朝南海普陀山

光緒元年乙亥。公三十六歲至高明寺。聽敏曦法師講《法華經》畢。與鏡老人談數夕。珍重而別。下山經雪竇。到岳林寺。聽《彌陀經》畢。即渡海。朝普陀山。遍禮當時諸善知識。在法雨寺度歲。

宣化偈曰：
南海普陀落伽山。觀音化度水晶天。
善男信女來朝拜。送至八百迎一千。

Making a pilgrimage to P'u T'o mountain

In the first year of the reign period Kuang Hsu, the cyclical year I Hai (1875), when the Master was thirty-six, he arrived at Kao Ming (Lofty Light) Monastery. After listening to Dharma Master Mim Hsi (Clever Brilliance) expound the Dharma Flower Sutra, he spent several evenings speaking with the Venerable Master Hsi, and then, bidding him farewell, took his leave. Descending the mountain, he passed through Hsueh Tou and arrived at Yo Lin (Mountain Peak Grove) Monastery, where he listened to an explanation of the Amitabha Sutra. The Master then crossed the ocean to visit P'u T'o Mountain, where he bowed to all the Knowledgeable Advisors at the monasteries there. He spent New Year's at Fa Yu (Dharma Rain) Temple.

The verse says:
At Nan Hai, Potala Mountain Monastery,
Kuan Yin Bodhisattva crosses over beings at the Celestial Crystal Palace. 
Virtuous men and faithful women come to bow in respect;
While eight hundred people are going over, a thousand are coming back.