傳法正宗定祖圖 1.5

1.5

The First Patriarch, Mahākāśyapa, was originally a man of Magadha, born of the Brahmin caste. His body was golden in color. He first renounced his family and entered the mountains, cultivating himself through the dhūta practices. When he met the Buddha who had appeared in the world, he thereupon took refuge in him as his master. After the Buddha's parinirvāṇa, he ordered the assembly of arhats to join together to compile (saṅgīti) the Dharma treasury. Afterwards, holding the Buddha's robe, he was about to enter samādhi on Mount Kukkuṭapāda to await Maitreya's descent to birth; he then transmitted his Dharma seal to Ānanda, speaking a verse, saying: