衲僧气概 (衲僧氣概) nàsēng qìgài

nàsēng qìgài phrase the spirit of a Chan monastic
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan , Concept:
Notes: Quote: from Koan 4 of 碧巖錄 “Blue Cliff Record” (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 35; T 2003, Scroll 1)