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死句

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Basic Meaning: dead phrase

Senses:

  • A Chan 禪宗 term that is taught in contradistinction to a 'living phrase'  活句. A statement or response, usually made in the course of Chan encounter dialogue, which although it may be correct technically, does not come forth from genuine and spontaneous personal actualization, and thus is not helpful in terms of either demonstrating oneʼs own realization or leading another to it. 〔看話決疑論 HBJ 4.733〕 . [Charles Muller; source(s): Ui,Nakamura,Yokoi]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 425

    Dai kanwa jiten Vol. 6, p. 6446

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 423b

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 345

    Koga 172

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 644

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 535c

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 695-1

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    Entry created: 2005-12-24

    Updated: 2022-03-25