bodhicitta

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noun

In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.

OriginSanskrit बोधिचित्त →
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Meanings

nounbodhicitta (uncountable)
  1. uncountableIn Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.
  2. uncountableThe bodhisattva path to nirvana.

Origin

  1. Sanskritबोधिचित्त
  2. Englishbodhicitta

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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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 菩提心
  • 菩提心 (pútíxīn)bodhisattva path to nirvana
Finnish bodhicitta, valaistumismieli
  • bodhicittabodhisattva path to nirvana
  • valaistumismielibodhisattva path to nirvana
Japanese 菩提心
  • 菩提心 (bodaishin)bodhisattva path to nirvana
Korean 보리심
  • 보리심 (borisim)bodhisattva path to nirvana
Polish bodhićitta
  • bodhićittabodhisattva path to nirvana
Portuguese bodicita
  • bodicitabodhisattva path to nirvana
Russian бодхичи́тта
  • бодхичи́тта (bodxičítta)bodhisattva path to nirvana
Vietnamese bồ đề tâm
  • bồ đề tâmbodhisattva path to nirvana
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