廓然无圣 (廓然無聖) kuòrán wúshèng
kuòrán wúshèng
set phrase
empty, there is nothing holy
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
, Subdomain: Chan School
, Concept: Koan 公案
Notes: Quote: title of the No. 1 Koan and the answer given by Bodhidharma to Emperor Wu of Liang in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 11; Ding '廓然無聖'; FGDB '廓然無聖'; T 2003, Scroll 1)
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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 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: 4 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 2
- Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Dahui Pujue 大慧普覺禪師語錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 5 Chuan Fa Zhengzong Ji 傳法正宗記 — count: 1
- Scroll 3 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 1
- Scroll 22 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 53 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Niepan Xuan Yi Fa Yuan Ji Yao 涅槃玄義發源機要 — count: 1
- Scroll 2 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 1