| Key Term |
bhūmi |
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bhūmis; bhumi; bhumis |
| In Tibetan Script |
ས་ |
| Wylie Tibetan Transliteration |
sa |
| Devanagari Sanskrit Script |
भूमि |
| Romanized Sanskrit |
bhūmi |
| Japanese Transliteration |
ji |
| English Standard |
developmental stage |
| Karl Brunnhölzl's English Term |
ground |
| Richard Barron's English Term |
spiritual level; level |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term |
level; stage |
| Sarah Harding's English Term |
ground; level |
| Gyurme Dorje's English Term |
level |
| Ives Waldo's English Term |
stage; level |
| Term Type |
Noun |
| Source Language |
Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning |
A plateau of spiritual development. |
| Has the Sense of |
Generally associated with bodhisattvas, these are major stages arrived at over the course of lifetimes of ongoing spiritual practice and development. |
| Related Terms |
bodhisattvabhūmi;mārga |
| Definitions |
| Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism |
See page 116: In Sanskrit, lit. “ground”; deriving from an abhidharma denotation of bhūmi as a way or path (mārga), the term is used metaphorically to denote a “stage” of training, especially in the career of the bodhisattva or, in some contexts, a śrāvaka... |
| Rangjung Yeshe's English Term |
The levels or stages a bodhisattva traverses on the journey to complete enlightenment. |
| Tshig mdzod Chen mo |
sa lam gnyis kyi nang tshan du gyur pa'i sa ste/ rang gi 'bras bur gyur pa'i yon tan du ma'i gzhi rten byed pa'i lam zhugs kyi mngon rtogs te/ dman pa sa brgyad dang/ theg chen sa bcu lta bu'o/ |