byang chub sems dpa'

byang chub sems dpa'

A being who is dedicated to the cultivation and fulfilment of the altruistic intention to attain manifestly perfect buddhahood, traversing the five bodhisattva paths and ten bodhisattva levels. Bodhisattvas purposely opt to remain within cyclic existence in order to liberate all sentient beings, instead of simply seeking personal freedom from suffering. Philosophically, they realize the two aspects of selflessness, with respect to afflicted mental states and the nature of all phenomena.
(See also note http://read.84000.co/translation/UT22084-031-002.html#UT22084-031-002-142.)

A living being who has produced the spirit of enlightenment in himself and whose constant dedication, lifetime after lifetime, is to attain the unexcelled, perfect enlightenment of Buddhahood.

A person who is dedicated not merely to attaining liberation through attaining the state of an arhat, but to becoming a buddha. A name created from the Sanskritization of the middle-Indic bodhisatto, the Sanskrit equivalent of which was bodhisakta, "one who is fixed on enlightenment."

A person who is dedicated not merely to gaining liberation through attaining the state of an arhat, but to becoming a buddha. A name created from the Sanskritization of the middle-Indic bodhisatto, the Sanskrit equivalent of which was bodhisakta, "one who is fixed on enlightenment."

According to the Mahāyāna, an individual with the intent to achieve awakening for the sake of all beings.

Someone who practices according to the Vehicle of the Bodhisattvas; one who aims for complete buddhahood; "awakening hero;" "one who has a wish for awakening;" "one who awakens sentient beings."

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