傳法正宗定祖圖 1.17

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1.17

The Seventh Patriarch, Vasumitra, was a man of Northern India, of the Bhāradvāja clan. At first, he always wore clean robes and carried a wine vessel; his demeanor was calm and composed, and no one could fathom him. Upon meeting Miccaka, who revealed his past causes, he cast away the vessel and followed him to leave home, realizing the Way and receiving the precepts. Traveling and transforming, he reached the country of Kamāra, where he subdued Buddhanandi through doctrinal debate, making him his disciple. When he was about to enter nirvāṇa, he transmitted the Dharma to him, speaking a verse, saying:

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