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[[Image:Bodhisattva.JPG|frame|Bodhisattva sangha from the [[Longchen Nyingtik]] Field of Merit]]
[[Image:Bodhisattva.JPG|frame|'''Bodhisattva [[sangha]] from the [[Longchen 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.
'''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===
==Internal Links==
*[[Eight great bodhisattvas]]
*[[eight great bodhisattvas]]
*[[bodhisattva yana]]
*[[bodhisattva vow]]
*[[ten bhumis]]


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Revision as of 15:17, 17 July 2009

Bodhisattva sangha from the Longchen 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.

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