byang chub kyi sems

byang chub kyi sems

Spirit is preferred to "mind" because the mind of enlightenment should rather be the mind of the Buddha, and to "thought" because a "thought of enlightenment" can easily be produced without the initiation of any sort of new resolve or awareness. "Will" also serves very well here.

In normative Mahāyāna doctrine, bodhicitta refers to the awakened mind both in its relative and aboslute aspects. In tantric thought it is frequently used as a code word for semen in the context of its generation and manipulation in sexual yogic rites.

The determination to attain unsupassable, truly complete enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings.

The intent to obtain buddhahood to benefit all sentient beings; the practices towards buddhahood; the realization of emptiness.

This term has developed further meanings such as the ultimate bodhicitta of realizing emptiness, but in this sūtra it is used with its basic meaning.

{{#arraymap:byang chub kyi sems

|; |@@@ | | }}