The Zen Record

Liu Tiemo劉鐵磨

ChannunWoman in the recordAlso: Iron Grindstone Liu
School
Chan

A ninth-century nun who kept a hermitage near Guishan Lingyou and was called “Iron Grindstone”; the Blue Cliff Record says people named her so for the sharp edge of her long practice. Her exchange with Guishan is case 24 of that collection.

Sources

  • Xuedou Chongxian 雪竇重顯 (verses); Yuanwu Keqin 圜悟克勤 (commentary), Biyan lu 碧巖錄 (Blue Cliff Record) (1125), Taishō T.2003 · link
  • Daoyuan (comp.), Jingde chuandeng lu 景德傳燈錄 (1004), Taishō T.2076 · link

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