言端语端 (言端語端) yán duān yǔ duān

yán duān yǔ duān phrase words and speech are true
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan
Notes: Quote: referring to direct description of a subtle principle; from Koan 2 of 碧巖錄 “Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 21; T 2003, Scroll 1; FGDB '言端語端')