傳法正宗定祖圖 1.5

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第一祖摩訶迦葉。本摩竭陀國人。出於婆羅門氏。其形金色。先捨家入山。以頭陀法自修。及會佛出世。遂歸之為師。佛般涅槃之後。乃命眾阿羅漢與結集法藏。其後持佛衣。將入定於雞足山以待彌勒下生。乃以其法印傳之阿難。說偈曰。

The First Patriarch, Mahākāśyapa, was originally a man of Magadha, born of the Brahmin caste. His body was golden in color. He first renounced his family and entered the mountains, cultivating himself through the dhūta practices. When he met the Buddha who had appeared in the world, he thereupon took refuge in him as his master. After the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, he ordered the assembly of arhats to join together to compile (saṅgīti) the Dharma treasury. Afterwards, holding the Buddha's robe, he was about to enter samādhi on Mount Kukkuṭapāda to await Maitreya's descent to birth; he then transmitted his Dharma seal to Ānanda, speaking a verse, saying: