虛堂和尚語錄 7.314

7.314

眾技爾為得，養生何所親，篋中三寸鐵，雲外一閑身。
黑白已無幾，修治轉失真，畏寒宜少伐，未愧舀溪人。

Among all the crafts, you have attained it; / For nurturing life, what is there to cling to? / Three inches of iron inside your case; / An idle body beyond the clouds. / Black and white are already few; / Trimming and grooming instead lose what is genuine. / Fearing the cold, one should cut less, / With no shame before the one ladling water from the creek.