What are four types? It could be also people; it could be also invisible beings; it could be also animals, pets. So now, I classify it all in four types of beings. Because we are all beings. The first type is very lucky for us if we have; they're called "Friends." ..(more)
In Her profound love and appreciation for the world's artists, Supreme Master Ching Hai told Her staff one day about Her longtime wish to see the artist friends whom our Association was blessed to work with in the past. Supreme Master Ching Hai chose the date for this ..(more)
Happy Children's Day! You (adults) always ask a lot of questions but kids never ask. Now I want to ask kids a question. Did you behave well? Yes! Another question. Did you practice spiritually? If you are initiated, have you been meditating? (Yes!) Good. If you are not ..(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)
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)
“In India, people are very simple and pure. Many of the Masters are married, have wife and children; sometimes don’t have children. But they also revere the wife of the Master. They don’t criticize, say, ‘Oh, Master, why have a wife?’ In most of the cases, the Master ..(more)
I'm going to read you some of my diary today. All this information came from when I meditated. For example, why Shakyamuni Buddha had to refer to Amitabha Buddha in order to save one of His followers in jail. And she was in jail and she was praying to Shakyamuni Buddha ..(more)
These are only for the dead people who suffer in hell or in some unfavorable realm. If difficult to take care, during retreat, can take care. So, all together, it’s about 731,114,123 souls. This also has some part of yours in it, so I could tell you, I guess. They’re ..(more)
You have to regulate the energy. You have to let the energy go all the way up to the third-eye, and then the crown chakra on top of your head. Otherwise, if you don’t meditate enough on the Sound, then the energy is stuck somewhere else. Maybe it’s stuck in the solar ..(more)
Everything is about us, us, us. You have to turn it around. That’s why I teach them to offer to the Buddhas before they eat, not ask for something all the time. Turn around. Offer something. Be thankful. Always “bless it, give it, give me, give me.” That’s wrong. Now, ..(more)
The Buddha asked them, “‘Which method has brought you enlightenment to begin with?’” So, one by one, they will tell the Buddha now. Not all Quan Yin method. Actually, when the Buddha was alive, He taught quite a few methods. And Patanjali, one of the great Indian ..(more)
The Buddha said that He wanted to cause Ananda to become enlightened. So, He asked Manjusri to contemplate all the 25 Arhats, irreversible Arhats, non-returnable Bodhisattvas, that told you 25 methods. "Could you explain it to Ananda and the assembly and the beings ..(more)
