止觀輔行傳弘決 1.26

1.26

"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.