EdenRules.com (Audio)

(Chinese) By contacting the kind, pure and good people, even the ferocious people will be softened and touched by them. Instead of harming the kind people, the ferocious one will follow them and study with them. That’s why I said that we should practice spiritually and set a good example in society. We should not blame society for being so chaotic, or blame others for being so bad, we should blame ourselves for not setting a good example, right? So we should do good deeds first, and other people will follow. ...

(Chinese) We recite Sutras in order to know Buddha’s scriptures and teachings. This is the right way of reciting. If we understand what is written in the scriptures, our morality will grow and we will wish to practice spiritually; thus we will get a little closer towards Buddha and our wisdom will become a little higher. However, if we eat too much meat, our karma will be too heavy, and it will be hard for our wisdom to develop. In order to develop our wisdom, we need to purify our body, speech and mind. ...

(Chinese) The king assailed himself. Someone like him has a heart as big as the ocean, as vast as space. He can break the ignorant preconceptions of people. “Now the sentient beings are rolling in the mud and struggling. How can you have the heart to leave them?” He kept on talking. He must have a good memory, so he would not get old. They are all like that. They would sacrifice their own life to seek Tao. But listening to this one sentence won’t make him fully enlightened, right? The Brahma will not teach him ...

(Chinese) This story tells us to be one-pointed towards God and Buddha, don’t be swayed by the world, or tempted by anything to stray from our goal. This way, we will receive God’s grace. If we only have God in our mind, then there is only God residing in us, right? At that time we are one with Hirm and we don’t need to ask, pray or beg anything from God.

(Chinese) The Tao that we are questing for has no connection with giving alms, being moral or virtuous. We cannot say that they are not connected at all, because a sincere Tao seeker is for sure a very benevolent person. Originally, we ought to be a good person in this world. Because our parents, friends and neighbors like it when we are good people. If they were happy, we would be happy too, wouldn't we? We can't live in a place full of hatred where everybody is against us, that would be very difficult ...

(Chinese) Pratyeka Buddha means the dharma is gained through one's own enlightenment, so there is not too much power in it, but at the most only for self enlightenment, or for passing the enlightenment to a couple of other people. The enlightenment comes from the incidental right choice of method during spiritual practice which is not one's real method but only makes him succeed by chance. Pratyeka Buddhahave practiced for a long time life after life, and now becomes Buddha naturally. If we haven't ...

(Aulacese) Highlights Why would a man marry a toad? What is the significance of a romantic relationship between a man and the Ninth Fairy Princess? During international gatherings, Supreme Master Ching Hai shared two wonderful stories with Association members and provided insight to these questions. With each story comes with a discovery of wisdom that offers a new perspective on us and our relationships. Intertwined with ...

(Chinese) Highlights In sharing the statement of a simple diet, Supreme Master Ching Hai conveys that all is created by habit. Therefore, we can train ourselves to do anything. It is the same with meat eating, which anyone can also completely abstain from. Since we are the superior hosts of Earth, every piece of our thinking is transformed into action by the angels. Everything depends on us. The whole universe is ...

(Chinese) What can we learn about the demeanor of a spiritual practitioner from the story of Guan Zhong and Bao Shu-ya? When Master says we should wear "beautiful clothes," what kinds of clothes is She referring to? How did Master dress during Her previous life as a married person? For spiritual practitioners who should transcend the illusory fame and gain of the world, and be consistent within and without, what ...

(Chinese) To God, this world we live in is like an opera. Neither peace nor happiness is eternal. Master says: we try our best to help and alleviate the sufferings in this world, not only in the spiritual way, but also in the material aspect. But disasters are too many for us to help. When we just finished with the relief work in Philippine, Midwestern USA was hit by flood, followed by earthquake in California. As soon as we had done with the relief work, we need to rush to Vietnam for flood relief…and then to ...