byang chub kyi sems bskyed pa

byang chub kyi sems bskyed pa

This can also be rendered by "initiation of…" because it means the mental event occurring when a living being, having been exposed to the teaching of the Buddha or of his magical emanations (e.g., Vimalakīrti), realizes simultaneously his own level of conditioned ignorance, i.e., that his habitual stream of consciousness is like sleep compared to that of one who has awakened from ignorance; the possibility of his own attainment of a higher state of consciousness; and the necessity of attaining it in order to liberate other living beings from their stupefaction. Having realized this possibility, he becomes inspired with the intense ambition to attain, and that is called the "conception of the spirit of enlightenment." "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.
conceiving the spirit of enlightenment
conceive the spirit of enlightenment

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