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Transformation of a Bodhisattva,
Footsteps of an Ascetic Monk
December, 1985 City of Ten Thousand Buddhas
The Master with Dharma Master Haideng,
an expert in "One Finger Skill."
Dharma Master Haideng came to pay respects to the Venerable Master. Accompanied by Chinese officials who were promoting a film about him, Dharma Master Haideng also took the time and energy to teach basic "Pure Youth Skill" (tongzigong) to the Master's disciples, on the condition that they would not retransmit the skills or explain them for others.
The Master also arranged for Dharma Master Haideng to lecture the "Four Unalterable Aspects of Purity" from the Shurangama Sutra, and praised his lectures, saying that only those who are pure and proper dare to explain that portion of the Sutra. In order to show due respect to Dharma Master Haideng, the Master himself and all his disciples knelt to listen to the lectures.