止觀輔行傳弘決 1.26

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「法付彌遮迦」，迦滅，「法付佛駄難提，提付佛駄蜜多。」上二尊者，傳中緣起其事亦寡。多十二年自持赤旛在王前行，王問：「何人？」答曰：「智人。」問：「求何等？」答：「求捔論。」王乃設會廣集論師，淺者一言、深者至再。王論亦屈，乞受三歸。一婆羅門善知算法，多蜜加之。其言：「佛無神。」多云：「得罪。」不信，算之，即知墮獄，即歸信佛。多蜜加之，其知生天。入滅移屍，象挽不動；樹下燒身，身灰樹翠。

"The Dharma was transmitted to Miccaka." When Miccaka passed away, "The Dharma was transmitted to Buddhanandi; Buddhanandi transmitted it to Buddhamitra." For these two venerables, the accounts of their conditions in the biographical records are also scarce. Buddhamitra for twelve years himself carried a red banner and walked before the king. The king asked: "What kind of person are you?" He replied: "A wise person." He asked: "What do you seek?" He replied: "I seek to debate." The king then hosted an assembly and extensively gathered debaters; to the shallow, he spoke one word, and to the profound, up to two words. The king's arguments were also refuted, and he begged to receive the three refuges. There was a brahmin who was skilled in the art of divination and calculation, to whom Buddhamitra showed compassion. He said: "The Buddha has no spiritual power." Buddhamitra said: "You incur guilt." Not believing it, he calculated it and immediately knew he would fall into hell, whereupon he took refuge and believed in the Buddha. Buddhamitra showed him compassion, and he knew he would be born in heaven. When he entered extinction and his corpse was moved, elephants pulled it but could not move it; when his body was cremated beneath a tree, his body turned to ashes while the tree remained verdant.