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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 · “Bodhisattva” is a key idea in Buddhism. The word is constructed from the Sanskrit root bodhi, meaning “awakening” or “enlightenment,” and sattva, meaning “being.”
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Oct 24, 2024 · etymology: bodhisattva (Sanskrit: बोधिसत्त्व bodhisattva; Pali: बोधिसत्त bodhisatta) 2) In Buddhism, a bodhisattva means either "enlightened (bodhi) existence (sattva)" or "enlightenment being" or, given the variant Sanskrit spelling satva rather than sattva, "heroic minded one (satva) for enlightenment (bodhi)".
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.
A bodhisattva (or boddhisattva) is the name of a being (in Sanskrit, sattva means "being" as well as "essence") that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others and is worshipped as a deity in Mahayana Buddhism.
Jan 1, 2017 · The Sanskrit term bodhisattva has been explained in different ways. Bodhi is a Sanskrit verbal noun which in Buddhist context would mean “the state of being Buddha,” or “the quality in virtue of which one is Buddha, the enlightened one.” Generally “bodhi” would imply “knowledge” or “wisdom.”
[A bodhisattva is] a spiritual trainee dedicated to the cultivation of an enlightened attitude (cittotpāda) or the altruistic enlightened mind, who is on the path to full enlightenment, gradually traversing the five bodhisattva paths (pañcamārga) and ten bodhisattva levels (daśabhūmi). The Sanskrit term bodhisattva, which is defined as ...
