In 1101, at the age of 65, the Pure Water Patriarch spoke his last words, stressing that "the physical body is an external thing, and there is no advantage in being attached to it," before composing himself for death.
宋徽宗建中靖國元年五月十三日（西元一一○一年），清水祖師交代後事，並強調「形骸外物，漆身無益」，便端坐圓寂。時年六十五歲。