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二祖阿難尊者　王舍城人也。姓剎帝利。白飯王之子。釋迦如來之從弟也。始名阿難陀。此云慶喜。亦名歡喜。如來成道之夕。生王之家大慶。且喜以故名之。投佛出家。多聞博達。智慧無礙。世尊以為總持第一。有大功德。受持法藏。如水傳器。乃命之以為侍者。至是垂入涅槃。至殑伽河。又念。先時所度弟子宜當來集。須臾五百羅漢自空而下。中有二羅漢。一曰商那和脩。一曰末田底迦。尊者知其皆大法器。而命之曰。昔如來以正法眼藏付大迦葉。迦葉入定而付於我。我今將滅。用傳汝等。汝受吾教當聽偈言。本來付有法。付了言無法。各各須自悟。悟了無無法。復謂商那和脩曰。汝善行化護持正法無令斷絕。謂末底迦曰。昔佛記云。滅度五百歲中當汝于罽賓國敷宣大法。後宜往之以興教化已。而尊者踊身虛空現十八變。入風奮迅三昧而滅分舍利。一分奉忉利天。一分奉娑竭羅龍宮。一分奉毘舍離王。一分奉阿闍世王。各起寶塔而供養之。當此周夷王之世也（正宗記）。

The Second Patriarch, the Venerable Ānanda, was a man of Rājagṛha. He belonged to the kṣatriya caste, was the son of King Śuklodana, and was the cousin of Śākyamuni Tathāgata. He was originally named Ānanda, which means "Celebrating Joy", and also "Joy". On the night the Tathāgata attained the Way, there was great celebration and joy in the king's household; hence he was named on that account. He went to the Buddha to renounce household life. He had heard much, was erudite, and had unobstructed wisdom. The World-Honoured One considered him foremost in dhāraṇī-retention, possessing great merit, receiving and upholding the Dharma treasury as water poured between vessels; he thus appointed him as his attendant. Arriving at this time when he was about to enter nirvāṇa, he came to the Gaṅgā River. He reflected that the disciples he had previously converted should assemble. In an instant, five hundred arhats descended from the sky. Among them were two arhats: one was Śāṇakavāsa, and the other was Madhyāntika. The Venerable One knew that they were both great vessels of the Dharma, and he instructed them, saying: "Formerly, the Tathāgata entrusted the treasury of the true Dharma eye to Mahākāśyapa; Kāśyapa entered meditative absorption and entrusted it to me. Now I am about to pass into extinction, and I transmit it to you. Receiving my instruction, you should listen to this verse:
'Originally I entrusted an existent Dharma;
Having entrusted it, I say there is no Dharma.
Each must awaken for oneself;
Having awakened, there is no non-Dharma.'"
He again spoke to Śāṇakavāsa: "Practice conversion well and protect and maintain the true Dharma, never allowing it to be severed." He spoke to Madhyāntika: "Formerly the Buddha predicted: 'Within five hundred years after my extinction, you will propagate the great Dharma in the country of Kaśmīra.' You should go there later to initiate teachings and conversions." Having spoken, the Venerable One leaped into the empty sky and manifested the eighteen transformations, entered the wind-swift samādhi, and passed into extinction. His relics were divided: one portion was offered to the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven, one portion was offered to the dragon palace of Sāgara, one portion was offered to the King of Vaiśālī, and one portion was offered to King Ajātaśatru. Each erected a jeweled stūpa to make offerings to them. This was during the era of King Yi of the Zhou (Zhengzong ji).