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    3. 菩提

    菩提

    菩ぼ提だい

    bodhi

    KMT10News #43+1NounReligion & PhilosophyKanji Vocab23 strokes

    ぼだい

    Noun

    1.
    bodhi, enlightenment
    Buddhism
    2.
    happiness in the next world
    Buddhism

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    僧そう侶りょは菩ぼ提だいを求もとめて修しゅ行ぎょうする。

    Monks train to seek enlightenment.

    KMT7Religion & Philosophy
    菩ぼ提だい寺じは、先せん祖ぞだ代い々だいのお墓はかがあるお寺てらのことだ。

    A Bodaiji (family temple) is a temple where ancestral graves are located for generations.

    KMT9Religion & PhilosophyFamily & RelationshipsCulture & Traditions
    祖そ先せんの菩ぼ提だいを弔ともらうため、寺てらを訪おとずれた。

    I visited the temple to pray for the repose of my ancestors' souls.

    KMT10Religion & PhilosophyFamily & Relationships
    仏ぶっ教きょうにおいて、菩ぼ提だいとは煩ぼんの悩うを断たち切きり、真しん理りを悟さとる境きょう地ちを指さす。

    In Buddhism, Bodhi refers to the state of cutting off worldly desires and realizing the truth.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophyphilosophy
    彼かれは菩ぼ提だい心しんを発はっし、衆しゅ生じょうを救きゅう済さいする誓ちかいを立たてた。

    He awakened the Bodhi mind and vowed to save all sentient beings.

    KMT10Religion & Philosophyphilosophy

    Kanji that make up this word

    菩
    kind of grass・sacred tree
    提
    さ.げる…(3)
    propose・take along・carry in hand
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