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In Shin Buddhism, '''Shinjin''' (信心) was originally the Japanese word for the Buddhist concept of [[citta-prasāda]]<ref>Hisao Inagaki (2008). [https://web.archive.org/web/20130223072105/http://www12.canvas.ne.jp/horai/shinjin-38.htm ”Questions and Answers on Shinjin"], question 27</ref> (clear or clarified heart-mind), but now carries a more popular related meaning of [[faith]] or entrusting. According to Ueda, "shinjin is the mind of Amida Buddha given to and realized in a person. Shinran interprets shin (信) to mean truth, reality, sincerity; jin (心) means mind. When shinjin is realized, Amida's mind (wisdom and compassion) and the practitioners mind of blind passions become one."<ref>Ueda, Yoshifumi (1985). [https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075431/http://www.shin-ibs.edu/documents/pwj-new/new1/05ueda.pdf How is Shinjin to be Realized?] Pacific World Journal, New Series 1, 17-24. (Footnote p.24)</ref><br />
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Whilst a general Japanese Buddhist term it is particularly associated with the [[Jodo Shinshu]] teaching of [[Shinran]]. In that context it refers to the awakening and settlement of the mind that is aware of the working of [[Amitābha|Amida]] [[Buddha]]'s [[Primal Vow]], and the assurance of birth in the [[Pure Land]] at death: <br />
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In ''Notes on 'Essentials of Faith Alone''' Shinran writes "Know that the true essence of the Pure Land teaching is that when we realize true and real shinjin, we are born in the true fulfilled land." <ref name=OBS>Olson, Carl, ''Original Buddhist Sources,'' Rutgers University Press, 2006, ''p. 323''. {{ISBN|0813535646}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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==Bibliography==<br />
*Kasulis, Thomas P. (1981). Review: Letters of Shinran: A Translation of Mattōshō. Volume I: Shin Buddhism Translation Series I by Yoshifumi Ueda, Philosophy East and West 31 (2), 246-248 <br />
*Friedrich, Daniel G. (2008). [http://www.wilmina.ac.jp/ojc/edu/kiyo_2008/kiyo_05_PDF/06.pdf Shinjin, Faith, and Entrusting Heart : Notes on the Presentation of Shin Buddhism in English], 大阪女学院大学紀要 5, 107-117 <br />
*Lee, Kenneth D. (2004). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/4145572 Comparative Analysis of Shinran's Shinjin and Calvin's Faith], Buddhist-Christian Studies 24, 171-190{{Subscription required |via=[[JSTOR]]}}<br />
*Ueda, Yoshifumi (1981). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1398796 Response to Thomas P. Kasulis' Review of "Letters of Shinran"], Philosophy East and West 31 (4), 507-511{{Subscription required |via=[[JSTOR]]}}<br />
*Rogers, Minor L. (1980). [https://www.jstor.org/stable/2384432 Review: Letters of Shinran: A Translation of Mattosho, by Yoshifumi Ueda. Notes on `Essentials of Faith Alone': A Translation of Shinran's by Yuishinsho-mon'i., by Yoshifumi Ueda]. Monumenta Nipponica 35 (4), 508-511{{Subscription required |via=[[JSTOR]]}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
* Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha, [https://web.archive.org/web/20130715040355/http://www.shinranworks.com/majorexpositions/kgssIII-preface.htm Major Expositions KGSS III: A Collection of Passages Revealing The True Shinjin of the Pure Land Way]; in: Shinran Works. The collected works of Shinran, including the Kyōgōshinshō.<br />
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