A blind man is restored
to sight.
The deceased is raised
to life.
Mortals see Heaven
before their eyes.
The holy scriptures
are full of wonders
witnessed
in the presence of
great enlightened Masters.
Do unexplainable events
we call miracles
still happen?
Through
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
loving guidance
in the Quan Yin practice
of meditation, members
of our Association
worldwide have
encountered their own
extraordinary incidents
in their daily lives.
Such privileged moments
are a true Master’s grace
manifested.
Supreme Master Ching Hai
has often accredited
her students’ miracles
to their own
reawakened greatness,
natural outcomes of daily
contact with the Divine.
Every time you pray,
miracles will happen
all the time
because you are
in the direction of
benevolence and miracles.
We are also the miracles.
If we know how to tap
into this miraculous power
within ourselves,
then we are in full power,
empowered with
all miracles and
all the mighty power
that we can imagine.
In a foreign land,
I met you some years ago.
Your nun’s robe,
the color of faded brown,
Both worldly life and
renunciation uncertain.
Born with
a headstrong personality,
In a female form,
you endured controversy.
I read the old verse
with nostalgia –
A cheerful line here,
a line of grievance there.
Each polished sentence
Still quietly reflects
your grace and elegance.
When you passed on,
who cried
and who rejoiced?
To whom could you
explain the misjudgments
and turmoil?
Pray to the Three Jewels
on the high abode
May the Awakened Soul
be saved from
the world of sorrow!
Beauty is often ill-fated;
A poet’s hair turns gray
before others’!
Alas! Alas!
At the Buddha’s altar,
I lit a fragrant incense
In reverence
And prayed
to Amitabha Buddha
To take the kindhearted
to the Western Land...
Namo Buddha
Namo Dharma (Teachings)
Namo Sangha
(Assembly of renunciates)
Namo Quan Yin
Bodhisattva Mahasattva!
To take the kindhearted
to the Western Land...
Beauty is often ill-fated;
A poet’s hair turns gray
before others’!
Alas! Alas!
At the Buddha’s altar,
I lit a fragrant incense
In reverence
And prayed
to Amitabha Buddha
To take the kindhearted
to the Western Land...
Namo Buddha
Namo Dharma (Teachings)
Namo Sangha
(Assembly of renunciates)
Namo Quan Yin
Bodhisattva Mahasattva!
To take the kindhearted
to the Western Land...
Namo Buddha
Namo Dharma (Teachings)
Namo Sangha
(Assembly of renunciates)
Namo Quan Yin
Bodhisattva Mahasattva!
To take the kindhearted
to the Western Land...
We now invite you
to this episode of a series
sharing amazing true stories
about our Association
members’ modern-day
miracles on the path.
As during this 1999
lecture given in Poland,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
has often said
that seeking God within
is humans’ foremost
purpose which also leads
to a happier life on Earth.
As a disciple of
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Vân,
our Association member
from Âu Lạc (Vietnam),
not only receives
guidance in her
spiritual development,
but also
help in her daily life.
I’d like to tell a story
in which Master’s
transcendental body
has helped me
in my daily life.
I live in a remote rural area
where it is very difficult
to get to the market.
We have a machine
used for grinding soybeans
to make tofu.
One day, while
her husband was gone
to visit his hometown,
Vân started
the tofu-making machine
to grind soybeans.
I started the machine
to grind soybeans
to make tofu,
but I inattentively
let the machine run
dry of diesel oil.
When I filled the machine
with diesel oil,
it couldn’t start.
So, I asked my neighbor
to come over to help fix it.
Normally, when diesel oil
is poured into the machine,
one must let the wind out
for the machine to start.
But for this machine,
you don’t need to do that.
But my neighbor
did not know.
He opened the machine,
the screws fell off,
and he did not know
how to put them back.
He kept trying,
but couldn’t fix it.
I also asked many people,
but no one could fix it.
Finally, I gave up.
The next morning,
as usual, I woke up
at 3 am to meditate.
While meditating,
I thought of
the damaged machine
and asked Master
to help to repair it for me.
After praying, I thought:
“Master is also a woman,
isn’t it too unreasonable
to ask Master
to fix my machine?
Master is busy
with so many affairs,
why do I ask Master
to fix my machine?”
Vân then felt regretful
about what she thought
was a mundane request,
and repented.
At that moment,
Master’s transcendental
form appeared to her
as if she were really
physically present
at her home.
Master appeared in a white
Aulacese (Vietnamese)
bà ba outfit
with short hair.
Master walked
into my house.
Master beckoned me
to come.
On the scene, there were
a machine, screws, keys.
Master instructed
that I must open that,
there was a marble
and a spring inside.
Master told me
to switch them.
I did as Master told me,
fixing screws
and tightening them.
Then, I started the machine.
It ran.
While the machine
was running,
I held the crank in my hand
and I just cried.
I did not know what to say
to thank Master.
When I was crying,
my aged mother
walked out and asked,
“Why do you repair
the machine at this time?”
How come you don’t
let everyone sleep,
but stand there and cry?”
I pointed at the machine
and said, “Mom,
Master taught me to fix it.”
At that time, my mother
and I did not know
what to say, we just cried.
In the morning,
my neighbors heard
my machine running.
They thought
my husband had come back
and fixed the machine.
They came and asked,
“Your husband
returned home
and fixed it already?”
I said,
“No, he isn’t home yet.”
They asked, “Who
repaired your machine?”
I said, “My Master
fixed it for me.”
While Supreme Master
Ching Hai
was a long distance away
in another country and continent at the time,
her transcendental form
had paid a visit
to our Association
member’s home, bringing
the perfect knowledge
needed to fix the machine.
During a 1993 lecture
in Indonesia,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
explained the incredible
phenomenon of the
Master’s transcendental,
or Light manifestation, bodies.
The outer Master is
found only at one place,
is limited,
and has only one body.
The inner Master
has innumerable
manifestation bodies
and is omnipresent.
This is the difference.
This external Master
speaks only
five or six languages,
but the inner Master
speaks all languages.
The ultimate way
of saving the most people
is to practice
the Quan Yin Method.
You will have innumerable
manifestation bodies,
thousands of hands
and thousands of eyes,
just like
the Quan Yin Bodhisattva.
Then, we can really
save people.
We won't incur any karma
because we save people
without saving.
We do without doing.
We are not doing
with our own person, but
with the Almighty Power
of the universe.
Next, our South Korean
Association member
by the name of Soo-mi
also witnessed
Supreme Master
Ching Hai’s
transcendental body –
multiple times –
among other
astonishing experiences.
When I got initiated
I had a chance
to participate
in a 3-day retreat
right after initiation.
We were meditating when
Master came into the hall
packed with disciples.
There was no free space
that I, this small woman,
had to sit
on the far back corner.
Master was at the front and
I was far from the stage.
Since I wanted
to see Master closely
from afar,
I did like this repeatedly,
and Master suddenly
on the stage did like this
and her eyes met mine
and a light from her eye
directly came to me
like a laser beam.
Our eyes met like this
and the golden light
was aimed and launched
at me like a laser.
When the retreat was over
we had a dinner party.
It was Supreme Master
Ching Hai Day, and
Master received an award
and sang songs.
When Master was singing
“Go! Go! Go!,”
initiates came out
and began dancing
and dancing,
but I did not intend
to go join in.
But I was carried along
by initiates to join in.
There were too many
initiates in front,
and we were in the back.
And the stage was high,
up to about here.
Master sang
“Ocean of Love”
and then “Go! Go! Go!.”
She approached me
and was looking at me,
one-on-one, while singing.
You will then realize
I am everything
that you've ever desired
I am everything
that you've ever desired
As Supreme Master
Ching Hai was singing
her original songs
at the audience’s
sincere requests,
Soo-mi soon realized
that the Master
who was approaching her
was not the physical Master.
Master’s real body
was over there.
It was her
transcendental body
that had come to me,
and told me, “The one
you searched for so much
is me.
Now you have come
to my ocean of love.
Today, enjoy yourself here,
showered with my love.”
I then realized
why I had searched
for a Master
since I was six years old.
Upon knowing that,
the tears just came.
My surroundings
were black,
and only Master
was looking at me
one-on-one.
Her transcendental body
was looking at me
and continued this inner
communication with me
until the song was over.
So later,
Master ended the song,
and initiates told me,
“Wake up, wake up,”
and to clean your tears
and nose running.
And then, my retreat
was over in happiness.
Soo-mi recalls
an experience at the time
of her initiation into
the Quan Yin Method
in 1994.
When I came
for initiation in 1994,
we came to the airport
to greet Master.
At that moment, I thought
Master was already
going away like that,
and as I was thinking this,
without me knowing it,
I said, “Mommy,
Mommy!” twice.
Master was gone away
about 10 meters.
She stepped away quickly,
but suddenly,
she turned back.
Turning back, she came
straight toward me.
I was short and
covered with many sisters
in front of me,
so I could not be seen.
But Master stood
right in front of me
and gave her hand to me.
I was so happy,
so I grasped her hand.
She made eye contact
with me.
And she smiled at me.
About 10 years later,
during an
international gathering,
Soo-mi had a chance
to speak with
Supreme Master Ching Hai.
Master said,
“Ten years ago,
you also gave me
a difficult time, calling me,
“Mommy, Mommy,”
and did not let me go.”
She said that
you may not know, but
I have raised you guys up,
so you can solve issues
by yourself.
Upon hearing her say
that, I was so stunned.
I thought, Oh Master,
you still remember me?
Oh, you consider
each disciple
as a very precious kid.
After the retreat,
I came to the airport
by a tour bus.
Master’s transcendental
form whispered in my ear
that she loves me so much.
I was crying and crying
so much on the tour bus.
I managed
to stop crying later, and
boarded the airplane.
On the airplane,
[her transcendental form]
came all the way there, too.
She came to me and said,
“I love you.
I love you so much.”
“I love you
more than my life.”
I am the Ocean of Love
Come to Me
I am the River of Life
Bathe in Me
I am more to you
than the sunshine
I am above space and time!
Rest in My bosom
Then you'll know freedom
Rest in My loving arms
Then you'll be far from harm
We are amazed
and grateful to
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
whose loving presence
comes to the aid
and comfort
of countless beings.
We also thank
our Association members
for sharing their stories
that inspire greater faith
in the infinite Divine.
Gracious viewers,
thank you for your
company today.
Join us every Sunday for
“Miracles on the Path”
on A Journey through
Aesthetic Realms.
Now, please stay tuned
to Supreme Master
Television
for Our Noble Lineage,
next after
Noteworthy News.
Wishing you Heaven’s
abundant blessings.
Next Sunday: Our
Aulacese (Vietnamese)
Association member
suddenly finds herself
choking with no one
there to help her.
At that time, I suddenly
remembered Master
and I called: “O Master!
Help me! I’m dying!”
That was all I could do,
then I lay there with eyes
closed, waiting for death.
Our Chilean Association
member’s son suffers
deadly stab wounds,
but his x-rays show
another story.
When the doctor saw
[my son’s] x-ray, he was
absolutely shocked,
he could not understand
how he was alive, and
at that moment
he said directly to him
that it was a miracle.
Please join us on
A Journey through
Aesthetic Realms,
Sunday, October 23,
for the next
“Miracles on the Path.”
Please join us on
A Journey through
Aesthetic Realms,
today for the next
“Miracles on the Path.”
So now,
suppose we have found
the passageway
back to the Kingdom
of God,
what will happen?
It's something
that will change our life
for much more the better
because
the connection with God
which has been
severed before,
now reconnected.
It's just like
the Bible mentions that,
"Seek you first
the Kingdom of God
and all the things
shall be added onto you."
And there is nothing
you want that
Hes will not give you.
Hes will take care
of the minute detail
of your life including
waking you up
when you are late.
Really!
Every day miracles
happen to our lives
once we reconnect
ourselves with God,
and all we have to do
is just sit there
and try to listen
to what Hes says.
That's all we do.