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Definitions
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 Dharma Corner Explanation	The term bodhicitta has been translated as the mind of enlightenment or the awakening mind. Bodhicitta is the altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspirations: (1) a compassion aspiration aimed at sentient beings and their suffering and (2) and an aspiration that aims for the fully enlightened state, since that is the most effective way to help sentient beings to be free of suffering and to attain the enlightened state themselves. Maitreya states in his Ornament of Clear Realization (Abhisamayālaṃkāra) that bodhicitta is the wish to attain the state of perfect enlightenment for the sake of other sentient beings. Bodhicitta is the gateway to the Mahāyāna path and is the motivating force that distinguishes a practitioner of the Great Vehicle from a Hināyāna practitioner. Because it is the desire for oneself to achieve the highest state of enlightenment, and when that is attained to continuously and spontaneously help other beings to also attain that unsurpassed state, it is called the thought of enlightenment or the mind of awakening. To fully qualify as bodhicitta, it should be an uncontrived state of mind that arises almost automatically, without having to constantly recall all the preceding causal stages that bring it about. When this uncontrived mind of bodhicitta first arises in a being’s mindstream, that moment is considered the first moment of the Mahāyāna path of accumulation and marks the beginning of the bodhisattva path. Bodhicitta is one of the principal factors on the Mahāyāna path, along with the realization of emptiness, that acts as a primary cause for the perfect enlightenment of the Buddhas. Bodhicitta can be divided into ultimate and relative bodhicitta. This wish to attain enlightenment for the welfare of all is relative bodhicitta. Ultimate bodhicitta is the direct and nonconceptual apprehension of the ultimate nature of all phenomena.
Related Topic Pages	https://www.bhutan.virginia.edu/subjects/8260/text-node/51131/nojs
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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 |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=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-Simon=This has been translated as the mind of enlightenment or the awakening mind.
+|Glossary-Simon=The term bodhicitta 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.
+Bodhicitta is the altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspirations: (1) a compassion aspiration aimed at sentient beings and their suffering and (2) and an aspiration that aims for the fully enlightened state, since that is the most effective way to help sentient beings to be free of suffering and to attain the enlightened state themselves.
-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?'''
+Maitreya states in his Ornament of Clear Realization (Abhisamayālaṃkāra) that bodhicitta is the wish to attain the state of perfect enlightenment for the sake of other sentient beings.
+Bodhicitta is the gateway to the Mahāyāna path and is the motivating force that distinguishes a  practitioner of the Great Vehicle from a Hināyāna practitioner. Because it is the desire for oneself to achieve the highest state of enlightenment, and when that is attained to continuously and spontaneously help other beings to also attain that unsurpassed state, it is called the thought of enlightenment or the mind of awakening.
+To fully qualify as bodhicitta, it should be an uncontrived state of mind that arises  almost automatically, without having to constantly recall all the preceding causal stages that bring it about. When this uncontrived mind of bodhicitta first arises in a being’s mindstream, that moment is considered the first moment of the Mahāyāna path of accumulation and marks the beginning of the bodhisattva path.
+Bodhicitta is one of the principal factors on the Mahāyāna path, along with the realization of emptiness, that acts as a primary cause for the perfect enlightenment of the Buddhas.
+Bodhicitta can be divided into ultimate and relative bodhicitta. This wish to attain enlightenment for the welfare of all is relative bodhicitta. Ultimate bodhicitta is the direct and nonconceptual apprehension of the ultimate nature of all phenomena.
 |Glossary-SimpleUsage=Thought of awakening
 |Glossary-RelatedTopics=https://www.bhutan.virginia.edu/subjects/8260/text-node/51131/nojs