Bodhicitta
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In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhicitta ("aspiration to enlightenment" or "the thought of awakening") is the mind (citta) that is aimed at awakening (bodhi) through wisdom and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Key facts
- Buddhist term.title
- bodhicitta
- Buddhist term.en
- enlightenment-mind
- Buddhist term.zh
- 菩提心
- Buddhist term.zh Latn
- pútíxīn
- Buddhist term.ja
- 菩提心
- Buddhist term.ja Latn
- bodaishin
- Buddhist term.km
- ពោធិចិត្ត
- Buddhist term.km Latn
- pothichet
- Buddhist term.ko
- 보리심
- Buddhist term.ko Latn
- borisim
- Buddhist term.mongolian_name
- бодь сэтгэл
- Buddhist term.th
- โพธิจิต()
- Buddhist term.bo
- བྱང་ཆུབ་ཀྱི་སེམས
- Buddhist term.bo Latn
- byang chub kyi sems
- Buddhist term.vi
- Bồ-đề tâm菩提心
- Buddhist term.sa
- बोधिचित्त
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Encyclopedic overview
19 sectionsContents
- Etymology
- Definition
- Indian sources
- Modern definitions
- Types and stages of bodhicitta
- Indian sources
- In Tibetan Buddhism
- Cultivation
- Practices
- East Asian Buddhism
- Tibetan methods
- Two practice lineages
- Universality
- Source texts
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Further reading
- External links
In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhicitta ("aspiration to enlightenment" or "the thought of awakening") is the mind (citta) that is aimed at awakening (bodhi) through wisdom and compassion for the benefit of all sentient beings.
Bodhicitta is the defining quality of the Mahayana bodhisattva (a being striving towards Buddhahood) and the act of giving rise to bodhicitta (bodhicittotpāda) is what makes a bodhisattva a bodhisattva. Bodhicitta is the generative cause of a bodhisattva's eventual Buddhahood. The Daśabhūmika Sūtra explains that the arising of bodhicitta is the first step in the bodhisattva's career.
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