![]() abibacchi )1) has great importance in contemporary strands of Mahåyåna Buddhism found in China, Japan, and Tibet. futai, “non-regression” or transliterated from the Indic as 阿惟越致 a wei ye zhi, Jpn. The concept of avaivartika (generally translated in Chinese as 不退bu tui, Jpn. The term generally signifies a point reached in the career of a bodhisattva after which there can be no turning back from the attainment of full Buddhahood. In most instances the term and its related forms designate a certain status of attainment on the way to full Buddhahood. The term occurs in a great number of sūtras in a variety of different forms within various contexts. The concept of the irreversible (avaivartika) bodhisattva is considered to be one of the more intriguing subjects in the historical development of Mahāyāna Buddhism due to the concept’s prevalence, yet obscure meaning, in many Mahāyāna sūtras. ![]()
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