扶篱摸壁 (扶籬摸壁) fú lí mō bì
fú lí mō bì
phrase
leaning against a fence, groping along a wall
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
, Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a metaphor for searching for something in one's mind, mentioned in the No. 7 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. 50; FGDB '扶籬摸壁'; T 2003, Scroll 1)
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 2
- Scroll 3 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Weishan Lingyou of Tanzhou 潭州溈山靈祐禪師語錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 10 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 9 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 9 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
Collocations
- 见扶篱摸壁 (見扶籬摸壁) 便見扶籬摸壁 — Quotations from Chan Master Weishan Lingyou of Tanzhou 潭州溈山靈祐禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 2