朝访那罗延窟

大方广佛华严经云。震旦国有山名那罗延窟山。有无量菩萨。止住说法。即指此处。位于山东半岛尽头劳山。明高僧憨山老人。在此窟侧建海印寺。后被道士毁坏。毫无痕迹存在矣。

宣化偈曰：

大方广佛华严经。那罗延窟早说明。
无量菩萨正演法。有缘众生入化中。

Visiting Narayana Cave

The MahaVaipulya Buddha Avatamsaka (Great Means Expensive Buddha Flower Adornment) Sutra says: "There is a mountain in China called Narayana Cave Mountain where limitless numbers of Bodhisattvas who expounded the Dharma dwell." The place referred to in the Sutra is situated at the tip of the Shan Tung Peninsula, on Lao Mountain. Near the cave, the eminent Ming Dynasty Sanghan, the Venerable Master Han Shan (Silly Mountain), established Hai Yin (Sea Seal) Monastery, which was later completely ruined by the Taoists. Today, not so much as a trace of its remains.

The gatha says:
In the Maha Vaipulya Buddha Avatamsaka Sutra, very clearly.
The Narayana Cave was mentioned quite some time ago.
There, limitless numbers of Bodhisattvas right now proclaim the Dharma,
And living beings Who have the affinities enter into the Teachings.