宋高僧傳 19.45

19.45

釋懷道，邁德高情，慈忍濟物，思乎達法，恒爾遊方。凡遇通人，卑禮求益。及還鄉之日，禮佛勤劬，收舉坐具，獲珠一顆，後置於文殊塑像額心安之。其珠圓瑩，且異蚌胎。又冥然降舍利骨，尋分於南㵎塔中。洎至德二年，令弟子僧常持法華經，不捨晝夜。俄有白㲲袈裟一領降於塔中，不知其來。此蓋道修練之心感于冥理也。後滑臺守李邕著碑文并書。相次智恒繼居法華院——即懷一弟子也——，道行與師相埒。卒後禮部侍郎劉太真作碑頌，褚長文書。次有超悟、行弼，皆名望相齊，化于閩俗，無不重焉。

Śramaṇa Huaidao possessed surpassing virtue and lofty sentiments; he was compassionate and forbearing in saving sentient beings, and contemplating the thorough comprehension of the Dharma, he constantly traveled on pilgrimage. Whenever he encountered an accomplished master, he humbled himself with ritual to seek instruction. When he returned to his home region, he was diligent in paying homage to the Buddha; upon picking up his sitting mat (niṣīdana), he obtained a pearl, which he subsequently placed in the center of the forehead of a statue of Mañjuśrī. The pearl was round and lustrous, distinct from the womb of an oyster. Moreover, relic bones were mysteriously precipitated, which were soon divided and placed within the stūpa of Nanjian. In the second year of Zhide, he instructed his disciple Sengchang to uphold the Lotus Sūtra without ceasing day or night. Suddenly, a white cotton kāṣāya fell into the stūpa, no one knew whence it came. This was indeed the resonance of Dao's mind of cultivation with the mysterious truth. Later, Li Yong, the governor of Huatai, composed and calligraphed the inscription for his stele. Successively, Zhiheng came to reside in the Fahua Cloister—he was Huiyi's disciple—and his religious practice was equal to that of his master. After his death, Liu Taizhen, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites, composed the stele eulogy, and Chu Changwen calligraphed it. Next were Chaowu and Xingbi, whose reputations were comparable; they transformed the customs of Min, and there was none who did not revere them.