Word Meaning 発菩提心

ほつぼだいしん hotsubodaishin

発菩提心 is read as ほつぼだいしん (hotsubodaishin) and means deciding to embrace Buddhism.

Meaning

English

deciding to embrace Buddhism
deciding to seek enlightenment
seeking to have religious awakening

Reading

Kana

ほつぼだいしん

Romaji

hotsubodaishin

Stroke Sequence

4 Characters • 36 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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菩提心

ぼだいしん

aspiration for Buddhahood

菩提樹

ぼだいじゅ

Tilia miqueliana (species of linden tree)

菩提寺

ぼだいじ

one's family temple

菩提

ぼだい

happiness in the next world

菩提道場

ぼだいどうじょう

Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment)

印度菩提樹

いんどぼだいじゅ

sacred fig (Ficus religiosa)

阿耨多羅三藐三菩提

あのくたらさんみゃくさんぼだい

anuttara samyak sambodhi (supreme perfect enlightenment)

菩提達磨

ぼだいだるま

Bodhidharma

ベンガル菩提樹

べんがるぼだいじゅ

Indian banyan (Ficus benghalensis)

菩提を弔う

ぼだいをとむらう

to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras

菩提薩埵

ぼだいさった

bodhisattva

発条

ばね

spring