I'm very happy to see new friends visiting, I wish everyone will at least leave this page with a smile, lighter at heart and happier.
Today, just want to share an image that I really like. This image reminds me of
DiZhang Pusa, a bodhisattva well known in buddhist teaching for his great vow. In fact, it resembles all great
bodhisattvas.
Sometimes, the people who are ready to help others are called "Bodhisattva" too, though they are not yet enlightened. It is a common term to encourage people to practise the Bodhisattva Path in their daily lives, even they are not Buddhists.
Everytime I see this picture, it inspires me and gives me hope in cultivation. My figure or role model, a teacher teaching us how to heal our hearts, making our heart stronger in concurring difficulties but softer in the sense of compassion.
Lotus representing purity. Jewel in the hand representing the power to heal perhaps. I can feel the peacefulness just by looking at the picture, and felt the heart of boundless universal love, the will to free all living beings from suffering, with a mission to heal, manifesting himself in different directions to reach all living creatures.
Hence, in order to benefit others, first we have to know the way. When we find our way to happiness and able to liberate ourselves from suffering, and able to find peace in our hearts, only then will be able to help others gain the way or see the path.
These are the ten stages of development of Bodhisattva depending on their merits and virtues:
i.e:
#Pramudita (joy) - joy at having overcome the difficulties and sufferings, now entering on the path to Buddhahood.
#Vimala (purity) - freedom from all possible defilement.
#Prabhakari (enlightenment) - stage of further enlightenment.
#Arcismati (wisdom) - stage of glowing wisdom.
For more information please refer to (
source)
Bodhisattva's Four Immeasurable Minds- Loving Kindness, compassion, Joy and Renunciation (
source)
Good night! and sweet dreams.
May your heart be at peace and wishing you happiness always.
With Metta (Sankrit word for loving kindness)
mei chin.
