景德傳燈錄 1.84

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第七祖婆須蜜者。北天竺國人也。姓頗羅墮。常服淨衣執酒器遊行里閈。或吟或嘯人謂之狂。及遇彌遮迦尊者。宣如來往誌。自惺前緣投器出家。授法行化至迦摩羅國廣興佛事。於法坐前忽有一智者。自稱我名佛陀難提。今與師論義。師曰。仁者論即不義。義即不論。若擬論義終非義論。難提知師義勝。心即欽伏曰。我願求道霑甘露味。尊者遂與剃度而授具戒。復告之曰。如來正法眼藏。我今付汝汝當護持。乃說偈曰。

The Seventh Patriarch, Vasumitra, was a native of northern India, surnamed Bhāradvāja. He always wore clean garments and carried a wine vessel, wandering through villages and alleys, sometimes chanting, sometimes whistling, so that people called him mad. When he met the Venerable Miccaka, who proclaimed the Tathāgata's past prediction, he awakened to his former affinities, threw away the vessel, and left home. After receiving the Dharma, he travelled to teach, arriving in the kingdom of Kāmarūpa, where he broadly promoted Buddhist activities. Before his Dharma seat there suddenly appeared a wise man who announced himself, saying, “My name is Buddhanandi, and I have come now to debate doctrines with the Master.” The Master said, “Kind sir, debate is not the doctrine, and the doctrine is not debated. If one attempts to debate doctrine, in the end it is not doctrinal debate.” Buddhanandi realised the Master's doctrine was superior; his mind immediately submitted with reverence, and he said, “I wish to seek the Way and be moistened with the taste of amṛta.” The Venerable One thereupon shaved his head and conferred full ordination upon him. He further told him, “The Tathāgata's treasury of the eye of the correct Dharma I now entrust to you; you must protect and uphold it.” He then spoke a verse: