(Chinese) Vasumitra, the Seventh Zen Patriarch, originally had been running around with a wine gourd in his hand, but he was awakened by the Sixth Zen Patriarch Mikkaka who told a gatha by Shakyamuni Buddha Giving Life Marks, and remembered his previous lives, therefore, he took an oath to follow the Sixth Zen Patriarch as a monk and learned the Proper Dharma of Eye Treasury. The Eighth Zen Patriarch Buddhanandi became a monk at the age of 14, and practiced diligently. When the Seventh Patriarch came to Kamala, ...