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|Glossary-Term=bodhicitta
|Glossary-Term=bodhicitta
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun
|Glossary-PartOfSpeech=Noun
|Glossary-HoverChoices=thought of awakening; mind of enlightenment
|Glossary-HoverChoices=thought of awakening; mind of enlightenment; mind of awakening; awakening mind
|Glossary-Tibetan=བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།
|Glossary-Tibetan=བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།
|Glossary-Wylie=byang chub sems
|Glossary-Wylie=byang chub sems
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|Glossary-Devanagari=बोधिचित्त
|Glossary-Devanagari=बोधिचित्त
|Glossary-Sanskrit=bodhicitta
|Glossary-Sanskrit=bodhicitta
|Glossary-PhoneticSkt=bodhicitta
|Glossary-Chinese=菩提心
|Glossary-Chinese=菩提心
|Glossary-Pinyin=pútí xīn
|Glossary-Pinyin=pútí xīn
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|Glossary-Term-Alt=རྫོགས་པའི་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།
|Glossary-Term-Alt=རྫོགས་པའི་བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-SourceLanguage=Sanskrit
|Glossary-Definition=The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings
|Glossary-Definition=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.
|Glossary-Senses=The desire to achieve and help achieve the state of enlightenment for all sentient beings
|Glossary-Senses=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.
|Glossary-SimpleUsage=Thought of Awakening
|Glossary-Simon=This has been translated as the mind of enlightenment or the awakening mind.
To fully qualify as bodhicitta, the mind should be uncontrived and arise almost automatically without having to meditate on the stages which bring it about.
It is the entryway to the bodhisattva paths. So when this uncontrived mind of bodhicitta first arises, that is simultaneously the first moment of the path of accumulation.
'''Different kinds of Bodhicitta should be listed here, no?'''
|Glossary-SimpleUsage=Thought of awakening
|Glossary-RelatedTopics=https://www.bhutan.virginia.edu/subjects/8260/text-node/51131/nojs
|Glossary-RelatedTopics=https://www.bhutan.virginia.edu/subjects/8260/text-node/51131/nojs
|Glossary-EnglishRY=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.
|Glossary-DefinitionTDC=[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/ ...
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Latest revision as of 09:49, 13 November 2024

Key Term bodhicitta
Hover Popup Choices thought of awakening; mind of enlightenment; mind of awakening; awakening mind
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.
Simon's Explanation

This has been translated as the mind of enlightenment or the awakening mind. To fully qualify as bodhicitta, the mind should be uncontrived and arise almost automatically without having to meditate on the stages which bring it about. It is the entryway to the bodhisattva paths. So when this uncontrived mind of bodhicitta first arises, that is simultaneously the first moment of the path of accumulation.

Different kinds of Bodhicitta should be listed here, no?
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

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