是时佛法大兴 (是時佛法大興) shì shí fófǎ dàxīng

shì shí fófǎ dàxīng phrase at that time Buddhism was flourishing
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan , Concept:
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. 50; T 2003, Scroll 1)