铁橛子 (鐵橛子) tiě juézi

tiě juézi set phrase an iron stake
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a metaphor for no way to move or no room for discussion; for example, mentioned in the No. 6 Koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 42; Ding '鐵橛子'; FGDB '鐵橛子'; T 2003, Scroll 1)

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Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 5 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 6 , has English translation
  • Scroll 6 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 8 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 14 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1

Collocations

  • 铁橛子相似 (鐵橛子相似) 如鐵橛子相似 — The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄, Scroll 1 — count: 3