Bhikkhu Sengxian - His surname was Fu, and he was from northern China. He was determined to practice all good deeds and precepts, recite sutras and practice meditation. He often stayed alone in the mountains and forests, or entered deep meditation for several days. In the last year of Emperor Yuan of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (321 AD), he traveled south to Jiangsu and visited various famous mountains and temples, and still practiced the sutra chanting and meditation that he had always practiced.

Bhikkhu Huiyong - His surname was Pan. He was from Henei, Hebei. He became a monk at the age of twelve and served the monk Zhu Tanxian, who was his teacher. He first practiced meditation in Mount Heng. Later, he converted to Buddhism along with Master Huiyuan (i.e. first patriarch of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism) and studied under Master Dao’an (also Master Huiyuan’s teacher).

Rebirth of Bhikkhu Huichi

(Eastern Jin Dynasty)

Huichi was the younger brother of Master Huiyuan (i.e. the first patriarch of Chinese Pure Land Buddhism), who was born to the same mother. Together with Master Huiyuan, he served Master Daoan, studied all the scriptures, and had noble virtues.

- Excerpt from ‘Records of the Pure Land Sages'