བྱང་ཆུབ་སྙིང་པོ། | Glossary of Terms

The place where the Buddha Śākyamuni achieved awakening and where countless other buddhas are said to have achieved awakening. This is understood to be located under the Bodhi tree in present-day Bodhgaya, India.

The place where every buddha in this world system will attain buddhahood. It is identified with the spot beneath the Bodhi tree in the Bodhgaya.

Platform of enlightenment in Bodh Gayā on which Śākyamuni attained enlightenment.

The place where the Buddha Śakyamuni achieved awakening and where countless other buddhas are said to have achieved awakening. This is understood to be located under the Bodhi tree in present-day Bodhgayā, India.

The place where the Buddha Śākyamuni achieved awakening and where countless other buddhas are said to have achieved awakening. This is understood to be located under the Bodhi tree in present-day Bodhgaya, India.

The exact place where every buddha in this world will manifest the attainment of buddhahood. Specifically, this is the place beneath the Bodhi tree in Bodh Gayā.

Although it is translated as “seat of awakening” and frequently refers to the seat upon which Śākyamuni attained awakening, the Skt. term literally means “essence of awakening.” It refers to the final realization with the corollary of the realized being performing the twelve deeds of a buddha.

Place at Bodh Gaya where the Buddha attained awakening.

The seat (or essence, or highest point, maṇḍa) of awakening, which can mean both the physical location where buddhas sit to become awakened and the state of awakening itself.

The seat of awakening, which can mean both the physical location where buddhas sit to become awakened and the state of awakening itself.

Bodhimaṇḍa, the “seat of awakening,” can be explained in terms of location , in which case it refers to the sphere in which the dharmakāya is realized; to Akaniṣṭha, which is the place of awakening for the saṃbhogakāya ; or to the foot of the bodhi tree at Vajrāsana, which is the site of awakening for the supreme nirmāṇakāya . In terms of realization , the “seat of awakening” refers to unsurpassable, perfect awakening.

The spot beneath the Bodhi tree in Bodhgaya, India, where every buddha that appears in this world will first reach awakening.

The place where the Buddha Śākyamuni achieved awakening and where countless other buddhas are said to have achieved awakening. This is understood to be located under the bodhi tree in present-day Bodhgaya, India. It can also metaphorically refer to the state of awakening itself.

A name for the platform beneath the Bodhi tree, where the Buddha Śākyamuni attained awakening.

The place where Śākyamuni Buddha achieved awakening and where countless other buddhas are said to have achieved awakening. This is understood to be located under the Bodhi tree, in present-day Bodhgaya, India.

The place where Śakyamuni Buddha achieved awakening and where countless other buddhas are said to have achieved awakening, and will do so in the future. This is understood to be located under the bodhi tree in present-day Bodhgaya, India. In some texts, the term is used to refer to a seat of awakening in other buddha realms.

The name of the seat or platform located beneath the Bodhi tree where Śākyamuni Buddha attained awakening.

The exact place where every buddha in this world will manifest the attainment of buddhahood. Specifically, this is the place beneath the Bodhi tree in Bodh Gayā.

The name for the platform under the Bodhi tree that marks the location where the Buddha Śākyamuni attained awakening. The same term is used to signify the platform under the Bodhi trees on which all tathāgatas, both in this realm and in others, attain awakening.

Although it is translated as “seat of awakening” and frequently refers to the seat upon which Śākyamuni attained awakening, the Skt. term literally means “essence of awakening.” It refers to the final realization with the corollary of the realized being performing the twelve deeds of a buddha.

The exact place where every buddha in this world will manifest the attainment of buddhahood. In our world, it is the spot beneath the Bodhi tree in the village presently known as Bodhgaya. Literally, “the essence of enlightenment.” Also translated elsewhere as byang chub kyi snying po.

The location where every buddha in this world will manifest the attainment of buddhahood.

The exact place where every buddha in this world will manifest the attainment of buddhahood. The spot beneath the Bodhi tree in the village presently known as Bodhgaya. Literally “the essence of enlightenment.”

“The essence of enlightenment.” The spot in Bodhgaya where the Buddha attained enlightenment.

The name of the seat where the Buddha attained enlightenment.

The place where the Buddha Śākyamuni achieved awakening and where countless other buddhas are said to have achieved awakening. This is understood to be located under the Bodhi tree in present-day Bodhgaya, India.

See “seat of awakening.”

Under the Tree of Enlightenment at Vajrāsana; also used metaphorically.

Haribhadra defines it as “a place used as a seat, where the maṇḍa, here ‘essence,’ of enlightenment is present.” See Lamotte, p. 198, n. 105. The main “seat of enlightenment” is the spot under the bo tree at Buddha Gaya, where the Buddha sat and attained unexcelled, perfect enlightenment. It is not to be confused with bodhimaṇḍala, “circle of enlightenment.”