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. |
| 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 |