景德傳燈錄 1.121

1.121

Hearing the verse, that assembly suddenly awakened to the unarisen. They all vowed to leave the household to seek liberation. The Venerable then shaved their hair and directed the sages to confer the full precepts. In that country there were previously more than five thousand outsiders who performed great illusions, and the assembly all revered them. The Venerable converted them all, causing them to take refuge in the Three Jewels. Furthermore, he composed the *Mahāprajñāpāramitopadeśa* (*Dazhidulun*), the *Mūlamadhyamakakārikā* (*Zhonglun*), and the *Dvādaśamukha Śāstra* (*Shi'ermenlun*), passing them down to the world. Later he addressed his senior disciple Kāṇadeva, saying, "The Tathāgata's Great Dharma Eye Treasury is now to be entrusted to you. Listen to my verse:"