Shinjin, often translated faith or entrusting, is the mind of trust in Amida’s vow. Shinran taught that it is not produced by the believer but given by Amida, and that at the moment it arises the believer’s birth in the Pure Land is assured. The nembutsu then becomes an expression of gratitude.
Shinjin
True entrusting: in Shinran’s Pure Land teaching, the faith awakened in the believer by Amida.