Mishaka

The sixth patriarch was Micchaka. Once, the fifth patriarch said to him, "The Buddha said, 'Practicing wizardry and studying the small is like being dragged with a rope.' You, yourself, should know that if you leave the small stream and immediately come to the great ocean, you will realize the birthless." Hearing this, the master experienced awakening.

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