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Bodhisattva
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Bodhisattva
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(in Mahayana Buddhism) a divine being worthy of nirvana who remains on the human plane to help men to salvation
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Bodhisattva
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Buddhism
a person who has achieved great moral and spiritual wisdom and is a potential Buddha, esp. such a person who rejects nirvana in order to assist suffering mankind
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Bodhisattva
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Buddhism
Buddhism
An enlightened being who, out of compassion, forgoes nirvana in order to save others.
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