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| Article Name : | | | BODHISATTA IDEALS IN THERAVADA BUDDHISM- A STUDY | | Author Name : | | | Nanissara , C. Neela Devi | | Publisher : | | | Ashok Yakkaldevi | | Article Series No. : | | | GRT-4431 | | Article URL : | |  | Author Profile View PDF In browser | | Abstract : | | | A Bodhisatta is a person who is in a position to attain Nibbana, liberation, but out of great compassion for the world, he renounces it and goes on suffering in Samsara for the sake of others, prefects himself during an incalculable period of time and finally realizes Nibbana and becomes a Buddha, enlightened one. He discovers the truth and declares it to the world. His capacity for services to others is unlimited. The Theravada holds the Bodhissatta in the highest position. For Mahayana Buddhism mainly deals with the Bodhisatta ideal or vehicle of the Bodhisatta. But does Mahayana does not ignore the other two: ideals of disciple and individual Buddhas. For becoming a Buddha, one needs to practice the ten perfections in fully skills. Without these ten Paramitas, ten perfections nobody cannot attain fully. | | Keywords : | | |
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