NPabBUDDH: mind-ground (MULLER: "Ground as a metaphor for the true mind that all sentient beings are originally endowed with. It is the agent and locus for the production of the myriad phenomena.[...]") (in the Chán Buddhist context 心地 is ocassionally used specifically for the kind of realization which was transmitted by Bodhidharma) ZTJ: 心地含諸種，遇澤悉皆萌。
NPabbuddhistBUDDH: mind-ground > used syn. with precept (戒) (since the mind is regarded as 'base/root' of the precepts, comparable to the earth 大地 one stands on; used in FANWANGJING 梵網經)