The bodhisattva (or bodhicitta) vows comprise 18 root and 46 secondary vows. These vows have been compiled in the Tibetan tradition from various authoritative texts. Breaking a root vow completely breaks your bodhichitta ordination, whereas breaking a secondary or branch vow does not completely break...
These vows seem impossible in terms of the conventional perspective on the world. However, through these words, the bodhisattva activates the universal level of commitment. At the same time, this being can display ordinary kindness that we all may perform in our everyday lives. The Buddha Nature...
a system of vows was developed -- the48 Vows of the Bodhisattva-- for those seeking to achieve the Bodhisattva state. The vows differ somewhat among the Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese traditions, but all originated from the vows taken and then dutifully fulfilled byHozo Bosatsu(who then become...
“Upāli, the qualities associated with the bodhisattva Maitreya passing away from this world and being reborn in the Heaven of Joy are as follows. After the Thus-Gone One passes into nirvāṇa, [F.301.a] some among my attendant retinue will diligently accumulate merit, m...
The history of Ksitigarbha is well described in the Sutra of The Great Vows of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, one of the most popular Mahayana Buddhist sutras. This sutra was spoken by the Buddha towards the end of his life to the beings of the Trayastrimsa Heaven as a mark of gratitude and ...
Tibetan Pronunciation: Om Mani Peme Hung Many forms and faces Compassion can have many “flavors”, reflected in the many aspects of Chenrezig: the ferocious protective compassion of an angry mother or father, the gentle hand-holding friend, or even the heroic...
and at some point, he took a wife in Gao Village. He was subsequently defeated by Monkey and forced to take the Buddhist vows, serving as Tripitaka’s disciple and luggage handler. His discipleship may have been the karmic result of a good deed that his master performed for him in a pas...
The Ten Great Vows of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva To worship and respect all Buddhas. To make praises to the Thus Come Ones. To practice profoundly the giving of offerings. To repent and reform all karmic hindrance. To rejoice and follow in merit and virtue. ...
The vows differ somewhat among the Tibetan, Chinese, and Japanese traditions, but all originated from the vows taken and then dutifully fulfilled by Hōzō Bosatsu (who then becomes Amida Buddha). In addition to compassion, there are six perfections (Skt. Parmitas) that a Bodhisattva must ...
One of the most widely known is the Sūtra of the Fundamental Vows of Jizō Bodhisattva (Jp. = Jizō Bosatsu Hongan Kyō 地藏菩薩本願経), in which Jizō vows to remain among us doing good works and to help and instruct all those spinning endlessly in the six realms of suffering, ...