無門關 1.165

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無門曰。德山未出關時。心憤憤口悱悱。得得來南方。要滅却教外別傳之旨。及到澧州路上。問婆子買點心。婆云。大德車子內是甚麼文字。山云。金剛經抄疏。婆云。只如經中道。過去心不可得。見在心不可得。未來心不可得。大德要點那箇心。德山被者一問。直得口似匾檐。然雖如是。未肯向婆子句下死却。遂問婆子。近處有甚麼宗師。婆云。五里外有龍潭和尚。及到龍潭納盡敗闕。可謂是前言不應後語。龍潭大似憐兒不覺醜。見他有些子火種。郎忙將惡水。驀頭一澆澆殺。冷地看來一場好笑。

Wumen said: "Before Deshan had passed through the barrier, his mind was indignant and his mouth protested. Intentionally he came south, wanting to wipe out the tenet of the special transmission outside the teachings. When he reached the road in Lizhou, he asked an old woman to buy refreshments. The old woman said, 'Great Worthy, what writings are in your cart?' Deshan said, 'Commentaries on the Vajracchedikā-sūtra.' The old woman said, 'The sūtra says: past mind cannot be grasped, present mind cannot be grasped, and future mind cannot be grasped. Which mind does the Great Worthy wish to refresh?' Confronted by this single question, Deshan's mouth was like a flat carrying-pole. Although this was so, he refused to die under the old woman's phrase. He then asked the old woman, 'What master is nearby?' The old woman said, 'Five li away is Upādhyāya Longtan.' When he arrived at Longtan, he laid bare all his defeat; it may be said that his former words did not match his later words. Longtan was very much like someone loving a child without noticing its ugliness: seeing that Deshan had a little spark of fire, in haste he poured foul water right over his head to douse it completely. Viewed from a cold distance, it is truly laughable!"