Jingde Chuandeng Lu (Record of the Transmission of the Lamp), Fascicle 1
第十五祖迦那提婆
The Fifteenth Patriarch, Kanadeva
第十六祖羅睺羅多
The Sixteenth Patriarch, Rahulata
第十七祖僧伽難提
The Seventeenth Patriarch, Sanghanandi
第十八祖伽耶舍多
The Eighteenth Patriarch, Gayasata
第十九祖鳩摩羅多
The Nineteenth Patriarch, Kumarata
第二十祖闍夜多
The Twentieth Patriarch, Jayata
第二十一祖婆修盤頭
The Twenty-first Patriarch, Vasubandhu
第二十二祖摩拏羅
The Twenty-second Patriarch, Manorhita
第二十三祖鶴勒那
The Twenty-third Patriarch, Haklenayasas
第二十四祖師子尊者
The Twenty-fourth Patriarch, the Venerable Aryasimha
第二十五祖婆舍斯多
The Twenty-fifth Patriarch, Vasiasita
第二十六祖不如密多
The Twenty-sixth Patriarch, Punyamitra
第二十七祖般若多羅
The Twenty-seventh Patriarch, Prajnatara
師子尊者旁出達磨達
Collateral from the Venerable Aryasimha: Dharmata
達磨達出二祖一因陀羅
Dharmata produced two patriarchs: the first is Indra
二瞿羅忌利婆
the second is Gurukirtiva
因陀羅出四祖一達磨尸利帝
Indra produced four patriarchs: the first is Dharmasiriti
二那伽難提
the second is Nagananda
三破樓求多羅
the third is Pulokyutara
四波羅婆提
the fourth is Parapati
瞿羅忌利婆出二祖一波羅跋摩
Gurukirtiva produced two patriarchs: the first is Paravarma
二僧伽羅叉
the second is Sanghalaksa
達磨尸利帝出二祖一摩帝隷拔羅
Dharmasiriti produced two patriarchs: the first is Matirelipira
二訶利跋茂
the second is Harivarman
破樓求多羅出三祖一和修盤頭
Pulokyutara produced three patriarchs: the first is Vasubandhu the lesser
二達摩訶帝
the second is Dharmahati
三旃陀羅多
the third is Candrata
波羅跋摩出三祖一勒那多羅
Paravarma produced three patriarchs: the first is Ratnata
二盤頭多羅
the second is Bandhutara
三婆羅婆多
the third is Prabhavata
僧伽羅叉出五祖一毘舍也多羅
Sanghalaksa produced five patriarchs: the first is Visayatara
二毘樓羅多摩
the second is Virulatama
三毘栗芻多羅
the third is Vrksatara
四優波羶馱
the fourth is Upasudana
五婆難提多(已上旁出二十二祖無機緣語句不錄)。
the fifth is Nandita (the above twenty-two collateral patriarchs have no occasions or sayings and are not included).
第十五祖迦那提婆者。南天竺國人也。姓毘舍羅。初求福業兼樂辯論。後謁龍樹大士將及門。龍樹知是智人。先遣侍者。以滿缽水置於坐前。尊者覩之即以一針投之而進。欣然契會。龍樹即為說法。不起於坐見月輪相。唯聞其聲不見其形。尊者語眾曰。今此瑞者。師現佛性表說法非聲色也。尊者既得法。後至毘羅國。彼有長者曰梵摩淨德。一日園樹生大耳如菌。味甚美。唯長者與第二子羅睺羅多取而食之。取已隨長盡而復生。自餘親屬皆不能見。時尊者知其宿因遂至其家。長者問其故。尊者曰。汝家昔曾供養一比丘。然此比丘道眼未明。以虛霑信施故報為木菌。惟汝與子(正宗雲與次子)精誠供養。得以享之。餘即否矣。又問。長者年多少。答曰。七十有九。尊者乃說偈曰。
The Fifteenth Patriarch, Kanadeva, was a native of South India. His surname was Visara. At first he sought meritorious karma and was also fond of debate. Later he went to call on the Great Being Nagarjuna, and as he was about to reach the gate, Nagarjuna, knowing he was a wise man, first had an attendant place a bowl brimful of water before his seat. The Venerable One saw it, dropped a needle into it, and then went in, and they were delightfully in accord. Nagarjuna then taught him the Dharma without rising from his seat, manifesting a moon-disc form, so that only the voice was heard and no form was seen. The Venerable One said to the assembly: This auspicious sign is the master manifesting Buddha-nature, to show that preaching the Dharma is not sound or form. After obtaining the Dharma, the Venerable One went to the country of Vira. There was an elder named Brahmajingde (Pure Virtue of Brahma). One day large ears grew on a tree in his garden like fungus, with a very fine taste. Only the elder and his second son Rahulata could pick and eat them. When they were picked they grew again; when eaten up they grew once more. The other relatives could not see them. At that time the Venerable One knew their former causes and went to the house. The elder asked the reason. The Venerable One said: Your family once made offerings to a bhiksu, but that bhiksu's eye of the Way was not yet clear, and because he accepted offerings of faith in vain, he was repaid with a body as a wood fungus. Only you and your son (the Zhengzong Ji says the second son) made offerings with sincerity, and so you could eat it, but the others could not. He asked again: How old are you, elder? He answered: Seventy-nine. The Venerable One then spoke a verse: