戒台寺禮飛缽祖塔

至潭柘山訪異行僧。戒台寺禮飛缽禪師祖塔。紅螺參加念佛道場。相傳明僧結茅隱太后見之。以金滿盛缽中。缽即飛跡山中。欲建道場。飛缽入皇宮。回。得金修戒台寺。置沉香龍椅十座。

宣化偈曰：

飛缽化緣入皇宮。太后布施金滿盈。
以此高築戒台寺。沉香龍椅十師宗。

Paying his respects to the stupa of Patriarch Fei Po³ at Chieh T'ai⁴ Monastery

When he reached T'an Che Mountain, the Master called on Bhikshu Yi Hsing (Extraordinary Practice), and at Chich T'ai (Precept Platform) Monastery, bowed to the stupa of Patriarch Dhyana Master Fei Po (Flying Bowl). At Hung Lo (Red Conch), he participated in a Buddha recitation session. Legend has it this eminent Sanghan lived in a thatched hut on that mountain. Wishing to establish a Way place, he sent a flying bowl into the royal palace. When the Empress saw it, she filled the bowl to the brim with gold. The bowl then flew back to that Dhyana Master, who used it to build Chieh T'ai (Precept Platform) Monastery. He constructed dragon-thrones made of sink-in-water incense (aloeswood)⁵.

The gatha says:
The begging rounds of the flying bowl took it into the royal palace,
Where the Empress made a donation of one full bowl of gold.
Precept Platform Temple now stately stands
With its sink-in-water incense dragon thrones, one for each Master of the Ten Schools.

3. "Flying Bowl"
4. "Precept Platform"
5. A very rare and fragrant wood which sinks when placed in water, hence its name.