[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) › 3.24 # 傳法正宗記 3.24 傳法正宗記 3.24 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.24) 迦那提婆者。南天竺國人也。姓毘舍羅。天性才辯。幼習其國風。喜修福業。及趣龍樹大士方至其門。龍樹試之。遣以滿鉢水先置其前。大士即以一針投之。而進相見。忻然契會。龍樹現月輪以表佛性。眾皆罔測。獨大士識之。遂以諭其眾人。尋亦相與師龍樹出家。而提婆果為其高足弟子。及龍樹大士垂入泥洹。遂以大法眼傳之。其後大士以其所證廣化乎他方。先是迦毘羅國有富人。曰梵摩淨德。其國稱為長者。有二子。長曰羅睺羅琰。次曰羅睺羅多。淨德好治園林種植嘉木。一朝其園木無故忽然生耳如𮏄。大於車輪。其美味可食。如此終年。唯資淨德與其子羅睺羅多所噉。餘家人輒欲取食。其菌即隱。然淨德疑之。謂其子曰。此木之耳。唯我與汝得食。必非常事何人能為明之。羅睺羅多遂說偈。欲以他告曰。 > Kāṇadeva was a native of South India. His surname was Vaiśāla. By nature he was talented and eloquent; in his youth he studied the customs of his country and took pleasure in cultivating karmic merit. When he set out to see the Great Being Nāgārjuna and had just arrived at his gate, Nāgārjuna tested him by sending a bowl filled with water to be placed in front of him first. The Great Being immediately dropped a needle into it, and then went in to meet him, joyfully in accord. When Nāgārjuna manifested the moon disc to signify the Buddha-nature, the assembly was all baffled, and the Great Being alone understood it and explained it to the crowd. Soon he also took Nāgārjuna as his master and renounced the household life, and Deva indeed became his eminent disciple. When the Great Being Nāgārjuna was about to enter nirvāṇa, he transmitted the great Dharma-eye to him. Afterward, the Great Being widely converted other regions with what he had realised. Prior to this, in the kingdom of Kapilavastu, there was a wealthy man named Brahmacāri Śuddhaguṇa, known in that country as an elder. He had two sons: the elder was named Rāhulabhadra, and the second was named Rāhulata. Śuddhaguṇa liked to cultivate gardens and plant fine trees. One morning, without reason, a fungus suddenly grew on a tree in his garden like an ear, larger than a cartwheel, delicious and edible. It remained like this for a whole year, serving only to feed Śuddhaguṇa and his son Rāhulata. Whenever other members of the family wanted to take and eat it, the fungus would disappear. Śuddhaguṇa suspected something of it and said to his son, "This tree's ear is eaten only by you and me; this must be an extraordinary matter. Who can clarify it for us?" Rāhulata then spoke a verse, wishing to inform others with it: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.23) - [Next: 3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.25) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078~en-mt.3.24) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.24) · Pramāṇa