傳法正宗記 2.44

2.44

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: