勤勞種菜供僧

公任水頭已即改充當菜園之園頭。凡一切蔬菜種植必細心研究其種籽良否。地質肥沃否。栽秧壓蔓合時否。栽者培之。傾者扶之。並以大悲聖水灌溉園蔬作食此菜者速得無生。

宣化偈曰：
服勞執役任園頭。以身示範啟顓蒙。
當知今日人天師。功在鼓山老圃中。

Tirelessly laboring to raise vegetables to offer to the Sangha

The Master undertook the responsibilities of water boy, and then became the gardener. It was necessary for him to examine each vegetable plant to see whether or not it was well hoed, fertilized, and ready to be transplanted or not. He bolstered the plants and braced those which fell over. He irrigated the vegetable garden with water sanctified by the Great Compassion Mantra, so that those who ate these vegetables would quickly realize the unproduced.

The verse says:
He toiled in service attending to the tasks of vegetable gardening.
An exemplar of the regulations, he was an inspiration to the ignorant.
You should know that today's teachers of gods and men
Are supported by the gardener of Ku Shan Mountain.