Bodhisattva

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• Thus, while "traditional Buddhism lacks a traditional program of social transformation... it is an urgent task for Buddhism to actualize the Bodhisattva ideal in a concrete plan for social transformation within the contemporary human predicament."

  Academic text (1999)

• But the Bodhisattva vow is about opening beyond that to all beings.

• "Then, at the time of midnight, the Bodhisattva saw a clear light.

  Kundun (1997)

• That is, that is the Bodhisattva level of functioning.

  André Duqum

• But no matter what, please bless me, Bodhisattva.

  Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters (2020)

• The great Guanyin Bodhisattva sees all.

  Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters (2020)

• The compassionate living Bodhisattva.

  Can You Bring It: Bill T. Jones and D-Man in the Waters (2020)

• He is the reincarnation of Avalokiteshvara... the Bodhisattva of Compassion.

  Seven Years in Tibet (1997)

• Naturally, the soldiers had no objection to this, so the lady took from the folds of her dress a small image of Kannon, the bodhisattva of mercy, and placing it on a rock, began to pray: "O merciful Kannon, I have always trusted in you; now help me, I pray."

  Fiction book (1996)

• A true Bodhisattva dedicates their life to helping others achieve enlightenment rather than seeking it for themselves.

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