筠州洞山悟本禪師語錄 1.101

1.101

有人舉問一僧云：「鹽官會下有一主事僧，忽見一鬼使來追。僧告云：『某甲身為主事，未暇修行，乞容七日得否？』使曰：『待為白王，若許即七日後來，不然須臾便至。』言訖不見。至七日後復來覓其僧，了不可得。若被覓著時，如何抵擬他？」師代曰：「被他覓得也。」

Someone raised a question to a monk: "Under Yanguan's assembly, there was an administrator monk who suddenly saw a ghost-messenger coming to arrest him. The monk pleaded, saying, 'As an administrator, I have not had leisure to practice; may I beg for a delay of seven days?' The messenger said, 'I will wait to report to the king. If he permits, I will come after seven days; if not, I will arrive in a moment.' Having spoken, he disappeared. When seven days had passed, he came again to look for the monk, but could not find him at all. If you were found by him, how would you resist him?" The Master said in his place, "He has already been found by him."