傳法正宗定祖圖 1.33

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1.33

The fifteenth patriarch, Kāṇadeva, was a man of Southern India whose surname was Vaiśāla. It happened that Nāgārjuna arrived at his home; when he reached the gate, Nāgārjuna first sent someone to place a bowl full of water before him. [Kāṇa]deva immediately dropped a needle into the water. Thereupon he took Nāgārjuna as his master and renounced the householder's life, becoming his foremost disciple. Later, traveling to propagate the teachings, he reached the kingdom of Kapila and gained Rāhulata as his disciple. As he was about to enter extinction, he transmitted the Dharma to him and spoke a verse:

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