"bodhicitta" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Sanskrit बोधिचित्त (bodhicitta, literally “mind of enlightenment, spirit of awakening”), from बोधि (bodhi, “awakening, enlightenment”) + चित्त (cittá, “mind, spirit, reason”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*bʰewdʰ-}}, {{root|en|sa|बुध्}}, {{bor|en|sa|बोधिचित्त|lit=mind of enlightenment, spirit of awakening}} Sanskrit बोधिचित्त (bodhicitta, literally “mind of enlightenment, spirit of awakening”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} bodhicitta (uncountable)
  1. In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Buddhism
    Sense id: en-bodhicitta-en-noun-5VP~sJhX Disambiguation of Buddhism: 79 21 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Burmese translations, Terms with Chinese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Vietnamese translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 97 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Burmese translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Chinese translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 79 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 96 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Vietnamese translations: 78 22
  2. The bodhisattva path to nirvana. Tags: uncountable Translations (bodhisattva path to nirvana): ဗောဓိစိတ္တ (bau:dhi.citta.) (Burmese), 菩提心 (pútíxīn) (Chinese), 道意 (Chinese), bodhicitta (Finnish), valaistumismieli (Finnish), 菩提心 (bodaishin) (alt: ぼだいしん) (Japanese), 보리심 (borisim) (alt: 菩提心) (Korean), бодь сэтгэл (bodʹ setgel) (Mongolian), bodicita [masculine] (Portuguese), бодхичи́тта (bodxičítta) (Russian), bồ đề tâm (alt: 菩提心) (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-bodhicitta-en-noun-xKuZPELv Disambiguation of 'bodhisattva path to nirvana': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: bhumi, buddha, Buddha-nature, enlightenment, nirvana, six perfections, sunyata, no-mind
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