景德傳燈錄 1.78

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提多迦聞師妙偈設禮奉持。後至中印度。彼國有八千大仙。彌遮迦為首。聞尊者至率眾瞻禮。謂尊者曰。昔與師同生梵天。我遇阿私陀僊人授我僊法。師逢十力弟子修習禪那。自此報分殊塗已經六劫。尊者曰。支離累劫誠哉不虛。今可捨邪歸正以入佛乘。彌遮迦曰。昔阿私陀僊人授我記云。汝却後六劫。當遇同學獲無漏果。今也相遇非宿緣邪。願師慈悲令我解脫。尊者即度出家命聖授戒餘僊眾始生我慢。尊者示大神通。於是俱發菩提心一時出家。乃告彌遮迦曰。昔如來以大法眼藏密付迦葉。展轉相授而至於我。我今付汝當護念之。乃說偈曰。

Having heard his master's wondrous gāthā, Dhītika bowed and upheld it. Later he went to Central India. In that country there were eight thousand great ṛṣis, with Miccaka as their leader. Hearing that the Venerable had arrived, he led the assembly to pay homage, saying to the Venerable: 'Formerly, I was born with you, Master, in the Brahmā heaven. I met the ṛṣi Asita, who taught me the ṛṣi arts; you, Master, met a disciple of the Ten-Powered One and practiced dhyāna. From that point our retributions took different paths, and six kalpas have already passed.' The Venerable said: 'Scattered across successive kalpas—this is truly not false. Now you can abandon the heterodox, return to the correct, and enter the Buddha vehicle.' Miccaka said: 'Formerly the ṛṣi Asita gave me a prediction, saying: "Six kalpas later, you shall meet your fellow student and attain the undefiled fruit." Meeting today, is this not due to past conditions? May the Master have compassion and grant me liberation.' The Venerable then ordained him, and commanded holy monks to administer the precepts. The remaining ṛṣis initially gave rise to conceit. The Venerable manifested great supernatural powers, whereupon they all gave rise to the mind of bodhi and went forth from home at the same time. He then told Miccaka: 'Formerly, the Tathāgata secretly entrusted the Great Treasury of the Dharma Eye to Kāśyapa, and it was transmitted successively down to me. I now entrust it to you; you should protect and be mindful of it.' He then spoke a gāthā, saying: