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| | Kuan Yin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Kuan Yin (觀音; Pinyin: Guān Yīn) is the female manifestation of the bodhisattva of compassion as venerated by East Asian Buddhists. | | | Because this bodhisattva is considered the personification of compassion and kindness, a mother-goddess and patron of mothers and seamen, the representation in China was further interpreted in an all female form around the 12th century. | | | The crown usually depicts the image of Amitabha Buddha, Kuan Yin's spiritual teacher before she became a Bodhisattva. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guan_Yin
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| | What is Bodhisattva? |
| | Bodhisattva is a Sanskrit term which translates as: Bodhi [enlightenment] and sattva [being]. | | | Santideva, the 8th century Bodhisattva wrote a book entitled 'Bodhisattvacharyavatara,' which is one of the most important texts that students of Tibetan Buddhism study. | | | In Tibetan Buddhism, a Bodhisattva is anyone who is motivated by compassion and seeks enlightenment not only for him/herself but also for everyone... |
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http://kyky.essortment.com/whatisbodhisat_rfld.htm
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| | Bodhisattva |
| | Once at a meeting of numerous bodhisattvas at the house of Vimalakirti, the lay disciple of Buddha, a debate developed on the meaning of nonduality, an essential precept of Buddhist thought. | | | The Bodhisattva Ideal - Buddhism and the Aesthetics of Selflessness | | | In strictly canonical terms a bodhisattva is defined as an individual who discovers the source of the Ultimate Truth better known as nirvana, but postpones his own enlightenment until he has guided all his fellow beings to this same source of fulfillment. |
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http://www.exoticindiaart.com/read/bodhisattva.htm
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| | Bodhisattva Ideal in Mahayana |
| | The greatest of Bodhisattvas are fully attained beings -- that is, they have reached a state where they could extinguish their own individual existence in Nirvana -- but they have vowed to remain in the midst of Samsara to help other beings reach enlightenment. | | | Perhaps most important are that most of these practices were present alongside monastic practice in early Indian Buddhism, and that Buddhism as preached by its founder is expansive enough to accommodate a wide range of practices, such as the reverence for celestial beings. | | | This is an especially important characteristic of Celestial Bodhisattvas, such as Manjushri or Avalokiteshvara (Guan-Yin), whose spiritual powers are so great that they are, in effect, gods. |
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http://www.humboldt.edu/~wh1/6.Buddhism.OV/6.Bodhisattva.html
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| | The Bodhisattva Ideal In Theravaada |
| | The presence of the bodhisattva ideal in the Theravaada Buddhist Paali canon is primarily restricted to Gotama Buddha. | | | Before turning to the presence and scope of the bodhisattva ideal in Theravaada Buddhism (the only extant school of Hiinayaana Buddhism), it may be beneficial to investigate briefly the sources that identify the bodhisattva-yaana with Mahaayaana Buddhism and the `sraavaka-yaana with Hiinayaana Buddhism. | | | While most of the uses of the term "bodhisattva" concern Gotama Buddha and the numerous buddhas who preceded him, there are also references in the Paali canon to the possibility of future buddhas (and hence bodhisattvas). |
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http://www.buddhistinformation.com/bodhisattva_ideal_in_theravada.htm
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| | Bodhisattva |
| | The Enlightened Bodhisattva is a true Buddha or Transcendental Siddha. | | | 37 Practices of the Bodhisattva - from the Dali Lama | | | The Buddha's or Enlightened Bodhisattvas or Awakened Siddhas that constantly or periodically reappear in the phenomenal worlds for the sake of Helping un-Enlightened beings always reassert their Enlightenment (as Sahaj Samadhi) in each lifetime. |
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http://www.beezone.com/Bodhisattva/bodhisattva.html
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| | Bodhisattva Vows |
| | The bodhisattva or bodhicitta vows comprise eighteen root and forty-six secondary vows. | | | The teachings assert the existence of countless manifestations of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. | | | Holding the view that Bodhisattvas should not be attracted to liberation, not be afraid of delusion and not to become separate from delusion, but rather that a Bodhisattva's job is to roam in cyclic existence for three countless aeons while cultivating enlightenment, incurs this downfall. |
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http://www.buddhism.kalachakranet.org/resources/bodhisattva_vows.html
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| | Bodhisattva |
| | A bodhisattva of meditation or contemplation; the sixth in the descending series of the Hierarchy of Compassion, the mind-born sons of the dhyani-buddhas. | | | Bodhisattva: Buddhist - Buddhism Dictionary on One-Life Bodhisattva | | | Celestial Bodhisattva (mahasattvas): In Mahayana Buddhism, a heavenly or god-like Bodhisattva, similar to (and perhaps one step under) the Celestial Buddhas, the most famous of which is Avalokitesvara; showing devotion to Celestial Bodhisattvas results in them assisting us in our quest for enlightenment. |
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http://www.experiencefestival.com/bodhisattva
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| | SGI - Buddhism |
| | The bodhisattva ideal is central to the Mahayana Buddhist tradition as the individual who seeks enlightenment both for him--or herself and for others. | | | Rather, the qualities of the bodhisattva are inherent in the lives of ordinary men and women, and the purpose of Buddhist practice is to strengthen these qualities until compassion becomes the basis of all our actions. | | | A bodhisattva is literally a living being (sattva) who aspires to enlightenment (bodhi) and carries out altruistic practices. |
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http://www.sgi.org/english/Buddhism/bodhisattva.htm
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| | 24 - Wonderful-Voice Bodhisattva |
| | Wonderful-Voice Bodhisattva asked his Buddha, Pure-Flower-Star-King-Wisdom, that he wished to visit Sakyamuni Buddha who is expounding the Lotus Sutra in the Saha-World. | | | Judging from that statement, the world, the Buddha and the Bodhisattvas in the east, are superior to Sakyamuni Buddha and Bodhisattvas in this Saha-World. | | | Before Wonderful-Voice Bodhisattva moved to the place where Sakyamuni Buddha was expounding the Lotus Sutra at Mt. Sacred Eagle, he must prepare the seats for himself and his 84,000 attendants. |
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http://lotus.nichirenshu.org/lotus/lectures/lotus_24.htm
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| | Laugh Loud and Often |
| | She is hierarch of the etheric Temple of Mercy over Peking, China, where she focuses the light of the Divine Mother on behalf of the children of the ancient land of China, the souls of humanity, and the sons and daughters of God. | | | Despite the controversy over the origins of Kuan Yin as a feminine being, the depiction of a bodhisattva as both 'god' and 'goddess' is not inconsistent with Buddhist doctrine. | | | Although Kuan Yin was still being portrayed as a male as late as the tenth century, with the introduction of Tantric Buddhism into China in the eighth century during the T'ang Dynasty, the image of the celestial bodhisattva as a beautiful white-robed goddess was predominant and the devotional cult surrounding her became increasingly popular. |
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http://nlamore.blogspot.com/2005/02/bodhisattva.html
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| | Bodhisattva Vows |
| | This means the Bodhisattva practices not for her or his enlightenment alone, but for the enlightenment of all beings. | | | The Bodhisattva vows to remain in this world of ignorance and confusion, vows to be willing to experience whatever living beings experience, until all beings are liberated. | | | The Bodhisattva vows, out of compassion, not to enter nirvana until all beings have entered nirvana. |
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http://www.intrex.net/chzg/pat6.htm
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| | The Bodhisattva Vow |
| | These Bodhisattvas are encouraged and helped by the activity of a Buddha to continue their efforts, to persevere, until they realize by themselves the full awakening. | | | The Bodhisattva Vow should be taken after the Refuge Vow. | | | The first aspect is the wish, the intention, or aspiration of a bodhisattva. |
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http://www.dhagpo-kagyu.org/anglais/science-esprit/fondements/bodhicitta/bodhisattva-vow-sham.htm
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| | Skyclad Rituals - Bodhisattva - Kuan Yin - Kwan Yin |
| | A Bodhisattva is someone who stands at the threshold of enlightenment; Kuan-Yin (or Kwan-Yin) is called a celestial bodhisattva, the highest rank of these semi-divine beings, for she stands as close as it is possible to heaven itself. | | | She remains perpetually a bodhisattva, rather than progressing into utter illumination, because she made a vow not to attain enlightenment while a single person on earth suffered. | | | In both China and Japan, Kuan-Yin is by far the most popular - and powerful - of the bodhisattvas, honored for more than a thousand years in prayers and simple rituals. |
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http://www28.brinkster.com/barerite/kuanyin.html
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| | Buddhist Channel Opinion Bodhisattva as Revolutionary |
| | The Bodhisattva path, the Bodhisattva state of mind is an embodiment of the Mahayana approach in Buddhism. | | | The Bodhisattva may be quite well informed and may be able to converse endlessly on many topics, spiritual or otherwise, including the Bodhisattva ideal - but she knows better. | | | Sedgwick, Maine (USA) -- The Bodhisattva ideal is one of the many doctrines of Buddhism that is incompletely and poorly understood. |
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http://www.buddhistchannel.tv/index.php?id=00000000008,00000001305,0,0,1,0
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| | Practice of Bodhisattva Dharma |
| | The practice of this Bodhisattva Dharma is easily initiated by accepting the Three Refuges of Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. | | | The Sanskrit term "Bodhisattva" is composed of two words: /Bodhi/, which means enlightenment or awakening; and /sattva/, which means being. | | | An expanded version of this Buddhist training is the Bodhisattva ordination, wherein one undertakes the practice of the fundamental bodhisattva Dharma of |
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http://www.purifymind.com/Bodhisattva.htm
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| | THE PERFECTION OF WISDOM IN 8,000 LINES |
| | Even as he definitely develops Bodhisattva realization [as being dedicated to a thought of enlightenment], disciples still instruct and admonish him in these perfections, and by his coursing herein is revealing utmost cognition, to and for beneficence of unlimited beings. | | | This also can be known as a Bodhisattva's perfect wisdom, as he does not take hold of form, etc., and he does not enter Nirvana midway before he realizes ten powers of Tathagatas, his four grounds of self-confidence, and the eighteen dharmas peculiar to a Buddha. | | | And yet, O Lord, as this is pointed out, a Bodhisattva heart is known as neither cowed, nor stolid...neither despairing nor despondent, as one neither turns away nor is dejected or trembling, neither is frightened or terrified, it is just this Bodhisattva, this great being which comes to be instructed in perfect wisdom. |
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http://www.buddhistinformation.com/TPW8000L.htm
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| | Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva |
| | According to Earth Store Sutra, Earth Store Bodhisattva was appointed by Shakyamuni to be the headmaster of Buddhism on Earth during the period from the Nirvana of Shakyamuni to the advent of Maitreya, the next Buddha born on Earth. | | | Earth Store Bodhisattva, one of the Four Great Bodhisattva in Buddhism, is the Bodhisattva with the greatest vow. | | | Earth Store Bodhisattva is so compassionate that he renounces the states of Buddha, in order to rescue the beings from suffering and help them to attain enlightenment. |
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http://web.singnet.com.sg/~alankhoo/Ksitigarbha.htm
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| | Wei Tuo Pú sà (Bodhisattva Skanda) |
| | The bodhisattva Wei Tuo managed to overcome the demons and recovered the relics of Buddha. | | | ei Tuo Pú-sà (bodhisattva Skanda) is recognized as one of the eight divine protectors in Chinese Buddhism. | | | After the death of Buddha, the relics were robbed by evil demons. |
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http://murugan.org/research/china_skanda.htm
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| | The Lotus Sutra[24] - Bodhisattva Myozon |
| | This bodhisattva employs various types of wisdom to illuminate the saha world, causing each one among all the living beings to acquire the appropriate understanding, and does the same in all the other worlds of the ten directions which are numerous as Ganges sands. | | | Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound said to the Buddha: "World-Honored One, my journey now to the saha world is in all respects due to the power of the Thus Come One, a sport carried out by the Thus Come One's transcendental powers, an adornment to the Thus Come One's blessings and wisdom." | | | The Buddha is puny in stature and the numerous bodhisattvas are likewise small in form, whereas your body is forty-two thousand yojanas in height and mine is six million eight hundred thousand yojanas. |
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http://www.sgi-usa.org/buddhism/library/Buddhism/LotusSutra/text/Chap24.htm
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| | 25 - The Universal Gate of World-Voice-Perceiver Bodhisattva |
| | Chapter 25, which deals with the Kannon Bodhisattva, the Universal Gate of World-Voice-Perceiver Bodhisattva or Avalokitesvara, is a part of the Lotus Sutra of course; however, there are countless number of faithful men and women who take this chapter as an independent sutra regardless of whether they believe in the Lotus Sutra or not. | | | To chant his name or to chant the Odaimoku is to attain oneness with Kannon or the Eternal Buddha Sakyamuni. | | | However, there is one condition: the sutra says, "Call his name with all their hearts." In Nichiren-shu, it is not necessary to call the Bodhisattva’s name, because the Odaimoku contains his and other Buddhas’ and Bodhisattvas’ names in it. |
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http://lotus.nichirenshu.org/lotus/lectures/lotus_25.htm
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| | Bodhisattva in Buddhism |
| | This is quite in keeping with the Theravada tradition which, too, holds that one may become a Bodhisattva and attain the state of a fully Enlightened Buddha; but if one cannot, one may attain the state of a Pratyekabuddha or of a Sravaka according to one's capacity. | | | From this we can see that anyone who aspires to become a Buddha is a Bodhisattva, a Mahayanist, though he may live in a country or in a community popularly and traditionally regarded as Theravada or Hinayana. | | | Similarly, a person who aspires to attain Nirvana as a disciple is a Sravakayanika or Hinayanist though he may belong to a country or a community considered as Mahayana. |
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http://www.saigon.com/~anson/ebud/ebdha126.htm
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| | Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva |
| | Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva is depicted as male in Tibet and India. | | | Avalokiteshvara (guan yin) Bodhisattva holding the hand gesture of Abhaya, "no fear." The gesture symbolize the offering of refuge to those who prays to her. | | | According to some Tibetan tradition: Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva vowed to Ten Direction Buddha, "May I help all beings, if I ever tire of this great work, may my body shattered in thousand of pieces". |
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http://www.geocities.com/directx_user/gallery/avalokiteshvara.htm
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| | Kunzang Palyul Choling - The Bodhisattva Ideal |
| | The Bodhisattva Ideal is not a new idea; it is an ancient method of transformation that leads to enlightenment. | | | Brought to this world by the Buddha over 2,500 years ago, it is as powerful today as it was then. | | | Over the years at KPC, a steady stream of teachings and empowerments has provided the foundation for taking the Bodhisattva Vow with Jetsunma. |
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http://www.tara.org/bodhisattva.htm
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| | Buddhism Terms |
| | Bodhisattva In Mahayana Buddhism, one who postpones attaining nirvana in order to help others achieve this goal. | | | Gautama was called a Bodhisattva before he attained enlightenment. | | | Buddha"enlightened one"- This title was given to Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, upon his enlightenment. |
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http://www.mnsu.edu/emuseum/cultural/religion/buddhism/terms.html
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| | The Lotus Sutra[25] - The Universal Gate of Bodhisattva Kanzeon |
| | Thereupon Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World's Sounds, having compassion for the four kinds of believers and the heavenly beings, dragons, human and nonhuman beings and the others, accepted the necklace and, dividing it into two parts, presented one part to Shakyamuni Buddha and presented the other to the tower of the Buddha Many Treasures. | | | The Buddha said to Bodhisattva Inexhaustible Intent: "Good man, if there are living beings in the land who need someone in the body of a Buddha in order to be saved, Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World's Sounds immediately manifests himself in a Buddha body and preaches the Law for them. | | | Thought enough yakshas and rakshasas to fill all the thousand-million-fold world should try to come and torment a person, if they hear him calling the name of Bodhisattva Perceiver of the World's Sounds, then these evil demons will not even be able to look at him with their evil eyes, much less do him harm. |
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http://www.sgi-usa.org/buddhism/library/Buddhism/LotusSutra/text/Chap25.htm
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| | What A Bodhisattva Does |
| | WHAT A BODHISATTVA DOES Thirty-seven Practices by Ngulchu Thogme, translated from the Tibetan by Constance Wilkinson and Kiki Ekselius. |
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http://c-level.com/bodhi
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| | Bodhisattva Vows |
| | The Four Universal Bodhisattva Vows are translated from the original Pali and Sanskrit texts and when translated into english, open to interpretation. | | | Thus stated, for male or female, the Four Bodhisattva Vows, their importance, meaning, and execution, are the SAME in any and all cases. | | | Man and woman are equal in the rights and duties of their partnership, as the Buddha described it for lay followers in the famous sermon to Singalako (Digha-nikayaNo.31). |
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http://www.geocities.com/zennun12_8/bodhivows.html
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| | Buddhism in a Nutshell - Bodhisattva & Four Universal Vows |
| | The word Bodhisattva is derived from Bodhi and Sattva, the former term meaning enlightened, and the latter term meaning sentimental. | | | It is a common term to encourage people to practise the Bodhisattva Path in their daily lives, even they are not Buddhists. | | | It is because of the vows that Bodhisattvas come to be. |
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http://www.buddhistdoor.com/passissue/9608/sources/teach13.htm
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| | Drops of Nectar - Bodhisattva-caryavatra - Entering the Conduct of the Bodhisattvas |
| | At some point he beheld a vision of the Bodhisattva Mañjushrī, renounced his kingdom, and entered the monastic university of Nālandā, where he received ordination as a monk from the abbot Jayadeva who gave him the name Śāntideva. | | | Thus, here is no difference spiritually or in terms of awareness or capabilities, between a male and a female Bodhisattva or between sons [sras po] and daughters [sras mo] of sugatas. | | | Forced to give a public recital of the scriptures on the assumption that he would instead leave Nālandā out of embarrassment, he shocked the scholars and monks by expounding one of his own compositions, the Bodhisattva-caryāvatāra. |
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http://www.buddhistinformation.com/drops_of_nectar.htm
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| | Gentle Jizos and Jizo Bodhisattva |
| | If these people recite the name of one Buddha or Bodhisattva or a single sentence from a sutra, please manifest your unlimited body, smash the hells they are about to enter and help them arrive at the place of boundless joy. | | | Jizo is the Japanese name of this Bodhisattva, who was also known in ancient India as Kshitigarbha Bodhisattva, the Earthstore Bodhisattva, guardian of the great earth. | | | The practice of reciting the name is done by chanting the name of Jizo either aloud or silently as many ten thousand times in a day.You can use a mala, or rosary, saying the name once as each bead passes between the fingers. |
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http://www.zendust.org/jizo/chapters/jizo_18.6_2.html
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| | Home Page |
| | On this website, Rain shares his research on the historical and metallurgical aspects of the bowls, as well as information on their use for meditation, metaphysical and holistic healing. | | | With his wife, Shakti, Bodhisattva Trading Company's mission is to provide the finest quality Tibetan singing bowls found in the West along with other Tools For An Enlightened World | | | Each special singing bowl has been personally selected in the Himalayas by Tibetan musicologist and recording artist Rain Gray who has been collecting, researching and recording Tibetan Singing Bowls for over 25 years. |
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http://www.bodhisattva.com
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| | The Bodhisattva |
| | The significance of Chapterhouse: Dune - the last Bodhisattva recognized Dune work - is something that I carry with me, my shadow, the Face Dancers, Daniel and Marty, signifying an ending that is a beginning, both an argument that there is no end to the journey, and that is why it cannot be told. | | | I don’t know if we can do this with Dune 7, the project title itself insinuates six that came before - the half-dozen that were actually good. | | | I have to read The Hunters of Dune, much like I had to watch the Starwars prequels. |
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http://jaytomio.wordpress.com
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| | The Bodhisattvas of Babylon: Stuffography |
| | All hail Dzhrew's acquisition (for the greater glory of his own lingham and) for the worshipful contemplation of Bodhisattvas everywhere! | | | Is this really the mandala of Kali, the Devouring Goddess, or a glorious Shivan lingham in disguise? | | | Who will scan these skies on our behalf? |
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http://www.dharmafish.org/s1018/stuff_list.htm?attrib_id=70&attrib_id_2=35
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| | Bodhisattva Guanyin |
| | The Bodhisattva Guanyin, the Chinese Buddhist deity of compassion and mercy, here is seated in the posture of royal ease on a simulated outcropping of craggy, perforated rock. | | | The Bodhisattva's worldly ornaments, such as the high tiara and rich necklaces in sumptuous detail, contrast with the more plain image of the Buddha, whose markings indicate ethereal status. | | | The position of the Guanyin conveys the impression that the Bodhisattva might at any moment awake from a state of deep contemplation and step down from the carved lotus rest. |
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http://www.nelson-atkins.org/collections/asian/detail/bodhisat.htm
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| | SOULEDOUT.ORG GLOSSARY |
| | Bodhisattva Literally, "He whose consciousness has become intelligence or buddhi." Those who need but one more life to become perfect buddhas. | | | Name of office Lord Maitreya, known in the west as the Christ. | | | Bliss The nature of the spirit; the consummation of which the Monad bestows upon the initiate. |
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http://www.souledout.org/souledoutglossary.html
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| | The Four Bodhisattva Vows |
| | No reference is made to any other Buddhas: "hence if we do not take refuge in the Buddha of our own Mind-essence, there is nowhere else for us to go." In this respect Hui-neng is in perfect accord with the teachings of Bodhidharma, the First Patriarch of Zen. | | | With this Immeasurable Compassion (Maha-karuna), one can take the second vow: | | | This means that the good roots necessary for the practice of Bodhisattva Dharma are overcome by the specific conditions of unwholesome roots. |
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http://www.angelfire.com/electronic/awakening101/four-vows.html
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| | Bodhisattva Warriors |
| | BODHISATTVA WARRIORS by Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche Many great Buddhist masters have prophesied that centuries from now, when the forces of aggression amass on earth and no reason can turn them back, the kingdom of Shambhala will open its gates and its enlightened warriors will come forth into battle. | | | What we can know is our own minds. | | | We cannot fully discern the motivation of any participants involved in the conflict, but it is unlikely that many have the ability to bring about ultimate liberation for friends and enemies alike, or that they will be able to sustain the bodhisattva's impartial compassion as they engage in conflict. |
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http://www.sacred-texts.com/bud/tib/ctbw.htm
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