Tag: Bodhicitta
Aspiration Bodhicitta (Practice of Developing Good Heart)
Category: Buddhist Path | Love & Compassion Meditation | Recent Meditation Posts How positive intention turns every situation into practice Aspiration bodhicitta is the practice of using every situation to cultivate positive intent. The important Buddhist term bodhicitta combines two Sanskrit syllables: bodhi, awakening, and citta (pronounced cheeta), heart-mind. While citta is often translated as…
The Two Kinds of Bodhicitta: Relative and Absolute
Category: Buddhist Path | Love & Compassion Meditation | Recent Meditation Posts Bodhicitta, the awakened heart, inspires us to follow the Buddhist path to the very end, to help free not just ourselves, but all beings everywhere. This is the basic principle of bodhicitta. But this Mahayana Buddhist concept is also of two kinds, there…
Bodhicitta Practice: the Ultimate Expression of Compassion
Category: Buddhist Path | Love & Compassion Meditation | Recent Meditation Posts The Relation Between Compassion and Bodhicitta Compassion and bodhicitta are related, but there is a difference between the two. Understanding how bodhicitta evolves from compassion can help us encourage the process. Compassion is a response to suffering. For compassion to take place, three…