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- Buddhists also believe that bodhisattvas, as enlightened beings, transcend earthly limitations—such as the need to occupy a physical body—and are therefore neither male nor female.
www.taftmuseum.org/blog/posts/2023/october/guanyin-bodhisattva-goddess-queer-iconGuanyin: Bodhisattva, Goddess, Queer Icon - Taft Museum of Art
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.”
- Pierce Salguero
The bodhisattva, known in Sanskrit as Avalokiteśvara, takes both male and female form and is associated with the qualities of mercy and compassion; its Chinese incarnation, Guanyin – who is always represented as female – translates as the ‘perceiver of sounds’.
In Buddhist artistic traditions, there are many archetypal bodhisattva figures who appear repeatedly. In this essay we will look at five of them. These specific bodhisattva figures may be depicted as either male or female, depending on the geographic context and the iconographic traditions of that culture.
In Buddhist art, Samantabhadra is portrayed with either male or female characteristics. He is often depicted sitting on a white elephant with three heads or six tusks, sometimes holding a lotus. He is mentioned in the epilogue of the Lotus Sutra , and is a key figure in the Gandavyuha Sutra .
Though bodhisattvas can be either male or female, I am here focusing solely on the male bodhi sattva. The vast majority of bodhisattvas throughout Indian Buddhist literature are male, and with very few exceptions the Buddha himself, during his previous lives as a bodhisattva, is always depicted as a male.
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.”
