In Mahayana Buddhism, bodhicitta[a] ("aspiration to enlightenment " or "the thought of awakening") is the mind (citta) that is aimed at awakening (bodhi) through wisdom and …

Bodhicitta means the awakening mind desire to help all sentient beings to be free from suffering. Bodhicitta, a term originating from Mahayana Buddhism, is conventionally translated as “the …

bodhicitta (T. byang chub kyi sems བྱང་ཆུབ་ཀྱི་སེམས་; C. putixin 菩提心) is the mind (citta) that strives toward enlightenment (bodhi) for the benefit of all sentient beings. It is translated as "mind of …

Oct 15, 2019 · We can learn to seize that vulnerable moment—love, gratitude, loneliness, embarrassment, inadequacy—to awaken bodhichitta. Bodhichitta is also equated, in part, with …

Bodhichitta (sometimes spelled bodhicitta) is the term used in Mahayana Buddhism for enlightened mind. It is the combination of wisdom—understanding the true nature of …

Bodhichitta (Skt. bodhicitta; Tib. བྱང་ཆུབ་ཀྱི་སེམས་ , chang chub kyi sem , Wyl. byang chub kyi sems ) is the compassionate wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all beings.

‘Bodhi’ is the Sanskrit word for ‘enlightenment’, and ‘chitta’ the word for ‘mind’; therefore ‘bodhichitta’ literally means ‘mind of enlightenment’. It is defined as a mind, motivated by …

Oct 28, 2019 · Through bodhicitta, the desire to attain enlightenment transcends the narrow interests of the individual self and embraces all beings in compassion. His Holiness the 14th …

As a primary consciousness, bodhicitta focuses on the general nature of its object, which in this case is bodhi. “Bodhi” implies both purification and realization. To show this, Tibetan …

Dec 21, 2023 · Bodhicitta is a concept within Buddhism that refers to the “enlightened mind,” a state of mind in which an individual desires—above all other things—to be empathetic toward …