Viśuddhacāritra (; also known as Pure Practice), is one of the four great
primarily or eternally evolved bodhisattva
In Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a person who has attained, or is striving towards, '' bodhi'' ('awakening', 'enlightenment') or Buddhahood. Often, the term specifically refers to a person who forgoes or delays personal nirvana or ''bodhi'' in ...
s mentioned in the 15th chapter of the
Lotus Sutra
The ''Lotus Sūtra'' (Sanskrit: ''Saddharma Puṇḍarīka Sūtram'', ''Sūtra on the White Lotus of the True Dharma'', zh, p=Fǎhuá jīng, l=Dharma Flower Sutra) is one of the most influential and venerated Buddhist Mahāyāna sūtras. ...
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He is considered to represent the "purity" characteristic of
buddhahood
In Buddhism, Buddha (, which in classic Indo-Aryan languages, Indic languages means "awakened one") is a title for those who are Enlightenment in Buddhism, spiritually awake or enlightened, and have thus attained the Buddhist paths to liberat ...
, "Nirvana's freedom from all that is impure."
[McCormick, Ryuei M. "The Bodhisattvas of the Earth" ''Nichirenscoffeehouse.net''. Nichiren's Coffeehouse and Gohonzon Gallery, 2002. Web. 15 October 2014.](_blank)
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See also
* Supratisthitacaritra
* Visistacaritra
Notes
References
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McCormick, Ryuei M. "The Bodhisattvas of the Earth" ''Nichirenscoffeehouse.net''. Nichiren's Coffeehouse and Gohonzon Gallery, 2002. Web. 15 October 2014.
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External links
Soka Gakkai Nichiren Buddhism Library - Pure Practices
Bodhisattvas
Nichiren Buddhism
Lotus Sutra
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