Bodhisattvas

The sutra explains the source, Buddha-nature, with its delineation of sixty methods that those with the mind-set of bodhichitta, namely bodhisattvas, use for purifying their Buddha-nature source. ❋ Unknown (1982)

Buddhism knows of many divine helpers, called bodhisattvas, who assist men and women to enjoy heavenly bliss and avoid post-mortem torment, before they ultimately work out their karma and attain ❋ S. G. F. BRANDON (1968)

The path praised by the Triumphant’s holy offspring, in other words the bodhisattvas, refers to bodhichitta. ❋ Tsong-kha-pa Blo-bzang Grags-pa (2003)

This comes across most vividly in a relief on a stele believed to have been carved at Xiangtangshan: Amitabha, flanked by monks and bodhisattvas, sits within the enclosure of two trees; outside the frame, two Pratyekabuddhas stand on lotus pedestals. ❋ Lee Lawrence (2011)

Thanks to the addition of 12 sculptures—nine from the Sackler's nonlending sister institution, the Freer Gallery, and three from the University of Pennsylvania—we see not one, but three life-size standing bodhisattvas, getting a better feel for the Northern Qi's treatment of body and ornament. ❋ Lee Lawrence (2011)

The missing woman is standing in front of a thangka of Green Tara, one of the divine bodhisattvas, a female Buddha in the making. ❋ Mira Bartók (2011)

So we, as bodhisattvas, have the duty to protect it and promote its wellbeing. ❋ John Stanley (2011)

Some of you may have actually heard the remark, which I make quite often, that in some sense the bodhisattvas, the compassionate practitioners of the Buddhist path, are wisely selfish people, whereas people like ourselves are the foolishly selfish. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Shri Dhanyakataka from Shambhala, and he requested the Kalachakra for the entourage of listeners: the ninety-six emanated satraps of the ninety-six great lands within Shambhala, together with a limitless host of fortunate bodhisattvas, gods, demons, and others. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Then at the same time the Tathagata dwelt together with bodhisattvas and others in the great stupa, in the mandala of the sphere of phenomena. ❋ Unknown (2010)

[63] The violence that protectors unleash against them is said to be strictly motivated by compassion and aims at benefiting the beings who are its target, much like the actions of bodhisattvas described in the Mahayana literature. ❋ Unknown (2010)

When he grew up he learned that in the north the bodhisattvas themselves taught the Dharma, so he went to listen to them. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He had miraculously come to Shri Dhanyakataka from Shambhala, and he requested the Kalachakra for the entourage of listeners: the ninety-six emanated satraps of the ninety-six great lands within Shambhala, together with a limitless host of fortunate bodhisattvas, gods, demons, and others. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The excellent entourage within the mandala consisted of a host of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, furies, gods, nagas, and goddesses. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He was a [real] bodhisattva. ❋ Cool Kid 06 (2018)