Flower Smile - Nengemishou

Japanese: 拈華微笑 - ねんげみしょう
Flower Smile - Nengemishou

In Zen Buddhism, this is a story about the transmission of the Buddhist teachings by Shakyamuni (Shaka) and his disciple Kashyapa. When Shakyamuni held up a lotus flower to show the crowd on Mount Vulture Peak, the crowd all fell silent, except for Kashyapa, who smiled. Shakyamuni then conveyed the Buddhist truth of "Shobogenzo Nehan Myoshin, Jisso Musou Mimyohomon" to Kashyapa. This story first appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty false sutra "Daibonten no Mon Butsuketsugikyo" (The Great Brahma King Asks the Buddha to Determine Doubt), but was widely used in Zen Buddhism after the Song Dynasty to support the claim of "Ishin denshin furyu monji" (the ability to communicate with the mind without relying on words). It explains that the teachings of Shakyamuni cannot be grasped through intellectual discrimination.

[Nobuo Ishii]

[Reference item] | Ishindenshin | Fudatemoji

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

禅宗で、釈尊(しゃくそん)(釈迦(しゃか))と弟子の迦葉(かしょう)の付法(仏法の伝授)の物語をいう。釈尊が霊鷲山(りょうじゅせん)で蓮華(れんげ)をかざして大衆に示したとき、大衆はみな黙ってしまったが、ただ迦葉だけはにっこりほほえんだ。そこで釈尊は「正法眼蔵涅槃妙心(しょうぼうげんぞうねはんみょうしん)、実相無相微妙法門(じっそうむそうみみょうほうもん)」の仏教の真理を迦葉に伝えたとする話。北宋(ほくそう)代の偽経『大梵天王問仏決疑経(だいぼんてんのうもんぶつけつぎきょう)』に初めてみえる話であるが、宋代以降の禅宗で盛んに用いて、「以心伝心不立文字(いしんでんしんふりゅうもんじ)」の主張を根拠づける話とした。釈尊の教えが、知識分別では把握できないものであることを説いたものである。

[石井修道]

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