不ふ立りゅう文もん字じ

expression

transmission outside the scriptures; spiritual awakening beyond words

A core Zen Buddhist concept: true enlightenment is transmitted directly from mind to mind, not through written texts or verbal explanation. Used as a fixed yojijukugo expression.

• 禅ぜん宗しゅうでは不ふ立りゅう文もん字じが重じゅう視しされる。

  In Zen Buddhism, transmission outside the scriptures is emphasized.

• 不ふ立りゅう文もん字じの教おしえは、言こと葉ばを超こえた理り解かいを求もとめる。

  The teaching of 'no dependence on words and letters' seeks understanding beyond language.