bodhisattva – Page 2 – The Buddha Journey

Who’s Who in Buddhism: Medicine Buddha

Sanskrit: Bhaiṣajyaguru भैषज्यगुरु Tibetan: Sanggye Menla སངས་རྒྱས་སྨན་བླ། Chinese: Yàoshīfó 药师佛 Vietnamese: Phật Dược Sư Japanese: Yakushi 薬師 Formally known as “Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabhārāja,” Medicine Master and King of Lapis Lazuli Light, he...

88 Buddhas Repentance

An act of Buddha worship and general repentance. Strike the bell and bow after every paragraph and after every...

The Ten Levels of the Bodhisattva

The ten levels of the Bodhisattva (Ten Bodhisattva Bhūmi) are the stages to the path of enlightenment. Each stage represents...

Praying

Question: “I’m just learning about Buddhism. As Buddhist, do we pray? If so, how do we do it?” Yes,...

Who’s Who in Buddhism: Maitreya Bodhisattva

Sanskrit: Maitreya मैत्रेय Tibetan: Jampa བྱམས་པ་ Chinese: Mílè Púsa 彌勒菩薩 Japanese: Miroku Bosatsu 弥勒菩薩 Korean: Mireuk...

Who’s Who in Buddhism: Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva

Sanskrit: Kṣitigarbha क्षितिगर्भ Tibetan: Sa yi snying po ས་ཡི་སྙིང་པོ Chinese: Dìzàng 地藏 Vietnamese: Địa Tạng Korean: Ji Jang 지장 Japanese: Jizō 地蔵 Ksitigarbha is known for his sacred...

Who’s Who in Buddhism: Manjusri Bodhisattva

Sanskrit: Mañjuśrī मञ्जुश्री Tibetan: ‘jam dpal dbyangs འཇམ་དཔལ་དབྱངས། Chinese: Wénshu 文殊 Vietnamese: Văn-thù-sư-lợi Japanese: Monju, Monjushiri 文殊, 文殊師利 Manjushri is the Bodhisattva of transcendent wisdom and is...

Who’s Who in Buddhism: Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva

Sanskrit: Avalokiteśvara अवलोकितेश्वर or Avalokita Tibetan: Chenrezig སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས Chinese: Kwan Shi Yin or Kwan Yin or Quanyin 观世音 Japanese: Kannon 観音 Vietnamese: Quán Thế...

Aspiring to be a Bodhisattva in a family life

Question: “Being in a family life, taking care of family can still someone aspire to become a boddhisattva. Family...

The Three Vehicles

Question: “In the Lotus, Buddha speaks of three vehicles that were inferior; the Lotus being the culmination of these...

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