[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) › 2.44 # 傳法正宗記 2.44 傳法正宗記 2.44 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.44) 彌遮迦尊者。中印土人也。未詳姓氏。既與其神仙之眾。皆師提多迦尊者。得度而證聖果。遂以其所得之道。遊化諸方。一日至北天竺國。俄見其城堞之上有瑞雲如金色。乃顧謂左右曰。此大乘氣也。茲城當有至人與吾嗣法。及入其國至市。果有一人。持酒器逆遮迦而問之曰。尊者何方而來。欲往何所。答曰從自心來。欲往無處。又曰。識我手中物否。答曰。此是觸器而負淨者。又曰。尊者其識我否。答曰。我即不識。識即不我。遮迦復謂之曰。汝可自道姓氏。吾則後示本因。其人遂說偈。而答之曰。 > The Venerable Miccaka was a native of Central India. His family name is not known. After he and his assembly of immortals all took the Venerable Dhītika as their master, were liberated, and realized the noble fruit, he traveled through various regions teaching and transforming through the Way he had attained. One day he arrived in Northern India. Suddenly he saw auspicious clouds like golden color above the city battlements. He turned and said to his attendants, "This is the atmosphere of the Mahāyāna. In this city there must be an extraordinary person who will succeed to my Dharma." When he entered the country and reached the marketplace, there was indeed a person holding a wine vessel who came to meet Miccaka and asked him, saying, "From what direction has the Venerable One come, and where do you wish to go?" \[Miccaka\] answered, "I come from my own mind, and wish to go to no place." \[The man\] also asked, "Do you know what is in my hand?" \[Miccaka\] answered, "This is an unclean vessel carrying what is pure." \[The man\] also asked, "Does the Venerable One know me?" \[Miccaka\] answered, "'I' does not know; 'knowing' is not 'I'." Miccaka further said to him, "You may state your family name and personal name yourself; I will afterwards reveal your original causes." That person then recited a verse, answering him: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.43) - [Next: 2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.45) - [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.2.44) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.2.44) · Pramāṇa