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語錄

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Basic Meaning: recorded sayings

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  • Discourse records. Transcripts of the saying of eminent masters sayings by disciples, largely in vernacular style. A practice first seen in Song period Chan Buddhists and Neo-Confucians, later to be followed in Korea and Japan. Also written 禪語錄. For example, the Mazu Daoyi chanshi guanglu 馬祖道一禪師廣錄, Yunmen Kuangzhen chanshi guanglu 雲門匡眞禪師廣錄, etc. [Ockbae Chun]
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    [Dictionary References]

    Bukkyō jiten (Ui) 292

    Bulgyo sajeon 572a

    Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.) 362c

    Iwanami bukkyō jiten 284

    Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha) 87a/96

    Zenrin shōkisen (Mujaku Dōchū) 605/599

    Record of Linji: Rinzairoku (Yanagida) 33-4

    Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi) 172

    Zen Dust (Sasaki) 347, 367, 413

    Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga) 10-P6

    Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura) 384d

    Fo Guang Dictionary 5916

    Ding Fubao {Digital Version}

    Bukkyō daijiten (Mochizuki) (v.1-6)1391a

    Bukkyō daijiten (Oda) 577-1

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    Entry created: 2007-09-04

    Updated: 2009-08-19