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(Chinese) As the Buddhist doctrines say, "Put down the butcher's knife, and become a Buddha immediately." This does not mean that we have to wait until we put down the butcher's knife to become a Buddha. No! We only need to turn within and "listen inwardly to our self-nature", then we will immediately behold our Buddha Nature. We have read many scriptures and heard about "listening inwardly to our self-nature", but we do not know how and why. Why don't we say "look ...

(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 ...

(English) Highlights~ Master touches every sentient being visibly and invisibly. Starting with her thoughtfulness, humility and humor, she explains that God is the true love we are looking for. Only by Hiers power the negative within us is diminished and the inner peace we are all craving for comes to us. Then She teaches a group of children the love and healing power the pets posses, therefore it is important to be gentle with the animals so they won’t live in fear. ...

(Chinese+English) Supreme Master Ching Hai and association members dressed up grandly to attend and celebrate 2007 Chinese Lunar New Year with disciples from around the world at Hsihu, Formosa. She encouraged everyone, saying “So peace must be, because in peace we can rebuild countries; in peace only we can rebuild human relationship; in peace only we can attain heaven. There is no other way we can live with each other ever, except but in peace. ... Everybody talked about peace, but we must do something to contribute to ...

(English) Master lovingly narrated some stories from the Far East, illustrating that the true renunciation is within the heart. In one of the stories, Sukhdev was born as a sage and practiced asceticism, yet he still had to request initiation from a worldly person, King Janak. It explains that even though an enlightened soul may have different identities, such as a king like Janak, a carpenter like Kabir, or a monk like Shakyamuni Buddha, his outer appearance wouldn’t affect his inner realization at all. If ...

(English) Highlights~ Supreme Master Ching Hai delicately chooses many jokes as gifts of joy for this mundane world. For example, a lion asks every animal he meets, “who is the strongest in the woods?” and gets a surprising answer from an elephant. One group of bats sees that one of their fellows seems to have had a wonderful meal. When they all rush out looking for food they find out an unexpected truth. In this DVD ...

(Chinese) Highlights Penghu is a small island located off the southwest coast of Formosa (Taiwan). Surrounded by the ocean, people there can clearly see the effects of climate change already. Our Association members in Penghu thus especially invited Supreme Master Ching Hai to discuss this global issue via video-conference. The Supreme Master expressed, “I am also very worried, but we can only advise people to change. We can ...

(Chinese) Highlights: Will there still be tests when one has attained Buddhahood? And what are the conditions to become a Buddha? Supreme Master Qing Hai talks brilliantly about Buddhahood to break our illusions. She says that: don't think there will be no test after becoming a Buddha. There is tests everyday! The more the disciples you have , the more tests there will be. But just because of the tests from them, you know what level you are. When occasionally some mundane thoughts pop , we’ll be amazed how we ...

(Chinese) What kind of person can be considered a true spiritual practitioner? Is it enough just to be vegan and meditate? Supreme Master Ching Hai tells us that a sincere practitioner should be considerate of others in all circumstances. When we need to confirm the right thing to do, just put ourselves in the other's shoes, and we will know right away. "Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you." There is nothing wrong with wanting to achieve something, but if our actions hurt other beings ...

(Chinese) It's difficult to communicate in this world even when we speak the same language. But in the Pureland or heavenly kingdom, we can understand each other even without speaking ; Supreme Master Ching Hai reveals that in the higher world, communication is just through radio waves. There's no need to distinguish between languages. It seems there's only one type of language in the whole world. So how should we communicate with the whole universe? Why do the scriptures say "Buddha speaks one single language ...