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三祖商那和修尊者　摩突羅國人也。亦名舍那婆斯。姓毘舍多。父林勝。母嬌奢耶。在胎六年而生。梵語商諾迦此云自然服。即西域九枝秀草名也。若聖降生則此草生於淨潔之地。和修生時瑞草斯應。持法行化尋於吒利國。得優波毱多以為給侍。祖問之曰。汝年幾耶。毱多曰。我年十七。祖曰。汝身十七性十七耶。多曰。師髮已白。為髮白耶心白耶。祖曰。我但髮白。非心白也。多曰。我身十七非性十七。後三載遂為剃落授具。至是付以正法偈曰。非法亦非心。無心亦無法。說是心法時。是法非心法。付法已隱于罽賓國南象白山中。後於三昧中見弟子毱多有五百徒眾常多懈慢。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。五百比丘依教奉行。尊者乃現十八變火光三昧。用焚其身。毱多收舍利。葬於梵迦羅山。當此宣王之世也（正宗記）。

The Third Patriarch, the Venerable Śāṇakavāsa: A native of the state of Mathurā, also named Śāṇavāsa. His surname was Vaiśya; his father was Lin Sheng, and his mother was Jiao Sheye. He stayed in the womb for six years before being born. In Sanskrit, *śāṇaka* means 'naturally occurring garment'—that is, the name of a nine-branched auspicious plant in the Western Regions. When a sage descends into the world, this plant grows in a clean and pure place. When Śāṇakavāsa was born, this auspicious plant manifested in response. Upholding the Dharma and carrying out propagation, he reached the state of Cāritra, where he obtained Upagupta to be his attendant. The patriarch questioned him, saying, 'How old are you?' Upagupta said, 'I am seventeen years old.' The patriarch asked, 'Is your body seventeen, or is your nature seventeen?' Upagupta said, '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.' Upagupta said, 'My body is seventeen, not my nature.' After three years, the patriarch shaved his head and conferred full ordination on him. At that time, he transmitted the True Dharma to him with a verse: 'It is neither phenomena nor mind; / There is no mind, nor are there phenomena. / When speaking of this mind and phenomena, / These phenomena are not the phenomena of mind.' Having transmitted the Dharma, he went into seclusion on Mount Urumuṇḍa, south of Kaśmīra. Later, in samādhi, he saw that his disciple Upagupta had five hundred disciples who were frequently negligent and indolent. Thereupon he went there and manifested the Dragon-Sprint Samādhi to subdue them, speaking a verse: 'Understanding is neither this nor that; / The ultimate sage has no long or short. / Eliminate your slighting and arrogant thoughts, / And quickly attain arhatship.' The five hundred monks practiced according to his instruction. The Venerable One then manifested the eighteen transformations and the Fire-Radiance Samādhi to cremate his body. Upagupta collected the relics and buried them on Mount Bhāgavā. This corresponded to the era of King Xuan (from the Zhengzong ji).