仏ほとけ性しょう

noun

mercifulness; compassion

A Buddhist term referring to the innate merciful and compassionate nature of a Buddha, or the quality of such compassion in a person. Rare in everyday conversation; primarily encountered in religious or literary contexts.

• 仏ほとけ性しょうに目め覚ざめることが悟さとりへの道みちだと説とかれる。

  It is taught that awakening to one's Buddha-nature (compassion) is the path to enlightenment.

• 彼かれの行こう動どうには仏ほとけ性しょうが感かんじられた。

  His actions showed a Buddha-like compassion.