小南海不掛單

公年四十五歲。離洪福寺。是日至府城內。到小南海掛單。竟被拒留宿。即復出城外宿於路邊。是夜腹痛甚劇烈。初四日仍拜行。晚發冷病。初五日起痾痢疾。每日仍勉強拜。毫無怠意。

宣化偈曰：
順逆境界皆精進。苦樂病疾仍拜香。
一念真誠聖默佑。萬緣放下自荷當。

Deciding not to stay at Hsiao Nan Hai Monastery

At that time the Master was 45 years of age. The night after he left Hung Fu Monastery he sought to spend the evening at Hsiao Nan Hai Monastery but was refused lodging there. He went back outside the city walls, and spent the night next to the road. During the night the Master developed severe stomach cramps. On the fourth day of the New Year he continued to bow, but in the evening he began shivering. On the fifth he was afflicted with dysentery. In spite of all this difficulty, he forced himself to continue bowing without the slightest indolence.

The verse says:
In smooth or obstructing situations, he always progressed with vigor.
Whether happy, sad, well, or sick, he continued to make prostrations.
With a single truly sincere thought, one gains the aid of sages.
And when one lets go of the myriad states, one becomes totally self-reliant.