| Term |
pledged state of aspiring bodhichitta
Referenced by: pledged aspiring bodhichitta (alternative term) bodhichitta, pledged aspiring (cross-reference only) bodhichitta, pledged state of aspiring (cross-reference only) |
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| Tibetan | smon-sems dam-bca'-can |
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| Pali | |
| Definition | The advanced level of aspiring bodhichitta, with which one focuses on one's own not-yet-happening enlightenment, imputable on the basis of the Buddha-nature factors on one's mental continuum, with the intention to attain that enlightenment and to benefit all beings by means of it, and then pledges never to give up this bodhichitta aim until one reaches that enlightenment. Abbreviated as: pledged aspiring bodhichitta. |
| German | Stufe des Versprechens des anstrebenden Bodhicitta |
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| Italian | stato della promessa della bodhicitta dell'aspirazione |
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| Russian | устремлённая бодхичитта с обещанием |