發心佛教術語,菩提心也。願求無上菩提之心而成佛[需要解釋][1]

大乘佛教認為,凡夫從發心求正覺始,就已經在「成正覺」的路上[2],發心修菩薩利他行者,即是菩薩;而南傳上座部菩薩道教法認為,凡夫發心成為菩薩,並不具足成為菩薩的因緣,還需要在有佛在世時接受佛陀授記,方成爲菩薩。

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