Original Mind

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Lu Jiuyuan's Main Ideas - Original Mind
... The concept of original mind was first conceived by Mencius but was further developed by Lu ... The original mind means that all human beings are born with innate moral knowledge and virtue ... This original mind is fourfold as Mencius called them 'four roots of the heart' Compassion - The root of humaneness (ren) ...
Xiong Shili - Philosophy - Habituated Mind and Original Mind
... For Xiong Shili, the human mind is distinguished by the habituated mind and the original mind ... The habituated mind is the mind of thought, emotions, and the will ... In contrast, the original mind is our real nature, at one with reality ...

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