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心身一如 (しんしんいちにょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

心しん身しん一いち如にょ

also: しんじんいちにょ

Meanings

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noun

body and mind as one; mind-body unity

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)

A yojijukugo used in philosophy, martial arts, and meditation to express the ideal state where physical and mental aspects are inseparable.

武ぶ道どうでは心しん身しん一いち如にょの境きょう地ちを目め指ざす。
In martial arts, one aims for the state of mind-body unity.
ヨガの練れん習しゅうを通つうじて心しん身しん一いち如にょを実じっ感かんした。
Through yoga practice, I experienced the oneness of body and mind.

Written forms

心身一如
- しんしんいちにょ
  Standard kanji form; 心身 (mind and body) is the usual modern order.
- しんじんいちにょ
  Alternate reading using じん for 身; encountered in some Buddhist or martial arts contexts.
身心一如
- しんしんいちにょ
  Variant with reversed kanji order; less common but still seen, especially in older or traditional contexts.
- しんじんいちにょ
しんじんいちにょ

Kanji

心heart, mind, spirit
身somebody, person, one's station in life
一one, one radical (no.1)
如likeness, like, such as

Similar words

身しん心しん
Refers to mind and body as a pair, but without the explicit 'oneness' nuance of 心身一如.
不ふ二に
A Buddhist term for non-duality; similar in spirit but more abstract and less focused on the mind-body connection.

Etymology

A yojijukugo composed of 心身 (mind and body) and 一如 (oneness, suchness). The term is rooted in Buddhist philosophy, where 一如 expresses the ultimate non-dual nature of reality.