嘉泰普燈錄卷第一
Jiatai Puzhao Record, Volume 1
平江府報恩光孝禪寺(臣)僧(正受)編
Abbot Zhengshou of Bao'en Guangxiao Chan Monastery, Pingjiang Prefecture
紀佛祖
Record of the Buddha
傳燈曰。如來將化。預命摩訶迦葉云。吾以清淨法眼。涅槃妙心。實相無相。微妙正法。今付於汝。汝當護持。并敕阿難貳其傳化。無令斷絕。廣燈曰。大迦葉謂阿難云。婆伽婆未圓寂時。多子塔前以正法眼藏密付於我。我今傳付於汝。原是二者。蓋體涅槃及阿含等經。承述之也。爾後祖祖授受。凡二十八傳至菩提達磨。自達磨五傳而至曹溪。曹溪一傳而角立。是為青原。是為南嶽。自青原．南嶽不十傳。則嶽分矣。曰臨濟．曰曹洞．曰雲門．曰溈仰．曰法眼。其印度佛祖密乘奧旨。歲時詳略皆備。冠乎傳燈三錄之首。今茲纂集。不復稠疊。直自此土初祖菩提達磨以下。依次編錄。垂之無窮。獨溈仰．法眼數傳而絕者。不可得而載焉(現在宗師機緣未詳當留以俟來哲)。
Zhao Deng says: Before the Tathagata entered nirvana, he instructed Mahākāśyapa, saying, "I entrust to you the pure Dharma-eye, the wondrous mind of nirvana, and the true, formless reality—the subtle, correct Dharma. You must preserve and protect it." He also instructed Ānanda to assist in its transmission, ensuring it would never be interrupted.
Guang Deng says: Great Kāśyapa told Ānanda, "Before the Blessed One had passed away, he secretly entrusted the Treasury of the True Dharma Eye to me under the Multi-Son Stupa. Now I pass it on to you." These two accounts are based on the Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra, the Āgama Sūtras, and other scriptures, following their narratives.
After this, patriarch after patriarch transmitted the teaching through twenty-eight generations until it reached Bodhidharma. From Bodhidharma, it passed through five generations to Caoxi (Huineng). From Caoxi, after one more transmission, diverging traditions emerged, leading to the lineages of Qingyuan and Nanyue. Within ten generations of Qingyuan and Nanyue, further divisions gave rise to the schools: Linji, Caodong, Yunmen, Guiyang, and Fayan.
Details on the esoteric teachings and profound principles of the Indian Buddhas and patriarchs, and the complete chronology of their transmission, can be found at the beginning of the three Transmission of the Lamp records. In the present compilation, we will not repeat them. Instead, we will simply arrange the records in order starting from the first patriarch of this land, Bodhidharma, and continuing onward for future generations. As for the Guiyang and Fayan schools, which became extinct after only a few transmissions, we are unable to record them. (Details on present-day masters are not yet available; this remains for future sages. )