Digital Dictionary of Buddhism
四大元無主
PronunciationsSenses:
No master have the four elements,
Unreal are the five skandhas,
When my head meets the white blade,
'Twill be but slicing the spring wind.
The 'four elements' are the physical body. 〔景德傳燈錄 T 2076.51.435b1〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Soothill][Dictionary References]
Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 444c
Fo Guang Dictionary 1651
Ding Fubao
Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 726-1
(Soothill's) Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms 173
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Entry created: 2002-03-08
Updated: 2010-05-05