牢关 (牢關) láoguān

láoguān set phrase a barrier that cannot be penetrated
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept:
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Chan literature, for example, in the No. 9 Koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record”; referring to a difficult problem or task (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 56; FGDB '牢關'; T 2003, Scroll 1)

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• Writings on the Chan School and Pure Land - What is Chan? 禪門淨土篇 禪是什麼? Humanistic Buddhism Quotations 《人間佛教語錄》 — count: 4
• Dharma Words - Other 法語 ■其它 Buddhism Series 9 - Art and Literature 《佛教叢書9－藝文》 — count: 3
• Chapter 4: Chan Mind - Crossing a Barrier 卷四　禪心 ■過關 Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 10 - How to Survive 《人間萬事10－怎樣活下去》 — count: 2
• Life and Cultivation 生活與修持 Humanistic Buddhism Series 3 - Buddhism and Life 《人間佛教系列3－佛教與生活》 — count: 2
• Questions and Discussion 問題討論 Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》 — count: 2
• Volume 12: A Selection of Buddhist Works - Class 26: Poem Awaken to the Path 第十二冊　佛教作品選錄 第二十六課　悟道詩 Fo Guang Buddhist Textbooks 《佛光教科書》 — count: 1
• Humanistic Buddhism and Training in Meditation 人間佛教的定學 Treatises on Humanistic Buddhism 《人間佛教論文集》 — count: 1
• Buddhism and Science 佛教與科學 Buddhism Series 8 - Use of the Teachings 《佛教叢書8－教用》 — count: 1

Collocations

• 破牢关 (破牢關) 破牢關 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 5
• 生死牢关 (生死牢關) 生死牢關 — Life's Ten Thousand Affairs 10 - How to Survive 《人間萬事10－怎樣活下去》, Chapter 4: Chan Mind - Crossing a Barrier 卷四　禪心 ■過關 — count: 2
• 牢关证 (牢關證) 破牢關證空空 — Humanistic Buddhism Quotations 《人間佛教語錄》, Writings on the Chan School and Pure Land - What is Chan? 禪門淨土篇 禪是什麼? — count: 2