朝南海普陀山

光绪元年乙亥。公三十六岁至高明寺。听敏曦法师讲《法华经》毕。与镜老人谈数夕。珍重而别。下山经雪窦。到岳林寺。听《弥陀经》毕。即渡海。朝普陀山。遍礼当时诸善知识。在法雨寺度岁。

宣化偈曰：
南海普陀落伽山。观音化度水晶天。
善男信女来朝拜。送至八百迎一千。

Making a pilgrimage to P'u T'o mountain

In the first year of the reign period Kuang Hsu, the cyclical year I Hai (1875), when the Master was thirty-six, he arrived at Kao Ming (Lofty Light) Monastery. After listening to Dharma Master Mim Hsi (Clever Brilliance) expound the Dharma Flower Sutra, he spent several evenings speaking with the Venerable Master Hsi, and then, bidding him farewell, took his leave. Descending the mountain, he passed through Hsueh Tou and arrived at Yo Lin (Mountain Peak Grove) Monastery, where he listened to an explanation of the Amitabha Sutra. The Master then crossed the ocean to visit P'u T'o Mountain, where he bowed to all the Knowledgeable Advisors at the monasteries there. He spent New Year's at Fa Yu (Dharma Rain) Temple.

The verse says:
At Nan Hai, Potala Mountain Monastery,
Kuan Yin Bodhisattva crosses over beings at the Celestial Crystal Palace. 
Virtuous men and faithful women come to bow in respect;
While eight hundred people are going over, a thousand are coming back.