Bodhisattva
*4. Bodhisattva
Dictionary Definition: A being that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others and is worshipped as a deity in Mahayana Buddhism. (www.merriam-webster.com)
My Definition: A being that stays to benefit the whole of the world. Since we are all interconnected through ICA, a bodhisattva stays to help recognize and eliminate all dukkha.
*4. Bodhisattva
Dictionary Definition: A being that compassionately refrains from entering nirvana in order to save others and is worshipped as a deity in Mahayana Buddhism. (www.merriam-webster.com)
My Definition: A being that stays to benefit the whole of the world. Since we are all interconnected through ICA, a bodhisattva stays to help recognize and eliminate all dukkha.
Journal Entries: I attended a private Catholic high school. Not considering myself to be religious, I did not think that it affected the way that I thought in any way. But going through this class, I have found myself comparing it to parts of the Catholic viewpoints. Throughout talking about bodhisattvas I kept referring back to Jesus Christ and how he resembled everything about a bodhisattva. It is refreshing to see a religion that acknowledges other religions without tearing them down.
Journal Entry April 26th: "The many beings are numberless, I vow to save them." (The Bodhisattva vow). This is powerful to me because it shows that the many are more important than the one and no one in modern society, or very few, look at life that way. What has changed so much for sentient beings to look at life as an individual path now?
Journal Entry April 26th: "The many beings are numberless, I vow to save them." (The Bodhisattva vow). This is powerful to me because it shows that the many are more important than the one and no one in modern society, or very few, look at life that way. What has changed so much for sentient beings to look at life as an individual path now?
Bodhicitta
5. Bodhicitta
Dictionary Definition: Translated to "enlightenment-mind", is the mind that strives toward awakening and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings. (Wikipedia)
My Definition: The whole of the enlightened mind. A mind that uses wisdom and wholesome intention to make skillful decisions.
Buddha and Buddh
6. Buddha and Buddh
Dictionary Definition: One enlightened to the eternal and ultimate truth that is the reality of all things, and who leads others to attain the same enlightenment. Buddha was originally a common word meaning awakened one or enlightened one, referring to those who attained any kind of religious awakening. In Buddhism, it refers to one who has become awakened to the ultimate truth of all things and phenomena. (SGI Library)
My Definition: The original bodhisattva. An enlightened being that completely understands ICA and works towards the enlightenment of all sentient beings.
6. Buddha and Buddh
Dictionary Definition: One enlightened to the eternal and ultimate truth that is the reality of all things, and who leads others to attain the same enlightenment. Buddha was originally a common word meaning awakened one or enlightened one, referring to those who attained any kind of religious awakening. In Buddhism, it refers to one who has become awakened to the ultimate truth of all things and phenomena. (SGI Library)
My Definition: The original bodhisattva. An enlightened being that completely understands ICA and works towards the enlightenment of all sentient beings.