六祖大師法寶壇經 1.25

1.25

「秀書偈了，便却歸房，人總不知。秀復思惟：『五祖明日見偈歡喜，即我與法有緣；若言不堪，自是我迷，宿業障重，不合得法。』聖意難測，房中思想，坐臥不安，直至五更。祖已知神秀入門未得，不見自性。

"Having written the verse, Xiu returned straight to his room, and no one knew of it. Xiu reflected again: 'If the Fifth Patriarch sees the verse tomorrow and is pleased, then I have affinity with the Dharma; if he says it is unworthy, it is of myself that I am deluded, my past karmic hindrances being heavy, and I ought not receive the Dharma.' The mind of the holy one being hard to fathom, he pondered in his room, restless whether sitting or lying down, right through until the fifth watch. The Patriarch already knew that Shenxiu had not entered the gate and had not seen his svabhāva.