Definitions

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  • noun A bodhisattva who attains a high degree on the path of consciousness awakening.
  • noun A "great bodhisattva", one explicitly defined by their devotion to salvation of all beings through bodhicitta.

Etymologies

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Sanskrit महासत्त्व (mahāsattva, "a great creature, great being")

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Examples

  • The word in Sanskrit, here, is "mahasattva," which we find, for example, in The Heart Sutra.

    General Explanation of Seven-Point Attitude-Training ��� Part Two: Points Five and Six 1999

  • Shariputra and noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, that whole assembly and the world with its gods, humans, asuras [jealous gods], and gandharvas

    Hegel on Buddhism 2007

  • Shariputra said to noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, "How should a son or daughter of noble family train, who wishes to practice the profound prajnaparamita?"

    Hegel on Buddhism 2007

  • Then the Blessed One arose from that samadhi and praised noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, saying, Good, good, O son of noble family; thus it is, O son of noble family, thus it is.

    Hegel on Buddhism 2007

  • Thus, Shariputra, the bodhisattva mahasattva should train in the profound prajnaparamita.

    Hegel on Buddhism 2007

  • Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva [great bodhisattva], while practicing the profound prajnaparamita, saw in this way: he saw the five skandhas to be empty of nature.

    Hegel on Buddhism 2007

  • Addressed in this way, noble Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva mahasattva, said to venerable Shariputra,

    Hegel on Buddhism 2007

  • Also at that time, the bodhisattva great-minded mahasattva, the Arya Avalokiteshvara, the Powerful Lord Beholding All Around, conducting his behavior in profound and far-reaching discriminating awareness, was beholding all around, in detail, like this: He was beholding all around, in detail, the five aggregate factors of his experience and those as devoid of self-establishing nature.

    The Heart Sutra: The Heart of Far-Reaching Discriminating Awareness, the Vanquishing Lady Surpassing All 2004

  • Then, through the might of the Buddha, the venerable Shariputra addressed these words to the bodhisattva great-minded mahasattva, the Arya Avalokiteshvara: "How does any spiritual child with the (Buddha) family traits need to train, who wishes to conduct his or her behavior in profound and far-reaching discriminating awareness?"

    The Heart Sutra: The Heart of Far-Reaching Discriminating Awareness, the Vanquishing Lady Surpassing All 2004

  • When the Vanquishing Master Surpassing All had pronounced those words, the venerable Son of Sharadvati, and the bodhisattva great-minded mahasattva, the Arya Avalokiteshvara, and the pair of assemblies of those endowed with all, as well as the world - gods, humans, anti-gods, and gandharva heavenly musicians - rejoicing, sang praises of what had been declared by the Vanquishing Master Surpassing All. Join us in trying to benefit others.

    The Heart Sutra: The Heart of Far-Reaching Discriminating Awareness, the Vanquishing Lady Surpassing All 2004

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