善ぜん心しん

noun

virtue; moral sense; conscience

A somewhat formal or literary term for a person's innate moral goodness or virtuous mind, often with Buddhist overtones. In modern usage, it can refer to one's conscience or sense of right and wrong.

• 彼かれの行こう動どうは善ぜん心しんから出でたものだ。

  His actions came from a virtuous heart.

• 善ぜん心しんに従したがって生いきたい。

  I want to live according to my conscience.