香林西来意 (香林西來意) xiānglín xīlái yì

xiānglín xīlái yì set phrase Xianglin's purpose for coming West
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept: Koan 公案
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Chan literature, the title of the No. 17 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. 99; FGDB '香林西來意'; T 2003, Scroll 2)