RELIGIONS
BUDDHISM
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A Thai monk
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A god
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An enlightened being dedicated to reincarnating to help others
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An enlightened being who has entered final nirvana
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Detailed explanation-1: -In brief, a bodhisattva is anyone who has dedicated their own awakening to the benefit of all others. There are historic bodhisattvas we look to for inspiration, but anyone can be a bodhisattva, including you. In Mahayana Buddhism, the bodhisattva is someone who has taken a vow to put others first.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bodhisattvas are usually depicted as less austere or inward than the Buddha. Renouncing their own salvation and immediate entrance into nirvana, they devote all their power and energy to saving suffering beings in this world.
Detailed explanation-3: -In Mahayana Buddhism, a bodhisattva refers to anyone who has generated bodhicitta, a spontaneous wish and compassionate mind to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Detailed explanation-4: -Bodhisattva takes the responsibility or burden of all suffering upon himself: At all costs I must bear the burdens of all beings, in that I do not follow my own inclinations. I have made the vow to save all beings.