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Buddha-mind

{{short description|Zen-term referring to both bodhicitta and Buddha-nature}}

Buddha-mind (Chinese foxing, Japanese busshinOxford Reference, [https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095538315 busshin], from Damien Keown, "A Dictionary of Buddhism") refers to bodhicitta, "[the] Buddha's compassionate and enlightened mind," and/or to Buddha-nature, "the originally clear and pure mind inherent in all beings to which they must awaken."{{refn|group=note|Compare "Buddha's compassion, Buddha's heart,"Hisao Inagaki (1995), 真宗用語英訳グロッサリー, p.7; and "The term “buddha-mind” also functions in certain cases as a synonym for Buddhadatū (foxing) or tathagatagarbha."{{sfnp|Buswell|Lopez|2014|p="foxin zong"}}}}

Explanation

Regarding awakening, Harold Stewart explains:

{{blockquote|In Buddhist terminology this all-decisive moment is known as the Awakening of the Buddha-Mind, or Bodaishin [...] There are three practically synonymous terms in the Mahayana for this: Bodaishin (Sanskrit: Bodhicitta); Busshin, literally 'Buddha-Heart' of Great Compassion (Sanskrit: Tathagatagarbha, or the latent possibility of Buddhahood inherent in all beings); and Bussho (Sanskrit: Buddhata), or the Buddha-nature.Harold Stewart, [http://www.nembutsu.info/hsrtp.htm "Awakening to One's True Personality"]}}

Busshin may also refer to Buddhakaya, the Buddha-body,{{sfnp|Buswell|Lopez|2014|p="buddhakāya"}}Japanese Dictionary, [https://www.nihongomaster.com/japanese/dictionary/word/115231/busshin-%E4%BB%8F%E8%BA%AB-%E3%81%B6%E3%81%A3%E3%81%97%E3%82%93 busshin] "an embodiment of awakened activity."Thich Nhat Hanh , [https://tricycle.org/magazine/the-three-gems/ The Three Gems], TriCycle

Chan/Zen is also called foxin zong (Chinese) or busshin-shū (Japanese),{{sfnp|Buswell|Lopez|2014|p="foxin zong"}} the "Buddha-mind school."{{sfnp|Buswell|Lopez|2014|p="foxin zong"}}{{sfnp|Moore|1982|p=42}}{{sfnp|Waddell|2010a|p="the Buddha mind school [Zen]"}}

See also

Notes

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Sources

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  • {{Citation | last1 =Buswell | last2 =Lopez | year =2014 | title =The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism | publisher =Princeton University Press}}
  • {{Citation |last=Moore |first=Charles A. |year=1982 |title=The Japanese Mind: Essentials of Japanese Philosophy and Culture |publisher=University of Hawaii Press}}
  • {{Citation |last=Waddell |first=Norman |year=2010a |title=Foreword to "The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin: A Translation of the Sokko-roku Kaien-fusetsu" |publisher=Shambhala Publications}}

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