置身岩穴潜修

是时公父在泉州。遣多人到处寻访。富国自受戒后即束装就道。行脚参方不知其踪迹。而公则放下身心隐居后山。人迹罕至。虎狼时出深山穷谷岩穴洞中。饥食树毛松子。渴饮清泉溪水。　

宣化偈曰：
岩穴苦修耐岁寒。谋道忘食衣不全。
虎狼同游为法护。万佛宝忏拜三千。

Settling in a cliff cave and cultivating in seclusion

At that time, the Master's father at his home in Ch'uan Chou enjoined a number of men to search for the Master. After receiving the precepts, Fu Kuo packed up and began his explorative journey on foot. It is not known where he went in his travels for study. The Master had put down his body and mind and sequestered himself on the back side of a mountain. The people who came to see him were few indeed; however, there were tigers and wolves who came from deep in the mountains and valleys to the caves on the cliff. The Master ate pine nuts when hungry, and when thirsty drank pure spring water.

The verse says:
Ascetic cultivation in a cave on a cliff, he endured the years of cold.
For the sake of the Way, he neglected eating; his robes were ragged and torn.
Tigers and wolves came to his side and protected the Dharma for him.
He bowed the Ten Thousand Buddhas' Repentance three thousand times.