Word Meaning 菩提心

ぼだいしん bodaishin

菩提心 is read as ぼだいしん (bodaishin) and means aspiration for Buddhahood.

Meaning

English

  1. aspiration for Buddhahood

Reading

Kana

ぼだいしん

Romaji

bodaishin

Stroke Sequence

3 Characters • 27 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

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Related Vocabulary

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発菩提心

ほつぼだいしん

deciding to embrace Buddhism

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)

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

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)

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

1

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.