Bodhipraṇidhicitta
From Bodhicitta
प्रणिधिचित्त bodhipraṇidhicitta
aspiration bodhicitta
བྱང་ཆུབ་སྨོན་པའི་སེམས་
byang chub smon pa'i sems
Sanskrit - Noun
Basic Meaning
The mind or mental attitude that aspires towards enlightenment.
Has the Sense of
The altruistic wish to attain enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings.
| Term Variations | |
| Key Term | Bodhipraṇidhicitta |
|---|---|
| Topic Variation | bodhipraṇidhicitta |
| Tibetan | བྱང་ཆུབ་སྨོན་པའི་སེམས་ ( jangchub mönpai sem) |
| Wylie Transliteration | byang chub smon pa'i sems ( jangchub mönpai sem) |
| Devanagari Sanskrit | प्रणिधिचित्त |
| Romanized Sanskrit | bodhipraṇidhicitta |
| Buddha-nature Site Standard English | aspiration bodhicitta |
| Jeffrey Hopkin's English Term | attitude of aspiration, wishing mind, aspirational mind |
| Ives Waldo's English Term | mind of aspiration |
| Alternate Spellings | smon sems |
| Term Information | |
| Source Language | Sanskrit |
| Basic Meaning | The mind or mental attitude that aspires towards enlightenment. |
| Has the Sense of | The altruistic wish to attain enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. |
| Related Terms | bodhiprasthānacitta |
| Term Type | Noun |
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