佛果圜悟禪師碧巖錄 3.43

3.43

Xuedou brought forth his eulogy responding to the dynamic: within the lines there is a way of escape. "In the light of the kalpa-fire he sets up the question's premise; / Patch-robed monks are still obstructed by the double barrier." Where this monk asked, he harbored "destroyed" and "not destroyed" in advance—this is the double barrier. If one is an attained person, saying "destroyed" also has an escape; saying "not destroyed" also has an escape. "Pitiable is the single phrase, 'It goes along with it'— / In vain across ten thousand leagues he journeys back and forth alone." This eulogises this monk taking this question to Touzi, and then returning to Dasui: it can indeed be called "in vain across ten thousand leagues."