Bodhisattvas

The Buddha taught we are made up of energies. We decide what to do with those energies. We have a choice of what we do or do not cultivate, nourish, and act upon. We choose what seeds to nourish. We realize liberation when we understand what actions, what words, and what thoughts will bring unwholesome results. We choose not to perform those actions, speak those words, or cultivate those thoughts. This mean we can now nourish the energies, the seeds, that will enable us to become bodhisattvas. Bodhisattvas are not statues of wood or stone or metal, painted or leafed with gold that are worshiped. Bodhisattvas represent living qualities that we aspire to fully embody.