[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) › [傳法正宗定祖圖](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079) › 1.3 # 傳法正宗定祖圖 1.3 傳法正宗定祖圖 1.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.3) 始祖釋迦牟尼佛。示生於中天竺國。為淨飯聖王之子。尋捨轉輪聖王位。出家成無上道轉大法輪。其後七十九歲垂般涅槃。乃以其大法印付其高第弟子摩訶迦葉。并勅阿難副貳傳化。復以金縷僧伽梨衣。令大迦葉轉付當來補處彌勒佛。其說偈曰。 > The Initial Patriarch, Śākyamuni Buddha, manifested his birth in Central India as the son of the Holy King Śuddhodana. He soon relinquished the station of a Cakravartin King, left home, attained the unsurpassed Way, and turned the great wheel of the Dharma. Afterwards, at the age of seventy-nine, about to enter parinirvāṇa, he transmitted his great Dharma seal to his senior disciple, Mahākāśyapa, and also instructed Ānanda to assist in transmitting and transforming. Furthermore, with his gold-threaded saṅghāṭī robe, he ordered Mahākāśyapa to transmit it onward to the future Buddha of succession, Maitreya Buddha. He spoke a verse, saying: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.4) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079~en-mt.1.3) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.3) · Pramāṇa