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Tianxing (Innate Nature)

In the Lifechanyuan system, "tianxing" (天性, innate nature) is the original and essential character that the Creator has encoded into every being and thing — pristine and luminous before birth, reflecting the qualities of the Greatest Creator and the celestial realm. Tianxing belongs to the universal dimension (the shared essence of all within a category), as distinct from the class-specific disposition (秉性, bingxing) and the individual habit (习性, xixing). To express one's tianxing — to act in accordance with it — is to act in accordance with the Dao itself. "Give full expression to your tianxing and follow Nature" is listed as the fourth of the eight core principles of the Way of the Greatest Creator.

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Innate Nature · Inherent Character · Habitual Disposition · Natural Talent (Tianfu) · Tianming (Heavenly Mandate) · Self-Nature (Buddha-Nature) · Dao · Spirituality · The Four Adaptations · Awakening · Celestial Beings, Heavenly Celestials, and Buddhas