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(Chinese) Sakyamuni Buddha said “Sila as Guru”, but the precepts were set more than two thousand years ago in India. Are they still relevant today? Supreme Master Ching Hai pointed out that Sila Observance alone won’t get us Buddha-hood. It’s to understand the precepts that is important. Any precept is set for a particular situation at a certain time and space. If we do not violate any rules, or hinder anybody, we don’t have to cling to precepts. Therefore to talk about “Sila as Guru” all the time is ...

(Chinese) Supreme Master Ching Hai tells some stories about spiritual practice and explains through each and every personal experience from the disciples that the real divine connection between Master and disciple is not like what you see on the surface. The disciple in the story points out that we all feel that Master is guiding us from the divine level inside instead of by worldly language or actions . Even though this kind of guidance cannot be described by words, but the more we follow Her, the stronger our ...

(Chinese) Master experienced some coincidence while travelling abroad and demonstrates with her personal experiences and observations that God knows whether we are good or not, no matter what the whole world say about us. If we are truly good, God will reward us sooner or later, in any possible aspect and in any possible length of time. Sometimes the situation doesn’t allow it to happen that fast, but justice is justice. God will help the most oppressed and the most pitiable , as long as that person is truly ...

(Chinese) Supreme Master Ching Hai is always concerned about the inmates, she personally visited them in prison and gave lectures to male and female inmates separately. Supreme Master encourages the audience: our true freedom doesn’t belong to this body. Most people in this world are prisoners; some are imprisoned in a house while others are imprisoned in the heart. It’s the easiest and most hopeful to be locked up in a house, because we can leave when time is up; it’s the most pitiful, however, to be locked ...

(Chinese) Supreme Master tells two Jewish Stories. How could a boy destined for spiritual practice instead of being wealthy manage to change his own destiny? Supreme Master reveals the method to change our destiny: find a fortunate person and stay with him, then our life will surely become balanced. It's the same with looking for an enlightened master. If we know we have little good karma or practicing merits, but there’s someone who has boundless merits, we can go and search for him and marry (get initiation ) ...

(Chinese) Hightlights: Since the ancient times till now, spiritual practitioners are liked by everybody, either good or bad , because they have more universal love which can be extended to every sentient being. All of us need loving power. The more practitioners practice,, the more loving power they will have. Therefore, we say, Jesus Christ is universal love and Shakyamuni Buddha is compassion. Universal love and compassion are the same. They are the most important lessons for us. We are born into this ...

(Chinese) Through the story of Ko Hsuan, Supreme Master Ching Hai tells us that in this world, we can always be influenced by the negative force. Only by leading a moral life and practicing spiritually can we be protected. The Supreme Master also points out that the urgent situation of our Earth could be remedied through the worldwide adoption of a vegan diet along with a return to the natural way of living.

(Chinese) During the time of Sakyamuni Buddha, there was a couple named Jin Tian and Jin Guangming who had followed the Buddha to become monk and nun and attained arahantship. They went through 91 life times even though they had met disciples of a living Buddha, only because they had one wrong conception in their previous life. Supreme Master Ching Hai reminds us with this story that we’d better not teach others about Hinayana to make them attached to worldly blessings; if we want to give people advice, we ...

(Chinese) Inmates all over the world have always been one of the specially-cared groups of Supreme Master Ching Hai. In 1989, Supreme Master personally visited Yi Lan Prison in Formosa and brought encouragement to the inmates there . She tells a story about an Indian man in recent times who wanted to join the army to serve the county, but ended up in becoming a thief. This man met a Master later and washed his hands of stealing and became a saint . Another story is about a woman who had committed adultery but was ...

(Chinese) Highlighted What is the difference between those who have found their own almighty power and the ordinary people? A living master or a fully enlightened person knows how to make use of their own inner almighty power. He may sit in one place while his transformation body is omnipresent. This is the so-called "Tathagata", which means "as it originally is ", or "no come and no go". A real person should originally be like this. Why "as it originally is "? Because we are originally not this mortal body, just ...