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In Buddhism, a bodhisattva (English: / ˌ b oʊ d iː ˈ s ʌ t v ə / BOH-dee-SUT-və; Sanskrit: बोधिसत्त्व, romanized: bodhisattva; Pali: बोधिसत्त, romanized: bodhisatta) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path towards bodhi ('awakening') or Buddhahood.
Oct 7, 2022 · The word is constructed from the Sanskrit root bodhi, meaning “awakening” or “enlightenment,” and sattva, meaning “being.” The core meaning of the word is “a being who is on the way to becoming...
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The term bodhisattva comes from two Sanskrit words: “bodhi,” meaning “enlightenment,” and “sattva,” which means “being.” In the early Buddhist teachings, the word “bodhisattva” was used to describe Buddha Shakyamuni prior to his enlightenment.
Bodhisattva (bodhisatta in Pali) is one of those words that entered our language from Sanskrit untranslated (like karma) because no equivalent term exists in English. It is a combination of bodhi, “enlightenment” (or “full knowledge”), and sattva, “a being.”
Bodhisattva (Sanskrit: meaning “Awakened Truth” or "Enlightenment Being") refers to savior-like figures found in Mahāyāna Buddhism as well as distinctive Mahayana beliefs and practices that cultivate savior-like qualities. The Bodhisattva figures are famous for embodying compassion and other noble qualities.
What is a bodhisattva? In Sanskrit, bodhisattva roughly means: “being who intends to become a buddha.” In the Theravada tradition of Buddhism, the Buddha referred to himself as bodhisattva during all of his incarnations and lifetimes before he achieved enlightenment.
bodhi, (Sanskrit and Pāli: “awakening,” “enlightenment”), in Buddhism, the final Enlightenment, which puts an end to the cycle of transmigration and leads to Nirvāṇa, or spiritual release; the experience is comparable to the Satori of Zen Buddhism in Japan.
