Bodhisattva

Also known as pusa

In Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a person who has attained, or is striving towards, bodhi ('awakening', 'enlightenment') or Buddhahood. Often, the term specifically refers to a person who forgoes or delays personal nirvana or bodhi in order to compassionately help other individuals reach Buddhahood.

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A bodhisattva is a person in Buddhism who has achieved or is working toward enlightenment and Buddhahood. The term often describes someone who postpones their own final liberation to compassionately help others reach enlightenment instead.

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Buddha.image: Plaosan Bodhisattva 02.jpg
Buddha.caption: A 9th-century relief depicting Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, from the Candi Plaosan temple located in Central Java, Indonesia
Buddha.pali_name: बोधिसत्त (bodhisatta)
Buddha.bengali_name: বোধিসত্ত্ব (bodhisotto)
Buddha.sinhala_name: බෝධි සත්ත්ව (bodhisatva)
Buddha.thai_name: โพธิสัตว์ (phothisat)
Buddha.burmese_name: ဗောဓိသတ် (bɔ́dḭθaʔ)
Buddha.chinese_name: 菩薩/菩提薩埵, (pinyin: púsà/pútísàduǒ), (Jyutping: pou4 saat3/pou4 tai4 saat3 do3), (Wade–Giles: p'u2-sa4)
Buddha.japanese_name: 菩薩/菩提薩埵 (romaji: bosatsu/bodaisatta)
Buddha.khmer_name: ពោធិសត្វ (UNGEGN: poŭthĭsât)
Buddha.korean_name: 보살, 菩薩 / 보리살타, 菩提薩埵 (RR: bosal / borisalta)
Buddha.mon_name: တြုံလၟောဝ်ကျာ် (kraoh kəmo caik)
Buddha.mongolian_name: Бодисад / Бодисадва (bodisad / bodisadva)
Buddha.tagalog_name: Bodisattaᜊᜓᜇ᜔ᜑᜒᜐᜆ
Buddha.marathi_name: बोधिसत्व
Buddha.tamil_name: போதிசத்துவர்
Buddha.telugu_name: బోధి సత్వ
Buddha.tibetan_name: བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ་ (jang chup sem pa)

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Contents

Etymology
Early Buddhism
Nikāya schools
Theravāda
Mahāyāna
Early Mahāyāna
Mature scholastic Mahāyāna
Entering the bodhisattva path
Bodhisattva conduct (caryā)
Length and nature of the path
Nirvana
Bodhisattva stages
Avaivartika (non-retrogression)
Bhūmis (stages)
Sōtō Zen
Mahayana bodhisattvas
Eight main Bodhisattvas
Female bodhisattvas
Popular figures
Others
Fierce bodhisattvas
Sacred places
In Theravada Buddhism
Gallery
See also
Notes
References
Works cited
Further reading
External links

In the Early Buddhist schools, as well as modern Theravāda Buddhism, bodhisattva (or bodhisatta) refers to someone who has made a resolution to become a Buddha and has also received a confirmation or prediction from a living Buddha that this will come to pass. In Theravāda Buddhism, the bodhisattva is mainly seen as an exceptional and rare individual. Only a few select individuals are ultimately able to become bodhisattvas, such as Maitreya.