Chihmann, U.

PersonType	Category:Translators
FirstName / namefirst	Upasika
LastName / namelast	Chihmann
MainNamePhon	Upasika Chihmann
SortName	Chihmann, Upasika
namealt	P. C. Lee  ·  Pi-cheng Lee
bio	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.
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Upasika Chihmann

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.