拈花 nián huā

nián huā phrase Holding a Flower
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)

Contained in

  • 拈花微笑 to hold a flower and smile ; Buddha’s flower and Kasyapa’s smile

Also contained in

拈花惹草

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 10 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 5 , has English translation
  • Scroll 5 Rentian Yan Mu 人天眼目 — count: 3
  • Scroll 3 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 3
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 3
  • Scroll 1 Wumen's Gate 無門關 — count: 3 , has English translation
  • Scroll 7 Ming Biographies of Eminent Monks 大明高僧傳 — count: 2
  • Scroll 21 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 2
  • Scroll 18 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 2
  • Scroll 19 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 2
  • Scroll 1 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 2 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 世尊拈花 (世尊拈花) 世尊拈花迦葉 — Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄, Scroll 3 — count: 14
  • 拈花迦叶 (拈花迦葉) 世尊拈花迦葉 — Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄, Scroll 3 — count: 6
  • 尊拈花 (尊拈花) 尊拈花 — Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 6
  • 拈花示众 (拈花示眾) 拈花示眾 — Wumen's Gate 無門關, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 拈花一 (拈花一) 世尊拈花一場敗缺 — Huang Bo Duan Ji Chan Shi Wan Ling Lu 黃檗斷際禪師宛陵錄, Scroll 1 — count: 3
  • 见拈花 (見拈花) 因緣那得見拈花 — Le Bang Yigao 樂邦遺稿, Scroll 2 — count: 2
  • 灵山拈花 (靈山拈花) 靈山拈花已前 — Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 佛祖拈花 (佛祖拈花) 自佛祖拈花 — Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄, Scroll 1 — count: 2
  • 未拈花 (未拈花) 世尊未拈花已前 — The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄, Scroll 10 — count: 2
  • 大会拈花 (大會拈花) 年面壁何如大會拈花 — Ming Biographies of Eminent Monks 大明高僧傳, Scroll 6 — count: 2