南顿北渐 (南頓北漸) nán dùn běi jiàn

nán dùn běi jiàn phrase the South is sudden and the North is gradual
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan
Notes: A comment on the two forms of enlightment of the Chan School 二悟, namely sudden englightenment 顿悟, as taught in the North, and gradual enlightenment 渐悟, as taught in the South (Chen and Li, 2005, p. 87)

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 9 Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 景德傳燈錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
• Scroll 3 Shi Shi Ji Gu Lue 釋氏稽古略 — count: 1
• Scroll 16 Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載 — count: 1

Collocations

• 曰南顿北渐 (曰南頓北漸) 曰南頓北漸 — Fo Zu Lidai Tong Zai 佛祖歷代通載, Scroll 16 — count: 2