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庭前柏樹子

Pronunciations

Basic Meaning: cypress tree in front of courtyard

Senses:

  • The response Zhaozhou 趙州 gives to a monk when asked about why the patriarch came from the west 祖師西來意. It signifies that the reality of thusness is also manifest in the common cypress tree in the courtyard. A popular kōan 公案 trope . 〔碧巖錄 T 2003.48.182a2〕 [J. Kotyk; source(s): Yokoi]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Iwanami Bukkyō jiten 585

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 879d

    Teihon zenrin kushō (Shibayama) 104

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 763

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 266

    Zen no Goroku (Yanagida) 17-P111

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3709a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 1239-3

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    Entry created: 2011-06-16

    Updated: 2012-03-06