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洞山三頓

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Basic Meaning: Dongshanʼs sixty blows

Senses:

  • This phrase refers to a gong'an 公案 in which Dongshan Shouchu 洞山守初 (910–990) visits Yunmen Wenyan 雲門文偃 (864–949) for the first time. After hearing that Dongshan departed Hunan 湖南 on the twenty-fifth day of the eighth month, Yunmen said, "I will beat you sixty times with a staff." In this case, the characters 三頓棒 mean to strike with a staff sixty times. This implies that a student should not wantonly seek the Buddha Dharma through Buddhist teachers 善知識. 〔無門關 T 2005.48.294c24; 傳燈錄、二三〕 [Stefan Grace; source(s): ZGDJT, Yokoi, Ina-Z, FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 0921d

    A Glossary of Zen Terms (Inagaki) 411, 444

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 801

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3868

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    Entry created: 2023-11-18