EdenRules.com (Audio)

(Chinese) Master humorously tells three interesting stories 1. An old woman lived a frugal life all alone. She recited mantras everyday with the company of happy beans for 30 years. This story tells us that when we have a good intention to correct others, we may as well think about the pure, happy, sincere, humble and seemingly ordinary old woman in the story of “The Old Woman with the Jumping Beans”. 2. What kind of behavior is “loyalty and patriotic”? Master shows us with Qu Yuan’s example: that ...

(English) when we see someone always deep in samadhi and so sweet and always smiling and blesses us; we think they are fantastic.It's difficult to experience such deep samadhi even for 1 minute or 5 minutes.Therefore those have achieved this kind of samadhi, this stage of tranquillity are great saints.They have great control power over their minds. But it's even more difficult to be in samadhi and to be in the world at the same time.To have this inner tranquillity but to have the outer function to deal with all ...

(Chinese) Introduction~ What is the Diamond Sutra mainly about? What is Six Perfections? What is "emptiness"? In this lecture, Supreme Master Ching Hai explains to the public the Diamond Sutra. Diamond Sutra talks about the method and purpose of our spiritual practice. The most important is to practice giving, discipline, tolerance, diligence, meditation and wisdom. A practitioner should understand and practice these six perfections. We cannot practice spiritually without practicing the six perfections. Buddha ...

(Chinese) This MP3 collects Master’s 4 lectures for children. With her love for children, Master always sets aside special time for children besides taking care of adult fellow initiates. She taks care of these future masters’ spiritual practice and virtues and teaches them to study hard, following parents’ or teachers’ instructions and help with household chores. Even though we don’t possess the special qualities of all beings or animals, we can own everything because of our wisdom and ...

(Chinese) Sometimes when we meditate, we perceive beautiful children leaving us one by one. They’re our bad qualities. Don’t think that you’re perceiving immortal children and feel reluctant to leave them. Sometimes they’ll apologize and then say, “Good-by,” or “Your place is too hot. I can’t stand it! I have to leave.” Then you’ll know that they’re ghosts. They look very beautiful and delicate. Sometimes when you hear children shouting or crying, it’s them, too. There’re about six ...

(English+Aulacese) Excerpt from Supreme Master Ching Hai’s lecture: "... Au Lac is a good name indeed. "Au Co Lac Nghiep." Au Co (the fairy) and Lac Long Quan (the dragon) are our ancestors. It means we are the children of the fairy and the dragon. "... Au Lac is an ideal name to remind us of our origin as children of the dragon and the fairy, not of just ordinary human beings. The dragon and the fairy are awesome beings. They can fly anywhere around the world and it is because they are used to ...

(Chinese) Contents~ Most people don’t realize that doing things they like or doing things their Master commands will have different benefit. That’s why even though it’s very difficult to find a Master, staying with an enlightened Master after you find Him is even more difficult. Therefore, many people practice spiritually and only attain the level of an Arhat or the level of a Bodhisattva. To attain Buddhahood is more difficult because they can’t get rid of their egos. The “ego” is the preconceived ...

(English+Chinese) In the summer of 2002, a great blessing was bestowed to the world through the ever expanding internet as Supreme Master Ching Hai blessed meditation centers around the world with divine question and answer periods via internet conferences. With boundless patience and limitless love, Supreme Master Ching Hai answers varied questions ranging from the future technology on this planet to the way to minimize wars and misunderstandings in the world. She reveals secrets about raising children as well as about ...

(Chinese) Why can our souls be liberated after seeing the Master or Buddha? Because the Master or Buddha is separated from his karma, mind and any concept of ordinary human beings. Even though he still has the human body and mind, but he knows very clearly that it is not himself. Our real self is very free, even though the mind doesn’t know, but the soul knows, it just forgets. Once we see others do it, we’ll know how to do it. That’s why when we see the Master or Buddha, or even just hear their names, we ...

(Chinese) Earth Store Bodhisattva once manifested into a human being when he was in this world, at that time, his power existed in this world, so those who heard of his name could be born into humans. Now he is working in other world; we can’t call for his help. Even when he was in this world, people who heard his name might have different results: some were born into humans but blind, deaf, handicapped or sick for the whole life or died soon after birth. Why did people become so even after hearing the name ...