言端语端 (言端語端) yán duān yǔ duān

yán duān yǔ duān phrase words and speech are true
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan
Notes: Quote: referring to direct description of a subtle principle; from Koan 2 of 碧巖錄 “Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 21; T 2003, Scroll 1; FGDB '言端語端')

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  • Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
  • Scroll 29 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 5 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 10 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1