(Chinese) The Supreme Master Ching Hai personally rang the bell to start the Seven-Day Retreat and explained the sacred meaning of ringing the bell and the Seven-Day Retreat. Musical instruments such as gong and bell are invented by spiritual practitioners who have heard the inner sounds. They made these to remind people of the sounds within. Ringing the bell before the retreat is to wake us up to our duty in life, which is to practice and to contemplate inwardly upon our self-nature. We are busy everyday and have ...