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真如 (しんにょ) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

真しん如にょ

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Meanings

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noun

tathata; suchness; true nature of reality

Buddhism

Buddhist term for the ultimate, unconditioned nature of all things as they truly are, beyond conceptual elaboration.

真しん如にょは仏ぶっ教きょうの中ちゅう心しん的てきな概がい念ねんの一ひとつです。
Tathata is one of the central concepts of Buddhism.
禅ぜんでは、真しん如にょを直ちょく接せつ体たい験けんすることが重じゅう視しされる。
In Zen, directly experiencing suchness is emphasized.

Kanji

真true, reality, Buddhist sect
如likeness, like, such as

Similar words

空くう
空 (śūnyatā) emphasizes emptiness of inherent existence, while 真如 points to the positive, ineffable reality that is realized when emptiness is fully understood.
法ほっ性しょう
法性 (dharmatā) is often synonymous with 真如, but can also refer specifically to the nature of phenomena, whereas 真如 is the universal suchness.

Etymology

From Chinese 真如 (zhēnrú), a translation of Sanskrit tathatā, meaning 'suchness' or 'thusness'. The kanji 真 means 'true' and 如 means 'as it is' or 'like'.