Bodhiprasthānacitta

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Key Term	bodhiprasthānacitta
In Tibetan Script	བྱང་ཆུབ་འཇུག་པའི་སེམས་
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	byang chub 'jug pa'i sems
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	बोधिप्रस्थानचित्त
Romanized Sanskrit	bodhiprasthānacitta
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	jangchub jukpai sem
English Standard	application bodhicitta
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	practical mind of enlightenment; attitudes or aspirations conjoined with actual practice
Ives Waldo's English Term	the bodhicitta of entering/ application
Alternate Spellings	'jug sems
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Sanskrit
Basic Meaning	The alrtuistic attitude that not only wishes to attain enlightenment for all but actually engages in the trainings that lead to its accomplishment
Has the Sense of	One of the subdivisions of relative bodhicitta. This is a mind that aspires to attain enlightenment for the sake of all other sentient beings but specifically at the level of active engagement in the practices of the bodhisattva, particularly the six perfections. In verse 16 of the first chapter of The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra), Śāntideva introduces a crucial division of the relative bodhicitta into two types: aspiring bodhicitta and engaged bodhicitta. Śāntideva uses a simple analogy to distinguish this difference: In Śāntideva’s analogy of a journey, this is not only the mind that wishes to set out on the path, but is actually setting out on the journey itself. As corresponding to the wish to go And then to setting out, The wise should understand respectively The difference that divides these two.
Related Terms	Bodhipraṇidhicitta
Rangjung Yeshe's English Term	Syn {'jug pa'i sems bskyed} the impulse (to) steady pursuance, practical mind of enlightenment, the bodhi-mind of application