高僧傳 6.12

6.12

及遠創寺既成，祈心奉請，乃飄然自輕，往還無梗。方知遠之神感證在風諺矣。於是率眾行道，昏曉不絕，釋迦餘化，於斯復興。既而謹律息心之士，絕塵清信之賓，並不期而至，望風遙集。彭城劉遺民，豫章雷次宗，雁門周續之，新蔡畢頴之，南陽宗炳、張菜民、張季碩等，並棄世遺榮，依遠遊止。遠乃於精舍無量壽像前建齋立誓，共期西方。乃令劉遺民著其文曰：

When Huiyuan's founding of the monastery was complete, he prayed with a sincere heart and invited the image; it then became light and buoyant of itself, encountering no obstacles coming or going. Only then was it known that the proof of Huiyuan's spiritual resonance had already been foretold in the popular ballad. Thereupon, he led the assembly in practicing the Way without interruption day or night; the remaining transforming influence of Śākya was revived here. Soon after, men who observed the vinaya and stilled their minds, and guests of pure faith who had abandoned the worldly dust, arrived unbidden, gathering from afar as if drawn by a breeze. Liu Yimin of Pengcheng, Lei Cizong of Yuzhang, Zhou Xuzhi of Yanmen, Bi Yingzhi of Xincai, Zong Bing, Zhang Caimin, and Zhang Jishuo of Nanyang all abandoned the world and left behind worldly honors to dwell and travel under Huiyuan. Huiyuan then held a fast and made a vow before the image of Amitāyus in the vihāra, mutually pledging to reach the Western Realm. He had Liu Yimin compose the text, which said: