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# 釋氏稽古略 1.337

釋氏稽古略 1.337

- **Language:** Classical Chinese

### [1.337](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2037.1.337)

五祖提多迦尊者　摩伽陀國人也。未詳其姓。初名香眾。梵語提多迦此云通真量。初香眾從毱多尊者求出家。毱多問之曰。汝身出家心出家耶。香眾曰。我來出家非為身心。毱多曰。不為身心。復誰出家。曰。夫出家者無我我故。無我我故即心不生滅。心不生滅。則是常道諸佛亦常。心無形相。其體亦然。毱多曰。汝當大悟心自通達。宜依佛法僧紹隆聖種。即為剃落受具足戒。名之曰提多迦。授以大法。提多迦得法已。行化至中印度。其國有大仙者八千人。其首曰彌遮迦。師眾詣尊者而禮之。遂求出家。其徒仙眾從之而俱求出家。尊者受之。鬚髮自除。袈裟著體。尊者命遮迦曰。昔如來以大法眼密付大迦葉。展轉而至於我。我今付汝。汝當傳持勿絕。聽吾偈曰。通達本心法。無法無非法。悟了同未悟。無心亦無法。偈已尊者起身大虛作十八變。用火光三昧而自焚之。彌遮迦與眾收其舍利。建塔於班茶山供養之。當此周莊王之世也（正宗記）。

> The Fifth Patriarch, the Venerable Dhitika, was a native of the kingdom of Magadha. His clan name is unknown. Originally his name was Xiangzhong (Fragrant Host). In Sanskrit, Dhitika means 'penetrating the true measure' in Chinese. Originally, Xiangzhong sought renunciation from the Venerable \[Upa\]gupta. Gupta asked him, 'Do you renounce household life in body, or do you renounce household life in mind?' Xiangzhong said, 'My coming to renounce household life is neither for body nor for mind.' Gupta said, 'If not for body or mind, who then renounces household life?' \[Xiangzhong\] said, 'He who renounces household life is without self and without  
> — English (machine translation) (machine translation)

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## Linked texts (4)

- [宗鏡錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2016.97.14) — Classical Chinese
- [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1.79) — Classical Chinese
- [傳法正宗記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.41) — Classical Chinese
- [傳法正宗定祖圖](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.14) — Classical Chinese

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