Key Term |
bodhicitta |
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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 |