Bodhi, Bodhicitta and Bodhisattva (Das 2023)

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Bodhi, Bodhicitta and Bodhisattva

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Bodhi, Bodhicitta and Bodhisattva contains the brief of meaning, definition, division, analogy, attributes and description of Bodhi, Bodhicitta and Bodhisattva. Among these three terms, Bodhi (Enlightenment) has been presented as the goal of a being, Bodhicitta (Mind of Enlightenment) as its cause and Bodhisattva (Enlightened Being) as the being who attains the goal. Several authentic sources were consulted to get information for the book. (Source Accessed Jan 7, 2023)

Citation

Das, Sanjib Kumar. Bodhi, Bodhicitta and Bodhisattva. Delhi: Buddhist World Press, 2023.

Table of contents

• Publisher's Note
• Introduction
• 1. Buddha1-12
  • Wheels of Dharma5
  • Introduction5
• 2. Bodhi13-24
  • Introduction13
  • Division15
  • Classification of Self-Buddhas20
  • Epithets21
  • Eight Self-Buddhas22
• 3 Bodhicitta25-292
  • Introduction25
  • Background28
  • Entity29
  • Classification30
  • Method of Cultivating the Bodhicitta42
  • Conclusion255
• 4. Bodhisattva293-400
  • Introduction293
  • Meaning294
  • Epithets of Bodhisattva296
  • Division296
  • Birth of Bodhisattva297
  • Activities of Bodhisattva299
  • Levels of Bodhisattva299
  • Causes of Bodhisattvas316
• Bibliography401
• Index403

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Bodhi - Enlightenment or awakening. In Tibetan it is translated as "purified" (byang) and "perfected" (chub), which corresponds to Siddhartha Gautama's achievement of purifying all obscurations and perfecting or attaining all qualities associated with a buddha. Skt बोधि  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་  Ch 菩提;悟;覺  

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Bodhicitta - The altruistic thought to seek enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. It is said to have two aspects: compassion aimed at sentient beings and their problems and the wisdom of enlightenment as the solution. Skt बोधिचित्त  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས།  Ch 菩提心  

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Bodhisattva - A person who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is training on the path to buddhahood and aspires to eliminate the suffering of all beings and take all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment. The Mahāyāna sūtras including those on buddha-nature generally have bodhisattvas as the main audience or interlocutors for the Buddha's discourses. Skt बोधिसत्त्व  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ།  Ch 菩薩  

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Bodhisattva - A person who seeks enlightenment for the sake of others. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, a bodhisattva is a compassionate being who is training on the path to buddhahood and aspires to eliminate the suffering of all beings and take all sentient beings to the state of enlightenment. The Mahāyāna sūtras including those on buddha-nature generally have bodhisattvas as the main audience or interlocutors for the Buddha's discourses. Skt बोधिसत्त्व  Tib བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་དཔའ།  Ch 菩薩  

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