bodhisattvas in A Sentence

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    These festivals celebrate events in the lives of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and famous teachers.

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    Only arya Bodhisattvas and above can actually see the bodies of full use.

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    Many sutras explain that Bodhisattvas prefer to stay in samsara rather than achieve liberation themselves.

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    East Asian and Tibetan Buddhists, as part of the Mahayana sect, believe Bodhisattvas have reached this highest realization.

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    Bodhisattvas can be any species- elephant, monkey, snake, swan or a human being though it is never a female.

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    These include Raigozu(来迎図), which depict Amida Buddha along with attendant Bodhisattvas Kannon and Seishi arriving to welcome the souls of the faithful departed to Amida's Western Paradise.

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    Those who attain this state, but seek to return lifetime after lifetime out of their compassion for, and desire to benefit, all sentient beings, are called Bodhisattvas.

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    We think that even though we cannot appreciate or fathom them now, the Buddhas and highly realized Bodhisattvas understand their words and, through realization of their meaning, benefit others in infinite ways.

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    You have worked and studied hard so if the Bodhisattvas and the 17 Masters of Nalanda were to look to see what we're doing I think they would be satisfied that we are keeping our traditions alive.

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    Some of you may have actually heard the remark, which I make quite often, that in some sense the Bodhisattvas, the compassionate practitioners of the Buddhist path, are wisely selfish people, whereas people like ourselves are the foolishly selfish.

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    We want to show respect for what we're doing, and if we're thinking in terms of inviting the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to be present, we would want to invite them to a clean room, not to a messy, dirty one.

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    Here, the faulty action is simply to think or tell others that Bodhisattvas have no need to listen to teachings from the shravaka vehicle- specifically concerning the rules of discipline of the pratimoksha vows- or to uphold or train themselves with them.

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    The other components include a ritual cleansing, a tea ceremony, the dedication of a rice meal to the Buddha and Bodhisattvas, a sermon inviting the audience to the door of truth and a ritual meal for the dead to congratulate them on their entry into heaven.

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    And when others, interested in Buddhism, are totally addicted to chattering, drinking, partying, singing, dancing, or telling off-color jokes or stories of violence, we are willing to join in if refusal would make these persons feel that Bodhisattvas, and Buddhists in general, never have fun and that the spiritual path is not for them.

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