- Traditional Chinese 鎖國 Simplified Chinese 锁国
Literal meaning locked (closed)
country Biguan Suoguo Traditional Chinese 閉關鎖國 Simplified Chinese 闭关锁国
Literal meaning...
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Eminent Monks,
mentions a
practice of Bodhidharma's
termed "wall-gazing" (壁觀
bìguān). Both
Tanlin and
Daoxuan ****ociate this "wall-gazing" with "quieting [the]...
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practice is time-consuming, it was also
often done in
solitary retreats called biguan,
which could last years.
Copying the
entire sutra (or p****ages from the...
- Qui lai ST-30 氣沖
Qichong Qi
Surge qì chōng gi
chung 기충 Khí xung ST-31 髀關
Biguan Thigh Gate bì guān bi gwan 비관 Bễ quan ST-32 伏兔 ****u
Crouching Rabbit fú...
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World War and the
sufferings in China,
Taixu went into
seclusion (閉關/闭关
bìguān) on
Putuoshan for
three years from
October 1914.
Until his
death Taixu worked...
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endless regression of
ordinary consciousness."
Regarding the
meaning of
biguan, or "wall contemplation," a
practice famously attributed to Bodhidharma...
- the "entrance of principle" entailed. The
phrase "wall contemplation,"
biguan, is not explicated.
Later tradition graphically depicted it as practicing...
- the "entrance of principle" entailed. The
phrase "wall contemplation,"
biguan, is not
directly explicated,
though it is
commonly used in
Buddhist and...
