高僧傳 2.42

2.42

沙門釋慧遠，久服風名，聞至欣喜若舊，遠以賢之被擯，過由門人，若懸記五舶，止說在同意，亦於律無犯。乃遣弟子曇邕，致書姚主及關中眾僧，解其擯事，遠乃請出禪數諸經。賢志在遊化，居無求安，停止歲許，復西適江陵。遇外國舶至，既而訊訪，果是天竺五舶，先所見者也。傾境士庶，競來禮事，其有奉遺，悉皆不受，持鉢分衛，不問豪賤。時陳郡袁豹，為宋武帝太尉長史，宋武南討劉毅，隨府屆于江陵。賢將弟子慧觀詣豹乞食，豹素不敬信，待之甚薄，未飽辭退。豹曰：「似未足，且復小留。」賢曰：「檀越施心有限，故令所設已罄。」豹即呼左右益飯，飯果盡，豹大慚愧。既而問慧觀曰：「此沙門何如人？」觀曰：「德量高邈，非凡所測。」豹深歎異，以啟太尉。太尉請與相見，甚崇敬之，資供備至。俄而太尉還都，便請俱歸，安止道場寺。賢儀範率素，不同華俗，而志韻清遠，雅有淵致。京師法師僧弼與沙門寶林書曰：「鬪場禪師，甚有大心，便是天竺王、何風流人也。」其見稱如此。

The śramaṇa Shi Huiyuan, who had long admired his reputation, heard of his arrival and was delighted as if greeting an old friend. Huiyuan considered that [Buddhabhadra's] expulsion was due to his disciple's fault, and that predicting the five ships was merely spoken among like-minded companions, which did not violate the Vinaya. He then dispatched his disciple Tanyong to deliver a letter to the Qin ruler Yao Xing and the monks of Guanzhong to resolve the matter of his expulsion, and Huiyuan then requested him to translate various scriptures on dhyāna and enumeration. [Buddhabhadra's] aspiration lay in wandering and transforming others, and in dwelling he sought no comfort. After staying for about a year, he went west again to Jiangling. He encountered the arrival of foreign ships, and upon inquiring, they turned out to be the five ships from Tianzhu that he had seen before. The gentry and commoners throughout the region vied to come and pay reverence, but he accepted none of their offerings; holding his bowl, he begged for alms (piṇḍapāta) without distinguishing between the noble and the lowly. At that time, Yuan Bao of Chen Commandery served as Senior Clerk to the Grand Defender under Emperor Wu of Song; when Emperor Wu campaigned south against Liu Yi, Yuan Bao accompanied the military administration and arrived in Jiangling. [Buddhabhadra] led his disciple Huiguan to visit Yuan Bao to beg for food. Yuan Bao had never been respectful or devout, and treated them very meanly, so they excused themselves and withdrew before eating to satiety. Yuan Bao said, "You seem not to have had enough; pray stay a little longer." [Buddhabhadra] said, "The dānapati's mind of giving was limited, which is why the food provided has run out." Yuan Bao at once called his attendants to add more rice, but the rice was indeed exhausted, and Yuan Bao felt deeply ashamed. Afterwards he asked Huiguan, "What kind of man is this śramaṇa?" Huiguan replied, "The magnitude of his virtue is lofty and distant, beyond the measure of ordinary men." Yuan Bao marveled greatly and reported this to the Grand Defender. The Grand Defender requested to meet him, revered him exceedingly, and provided all manner of offerings. Soon afterwards, the Grand Defender returned to the capital and invited [Buddhabhadra] to return with him, settling him at Daochang Temple. [Buddhabhadra's] demeanor was simple and unadorned, different from Chinese customs, yet his spirit and tone were pure and distant, possessing an elegant and profound grace. The Dharma Master Sengbi in the capital wrote in a letter to the śramaṇa Baolin: "The Dhyāna Master of Daochang has a very great mind; he is indeed a figure of the refined spirit of Wang [Bi] and He [Yan] of Tianzhu." Such was the praise he received.