(Chinese) The Buddhist Sutra says that "troubles are Bodhi." How do we turn trouble into Bodhi? Supreme Master Ching Hai points out that we can easily find our Buddha nature with good methods of spiritual practice; there's no need to change anything. We just look for Bodhi and leave trouble behind; of course trouble still exists, but it is no longer our concern. Just like when we are focused on our work, we do not feel hungry. For example, on a road full of thorns and stones, as long as we...

(Chinese) Quan Yin practitioners will surely transform if they really follow Master's instructions in their spiritual practice. It is impossible for them to remain the same, because the power of the sound meditation is incredible and it will help us cleanse all our karma. Only then can we truly understand that karma does not exist in the first place. At that time, we will forgive ourselves and truly realize that we have no sin. The sound stream can comfort our minds. If the mind can...

(Chinese) When Shakyamuni Buddha, Jesus Christ, Lao Tzu and Confucius lived in the world, even though many people did not like them and attacked them, they still talked about the Truth. Truth can never be diminished. The Truth they spoke of is still well-known today and has influenced many people. Truth is never alone. They told the truth and didn't tell lies. Therefore, there must be enlightened people in the world who can realize their Truth. The students who had realized the...

(Chinese) Why do Buddhas and Bodhisattvas come to this samsara world without encouraging us to pray for worldly blessings? Will it bring immense merit if we make offerings, build temples and print sutras? Supreme Master Ching Hai explains that immense merits are only immense in this world; nothing is immense from the Buddha's point of view, because sooner or later everything within the Three Worlds will be destroyed, let alone your immense merits. Buddhas and Bodhisattvas have all kinds of...

(Chinese) The enlightened Master can manifest blessings in different ways. Some can see Master appear in one form, and some can see Hier in another; some can see the light and some can hear the sound. All of these are Master’s blessings. Not everybody can see Master’s manifestations. It depends on their spiritual practice in previous lives, or their current degree of sincerity and effort. Many conditions have to come together in order for one to be able to see Master. We don’t have...

() In commemoration of the 19th Anniversary of Supreme Master Ching Hai Day, a musical based on Supreme Master Ching Hai’s Silent Tears poetry collection, Loving the Silent Tears, premiered on October 27, 2012 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, USA. On one of North America’s largest stages of its kind, the audience was taken on a journey in search of inner peace to 16 countries across six continents, through the artistry of the world's best performers. May each one...

(Chinese) We spiritual practitioners attract a lot of good atmosphere to ourselves, so we feel at ease and lucky after we practice. We meet good people and any problems we may have are quickly solved, or disappear or turn into small ones. Many spiritual practitioners are attached to the outside form of sitting cross-legged in meditation. We can attain the Tao only if we have the Tao. Otherwise, it would be useless even if we sit cross-legged for a hundred years. We should truly...

(Chinese) Why do people like to go to bright places? That’s because we love our inner Buddha Light, our own Light, which our soul longs for but cannot find; therefore, we grab something fake from outside in the belief that it will satisfy us. However, it gives us no satisfaction, and the more fake things we have, the more our longing grows. Our own Master likes the Truth and can find no satisfaction in the false stuff outside. Isn’t that so? Our soul knows what is true, so even...

(English) In simple terms, Supreme Master Ching Hai offers thoughtful comments on the nature of a Master's almighty power and its subtle connection with His or Her physical body. She also examines these questions in this video/audio: Why can the effects of two-and-a-half hours of daily meditation last millennia? Why does attachment, including expectations about spiritual achievement, hinder spiritual progress? What is a true saint? How can youngsters make the right choice between spiritual...

(English) Excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hai's lecture: We always need protection because we're not at home here in this physical body. In this physica world we're not at home. That's why a lot of things happen to us. Sometimes people have negative powers possess them; sometimes disaster befalls them; sometimes other people abuse them because they misunderstand each other and they're all human together and haven't risen unto the higher level of consciousness. We always need...

(English) Excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hai’s lecture: Everything I am teaching you here is just meant to satisfy your curiosity, your mind, and increase your diverse knowledge of different religions, and backgrounds. It has nothing to do with my teaching. Everything you hear has nothing to do with the teaching inside; and nothing to do with the job inside. Everything I say and answer, you can completely forget. Even if I can't speak at all and don't speak at all, if you are in...

(Aulacese(Vietnamese)) On the evening of Christmas Day 2001, The Supreme Master Ching Hai and fellow practitioners celebrate together in the Florida Center. During this special gathering, disciples share their inspiring stories of the immense blessings that God showers upon them, and how Master’s love and protection manifests in their lives, in so many different ways. Through positive actions, our environment is blessed and uplifted. Through meditation and sincerity, God gives us...

(Chinese) Everything originates from the Sound. The Sound is God or the Buddha Nature. God is the highest level and the highest ideal. Hes represents the highest thought or concept, and is called Anuttara-Samyak-Sambodhi or the Buddha Nature in Buddhism. The Sound or Buddha Nature is eternal. Whether we become humans or animals, the Sound is forever within us and we can use it as long as we’re in a human body. Actually, the Sound is not sound. It’s a kind of subtle, rhythmic light...

(English) Excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hai's lecture: Our life, our time here, is very short so we have to make the best use of it. Don't ask people to serve us. We have to ask how we can serve people all the time and we'll never go wrong. What do we need, that people have to serve us? We don't need anything! We have enough clothes, enough food, and that's all. And the rest of the time, we have to develop ourselves spiritually. And then we have to use our spare time to serve...

(English) We must remember that the child within us is the real God. "Except you become as little children, you can't enter the kingdom of Heaven." That's just a way of saying that we have to rely completely on God. That's the only way we can get everything we want, and when we just naturally encounter something it brings us joy and benefit. We don't even have to do any kind of work or exert any kind of effort. And the child that we should become is not an irresponsible one, but a...