冷れい暖だん自じ知ち

expression

spiritual enlightenment only comes through personal experience

A Buddhist yojijukugo meaning that true understanding, especially spiritual awakening, cannot be conveyed by words alone; one must experience it directly.

• 禅ぜんの教おしえは冷れい暖だん自じ知ちで、言こと葉ばでは伝つたえきれない。

  Zen teachings are a matter of personal realization; words cannot fully convey them.