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"Now,
after I give you the Quan Yin Method, for example, then you meditate.
You try to search within yourselves to find what kind of power that
you have, what kind of capability that you have forgotten, how much
intelligence that you have not used, who you are and what kind of
position you have in this universe. You search and search, and you'll
find it. And then, you find up to the first level, then you'll find
that you are very loving now. You are less stressful than before,
and so you think, 'Oh God is that. God helps me. God can help me
to heal stress and to heal my sickness.' You get cured from some
disease, at the first level. Sometimes, when you touch somebody,
that person gets cure too, and you have healing power! You'll say,
'Oh! God has healing power. God is that. God has love. God gives
me love. I feel loved now, and I feel I love someone else.'
But,
that love is still on a weak level. Never mind, you feel better
than before. And by eating vegetarian you feel your body is better.
You can think better than before, and you love your neighbor better
now. So, you begin to declare that your Buddha is love; your Buddha
is healing power; your God is healing power and magical power. Understand?
He can make a lot of magic and things like that. You know God is
there. You know there is a God, and that He has such and such qualities.
And for a little while longer, you practice and you get up to the
second level. Now, suddenly, whenever somebody asks you a question,
you can talk with eloquence. You can reply to them in a way that
they never have heard before, in a way you never dreamed you could
reply before. You understand all the sutras and all the Bibles in
the world. You understand that all the five religions say the same
thing. Yes, in one word, you have eloquence.
You can also sometimes see into the past, into other people's past
and future. You know why you are connected with each other like
this. You can regulate, invisibly or visibly, some of your karmic
ties with other people, so suddenly your relationships smooth out.
Suddenly, two enemies may come back loving each other, because,
invisibly, in your practice your Master power has smoothed the past
enmity out of your life and your relationship. So you begin to declare,
'God has intellectual power! God is Buddha! God is enlightenment!
God is eloquence! God is that!' So your God has grown a little bit
taller. (Laughter) That's how you make God and how you make Buddha.
You say, 'Oh! God has a kind record so that we can see everything
inside.'
Then
you begin to listen, and you can hear the sound of thunder or the
sound of many waters. So it declares in the Bible that God speaks
in the voice of thunder, and like the sound of many waters. That's
how they declared their God. When they saw the big flame of light,
they said, 'God comes in a big flame. God is like a big flame.'
So their God differs. Your God now differs from the God before,
or differs from another initiate who has only reached the first
level, or differs from another initiate who has reached the third
level. His God is different from yours, but it is the same God,
whom, pitifully, is being seen by different eyes and different angles.
Just like when the Buddha was alive, he told the story of the four
blind people who touched an elephant; who described the elephant.
The one who touched his ears said, 'Wow! The elephant is like a
fan, a big fan.' And the other one who touched his trunk said, 'Oh!
The elephant is like a big pilar.' And the other one who touched
his nose said, 'Oh! The elephant looks like a water hose.' And the
one who touched his tail said, 'Wow! The elephant is like a broom
stick.' This is how ordinary people see God. And this is how practitioners
and people at different levels see God and make their own God.
Therefore,
it is said that God is within you; that Buddha is in your mind.
That is the meaning of it. (Applause) Now, you know that you can
make Buddhas and you can make God. So I would advise you to make
the best God out of it. Our God must be the supreme, the Most High,
to be worthy of our time, energy and attention. Time is money! We
might just as well buy the best God. (Laughter) Now you understand
why God is not there for you to worship, but demands us to make
use of His power it. If we don't make use of this God by our own
power, then when we pray and nothing is done, we cannot blame anyone
else. From the top of the hierarchy to the lowest level of hell,
you have only yourselves to blame. You've gone the wrong way. You
walk the wrong path. You approach things in the wrong direction,
with the wrong method.
The
Quan Yin Method is for you to realize that God is you, the way you
make Him. God can be as low as a worm, if you are that. If you don't
raise yourselves higher than the worm's level then God will forever
stay as a worm. If you raise yourselves higher, the higher your
God is, the higher God is glorified. So glorify God by your own
power of meditation and realization. That's the best prayer. That's
the best glorification for God, the most significant prayer and
the most significant job that you could ever do for God. (Applause)
If we say we worship God, Buddha, Allah or whoever you say, and
we remain in ignorance, then we truly despite God; we truly disgrace
God and Buddha.
Therefore,
Buddha said, 'If you believe in Buddha, but do not understand
Buddha, you disgraced Buddha.' That is the truth. How do
you disgrace Buddha? By remaining in ignorance and letting others
see that you are an ignorant God, that you have no belief in God
anymore, because God is ignorant due to your own ignorant thinking
and view point. You think God is like that. 'I pray to Him, but
He doesn't hear. I am crawling here, but He doesn't see.' It is
not God who does not see. It is you who does not know that God sees,
and who does not directly receive God's blessing, because you build
a lot of obstacles around yourself. You, yourself, deny the benefit
and the blessing from God, because you think, from a conditioned
mind, from many generations, that you're not worthy; that you're
wrong; that you are ignorant; that you do all the wrong things against
your God's nature.
Therefore,
even now, when you pray, this kind of thinking subconsciously prevents
you from knowing you are God, knowing the benefit of God. Then you
think God is only that. God is only for you to pray to, to complain
to and to demand from, but it is not so. Every God is truly different.
Depending on how you think and on your level, God is different.
Not that there are so many Gods, but our view points differ, so
God differs. Do you understand now why we must understand and realize
God in order to say that we truly worship God?"
From "Start With Nirvana And End Up On Earth"
News 33, Master Says
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Group Meditation in Malaysia • February 23, 1992
(originally in English)
Group Meditation Schedule
Center/City/Country |
Date |
Language |
Titles |
Publication |
Hsihu Center |
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January 1, 1992 |
Chinese |
How To Learn From Mistake
& To Lead A Bright Future • How To Rate Your Levels
Of Practice |
Video 203 |
Hsihu Center |
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January 12, 1992 |
Chinese |
Enlightenment Comes After
Flexible |
Video 204 |
Hsihu Center |
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January 19, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Secret Behind Zen Master,
Huang-Po's Laugh |
Video 205 |
Hsihu Center |
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January 26, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Difference Between
Transformation Forms & Astral Bodies |
Video 206 |
Hsihu Center |
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January 26, 1992 |
Chinese |
Marpa Or Milarepa - Who
Suffered The Most |
Video 207 |
Hsihu Center |
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February 4, 1992 |
Chinese |
Man's Misconception About
Responsibilities |
Video 208 |
Hsihu Center |
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February 6, 1992 |
Chinese |
Follow An Enlightened Master
With Total Devotion |
Video 209 |
Hong Kong |
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February 20, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Difference between
New Karma and Old Karma |
Video 211 |
Hong Kong |
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February 20-21, 1992 |
Chinese |
Why Didn't Buddha Save
The Beings From Hell |
Video 212 |
Malaysia |
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February 23, 1992 |
English |
Start with Nirvana and
End up on the Earth |
Video 215 |
Malaysia |
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February 24, 1992 |
English |
One with the Father |
Video 216 |
Surabaya |
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February 28, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Best Way To Grow In
Wisdom |
Video 221 |
Thailand |
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March 7, 1992 |
English |
Master Speaks To Thai Buddhist
Nuns |
Video 225 |
Tokyo |
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March 12, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Future Of Japan |
Video 228 |
Pusan |
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March 21, 1992 |
Chinese |
In Order To Save Sentient
Beings, A Master Under Goes Ceaseless Sufferings |
Video 230 |
Pusan |
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March 22, 1992 |
Chinese |
A Living Master can Reveal
the Path of Truth to the Worldly People |
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Pusan |
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March 22, 1992 |
Chinese |
Master Receives A Visit
From Korean Monks - The Most Beneficial Method |
Video 232 |
Pusan |
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March 22 & 24, 1992 |
English |
To Do Without Doing |
Video 233 |
Pusan |
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March 23, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Love Devoted Group
Of Practitioners |
Video 234 |
Hsihu Center |
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March 29, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Proper Demeanor Of
A Spiritual Practitioner |
Video 235 |
Hsihu Center |
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April 6, 1992 |
English |
The Best Way to Express
Love and Respect to a Real Master |
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Hsihu Center |
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April 10, 1992 |
English |
Leading the World into
a New Era |
Video 240 |
Hsihu Center |
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April 12-15, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Highest Communicative
Method In The Universe • Same Method But The Power
Of The Master's Is Different |
Video 241 |
Hsihu Center |
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April 19, 1992 |
Chinese |
Ethics Is The Foundation
Of Politics |
Video 242 |
Hsihu Center |
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April 25-26, 1992 |
Chinese |
Full Use Of Mental Power
To Open Up Inner Potentials • How To Help Our Dying
Relatives To Be Reborn In Buddhas' Land |
Video 243 |
Hsihu Center |
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May 8, 1992 |
English |
Leading the World into
a New Era |
Video 240 |
Hsihu Center |
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May 11, 1992 |
English |
You Don't Have to be Miserable
to be a Buddha |
Video 246 |
Hsihu Center |
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May 12, 1992 |
English |
Quan Yin Method is the
Whole Entity |
Video 247 |
Hsihu Center |
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May 17, 1992 |
Chinese |
Diamond Princess •
Golden Wealth Monk |
Video 248 |
Hsihu Center |
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May 20-22, 1992 |
Chinese |
Five Monks • Brahman
King Requests For Dharma |
Video 249 |
Chiayi,
Hsihu Center |
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May 25-26, 1992 |
Chinese |
Master's Boyfriends |
Video 250 |
Hsihu Center |
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May 29-31, 1992 |
Chinese |
Prince Mahasattva Offered
His Body To The Tiger • The Eight Fasts |
Video 251 |
Hsihu Center, Changhua |
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May 31 - June 1, 1992 |
Chinese |
How To Be A Good Wife •
Non-Corruptive Spirit |
Video 252 |
New Jersey Center |
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June 18, 1992 |
English |
An Appeal For The Refugees
- Long For A Home |
Video 256 |
New Jersey Center |
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June 20, 1992 |
English |
Just Be Satisfied With
What We Have |
Video 257 |
New Jersey Center |
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June 21 & 23, 1992 |
English |
Why was Master Born In
Au Lac? • We Have To Always Try To Adjust To New Circumstances |
Video 258 |
New Jersey Center |
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June 24-25, 1992 |
English |
Learning How To Love |
Video 259 |
New Jersey Center |
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June 26, 1992 |
English |
Why Practitioners Attract
People |
Video 261 |
New Jersey Center |
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June 26-28, 1992 |
English |
Why Practitioners Attract
People • How To Live A Simple And Happy Life |
Video 262 |
New Jersey Center |
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June 27, 1992 |
English |
Recognize Our Own Greatness |
Video 263 |
Hsihu Center |
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July 5-8, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Emperor Great Light
• The Man Who Had No Eyes, Ears, Nose Or Tongue |
Video 265 |
Hsihu Center |
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July 7, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Crazy Japanese Monk |
Video 266 |
Hsihu Center |
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July 9, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Old Lady Who Sold Poverty |
Video 267 |
Hsihu Center |
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July 12, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Monk Who Called Golden
Heaven |
Video 268 |
Hsihu Center |
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July 19, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Merit Gained From Not
Killing |
Video 269 |
Hsihu Center |
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September 11-13, 1992 |
Chinese |
Master Borrowed Manjusri
Bodhisattva's Wisdom Sword • The Compassion Of A Prince |
Video 272 |
Hsihu Center |
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September 11-13, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Legend Of Nite - A
Leader Of The Monks |
Video 274 |
Hsihu Center |
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October 4-18, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Pure Heavens •
Cannot Swear At People In Random |
Video 276 |
Hsihu Center |
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October 7, 1992 |
Chinese |
Conquering The Habits Of
The Mind |
Video 277 |
Hsihu Center |
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October 12 & 30, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Multi-Purpose One-Man
Tent • Master Testing Sentient Beings With Her Transformation
Body |
Video 279 |
Hsihu Center |
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October 13, 1992 |
Chinese |
To Have A Simple Spiritual
Practicing Life |
Video 280 |
Hsihu Center |
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October 18 & 21, 1992 |
Chinese |
An Enlightened Mind •
Ways To Change One's Destiny |
Video 281 |
Yang Min Mountain, Hsihu
Center |
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October 20-29, 1992 |
Chinese |
Fairylike Life •
Whatever We Do Is For Ourselves |
Video 282 |
Yang Min Mountain |
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October 29, 1992 |
Chinese |
Master's Love & Inner
Feelings For The Disciples |
Video 284 |
Yang Min Mountain |
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October 30, 1992 |
Chinese |
Love Between Master &
Disciples |
Video 285 |
Yang Min Mountain |
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October 31, 1992 |
Chinese |
Fun In The Mountain |
Video 286 |
Taipei |
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November 8 & 22, 1992 |
Chinese |
The Real Self Within |
Video 287 |
Santimen |
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December 26, 1992 |
English |
Heaven Is Inside The Saints |
Video 298 |
Santimen |
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December 26, 1992 |
English |
The Disaster Begins From
The Mouth |
Video 299 |
Santimen |
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December 27-28, 1992 |
English |
The Punishment Of A Stingy
Man • How To Love Your Enemy |
Video 300 |
Santimen |
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December 27, 1992 |
Aulacese, Chinese |
The Best Experience Is
Seeing Master |
Video 301 |
Laiyi Center |
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December 29, 1992 |
English |
Find The True Love Inside |
Video 302 |
Pingtung & Kaohsiung |
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December 30, 1992 |
Chinese |
Practice Needs To Be Ordinary
- The Reward Of This Life Time |
Video 303 |
Hong Kong |
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December 31, 1992 |
Chinese |
Trust & Rely On Your
Inner Wisdom |
Video 304 |
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