傳法正宗定祖圖 1.29

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The Thirteenth Patriarch, Kapimala, was a man of the country of Pāṭaliputra; his clan and surname are not known. He was initially a non-Buddhist who possessed great illusory arts. Visiting Aśvaghoṣa, he could not match his Dharma in comparison, and thereupon became his disciple. Having attained the Way and received the precepts, he also traveled and transforming reached Western India, where he subdued a great fire dragon. By means of this, he found Nāgārjuna and took him as a disciple. About to pass away, he transmitted his Dharma to him, speaking a verse, saying:

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