高僧傳 6.30

6.30

遠答書曰：「夫稱沙門者，何耶？謂能發矇俗之幽昏，啟化表之玄路，方將以兼忘之道，與天下同往。使希高者挹其遺風，漱流者味其餘津。若然，雖大業未就，觀其超步之迹，所悟固已弘矣。又袈裟非朝宗之服，鉢盂非廊廟之器，沙門塵外之人，不應致敬王者。」

Huiyuan replied, saying: "What is meant by the name 'śramaṇa'? It refers to one who can awaken the profound darkness of worldly customs and open the mysterious path beyond secular transformation, who is about to walk together with all under Heaven in the way of dual forgetting, causing those who aspire to the high to partake of their lingering wind, and those who rinse with streams to taste their remaining ford. If so, even if their great task is not yet accomplished, when one observes the traces of their transcendent steps, what they have realized is already vast. Furthermore, the kāṣāya is not attire for court audience, nor is the alms bowl a vessel for the imperial halls. Śramaṇas are people beyond the dust, and should not pay homage to the ruler."