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Bodhisattva ([[byang chub sems dpa']])
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[[Liberation]] ([[thar pa]]): to be free from suffering and the cycle of existences. This is not yet the attainment of full Buddhahood. [MR]
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*A spiritual trainee dedicated to the cultivation of an enlightened attitude ([[cittotpāda]]) or the altruistic enlightened mind, who is on the path to full enlightenment, gradually traversing the five bodhisattva paths ([[pañcamārga]]) and ten bodhisattva levels ([[daśabhūmi]]). The Sanskrit term bodhisattva, which is defined as "awakening hero" or "spiritual warrior of enlightenment," denotes a courageous individual whose entire being is dedicated towards a single goal, i.e. to bring about the welfare of all sentient beings. An essential element of this commitment to work for others is the determination purposely to remain within cyclic existence instead of simply seeking freedom from suffering for oneself. Philosophically, the bodhisattva is said to have fully realised the two aspects of selflessness, with respect to dissonant mental states and the nature of all phenomena. For a detailed description of the bodhisattva ideal, refer to Paul Williams, Mahāyāna Buddhism, pp. 185-214; and NSTB, pp. 231-7. [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])
 
  
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[[Bodhisattva]] ([[byang chub sems dpa']]): One who through compassion strives to attain the full enlightenment buddhahood for the sake of all beings. [MR]
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Liberation ([[grol ba]]/ [[sgrol ba]])
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*In a general Buddhist context, the term liberation ([[Tib. grol ba]]) refers to freedom from the two obscurations, which give rise to the sufferings associated with rebirth in cylic existence. These are 1) the dissonant mental states, headed by delusion, attachment, aversion, pride, and envy, which are the basis of the mistaken belief in self-identity, and 2) the misrepresentation of the nature of phenomea, through which the emptiness of the subject and object of perception is obscured. It is a characteristic of all the vehicles of Buddhism that they are endowed with the means of liberating sentient beings from rebirth in cyclic existence through their meditative and purificatory techniques expounded in the sūtra and tantra texts. In addition, according to the rNying-ma school, liberation may also be engendered by the harnassing of the senses in four unique ways- by seeing ([[mthong grol]]) objects which represent the buddha-body, speech and mind, by hearing ([[thos grol]]) descriptions of the intermediate states of reality and rebirth read aloud at the time of death, by wearing ([[brtags grol]]) a consecrated amulet containing the inscribed mantras of the peaceful and wrathful deities at the moment of death, or by tasting consecrated medicines ([[myang grol]]). [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])
  
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'''bodhisattva''' (T: [[byang chub sems dpa']]) One who has committed oneself to the Mahayana path of compassion and the practice of the [[six paramitas]]. The bodhisattva's vow, taken in the presence of one's spiritual friend (S: [[kalyanamitra]]), is one of relinquishing one's personal enlightenment to work for all sentient beings, The vow is continually renewed in order to work for all sentient beings. The vow is continually renewed in order to mix one's being with the Mahayana mind of [[bodhichitta]]. Bodhisattva deities represent qualities of enlightened mind active in our life. [[Rain of Wisdom]]
 
  
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'''[[Bodhisattva]]s''' ([[byang chub sems dpa']]) are beings who have realized the empty nature of phenomena and the non-existence of individual self. They are free from the klesas, or ordinary emotions. There are ten bodhisattva levels or bhumis. The eleventh bhumi is that of consummate buddhahood, which is realized when both obscurations, that of the klesas and that which veils total wisdom, have been cleared in an irreversible way. In a broader sense a bodhisattva is a being engaged in practicing the mahayana teachings. [MR]
 
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'''bodhisattva''' ([[byang chub sems dpa']]). Someone who has developed [[bodhichitta]], the aspiration to attain enlightenment in order to benefit all sentient beings. A practitioner of the [[Mahayana]] path; especially a noble bodhisattva who has attained the first level.[RY]
 
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*[[bodhisattva precepts]] ([[byang sdom]])
 
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*[[bodhisattva bhumis]] ([[byang sa]])
 
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*[[Bodhisattva Collections]] ([[byang sems kyi sde snod]])
 
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*[[Bodhisattva trainings]] ([[byang chub sems dpa'i bslab pa]])
 
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*[[Bodhisattvayana]] ([[byang chub sems dpa'i theg pa]])
 
  
 
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Revision as of 11:15, 6 October 2006

Liberation (thar pa): to be free from suffering and the cycle of existences. This is not yet the attainment of full Buddhahood. [MR]

Liberation (grol ba/ sgrol ba)

  • In a general Buddhist context, the term liberation (Tib. grol ba) refers to freedom from the two obscurations, which give rise to the sufferings associated with rebirth in cylic existence. These are 1) the dissonant mental states, headed by delusion, attachment, aversion, pride, and envy, which are the basis of the mistaken belief in self-identity, and 2) the misrepresentation of the nature of phenomea, through which the emptiness of the subject and object of perception is obscured. It is a characteristic of all the vehicles of Buddhism that they are endowed with the means of liberating sentient beings from rebirth in cyclic existence through their meditative and purificatory techniques expounded in the sūtra and tantra texts. In addition, according to the rNying-ma school, liberation may also be engendered by the harnassing of the senses in four unique ways- by seeing (mthong grol) objects which represent the buddha-body, speech and mind, by hearing (thos grol) descriptions of the intermediate states of reality and rebirth read aloud at the time of death, by wearing (brtags grol) a consecrated amulet containing the inscribed mantras of the peaceful and wrathful deities at the moment of death, or by tasting consecrated medicines (myang grol). GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)
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