発ほつ菩ぼ提だい心しん

noun

arousing the aspiration for enlightenment; resolving to attain Buddhahood

Buddhist term (yojijukugo) for the initial resolve to seek enlightenment and embrace the Buddhist path. Often used in Mahayana contexts.

• 発ほつ菩ぼ提だい心しんは大だい乗じょう仏ぶっ教きょうの基き本ほん的てきな実じっ践せんの一ひとつです。

  Arousing the aspiration for enlightenment is one of the fundamental practices of Mahayana Buddhism.