正信

Readings

Pinyin: zhèngxìn

Wade-Giles: cheng-hsin

Hangul: 정신

Korean MC: jeongsin

Korean MR: chŏngsin

Katakana: ショウシン

Hepburn: shōshin

chánh tin

correct faith

• In the Awakening of Mahāyāna Faith, the words "awaken [in them] right Mahāyāna faith" mean that by eliminating the doubts caused by misconstruing person and dharmas to have a self, one can awaken proper (Mahāyāna) faith. (Skt. śrāddha; adhimukti, adhyāśaya, prasāda, saṃpratyaya, saṃprasāda; Tib. dad pa) 〔起信論 T 1666.32.575b17〕 Cf. 祖門, 大信. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,Yokoi, Hirakawa, YBh-Ind]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 540

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 560c

A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki), 369

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 697

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 701d

Fo Guang Dictionary, 1996

Ding Fubao, {Digital Version}

Buddhist Chinese-Sanskrit Dictionary (Hirakawa), 0685

Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki), (v.1-6)4372c

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 778-2

Sanskrit-Tibetan Index for the Yogâcārabhūmi-śāstra (Yokoyama and Hirosawa), {Digital Version}

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