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    3. 菩薩

    菩薩

    菩ぼ薩さつ

    bodhisattva

    KMT9News #20+1Noun, SuffixReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab28 strokes

    ぼさつぼさち

    Noun, Suffix

    1.
    bodhisattva, one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha
    Buddhism
    2.
    High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)
    3.
    title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

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    菩ぼ薩さつは仏ぶっ教きょうの重じゅう要ような存そん在ざいです。

    A Bodhisattva is an important being in Buddhism.

    KMT7Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    観かんの音ん菩ぼ薩さつは慈じ悲ひの象しょう徴ちょうとして広ひろく信しん仰こうされています。

    Kannon Bodhisattva is widely worshipped as a symbol of compassion.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyCulture & Traditions
    奈な良らの寺おて院らには、美うつくしい菩ぼ薩さつ像ぞうが多おおく安あん置ちされています。

    Many beautiful Bodhisattva statues are enshrined in temples in Nara.

    KMT9Culture & TraditionsReligion & PhilosophyArt & Design
    仏ぶっ教きょうの教おしえでは、誰だれもが菩ぼ薩さつになる可か能のう性せいを秘ひめているとされています。

    In Buddhist teachings, it is believed that everyone has the potential to become a Bodhisattva.

    KMT9Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    菩ぼ薩さつは悟さとりを開ひらきながらも、衆しゅ生じょうを救すくうためにこの世よにとどまることを選えらんだとされます。

    Bodhisattvas are said to have attained enlightenment but chose to remain in this world to save all sentient beings.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophyphilosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    菩
    kind of grass・sacred tree
    薩
    salvation・Buddha
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