傳法正宗定祖圖 1.25

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1.25

The Eleventh Patriarch, Puṇyayaśas, was a man of the country of Pāṭaliputra, of the Gautama clan. Born with a virtuous nature, he knew of himself that he would meet a holy master. When the Venerable Pārśva arrived in his country, he went to his Dharma assembly. Their conversation and discussion were in harmony, and he immediately followed him to leave home. Attaining the Way, he traveled and transforming reached the country of Vārāṇasī, where he met Aśvaghoṣa and took him as a disciple, which precisely coincided with the Buddha's prophecy. Approaching his entry into extinction, he transmitted the Dharma to him, speaking a verse, saying:

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