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(Chinese) How do we determine if one is an enlightened Master? Do the appearance and clothing of a living Master represent his level? Supreme Master Ching Hai pointed out that wearing certain clothes or not doesn’t decide whether he is a Master. We should look at his quality, power, the capability of giving initiation and the inner experiences of the initiates. A living Master is truly different from others, no matter what his level is. They have practiced spiritually and their inner level is different from other ...

(Chinese) Why is the relationship between gender and sexuality the root cause of the birth-and-death cycle? Supreme Master Ching Hai explains that without the desire for sexual relations there would be no birth and death, and nothing would be created, which would not be to the demons’ liking. Among the demons, the Devaputramara, the subordinates of the Maya (Demon) kings of the Three Realms, hinder the spiritual liberation of souls to a level higher than their own. The desire for sexual relations is extremely ...

(English) Joy am I and love am I Joy is mine and love is mine Py-O-Tu and Tu-O-Py* Py-O-Tu and Tu-O-Py Joy is mine, forever so Love is mine, forevermore Love is mine, forevermore Love is mine, forevermore Heavens high and seamless sky Heart like sun, forever shine Heart like sun, forever shine Home of mine, beyond the skies Blazing love and flaming light O my love, eternal life O my love, forever shine O my love, forever shine Mighty songs and thundering light Love of mine before ...

(Chinese) The Twenty-fifth Patriarch Vasiasita travelled around many countries in India to take refuge. He won all the 50 debates with people from outside school about Buddhist sutras and teachings, and he kept calm in face of reproaches and challenges from King Desheng. In this lecture, Supreme Master Ching Hai talks about what Zen Patriarch Vasiasita had gone through, from the death of the Twenty-fourth Patriarch Simhabodhi to the conversion of Prince Funyomitta, and reveals the profound meaning of cause and ...

(Aulacese) The story of Master Te Shan reveals how an enlightened person is able to communicate with the higher power to achieve peace within. Supreme Master also reminds fellow initiates to practice diligently and keep their actions, speech and thinking pure.

(Chinese) The twelfth patriarch Bodhisattva Asvaghosa was born at the end of the fifth century after Shakyamuni Buddha went into Nirvana. He had been a debater before becoming a monk. After getting initiated from the eleventh Patriarch, he was able to break all heretical ideas and conquer all heretics. The thirteenth patriarch Kapimala had followed heretic method initially and was particularly good at supernatural powers and mystic practices. He used to have three thousand disciples. He came to Bodhisattva Asvaghosa ...

(Chinese) When you say something is ‘good’ but can not make it, you are controlled by the mind. You listen to it all day long. Whenever the mind tells you to do something, you do it right away. That’s why you are enslaved life after life and couldn’t become Buddha or become your own Master! We have Master inside. ‘Master’ means our own wisdom. Since we don’t make use of ‘Him’, so we do not know ‘Him’. We listen to our mind all day long! The mind is just a tool which can not distinguish good ...

(Chinese) We always have illusions about being an enlightened Master. But the position of an enlightened Master means sacrifice and dedication, and His/Her physical body has to bear the karma that disciples should pay. Sometimes even when a Master is talking and laughing with disciples, He/She is actually enduring sufferings inside worse than hell. In this lecture, Supreme Master Ching Hai disclosed to us how much effort a living Master needs to make to teach disciples, in which the pains and love of a ...

(English) During this international gathering, the Supreme Master Ching Hai recalled experiences from Her own life as well as Master Yogananda’s story. These examples remind us to treasure our close ones and to always express our love and affection to our parents. Sometimes suffering will make us understand others better. We become more humble, enlightened, compassionate, loving and patient. So we should be thankful for the hardship of suffering, as it gives us the chance to grow up. At the same time, we ...

(Chinese) Supreme Master Qing Hai tells a story in which a Number One Scholar voluntarily helped his desperate friend. Both of them were good friends and classmates; one got the highest score in the national exam by studying hard and received a high official rank; the other failed because of too much indulgence in food, drink and pleasures. What did the number one scholar sincerely give his friend for him to succeed in the next exam? Why did he purposefully appear nonchalant to his friend who came all the way to ...