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Complete Definition of "bodhicitta"

English

Etymology
From the Sanskrit, meaning "enlighten[ed]-mind" or "awake-mind", bodhi "awake", citta "mind" / "thought".

Noun
bodhicitta (uncountable)
#In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.
#The bodhisattva path to nirvana.
Category:Buddhism

Translations

Chinese: ���, ��
mid

See also
bhumi
buddha
Buddha-nature
enlightenment
nirvana
six perfections
sunyata
no-mind

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