[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) › [傳法正宗記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078) › 2.40 # 傳法正宗記 2.40 傳法正宗記 2.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.40) 既而尊者以法自務遊化。尋至中印度。會其國有大仙者八千人。其首曰彌遮迦。聞之遂帥眾詣尊者。而禮之曰。念昔與尊者同生梵天。我遇阿私陀仙。授之仙術。而尊者證果。乃得應真。自是分離已更六劫。尊者曰。仙者所指。誠如其言。然汝之務仙。終何所詣。曰我雖未遇至聖。然私陀尊仙嘗記之曰。却後六劫。當因同學得無漏果。今之相遇豈不然耶。尊者曰。汝既知爾。便可出家。仙法小道。非能致人解脫。吾久於化導。亦欲休之。汝果趣大法。豈宜自遲。遮迦喜其言。即求出家。是時遮迦之眾。見其尊仙如此皆慨之。謂多迦何足師者而從之出家。尊者遂知眾心齟齬。欲其信之。即放光明超步太虛而若履平地。乃以所化寶蓋覆其仙眾。復有香乳自其指端而注。乳間現蓮。蓮間化佛。仙眾視其神變非常。遂率服皆求出家。尊者受之。因謂雖然汝屬宜正念依佛。使僧威儀自然而成不須工為。仙眾如其言。而鬚髮果自除去。袈裟生體。尋得戒皆成四果聖人。尊者尋獨命遮迦曰。昔如來以大法眼密付大迦葉。展轉而至於我。我今付汝汝當傳持勿絕。聽吾偈曰。 > Afterwards, the Venerable One took the Dharma as his duty and travelled about teaching and transforming. Soon he arrived in Central India. It happened that in that country there were eight thousand great ṛṣis, whose leader was named Miccaka. Hearing of him, \[Miccaka\] led the assembly to visit the Venerable One, bowed to him, and said, "I remember in the past being born with the Venerable One in the Brahmā Heaven. I met the ṛṣi Asita, who transmitted ṛṣi arts to me, while the Venerable One realized the fruit and attained the status of an arhat. Since that separation, six kalpas have already passed." The Venerable One said, "What you refer to, O ṛṣi, is truly as you say. Yet in your pursuit of ṛṣi arts, where will you ultimately arrive?" \[Miccaka\] said, "Although I have not yet encountered the Supreme Sage, the Venerable Ṛṣi Asita once prophesied to me, saying: 'Six kalpas from now, you will attain the taintless fruit through a fellow student.' Does our encounter today not fulfill this?" The Venerable One said, "Since you know this, you may leave the household life at once. The ways of ṛṣis are a lesser path, incapable of leading people to liberation. I have been teaching and transforming for a long time, and I also wish to rest. If you truly aspire to the Great Dharma, why should you delay yourself?" Miccaka was pleased with his words and immediately requested to leave the household life. At that time, Miccaka's followers, seeing their revered ṛṣi act in this way, were all indignant, saying, "Why is Dhītika worthy to be a master, that you should follow him to leave the household life?" The Venerable One, knowing the discord in the assembly's minds and wishing them to develop faith, emitted light, stepped into empty space as if treading on level ground, and covered the assembly of ṛṣis with a magically created jewelled canopy. Furthermore, fragrant milk poured from the tips of his fingers, within the milk lotuses appeared, and within the lotuses Buddhas were manifested. When the assembly of ṛṣis saw his extraordinary spiritual transformations, they all submitted and requested to leave the household life. The Venerable One accepted them, telling them, "Even so, you must maintain right mindfulness and rely on the Buddha, allowing the monk's deportment to form naturally without requiring contrivance." The assembly of ṛṣis followed his words, and indeed their beards and hair fell away naturally, and kāṣāyas appeared upon their bodies. Soon after, they received the precepts and all became noble beings of the four fruits. Soon afterwards, the Venerable One addressed Miccaka alone, saying, "In the past, the Tathāgata secretly entrusted the great treasury of the eye of the true Dharma to Mahākāśyapa, and it has been transmitted in turn down to me. I now entrust it to you; you must pass it on and maintain it so that it is never severed. Listen to my verse:" > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.39) - [Next: 2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.41) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078~en-mt.2.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.40) · Pramāṇa