“My life is not my life anymore. My life belongs to all of you. Whatever affects you, affects me. Whatever I have to do, I have to do. All because of you. I don’t have a life. I don’t have any freedom. I don’t have even freedom to choose my clothes or to wear what ..(more)
Whenever you quarrel or you do things negative to each other or have such negative feelings or energy, then you make a hole in your protective net of your center and your community. And then the negative can seep in and make more trouble. I don’t take any money from ..(more)
This is for the people who are ignorant, who have no refuge in anyone, who have nowhere to go, no one to believe in, no one to rely on. So, you are the ones who probably have to help these kinds of people so that they don't fall to hell. Because if nobody prays for ..(more)
If Thus Come One is making too much trouble for you to remember, just say Boundless Body Buddha. “If man or woman hears,” this is long, long time ago. This Buddha is long, long past already. Asamkhyeya eons ago already means countless, countless of Earth time. You ..(more)
If they committed great offenses and go against my teaching, then it may different. Maybe the Maya has the excuse to come and seize them anytime, even before their allotted longevity. So, there are such things as early death. There are such things. Not only for outside ..(more)
Now, I just want to tell you, just want to remind you. Because all of these stories and the merit that you acquire when you take care of the Buddha’s stupas, or you offer to the living Buddhas or the past Buddhas or the sangha - all of this is for the ordinary people - ..(more)
It’s not like you became enlightened, then just like that all the people come to you, bow to you and offer fruit and flowers and then you just rescue them. You have to do something first, so that the Lord of Karma like, certifies you, thinking you are good enough to ..(more)
In the Buddha's time, there was a person named Vimalakirti. He was a layperson, a lay disciple of the Buddha. But his wisdom was so high, He was a great bodhisattva. Many people were delivered because of him, liberated because of him. Sometimes the bodhisattvas are not ..(more)
Not every Buddha has affinity with many beings in order to come and deliver them or teach them. Shakyamuni Buddha, lives after lives, asamkhyeya eons, has done a lot benefit to many beings in Heaven as well as on Earth. That’s why when he became Buddha, he had a lot of ..(more)
All these stories are for you to practice, to remember, to encourage you to meditate. You must remember all that, and you must continue reading, listening, so that at home, you keep yourself in the same path, in the straight area. Keep your mind clean and determined. ..(more)
In appreciation for their devotion, Supreme Master Ching Hai lovingly shared vegan ice cream with the working staff. She encouraged them to be humble like trees. A tree that grows a lot of fruit bends down lower. People should do the same. Good people are very humble. ..(more)
So helping the helpless, helping the needy, no matter where, no matter what, is really helping yourself. The reward is more than anything you can imagine. Your heart feel compassionate and sorrowful for the people in need. But your spirit feels very very elevated and ..(more)
And this person, Devadatta, was extremely arrogant also. He wanted everybody to respect him as much as the Buddha. He wanted to be equal with the Buddha. Even though he didn't have spiritual merit as the Buddha. If a person is jealous and arrogant like this how can he ..(more)
When Buddha was alive he had go around begging for food. He did this not only in order to give others merit, but also to sow affinity with the Buddha, so sooner or later another Buddha would come. And then they probably follow that Buddha, and become enlightened, ..(more)
