Category:Bodhisattva

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The Bodhisattva is a being who has taken the Bodhisattva Vow to help save all sentient beings, before going into full Nirvana or enlightenment. There are in Mahayana Buddhist metaphysics a whole cosmology full of heavenly Bodhisattvas. The term is also used for human beings who have taken the Bodhisattva Vow to heart to such an extent that they will keep it, even in their next lives.

The Bodhisattva Vow is essential to Mahayana Buddhism, and thus also to Tibetan Buddhism and Zen Buddhism. Various forms are current. The essence is:

May I attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings.

Here follow a few other ways of saying the same thing with a few more words (found on the internet).

However innumerable sentient beings are, I vow to save them. However inexhaustible the defilements are, I vow to extinguish them. However immeasurable the dharmas are, I vow to master them. However incomparable enlightenment is, I vow to attain it.

All beings, without number, I vow to liberate Endless blind passions I vow to uproot Dharma gates beyond measure I vow to penetrate The way of the Buddha I vow to attain

Beings are numberless; I vow to awaken with them. Delusions are inexhaustible; I vow to end them. Dharma gates are boundless; I vow to enter them. Buddha's way is unsurpassable; I vow to become it.

I take refuge in The Buddha The Dharma and The Sangha I take refuge in The Guru The Yidam and the Dakini I take refuge in The Bodhisattvas The Protectors and The Tantras Homage to all of you

As long as there is suffering As long as there are sentient beings in the 6 realms May I never attain Enlightenment And never cross over into Nirvana

The passions of delusion are inexhaustible. I vow to extinguish them all at once.

The number of beings is endless. I vow to help save them all.

The Truth cannot be told. I vow to tell it.

The Way which cannot be followed is unattainable. I vow to attain it.[1]