| 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 |
| Definitions |