靈山會上迦葉尊者得道之相也。見拈花微笑條。
To break into a smile, the mark of Kāśyapa's enlightenment when Buddha announced on Vulture Peak that he had a teaching which was propagated from mind to mind, a speech taken as authoritative by the Institutional School.
一破顏微笑 釋尊於靈山會上拈金波羅華，瞬目示眾，眾皆不解其意，唯摩訶迦葉破顏微笑，故釋尊傳予正法眼藏涅槃妙心；後代之禪家遂以「世尊拈華」、「破顏微笑」等語表示證契默通之狀態。（參閱「拈華微笑」4105）p5346