泥佛不渡水 ní fó bù dù shuǐ
ní fó bù dù shuǐ
set phrase
a mud Buddha cannot pass through water
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
, Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Koan 96 of the 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 418; T 2003, scroll 10; FGDB '泥佛不渡水')
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Truncated for common words
- Scroll 10 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 3 , has English translation