Bodhicitta: The Mind of Love & Enlightenment by Thich Nhat Hanh

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In this short teaching video from the Plum Village app https://plumvillage.app/ Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh talks about "bodhicitta", the mind of enlightenment, which "the mind of love" and "the beginner's mind" -- "a source of energy, the willingness to practice to get freedom, release, enlightenment, and to serve others."

Excerpt from: A Beginners Mind for a Beautiful Future (Dharma Talk, 2011-10-02 Magnolia Grove).

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Nhat Hanh, Thich. "Bodhicitta: The Mind of Love & Enlightenment." Produced by Plum Village Oct 2, 2011. Video, 13:32. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZCwVMYX0nM.

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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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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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