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“Fruit ripened is awakening completed/The flower opens and worlds arise”
The quotation above is a translation of the last two lines of the gatha of Dharma transmission by Punyamitra, the 26th Indian Buddhist Patriarch, given to his successor Punyatara, the 27th Patriarch, in a succession of patriarchs following the death … Continue reading
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Tagged Bodhidharma, Dharma, gatha, Records of the Transmission of the Lamp, Shakyamuni
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