Definition
Reading: Kobokuri no Ryugin
枯木裏の龍吟 (Koboku-ri-no-ryugin) is a metaphor. It means to hear a dragon's voice inside a dead tree. It means to find life in the middle of death. Its antonym is 棺木裏の瞠眼 (Kankoku-ri-no-dogen). Kankoku-ri-no-dogen is a metaphor. It appears in Zen books often. It means that a dead person opens his eyes in a coffin.
The reading is based on books from the Taisho period.
Kato Totsudo (Trans. & Ann.). (1913). Wayaku Hekiganroku Shōchū [Japanese Translation of the Blue Cliff Record with Detailed Notes]. Toado Shobo.
