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洞山無寒暑

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Basic Meaning: Dongshanʼs place beyond cold and heat

Senses:

  • This phrase refers to a gong'an 公案 in which Dongshan Liangjie 洞山良价 (807–869) is asked by a monk how one can avoid cold and heat. Dongshan replies that a place exists where such can be avoided but that it is to be found "where you have given yourself up to cold and heat." This implies that phenomena such as cold and heat, as metaphors for death and life, cannot be avoided in a physical sense and must, conversely, be embraced. Cf. 無寒暑處. 〔碧巖錄 T 2003.48.180a16〕 [Stefan Grace; source(s): ZGDJT, Yokoi, FGD]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 0923c

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 800

    Fo Guang Dictionary 3878

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)3870a

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    Entry created: 2023-11-23