My Images of the month is titled My Bodhisattva. I love when I come upon these kind of images for they remind me of hope and transformation.

In Theravada Buddhism, the bodhisattva is seen as seeking enlightenment so that, once awakened, he may efficiently aid other beings with the expertise of supreme wisdom.

In Mahayana Buddhism, a bodhisattva has the compassionate determination to aid all beings on their quest for the highest state of development, full enlightenment of a Buddha.

Bodhisattva is the stage of incarnation of a being (Not necessoryly as a human) before becoming a Buddha. Sometimes (actually most of) the 'Jathaka Stories' are about animales and connected to the nature. Inspired from those ture stories people learn to respect the nature and all the beings. Animales are not far apart from humans. The Buddha's path on

Bodhisattva goes through the Loving Kindness towards the whole world.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhisattva

December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days.

December begins (astrologically) with the sun in the sign of Sagittarius and ends in the sign of Capricorn. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellation of Ophiuchus, which is the only zodiacal constellation that is not counted as an astrological sign, and ends in the constellation of Sagittarius.

In Latin, decem means 'ten'. December was also the tenth month in the Roman calendar until a monthless winter period was divided between January and February.

— T.W.