Definition of 不立文字 (ふりゅうもんじ)

ふりゅうもんじ

不立文字

ふりゅうもんじ

furyuumonji

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Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment, Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters, Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism)(yojijukugo)
Other readings:
不立文字【ふりつもんじ】
Related Kanji
不 negative, non-, bad, ugly, clumsy
立 stand up, rise, set up, erect
文 sentence, literature, style, art, decoration, figures, plan, literary radical (no. 67)
字 character, letter, word, section of village