The Venerable Master composed a verse expressing his principles:

Freezing to death, we do not scheme.

Starving to death, we do not beg.

Dying of poverty, we ask for nothing.

According with conditions, we do not change.

Not changing, we accord with conditions.

We adhere firmly to our three great principles.

We renounce our lives to do the Buddha's work.

We take the responsibility to mold our own destinies.

We rectify our lives as the Sangha's work.

Encountering specific matters,

we understand the principles.

Understanding the principles,

we apply them in specific matters.

We carry on the single pulse of the patriarchs'

mind-transmission.

From the time he left the home-life, the Venerable Master firmly maintained the six great principles - do not fight, do not be greedy, do not seek, do not be selfish, do not pursue personal advantage, and do not lie - bringing benefit to the multitudes.