一斩一切斩 (一斬一切斬) yī zhǎn yīqiē zhǎn

yī zhǎn yīqiē zhǎn set phrase when one strand is cut all are cut
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Chan literature, for example in No. 19 koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record”; refers to cutting off all illusions (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 109; FGDB '一斬一切斬'; T 2003, Scroll 2)

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  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 2 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Fenyang Wude 汾陽無德禪師語錄 — count: 1