傳法正宗定祖圖 1.19

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第八祖佛陀難提。迦摩羅國人。姓瞿曇氏。生而頂有肉髻。性大聰明。能一覽悉記。其齒已四十歲。會婆須蜜來其本國。乃慕其說法。從之出家。得道納戒。亦務遊化。至提伽國。得奇人伏馱蜜多。為之弟子。臨般涅槃。乃以法付之。說偈曰。

The Eighth Patriarch, Buddhanandi, was a man of the country of Kamāra, of the Gautama clan. From birth, he had a fleshy uṣṇīṣa upon his crown. His nature was exceptionally brilliant, able to memorize everything at a single glance. His age was already forty when he met Vasumitra arriving in his native country; longing for his exposition of the Dharma, he followed him to leave home, attained the Way, and received the precepts. He likewise devoted himself to traveling and transforming. Arriving in the country of Toba, he met the remarkable man Buddhamitra and made him his disciple. When approaching parinirvāṇa, he transmitted the Dharma to him, speaking a verse, saying: