Bodhicitta

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    In Mahayana Buddhism, the intense ontological aspiration to save all beings by following the bodhisattva path to enlightenment. uncountable
  2. 2
    The bodhisattva path to nirvana. uncountable

Etymology

From Sanskrit बोधिचित्त (bodhicitta, literally “mind of enlightenment, spirit of awakening”), from बोधि (bodhi, “awakening, enlightenment”) + चित्त (cittá, “mind, spirit, reason”).

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