Sentences with word «bodhisattva»

Unless you have another unfounded belief that you're some kind of bodhisattva who's come back to lead the rubes to enlightenment?

The word God is a Christian word, and often when Christians use it, we refer, not to a relational Bodhisattva who adapts to each situation, but rather to a changeless and independent Consciousness who saves only Christians and who is cut off from the world by the boundaries of divine transcendence.

An analogy may be found in the Mahayana Buddhist bodhisattva ideal.

How do worshipers understand the evident contrast between the Maitreya Bodhisattva with his all peaceful and compassionate complexion and the haggard Jesus of the crucifix with his contorted body undergoing death spasms?

Kanon, a Japanese name for Guanyin, an East Asian bodhisattva and spiritual figure associated with mercy and compassion Geeks and dorks find love here.

Solo Exhibition by artist Samundra Man Singh Shrestha organized by Bodhisattva Gallery is happening at Nepal Art Council, Babermahal...

However, even if Zen Buddhists recognized the existence of a cosmic Bodhisattva, as do their Pure Land fellow travelers, there is a second reason why Zennists might not speak of God.

We are delighted to welcome you to an evening of satsang and meditation with Bodhisattva Swami Anand Arun.

In the 1990s, he traveled back to Japan and, after wading through seven years of red tape, was allowed to photograph an ancient installation inside of a Buddhist temple called the «Thousand - Armed Merciful Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara.»

The Tibetans, writes Matthiessen, are «so open, so without defense, therefore so free, true Bodhisattvas, accepting like the variable air the large and small events of every day» (The Snow Leopard [Viking, 1978], p. 147).

The merciful bodhisattva vows not to enter blessedness himself until all living things have found redemption.

Large wood figure of Bodhisattva Guanyin (Avalokiteshvara), Song Dynasty (960-1279) to Yuan Dynasty (1279 - 1368)-- 12th to late 13th Century Wood, remains of gesso, traces of beige, pink, red, black, blue polychromy and gilding.

Thinking Bodhisattva, Gandharan culture, Hadda region, 4th to 6th century A.D. (photo courtesy the Dallas Museum of Art)

Solo Exhibition by artist Samundra Man Singh Shrestha organized by Bodhisattva Gallery is happening at Nepal Art Council, Babermahal from 29th may -9 th June 2016.

For instance, a huge bodhisattva head («perhaps the largest in private hands» in the world) from Shanxi province sits beside a colourful Takashi Murakami acrylic representation of hundreds of skulls.

Among the exquisite objects that Gisèle Croës has selected for the exhibition are Longshan culture black pottery (3rd millennium BCE); a crown headdress with glass ornaments from the Tang dynasty (618 — 907 CE); a gilt bronze mask from the Liao dynasty (916-1125 CE); and a carved wooden Bodhisattva figure (twelfth or thirteenth century CE).

Simulating the reproductions of the one - thousand - armed bodhisattva of compassion known as Senju Kannon, Sugimoto's images signify the Buddhist practice of replicating manifestations of a deity in order to achieve spiritual merit.

; we should develop our own Chuang - tzu sensitivity, our own concern for the «sinned against,» our own Bodhisattvas and Lady Mengs, our own yin - and - yang diversity, our own sensitivity to the mystery of the Other (s).

Christians should learn from the Buddhist Bodhisattva symbolizing compassion and mercy, one who is willing to postpone personal salvation for the sake of others.

I have friends and acquaintances equally moved by heavenly Bodhisattvas, Krishna and Allah — all with very different models of the spiritual realms, their deities powers, the obligation of their believers and such.

That is why, in the spirituality of Tibetan Buddhism, there are so many fierce Bodhisattvas: saint - like figures who harshly treat the ego with indifference.

When the teacher undertook to teach him the alphabet, the young Bodhisattva uttered a wise saying beginning with each letter.

Vihara Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva or better known as Vihara Patung Seribu.

There is also a small collection of bronze images of the Buddha and various bodhisattvas.

Located in the centre of Chengdu on Wenshu Yuan Jie road, the temple was built during the Tang Dynasty (618 - 907 AD) to honour the Buddhist representation of Wisdom, Wenshu Pusa (Bodhisattva Manjusri in Sanskrit).

a large Korean gilt - wood Bodhisattva sculpture from 17th - century Korea ($ 125,000 from dealer Arnold Lieberman of Santa Fe).

Here, a single medium - size window admitting light from above a grassy slope has made particularly alluring a standing bronze Bodhisattva Maitreya from the eighth century.

The Thousand Buddha motif — created by stenciling the silhouette of Buddha multiple times — covers most of the walls and ceilings of many caves, but there are also exquisite murals of scenes from the life of Buddha and more than 2,000 statues of Bodhisattvas surrounding their leader, wearing decorative flowing robes and delicate jewelry.

Titled Live Evil, it suggests a kind of weapon - twirling Kabuki cyborg or a Cubist bodhisattva and is superbly cross-cultural and in a visual, instantly accessible manner.»

I missed this last summer: TimesOnline reported that China passed regulations forbidding Tibetan Bodhisattvas (i.e. living Buddhas) from reincarnating without permission from the Chinese government.

I'm convinced that Jen is actually some kind of Bodhisattva, who has put off her ascent into Nirvana in order to stick around and offer aid and compassion to the rest of us suffering souls.

Kanon, a Japanese name for Guanyin, an East Asian bodhisattva and spiritual figure associated with mercy and compassion An otome game (乙女ゲーム, otome gēmu, literally maiden game) is a story - based video game that is targeted towards women.

Ahhh, keeping with the ecumenical skepticism, maybe adding to the silly religious imagery by adding a a few Buddhist Bodhisattvas and a couple Islamic Jinn rolling in the clouds laughing would have been fun!

There is in the Meditation Center also «a picture of the Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya Bodhisattva).»

Bodhisattva Guanyin (12th century) Polychromed Wood Statue.

11 Thinking Bodhisattva, Gandharan culture, Hadda region, 4th to 6th century A.D. Terracotta.

Bodhisattva I'm gonna sell my house in town Bodhisattva I'm gonna sell my house in town And I'll be there To shine in your Ja pan To sparkle in your China Yes I'll be there Bodhisattva

So when Hindus pray to Rama, Muslims Pray to Allah, Buddhists pray to some Bodhisattva to find that inner friend, are they are doing something different than you?

Key tenets are missing — any sort of dogma, the ever - important teacher - student relationship, and a very rich and awesome history of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, tulkus, and spiritual deities — but the most noticeable gaping hole is the lack of community.

Tenzin Norbu, author, radio host, and retired philosophy professor in his article «The Bodhisattva's View of Same - Sex Marriage»

If «God Almighty» is really so petty as to require people to incant the correct name (whether it's Jesus, Mohammed, Bodhisattva, etc.), eat the «right foods», dress the «right way», treat women like dirt, etc., then God has a lot of growing up to do.