無一物

Readings

Pinyin: wú yī wù

Wade-Giles: wu-i-wu

Hangul: 무일물

Korean MC: mu ilmul

Korean MR: mu ilmul

Katakana: ムイチモツ

Katakana: いちもつなし

Hepburn: mu ichi motsu

Hepburn: ichi motsu nashi

vô nhất vật

not a single thing

• A famous line from the Platform Sutra 六祖壇經, referring to the empty character of existence. [resp. Charles Muller; source(s): JEBD, Yokoi]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 1031

Bulgyo sajeon, 227a

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 36b, 1200b

Japanese-English Buddhist Dictionary (Daitō shuppansha), 202a/225

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 468

Zengo jiten (Iriya and Koga), 16-P37

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 1314a

Ding Fubao

Bukkyō daijiten (Oda), 1691-3

Copyright © 2010 -- Charles Muller

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