如にょ是ぜ我が聞もん

noun

thus I hear; these ears have heard

A set phrase from Buddhist sutras, traditionally placed at the beginning to indicate the words were heard directly from the Buddha. Used as a yojijukugo in Japanese.

• 経きょう典てんの冒ぼう頭とうには「如にょ是ぜ我が聞もん」と記しるされている。

  At the beginning of the sutra, it is written, 'Thus I have heard.'