Visuddhacaritra

Viśuddhacāritra (Sanskrit: विशुद्धचारित्र; also known as Pure Practice), is one of the four great primarily or eternally evolved bodhisattvas mentioned in the 15th chapter of the Lotus Sutra.[1][2] He is considered to represent the "purity" characteristic of buddhahood, "Nirvana's freedom from all that is impure."[3]

Viśuddhacāritra
Sanskritविशुद्धचारित्र
Viśuddhacāritra
Chinese淨行菩薩
(Pinyin: Jìngxíng Púsà)
Japanese浄行菩薩（じょうぎょうぼさつ）
(romaji: Jōgyō Bosatsu)
Khmerវិសុទ្ធចារិត្រ
(vi-sut-chaa-reut)
Korean정행보살
(RR: Jeonghaeng Bosal)
Tibetanསྤྱོད་པ་རྣམ་པར་དག་
Wylie: spyod pa rnam par dag
VietnameseTịnh Hạnh Bồ Tát
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Venerated byMahāyāna, Vajrayāna
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Notes
  1. Reeves 2008, pp. 280 and 446
  2. Kato 1993, p. 239
  3. McCormick, Ryuei M. "The Bodhisattvas of the Earth" Nichirenscoffeehouse.net. Nichiren's Coffeehouse and Gohonzon Gallery, 2002. Web. 15 October 2014.

References

  • Kato, Bunno (1993). The Threefold Lotus Sutra. Tokyo: Kosei Publishing Company. ISBN 4-333-00208-7.
  • McCormick, Ryuei M. "The Bodhisattvas of the Earth" Nichirenscoffeehouse.net. Nichiren's Coffeehouse and Gohonzon Gallery, 2002. Web. 15 October 2014.

  • Reeves, Gene (2008). The Lotus Sutra: A Contemporary Translation of a Buddhist Classic. Somerville: Wisdom Publications. ISBN 0-86171-571-3.
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