佛祖統紀 5.7

5.7

述曰。妙經言。世尊開顯大法迦葉領解。此付法之通義也。涅槃經言。佛告諸比丘。我今所有無上正法。悉已付囑迦葉。後分云。迦葉至佛棺所說偈。佛現雙足。阿難問經。佛將涅槃告迦葉言。當與四眾作大依止。此等諸文皆在涅槃。即付法之別義也。通則大眾皆獲領解。別則迦葉獨任住持。今涅槃付囑正當別義。是以祖祖相傳住持不斷也。有欲以法華領解為付法者。但得通意。

The commentary says: The Sublime Sūtra states that when the Bhagavat opened and revealed the Great Dharma, Kāśyapa comprehended it; this is the general sense of the transmission of the Dharma. The Nirvāṇa Sūtra states that the Buddha told the monks, 'The unsurpassed true Dharma that I now possess has all been entrusted to Kāśyapa.' The Latter Part states that when Kāśyapa arrived at the Buddha's coffin and spoke a verse, the Buddha manifested his two feet. When Ānanda inquired about the sūtras, the Buddha, on the verge of nirvāṇa, told Kāśyapa, 'You shall be a great refuge for the fourfold assembly.' All such passages appear in the Nirvāṇa [Sūtra], which is the specific sense of the transmission of the Dharma. In the general sense, the entire great assembly attained comprehension; in the specific sense, Kāśyapa alone took up the duty of upholding [the Dharma]. The present entrustment in the Nirvāṇa [Sūtra] precisely corresponds to the specific sense. For this reason, the patriarchs transmitted it one to another, upholding it without interruption. Those who wish to take the comprehension in the Lotus [Sūtra] as the transmission of the Dharma have grasped only the general meaning.