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In Zen Buddhism, 本心 means “original mind” or “original heart,” which refers to one's Buddha-nature present from birth.
This can also be translated as true feelings, real intention, one's own heart, one's right mind, one's senses, one's conscience, or fundamental mind.
Note: 心 can mean heart or mind - thought in ancient Asia to be the same organ.
Below are some entries from our dictionary that may match your 本心 search...
Characters If shown, 2nd row is Simp. Chinese |
Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
本心 see styles |
běn xīn ben3 xin1 pen hsin honshin ほんしん |
More info & calligraphy: The Original MindThe original heart, or mind; one's own heart. |
根本心 see styles |
gēn běn xīn gen1 ben3 xin1 ken pen hsin konpon shin |
Root or fundamental mind. |
本來本心 本来本心 see styles |
běn lái běn xīn ben3 lai2 ben3 xin1 pen lai pen hsin honrai honshin |
original mind |
日本心理臨床学会 see styles |
nipponshinririnshougakkai / nipponshinririnshogakkai にっぽんしんりりんしょうがっかい |
(org) Association of Japanese Clinical Psychology; (o) Association of Japanese Clinical Psychology |
日本心療内科学会 see styles |
nipponshinryounaikagakkai / nipponshinryonaikagakkai にっぽんしんりょうないかがっかい |
(org) Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine; (o) Japanese Society of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine |
The following table may be helpful for those studying Chinese or Japanese...
Title | Characters | Romaji (Romanized Japanese) | Various forms of Romanized Chinese | |
The Original Mind | 本心 | hon shin / honshin | běn xīn / ben3 xin1 / ben xin / benxin | pen hsin / penhsin |
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All of our calligraphy wall scrolls are handmade.
When the calligrapher finishes creating your artwork, it is taken to my art mounting workshop in Beijing where a wall scroll is made by hand from a combination of silk, rice paper, and wood.
After we create your wall scroll, it takes at least two weeks for air mail delivery from Beijing to you.
Allow a few weeks for delivery. Rush service speeds it up by a week or two for $10!
When you select your calligraphy, you'll be taken to another page where you can choose various custom options.
The wall scroll that Sandy is holding in this picture is a "large size"
single-character wall scroll.
We also offer custom wall scrolls in small, medium, and an even-larger jumbo size.
Professional calligraphers are getting to be hard to find these days.
Instead of drawing characters by hand, the new generation in China merely type roman letters into their computer keyboards and pick the character that they want from a list that pops up.
There is some fear that true Chinese calligraphy may become a lost art in the coming years. Many art institutes in China are now promoting calligraphy programs in hopes of keeping this unique form
of art alive.
Even with the teachings of a top-ranked calligrapher in China, my calligraphy will never be good enough to sell. I will leave that to the experts.
The same calligrapher who gave me those lessons also attracted a crowd of thousands and a TV crew as he created characters over 6-feet high. He happens to be ranked as one of the top 100 calligraphers in all of China. He is also one of very few that would actually attempt such a feat.
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