一九七三年  三藩市
十一月，金山禅寺剃度仪式

l973  San Francisco
Entering into Monastic Life Ceremony in November, Gold Mountain Dhyana Monastery

上人的背后，是六位新的出家众。

Shown standing behind the Master are six new Sangha members:

（一）恒福（果满），站在上人的正后方。她是香港佛教讲堂的捐赠人。

1. Heng Fu (‘Blessings’), Guo Man, the donor of the Hong Kong Buddhist Lecture Hall [standing directly behind the Master];

（二）恒斧，三位站着的出家男众当中，他是中间的那一位。他出家以前，有一次去访问上人时，在纸袋里装了一把斧头。上人的随从弟子并不知道，直到上人亲自叫他把纸袋打开，斧头才露出来。

2. Heng Fu (‘Ax’), who as a layman went to an interview with the Master carrying an ax in a paper bag--a fact that went unnoticed by the Master’s attending disciples until the Master himself asked that the bag be opened and its contents revealed [middle of three standing monks];

（三）恒珍，在恒福的左边。她将《宣化上人事迹》及《阿弥陀经》翻译成西班牙文。

3. Heng Chen (‘Precious’), who translated the Master’s biography and the Amitabha Sutra into Spanish [beside Heng Fu/Guo Man];

（四）恒空，他是照片中个子最高的一位。他打了七十二天的饿七。曾经有一段时期，他每天持诵八小时的〈楞严咒〉。他可以双跏趺坐十二小时以上。

4. Heng Kung (‘Empty’), who fasted for seventy-two days, recited the Shurangama Mantra eight hours a day for a period of time, and could meditate for more than twelve hours at a stretch without breaking his full lotus posture [the tallest one in the photo];

（五）恒禄，他是三藩市一位商人的独生子。

5. Heng Lu (‘Prosperity’), the only son of a businessman in San Francisco; and

（六）恒沈，来自南非的一位年轻女士。

6. Heng Chen (‘Heavy’), a young woman from South Africa.