立地成佛 lì dì chéng fó

lì dì chéng fó set phrase to become a Buddha on the spot; instant rehabilitation; to repent and be absolved of one's crimes
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Notes: Quote: from Koan 4 of 碧巖錄 “Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 35; T 2003, Scroll 1; CC-CEDICT '立地成佛')

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  • 放下屠刀,立地成佛 lay down butcher's knife, become a Buddha on the spot; instant rehabilitation ; lay down the butcher's knife and become Buddha on the spot

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  • 可以立地成佛 (可以立地成佛) 一樣可以立地成佛 — Lectures on the Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 《六祖壇經講話》, Questions and Discussion 問題討論 — count: 2