傳法正宗定祖圖 1.67

1.67

第三十二祖弘忍。蘄陽黃梅人。姓周氏。生有殊相。有賢者見之曰。此具大人相。所不及如來者七種耳。師四祖道信。出家納戒。尋得其付法繼居破頭山（即雙峯是）教化大盛。咸亨中客有盧居士。自稱慧能。自嶺南而來趨其法會。忍祖器之。以其所呈法偈。遂以居士傳法。并以衣鉢。說偈曰。

The thirty-second patriarch, Hongren, was a man of Huangmei in Qiyang whose surname was Zhou. At birth he possessed extraordinary physical marks. A worthy person saw him and said: 'This person is endowed with the marks of a great person, falling short of the Tathāgata by only seven marks.' Taking the fourth patriarch Daoxin as his master, he renounced the householder's life and received the precepts, and soon received his transmission of the Dharma. Succeeding him in residing at Mount Potou (which is Mount Shuangfeng), his teachings flourished greatly. During the Xianheng era, there was a guest, Layman Lu, who called himself Huineng, who came from Lingnan to attend his Dharma assembly. Patriarch [Hong]ren recognized his capacity, and on account of the Dharma verse he presented, he transmitted the Dharma to him as a layman, along with the robe and bowl. He spoke a verse: