Sentences with phrase «living bodhisattva»

Not exact matches

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

In their earthly lives, the Bodhisattvas had extinguished the candle of desire, but instead of relishing nirvana, they returned to help others along the same path.

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.