The Bodhisattva Path is the path that Buddhists take when they have been given the spiritual push to become a true Buddha. The path is long and takes sometimes more than a lifetime to achieve. Buddhism has many different sections and was divided early into many different monastic ordination traditions. Mahayana is the most devout sect of Buddhism and they believe that only certain people can actually take the bodhisattva path but encourage all to take the journey to spiritual enlightenment. Modern Buddhism, or mainstream Buddhism, do not believe that everyone can become or needs to become a true Buddha. There are three types of enlightenment, which include the hearers, or arhats who listen and follow the teachings of Buddha. The “solitary” people, who are usually stricter in their spirituality, dedicate their lives to Buddha and the religion, most commonly known as Monks. The last type is the supreme and full enlightenment of Buddha, which is only obtained by few devoted Buddhists.
There are three stages of bodhisattva, which include the natural stage, or the life before the bodhisattva path begins. The second stage is the resolving stage, where the “vow” is first conceived and the third and final stage is the living in conformity stage where the bodhisattva lives with the vow and the path is declared irreversible.
In Pali there are ten areas to perfect. Giving, morality, renunciation, wisdom, energy, patience, truth telling, resolute determination, loving kindness, and equanimity are the areas. In Dhammapala the list is shortened to six. These six include giving, morality, patience, energy, meditation, and wisdom. The degree of perfection distinguishes Buddha. The bodhisattva path is told by the Jataka tales and are known as the rebirth stories.
Aspiring bodhisattva strive in compassion, awakening mind and meditative cultivation. Mainstream Buddhism has five paths to achieve the status of Buddha. The path of accumulation is the full arising of awakening mind. The path of preparation includes four stages, which are warmth, climax, patience, and highest mundane thing. The path of seeing, or vision, is where the bodhisattva becomes noble and is no longer an ordinary worldling and can control their own rebirths. The first of ten bodhisattva stages happens in this path, the stage of joy. The path of cultivation, or contemplation, includes the nine other bodhisattva stages. These stages are the stainless stage, luminous stage, radiant stage, difficult to conquer stage, face-to-face stage, gone afar stage, immovable stage, good stage and the cloud of dharma (teaching) stage. Each of the stages stands for something, in the same order they stand for morality, patience, energy, meditation, wisdom, skills and means, vow, power, and gnosis. The last three stages are seen as the pure stages. The last and final path of bodhisattva is the path of no more learning.
There are three stages of bodhisattva, which include the natural stage, or the life before the bodhisattva path begins. The second stage is the resolving stage, where the “vow” is first conceived and the third and final stage is the living in conformity stage where the bodhisattva lives with the vow and the path is declared irreversible.
In Pali there are ten areas to perfect. Giving, morality, renunciation, wisdom, energy, patience, truth telling, resolute determination, loving kindness, and equanimity are the areas. In Dhammapala the list is shortened to six. These six include giving, morality, patience, energy, meditation, and wisdom. The degree of perfection distinguishes Buddha. The bodhisattva path is told by the Jataka tales and are known as the rebirth stories.
Aspiring bodhisattva strive in compassion, awakening mind and meditative cultivation. Mainstream Buddhism has five paths to achieve the status of Buddha. The path of accumulation is the full arising of awakening mind. The path of preparation includes four stages, which are warmth, climax, patience, and highest mundane thing. The path of seeing, or vision, is where the bodhisattva becomes noble and is no longer an ordinary worldling and can control their own rebirths. The first of ten bodhisattva stages happens in this path, the stage of joy. The path of cultivation, or contemplation, includes the nine other bodhisattva stages. These stages are the stainless stage, luminous stage, radiant stage, difficult to conquer stage, face-to-face stage, gone afar stage, immovable stage, good stage and the cloud of dharma (teaching) stage. Each of the stages stands for something, in the same order they stand for morality, patience, energy, meditation, wisdom, skills and means, vow, power, and gnosis. The last three stages are seen as the pure stages. The last and final path of bodhisattva is the path of no more learning.
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