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The Old
Woman Washing Intestines
•Guru's
Talk•
Translated
and Edited by True Buddha Foundation Translation Team
(from TBN # 480, True Buddha Wisdom Sword Discourse)
In my retreat at Leaf Lake, whenever I have free time, I
meditate and enter into the state of samadhi. Once, during
samadhi, I felt myself entering a great mountain. This
mountain was not just an ordinary one. The wind blowing from
it carried a delightful incense fragrance from the forests
filled with scented nan-tan trees. This mountain also had
shining lights, in different shapes and sizes, some as big as
car tires, some the size of lotus flowers, and some as small
as peas. These lights were flying here and there on the
mountain. During this spiritual travel, I crossed what was
like a city gate into a solemn place. My body and soul felt
pure and wonderful. It was the best, the most wonderful
feeling.
At the foot of this mountain, I saw pure water flowing along
and around the mountain. This water was also not just ordinary
water. Indeed, it was the holy water from heaven and it
surrounded this mountain.
Just then, I saw an old woman by the water, washing something
with a washing board. My heart was very curious. This land was
a heavenly realm, where the celestial beings dressed in
celestial clothes which would never get dirty—why would
washing be needed?
I walked forward to find out what the old woman was washing. I
felt great shock at what I saw—the old woman was washing human
intestines, which contained clump after clump of rotting
material. There was a big difference between the awful stench
from this and the delightful sandalwood fragrance from the nan-tan
trees.
I wanted to vomit from the smell.
The old woman turned around and looked at me, but showed no
surprise. She was counting the things that she was washing and
scraping off, saying,
“This is a piece of self-arrogance.”
“This is a piece of jealousy.”
“This is a piece of slander.”
“This is a piece of …”
I covered my nose and asked, “Grand lady, whose intestines are
you washing?”
The old woman looked at me very seriously and made no reply.
She pointed to my side. I looked beside me and was
dumbfounded. My eyes opened wide and my mouth dropped open.
One of my disciples whom I knew quite well had appeared. His
stomach was cut wide open and his intestines were dropping
out. The old woman was washing the intestines of my dear
disciple.
I almost fainted.
The old woman said, “If one wishes to attain Buddhahood in
this body, then all the sinful karma committed in the past
must be well cleansed, otherwise, the bad habits will not be
removed completely, one will still have leakage, and the body
will thus stink. What kind of Buddha would one become? Stinky
Stench Buddha? You should take strong warning from this and
admonish your disciples.”
“Grand lady, who are you?” I asked.
Just then, the old woman transformed herself and walked toward
the sky, wearing a phoenix crown on her head, a cape adorned
with the colours of a sunset, and holding a heavenly peach in
her left hand and a holy duster in her right hand—she was the
one and only Golden Mother of the Jade Pond, the queen of the
immortals.
I paid homage to Golden Mother and my tears poured down like
rain.
Golden Mother said, “Once cleansed, then all is well. What is
there to weep about?”
I was shaken by this and I came out from my samadhi
meditation.
My eyes were still filled with tears of gratitude, and after
that, I knew that I am no one [compared with Golden Mother].
(the end)
《本文譯自真佛報第480期頭版師尊「真佛論劍」文章「洗刮腸子的老婆婆」》
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