語話分

Readings

Pinyin: yǔhuàfēn

Wade-Giles: yü-hua-fen

Hangul: 어화분

Korean MC: eohwabun

Korean MR: ŏhwabun

Katakana: ゴワブン

Hepburn: gowabun

the qualification for uttering true words

• The capacity to discourse on the Buddhadharma. 〔洞山語錄; 景德傳燈錄; 三家龜鑑 HBJ 7.620b9〕 Yokoi: "I have realized the realm beyond the Buddha, so I can make a slight speech about it." (Dentō-roku, 15).[resp. cmuller; source(s): Yokoi, Nakamura]

Dictionary References:

Bukkyō jiten (Ui), 292

Zengaku daijiten (Komazawa U.), 362d

Japanese-English Zen Buddhist Dictionary (Yokoi), 178

Bukkyōgo daijiten (Nakamura), 385a

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