[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [釋氏要覽](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127) › 1.42 # 釋氏要覽 1.42 釋氏要覽 1.42 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.42) 寶林傳云。期城太守楊衒之。問達磨云。西國相承稱祖何義。達磨曰。明佛心宗。行解相應。名為祖師（此士自達磨西來距曹溪能大師。六人得稱祖師）。 > The \*Baolin zhuan\* says: Yang Xuanzhi, Governor of Qicheng, asked Bodhidharma: "In the Western lands, what is the meaning of succession being called 'ancestor/patriarch'?" Bodhidharma said: "One who clarifies the Buddha-mind school and whose practice and understanding correspond is called a patriarch." (In this land, from Bodhidharma's coming from the West down to Great Master Neng of Caoxi, six persons obtained the title of patriarch). > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.41) - [Next: 1.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.43) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127~en-mt.1.42) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2127.1.42) · Pramāṇa