拨草瞻风 (撥草瞻風) bō cǎo zhān fēng

bō cǎo zhān fēng set phrase pulling up weeds seeking the Way
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept:
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in the No. 20 koan in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record”; refers to removing obstacles to spiritual progress (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 115; Ding '撥草瞻風'; FGDB '撥草瞻風'; SH '撥草瞻風'; T 2003, Scroll 2)