bodhicitta

== English == === Etymology === From Sanskrit बोधिचित्त (bodhicitta, literally “mind of enlightenment, spirit of awakening”), from बोधि (bodhi, “awakening, enlightenment”) + चित्त (cittá, “mind, spirit, reason”). === Noun === 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 ==== === See also === bhumi buddha Buddha-nature enlightenment nirvana six perfections sunyata no-mind