An awakening being
From Sanskrit 'bodhi' (awakening) + 'sattva' (being) — one whose essence is oriented toward enlightenment.
In the Jataka tales, the Buddha's own identity across countless past lives — as animal, king, or ascetic — while still perfecting the virtues needed for Buddhahood.
A forest disciple paralyzed by nocturnal animal cries learns from the Bodhisatta that fear begins in one's own unsettled mind, and that mindfulness dissolves it.
Why the 547 Jataka tales exist, how they are arranged in the Pali canon, and the frame that links a present dilemma to a past life.
The Scorpion's Sting and the Hypocritical Friend
The Radiant Heart of the Awakened Mind
Avalokiteshvara vowed never to rest until every being was free from suffering, and his thousand arms and eleven heads emerged from that very vow.
Manjushri carries a flaming sword to cut through ignorance and a scripture of wisdom in his other hand, revered across Mahayana Buddhism as insight itself.