Basic Meaning
The alrtuistic attitude that not only wishes to attain enlightenment for all but actually engages in the trainings that lead to its accomplishment
Has the sense of
One of the subdivisions of relative bodhicitta. This is a mind that aspires to attain enlightenment for the sake of all other sentient beings but specifically at the level of active engagement in the practices of the bodhisattva, particularly the six perfections.
In verse 16 of the first chapter of The Way of the Bodhisattva (Bodhicaryāvatāra), Śāntideva introduces a crucial division of the relative bodhicitta into two types: aspiring bodhicitta and engaged bodhicitta. Śāntideva uses a simple analogy to distinguish this difference:
In Śāntideva’s analogy of a journey, this is not only the mind that wishes to set out on the path, but is actually setting out on the journey itself.
As corresponding to the wish to go
And then to setting out,
The wise should understand respectively
The difference that divides these two.
Syn {'jug pa'i sems bskyed} the impulse (to) steady pursuance, practical mind of enlightenment, the bodhi-mind of application
