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九祖伏馱蜜多尊者　提伽國人也。姓毘舍羅。八祖行化至毘舍羅家。其父長者致禮問何所須。祖曰。我求侍者。長者曰。我有一子名伏馱蜜多。年已五十。口未曾言足不曾履。祖曰。如汝所說真吾弟子。伏馱聞之。遽起禮拜而說偈言父母非我親。誰是最親者。諸佛非吾道。誰是最道者。祖答曰。汝言與心親。父母非可比。汝行與道合。諸佛心即是。外求有相佛。與汝不相似。欲識汝本心。非合亦非離。伏馱聞偈已。便行七步。祖曰。此子悲願廣大。慮父母愛情難捨故不言不履耳。長者遂捨令出家。祖授以具戒。付以法眼。既得法已。行化至中印度。授弟子脇尊者正法眼藏偈曰。真理本無名。因名顯真理。受得真實法。非真亦非偽。法已即入滅盡三昧而般涅槃。眾以香油旃檀闍維。收舍利建塔于那蘭陀寺。當此周敬王之世也（正宗記）。

The Ninth Patriarch, the Venerable Vasumitra: a native of the kingdom of Dhātuka. His family name was Vaiśāla. When the Eighth Patriarch was traveling to convert beings, he reached the household of Vaiśāla. The father, an elder, paid homage and asked what he required. The patriarch said, 'I seek an attendant.' The elder said, 'I have a son named Vasumitra; he is already fifty years old, yet his mouth has never spoken, and his feet have never walked.' The patriarch said, 'As you say, he is truly my disciple.' When Vasumitra heard this, he suddenly rose, bowed, and spoke a verse: / 'My father and mother are not my kin; / Who is the closest kin? / The Buddhas are not my Way; / What is the supreme Way?' / The patriarch replied: / 'Your words are kin to your mind; / Parents cannot compare. / Your conduct accords with the Way; / The minds of all Buddhas are just this. / Seeking outward for a Buddha with form / Bears no resemblance to you. / If you wish to know your original mind, / It is neither united nor apart.' / Having heard the verse, Vasumitra straightaway walked seven paces. The patriarch said, 'This son's compassionate vow is vast and great; fearing that the affectionate bonds with his parents would be difficult to sever, he therefore did not speak and did not walk.' The elder thereupon gave him up to leave the household. The patriarch conferred upon him the complete precepts and entrusted to him the Dharma eye. Having obtained the Dharma, he traveled to convert beings in Central India. He conferred the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye upon his disciple, the Venerable Pārśva, with a verse: / 'The true principle is fundamentally nameless; / Dependent on names, the true principle is revealed. / Having received the genuine, real Dharma, / It is neither true nor false.' / Having [transmitted] the Dharma, he immediately entered the samādhi of cessation and entered parinirvāṇa. The assembly cremated him with scented oil and sandalwood, collected the relics, and built a stūpa at Nālandā Monastery. This corresponded to the era of King Jing of Zhou (Zhengzong ji).