(English:Chinese) Many troubles in this world come from our identification of material things as being mine, yours, ours, theirs, etc. Through a story of how a high-level monk taught his disciples to become free of attachments, Supreme Master Ching Hai explained that we practitioners must be able to put down everything, to open our wisdom and eliminate our ego. If we cannot put down all our desires and attachments, we won’t be liberated. Heaven and hell are actually reflections of our understanding and attitude toward ...

(English) How should we practice the perfect charity and true meditation? During an international gathering, Supreme Master Ching Hai revealed the answer through the Diamond Sutra which recorded the wisdom of the great Shakyamuni Buddha: “A perfect gift, a perfect charity, it is when you give without giving.” The Supreme Master reminded us that only when our intention in practice is to help all sentient beings to reach eternal peace as we attain the highest Buddha Nature will we be able to control our ...

(English) Master explains how to be more still in meditation, the secret to making progress in practice, and ways to handle your fear and disturbances by inner beings during meditation. Master emphasizes the importance of putting Master's teaching into practice and the true purpose of a retreat. The "Real" Master is not the body. Master elaborates the reasons why a True Master must always suffer in the physical body and why people have different kinds spiritual experiences, inner and outer. ...

(Chinese) During this international retreat in the US capital of Washington, DC, Supreme Master not only patiently answered Chinese initiates’ questions regarding meditation and spiritual practice, but also lovingly responded to other initiates’ concerns about marriage, love, friendship, work, family, education, and even trivial matters of everyday life. While addressing questions with the deepest care, Master at times also offered a witty and humorous outlook. Like the spring wind and rain, Master’s discourse ...

(English) Accepting an invitation from the organization Seal Alert to speak on behalf of endangered Namibian seals, Supreme Master Ching Hai spoke via video message in a plea for their protection from slaughter. The word Namib means "shield," and Supreme Master thus expressed her wish that Namibia could be a shield of protection for these innocent creatures as well as protecting the deep humanity and nobility for all of Africa. Animals are one of the building blocks of our world’s evolution and progress. ...

(English) Love thy neighbor – this is an age old adage from which society has become estranged. Today, people focus on material gains and profits while forgetting to live as loving human beings who are part of a larger global family. Supreme Master Ching Hai points out that, in contrast, even her birds and dogs learn to share once they overcome their initial unfamiliarity with each other and their grumbling gives way to generous sharing. Her birds and dogs live together in harmony, all except an adopted one ...

(English) Excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hai’s lecture: Meditation on God, some people call it "prayers," some people call it contemplation," some people call it "going inward," some people call it "connecting yourself with God," etc. But meditation is a must. Without meditation, our life is not as complete, is not as happy, is not as fulfilled as we would like it to be. Every one of us can contact God because we are all equally Hiers children. When you've found the right key, the right ...

(English) Excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hai's lecture: “You could have gone on holiday with all the money you spend. So for you to forsake all this, and to spend wisely on your spiritual nourishment, you must be really saint, you must be very enlightened person. Your heart must be so pure and simple that you know this thing. Like Jesus says: “Except you became pure as the children, you can not enter the kingdom of God”. This is our kingdom of God inside that prompts us to do this. Only saintly ...

(Chinese) Once upon a time, there was a King who was perplexed by three questions. What is the best time to do something? Who are the most important partners? What is the most important thing to do? The King believed that if he knew the right answers to all these, then he would never make a mistake. Therefore, he announced to the whole nation that whoever knows these answers would be rewarded. Do you have similar perplexing questions that the King had from the great Russian writer Tolstoy’s story? ...

(English) What is initiation? What is the difference between a so-called saint and an ordinary person? What is the greatest obstacle in achieving enlightenment? In a lecture by Supreme Master Ching Hai in Sydney, Australia in 1993, Master imparts her wisdom on the esoteric teachings of the Quan Yin (Light and Sound) Method. She reveals that if we would only tune in to the Kingdom of God within, we would have everything. “We will hear the Word of God, the music of Heaven. And this music will ...