Bodhisattvas reborn in lower realms

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discussionbuddhist
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Bodhisattvas reborn in lower realms

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Are there Bodhisattvas that are reborn in the lower realms (hell, hungry ghost, animal, asura)?
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Re: Bodhisattvas reborn in lower realms

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discussionbuddhist wrote:Are there Bodhisattvas that are reborn in the lower realms (hell, hungry ghost, animal, asura)?
yes but only voluntarily because of Bodhicitta.
Best example on this is Ksitigharba Bodhisattva and his activity in the many hells
in sutra and tantra there are more examples

now, the lower the realm, the higher preparation -level of realization- needed.
true dharma is inexpressible.

The bodhisattva nourishes from bodhicitta, through whatever method the Buddha has given him. Oh joy.
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Re: Bodhisattvas reborn in lower realms

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javier.espinoza.t wrote:
discussionbuddhist wrote:Are there Bodhisattvas that are reborn in the lower realms (hell, hungry ghost, animal, asura)?
yes but only voluntarily because of Bodhicitta.
Best example on this is Ksitigharba Bodhisattva and his activity in the many hells
in sutra and tantra there are more examples

now, the lower the realm, the higher preparation -level of realization- needed.
But it's said in the Ksitigarbha Sutra that he is an arhat and a pratyekabuddha too, besides being a bodhisattva.
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