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Appreciation of Truth by Meditation

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xīn yìn

shin nin

심인

Appreciation of Truth by Meditation Scroll

心印 is a Buddhist concept that simply stated is “appreciation of truth by meditation.”

It's a deep subject, but my understanding is that you can find truth through meditation, and once you've found the truth, you can learn to appreciate it more through further meditation. This title is not commonly used outside of the Buddhist community (your Asian friends may or may not understand it). The literal translation would be something like “the mind seal,” I've seen this term translated this way from Japanese Buddhist poetry. But apparently, the seal that is stamped deep in your mind is the truth. You just have to meditate to find it.

Soothill defines it this way: Mental impression, intuitive certainty; the mind is the Buddha-mind in all, which can seal or assure the truth; the term indicates the intuitive method of the Chan (Zen) school, which was independent of the spoken or written word.

Reference: Soothill-Hodous Dictionary of Chinese Buddhism

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Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese	Pronunciation Romanization	Simple Dictionary Definition
心印 see styles	xīn yìn xin1 yin4 hsin yin shinnin	More info & calligraphy: Appreciation of Truth by Meditation Mental impression, intuitive certainty; the mind is the Buddha-mind in all, which can seal or assure the truth; the term indicates the intuitive method of the 禪 Ch' an (Zen) school, which was independent of the spoken or written word.
佛心印 see styles	fó xīn yìn fo2 xin1 yin4 fo hsin yin busshin in	佛心印 Custom Scroll The seal of the Buddha heart or mind, the stamp of the universal Buddha-heart in every one; the seal on a Buddha's heart, or breast; the svastika.
一切佛心印 see styles	yī qiè fó xīn yìn yi1 qie4 fo2 xin1 yin4 i ch`ieh fo hsin yin i chieh fo hsin yin issai busshin'in	一切佛心印 Custom Scroll trikona. The sign on a Buddha's breast, especially that on Vairocana's; the sign of the Buddha-mind; it is a triangle of flame pointing downwards to indicate power overall temptations; it is also 一切徧智印 the sign of omniscience.
諸佛心印陀羅尼經诸佛心印陀罗尼经 see styles	zhū fó xīn yìn tuó luó ní jīng zhu1 fo2 xin1 yin4 tuo2 luo2 ni2 jing1 chu fo hsin yin t`o lo ni ching chu fo hsin yin to lo ni ching Shobutsu shinin darani kyō	諸佛心印陀羅尼經 Custom Scroll Zhufo xinyin tuoluoni jing

The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...

Title	Characters	Romaji (Romanized Japanese)	Various forms of Romanized Chinese
Appreciation of Truth by Meditation	心印	shin nin / shinnin	xīn yìn / xin1 yin4 / xin yin / xinyin	hsin yin / hsinyin