Key Terms/Bodhipraṇidhicitta
From Bodhicitta
प्रणिधिचित्त bodhipraṇidhicitta
aspiration bodhicitta
བྱང་ཆུབ་སྨོན་པའི་སེམས་
byang chub smon pa'i sems
Sanskrit - Noun
1·Discover
Basic Meaning
The mind or mental attitude that aspires towards enlightenment.
2·Explore
Has the sense of
The altruistic wish to attain enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings.
In other languages
Tibetan
བྱང་ཆུབ་སྨོན་པའི་སེམས་
byang chub smon pa'i sems
jangchub mönpai sem
Sanskrit
प्रणिधिचित्त
bodhipraṇidhicitta
How translators render it
aspiration bodhicittaBuddha-nature Standard
attitude of aspirationJeffrey Hopkins
wishing mindJeffrey Hopkins
aspirational mindJeffrey Hopkins
mind of aspirationIves Waldo
Term type
Noun
Source language
Sanskrit
Topic
bodhipraṇidhicitta
Alternate spellings
smon sems
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