面壁九年 miànbì jiǔnián
miànbì jiǔnián
phrase
to sit facing the wall in meditation for nine years
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
, Subdomain: Chan
Notes: Refers to Bodhidharma meditating for nine years while facing a wall (FGDB '面壁九年')
Word is mentioned most frequently in
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- Scroll 12 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 22 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 5 Zhe Yi Lun 折疑論 — count: 1
- Scroll 3 Shi Shi Yao Lan 釋氏要覽 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 Quotations from Abbot Mi An 密菴和尚語錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 1 The Blue Cliff Record (Biyanlu) 佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 1 Wan Song Laoren Ping Chang Tian Tong Jue Heshang Song Gu Congrong An Lu 萬松老人評唱天童覺和尚頌古從容庵錄 — count: 1 , has English translation
- Scroll 7 Zi Men Jing Xun 緇門警訓 — count: 1
- Scroll 24 Supplement to Records of the Transmission of the Lamp 續傳燈錄 — count: 1
- Scroll 14 Quotations from Chan Master Yuanwu Foguo 圓悟佛果禪師語錄 — count: 1