Bodhicitta

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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
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
Has the Sense of The desire to achieve and help achieve the state of enlightenment for all sentient beings
Related Topic Pages https://www.bhutan.virginia.edu/subjects/8260/text-node/51131/nojs
Definitions
Simplified English Usage Example: Thought of Awakening