(Chinese) Sometimes when we meditate, we perceive beautiful children leaving us one by one. They're our bad qualities. Don't think that you're perceiving immortal children and feel reluctant to leave them. Sometimes they'll apologize and then say, "Good-bye," or "Your place is too hot. I can't stand it! I have to leave." Then you'll know that they're ghosts. They look very beautiful and delicate. Sometimes when you hear children shouting or crying, it's them, too. There're about six of them....

(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) Excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hai's lecture: There are two levels in our existence. One is so-called ignorance; the other is enlightenment. And when we step through the border, we come into enlightenment. Enlightenment implies light. So when you sit in quietness through the help of an experienced teacher, you have light, you see light floating through you. Then you feel elevated, you feel changed. You enter into a different dimension. And once you enter there and are...

(English) What is initiation? What is the difference between a so-called saint and an ordinary person? What is the greatest obstacle in achieving enlightenment? In a lecture by Supreme Master Ching Hai in Sydney, Australia in 1993, Master imparts her wisdom on the esoteric teachings of the Quan Yin (Light and Sound) Method. She reveals that if we would only tune in to the Kingdom of God within, we would have everything. “We will hear the Word of God, the music of Heaven....

(English) Forgive ourselves when we make mistakes or when we cannot help with our habits, like anger or sometimes greed and sometimes lustful thoughts, because these things also arise from the circumstances. It's not truly the Self; it's not truly the soul that desires all these things. So we have to always again try again and again, and forgive ourselves.

(English) 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 then see no one else involved around him. And it brings you into many other connections, and each one offers you whole a lot of... troublesome past lives, and sometimes it's not very good for you, when you're...

(English) 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 between the vibration of the Earth and disaster, earthquake and all kinds of eventful weather? How can we elevate the vibration of the Earth? In Master’s lecture, She specially emphasized, “Every day we must receive good...

(Chinese) Will the success or failure of our marriage have an impact on our spiritual path? What should we do to let our spouse feel that he/she is loved and respected? What can we do to protect our marriage and let both parties grow toward Truth, goodness and beauty? What can we do to save a failing marriage? Can we improve our marriage through the power of spiritual practice? Why should spiritual practitioners be financially independent? How can we appropriately take care of our appearance...

(Chinese) How can we stay in the present complex society to benefit people as much as possible, while still preserving our purity of heart? To elaborate on this point, Supreme Master Ching Hai tells a story about a prime minister in ancient China named Guan Zhong. For his people and country, Guan Zhong sacrificed his reputation. He worked with "good" people and was also able to get along with "bad" people. He had great insights about what was going on around him, yet never got entangled in...

(Chinese) What can we learn about the demeanor of a spiritual practitioner from the story of Guan Zhong and Bao Shu-ya? When Master says we should wear "beautiful clothes," what kinds of clothes is She referring to? How did Master dress during Her previous life as a married person? For spiritual practitioners who should transcend the illusory fame and gain of the world, and be consistent within...

(English) Excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hai’s lecture:c We humans look alike with some very basic instinct, but we develop differently even though we are all Buddhas, and we have Buddha nature. There's nothing but Buddha inside you and around you. Just like a cup put into the river--it just isolates some water in the river. That's all. As soon as the cup is removed or broken, it's the same like before. It has never been anything different than that. So now, the...

(English) In this video/audio, viewers benefit from Supreme Master Ching Hai's humorous and explicit elucidation of the following issues: Why does Master say that helping others is helping ourselves? What blessings does a wise government that promotes vegetarianism bring upon its people? What is the meaning of the competition between the Buddha and Maya, and the conflicts between positive and negative powers? What is the secret trick to eliminating one's ego, desires and ambitions? The Buddha...

(English) Master explains how to be more still in meditation, the secret to making progress in practice, and ways to handle your fear and disturbances by inner beings during meditation. Master emphasizes the importance of putting Master's teaching into practice and the true purpose of a retreat. The "Real" Master is not the body. Master elaborates the reasons why a True Master must always suffer in the physical body and why people have different kinds spiritual...

(Chinese) During this international retreat in the US capital of Washington, DC, Supreme Master not only patiently answered Chinese initiates’ questions regarding meditation and spiritual practice, but also lovingly responded to other initiates’ concerns about marriage, love, friendship, work, family, education, and even trivial matters of everyday life. While addressing questions with the deepest care, Master at times also offered a witty and humorous outlook. Like the spring wind and rain,...

(English) Master emphasizes that not a single Quan Yin practitioner on this planet can fail to see the inner Light so fellow initiates should never give up on meditation. Even if you don't see the Light today, you may see It tomorrow. She also discusses how to distinguish between true and illusory spiritual experiences, and how to achieve a balance between our free will and God!|s will. Finally, Master gives a penetrating exposition on the profound effects and benefits of "positive thinking"...

(English) In order to experience physical existence as we do now, we, as God before, when we were in Heaven, and one with God, as God, have created time and space in this planet, in this physical existence, so that we can experience separation from God, so that we can reunite with God again and enjoy bliss again. That's how it goes on for eternity. We forever create new dimensions, new experiences, so that we can remember God again as God and as a creation of God. So when we are in this...

(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 physical 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...

(Chinese) If we have extremely intense inner experiences during meditation that cause bodily stress, how should we handle this condition? How should spiritual practitioners regard "engagement in worldly affairs according to affinity," or should they face life with a more positive attitude? Can one change one's predestined karma? Master's discourse also deals with people's superstitions about fate. In times of failure or difficulty, how do we know if we...

(Chinese) On 5 May 2000, at a spectacular moment in the history of the universe, five grand planets met in perfect alignment. Supreme Master Ching Hai, having been long anticipated, was invited by groups from all around Formosa to present a lecture at the Taoyuan Big Egg Stadium. Near 30 thousand people attended this grand congregation. During Her lecture, Master discussed how to fully realize the Buddha nature through practicing the Quan Yin Method, and how to prove that we are all Buddhas...

(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...

(English) Is enlightenment related to a person's character, virtues or shortcomings? Why were there so many "Zen enigmas" exchanged between masters and disciples in ancient times? What is the hidden meaning behind these stories? What is the difference between "theoretical understanding" and "ultimate realization"? How does our spiritual practice benefit from the verbal teachings of an enlightened Master? Is language necessary to explain the teachings of Truth? What is the real meaning of...

(English) Excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hai’s lecture: I don't do anything physical to you during initiation. In fact, I don't even have to be at the place of initiation because God will do everything through this office. So wherever the office is, it's all right because God's power is very strong. It's just that Hes needs a physical tool to work with because if the God power were to descend directly from Heaven to us, we'd die. We'd be broken into pieces, into powder. We...