A mind, accompanied by love and compassion, focused on one's own individual not-yet-happening enlightenment, which is an imputation on the basis of the Buddha-nature factors of one's mental continuum, with the intention to attain that enlightenment and to benefit others by means of that attainment.
Tibetan: བྱང་ཆུབ་ཀྱི་སེམས། བྱང་སེམས། byang-chub-kyi sems; byang-sems
Sanskrit: bodhicitta
Synonyms: Dedicated heart; Awakening mind
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