Bodhicitta
| 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. |
| Simplified English Usage Example: | Thought of awakening |