傳法正宗定祖圖 1.19

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1.19

The Eighth Patriarch, Buddhanandi, was a man of the country of Kamāra, of the Gautama clan. From birth, he had a fleshy uṣṇīṣa upon his crown. His nature was exceptionally brilliant, able to memorize everything at a single glance. His age was already forty when he met Vasumitra arriving in his native country; longing for his exposition of the Dharma, he followed him to leave home, attained the Way, and received the precepts. He likewise devoted himself to traveling and transforming. Arriving in the country of Toba, he met the remarkable man Buddhamitra and made him his disciple. When approaching parinirvāṇa, he transmitted the Dharma to him, speaking a verse, saying:

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