傳法正宗定祖圖 1.67

1.67

The thirty-second patriarch, Hongren, was a man of Huangmei in Qiyang whose surname was Zhou. At birth he possessed extraordinary physical marks. A worthy person saw him and said: 'This person is endowed with the marks of a great person, falling short of the Tathāgata by only seven marks.' Taking the fourth patriarch Daoxin as his master, he renounced the householder's life and received the precepts, and soon received his transmission of the Dharma. Succeeding him in residing at Mount Potou (which is Mount Shuangfeng), his teachings flourished greatly. During the Xianheng era, there was a guest, Layman Lu, who called himself Huineng, who came from Lingnan to attend his Dharma assembly. Patriarch [Hong]ren recognized his capacity, and on account of the Dharma verse he presented, he transmitted the Dharma to him as a layman, along with the robe and bowl. He spoke a verse: