bodhicitta
English edit
Etymology edit
From Sanskrit बोधिचित्त (bodhicitta, literally “mind of enlightenment, spirit of awakening”), from बोधि (bodhi, “awakening, enlightenment”) + चित्त (cittá, “mind, spirit, reason”).
Noun edit
bodhicitta (uncountable)
- In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment.
- The bodhisattva path to nirvana.
Translations edit
bodhisattva path to nirvana
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