九华山朝地藏

过安徽境。游黄山后。朝九华山。礼地藏王菩萨塔。百岁宫。礼宝悟和尚。此公戒行精严。定力第一。两年来身行万里。除渡海须航外。余皆步行。水驿山程。境风日变。心月孤悬。不觉行旅苦。

宣化偈曰：
一钵行乞千家饭。孤身飘然万里游。
个中自在真境界。殷勤顶礼问陀头。

Visiting Kshitigharba's shrine on Chiu Hua Mountain

After passing through the area of An Hui and visiting the Huang (Yellow) mountain, the Master traveled to Chiu Hua Mountain and bowed to the stupa of Earth Store Bodhisattva, as well as that in Pai Sui (Hundred Years) Temple. He paid his respects to the Venerable Master Pao Wu (Precious Enlightenment), whose practice and maintenance of the moral precepts were very strict, and whose power of concentration, therefore, was of the highest order. In the past two years, the Master had traveled ten thousand miles. With the exception of his crossing the ocean by ship, he had walked every step of the way. He had crossed rivers and scaled mountains, and although the scenery changed daily, his mind was as still as the bright, solitary moon suspended in the sky. He did not seem to feel the bitterness of traveling.

The verse says:
With a single bow, he begged for alms past one thousand households;
A lonely body drifting along on a ten thousand-mile walk.
To be sovereign and at ease is the true experience.
The master diligently bowed his respects and inquired about "dhuta" practices.