祖意 zǔ yì

1. zǔ yì phrase Patriarch's Heart
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Fo Guang Shan
   Notes: (Glossary of Humanistic Buddhism)
2. zǔyì phrase the patriarch's purpose
   Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan
   Notes: See 祖師西來意 (FGDB '祖師西來意')

Contained in

• 搬柴运水明祖意 洗碗扫地悟禅心(搬柴運水明祖意 洗碗掃地悟禪心) Realize the Patriarch's intent through collecting wood and water; Attain the Chan mind through washing dishes and sweeping the ground.
• 青山含祖意 日月印禅心(青山含祖意 日月印禪心) Embodied in the green mountains, the Patriarch's heart; Reflected upon the sun and moon, the Chan mind.
• 西来祖意(西來祖意) The Patriarch's Intention in Coming to the West
• 青山含祖意 明月印禅心(青山含祖意 明月印禪心) Embodied in the green mountains, the Patriarch's heart; Reflected upon the bright moon, the Chan mind.
• 青山含祖意 绿水印禅心(青山含祖意 綠水印禪心) Embodied in the green mountains, the Patriarch's heart; Reflected upon the verdant water, the Chan mind.
• 须在个中寻祖意 谁知此地即灵山(須在個中尋祖意 誰知此地即靈山) Should one seek the Patriarch's heart elsewhere; Who is to tell that a place of spirituality is right here.

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 1 Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記 — count: 9
• Scroll 16 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 5 , has English translation
• Scroll 20 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 5
• Scroll 29 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
• Scroll 5 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
• Scroll 14 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 4
• Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄 — count: 3
• Scroll 6 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 3
• Scroll 12 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 3
• Scroll 21 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 3

Collocations

• 祖意教 (祖意教) 問祖意教意是同是別 — Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 29
• 问祖意 (問祖意) 問祖意教意是同是別 — Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 20
• 祖意西 (祖意西) 祖意西來願舉揚 — Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 15
• 意祖意 (意祖意) 問教意祖意是同是別 — Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄, Scroll 12 — count: 5
• 会祖意 (會祖意) 即會祖意 — The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch 六祖大師法寶壇經, Scroll 1 — count: 4
• 发明祖意 (發明祖意) 發明祖意之 — A Chronicle of Buddhism in China 佛祖統紀, Scroll 11 — count: 3
• 明祖意 (明祖意) 遂參雪竇頓明祖意 — Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄, Scroll 6 — count: 3
• 准祖意 (準祖意) 若準祖意例 — Si Fen Lu Xingshi Chao Zi Chi Ji 四分律行事鈔資持記, Scroll 1 — count: 2
• 立祖意 (立祖意) 從上立祖意 — Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載, Scroll 17 — count: 2
• 祖意佛 (祖意佛) 若將祖意佛 — Quotations from Chan Master Yunmen Kuangzhen 雲門匡真禪師廣錄, Scroll 1 — count: 2