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'''Bodhisattva''' [Skt.] | [[Image:Bodhisattva.JPG|frame|Bodhisattva sangha from the Longhchen Nyingtik Field of Merit]] | ||
'''Bodhisattva''' [Skt.] (Tib. ''chang chub sempa''; [[Wyl.]] byang chub sems dpa'), someone who has aroused [[bodhichitta]], the compassionate wish to attain [[enlightenment]] for the benefit of all beings and also wishes to bring them to that state. It also refers to a sublime bodhisattva who has attained one of the [[ten stages]] of the Bodhisattva Path. | |||
===See also=== | |||
*[[Eight great bodhisattvas]] | |||
[[Category:Key Terms]] | [[Category:Key Terms]] | ||
Revision as of 07:52, 23 July 2007
Bodhisattva [Skt.] (Tib. chang chub sempa; Wyl. byang chub sems dpa'), someone who has aroused bodhichitta, the compassionate wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all beings and also wishes to bring them to that state. It also refers to a sublime bodhisattva who has attained one of the ten stages of the Bodhisattva Path.