Stripped free of flesh and hide,
All that remains is the core of truth*.
Han-shan, AKA Cold Mountain. *see comments
Returning To The Core – Day Four
Stripped free of flesh and hide,
All that remains is the core of truth*.
Han-shan, AKA Cold Mountain. *see comments
*When a monk asked the Zen Master Ma-tsu what enlightenment he had achieved, he replied,
Stripping away all flesh and hide, I have only a single truth.
(Ma-tsu yu-lu, in Ssu-chia yu-lu.)
The translation I’ve been using is by Burton Watson, published by Columbia University Press, 1970.