傳法正宗定祖圖 1.15

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1.15

The Sixth Patriarch, Miccaka, was a man of Central India; his surname is not known. Initially disgusted with hermit arts, he sought Dhītika as his master to leave home and study Buddhism. Soon thereafter he realized the fruit. Traveling and transforming, he reached Northern India, where he met an extraordinary person, Vasumitra. Explaining to him that the Buddha had formerly prophesied that he would inherit the patriarchal seat, he received him as a disciple. When he was about to enter parinirvāṇa, he transmitted the Dharma to Vasumitra, speaking a verse, saying:

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