Bodhisattva vs Immortal - What's the difference?
bodhisattva | immortal |
(Buddhism) A person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment.
(Buddhism) An enlightened being existing in a form of existence beyond the ordinary forms of physical reality understood and acknowledged by scientific thought, resembling the Western notion of angels, but with a wealth of its own nuances and expectations. These include the compassionate working for enlightenment of all sentient beings.
Not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.
Never to be forgotten; that merits being always remembered.
Connected with or relating to immortality.
* Shakespeare
(obsolete) Great; excessive; grievous.
One who is not susceptible to death.
A member of an elite regiment of the Persian army.
A member of the Académie française.
(Internet) An administrator of a multi-user dungeon; a wizard.
* 1999 , "Corey Crawford", RECRUITING: [circle] Tazmania/Middle Sphere: Admin, Builders, Immortals'' (on newsgroup ''rec.games.mud.announce )
As nouns the difference between bodhisattva and immortal
is that bodhisattva is a person who has taken specific lay or monastic vows and who is on the road to perfect knowledge; specifically, one who foregoes personal nirvana in order to help others achieve enlightenment while immortal is one who is not susceptible to death.As an adjective immortal is
not susceptible to death; living forever; never dying.bodhisattva
English
Alternative forms
* boddhisatvaNoun
(en noun)Synonyms
* mahasattvaimmortal
English
Adjective
(-)- his immortal words
- I have immortal longings in me.
- (Hayward)
Synonyms
* undeadly * deathless * everlastingAntonyms
* mortalDerived terms
* immortality * immortallyNoun
(en noun)- Tazmania/Middle Sphere is in need of builders, admin, and immortals . Immortals do not need experiance(SIC).