bodhicitta
English
Etymology
Sanskrit, meaning “mind of enlightenment” or “spirit of awakening”, from बोधि (bodhi, “awakening, enlightenment”) + चित्त (cittá, “mind, spirit, reason etc.”).
Noun
bodhicitta (uncountable)
- In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.
- The bodhisattva path to nirvana.
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See also
- bhumi
- buddha
- Buddha-nature
- enlightenment
- nirvana
- six perfections
- sunyata
- no-mind