bodhicitta

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Etymology

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

Noun

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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.

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