English Explanatory Dictionary

bodhicitta

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.
  2. The bodhisattva path to nirvana.

Word forms

bodhicitta

Etymology

From Sanskrit बोधिचित्त (bodhicitta, literally “mind of enlightenment, spirit of awakening”), from बोधि (bodhi, “awakening, enlightenment”) + चित्त (cittá, “mind, spirit, reason”).

Related words

bhumi buddha Buddha-nature enlightenment nirvana six perfections sunyata no-mind
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