After being “offended” by his disciple Lin-Ji, Zen Master Huang-Po burst into laughter instead of getting angry. Do you want to know about the deep meaning in this? In this lecture, Supreme Master Ching Hai will reveal the Zen meaning behind the laughter of Zen Master ..(more)

Highlights: Supreme Master Ching Hai tells us aninteresting story about an adventure to Tibet made by Ms. Alexandra David-Neel, who is famous around the world as the first European woman ..(more)

Some people can see our past and future like the ones I talked about. Please don’t think it’s strange. It’s not. It’s a like using a computer. We can see the physical computer with our physical eyes. To see the invisible ..(more)

Highlights: Why don’t Bodhisattvas save beings out from hell? That’s because those beings don’t have enough human quality yet. They still have the so called devil spirit. If they are let out and up here, they will harm the human world. Hell is also a kind of ..(more)

Excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hai’s Lecture: I think our world needs to change. Whatever we can change, we should do it. Because there are many other planets, many other worlds, and compared to them, our planet is somewhat backward. At times, it’s been reported ..(more)

We recite Sutras in order to know Buddha’s scriptures and teachings. This is the right way of reciting. If we understand what is written in the scriptures, our morality will grow and we will wish to practice spiritually; thus we will get a little closer towards Buddha ..(more)

Most people don’t reject spiritual practice, but they are just rather weak-hearted and easy to be influenced. They dare not make their own decisions because they are used to others' influences since childhood. They seldom have their own opinions or they follow the ..(more)

In order to offer Buddha's kids a pure land for leisurely passing summer, to leave a beautiful and happy childhood for our future masters and to create an excellent place for everybody to rest their body and soul, ..(more)

Retreat is a very important time for us to pacify and filter out the dirt from our mind. Sometimes we think that it’s enough to meditate alone at home everyday. But it's not, because we may neglect and ..(more)

Summary People like to listen to praising words. But why does Supreme Master Ching Hai regard praise as poison? She pointed out that the biggest problem of ego is it likes praise. Some monks/nuns fell ..(more)

Master experienced some coincidence while travelling abroad and demonstrates with her personal experiences and observations that God knows whether we are good or not, no matter what the whole world say ..(more)

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 ..(more)

It's difficult to communicate in this world even when we speak the same language. But in the Pureland or heavenly kingdom, we can understand each other even without speaking ; Supreme Master Ching Hai reveals that in the ..(more)

Why do some initiates, who had practiced some very well-known methods before, appreciate so much, so much the Quan Yin Method taught by Master? Supreme Master Ching Hai points out that it’s because we talk from our heart, from our own realization of the Tao. Even if ..(more)

Many planets and worlds are mentioned in the Buddhist Sutra, and the media have also reported about UFO and extraterrestrial beings. How could we become a part of the inter-planetary alliance? Supreme Master Ching Hai points out that the extraterrestrial beings dare not yet ..(more)