从门入者不是家珍 (從門入者不是家珍) cóng mén rù zhě bùshì jiāzhēn

cóng mén rù zhě bùshì jiāzhēn set phrase what comes in the door isn’t the family treasure
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase mentioned in the No. 5 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. 37; FGDB '從門入者不是家珍'; T 2003, Scroll 1)

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  • Scroll 10 Lushan Lian Zong Bao Jian 廬山蓮宗寶鑑 — count: 1
  • Scroll 2 Quotations from Chan Master Fayan 法演禪師語錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 16 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 6 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1