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A Japanese martial arts title/concept
The first Kanji alone means to wash, bathe, primness, cleanse or purify.
The second Kanji means heart, mind, soul, or essence.
Together, these two Kanji create a word defined as “purified spirit” or “enlightened attitude” within Japanese martial arts.
洗心 is one of the five spirits of the warrior (budo) and is often used as a Japanese martial arts tenet. Under that context, it's often defined as a spirit that protects and harmonizes the universe. Senshin is a spirit of compassion that embraces and serves all humanity and whose function is to reconcile discord in the world. It holds all life to be sacred. It is the Buddha mind.
This title will only be familiar to Japanese who practice certain martial arts. Others may not recognize this word at all.
洗心 does not show up as a word in too many Chinese dictionaries, but it can be read and has the same meaning in Chinese.
There is an issue with the first character. The original, and probably most correct version is shown above. However, many dojo documents and other sources have used a more simple first character. Arguments ensue about which version is correct. If you want to be correct in the Japanese language, use the "Select and Customize" button above. If you want to match the Kanji used by your dojo, click the Kanji shown to the right. There is a slightly different meaning with this first character which means before, ahead, previous, future, precedence.
大光明 is the master symbol “Daikomyo” or “Dai Ko Myo,” which is usually associated with the healing practice of Reiki.
This title can be translated as “Great Bright Light.” This symbol, as used in Reiki, alludes to “Enlightened Nature” or the radiance of a purified soul or deity.
Pronunciations in Chinese and Korean are included above but this title has no meaning except when used by a Reiki practitioner. In fact, this title is not that well known by those outside the Reiki community in Japan.
In Chinese, this would be interpreted as “Great Bright Future” (the second two characters alone create a word that means “bright future” in Chinese).
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your purified search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
禪 禅 see styles |
shàn shan4 shan yuzuri ゆずり |
More info & calligraphy: Zen / Chan / Meditation(out-dated kanji) (1) (Buddhist term) dhyana (profound meditation); (2) (abbreviation) Zen (Buddhism); (surname) Yuzuri To level a place for an altar, to sacrifice to the hills and fountains; to abdicate. Adopted by Buddhists for dhyāna, 禪 or 禪那, i.e. meditation, abstraction, trance. dhyāna is 'meditation, thought, reflection, especially profound and abstract religious contemplation'. M.W. It was intp. as 'getting rid of evil', etc., later as 靜慮 quiet meditation. It is a form of 定, but that word is more closely allied with samādhi, cf. 禪定. The term also connotes Buddhism and Buddhist things in general, but has special application to the 禪宗 q.v. It is one of the six pāramitās, cf. 波. There are numerous methods and subjects of meditation. The eighteen brahmalokas are divided into four dhyāna regions 'corresponding to certain frames of mind where individuals might be reborn in strict accordance with their spiritual state'. The first three are the first dhyāna, the second three the second dhyāna, the third three the third dhyāna, and the remaining nine the fourth dhyāna. See Eitel. According to Childers' Pali Dictionary, 'The four jhānas are four stages of mystic meditation, whereby the believer's mind is purged from all earthly emotions, and detached as it were from his body, which remains plunged in a profound trance.' Seated cross-legged, the practiser 'concentrates his mind upon a single thought. Gradually his soul becomes filled with a supernatural ecstasy and serenity', his mind still reasoning: this is the first jhāna. Concentrating his mind on the same subject, he frees it from reasoning, the ecstasy and serenity remaining, which is the second jhāna. Then he divests himself of ecstasy, reaching the third stage of serenity. Lastly, in the fourth stage the mind becomes indifferent to all emotions, being exalted above them and purified. There are differences in the Mahāyāna methods, but similarity of aim. |
九識 九识 see styles |
jiǔ shì jiu3 shi4 chiu shih kumi くみ |
(female given name) Kumi The kinds of cognition or consciousness (vijñāna); those of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, mind, mānas (or阿陁那識 ādāna), i.e. mental perception; 阿賴耶 ālāya, bodhi-consciousness, and 阿摩羅識 amala, purified or Buddha-consciousness. There is considerable difference as to the meaning of the last three. |
五妙 see styles |
wǔ miào wu3 miao4 wu miao gomyō |
The five wonders, i. e. of purified or transcendental sight, sound, taste, smell, and touch in the Pure-land. |
善淨 see styles |
shàn jìng shan4 jing4 shan ching zenjō |
well-purified |
已淨 see styles |
yǐ jìng yi3 jing4 i ching ijō |
purified |
慎む see styles |
tsutsushimu つつしむ |
(transitive verb) (1) to be careful; to be discreet; (2) to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to abstain; (3) to be purified; to be chaste |
成淨 see styles |
chéng jìng cheng2 jing4 ch`eng ching cheng ching jōjō |
to be purified |
挺特 see styles |
tǐng tè ting3 te4 t`ing t`e ting te jōtoku |
completely purified |
未淨 see styles |
wèi jìng wei4 jing4 wei ching mijō |
not yet purified |
浄水 see styles |
jousui / josui じょうすい |
clean water; purified water; (personal name) Jōsui |
淨水 净水 see styles |
jìng shuǐ jing4 shui3 ching shui kiyomi きよみ |
clean water; purified water (personal name) Kiyomi |
淸淨 淸净 see styles |
qīng jìng qing1 jing4 ch`ing ching ching ching shōjō |
pariśuddhi; viśuddhi. Pure and clean, free from evil and defilement, perfectly clean. |
清淨 清净 see styles |
qīng jìng qing1 jing4 ch`ing ching ching ching |
peaceful; quiet; tranquil; purified of defiling illusion (Buddhism) |
火淨 火净 see styles |
huǒ jìng huo3 jing4 huo ching kajō |
Purified, food made 'clean' by fire, or cooking. |
虔む see styles |
tsutsushimu つつしむ |
(transitive verb) (1) to be careful; to be discreet; (2) to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to abstain; (3) to be purified; to be chaste |
謹む see styles |
tsutsushimu つつしむ |
(transitive verb) (1) to be careful; to be discreet; (2) to do in moderation; to refrain (from overdoing); to abstain; (3) to be reverent; (4) to be purified; to be chaste |
身淨 see styles |
shēn jìng shen1 jing4 shen ching shinjō |
purified body |
閼伽 阏伽 see styles |
è qié e4 qie2 o ch`ieh o chieh aka あか |
{Buddh} water offering to Buddha (san: argha, arghya); holy water arghya, v. 阿伽 scented water, or flowers in water as an offering, the word arghya meaning primarily something valuable, or presentable; hence 閼伽杯, a golden or metal vessel to hold such water; 閼伽花 the flower which float on its surface, etc. |
鮮白 see styles |
xiān bái xian1 bai2 hsien pai |
purified |
善淸淨 see styles |
shàn qīng jìng shan4 qing1 jing4 shan ch`ing ching shan ching ching zen shōjō |
well purified |
微戍陀 see styles |
wēi shù tuó wei1 shu4 tuo2 wei shu t`o wei shu to bijuda |
viśuddha, purified, pure. |
極淸淨 极淸淨 see styles |
jí qīng jìng ji2 qing1 jing4 chi ch`ing ching chi ching ching goku shōjō |
completely purified |
淨智見 淨智见 see styles |
jìng zhì jiàn jing4 zhi4 jian4 ching chih chien jō chiken |
purified cognition and vision |
清まる see styles |
kiyomaru きよまる |
(v5r,vi) to be purified; to be cleansed |
精製水 see styles |
seiseisui / sesesui せいせいすい |
purified water |
純淨水 纯净水 see styles |
chún jìng shuǐ chun2 jing4 shui3 ch`un ching shui chun ching shui |
purified water |
障淸淨 see styles |
zhàng qīng jìng zhang4 qing1 jing4 chang ch`ing ching chang ching ching shōshōjō |
hindrances are purified |
離垢淨 离垢淨 see styles |
lí gòu jìng li2 gou4 jing4 li kou ching riku jō |
purified through removal of pollution |
不可修治 see styles |
bù kě xiū zhì bu4 ke3 xiu1 zhi4 pu k`o hsiu chih pu ko hsiu chih fu ka shuji |
cannot be purified |
令得淸淨 see styles |
lìng dé qīng jìng ling4 de2 qing1 jing4 ling te ch`ing ching ling te ching ching ryō toku shōjō |
allowed to be purified |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
Purified Spirit Enlightened Attitude | 洗心 先心 | sen shin / senshin | xǐ xīn / xi3 xin1 / xi xin / xixin | hsi hsin / hsihsin |
Reiki - Master Symbol | 大光明 | dai kou myou daikoumyou dai ko myo | dà guāng míng da4 guang1 ming2 da guang ming daguangming | ta kuang ming takuangming |
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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