Does spiritual practice require forsaking marital relationships? Why do spiritual practitioners need to restrain from sexual desires? Supreme Master Qing Hai points out: for most people, it’s not that they are ..(more)

Supreme Master Ching Hai tells some stories about spiritual practice and explains through each and every personal experience from the disciples that the real divine connection between Master and disciple is not like ..(more)

Highlights: For most people, dreams are very important. Are dreams controllable? How is dream related to spiritual practice? Supreme Master Qing Hai points out that most dreams are ..(more)

Highlights: How time flies! 7 days of heavenly expriences, which brings us boundless inner joy, soon comes to an end. Before the closure of this retreat, Supreme Master Ching Hai tells a story about ..(more)

Many religious groups emphasize learning doctrines and/or magical arts instead of searching for the Original Nature. Indeed, our Original Nature contains everything we need. We will gain all that we require in life as long as we inwardly connect with our Original ..(more)

If we get angry or need someone to accompany us, to accommodate our mood or opinion, then we still operate by ego. Do worldly love, power and possession bring security? Why worries are Bodhi? Master explained why ..(more)

Highlights: Supreme Master Qing Hai reminds us with the example of Tolstoy's novel: if we do not know the past karma and interfere with other’s actions, those karmas will become ours, because we have caused more ..(more)

Reverend Milarepa went through a lot of hardships to seek the Tao. Most people in this world praise his sincerity, but why does Supreme Master Ching Hai sympathize with his Master? An old man starting to search for a Master in his 70s, how did he become the keeper of ..(more)

One must meet many criteria in order to become an enlightened Master. Sometimes ancient Masters could only teach one or two people because they could not attract the masses. If they went out in public, people did not always like them. The Masters might not wish for ..(more)

Most people usually get what they pray for, depending on what type of power they are connected with, such as the Saints in all directions, the angels, or the Bodhisattvas. It is just like the situation Master mentioned about her working staff. The lifesaving system or ..(more)

This 7-day retreat was held in a secluded river valley—Sandimen. Supreme Master Ching Hai makes use of the silent influence from nature, and lets the initiates relaxingly saunter among the river and mountains. The initiates enjoy water games, hammocks, barbecue, ..(more)

Samuel~ Do you know what the most touching part of this story is? It’s the part about the woman who was yearning very much for a child. Because of having no children she felt very lonely and sorrowful and was teased by others. Then she ran to God and cried. Even ..(more)

The Tower of Babel~ There’s a moral to the story and we can learn from it. What is it? The more comfortable human beings become, the less they think of God. Back when their parents were still alive, everything was very simple. Everyone lived in the ark and ..(more)

The Garden of Eden~Biblical story is not just about a piece of fruit; it has a moral. The ancient teachers, for fear of trouble, didn't dare put things in a straightforward way, so they used various parables to get their ideas ..(more)

The Exodus~ Although there were so many Israelites, God took care of the whole country for forty years. They were even in the desert, and yet Hes bestowed everything on them, not to mention living in a city. Why won’t Hes take ..(more)