天不能盖 (天不能蓋) tiān bù néng gài

tiān bù néng gài phrase it cannot be covered by the sky
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Quote: from koan 7 of 碧巖錄 “Blue Cliff Record” (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 47; T 2003, Scroll 1)

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• Scroll 4 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 2
• Scroll 2 Rentian Yan Mu 人天眼目 — count: 1
• Scroll 2 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: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 6 A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Huanglong Huinan 黃龍慧南禪師語錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 27 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 12 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄 — count: 1
• Scroll 34 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1

Collocations

• 天不能盖地 (天不能蓋地) 天不能蓋地不能載 — Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄, Scroll 4 — count: 5