[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) › 1.69 # 傳法正宗定祖圖 1.69 傳法正宗定祖圖 1.69 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.69) 第三十三祖慧能。新州新興人。姓盧氏。初以至孝事母。家貧以鬻薪為資。因聞商客誦經。乃知五祖弘忍傳佛心印。遂備資與母。辭去就黃梅以求其法。見五祖相契。竊以居士受法。南還廣州落髮於法性寺。得具戒後居韶陽曹侯溪。大為四眾所歸。方以其法普傳前祖所授衣鉢。則置之於其所居之寺。其後說偈示徒以顯其法。偈曰。 > The thirty-third patriarch was Huineng. He was a native of Xinxing in Xinzhou, with the family name of Lu. At first he served his mother with utmost filial piety; because his family was poor, he supported her by selling firewood. Hearing a travelling merchant recite a sūtra, he learned that the fifth patriarch, Hongren, was transmitting the Buddha's mind-seal. He thereupon provided funds for his mother, took his leave, and went to Huangmei to seek his Dharma. When he met the fifth patriarch, their minds harmonized; secretly, as a layman, he received the Dharma. Returning south to Guangzhou, he shaved his head at Faxing Monastery. Having received full ordination, he subsequently lived by the Cao Creek in Shaoyang, where the fourfold assembly took immense refuge in him. Only then did he universally transmit his Dharma; the robe and bowl transmitted by the previous patriarch he deposited at the monastery where he resided. Later, he taught a verse to show his disciples and make clear his Dharma. The verse said: > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.68) - [Next: 1.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.70) - [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.1.69) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2079.1.69) · Pramāṇa