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Section 1 — The origin of the Dharma assembly法會因由分第一
Jingang Jing (The Diamond Sutra) Complete in one volume "All marks that exist are empty and false" — a sutra that teaches one to give rise to the mind without dwelling anywhere. It follows, just as they stand, the thirty-two sections into which Prince Zhaoming divided it. It is told that Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch, heard one line of this sutra and set his heart on awakening.
1Begging for Food and Spreading a Seat
如是我聞。一時，佛在舍衛國祇樹給孤獨園，與大比丘眾千二百五十人俱。爾時，世尊食時，著衣持缽，入舍衛大城乞食。於其城中，次第乞已，還至本處。飯食訖，收衣缽，洗足已，敷座而坐。
Thus have I heard.
At one time the Buddha was in the country of Shravasti, in the Jeta Grove, the garden of Anathapindika (祇樹給孤獨園), together with a great assembly of twelve hundred and fifty monks.
Then, when it was time to eat, the World-Honored One put on his robe, took up his bowl, and entered the great city of Shravasti to beg for food. He begged in order through the city, returned to his own place, finished his meal, put away his robe and bowl, washed his feet, spread his seat, and sat down.
Interlinear notes 1
說法聚會，由此起因
The assembly for expounding the Dharma takes its origin from this.