Buddha-mind

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

  1. ↑ Compare "Buddha's compassion, Buddha's heart," and "The term “buddha-mind” also functions in certain cases as a synonym for Buddhadatū (foxing) or tathagatagarbha."

References

  1. ↑ Hisao Inagaki (1995), 真宗用語英訳グロッサリー, p.7;
  2. 1 2 3 Buswell & Lopez (2014), p. "foxin zong".
  3. ↑ Harold Stewart, "Awakening to One's True Personality"
  4. ↑ Buswell & Lopez (2014), p. "buddhakāya".
  5. ↑ Moore (1982), p. 42.
  6. ↑ Waddell (2010a), p. "the Buddha mind school [Zen]".

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
Web-sources
  1. 1 2 Oxford Reference, busshin, from Damien Keown, "A Dictionary of Buddhism"
  2. ↑ Japanese Dictionary, busshin
  3. ↑ Thich Nhat Hanh, The Three Gems, TriCycle