佛祖歷代通載 3.44

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（十六）　第三祖商那和修。摩突羅國人也。亦名舍那婆斯。姓毘舍多。父林勝。母憍奢邪。在胎六年而生。梵云商諾迦。此云自然服。即西域九枝秀草名也。若羅漢聖人降生。則此草生於淨地。祖生時瑞草斯應。昔如來行化至摩突羅國。見一青林枝葉茂盛。語阿難曰。此林地名優留茶。吾滅度後一百年。有比丘商那和修。於此地轉妙法輪。後百歲果誕祖。出家證道。受慶喜尊者法眼化導有情。及止此林降二火龍歸順佛教。龍因施地以建梵宮。祖化緣既久。思傳正法。尋於吒利國。得優波毱多。以為給侍。因問毱多曰。汝年幾邪。答曰。我年十七。祖曰。汝身十七性十七耶。答曰。師髮已白。為髮白耶心白耶。祖曰。我但髮白。非心白耳。曰我身十七。非性十七也。和修知是法器。三載後遂為落髮受具。乃告曰。昔如來以無上正法眼藏傳囑迦葉。展轉相授而至於我。我今傳汝。勿令斷絕。汝受吾教。聽吾偈言。非法亦非心。無心亦無法。說是心法時。是法非心法。說偈已即隱於罽賓國南象白山中。後於三昧中見弟子毱多有五百徒眾。常多懈慢。祖乃往彼現龍奮迅三昧。以調伏之。而說偈曰。通達非彼此。至聖無長短。汝除輕慢意。疾得阿羅漢。五百比丘聞偈已。依教奉行皆獲無漏。祖乃作十八變。火光三昧用焚其身。毱多收舍利。葬於梵迦羅山。五百比丘各。

(16) The Third Patriarch, Śāṇavāsa, was a native of the kingdom of Mathurā; he was also named Śāṇakavāsa. His clan was the Vaiśya; his father was Linsheng, and his mother was Jiaośeyā. He was in the womb for six years before being born. In Sanskrit, he is called Śāṇaka, which here is translated as 'Naturally Clothed'; it is the name of an auspicious nine-branched plant of the Western Regions. When an arhat or sage descends to be born, this plant grows on pure ground; when the patriarch was born, this auspicious plant appeared in response. In the past, when the Tathāgata was traveling and converting beings, he arrived in the kingdom of Mathurā. Seeing a lush green grove with dense foliage, he said to Ānanda: 'This forest ground is named Urumuṇḍa. One hundred years after my extinction, there will be a bhikṣu named Śāṇavāsa who will turn the wondrous wheel of the Dharma in this place.' A hundred years later, the patriarch was indeed born. He went forth from home, realized the Way, and received the Dharma-eye from the Venerable Ānanda to teach and guide sentient beings. When he stayed in this grove, he subdued two fire dragons, who took refuge in the Buddha's teaching; the dragons then donated the land to build a monastery. Having taught for a long time, the patriarch thought of transmitting the correct Dharma. Soon, in the kingdom of Dārika, he found Upagupta and took him as his personal attendant. He asked Gupta: 'How old are you?' He replied: 'I am seventeen.' The patriarch asked: 'Is your body seventeen, or is your nature seventeen?' He replied: 'Master, your hair is already white; is your hair white, or is your mind white?' The patriarch said: 'Only my hair is white, not my mind.' Gupta said: 'My body is seventeen, not my nature.' Śāṇavāsa knew he was a vessel of the Dharma, and three years later shaved his head and gave him the full ordination. He then told him: 'In the past, the Tathāgata entrusted the unsurpassed treasury of the correct Dharma-eye to Kāśyapa; it was transmitted step-by-step until reaching me. I now transmit it to you; do not let it be broken off. Receive my instruction and listen to my verse: It is not Dharma, nor is it mind; / There is no mind, nor is there Dharma. / When this mind and Dharma are spoken of, / This Dharma is not the Dharma of mind.' After speaking the verse, he concealed himself in Mount Elephant White, south of the kingdom of Kaśmīra. Later, in samādhi, he saw that his disciple Gupta had five hundred followers who were frequently indolent and conceited. The patriarch then went there and manifested the Dragon-Vigorous Samādhi to subdue them, reciting a verse saying: 'Thorough penetration knows neither self nor other; / The supreme sage has no length or shortness. / If you eliminate haughty minds, / You will swiftly attain arhatship.' Having heard the verse, the five hundred bhikṣus practiced according to the teaching, and all attained freedom from outflows. The patriarch then performed the eighteen transformations and used the Fire-Radiance Samādhi to incinerate his body. Gupta collected the relics and buried them on Mount Bhāṅgāra. The five hundred bhikṣus each...