PICTORIAL BIOGRAPHY OF THE VENERABLE HSU-YUN

continued from issue 63-64

composed by the Venerable Master Hua

illustrated by

translated by disciple

a student of Prajna

Bhiksu Heng Yo

A PILGRIMAGE TO P'U T'O MOUNTAIN #30

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 monastery. After listening to Dharma Master Min Hsi expound the Dharma Flower Sutra, he spent several evenings speaking with the Venerable Master Ching, and bidding him farewell, took his leave. Descending the mountain, he passed through Hsueh Tou and arrived at Yo Ling 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 of the knowledgeable advisors of the monasteries there. He spent New Year's at Fa Yu Temple.

The Gatha says:

Starting at Nan Hsi

Patalaka Mountain Monastery

Kuan Yin Bodhisattva takes

beings to the crystalline Heaven.

Virtuous men and faithful women

                  come to bow in respect;
                        While eight hundred people are going over,
                  there's a thousand coming back.

                                            To be continued