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noun (uncountable)
  1. In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.
  2. The bodhisattva path to nirvana.
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    Etymology: From the Sanskrit, meaning "enlightened-mind" or "awake-mind", bodhi = "awake", citta = "mind" / "thought".


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