Category Archives: Bodhicitta

Omniscient Gnosis

Posted on September 16, 2020 by Vajragoni

Bodhicitta is directly translated as Enlightened-Mind (or Enlightened Consciousness) but also as the Bodhisattva being ready for the next step and that is the “production of the Thought of Enlightenment.” Suzuki identifies it as being Bodhi itself, or as Lankavatarians … Continue reading →

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Carriers of the Seed

Posted on September 14, 2020 by Vajragoni

An excellent composite study of Bodhicitta as well as all things Bodhisattva is The Bodhisattva Doctrine in Buddhist Sanskrit Literature, by Har Dayal circa 1932. For myself it has become the bible regarding such subject matter. What I treasure most … Continue reading →

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The Cult of Compassion

Posted on September 12, 2020 by Vajragoni

Bodhicitta is a misused and abused term in our dark age. It has become stripped-down to a mere puddle of mediocrity in the hands of those “do-gooders” who paint the world according to their own misguided assessment and faulty utilization … Continue reading →

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A Typology of Bodhicitta

Posted on February 12, 2020 by Vajragoni

Returning once again to Wangchuk’s study, he marvelously breaks down the very Typology of Bodhicitta. First up for today is the Grand Gnoseological bodhicitta: 1) Gnoseological bodhicitta is nonconceptual (nirvikalpa: rnam par mi rtog pa) by nature. Its origin comes … Continue reading →

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Is a Bodhisattva dependent on sentient beings?

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Vajragoni

Continuing with Dorji Wangchuk’s study, he writes: In Mahayana, the entire concept of bodhicitta and bodhisattva would collapse or make no sense without sattvas, for a bodhisattva is, in the first place, a sattva whose citta is directed towards attaining … Continue reading →

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Dharmatā jumpstarts Bodhicitta

Posted on February 5, 2020 by Vajragoni

In continuance of our blog from yesterday, Dorji Wangchuk utilizes an article published in 1965 (in German) by the Japanese scholar, Kumatarō Kawada, based on the transcendent and immanent nature of bodhicitta. Our interest is on the article’s discussion of … Continue reading →

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The Buddha Types

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Vajragoni

Am presently reading an excellent study on the generation of bodhicitta by Dorji Wangchuk in his work, The Resolve to Become a Buddha, A Study of the Bodhicitta Concept in Indo-Tibetan Buddhism. Themed closely is the actual account of what … Continue reading →

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