釋氏要覽 1.42

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1.42

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).

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釋氏要覽 — Classical Chinese