佛祖歷代通載 3.56

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（二十一　己丑）　第五祖提多迦者。摩伽陀國人。初生之時。父夢金日自屋而出照耀天地。前有大山諸寶嚴飾。山頂泉湧滂沱四流。後遇毱多尊者。為解之曰。寶山者。吾身也。泉湧者。法無盡也。日從屋出者。汝今入道之相也。照耀天地者。汝智慧超越也。尊者本名香眾。師因易今名焉。梵語提多迦。此云通真量也。多迦聞師說已。歡喜踊躍而唱偈言。巍巍七寶山。常出智慧泉。迴為真法味。能度諸有緣。毱多尊者亦說偈曰。我法傳於汝。當現大智慧。金日從屋出。照耀於天地。提多迦聞師妙偈設禮奉持。後至中印度。彼國有八千大仙。彌遮迦為首。聞尊者至率眾瞻禮。謂尊者曰。昔與師同生梵天。我遇阿私陀仙人授我仙法。師逢十力弟子修習禪那。自此報分殊塗已經六劫。尊者曰。支離累劫誠哉不虛。今可捨邪歸正以入佛乘。彌遮迦曰。昔阿私陀仙人授我記云。汝却後六劫。當遇同學獲無漏果。今也相遇。非宿緣邪。願師慈悲今我解脫。尊者即度出家命聖授戒。餘仙眾始生我慢。尊者示大神通。於是俱發菩提心一時出家。乃告彌遮迦曰。昔如來以大法眼藏密傳迦葉。展轉相授而至於我。我今傳汝。當護念之。乃說偈曰。通達本法心。無法無非法。悟了同未悟。無心亦無法。說偈踊身虛空作十八變。火光三昧自焚其軀。彌遮迦與八千比丘。同收舍利於班茶山中起塔供養。即莊王五年己丑歲也。

(Year 21, jichou) The Fifth Patriarch was Dhītika, a native of the kingdom of Magadha. At the time of his birth, his father dreamed that a golden sun came out of the house and illuminated heaven and earth. In front of it was a great mountain adorned with various gems, and from the mountain summit a spring gushed forth, overflowing and streaming in all four directions. Later, encountering the venerable Gupta, [the master] interpreted it for him, saying: "The jeweled mountain is my body. The gushing spring is the inexhaustible Dharma. The sun emerging from the house is the sign of your now entering the Way. Illuminating heaven and earth is your transcendent wisdom." The venerable one's original name was Gandhahastin; the master changed it to his present name on this account. In Sanskrit it is Dhītika; here it means "penetrating the authentic measure." Having heard the master's explanation, Dhītika leaped with joy and chanted a verse: "The lofty mountain of seven treasures / constantly produces the spring of wisdom; / turning it into the flavor of the true Dharma, / it can liberate all who have affinity." The venerable Gupta also spoke a verse: "My Dharma is transmitted to you; / you will manifest great wisdom. / The golden sun comes out of the house, / illuminating heaven and earth." Hearing his master's marvelous verse, Dhītika made prostrations and upheld it. Later he went to Central India. In that kingdom there were eight thousand great ṛṣis, with Miccaka as their leader. Hearing that the venerable one had arrived, he led the assembly to pay homage and said to the venerable one: "In the past I was born together with you, Master, in the Brahmā heaven. I encountered the ṛṣi Asita, who taught me the methods of the ṛṣis; you met a disciple of the Daśabala and practiced dhyāna. From that point on, our karmic retributions took different paths, and six kalpas have already passed." The venerable one said, "Wandering dispersed through accumulated kalpas—this is indeed true and not false. Now you may abandon the heterodox, return to the correct, and enter the Buddha vehicle." Miccaka said, "Formerly the ṛṣi Asita gave me a prophecy, saying: 'After six kalpas, you will meet a fellow student and obtain the taintless fruit.' Meeting now—is this not past karmic connection? May you, Master, have compassion and liberate me now." The venerable one then ordained him and commanded the holy ones to confer the precepts. The other ṛṣis at first gave rise to pride, but the venerable one displayed great supernatural powers; thereupon they all generated the bodhicitta and went forth together at once. He then told Miccaka: "Formerly the Tathāgata secretly transmitted the Great Dharma Eye Treasury to Kāśyapa, and it was sequentially handed down until it reached me. I now transmit it to you; you must protect and keep it in mind." He then spoke a verse: "Penetrating the original Dharma-mind, / there is neither Dharma nor non-Dharma. / Having awakened, it is identical to not having awakened; / there is neither mind nor Dharma." Having spoken the verse, he leaped into the air, performed eighteen transformations, and consumed his body in the fire-radiance samādhi. Miccaka, together with the eight thousand bhikṣus, collected the relics and erected a stūpa in Mount Pañca to make offerings. This was the fifth year of King Zhuang, the jichou year.