佛祖歷代通載 3.91

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（三十二　甲寅）　第九祖伏馱密多者。提迦國人。姓毘舍羅。既受佛陀難提傳囑。後至中印度行化。時有長者香蓋。携一子而來瞻禮尊者曰。此子處胎六十年。因號難生。復甞會一仙者。謂此兒非凡。當為法器。令遇尊者。可令出家。祖即與落髮授戒。羯磨之際祥光燭座。仍感舍利三十粒現前。自此精進忘疲。既而師告之曰。如來大法眼藏今傳於汝。汝護念之。乃說偈曰。真理本無名。因名顯真理。受得真實法。非真亦非偽。尊者傳法已。即入滅盡三昧而般涅槃。眾以香油旃檀闍維真體。收舍利建塔于。那爛陀寺即敬王三十三年甲寅歲。

(32. Jiayin) The ninth patriarch, Buddhamitra, was a native of the country of Dighe, of the Vaiśāla clan. Having received the transmission and entrustment from Buddhanandi, he later traveled and taught in Central India. At that time, an elder named Xianggao arrived leading a son to look upon and pay homage to the Venerable One, saying, "This child remained in the womb for sixty years, and is therefore named Nansheng (Hard to Bear). I also once met an immortal who said that this child was extraordinary and would become a Dharma vessel, and that upon meeting the Venerable One, he should be allowed to leave home." The patriarch immediately shaved his hair and conferred the precepts. At the time of the karmavācanā, auspicious light illuminated the seat, and thirty relics miraculously appeared before them. From then on, he advanced vigorously, forgetting fatigue. Later the master addressed him, saying, "The Tathāgata's great treasury of the eye of the Dharma I now transmit to you; protect and mind it." He then spoke a gāthā, saying: "True principle is originally nameless; / by means of names, true principle is revealed. / When one receives the true and real Dharma, / it is neither true nor false." Having transmitted the Dharma, the Venerable One entered the samādhi of cessation and attained parinirvāṇa. The assembly cremated his true body with scented oil and sandalwood, collected the relics, and built a stūpa at Nālandā Monastery. This was the thirty-third year of King Jing, the jiayin year.