1954: Over and against thearhat, retreating from appearances into an entirely transcendental Nirvana, stands the Bodhisattva, for whom Suchness and the world of contingencies are one — Aldous Huxley,The Doors of Perception (Chatto & Windus 1954, p. 32)
(Jainism) One of the stages of theascetic'sspiritualevolution, when all passions (anger, ego, deception, greed, attachment, hatred and ignorance) are destroyed.
