[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) › 3.8 # 傳法正宗記 3.8 傳法正宗記 3.8 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.8) 復瞥然不見。大士曰。此魔來欲與吾較。有頃果風雨暴至。天地忽冥。復曰。魔之信至矣。吾當除之。即以手揮空。遂現一千尺金龍。其威神奪張。雖山丘為之震蕩。而魔事遂息。後七日復有一小蟲。狀類蟭螟。潛其座下。大士執之以示眾曰。此魔之所變。盜聽吾法。尋縱之令其自為。終懼而不能動。尋慰之曰。吾非害汝。汝但復其本形。魔乃現其正體。作禮而懺悔。大士因問曰。汝之名誰。其眷屬幾何。魔曰。我名迦毘摩羅。其屬三千。曰汝盡神力能變幾何。魔曰。我化大海不為難事。曰汝化性海得耶。魔茫然乃曰。此言非我所知。大士即為說法曰。此性海者。山河大地皆依建立。三昧六通由茲發現。魔聞法大起信心。遂與其三千徒屬皆求出家。大士即為剃度。乃召五百應真與之受戒。謂之曰。汝趣菩提。當即成聖道。摩羅果得戒體發光明。而異香普薰。大士因之乃大造論議。尋而命之曰。如來大法眼藏今以付汝。傳之勿令斷絕。汝聽吾偈曰。 > She then vanished in a flash. The Mahāsattva said: 'This is Māra coming to contend with me.' Shortly after, violent wind and rain indeed arrived, and heaven and earth suddenly turned dark. He said again: 'Māra's harbinger has arrived; I must eliminate it.' He waved his hand in the air, and there appeared a thousand-foot golden dragon, its awesome spiritual might vast and formidable; though mountains and hills shook and trembled, the demonic disturbance ceased. Seven days later, there was another small insect, in shape resembling a gnat, lurking beneath his seat. The Mahāsattva picked it up, showed it to the assembly, and said: 'This is a transformation of Māra, secretly listening to my Dharma.' He soon released it to let it act as it pleased, but it remained terrified and unable to move. Soon he comforted it, saying: 'I will not harm you; just restore your original form.' Māra then revealed his true body, bowed, and repented. The Mahāsattva asked him: 'What is your name, and how many are in your retinue?' Māra said: 'My name is Kapimala, and my retinue numbers three thousand.' He asked: 'Exerting all your spiritual powers, how much can you transform?' Māra said: 'Transforming the great ocean is not a difficult task for me.' He asked: 'Can you transform the ocean of nature?' Māra, bewildered, said: 'These words are beyond my knowledge.' The Mahāsattva then preached the Dharma for him, saying: 'This ocean of nature is that upon which mountains, rivers, and the great earth are established; samādhi and the six spiritual powers are manifested from this.' Hearing the Dharma, Māra gave rise to great faith, and together with his three thousand disciples sought to leave home. The Mahāsattva shaved their heads and ordained them, summoning five hundred arhats to administer the precepts to them, and told him: 'Hastening toward bodhi, you shall immediately attain the holy path.' Kapimala indeed attained the substance of the precepts and emitted radiance, and an extraordinary fragrance pervaded everywhere. Thereupon the Mahāsattva composed treatises on a grand scale. Shortly thereafter, he instructed him: 'I now entrust you with the Tathāgata's Great Dharma-eye Treasury. Transmit it and do not let it be cut off. Listen to my verse: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.7) - [Next: 3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.9) - [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.3.8) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2078.3.8) · Pramāṇa