Buddha-mind
Zen-term referring to both bodhicitta and Buddha-nature
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Buddha-mind (Chinese foxing, Japanese busshin[web 1]) 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."[web 1][note 1]
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.[3]
Busshin may also refer to Buddhakaya, the Buddha-body,[4][web 2] "an embodiment of awakened activity."[web 3]
Chan/Zen is also called foxin zong (Chinese) or busshin-shū (Japanese),[2] the "Buddha-mind school."[2][5][6]
See also
Notes
- Compare "Buddha's compassion, Buddha's heart,"[1] and "The term “buddha-mind” also functions in certain cases as a synonym for Buddhadatū (foxing) or tathagatagarbha."[2]