[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) › 2.29 # 景德傳燈錄 2.29 景德傳燈錄 2.29 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2076.2.29) 第二十二祖摩拏羅者。那提國常自在王之子也。年三十遇婆修祖師出家傳法。至西印度。彼國王名得度。即瞿曇種族。歸依佛乘勤行精進。一日於行道處現一小塔。欲取供養眾莫能舉。王即大會梵行禪觀呪術等三眾。欲問所疑。時尊者亦赴此會。是三眾皆莫能辯。尊者即為王廣說塔之所因（阿育王造塔此不繁錄）今之出現王福力之所致也。王聞是說乃曰。至聖難逢世樂非久。即傳位太子投祖出家。七日而證四果。尊者深加慰誨曰。汝居此國善自度人。今異域有大法器。吾當化令得度。曰師應迹十方動念當至。寧勞往邪。尊者曰。然。於是焚香遙語月氏國鶴勒那比丘曰。汝在彼國教導鶴眾。道果將證宜自知之。時鶴勒那為彼國王寶印說修多羅偈。忽覩異香成穗。王曰。是何祥也。曰此是西印度傳佛心印祖師摩拏羅將至。先降信香耳。曰此師神力何如。答曰。此師遠承佛記。當於此土廣宣玄化。時王與鶴勒那俱遙作禮。尊者知已。即辭得度比丘。往月氏國。受王與鶴勒那供養。後鶴勒那問尊者曰。我止林間已經九白（印度以一年為一白）有弟子龍子者。幼而聰慧。我於三世推窮莫知其本。尊者曰。此子於第五劫中。生妙喜國婆羅門家。曾以旃檀施於佛宇。作槌撞鐘。受報聰敏為眾欽仰。又問。我有何緣而感鶴眾。尊者曰。汝第四劫中嘗為比丘。當赴會龍宮。汝諸弟子咸欲隨從。汝觀五百眾中。無有一人堪任妙供。時諸子曰。師常說法。於食等者於法亦等。今既不然何聖之有汝即令赴會。自汝捨生趣生轉化諸國。其五百弟子以福微德薄生於羽族。今感汝之惠故為鶴眾相隨。鶴勒那聞語曰。以何方便令彼解脫。尊者曰。我有無上法寶。汝當聽受化未來際。而說偈曰。 > The twenty-second patriarch, Manorhita, was the son of King Changzizai of the kingdom of Nadi. At the age of thirty, he encountered the ancestral master Vasubandhu, left home, and received the transmission of the Dharma. He traveled to western India. The king of that country was named Dede, of the Gautama clan. He had taken refuge in the Buddha vehicle and practiced with diligence. One day, at the place where he practiced the Path, a small stupa appeared; wishing to take it to make offerings, none among the multitude could lift it. The king then assembled the three assemblies of practitioners of celibacy, dhyāna meditation, and mantra spells, wishing to question their doubts. At that time, the venerable one also attended this gathering. None of the three assemblies could explain it. The venerable one then expounded to the king the origin of the stupa at length (it was built by King Aśoka, not recorded here in detail): its appearance now was brought about by the king's power of merit. Hearing this explanation, the king said: "The supreme sage is difficult to encounter; worldly pleasures do not last long." He then abdicated the throne to the crown prince, took refuge with the patriarch, and went forth from home. In seven days, he attained the four fruits. The venerable one comforted and instructed him deeply, saying: "Abide in this country and skillfully liberate people yourself. Now in another realm, there is a great vessel of the Dharma; I shall go to transform and liberate him." He asked: "Master, your traces respond to the ten directions; as soon as a thought moves, you arrive—why trouble yourself to go?" The venerable one said: "Indeed." Thereupon, burning incense, he spoke from afar to the bhikṣu Haklenayaśas in the country of the Yuezhi: "You are teaching the flock of cranes in that land; the fruit of the Path is about to be realized, as you should know yourself." At that time, Haklenayaśas was expounding the verses of the sūtra for King Baoyin of that country. Suddenly, he saw extraordinary incense rising in clusters. The king asked: "What auspicious omen is this?" He replied: "This is the ancestral master Manorhita of western India, who transmits the Buddha's mind-seal, about to arrive. He sends the incense of faith ahead." The king asked: "What is this master's spiritual power like?" He answered: "This master received the Buddha's prediction from afar; he will broadly propagate the profound transformation in this land." At that time, the king and Haklenayaśas together bowed toward the distance. Knowing this, the venerable one took leave of the bhikṣu Dede and went to the country of the Yuezhi, where he received offerings from the king and Haklenayaśas. Later, Haklenayaśas asked the venerable one: "I have stayed in the forest for nine whites (in India, one year is called one white). I have a disciple named Longzi, who has been intelligent from childhood. When I examine his roots throughout the three times, I cannot know their origin." The venerable one said: "This boy was born in the fifth eon into a brahmin family in the country of Abhirati. He once gave sandalwood to a Buddhist temple to make a mallet to strike the bell; as a karmic result, he is clever and revered by the crowd." He further asked: "What condition led me to influence a flock of cranes?" The venerable one said: "In your fourth eon, you were once a bhikṣu and were about to attend an assembly in the dragon palace. All your disciples wished to accompany you. You observed the assembly of five hundred, and not one was worthy to receive the wondrous offerings. At that time, the disciples said: 'The master constantly preaches the Dharma that he who is equal in food is also equal in Dharma; since this is not so now, what holiness is there?' You then let them attend the assembly. Since you abandoned life and entered new lives, moving and transforming various lands, those five hundred disciples, due to meager blessings and slight virtue, were born among the winged flock. Now, moved by your favor, they follow you as a flock of cranes." Hearing these words, Haklenayaśas asked: "By what skillful means can they be liberated?" The venerable one said: "I have the unsurpassed Dharma jewel; you must hear and receive it to transform the future." 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