傳法正宗定祖圖 1.17

1.17

第七祖婆須蜜。北天竺國人。姓頗羅墮氏。始常服淨衣。持一酒器。神氣自若。人皆不測。及遇彌遮迦顯其夙因。遂投器從之出家。證道納戒。行化至迦摩羅國。以論議服佛陀難提。為之弟子。將入涅槃。乃以法付之。說偈曰。

The Seventh Patriarch, Vasumitra, was a man of Northern India, of the Bhāradvāja clan. At first, he always wore clean robes and carried a wine vessel; his demeanor was calm and composed, and no one could fathom him. Upon meeting Miccaka, who revealed his past causes, he cast away the vessel and followed him to leave home, realizing the Way and receiving the precepts. Traveling and transforming, he reached the country of Kamāra, where he subdued Buddhanandi through doctrinal debate, making him his disciple. When he was about to enter nirvāṇa, he transmitted the Dharma to him, speaking a verse, saying: