[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [佛祖統紀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035) › 5.7 # 佛祖統紀 5.7 佛祖統紀 5.7 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.5.7) 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. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.5.6) - [Next: 5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.5.8) - [Up: 5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.5) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035~en-mt.5.7) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2035.5.7) · Pramāṇa