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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- Section 2 China - Chapter 10: Examples of Strange Monks and Unusual Scholars 第二篇 中國篇 第十章 奇僧異士舉例 Buddhism Series 5 - Buddhist History 《佛教叢書5－教史》 — count: 1
- Chan School - 1. Holding a Flower and Smiling, Bodhidharma Travels East 禪宗 壹、拈花微笑與達磨東來 Buddhism Series 6 - Schools 《佛教叢書6－宗派》 — count: 1
- “Two Kinds of Emotion in a Flower Pond” Preface: Observing Daily Changes in the Human World 《一池落花兩樣情》序 : 覷破人間冷暖事 Selected Humanistic Buddhism Prefaces 《人間佛教序文選》 — count: 1
- 2: The Thirty Three Manifestations of Avalokiteśvara (heavenly body and human body) 二．三十三身（天身、人身） The Universal Gate : a Commentary on Avalokitesvara's Universal Gate Sutra 《觀世音菩薩普門品講話》 — count: 1
- Buddhism and Calligraphy 佛教與書法 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 1