廓然无圣 (廓然無聖) kuòrán wúshèng

kuòrán wúshèng set phrase empty, there is nothing holy
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan School , Concept: Koan 公案
Notes: Quote: title of the No. 1 Koan and the answer given by Bodhidharma to Emperor Wu of Liang in 碧巖錄 ”The Blue Cliff Record” (retranslated from Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 11; Ding '廓然無聖'; FGDB '廓然無聖'; T 2003, Scroll 1)