[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) › 2.17 # 景德傳燈錄 2.17 景德傳燈錄 2.17 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2.17) 第十八祖伽耶舍多者。摩提國人也。姓欝頭藍。父天蓋。母方聖。嘗夢大神持鑑因而有娠。凡七日而誕。肌體瑩如瑠璃未嘗洗沐自然香潔。幼好閑靜語非常童。持鑑出遊遇難提尊者得度。領徒至大月氏國。見一婆羅門舍有異氣。尊者將入彼舍。舍主鳩摩羅多問曰。是何徒眾。曰是佛弟子。彼聞佛號心神竦然。即時閉戶。尊者良久自扣其門。羅多曰。此舍無人。尊者曰。答無者誰。羅多聞語知是異人。遽開關延接。尊者曰。昔世尊記曰。吾滅後一千年有大士。出現於月氏國。紹隆玄化。今汝值吾應斯嘉運。於是鳩摩羅多發宿命智。投誠出家受具訖付法。偈曰。 > The eighteenth patriarch was Gayāśata, a native of the country of Madra. His surname was Udra. His father was Tiangai, and his mother was Fangsheng. She once dreamed of a great spirit holding a mirror, through which she became pregnant. After seven days she gave birth. His skin and flesh were glistening like lapis lazuli; without ever being bathed, he was naturally fragrant and clean. In childhood he was fond of seclusion and quietude, and his speech was unlike that of ordinary children. Holding a mirror, he went out on an excursion and met Venerable \[Saṃgha\]nandi, from whom he attained deliverance. Leading his disciples, he arrived in the realm of the Great Yuezhi, where he saw a Brahmin house with an unusual aura. When the Venerable One was about to enter that house, the householder Kumāralata asked, 'What assembly of disciples is this?' He replied, 'Disciples of the Buddha.' Hearing the name of the Buddha, \[Kumāralata's\] mind was startled and awed, and he at once shut the door. After a long while, the Venerable One knocked on the door himself. \[Kumāra\]lata said, 'There is no one in this house.' The Venerable One said, 'Who is it that answers "none"?' Hearing these words, \[Kumāra\]lata knew he was an extraordinary person, and quickly opened the latch to welcome him. The Venerable One said: 'Formerly the World-Honoured One predicted: "One thousand years after my extinction, there will be a great being who appears in the country of Yuezhi to carry forward the profound teaching." Now you have met me, matching this auspicious occasion.' Thereupon Kumāralata gave rise to the knowledge of past lives, surrendered his sincere faith, left household life, and received the full precepts, after which \[the Venerable One\] transmitted the Dharma to him with a gāthā, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2.16) - [Next: 2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2.18) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076~en-mt.2.17) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [佛祖歷代通載](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2036.4.114) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2.17) · Pramāṇa