骑牛觅牛 (騎牛覓牛) qí niú mì niú
qí niú mì niú
phrase
riding an ox searching for an ox
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
, Subdomain: Chan
, Concept:
Notes: Quote: an metaphor about searching for something that you already have, from koan 7 of 碧巖錄 “Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 48; T 2003, Scroll 1; FGDB '騎牛覓牛')
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- Lecture 13: Buddhist Phrases and Idioms 第十三講．佛教成語 One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 3: Activities at Places of Practice 《僧事百講3－道場行事》 — count: 3
- From Education and Practice Discussing Chan School Characteristics 從教學守道談禪宗的特色 Humanistic Buddhism Series 9 - Study of the Chan and Pure Land Schools 《人間佛教系列9－禪學與淨土》 — count: 1
- Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 1
- Buddhism and Chinese Lexicology 佛教與中國詞彙學 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 1
Collocations
- 大似骑牛觅牛 (大似騎牛覓牛) 大似騎牛覓牛 — One Hundred Lessons on Monastery Language and Affairs 3: Activities at Places of Practice 《僧事百講3－道場行事》, Lecture 13: Buddhist Phrases and Idioms 第十三講．佛教成語 — count: 2