大慧普覺禪師宗門武庫 1.78

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師一日到明月庵，見壁間畫髑髏，憑濟川有頌云：「屍在逗裏，其人何在，乃知一靈，不居皮袋。」師不肯，乃作一頌云：「即此形骸，便是其人，一靈皮袋，皮袋一靈。」

One day the Master arrived at Mingyue Hermitage and saw a skull painted on the wall. Feng Jichuan had inscribed a verse saying: 'The corpse is right here, / Where is the person? / Thus one knows the single spirit / Does not reside in the skin bag.' The Master did not approve and composed a verse saying: 'This very physical frame / Is that very person. / The single spirit is the skin bag; / The skin bag is the single spirit.'