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Boddhisatva

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n.1.a Buddhist, worthy of nirvana, who postpones it to help others.
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Noun1.Boddhisatva - Buddhist worthy of nirvana who postpones it to help others
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His Holiness the fourteenth Dalai Lama, the man considered to be the manifestation of Chenrezig, the Boddhisatva of Compassion, the leader of millions of Buddhists, and the head of state of a state that is and isn't a state, exactly, has the sloping shoulders of a halfback and the headlong bowlegged shamble of a bear.
DALAI LAMA IN OREGON : Will China retaliate? by Doyle, Brian / Commonweal
Deng Xiaoping describes Mao Zedong's rule as only "70 percent good and 30 percent bad," but Tibetans are said to regard Mao as a Boddhisatva.
Ethnic tension and the struggle for order: China's policies in Tibet by Karmel, Solomon M. / Pacific Affairs
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