This person would like to even live, maybe not in the physical form, but in a subtle form, maybe an astral form. And even then , it’s not just making mistakes by wanting to be immortal, but he could be deluded into believing in the demon’s promise, and then later could ..(more)

The Lunar New Year or Spring Festival is the most widely celebrated holiday in many Asian countries. It’s a time for getting together with family and friends. To mark the Lunar New Year, our Association members hold international retreats to meditate for world peace ..(more)

I give thanks to all the mothers. I thank all the mothers everywhere in the world and in the universes, for giving a chance for the enlightened Masters to come to our world and other worlds to enlighten us, to bless the planets, and to bring happiness, improvement, ..(more)

Getting better; I hope, I do hope. Wherever I go, I donate what I can and wherever I can and whenever I can. I just hope for these examples would lead on to something better for all of our beautiful friends, because animals are really, really good. All these dogs are ..(more)

Here is the best for you. Outside maybe you earn a lot of money but then you will spend a lot also, sweating around just for something; not as good as here. Here you are working to spread the good teaching. That’s the best merit. If you don’t believe me, you ask the ..(more)

Hey,you guys should not eat too many sweets, OK? Eat fruit instead. Eat sometimes OK, but… a bite or two maybe OK, now and then. But it’s sweet, you know already that they destroy vitamins in your body, yeah? And also, no good for the brain. Not because it’s freely ..(more)

According to the Lunar calendar, the moon is the fullest on the 15th day of the 8th moon, which usually corresponds to sometime between September and October of the Gregorian calendar. On this day, our ancestors used to hold festivities in celebration of the harvest. ..(more)

We do it for humans, for others, for the planet, for other fellow beings, and also for the animals. I love animals so much. I love them so much. Sometimes, I feel like I love them more than humans. It’s not fair but it’s the way it is. Just like that, it’s so easy to ..(more)

If possible, you don't eat leftover food, OK? Because the demons, they favor leftover food, so they will, kind of, takeaway the purity of the food. So, if you eat it again, you are mixing with the demon's energy. Not too good. Try to cook just enough and then you just ..(more)

I have created a special area, a special spiritual land for all of you and whoever, under the wings, under my wings. Which is better, beyond and better than the Fifth Level. And we could even save the worst. The ones who really have faith in the Master. And we will be ..(more)

If you are working very well, diligently at home, and taking care of yourself and your family well, I also am very, very, very grateful, because that means I don’t have to worry about you. That means society has better helpers, to make it more beautiful, livable, and ..(more)

In the old times, they don’t have these kinds of industrialized animal farms. They don’t confine them into little cages until they could move no more and all that. And still the Buddha said, “No.” Not to talk about nowadays, they just abuse them and force them until ..(more)

The precepts are very important, not only for nuns and monks, but for you as well, if you want to be liberated while you are taking care of your duties in the world according to your karma. Not everyone can be nuns and monks, of course. It's a very difficult ..(more)

If we have some reverent beings, we have to treat them nicely. You must know. I always tell you, a long time already, so you do always the same. The monks and nuns sit somewhere separate, as separate as possible. We have to protect them, protect their purity, for you. ..(more)

Thanks to Heaven’s grace and Supreme Master Ching Hai’s profound love, at the end of 2018, tens of thousands of our Association members had the opportunity to gather at the New Land in Taiwan (Formosa) for a meditation retreat and Christmas celebration. One of the ..(more)