Bodhipraṇidhicitta

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Key Term bodhipraṇidhicitta
In Tibetan Script བྱང་ཆུབ་སྨོན་པའི་སེམས་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration byang chub smon pa'i sems
Devanagari Sanskrit Script प्रणिधिचित्त
Romanized Sanskrit bodhipraṇidhicitta
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering jangchub mönpai sem
English Standard aspiration bodhicitta
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term attitude of aspiration; wishing mind; aspirational mind
Ives Waldo's English Term mind of aspiration
Alternate Spellings smon sems
Term Type Noun
Basic Meaning The mind or mental attitude that aspires towards enlightenment.
Has the Sense of The altruistic wish to attain enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings.
Related Terms bodhiprasthānacitta
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