[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [景德傳燈錄](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076) › 1.108 # 景德傳燈錄 1.108 景德傳燈錄 1.108 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1.108) 第十一祖富那夜奢。華氏國人也。姓瞿曇氏。父寶身。既得法於脇尊者。尋詣波羅柰國。有馬鳴大士迎而作禮。因問曰。我欲識佛。何者即是。師曰。汝欲識佛。不識者是。曰佛既不識焉知是乎。師曰。既不識佛焉知不是。曰此是鋸義。師曰。彼是木義。復問。鋸義者何。曰與師平出。又問。木義者何。師曰。汝被我解。馬鳴豁然惺悟。稽首歸依遂求剃度。師謂眾曰。此大士者。昔為毘舍離國王。其國有一類人如馬裸露。王運神力分身為蠶。彼乃得衣。王後復生中印度。馬人感戀悲鳴。因號馬鳴焉。如來記云。吾滅度後六百年。當有賢者馬鳴。於波羅柰國摧伏異道。度人無量繼吾傳化。今正是時。即告之曰。如來大法眼藏今付於汝。即說偈曰。 > The Eleventh Patriarch, Puṇyayaśas, was a native of Pāṭaliputra, of the Gautama clan. His father was Baoshen. Having received the Dharma from the Venerable Pārśva, he soon went to Vārāṇasī. The Mahāsattva Aśvaghoṣa welcomed him, made obeisance, and asked, “I wish to know the Buddha; what is he?” The Master said, “You wish to know the Buddha; that which is not known is he.” He said, “Since the Buddha is not known, how do you know it is he?” The Master said, “Since you do not know the Buddha, how do you know it is not he?” He said, “This is the meaning of a saw.” The Master said, “That is the meaning of wood.” He asked again, “What is the meaning of a saw?” He said, “Coming out level with the Master.” He asked again, “What is the meaning of wood?” The Master said, “You have been split open by me.” Aśvaghoṣa was suddenly awakened, bowed down in refuge, and sought tonsure. The Master said to the assembly, “This Mahāsattva was formerly the king of Vaiśālī. In that kingdom there was a kind of people naked like horses. The king used divine power to divide his body into silkworms so that they obtained clothing. Later, the king was reborn in central India, and the horse-people wept and whinnied in longing; hence he was named Aśvaghoṣa ('Horse Whinny'). The Tathāgata predicted: 'Six hundred years after my parinirvāṇa, there will be a worthy one named Aśvaghoṣa, who will crush heterodox paths in Vārāṇasī, deliver countless people, and continue my transmission and conversion.' Now is precisely the time.” He then told him, “The Tathāgata's great treasury of the Dharma eye is now entrusted to you.” He then spoke a verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1.107) - [Next: 1.109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1.109) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.1.108) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.4.9) — Classical Chinese - [傳法正宗記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.78) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1.108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.1.108) · Pramāṇa