高僧傳 2.19

2.19

初什在龜茲，從卑摩羅叉律師受律，卑摩後入關中，什聞至欣然，師敬盡禮。卑摩未知被逼之事，因問什曰：「汝於漢地，大有重緣，受法弟子，可有幾人？」什答云：「漢境經律未備，新經及諸論等，多是什所傳出，三千徒眾，皆從什受法，但什累業障深，故不受師教耳。」又杯渡比丘在彭城，聞什在長安，乃歎曰：「吾與此子戲別三百餘年，杳然未期，遲有遇於來生耳。」

Earlier, when Kumārajīva was in Kucha, he received the Vinaya from the Vinaya master Vimalākṣa. Later, Vimalākṣa entered the passes. When Kumārajīva heard of his arrival, he was overjoyed and paid his teacher respect with full etiquette. Vimalākṣa did not yet know of the coercion Kumārajīva had suffered, and so asked him: 'You have found great affinities in the Han land; about how many disciples have received the Dharma from you?' Kumārajīva replied: 'In the Han territory, the scriptures and Vinaya were not yet complete; the new scriptures and various treatises have mostly been translated and issued by me. Three thousand followers have all received the Dharma from me, but my accumulated karmic hindrances are deep, so I do not have them receive the teacher’s precepts.' Furthermore, when the monk Beidu was in Pengcheng and heard that Kumārajīva was in Chang'an, he sighed and said: 'I have playfully parted from this child for over three hundred years; the distance is vast without any appointed meeting, and I can only hope to encounter him in a future life.'