| 释义 |
‖ Bodhisattva Buddhism.|bɒdɪˈsætvə|
Also Bodhisat, Bodhisatta, Bodhisatwa.
[Skr., ‘one whose essence is perfect knowledge’, f. bodhi perfect knowledge (budh to know: see Buddha) + sattvá being, reality.]
One destined to become a Buddha; a Buddhist saint who, having only one birth to undergo before attaining Nirvana, consents to be reborn for the sake of suffering mankind; a superhuman being of infinite wisdom and compassion. Hence bodhiˈsattvahood, -ship, -ˈsatship, the state of a Bodhisattva.
1828Asiatic Res. XVI. 422 The form of the works..is that of a lecture, or lesson, delivered by a Buddha to his Bodhisatwas, or disciples. 1850R. S. Hardy Eastern Monachism xviii. 170 The Játakan, containing an account of 550 births of the Bódhisat who afterwards became Gótama Budha. 1889M. Monier-Williams Buddhism v. 98 He [sc. Buddha] gave to every being destined to become a Buddha the title Bodhi-sattva (Bodhi-satta), ‘one having knowledge derived from self-enlightening intellect for his essence’. Ibid. 181 He had transferred the Bodhi-sattvaship to Maitreya. 1895L. A. Waddell Buddhism of Tibet vi. 138 The Arhats being dead cannot be active, the Bodhisattvas as living beings can. 1926Encycl. Brit. XVI. 96/2 The leaders of the Great Vehicle urged their followers to seek to attain, not so much to Arahatship, which would involve only their own salvation, but to Bodhisatship. 1927A. Huxley Proper Studies 181 Buddhism became an entirely new religion, with a pantheon of Bodhisattvas. 1951H. Zimmer Philos. India 510 His [sc. Fa Hian's, c. 400 a.d.] account of the cities further west reveals that at Mathurā the Bodhisattvas Mañjuśri and Avalokiteśvara received worship as divinities—which is a Mahāyāna feature. Ibid. 553 Within the hearts of all creatures compassion is present as the sign of their potential Bodhisattvahood. 1957B. J. Gould Jewel in Lotus 210 The Dalai Lamas are Bodhisattvas in whom is incarnate Chenrezi, the God of Mercy. |