There are 9 total results for your 心性 search.
| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
心性 see styles |
xīn xìng xin1 xing4 hsin hsing shinsei / shinse しんせい |
one's nature; temperament mind; disposition; nature Immutable mind-corpus, or mind-nature, the self-existing fundamental pure mind, the all, the Tathāgata-garbha, or 如來藏心; 自性淸淨心; also described in the 起信論 Awakening of Faith as immortal 不生不滅. Another definition identifies 心 with 性 saying 性卽是心, 心卽是佛 the nature is the mind, and mind is Buddha; another, that mind and nature are the same when 悟 awake and understanding, but differ when 迷 in illusion; and further, in reply to the statement that the Buddha-nature is eternal but the mind not eternal, it is said, the nature is like water, the mind like ice, illusion turns nature to mental ice form, awakening melts it back to its proper nature. |
遠心性 see styles |
enshinsei / enshinse えんしんせい |
(can be adjective with の) efferent; centrifugal |
心性三千 see styles |
xīn xìng sān qiān xin1 xing4 san1 qian1 hsin hsing san ch`ien hsin hsing san chien shinshō sanzen |
The universe in a thought; the mind as a microcosm. |
心性下劣 see styles |
xīn xìng xià liè xin1 xing4 xia4 lie4 hsin hsing hsia lieh shinshō geretsu |
dissolute mind |
心性本淨 see styles |
xīn xìng běn jìng xin1 xing4 ben3 jing4 hsin hsing pen ching shinshō honjō |
the nature of the mind is originally pure |
求心性神経 see styles |
kyuushinseishinkei / kyushinseshinke きゅうしんせいしんけい |
(See 遠心性神経) afferent nerve; afferent neuron; afferent |
自己中心性 see styles |
jikochuushinsei / jikochushinse じこちゅうしんせい |
egocentrism |
遠心性神経 see styles |
enshinseishinkei / enshinseshinke えんしんせいしんけい |
(See 求心性神経) efferent neuron; efferent nerve; efferent |
心性不生不滅 心性不生不灭 see styles |
xīn xìng bù shēng bù miè xin1 xing4 bu4 sheng1 bu4 mie4 hsin hsing pu sheng pu mieh shinshō fushō fumetsu |
the nature of the mind neither arises nor ceases |
Entries with 2nd row of characters: The 2nd row is Simplified Chinese.
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