詹宁士来皈依

春戒毕。赴穗港弘法。冬有美国居士。阿难陀詹宁士。自美飞华。就有道而证焉。初居士父为天主教神父。夫亦教徒。自研神教。二十余年知非究竟。改习佛义。在印掩关四年有悟慕公禅风。而来南华。皈依法名宽弘。举行禅七毕。公与詹暨度轮禅人摄影纪念。

宣化偈曰：

弟子满大千。恒沙数不完。
今举詹宁士。略以表一端。

Accepting Ananda Jennings to take refuge

After the annual Spring Precept Period, the Master went to Canton, and then Hong Kong, to propagate the Dharma. In the winter, an American woman named Ananda Jennings flew from the United States to China seeking to verify her understanding of the Way. This laywoman's father was a Catholic priest and she herself had studied religion as a devotee for more than twenty years. But, realizing that the goals of Catholicism were not ultimate, she changed and began to practice Buddhist principles. Later, during a four-year stay in seclusion in India, she experienced an awakening, and hearing about the Master's reputation in Ch'an practice, very much wanted to see him. So she went to Nan Hua Monastery, where she took refuge under the Master, and received the Dharma name K'uan Hung (Broad and Vast). At the conclusion of the ensuing Ch'an meditation week, the Master, Upasika Jennings, and Ch'an Master To Lun were photographed together as a memorial.

The gatha says:
His disciples filled up thousands of worlds,
More than the number of sands in the Ganges River.
Here we bring up the case of Ananda Jennings,
Who was but one of the many taught by him.