淘米去沙 táo mǐ qù shā

táo mǐ qù shā phrase washing sand out of rice
Domain: Buddhism 佛教 , Subdomain: Chan , Concept:
Notes: Quote: from koan 5 of 碧巖錄 “Blue Cliff Record” (Amies 2021 tr.; see also Ch’ung-hsien, K’o-ch’in, and Thomas F. Cleary trans. 1998, p. 37; T 2003, Scroll 1)