Having dedicated himself to the service of Prajnatara, the 27th patriarch of the Ch'an school, he journeyed from India to China during the reign of Emperor Wu of the Liang dynasty, arriving at Canton and thence traveling on to Nanking to meet Emperor Wu, himself a fervent Buddhist.
後來他皈依了禪宗廿七祖般若多羅尊者，並在梁武帝時，從印度到達廣州，然後到了建業（南京），面見崇尚佛教的梁武帝。