佛祖歷代通載 3.28

3.28

（甲子辛未　二九）　佛說金光明并法華等經于靈山會上。是年世尊拈花示眾。百萬人天皆茫然。唯金色頭陀破顏微笑。世尊曰。吾有正法眼藏涅槃妙心實相無相微妙法門。分付於汝。汝當護持。并勅阿難副貳傳化。聽吾偈曰。法本法無法。無法法亦法。今付無法時。法法何曾法。爾時世尊說此偈已。復告迦葉。吾將金縷僧伽黎傳付於汝。轉授補處慈氏。毋令斷絕（拈花一事荊國王公對佛惠禪師泉萬卷言。親見於梵王問佛經中。具載。但此經多言國家帝王之事。藏之祕府。世故罕聞）。

(Jiazi, Xinwei; 29) The Buddha preached such scriptures as the *Suvarṇaprabhāsa* and the *Saddharmapuṇḍarīka* at the Vulture Peak assembly. In this year, the Bhagavān held up a flower to show the assembly; millions of humans and devas were entirely bewildered, and only the Golden Ascetic broke into a subtle smile. The Bhagavān said: 'I have the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye, the marvelous mind of nirvāṇa, the formless true form, the subtle and marvelous Dharma gate. I entrust it to you; you must protect and uphold it, and I order Ānanda to assist you in transmitting and transforming [sentient beings]. Listen to my verse: / The Dharma that is the fundamental Dharma is no-dharma; / The no-dharma Dharma is also Dharma. / Now when the no-dharma is entrusted, / How has the Dharma of dharmas ever been a Dharma?' Having spoken this verse, the Bhagavān further said to Kāśyapa: 'I transmit and entrust to you the golden-threaded saṃghāṭī robe, to be passed on in turn to the next in rank, the Benevolent One [Maitreya]; do not let it be broken off.' (Regarding holding up the flower, the Duke of Jingguo, Wang [Anshi], said to Chan Master Fo Hui, Quan Wanjuan, that he personally saw it fully recorded in the *Sūtra of the Brahmā King Inquiring of the Buddha*. However, because this scripture speaks much of the affairs of the state and rulers, it was kept in the secret imperial archives, and therefore the world rarely heard of it.)