呵佛骂祖 (呵佛罵祖) hē fó mà zǔ

hē fó mà zǔ set phrase scold the Buddhas and curse the patriarchs
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase mentioned in the No. 4 Koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 29; FGDB '呵佛罵祖'; T 2003, Scroll 1)

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  • Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 4 , has English translation
  • Scroll 15 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 7 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Whip for Spurring Students Onward Through the Chan Barrier Checkpoints (Changuan Cejin) 禪關策進 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 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: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 18 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 10 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 10 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 7 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 9 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1

Collocations

  • 呵佛骂祖去 (呵佛罵祖去) 呵佛罵祖去在 — Quotations from Chan Master Weishan Lingyou of Tanzhou 潭州溈山靈祐禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 5