不可说 (不可說) bù kě shuō

1. bù kě shuō phrase inexplicable
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
   Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
2. bù kě shuō phrase cannot be described
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教
   Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: anabhilapya, Tibetan: brjod du med pa (Edgerton 'anabhilapya', p. 20; Mahāvyutpatti 'anabhilāpyam'; SH '不可說', p. 105; Shan and Lian 2013, p. 54)

Contained in

• 物无义不可取 事非见不可说 人无善不可交 念非正不可动(物無義不可取 事非見不可說 人無善不可交 念非正不可動) Do not take what is wrongful. Do not speak of what you have not witnessed. Do not become acquainted with the unkind. Do not think of what is unwholesome.
• 因果二法不可说一异故(因果二法不可說一異故) because the two — the result and the cause — are indescribable as the same or different
• 诸法空不可说(諸法空不可說) dharmas are empty and cannot be described
• 四不可说(四不可說) the four indescribables

Also contained in

命不可说

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 45 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 374 , has English translation
• Scroll 29 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 336
• Scroll 294 The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經 — count: 117 , has parallel version
• Scroll 13 Mahāsaṃnipātasūtra (Great Compilation) 大方等大集經 — count: 106 , has parallel version
• Scroll 43 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 99 , has English translation
• Scroll 41 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 71 , has English translation
• Scroll 5 The Great Calming and Contemplation (Mohe Zhi Guan) 摩訶止觀 — count: 57 , has English translation
• Scroll 31 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 55
• Scroll 2 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 52
• Scroll 21 Avataṃsakasūtra (Flower Garland Sūtra) 大方廣佛華嚴經 — count: 49 , has English translation

Collocations

• 事故不可说 (事故不可說) 色無可說事故不可說 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 294 — count: 57
• 等不可说 (等不可說) 不善根等不可說 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 37 — count: 38
• 不可说义 (不可說義) 不可說義有增減不 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 329 — count: 38
• 中不可说 (中不可說) 勝義諦中不可說有因果差別 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 383 — count: 13
• 受不可说 (受不可說) 眼觸為緣所生諸受不可說故般若波羅蜜多清淨 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 294 — count: 12
• 界不可说 (界不可說) 耳界不可說故般若波羅蜜多清淨 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 294 — count: 8
• 虚空不可说 (虛空不可說) 虛空不可說故般若波羅蜜多清淨 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 295 — count: 6
• 法不可说 (法不可說) 於常無常乃至屬生死涅槃法不可說 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 37 — count: 6
• 不可说能 (不可說能) 則不可說能證無上正等菩提 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 341 — count: 6
• 证法不可说 (證法不可說) 我所證法不可說故 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 330 — count: 5