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Category: Buddhist Ethics
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Bodhicitta (literally, “mind of awakening” or “thought of awakening” in Sanskrit and Pāli) refers to the profound aspiration and resolution to attain Buddhahood for the sake of liberating all sentient beings. In Mahāyāna Buddhism, it is both the motivational essence behind the bodhisattva’s path and the mental state that underpins ethical conduct, meditation, and ritual…
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The Bodhisattva Vows (Sanskrit: bodhisattva‑praṇidhāna, lit. “bodhisattva aspiration or resolution”) form a central practice in Mahāyāna Buddhism, in which a practitioner vows to attain full enlightenment (bodhi) not for personal release, but out of compassion for all sentient beings. This pledge marks the entry into the bodhisattva path, committing the individual to uphold the six…
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A bodhisattva (Sanskrit: बोधिसत्त्व; Pāli: bodhisatta) is a being on the path to full enlightenment (bodhi) who compassionately refrains from entering final nirvana in order to assist all sentient beings in achieving liberation from suffering. While the term appears in early Buddhist texts primarily in reference to the Buddha-to-be during his former lives, the bodhisattva…
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