[Buddha-l] bodhi

Artur Karp karp at uw.edu.pl
Tue Nov 24 15:24:42 MST 2009


Dear All,

Sanskrit/Pali "bodhi" is being routinely translated as "enlightenment".

Are there any textual reasons why this term - and not "awakening" - is 
strongly preferred by the authors of the secondary (English language) 
Buddhist literature?

Regards,

Artur Karp
University of Warsaw
Poland 



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