Buddha-mind (Chinese foxing, Japanese busshin) 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."

Explanation

Regarding awakening, Harold Stewart explains:

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.

Busshin may also refer to Buddhakaya, the Buddha-body, "an embodiment of awakened activity."

Chan/Zen is also called foxin zong (Chinese) or busshin-shū (Japanese), the "Buddha-mind school."

See also

Notes

Sources

Printed sources

  • Buswell; Lopez (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University Press
  • Moore, Charles A. (1982), The Japanese Mind: Essentials of Japanese Philosophy and Culture, University of Hawaii Press
  • Waddell, Norman (2010a), Foreword to "The Essential Teachings of Zen Master Hakuin: A Translation of the Sokko-roku Kaien-fusetsu", Shambhala Publications

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