泥佛不渡水 ní fó bù dù shuǐ

ní fó bù dù shuǐ set phrase a mud Buddha cannot pass through water
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School
Notes: Quote: a phrase used in Koan 96 of the 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 418; T 2003, scroll 10; FGDB '泥佛不渡水')