傳法正宗定祖圖 1.15

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第六祖彌遮迦。中印土人。姓則未詳。初厭仙術。求師提多迦出家學佛。既而證果。行化至北天竺。得異人婆須蜜。為其說佛昔嘗記汝將紹祖位。即攝受為之弟子。將般涅槃。乃以法付婆須蜜。說偈曰。

The Sixth Patriarch, Miccaka, was a man of Central India; his surname is not known. Initially disgusted with hermit arts, he sought Dhītika as his master to leave home and study Buddhism. Soon thereafter he realized the fruit. Traveling and transforming, he reached Northern India, where he met an extraordinary person, Vasumitra. Explaining to him that the Buddha had formerly prophesied that he would inherit the patriarchal seat, he received him as a disciple. When he was about to enter parinirvāṇa, he transmitted the Dharma to Vasumitra, speaking a verse, saying: