Bodhicitta

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Key Term	bodhicitta
Hover Popup Choices	thought of awakening; mind of enlightenment
In Tibetan Script	བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།
Wylie Tibetan Transliteration	byang chub sems
Devanagari Sanskrit Script	बोधिचित्त
Romanized Sanskrit	bodhicitta
Tibetan Phonetic Rendering	jangchubsem
Sanskrit Phonetic Rendering	bodhicitta
Chinese Script	菩提心
Chinese Pinyin	pútí xīn
English Standard	mind of enlightenment
Richard Barron's English Term	awakened mind
Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term	mind of enlightenment
Gyurme Dorje's English Term	enlightened mind; enlightened attitude
Alternate Spellings	རྫོགས་པའི་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།
Term Type	Noun
Source Language	Sanskrit
Basic Meaning	The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution.
Has the Sense of	As this is the desire to achieve and help achieve the state of enlightenment for all sentient beings, it is called the thought or mind of awakening or enlightenment.
Related Topic Pages	https://www.bhutan.virginia.edu/subjects/8260/text-node/51131/nojs
Definitions
Rangjung Yeshe's English Term	a mind directed towards pure and total presence, a mind set on enlightenment, bodhichitta, awakened heart, enlightened mind, attitude, the [primordial] state of pure and total presence; enlightened mind. བྱང་ meaning – pure of obscurations and chub meaning perfect in enlightened attributes.
Tshig mdzod Chen mo	[1869] dmigs pa gzhan don la dmigs nas rnam pa rdzogs byang thob 'dod kyi 'dun pa las byung zhing theg chen lam gyi gzhung shing du gyur pa'i yid kyi rnam rig khyad par can/ de la dbye na smon sems dang 'jug sems gnyis/ ...
Simplified English Usage Example:	Thought of awakening

The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution.

The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution.

The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution.

Literally, that which obscures or conceals. Often listed as a set of two obscurations (sgrib gnyis): the afflictive emotional obscurations (Skt. kleśāvaraṇa, Tib. nyon mongs pa'i sgrib pa) and the cognitive obscurations (Skt. jñeyāvaraṇa, Tib. shes bya'i sgrib pa). By removing the first, one becomes free of suffering, and by removing the second, one becomes omniscient.