Word Meaning 菩提

ぼだい bodai

菩提 is read as ぼだい (bodai) and means happiness in the next world.

Meaning

English

  1. happiness in the next world
  2. bodhi
  3. enlightenment

Reading

Kana

ぼだい

Romaji

bodai

Stroke Sequence

2 Characters • 23 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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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)

菩提心

ぼだいしん

aspiration for Buddhahood

菩提達磨

ぼだいだるま

Bodhidharma

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

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)

発菩提心

ほつぼだいしん

deciding to embrace Buddhism

印度菩提樹

いんどぼだいじゅ

sacred fig (Ficus religiosa)

ベンガル菩提樹

べんがるぼだいじゅ

Indian banyan (Ficus benghalensis)

菩薩

ぼさち

High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court)

Example Sentences

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かれはぼだいじゅのしたでさとりをひらいた。

He attained enlightenment under the bodhi tree.

そのてらにはふるいぼだいじゅがある。

There is an old bodhi tree in that temple.

ちちのぼだいをともらう。

Pray for the repose of my father's soul.

ぼだいしんをもつことはたいせつだ。

It is important to have the aspiration for enlightenment.

ここはせんぞだいだいのぼだいじです。

This is our family's ancestral temple.

しゃかはぼだいじゅにみをよせた。

Shakyamuni leaned against the bodhi tree.

The Buddha became enlightened under a Bo tree in Bodh Gaya.