参云岗石佛

公应南通请。于狼山主持法会。各地皈依均数千人。三月晦回沪。四月接北京电请进京。仍居广济。各地佛教代表亦至。中国佛教协会正式成立。大会议决各要案后。公赴山西大同。参礼云岗大石佛窟。诚美化伟大。艺术雕刻。

宣化偈曰：

艺术精雕云岗佛。举世皆称伟大作。
我师最后尤朝礼。率身垂范勿空过。

Visiting the Stone Buddhas at Yun Kang

The Master responded to the invitation of Dharma Master Nan T'ung (Penetration to the South) to head another Dharma assembly at Lang Shan (Wolf Mountain) Monastery, where several thousand people from all over took refuge. He returned to Shanghai in the third lunar month, and the next month received a telegram from Peking requesting his presence in the Capital. The Master arrived and stayed at Kuang Chi (Extensive Aid) Monastery. Representatives of various Buddhist groups also were present, and the Chinese Buddhist Association was officially inaugurated. After a plenary meeting in which important policies were decided, the Master went to Ta T'ung in Shanhsi Province and bowed to the large stone Buddhas in the stone grottos at Yun Kang. They were quite imposing and magnificently carved.

The gatha says:
The Buddhas at the Yun Kang (Cloud Ridge) Caves are skillfully and finely made.
They are known throughout the world and acclaimed for their inspiring grandeur.
Our Master Yun especially made a pilgrimage to bow there.
Conducting himself as an exemplar of the rule, he never wasted a moment.