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Semkye means something in the history of ancient India. If you want to know the exact meaning, history, etymology or English translation of this term then check out the descriptions on this page. Add your comment or reference to a book if you want to contribute to this summary article.

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Source: Mandala Texts: Jangchupsem: The Thought of Awakening

Semkye (སེམས་བསྐྱེད་) refers to “cultivation of the mind” and represents Bodhicitta, also known as Jangchubsem (བྱང་ཆུབ་སེམས་).—Maitreya, in his famous work on the Perfection of Wisdom, defines Bodhicitta as the desire for the perfect state of enlightenment for the sake of all sentient beings. He calls Bodhicitta also Semkye (སེམས་བསྐྱེད་) or cultivation of the mind, in which mind refers to the altruistic thought. Following his definition, scholars elaborate that Bodhicitta is made of two components: compassion towards all sentient beings and wisdom to seek perfect enlightenment for their wellbeing. In practice, Bodhicitta is often presented as a wish to take all sentient beings to the unsurpassable perfect state of the Buddha (སེམས་ཅན་ཐམས་ཅད་བླ་ན་མེད་པ་རྫོགས་པའི་སངས་རྒྱས་ཀྱི་གོ་འཕང་ལ་འགོད་པར་ཤོག་)

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The history of India traces the identification of countries, villages, towns and other regions of India, as well as mythology, zoology, royal dynasties, rulers, tribes, local festivities and traditions and regional languages. Ancient India enjoyed religious freedom and encourages the path of Dharma, a concept common to Buddhism, Hinduism, and Jainism.

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