本来无一物 (本來無一物) běnláiwúyīwù

běnláiwúyīwù phrase Originally not a thing existed
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: (Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Cleary trans. 1998, p. 6; T 2003, Scroll 1; FGDB '本來無一物'; SH '本來無一物', p. 189)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

  • Scroll 22 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 2
  • Scroll 15 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 2 , has English translation
  • Scroll 1 Quotations from Chan Master Wu Ben from Dongshan, Yunzhou 筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 — count: 2
  • Scroll 2 Sanjiao Ping Xin Lun 三教平心論 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 Zhu Huayan Jing Ti Fajie Guan Men Song 註華嚴經題法界觀門頌 — count: 1
  • Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 3 Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 3 Hong Zhi Chan Shi Guang Lu 宏智禪師廣錄 — count: 1
  • Scroll 31 Zong Jing Lu 宗鏡錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
  • Scroll 24 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation

Collocations

  • 直道本来无一物 (直道本來無一物) 直道本來無一物 — Quotations from Chan Master Wu Ben from Dongshan, Yunzhou 筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄, Scroll 1 — count: 5
  • 道本来无一物 (道本來無一物) 直饒道本來無一物 — Quotations from Chan Master Ming Jue 明覺禪師語錄, Scroll 3 — count: 2