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In Japanese, 無心 means innocent or without knowledge of good and evil. It literally means “without mind.”
無心 is one of the five spirits of the warrior (budo) and is often used as a Japanese martial arts tenet. Under that context, places such as the Budo Dojo define it this way: “No mind, a mind without ego. A mind like a mirror which reflects and dos not judge.” The original term was “mushin no shin,” meaning “mind of no mind.” It is a state of mind without fear, anger, or anxiety. Mushin is often described by the phrase “Mizu no Kokoro,” which means “mind like water.” The phrase is a metaphor describing the pond that clearly reflects its surroundings when calm but whose images are obscured once a pebble is dropped into its waters.
This has a good meaning in conjunction with Chan / Zen Buddhism in Japan. However, out of that context, it means mindlessness or absent-mindedness. To non-Buddhists in China, this is associated with doing something without thinking.
In Korean, this usually means indifference.
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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
宗派 see styles |
zōng pài zong1 pai4 tsung p`ai tsung pai shuuha / shuha しゅうは |
sect (1) sect; denomination; (2) school (e.g. of poetry) Sects (of Buddhism). In India, according to Chinese accounts, the two schools of Hīnayāna became divided into twentysects. Mahāyāna had two main schools, the Mādhyamika, ascribed to Nāgārjunaand Āryadeva about the second century A. D., and the Yogācārya, ascribed toAsaṅga and Vasubandhu in the fourth century A. D. In China thirteen sectswere founded: (1) 倶舍宗 Abhidharma or Kośa sect, representing Hīnayāna,based upon the Abhidharma-kosa-śāstra or 倶舍論. (2) 成實宗 Satyasiddhi sect, based on the 成實論 Satyasiddhi-śāstra,tr. by Kumārajīva; no sect corresponds to it in India; in China and Japan itbecame incorporated in the 三論宗. (3) 律宗 Vinaya or Discipline sect, basedon 十誦律, 四分律, 僧祗律, etc. (4) 三論宗 The three śāstra sect, based on theMādhyamika-śāstra 中觀論 of Nāgārjuna, theSata-śāstra 百論 of Āryadeva, and theDvādasa-nikāya-śāstra 十二門論 of Nāgārjuna; this schooldates back to the translation of the three śāstras by Kumārajīva in A. D. 409. (5) 涅槃宗 Nirvāṇasect, based upon the Mahāparinirvāṇa-sūtra 涅槃經 tr. byDharmaraksa in 423; later incorporated in Tiantai, with which it had much incommon. (6) 地論宗 Daśabhūmikā sect, based on Vasubandhu's work on the tenstages of the bodhisattva's path to Buddhahood, tr. by Bodhiruci 508,absorbed by the Avataṃsaka school, infra. (7) 淨土宗 Pure-land or Sukhāvatīsect, founded in China by Bodhiruci; its doctrine was salvation throughfaith in Amitābha into the Western Paradise. (8) 禪宗 dhyāna, meditative or intuitional sect, attributed toBodhidharma about A. D. 527, but it existed before he came to China. (9) 攝論宗, based upon the 攝大乘論 Mahāyāna-saṃparigraha-śāstra byAsaṅga, tr. by Paramārtha in 563, subsequently absorbed by the Avataṃsakasect. (10) 天台宗 Tiantai, based on the 法華經 SaddharmapuṇḍarīkaSūtra, or the Lotus of the Good Law; it is aconsummation of the Mādhyamika tradition. (11) 華嚴宗 Avataṃsaka sect, basedon the Buddhāvataṃsaka-sūtra, or Gandha-vyūha 華嚴經 tr. in 418. (12) 法相宗 Dharmalakṣaṇa sect, established after thereturn of Xuanzang from India and his trans. of the important Yogācāryaworks. (13) 眞言宗 Mantra sect, A. D. 716. In Japan twelve sects are named:Sanron, Hossō, Kegon, Kusha, Jōjitsu, Ritsu, Tendai, Shingon; these areknown as the ancient sects, the two last being styled mediaeval; therefollow the Zen and Jōdo; the remaining two are Shin and Nichiren; at presentthere are the Hossō, Kegon, Tendai, Shingon, Zen, Jōdo, Shin, and Nichirensects. |
新湯 see styles |
shinyu しんゆ |
clean, freshly poured bath; hot water just poured into a bath that no one has entered yet; (place-name, surname) Shin'yu |
十地心 see styles |
shí dì xīn shi2 di4 xin1 shih ti hsin jūji shin |
Ten stages of mind, or mental development, i.e. (1) 四無量心 the four kinds of boundless mind; (2) 十善心 the mind of the ten good qualities; (3) 明光心 the illuminated mind; (4) 焰慧心 the mind of glowing wisdom; (5) 大勝心 the mind of mastery; (6) 現前心 the mind of the open way (above normal definitions); (7) 無生心 the mind of no rebirth; (8) 不思議心 the mind of the inexpressible; (9) 慧光心 the mind of wisdom-radiance; (10) 受位心 the mind of perfect receptivity. v. also 十心. |
平等心 see styles |
píng děng xīn ping2 deng3 xin1 p`ing teng hsin ping teng hsin byōdō shin |
An impartial mind, 'no respecter of persons, ' not loving one and hating another. |
指腹親 指腹亲 see styles |
zhǐ fù qīn zhi3 fu4 qin1 chih fu ch`in chih fu chin shifuku no shin |
Related by the betrothal of son and daughter still in the womb. |
假合之身 see styles |
jiǎ hé zhī shēn jia3 he2 zhi1 shen1 chia ho chih shen kegō no shin |
The empirical body. |
如來之身 如来之身 see styles |
rú lái zhī shēn ru2 lai2 zhi1 shen1 ju lai chih shen nyorai no shin |
body of the Tathāgata |
心之差別 心之差别 see styles |
xīn zhī chā bié xin1 zhi1 cha1 bie2 hsin chih ch`a pieh hsin chih cha pieh shin no shabetsu |
distinctions of (or within) the mind |
成道之辰 see styles |
chéng dào zhī chén cheng2 dao4 zhi1 chen2 ch`eng tao chih ch`en cheng tao chih chen jōdō no shin |
occasion of the attainment of the way |
智相之身 see styles |
zhì xiàng zhī shēn zhi4 xiang4 zhi1 shen1 chih hsiang chih shen chisō no shin |
embodiment of wisdom |
無相之心 无相之心 see styles |
wú xiàng zhī xīn wu2 xiang4 zhi1 xin1 wu hsiang chih hsin musō no shin |
markless mind |
能執持身 能执持身 see styles |
néng zhí chí shēn neng2 zhi2 chi2 shen1 neng chih ch`ih shen neng chih chih shen nō shūji shin |
able to appropriate the body |
能遍計心 能遍计心 see styles |
néng biàn jì xīn neng2 bian4 ji4 xin1 neng pien chi hsin nō henge shin |
the mind that is able to imagine |
菩提之心 see styles |
pú tí zhī xīn pu2 ti2 zhi1 xin1 p`u t`i chih hsin pu ti chih hsin bodai no shin |
enlightened mind |
虛無之身 虚无之身 see styles |
xū wú zhī shēn xu1 wu2 zhi1 shen1 hsü wu chih shen komu no shin |
body of nothingness |
適可其心 适可其心 see styles |
shì kě qí xīn shi4 ke3 qi2 xin1 shih k`o ch`i hsin shih ko chi hsin shakuka no shin |
gaining the heart |
降誕之辰 降诞之辰 see styles |
jiàng dàn zhī chén jiang4 dan4 zhi1 chen2 chiang tan chih ch`en chiang tan chih chen gōtan no shin |
occasion of the birth |
七種懺悔心 七种忏悔心 see styles |
qī zhǒng chàn huǐ xīn qi1 zhong3 chan4 hui3 xin1 ch`i chung ch`an hui hsin chi chung chan hui hsin shichishu sange shin |
The seven mental attitudes in penitential meditation or worship : shame, at not yet being free from mortality 慚愧心; fear, of the pains of hell, etc.; turning from the evil world; desire for enlightenment and complete renunciation; impartiality in love to all; gratitude to the Buddha; meditation on the unreality of the sin-nature, that sin arises from perversion and that it has no real existence. |
寃親平等心 寃亲平等心 see styles |
yuān qīn píng děng xīn yuan1 qin1 ping2 deng3 xin1 yüan ch`in p`ing teng hsin yüan chin ping teng hsin onshin byōdō shin |
A mind that knows neither enmity nor friendship, no discrimination of persons. |
入般涅槃之辰 see styles |
rù bān niè pán zhī chén ru4 ban1 nie4 pan2 zhi1 chen2 ju pan nieh p`an chih ch`en ju pan nieh pan chih chen nyū hatsunehan no shin |
occasion of the entry into final nirvana |
信爲道元功德母 信为道元功德母 see styles |
xìn wéi dào yuán gōng dé mǔ xin4 wei2 dao4 yuan2 gong1 de2 mu3 hsin wei tao yüan kung te mu shin wa do no moto kudoku no haha tari |
faith is the source of the path and the mother of merit |
無分別無相之心 无分别无相之心 see styles |
wú fēn bié wú xiàng zhī xīn wu2 fen1 bie2 wu2 xiang4 zhi1 xin1 wu fen pieh wu hsiang chih hsin mu funbetsu musō no shin |
non-discriminating markless mind |
發無上正覺之心 发无上正觉之心 see styles |
fā wú shàng zhèng jué zhī xīn fa1 wu2 shang4 zheng4 jue2 zhi1 xin1 fa wu shang cheng chüeh chih hsin hotsu mujō shōkaku no shin |
to awaken the aspiration for peerless perfect enlightenment |
於其自心能自在轉 于其自心能自在转 see styles |
yú qí zì xīn néng zì zài zhuǎn yu2 qi2 zi4 xin1 neng2 zi4 zai4 zhuan3 yü ch`i tzu hsin neng tzu tsai chuan yü chi tzu hsin neng tzu tsai chuan o ki ji shin nō jizai ten |
able to naturally transform in one's mind |
結生相續無間之心 结生相续无间之心 see styles |
jié shēng xiāng xù wú jiān zhī xīn jie2 sheng1 xiang1 xu4 wu2 jian1 zhi1 xin1 chieh sheng hsiang hsü wu chien chih hsin ketsushō sōzoku mugen no shin |
mind of the unbroken string of rebirths |
心佛及衆生是三無差別 心佛及众生是三无差别 see styles |
xīn fó jí zhòng shēng shì sān wú chā bié xin1 fo2 ji2 zhong4 sheng1 shi4 san1 wu2 cha1 bie2 hsin fo chi chung sheng shih san wu ch`a pieh hsin fo chi chung sheng shih san wu cha pieh shin butsu gyū shūjō zesan mu shabetsu |
the mind, the Buddha, and all living beings — there is no distinction among the three |
ビハインド・ザ・シーン see styles |
bihaindo za shiin / bihaindo za shin ビハインド・ザ・シーン |
(adj-no,n) behind-the-scenes |
虛空藏菩薩能滿諸願最勝心陀羅尼求聞持法 虚空藏菩萨能满诸愿最胜心陀罗尼求闻持法 see styles |
xū kōng zàng pú sà néng mǎn zhū yuàn zuì shèng xīn tuó luó ní qiú wén chí fǎ xu1 kong1 zang4 pu2 sa4 neng2 man3 zhu1 yuan4 zui4 sheng4 xin1 tuo2 luo2 ni2 qiu2 wen2 chi2 fa3 hsü k`ung tsang p`u sa neng man chu yüan tsui sheng hsin t`o lo ni ch`iu wen ch`ih fa hsü kung tsang pu sa neng man chu yüan tsui sheng hsin to lo ni chiu wen chih fa Kokūzō bosatsu nō man shogan saishō shin darani gumonji hō |
Method of the Victorious, Essential Dharāṇi for Having Wishes Heard by Space-Store, the Bodhisattva Who Can Fulfill Requests |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Kemo no Shin | 悕望の心 | kemou no shin kemounoshin kemo no shin | ||
No Mind Mushin | 無心 无心 | mu shin / mushin | wú xīn / wu2 xin1 / wu xin / wuxin | wu hsin / wuhsin |
In some entries above you will see that characters have different versions above and below a line. In these cases, the characters above the line are Traditional Chinese, while the ones below are Simplified Chinese. |
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