九華山朝地藏

過安徽境。遊黃山後。朝九華山。禮地藏王菩薩塔。百歲宮。禮寶悟和尚。此公戒行精嚴。定力第一。兩年來身行萬里。除渡海須航外。餘皆步行。水驛山程。境風日變。心月孤懸。不覺行旅苦。

宣化偈曰：
一缽行乞千家飯。孤身飄然萬里遊。
個中自在真境界。殷勤頂禮問陀頭。

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.