一九八五年十二月  万佛圣城
上人与海灯法师（海灯法师系以“一指禅”功闻名海内）

December, 1985  City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
The Master with Dharma Master Haideng, an expert in “One Finger Skill.”

海灯法师来美参访上人时，中国政府官员陪伴着他，来推销有关海灯法师的影片。海灯法师向上人的弟子们传授了基本的“童子功”。条件是：不能外传此功夫。

Dharma Master Haideng came to pay respects to the Venerable Master. Accompanied by Chinese officials who were promoting a film about him, Dharma Master Haideng also took the time and energy to teach basic "Pure Youth Skill" (tongzigong) to the Master’s disciples, on the condition that they would not retransmit the skills or explain them for others.

上人请海灯法师为四众弟子讲解《楞严经》〈四种清净明诲〉的经文。上人很赞赏海灯法师的讲演，并说唯有清净及正直者，才有勇气讲解这一段经文。为了表示对海灯法师的恭敬，上人亲自带领弟子们跪着听经。

The Master also arranged for Dharma Master Haideng to lecture the “Four Unalterable Aspects of Purity” from the Shurangama Sutra, and praised his lectures, saying that only those who are pure and proper dare to explain that portion of the Sutra. In order to show due respect to Dharma Master Haideng, the Master himself and all his disciples knelt to listen to the lectures.