自了汉 (自了漢) zì le hàn

zì le hàn set phrase self-perfected man
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Chan literature, for example, in the No. 11 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. 69; FGDB '自了漢'; T 2003, Scroll 2)

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  • Scroll 2 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 9 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation