Etymology

bodhicitta

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Today it means: In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment. Full definition →

Sanskrit बोधिचित्त
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  1. Sanskrit · borrowed fromबोधिचित्त
  2. English todaybodhicitta

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

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