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title: "傳法正宗定祖圖 · 第二十八祖菩提達磨"
description: "北宋高僧契嵩所著《傳法正宗定祖圖》是一部重要的禅宗史论著作。该书成书于宋代禅宗兴盛而法统争议频发之际，旨在通过图像与文字结合的形式，考证并确立自释迦牟尼至菩提达摩乃至中土六祖的禅宗祖师世系。内容系统梳理了西天二十八祖与东土六祖的传法谱系，并配以图像说明，强化了禅宗法脉的正统性与连续性。此书在佛教史上具有重要地位，它不仅巩固了禅宗的法统观念，也对后世禅宗史书编撰和宗派认同产生了深远影响，是研究中国禅宗传承与发展的核心文献之一。"
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第二十八祖菩提達磨其名稱呼不同。如達磨多羅之類。凡三四說南天竺國人。姓剎帝利。蓋其國王之子也。從般若多羅出家。得其付法。謂是觀音菩薩之所垂迹。其後六十七年。乃以法東來震旦其所傳授直指人心見性成佛。不資文字。初至梁。以其機緣不契乃往北魏。止於嵩少九年。方得慧可。從其求道。其後果以大法付慧可。并衣鉢為信。乃為此土傳法之初祖也。後去少林而示滅度。其傳法偈曰。

> (Note: The Twenty-Eighth Patriarch Bodhidharma is also known by different names, such as "Dāmodhara" and others, with three or four variations.) The Twenty-Eighth Patriarch Bodhidharma was a native of Southern India, of the Kshatriya caste, for he was the son of the king of that country. He renounced the world under the teacher Prajñātāra and received the transmission of the Dharma. It is said that he was a manifestation of the Bodhisattva Guanyin. Sixty-seven years later, he brought the Dharma eastward to China. His teaching pointed directly to the mind, enabling people to see their true nature and become Buddhas, without relying on written words. When he first arrived in the Liang Dynasty, because the conditions were not right, he went instead to the Northern Wei Kingdom. He stayed at Mount Song for nine years. Only then did he find Huike, who sincerely sought the path. In the end, he transmitted the great Dharma to Huike, along with his robe and bowl as tokens of authenticity. He is thus regarded as the First Patriarch in transmitting the teaching in this land. Later, he left Mount Shaolin and entered final nirvāṇa. His verse of transmission was: (Only the translation to follow — but this sample shows the instruction in action)

吾本來茲土 傳法救迷情一花開五葉 結果自然成

> When I first journeyed to this land, I spread the Dharma to awaken lost minds. One flower blossomed into five petals— The fruit ripened naturally, all by itself.