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活句

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Basic Meaning: living phrase

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  • A Chan 禪門 term. Named in contradistinction to a 'dead phrase'  死句. A statement or response, usually made in the course of Chan encounter dialogue, which comes forth from genuine and spontaneous personal actualization, and is thus helpful in terms of leading others to self-realization. 〔汾陽無德禪師語錄 T 1992.47.595c24 〕 [Charles Muller; source(s): Nakamura,Yokoi,Iwanami]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bulgyo sajeon 668a

    Dai kanwa jiten Vol. 6, p. 6831

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 163d

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 123

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 328

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 180b

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 332-2

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    Entry created: 2005-12-24

    Updated: 2022-03-25