釋鑑稽古略續集 3.20

3.20

丙戌永樂四年。徵天下道士至京師。即朝天宮神樂觀洞神宮。修舉金錄齋法薦皇考皇姚。車駕幸齋壇七日而畢　迎西僧尚師哈立麻至京師。先是上在籓邸。聞烏思藏有尚師哈立麻者異僧也。及即位遣中官侯顯齎幣往迎。五歷寒暑乃至車駕躬往視之。無拜禮合掌而已。

In the bingxu year, the fourth year of the Yongle reign (1406), Daoist masters from throughout the realm were summoned to the capital to perform the Golden Register retreat rites at the Chaotian Palace, the Shenyue Temple, and the Dongshen Palace to pray for the deceased imperial father and imperial mother. The imperial carriage visited the retreat altars, concluding after seven days. The Western monk Master Karma was welcomed to the capital. Earlier, when His Majesty was still in his princely estate, he heard that in Ü-Tsang there was Master Karma, an extraordinary monk. Upon ascending the throne, he dispatched the eunuch Hou Xian bearing gifts to welcome him. After enduring five winters and summers, he finally arrived; the imperial carriage personally went to observe him, where there was no bowing ritual, only joined palms.