Excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hai's lecture: To look into the past record is a very terrible journey. It's no good. Like today, I had to look into someone's record, and sometimes that someone involves many others. It's not easy to look into someone's record and ..(more)

I wished I could set the horse free. However, once I did it, other people would catch him and do more terrible thing to him, or even eat him. Then how can I set free all the horses in the world? What about dogs, birds, turtles, donkeys, etc. There is nothing in the world ..(more)

Shakyamuni Buddha asked, “If you bring a gift to someone, but that person refuses to accept it, then what happens?” The one criticizing the Buddha said, “I will take the gift back!” Shakyamuni Buddha said, “Likewise, I don’t accept the gift you have brought to me from ..(more)

While in Hong Kong, Master cleaned up a cave that used to be a bullpen. Master built a fireplace in the cave with cement and stones, turning it into a warm and comfortable living room with a few straw mats and ..(more)

Supreme Master Qing Hai tells a story in which a Number One Scholar voluntarily helped his desperate friend. Both of them were good friends and classmates; one got the highest score in the national exam by studying hard and received a high official rank; the other failed ..(more)

It’s better to be a horse in the western country, as the horse has horse rights. In some areas, humans don’t have human rights, but the horses have horse rights and dogs have dog rights. The westerners have more ..(more)

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 ..(more)

Originally, any charity and good deed or action will bring you incredible merit and result, which is unlimited. So we should not ask for anything and the result will come naturally. If you put the unlimited merit into a frame of certain perception or demand, then it’s ..(more)

During this month whenShakyamuni Buddhawas born, Supreme Master Ching Hai took the opportunity to tell us a story called “The Lion Follows the Path,” about one of the former ..(more)

Master says that magical powers cannot liberate us from transmigration, citing the stories of the Eight Immortals, Pinocchio, and Aladdin and the Magic Lamp to emphasize Her point. What should practitioners do if they cannot completely control their actions, ..(more)

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 ..(more)

Human’s mind is very complicated, seeing only the situation and what is in front of them but knowing nothing about the background, cause and effect and the karma. Some fellow initiates do not ..(more)

Master said that the suffering of this world comes from our ignorance. Why? Why must we remember the purpose of our coming to this world? If the only difference between Heaven and this Earth is the vibration and the frequency; then what’s the relationship ..(more)

Excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hai's lecture The best thing is that you meditate, all of you. And if we have a connection inside, every time you ask a question, if you really sincerely concentrate inside, the answer will come right away. Before you've finished ..(more)

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 ..(more)