bodhisattva

However good being a bodhisattva is, being a bodhisattva and saving someone from kidney failure is even better.

My understanding is that it is against the law for a Bodhisattva to reincarnate without permission in China.

There are bodhisattva precepts that caution against misusing sex, but nowhere does anyone tell you not to have it.

Do something like make the Bodhisattva Vow and join the struggle to help end misery for others.

A bodhisattva cannot have attained Enlightenment completely - because if s/he had, then the one would be a Buddha.

People taking Bodhisattva vows tend to be the sort that identify sitting around begging for food as the best approach.

Buddha used words like bodhisattva or deva even though he is later clear about the true nature of those terms.

And if you continue to follow the Theravada tradition, make sure you understand the difference between being an arhat, bodhisattva, or Buddha.

The salvation of a bodhisattva occurs over the progress of many lifetimes effort, each new lifetime being shaped by the actions and desires of the old.

Note it is illegal for a bodhisattva to reincarnate without permission in China, illegal for an animal spirit to possess someone, illegal to be possessed, etc.

What am I meant to think the experience of providing IT support shares with that of the bodhisattva nature, such that quoting the ever tiresome Watts at paragraph length is meant to aid understanding of either?

The Buddha founded one of the most important religions 2500 years ago on the basis of individual happiness, to the point that after he died, one of the most contentious issues among his followers was whether holy people had any duty to help other people achieve happiness as well, the origin of the Mahayana bodhisattva vows.

The term of Bodhisattva means "gods who have good power and are seeking for the truth".

Thich Nhat Hanh taught people 'to consider every red traffic light a Bodhisattva, teaching us to "stop and be here now"'.

Problem two: Fake Buddhist-type suffering-minimisation thinking is sprayed all over the field -- even this story uses the term Bodhisattva -- but nobody involved in AI has any idea what "awakening" is and you can't be a Bodhisattva unless-and-until you're Awake.

> “A bodhisattva does not need to build up virtue and happiness… A boddhisatva gives rise to virtue and happiness but is not caught up in the idea of virtue and happiness.” collorary: If you wonder if you are a bohisattva you are not.

So he's the one who became a Buddha for the very first time from being a Bodhisattva.

He was the wisest and kindest person I've ever known - a true Bodhisattva.

Well as long as I'm playing Bodhisattva, commit yourself to something that forces you to leave the house and do something at least once a day.