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 of compassion aimed at the sentient beings and their problems and wisdom at 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 |