(Chinese) Do you want to know why the Ninth Zen Patriarch hadn’t even walked a step or spoken a word until he was 50 years old, and why the Tenth Zen Patriarch had to wait for 60 years in his mother’s womb until he was born? Please listen to the interesting story of the Ninth and Tenth Zen Patriarchs told by Supreme Master Qing Hai. Our mind is like a recorder. It records everything. It's not that our souls are bad, it is only our mind. Our true Self or Buddha nature is originally perfect and there’s no need ...

(Chinese) Highlights Supreme Master Ching Hai patiently answers all kinds of questions from the disciples’ hearts. Some disciples can’t stop feeling upset because their family is strongly against their spiritual practice. Master says: we spiritual practitioners should be brave! We can’t force others to stop obstructing us, or to have the same ideal as we do. We should understand them, explain to them with more love and patience, and deal with the matter slowly. We shouldn't use force, be mad or argue too ...

(English) Highlights ~ Excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hai's Lecture “You could have gone on holiday with all the money you spend. So for you to forsake all this, and to spend wisely on your spiritual nourishment, you must be really saint, you must be very enlightened person. Your heart must be so pure and simple that you know this thing. Like Jesus says: “Except you became pure as the children, you can not enter the kingdom of God”. This is our ...

(English) In a joyous and relaxing atmosphere, Master met with fellow practitioners in Florida Center during Master's birthday celebration in May, 2002. Master eloquently spoke about the different races of people by using examples of various desserts. She then related stories from the Bible and the Koran about vegetarian and nonvegetarian food. Master explained that we must understand the situation in which past saints and prophets lived, in order to understand events such as Muhammad offering a goat and God ...

(Chinese) Splendid Content~ Master shared her story of getting along with wild life in Germany. In responding to her virtuous atmosphere from being vegetarian, her garden was like a zoo. Master also told her experience of getting along with centipedes and scorpions during her retreat in the Himalayas. She explained that the kind-hearted atmosphere of vegetarian made animal feel happy to see us because they knew we had no intention of killing, so they feel safe and not afraid.. What is ...

(English) Highlights The ancient order of the Essenes originating around 300 B.C. was a sacred brotherhood which practiced the Quan Yin Method for enlightenment. The remarkable similarities between the Essenes and the modern-day Quan Yin family are fascinating. The lineage of light and sound meditation took root before Jesus Christ. Supreme Master Ching Hai, in Her efforts of helping others understand the religions of our world, explains the many ...

(Chinese) While traveling abroad, I often attract a lot of attention from strangers, which makes me very uncomfortable and embarrassed. Even when I wore ordinary and inexpensive clothes bought from street vendors, I was still referred by people: Which country is that Queen from?” So now I am in trouble. I cannot even go out for a cup of tea. No wonder all movie stars hide away, not letting people know where they live. I understand it now. It’s really tiring. So there’s nothing to be proud of being noted by ...

(Chinese+English) Highlights In this DVD, Supreme Master Ching Hai told two Islamic stories. “The Gnat and the Elephant” is a simple, interesting, funny story with a profound spiritual theme. As explained by the Supreme Master, the ego makes us feel that we are so important and it makes noise for nothing. Therefore, we have to check our ego all the time and keep it under control. Another story tells how Khidr, the invisible ...

(English) Highlights~ Master discusses the psychological aspects of possessive tendencies and insecurities, to present to us the picture of what people can be, how they can behave and how they sometimes hold themselves and others back, by not improving their knowledge or different skills. Master further provides us with solutions by telling us not to let anyone, whoever it may be, even the closest ones, take hold of our life so much that we cannot grow. We always have to try to be ...

(Chinese) What is it like to be enlightened? Through reading the scriptures, we get to know what kind of experiences an enlightened person may have. So if we have the same kind of experience, then we are enlightened too. As I mentioned just now, according to what Buddha said in the Lotus Sutra, a non-regressing Bodhisattva, or a great saint, can hear a sound from the inside, not outside. If we can also hear this sound, it means that we are enlightened as well, at least to a certain degree. It's because this sound ...