Prakash comments on Mere Messiahs - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Prakash 30 June 2008 01:32:00PM 5 points [-]

Hi Psy Kosh,

The souls you refer to in Buddhism are called Bodhisatvas. They are compassionate souls who instead of attaining Nirvana and ceasing their birth and death cycles choose to remain within those cycles to liberate others.