Upasika Chihmann

Upasika Chihmann

Upasika Chihmann, whose lay name was P. C. Lee, was a translator and a devout lay follower of Buddhism. She is best known for her translations of Buddhist texts, particularly those within the Mahayana tradition. One of her notable works is the translation of The Four Buddhist Books in Mahayana, which includes Amitabha's forty-eight vows. Her other publications include The Vows of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra Sutra.

Bodhisattva - A person who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a Bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is training on the path to Buddhahood and aspires to eliminate the suffering of all beings and take all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment. The Mahāyāna sūtras including those on buddha-nature generally have Bodhisattvas as the main audience or interlocutors for the Buddha's discourses. Skt बोधिसत्त्व  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ།  Ch 菩薩  

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