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'''Relative bodhichitta''' (''kun rdzob sems bskyed'') - the mind that is intent upon attaining perfect enlightenment for the sake of others. It is generated through formal practice, and so it is known as ‘coarse [[bodhichitta]] arising from signs.’ It consists of [[bodhichitta in aspiration]] and [[bodhichitta in action]].
'''Relative bodhichitta''' (Skt. ''saṃvṛttibodhicitta''; Tib. ཀུན་རྫོབ་སེམས་བསྐྱེད་, [[Wyl.]] ''kun rdzob sems bskyed'') - the mind that is intent upon attaining perfect enlightenment for the sake of others. It is generated through formal practice, and so it is known as ‘coarse [[bodhichitta]] arising from signs.’ It consists of [[bodhichitta in aspiration]] and [[bodhichitta in action]].


Relative bodhichitta is based on the dualistic mind and is conceptual. It is to be abandoned when attaining full enlightenment. It is not present at the level of buddhahood, nor during the meditation of the [[Arya]]s.
Relative bodhichitta is based on the dualistic mind and is conceptual. It is to be abandoned when attaining full enlightenment. It is not present at the level of buddhahood, nor during the meditation of the [[arya]]s.


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Latest revision as of 21:31, 2 April 2021

Relative bodhichitta (Skt. saṃvṛttibodhicitta; Tib. ཀུན་རྫོབ་སེམས་བསྐྱེད་, Wyl. kun rdzob sems bskyed) - the mind that is intent upon attaining perfect enlightenment for the sake of others. It is generated through formal practice, and so it is known as ‘coarse bodhichitta arising from signs.’ It consists of bodhichitta in aspiration and bodhichitta in action.

Relative bodhichitta is based on the dualistic mind and is conceptual. It is to be abandoned when attaining full enlightenment. It is not present at the level of buddhahood, nor during the meditation of the aryas.