釋鑑稽古略續集 3.20

3.20

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.