第二册.Volume 2

宣化老和尚追思纪念专集 In Memory of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

In Memory of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

宣化老和尚 The Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

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THE EULOGY OF THE CEREMONY FOR PASSING OFFERINGS

Eulogy
In the year 3022 of the Buddha, on the second day of the seventh lunar month, I, Heng Lyu, Abbot of the Sagely City of Ten Thousand Buddhas under the auspices of Dharma Realm Buddhist Association, represent the disciples of the fourfold assembly to make offerings of incense, flowers, and a vegetarian meal. In front of the Lotus Seat of the Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, the High Master of Three Conditions Monastery and True Suchness Monastery, and the Founder of the Sagely City of Ten Thousand Buddhas, who has completed the stillness, I present this eulogy:

He manifested provisionally,
Neither going nor coming.
In the chaotic Dharma-ending Age,
He saved living beings for nearly eighty years.

With the mind transmission from Elder Master Hsu,
He became the ninth patriarch of the Weiyang Sect.
His footprints covered Asia,
And his virtue protected America and Europe.

He brought the Dharma to the West
And was the first to shave the heads
Of American monks and nuns.

Westerners and Easterners were both gathered in
With bilingual education.
He propagated the Chan school and expounded the teachings,
Making no distinction between north and south.

With the Flower Adornment state
And the Shurangama platform,
He smashed the deviant to reveal the proper,
Never resting even at night.

Reverently molding ten thousand Buddhas,
He universally transmitted the Mind Dharma.
In translating the Sutras
He rivalled Kumarajiva,
And his merit equalled that of Hsuan Tsang.
The joy of the Dharma was vastly bestowed.

Always wearing the precept sash,
He took one meal a day at noon
And did not lie down at night,
Thus propagating and serving as an exemplar of the Vinaya.

With Instilling Goodness and Developing Virtue Schools,
He promoted filial piety and fraternal respect.
He founded the Dharma Realm University,
Seeking to reform the social trend
As a messenger of peace.

Respecting the elderly and cherishing the young,
He wanted to improve the customs.
Not changing his nationality,
He traced his roots back to their source.

Following the Three Great Guidelines,
He underwent myriads of ordeals.
Upholding the Six Great Principles,
His heart never wavered.

The Eighteen Great Vows
And the Greatly Compassionate Hands and Eyes
Startle heaven and move the earth.

Now he has manifested the completing of stillness,
And suddenly we have lost our great teacher.
The long night falls upon humans and gods,
And plants and trees weep together.

We pray that our Venerable Master Hsuan Hua,
Riding on his vows, will come again.
We offer this stick of incense and hope he will accept it.

I don’t wish to benefit myself. If there is something that I can do to
benefit living beings, I want to do it, even if I have to die.
I see life and death as being the same, without difference.
I can forget myself for the sake of the Dharma.
This is the basic duty of a disciple of the Buddha.

──Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

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