蘇杭法會重重

癸巳一百一十四歲。在玉佛寺。正月初九日。起禪七兩個後。杭州佛教團體派杜偉來請。赴杭主持法會。住靜慈寺。皈依者數千。又應妙真之請。赴蘇州舉行法會畢。遊虎邱。禮紹隆祖塔。見已毀。發起令人重建之。以重名勝。

宣化偈曰：

赴杭事畢至姑蘇。法會重重不休休。
虎邱再禮紹祖塔。毀而復興緒千秋。

Hosting Dharma Assemblies at Su Chou and Hang Chou one after another

In 1953, at one-hundred-and-fourteen years of age, the Master began a two-week meditation session on the ninth day of the first lunar month at Yu Fo (Jade Buddha) Monastery. Upon its conclusion, the Hang Chou Buddhist Group sent Tu Wei to invite the Master to go to Hang Chou and take charge of a Dharma assembly. He accepted and stayed at Ching Tzu (Pure Kindness) Monastery, where several thousand people took refuge. Again, the Master responded to a request by Dharma Master Miao Chen (Wonderful Truth) that he hold a Dharma assembly. When it was over, the Master proceeded to Hu Ch'iu (Tiger Mountain), and bowed to the stupa of Patriarch Shao Lung. Seeing that it had been desecrated, he saw to its reconstruction, and it again became a famous site.

The gatha says:
When affairs in Hang Chou were completed the Master went to Ku Su,
Conducting Dharma assemblies one after another, never stopping to rest.
At Hu Ch'iu he once again bowed to the Stupa of Patriach Shao Lung 
　(Propagate and Glorify).
It had been destroyed, hut he now rebuilt it to last for a thousand seasons.