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This curated digital library brings together books, articles, dissertations, sūtras, commentaries, Tibetan and Sanskrit publications, and multimedia resources on bodhicitta—the mind of awakening. Each entry includes detailed abstracts, tables of contents, and cross-references showing how works connect to other sources. Dedicated author pages provide biographical information and complete bibliographies for scholars, translators, and historical figures. Discover how centuries of wisdom on the awakened mind interconnect across Buddhist cultures and traditions.

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All 4,223Books 793Articles 754Dissertations 77Classical Works 755Tibetan Publications 57Sanskrit Publications 2Other Classical Publications 4Multimedia 1,781

793 Books

754 Articles

77 Dissertations

116 Sutras

755 Classical Works

57 Tibetan Publications

2 Sanskrit Publications

4 Other Classical Publications

327 Multimedia

Sūtra - Sūtras mainly refer to the discourses delivered by the Buddha and his disciples, and the Sūtra corpus is one of the three main sets of teachings which form the Buddhist canon. Skt सूत्र  Tib མདོ།  Ch 佛经  

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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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Prajñā - One of the key terms for wisdom or knowledge, most often having the sense of insight, transcendent knowledge, or perhaps gnosis. In some contexts it can also refer to cognition or intellectual understanding. Skt प्रज्ञा  Tib ཤེས་རབ་  Ch 般若  

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