釋氏稽古略 1.504

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二十一祖婆修盤頭大士　羅閱國人也。姓毘舍佉。父光蓋。母嚴一年十一禮光度羅漢。出家受戒。尋遇闍夜多大士。激發大慧。乃得付法。行化至那提國。彼國王名當自在。王有次子名摩拏羅。王捨出家。祖曰。善哉大王。能捨其子。即與授具。付法偈曰。泡幻同無礙。如何不了悟。達法在其中。非今亦非古。祖付法已。踊身高半由旬。屹然而住。四眾瞻仰。虔請復座跏趺而逝。荼毘得舍利建塔。當此後漢安帝之世也（正宗記）。

The Twenty-first Patriarch, the Great Being Vasubandhu: A native of Rājagṛha, surnamed Vaiśākha. His father was Guanggaigai; his mother was Yanyi. At age eleven, he made offerings to the Arhat Guangdu, left home, and received the precepts. Soon he met the Great Being Jayata, who stimulated his great wisdom, and he thus received the transmission of the Dharma. He traveled converting beings and reached the country of Nadī. The king of that country was named Dang Zizai. The king had a second son named Manora; the king renounced him to let him leave home. The Patriarch said: "Excellent, Great King, that you can renounce your son!" He immediately conferred the full ordination upon him and transmitted the Dharma with the verse: / Foam and illusions are equally unobstructed; / How could one fail to comprehend this? / Penetrating the Dharma within them, / It is neither present nor past. / After the Patriarch transmitted the Dharma, he leapt into the air half a yojana high and stood firm. The fourfold assembly gazed up in reverence, devoutly imploring him to return to his seat, where he sat cross-legged and passed away. Relics were obtained through cremation and a stupa was built. This corresponded to the era of Emperor An of the Later Han (Zhengzong ji).