Difference between revisions of "Independent of words or writing"
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[[不立文字]] (Jpn [[furyu-monji]] ) | [[不立文字]] (Jpn [[furyu-monji]] ) | ||
| − | Also, no [[dependence]] on words or [[writing]], not expressed in words or [[writing]]. It often accompanies the [[phrase]] "a separate [[transmission]] outside the [[sutras]]." Both are attributed to [[Bodhidharma]], the founder of the {{Wiki|Chinese}} [[Zen]] ([[Ch'an]]) school. They express the school's [[teaching]] that the [[Buddha's]] [[enlightenment]] has been transmitted from [[mind]] to [[mind]], {{Wiki|independent}} of words or [[writing]], and that [[enlightenment]] is [[attained]] not through the study of [[Buddhist scriptures]] but through [[meditation]] alone. | + | |
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| + | Also, no [[dependence]] on words or [[writing]], not expressed in words or [[writing]]. It often accompanies the [[phrase]] "a separate [[transmission]] outside the [[sutras]]." Both are attributed to [[Bodhidharma]], the founder of the {{Wiki|Chinese}} [[Zen]] ([[Ch'an]]) school. | ||
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| + | They express the school's [[teaching]] that the [[Buddha's]] [[enlightenment]] has been transmitted from [[mind]] to [[mind]], {{Wiki|independent}} of words or [[writing]], and that [[enlightenment]] is [[attained]] not through the study of [[Buddhist scriptures]] but through [[meditation]] alone. | ||
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Revision as of 12:49, 26 December 2023
independent of words or writing
不立文字 (Jpn furyu-monji )
Also, no dependence on words or writing, not expressed in words or writing. It often accompanies the phrase "a separate transmission outside the sutras." Both are attributed to Bodhidharma, the founder of the Chinese Zen (Ch'an) school.
They express the school's teaching that the Buddha's enlightenment has been transmitted from mind to mind, independent of words or writing, and that enlightenment is attained not through the study of Buddhist scriptures but through meditation alone.
