機き根こん

noun

patience; perseverance

Rare, archaic use for patience or perseverance; not a common modern word for this meaning.

• 古ふるい文ぶん献けんでは、機き根こんが忍にん耐たいの意い味みで使つかわれることがある。

  In old texts, 機根 is sometimes used to mean patience.

noun

capacity to understand Buddhist teachings

Buddhist term for a person's innate spiritual capacity or receptivity to the Dharma; a technical term in Buddhist contexts.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、衆しゅ生じょうの機き根こんに応おうじて説せっ法ぽうを変かえるとされる。

  In Buddhism, it is said that teachings are adapted according to the spiritual capacity of sentient beings.