eally exists, e.g., seehttp://www.larong.com/larong/fawang/bio.html.): “When Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara was practicing the profound Prajna Paramita,...

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...messengers and incarnations. Buddhist mystics may venerateBuddha, arhants, bodhisattvas, or others who had realized or neared enlightenment.Christian ... ...Arhants had awakened to Nirvana in this life and will be free from rebirth;bodhisattvas*, however, “vow to attain enlightenment to save all sentient b... ...irvana in this life and will be free from rebirth;bodhisattvas*, however, “vow to attain enlightenment to save all sentient beings.”Fana is the Sufi s... ...nceptions and perceptions. Life becomes enriched while living in the soul.*Bodhisattva concepts differ between Buddhist schools. In other religions, t... ...s.*Deities adopted from native religions, or transformations of Buddhas or bodhisattvas.Note: Most Hindus worship one deity, chosen from the various a...

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...s, who were thought to becelestial beings of light. The Buddhists spoke of bodhisattvas, Taoists ofheavenly beings, Japanese of tenshi, and Native Ame... ...is could hex my cards,they were probably hexing the book as well. I made a vow to the earth andthe stars that I would not go back to work on the book ... ...ken his teachings to heart. I am of coursereferring to that great American bodhisattva, that giant of American letters,that superb interpreter of huma... ... Zangpo wrote a treatise called The Thirty-Seven (37) Practices of Bodhisattvas, which describes a 278 series of steps which can he... ...steps which can help you turn into the Buddhist idea of a saint, a bodhisattva. Zangpo's Practice #24 tells us that "when you meet wit... ... daily repetitive 292practice. The Lankavatara Sutra tells us that "the Bodhisattva becomesmaster of himself and of all things by virtue of a life ...

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...yellow hat tradition. Tsongkhapa was known as the emanation of the Bodhisattvas of Compassion -Avalokiteshvara, Wisdom – Manjushri and... ... I prostrate to you. In the middle, in front of many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, having generated the aspiring and entering Bodhicitta,... ...e teaching of the Dharma, thus you protect all the teachings of the Bodhisattvas without exception, to you I prostrate. In the gr...

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...ess of thatsalvation for the self that excluded others, andwhose key concept is the Bodhisattva, that is theBuddha who from the verge of Nirvana turns... ...arly in the form of the Pure Land School 105with its Bodhisattva, Amitabha (Amida inJapan), taugh... ...iliation to theCh’an School of meditation rather than to thePure Land School of the Bodhisattvas but bothaspects probably claimed his allegiance. Thep... ...meet again.’And she sent these words, by the Taoist, to remind himof their midnight vow, secret between them. ‘On that Seventh night, of the Herdboy a...

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...mmed a ei t ly preced ng Buddhai , the bodh sai tta made the vow to become a future Buddha, an idea not found in the early tradition.1... ...g ai t anyth ngi in the world’. Th si , and the substitution of ‘bodhisattva’ for ‘bhikkhu’, are the only Mahāyānist elements.12 Given the... ...e a number of textual details that diverge from the earlier passage. The Bodhisattva is not mentioned. More important, the arrange- ment of the te... ...s their ch ei f inspiration the ascetic, meditative lifestyle of the Bodhisattva. Such reform movements spring up from time to time in reactio... ... identified as samatha] are the instruments to pu- rify the m ndi ; vow and meditation [= vipassanā] re ef r to the state which has ... ...ope at SN 47.3/SA 636/MA 76*, the only change being the substitution of ‘bodhisattva’ for ‘bhikkhu’. Again we see the use of straightforward ‘cut-... ...r quarter Tathāgatas, Arahants, Perfect Buddhas might dwell, those Bodhisattvas who are supported by the Buddha and established in th ...

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...ists. And arhats keep negating the mind, claiming it doesn’t exist. But bodhisattvas and buddhas neither create nor negate the mind. This is wha... ...esirable end.206 Judging by its Sanskrit language, the centrality of the bodhisattva ideal and other emphases init, this sutra is a Mahayana text. I... ...rshipping buddhas… Don’t indulge in such illusions… Even if a buddha or bodhisattva should suddenly appear before you, there’s no need for rever... ...couldalso attain buddhahood.In this perspective, the Mahayana ideal of the bodhisattva appears like a perfectly naturaldevelopment. By his own altruis... ...o teach, the Buddha gave theexample of this practice. However, in time the bodhisattva ideal was perhaps taken toextremes. As Mu Soeng points out:289 ... ...is not necessarily to forget. Even when one forgives, one may nevertheless vow not to forget,so as not to be victimized again. In such cases, one rema...

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...is, along with wisdom, isa necessary requirement for progressing along the Bodhisattva path. Compassiondoes not shut its doors to any one, not even to... ... a service toanother fellow-humans, indeed to any other sentient being, as Bodhisattvas do.That is one way of bridging the gap between our moral value... ... on good, then the cumulative effect canbe overwhelming. One need not be a Bodhisattva to make the world a tinybit better. And we don’t have to be a S... ...ild, master and servant, even ownerand pet. What in Buddhism is called the Bodhisattva path is dedicating one’s lifeto the benefit of all beings, doin... ...th others or look at a problem fromanother’s perspective. Great souls, and Bodhisattvas and rishis, have struggledwith this issue of how to create the... ...hma, not only Krishna, who could have prevented the war had heforsaken his vow of obeying whoever sat on the throne of Hastinapura. Bhishmaheld his pe...

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... sei refer to nenpi Kannon-riki, (con-The thousand-armed Bodhisattva of templation on the power of Kan-compassion fre... ...ounder above all else an art Shinto-ryu ( ) is, butmade a vow for himself to create when I contest with Shinto-ryu’s ... ...ement covering all aspectsin a relationship, on or off the mat. Kannon, the bodhisattva ofcompassion, will use all her arms to save, heal and protect i... ...wledge from our own head. Spiritual liberation isnot a private matter. The Bodhisattvas vow of liberating all beingsbefore entering into Nirvana himse... ...ur own head. Spiritual liberation isnot a private matter. The Bodhisattvas vow of liberating all beingsbefore entering into Nirvana himself points to ... ...ecan understand the mystery of divine incarnation,heavenly realm, gods and bodhisattvas a little better.Memory ErasedIf you put up a mirror in front o... ...anence, refers to thetrue state of existence. His Mahayana appeal with the Bodhisattva vowspoints to the truth of non-separateness. Akin to Jesus sacr...

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.... This is dhyānic (jhana) meditation. But this helps only at the surfacelevels of the mind. Bodhisattva Siddhātha Gotama learned this samādhi up to th... ...ere is the example of Aṇgulimāla at the time of the Buddha. This veryangry young man made a vow to kill 1,000 people. Such was his anger. This terrori... ... one afternoon in Dhamma Hall 1, Goenkaji glanced to his right and said, “Whoknows how many bodhisattvas (future sammāsambuddhas) are sitting here?”] ... ...asion, I asked him to collect himself again and to go into the fruitionstate (Phala) with a vow to rise up just after 5 minutes. He did so without any...

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... tion in one of the early schools. Their practice was modified by various sets of ‘Bodhisattva precepts’, but these were not meant to rep acel ... ...lthough th si ru el is sometimes sa di to be a ‘Theravāda’ ru el , the ‘[Yogacāra] Bodhisattva Precepts’ say one should pay respects to neither a w... ... iffers from the bh kkhusi ’ ru el in that it lacks any re ef rence to ‘d sai vow ngi the bh kkhun si i ’ tra n ngi i ru esl , dec al ring h... ...be. i ’ t t29 He says and makes known: ‘What if I were to d sai vow the Bud- dha?’ Th si , monks, is revealing h si inab... ...vow the Bud- dha?’ Th si , monks, is revealing h si inability but not d sai vow ngi the training.1830 For our purposes, the importan... ...en, it c al rifies why pārājika 1 does not speak of a bh kkhuni i as ‘d sai vow ngi the tra n ngi i ’. However, th s si till does not ex... ...at a bh kkhui is sa di to, with a m ndi intent on d si - robal, ‘d sai vow the tra n ngi i ’,23 while a bh kkhuni i is sa di to h...

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...take you outof your aura of celibacy,your prudish disdain of sexy talk,your vow to read Anna Kareninafrom cover to cover,of never caressing yourself i... ...at.”Then, another perspectiveoffered:It’s not of violenceor of struggle,the Bodhisattvas murmurfrom the brush,always finding the goodbelow the surface...

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... take you outof your aura of celibacy,your prudish disdain of sexy talk,your vow to read Anna Kareninafrom cover to cover,of never caressing yourself ... ...oat.”Then, another perspectiveoffered:It’s not of violenceor of struggle,the Bodhisattvas murmurfrom the brush,always finding the goodbelow the surfac...

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...s that Yoganathan admired in Mr. Brown as well. He a formal vow of celibacy to affirm his commitment to the spiritual path had a ke... ...s that Yoganathan admired in Mr. Brown as well. He a formal vow of celibacy to affirm his commitment to the spiritual path had a ke... ...ngle stone. From this pulpit each Sunday morning Father a vow to hold this monthly pilgrimage until his organization was twelve ... ...ngle stone. From this pulpit each Sunday morning Father a vow to hold this monthly pilgrimage until his organization was twelve ... ...t how widely, one day our came the Aspirant, Supplicant and Postulant vow books of the Church. In car experienced a flat tire o... ...a carries its karmic consequence, similar to the Buddhist arhat and bodhisattva, naming the two earthly modes of the realized, liber- ... ...f a person along the path. This is the way of the upadeshi (akin to bodhisattva), exemplified by the benevolent as a colorful, s... ...a carries its karmic consequence, similar to the Buddhist arhat and bodhisattva, naming the two earthly modes of the realized, liber- ... ...f a person along the path. This is the way of the upadeshi (akin to bodhisattva), exemplified by the benevolent as a colorful, s...

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...rongly, allowing us all to bask in its luminous light. The greatsaints and bodhisattvas completely emptied themselves of ego and transmitted such love... ... He would not even fight forArjuna in Kurukshetra, and did not violate His vow even under extreme provocation whenthe great Bhishma seemed invincible ... ...avatsky makes compassion speak tous: “Now bend thy head and listen well, O Bodhisattva — Compassion speaks and saith: Canthere be bliss when all that ...

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...cope with his bizarre creations, until she is driven to a mad rage—and a vow of revenge.59 ‘My city is destroyed, my house wrecked, ... ...o covet Bhaddā’s jewe sl . He to d hel r that he had made a vow to the deity of the Robbers’ Cliff that, should he escape executio... ...r, took her to a lonely mounta ni top, saying that he had made a vow to the deity dwelling there. When Su asl ā d scoi vered h si... ...he Mahāsaṅgh kasi tell the s ot ry, Sujātā’s involvement with the Bodhisattva is a little more direct. The Bodhisattva was seen walking for... ...is taught by Vima akl īrti’s ma di , really a h ghi -level goddess/Bodhisattva in disguise.10 Sāriputta: ‘Goddess, what preven st yo... ... ru edl the k ngdomi . Sakka returned to her in accordance with their vow, and tested her virtue and faithfulness. Eventually he revealed his i... ...ine lies in the unconscious, evoked only as symbols.8Figure 40.3: Quan Yin Bodhisattva 474 WHITE BONES RED ROT BLACK SNAKES12 And the Bud... ...der the hills and mourn with the o het r girls, then he fulfilled h si vow. However, the med ei val rabb n c commeni i tators soften the hars...

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...pread our joy to them rather than rest in our own contentment?’’‘‘Spoken like a true Bodhisattva216, Viira’’, replied the father. ‘‘Wewill come to thi... ...nocence. DHARMA AS MAN 175‘‘Here is a great man, a bodhisattva386. He is one of yourown.’’The chief priests from the... ...s it to teachabout seeing reality. He is teaching how all become enlightened. Heis a bodhisattva.’’‘‘My son, there is little more I can say. You know ... ...sed in Buddhist terminology ratherthan inserting the three temptations of the Buddha.Bodhisattva can be rendered as ‘‘one whose essence is perfect kno... ...hat merits his elite status.Dharmasatva is an invented word that mimics the Buddhist bodhisattva(see entry), replacing ‘‘bodhi’’ (enlightened) with dh...

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...d to penetrate to the "ultimate" truth and present the"higher" emancipation; the Bodhisattva path is born! The bodhisattva is a being that aspires t... ..., in addition to this task which he regards assomewhat basic, vows to pursue the bodhisattva path and trains to becomeperpetually and compassionately ... ...86, 192, 207, 219 Bob Marley, 241Adrenaline, 126, 139 Bodhisattva, 109, 111African, moral culture, 152 Body...

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... the Christian story of thesoul’s salvation in the Buddhist conception of the bodhisattva—someone who, having worked tirelessly to achieveenlightenmen... ... altruism.However, a deeper analysis reveals something even moreprofound. The bodhisattva has achieved the realization thatthe boundaries separating t... ...l mereconstructions of a conditioned mind. In this “perfection ofwisdom,” the bodhisattva recognizes her inherent inter-dependence with all sentient b... ...erdependence can become afoundation for what Buddhist scholar David Loy calls“bodhisattva activism”—wherein each new situation presentsan opportunity ...

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...erreligions: Christians pray to Jesus or Mary, Buddhists pray toBuddhas or bodhisattvas, and Hindus even pray to their flesh andblood gurus. ... ... is not necessarily to forget.Even when one forgives, one may nevertheless vow not toforget, so as not to be victimized again. In such cases, oneremai... ...places, or they42 Or their more enlightened counterparts, i.e. Buddhas,bodhisattvas or devas (“gods”). ACTIONS AND REACTIONS ...

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...hoṣa, a major figure of Theravada Buddhism inthe 5th century, identified the Bodhisattva Vajrapani with Indra.Many later puranas describe the vajra, wit... ... important. Ifyou adopt an attitude very much like the Mahayanabodhisattva vow of saving everyone else before yourself you’llfind an enormous freedom s...

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...as its own Teacher, the ideal Brâhmaṇa, called in the Buddhistlanguage the Bodhisattva, the learned, full of wisdom and truth. Eachhas also its own ru... ...wer is that they come forthe celebration of a triumph, the fulfilling of a vow. Offered food, theanswer of the great ambassador is that they will not ...

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...in otherreligions: Christians pray to Jesus or Mary, Buddhists pray toBuddhas or bodhisattvas, and Hindus even pray to their flesh andblood gurus.446 ... ... CHAPTER 28 449Even when one forgives, one may nevertheless vow not toforget, so as not to be victimized again. In such cases, on... ...sees the misdeed and199 Or their more enlightened counterparts, i.e. Buddhas,bodhisattvas or devas (“gods”). CHAPTER 2...

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...n the cosmos.This is why the fully enlightened Sammāsambuddha has to take birth as a human, as bodhisattva(future Sammāsambuddha). This is why the wis... ...ikelihood of deviating from strict observance ofwholesome conduct. For this reason, you take a vow of silence for the first nine days of the course.Yo...

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...ale voice had just spokento me, within my head. If I hadn't taken a 10-day vow ofsilence, and been sat in a hall with about 120 people, Iwould have an... ... living by the examples of the great saints who wentbefore." "Are you a Bodhisattva? An enlightened person comeback to share what they've learnt?" ...

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...ale voice had just spokento me, within my head. If I hadn't taken a 10-day vow ofsilence, and been sat in a hall with about 120 people, Iwould have an... ... living by the examples of the great saints who wentbefore." "Are you a Bodhisattva? An enlightened person comeback to share what they've learnt?" ...

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...s a bit more I'd like to add, thatI'm confident applies to Rob: '...the bodhisattva, a being who takes on the suffering ofall sentient beings, who ... ...New Year’s party that neither really wanted toattend. On Day Ten, when the vow of silence was broken,and male and female meditators allowed to mix aga... ...ered odd either. When he didn’t come out of his room on Day Ten oncethe vow of silence was over, Taff went to see what was up. ...