景德傳燈錄 1.98

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第九祖伏馱蜜多者。提伽國人。姓毘舍羅。既受佛陀難提付囑。後至中印度行化。時有長者香蓋。携一子而來瞻禮尊者曰。此子處胎六十歲。因號難生。復嘗會一仙者。謂此兒非凡當為法器。今遇尊者可令出家。尊者即與落髮授戒。羯磨之際祥光燭坐。仍感舍利三十（一作七）粒現前。自此精進忘疲。既而師告曰。如來大法眼藏今付於汝。汝護念之。乃說偈曰。

The Ninth Patriarch, Buddhamitra, was a native of the kingdom of Diga, surnamed Vaiśāla. After receiving the entrustment from Buddhanandi, he later travelled to central India to teach. At that time, an elder named Xiangga (Incense Canopy) brought his son to pay homage to the Venerable One, saying, “This child remained in the womb for sixty years, so he was named Nansheng (Hard to Bear). I once also met an immortal who said this boy was extraordinary and would become a Dharma vessel. Now meeting the Venerable One, he may be allowed to leave home.” The Venerable One immediately shaved his head and conferred the precepts. At the time of the karmavācanā, an auspicious light illuminated the seat, and thirty (or seven) relics appeared before them. From then on he was diligent, forgetting fatigue. Later, the Master told him, “The Tathāgata's great treasury of the Dharma eye is now entrusted to you. You must protect and remember it.” He then spoke a verse: