Conversion - Eshin

Japanese: 廻心 - えしん
Conversion - Eshin

…Originally, as a Chinese word, it meant changing one's mind from worldly affairs and personal distractions and returning to the original path, but as a Buddhist term, it came to mean changing the Hinayana mind of Shravaka-Prajyata-Buddha to a mind directed toward the Mahayana Buddhist path, and even repenting and returning to the Buddhist path. It can also be written as Kaishin. In Indian Buddhism, it is thought that similar religious experiences were expressed by words such as 'shinkai' (faith and understanding) and 'tenyo' (transfer). …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "kaishin" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…漢語として元来,世俗的雑事,私的雑念にとらわれた心を改めて,本来あるべき道に帰向する心をもつようになることを意味したが,仏教語として声聞縁覚(しようもんえんがく)の小乗的な心を改めて大乗の仏道に向かう心をもつようになること,さらには懺悔して仏道に帰入することを意味するに至った。廻心とも書く。インド仏教においては同様な宗教体験が〈信解〉〈転依〉などの語によって表現されていたと考えられる。…

※「廻心」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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