A Bodhisattva is an ordinary person who acts like a true adult. It can be you or anyone.
"...Ordinary people live thinking only about their own personal, narrow circumstances connected with their desires. In contrast to that, a bodhisattva, though undeniably still an ordinary human being like everyone else, lives by vow. Because of that, the significance of his or her life is not the same. For us as bodhisattvas, all aspects of life, including the fate of humanity itself, live within us. It is with this in mind that we work to discover and manifest the most vital and alive posture that we can take in living out our life.
It’s not enough for a bodhisattva of the Mahayana to just uphold the precepts. There are times when you have to break them, too. It’s just that when you do, you have to do so with the resolve of also being willing to accept whatever consequences might follow. That’s what "together with all sentient beings” (regardless of what hell one might fall into) really means..."
~ Uchiyama Kosho
Photos ~ Uchiyama Kosho, Bodhisattva Photo by Dean Hochman.
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