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bodhisattva, one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory
- 菩提ぼだい
bodhi, enlightenment; happiness in the next world
- 菩提達磨ぼだいだるま
Bodhidharma
- 菩提薩埵ぼだいさった
bodhisattva
- 菩提心ぼだいしん
aspiration for Buddhahood
- 菩薩揚げぼさあげ
ceremony performed by Chinese merchants disembarking in Nagasaki (Edo period)
- 菩提寺ぼだいじ
one's family temple, temple with one's family grave
- 菩提樹ぼだいじゅ
Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree); sacred fig (Ficus religiosa), bodhi tree, bo tree, peepal tree, pipal tree
- 菩提を弔うぼだいをとむらう
to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras
- 菩提道場ぼだいどうじょう
Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)