bodhicitta

English

Etymology

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

Noun

bodhicitta (uncountable)

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.

Translations

bodhisattva path to nirvana

• Burmese: ဗောဓိစိတ္တ (bau:dhi.citta.)
• Chinese: 菩提心 (zh) (pútíxīn), 道意
• Finnish: bodhicitta, valaistumismieli
• Hungarian: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 菩提心 (ぼだいしん, bodaishin)
• Korean: 보리심(菩提心) (ko) (borisim)
• Mongolian: бодь сэтгэл (bodʹ setgel)
• Portuguese: bodicita m
• Russian: бодхичи́тта (bodxičítta)
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: bồ đề tâm (菩提心)

See also

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