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(Chinese) For this seven-day retreat, several-hundred disciples were forbidden to attend, including those who had violated the precepts, those who were not qualified, those who had bad manners, or those who didn’t practice well. It’s not that everyone who wanted to could attend, not even the residents. I know the seven-day retreat will help you tremendously. Everyone who attends will benefit a great deal, so I would love to have all of you here. It’s good for you, and it pleases me. I really don’t like ...

(Chinese) Highlights: The world is everything but perfect, so we’d better be independent. Actually when we are alone, we do not need too much. But when we are with others, the degree of necessity increases because we need to exchange with others. Master explains that she sometimes, due to the interpersonal relationship, also thinks she needs this or that to help her out of trouble. But in the end, the more help she gets, the more troubles she will have. In fact, living alone is very, very comfortable. Master ...

(Chinese) Highlights: Why is that most people cannot accept the coming of a living Buddha? Supreme Master breaks our stereotyped misconceptions about Buddha with her wise insights and words: my profession is Buddha. If all Buddha are afraid to admit their status for fear of criticism , who should the sentient beings follow? For example, I am Buddha, but I don’t feel anything to be proud of or arrogant about. It's just a job, a profession or a level. If we can not attain Buddhahood, then there is no need to ...

(Chinese) Don't care whether one is worth your giving or not. We should first care if we ourselves is worth to be a good tool for giving. Because the truth is, it is God or the loving power that gives through us. It’s not us who give. We are only the witnesses. For those receivers, we need not to say who is the receiver, because every one is the receiver. No need to create a ceremonious atmosphere of gratefulness to put heavy pressures on both sides and make people think there’s a beneficiary relationship ...

(English) Highlights At this special gathering with Association members, Supreme Master Ching Hai illustrates that if everyone chooses an organic vegan diet, it not only benefits everybody and uplifts the mind, but it is also an action of filial piety and patriotism. The Earth will become peaceful and abundant in merits. The Supreme Master also tells two stories, explaining the true meaning of freeing captured ...

(Chinese) A poor woman sincerely offered to the living Buddha the only piece of cloth she and her husband shared to cover themselves and. After that, she was born into a wealthy family with a piece of silk on her body for 91 eons. But why couldn’t she be liberated from the circle of life and death until Sakyamuni Buddha came to this world ? Through this story, Master Qing Hai explained to us about the trap of giving and reminded us that we should directly advise people the way to liberation instead of ...

(Chinese) Highlights: Why don’t Bodhisattvas save beings out from hell? That’s because those beings don’t have enough human quality yet. They still have the so called devil spirit. If they are let out and up here, they will harm the human world. Hell is also a kind of prison for them to correct themselves. They can leave once they have changed for better. Our world is also a prison, because we don’t know other worlds except this one. Quan Yin practitioners, however, can often go out of it. If we are ...

(Chinese) Master led the disciples in chanting the “Incense Praise” and “Offering Food to God,” and then she explained that the SadaBuddhawas the greatest of all Buddhas, and that praising Him is like chanting a mantra. However, people don’t understand this while they chant: “Why do I teach you to do this chanting? It’s because you are at different spiritual levels, and most still have the emotions of the Astral level, and through chanting, you can release some of the emotions. If you don’t let the ...

(Chinese) If we can make people happy, it’s a great, meritorious act, because we have performed with great sincerity. This is also a method of spiritual practice and a way to gain merits. All spiritual practitioners love to be happy and carefree, andonly when a person is carefree can he be happy. Even when a person doesn’t practice, or doesn’t practice well, if he can laugh, at that momenthe is free. He is able to forget all the worries, sadness and challenges in his life. While he is laughing, he can forget ...

(Chinese) The Ten Commandments~ The Lord explained to Moses how to apply these commandments in various worldly situations and wanted Moses to explain them to the people. When the situation was different, the commandments were to be applied accordingly. The commandments were meant to protect people, not the other way around.