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  菩薩 - [py] púsà [wg] p'u-sa [ko] 보살 posal [ja] ボサツ bosatsu ||| A transliteration of the Sanskrit bodhisattva, which means 'enlightening being.' (1) Generally speaking, a person intent on the attainment of enlightenment, who has fully altruistic motivations. (2) The bodhisattva is the model practitioner in the Mahāyāna 大乘 tradition, who dedicates his/her life entirely to the salvation of other beings. This concept is used in Mahāyāna texts to distinguish from the earlier Indian concept of arhat, a being who is also enlightened, but who, according to Mahāyānists, possesses an inferior, selfishly-attained enlightenment. In this regard, the bodhisattva is said to possess two main characteristics which distinguish her/him from the arhat 阿羅漢, and other inferior religious practitioners: a deep sense of compassion 慈悲 for the suffering of all other beings, and a special type of wisdom based on a realization of the nature of the emptiness (śūnyatā 空) of all existences. The bodhisattva attains his/her enlightenment by arousing the thought of selfless enlightenment (bodhicitta) and practicing the six perfections (pāramitā 六度) based on compassion (karunā). (3) The term bodhisattva is also often applied as an honorific title to the great Buddhist teachers of antiquity, such as Nāgārjuna 龍樹 and Asaṅga 無著. [Dictionary References] Naka1219d ZGD1150a Iwa734 Ina-Z305 JE20b/22 Yo33 ZGo3-P58 ZGo6-P7 FKS5209 DFB [Credit] cmuller(entry) cwittern(py)
  (Digital Dictionary of Buddhism - A. Charles Muller)

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