PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE VENERABLE MASTER

HSU YUN

Continued from issue #68

Composed by the Venerable Tripitaka Master Hua
Translated by Disciple Bhiksu Heng Yo
Illustrated by a Student of Prajna

UPHOLDING THE MORAL PRECEPTS,
HE WAS NOT MISLED IN A DARK HALL #34

      After paying his respects to the relics, the Master took a boat to Hangchou and visited the various sacred areas of San T'ien Chu Mountain. He bowed to Dharma Masters T'ien Lang and Ch'ang Sung. The Master then boarded a boat, but because it was summer, and the people were many and the boat small, all those aboard had to sleep In common quarters. Adjacent to the Master was a young woman. Late at night when he was sound asleep, he felt someone touching his body. Waking with a start, he saw the naked girl and immediately sat upright in the full-lotus posture and recited mantras. Beware!

Travelling on the very same boat,
The Master met Matangi;
His unexpected Vajra-strength
And karmic paths were deep.
Sitting upright in the Lotus posture
His mind like motionless water,
He tolerated such transformations,
For what else could one do?