Today’s Animal World: Our Co-Inhabitants will be presented in Chinese, with subtitles in Arabic, Aulacese (Vietnamese), Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai.

Have you ever wondered what your animal companions are thinking about and why they came into your life? Happy viewers, welcome to Animal World: Our Co-inhabitants. Today, we’ll visit Dr. Du Bai of Taipei, Formosa (Taiwan) who is the director of the Central Animal Hospital and has been a veterinarian for over 20 years. He is also a telepathic animal communicator specializing in communicating with pets.

On October 25, 2007, the official launch of the Chinese language edition of Supreme Master Ching Hai’s international #1 best selling book The Dogs in My Life was held at the Taipei Youth Activity Center in Formosa (Taiwan). Dr. Du Bai was at the event and spoke with Supreme Master Ching Hai who participated via videoconference about his experiences of conversing with animals.

I often wonder, “Why are the dogs so intelligent?” It is because they have no language. They communicate with telepathy. Therefore, they are really in direct contact with God, because they don’t need language. Because we often have to speak, think, and make logical judgments, our brain needs to consume a lot of energy to sustain our speech faculty. So, our brains have finally forgotten and have no power to take care of our original sixth sense, the original channel that connects us with God. Therefore, the Buddhists say, “Avoid creating bad karma with your speech.” So to avoid creating bad karma from speech, means to speak less.

Spend more time hugging your dogs. Now I’m becoming increasingly like a dog. So, please forgive me, because I’m now not very good at interacting with people anymore. The occasion today is one that concerns dogs and that’s why I’ve come. I prefer to express my ideas in writing. Actually, I’m not good at social interaction. I’m very sorry! My dog speech shall end here. Thank you very much! Thank you, Supreme Master!

I can understand you very well. It’s the same with me. It’s very difficult to communicate with humans. I’m also like a dog, sir. I’m almost like one.

That Dr. Du, he really understands. Thank you, sir! Thank you. I’m this way too. Sometimes, I’ll say to my attendants and people around me that I get along better with dogs than with humans. This is really true. So, I can understand you. I can understand you. Join the club. Join the club. We two are club members.

Telepathic animal communicators say that connecting inside with our animal friends is an inborn ability we all have, but unfortunately most of us have lost this gift. How can we get it back?

In my understanding, basically, in the Universe, the past, the present and future all exist together. So, why are there so many prophets? It’s because these prophets have a certain receptor, just like a password in a computer, so they can enter a certain time and space and make certain predictions. So, the way I see it, because many things have already happened, they have a record, and that’s why some people can make these predictions.

Animals often have a similar ability. They can feel the information field and receive a lot of information from there. So, some people have evolved to… we can’t say whether it’s an evolution or a regression. Actually everyone has such abilities. For example, why did ancient people worship Heaven, Earth, gods and ghosts? It’s because Heaven, Earth and all things gave them the information in a very direct way. And since these people were very pure minded, it was quite easy for them to receive the information.

But modern people have become too materialistic. We’re occupied by things of the world, and most of these things have polluted us. That’s why we’ve forgotten our original abilities. But actually, all of us have these abilities. It’s just that we don’t know we have them. So, it’s a great pity.

So, can people practice to achieve such communication? Also, how do you think people can return to their true Self to become one with nature, and communicate telepathically with animals?

We can only achieve it through faith because when you believe, when you believe the wonders, your faith offers, when you believe it wholeheartedly, you’d devote yourself totally, you’d accepted it totally, then you will surrender yourself totally. Under these circumstances, you have no worries in your mind. If we have faith, and it’s a righteous path, which is very important, this righteous path will naturally form a kind of affinity.

So even though no one has taught me, and I don’t have a master, throughout my life, I’ve lived by this basic belief system. So, the process of communicating with animals is a process of mutual learning; we learn from them, and they learn from us. It’s a mutual process.

As long as you’re willing, you can do it. I just hope that people can open their mind and deal with animals with a happy heart and go through their lives together. Don’t think too much about the future or the past. Just relax and enjoy the present.

When we return, Dr. Du Bai will tell us more about the inner lives of our animal friends. Please stay tuned to Supreme Master Television.

That’s why I’ve written the book “Living and Dying of the Companion Animal.” Many of my ideas happen to be similar to Supreme Master’s; I think animals are angels sent by God; they’re our fellow practitioners. From the Buddhist point of view, they are our fellow practitioners. And their duty is to unconditionally help us grow and thrive and develop our wisdom.

Welcome back to Animal World: Our Co-Inhabitants. Dr. Du Bai has written the insightful book “Living and Dying of the Companion Animal,” a work that combines Buddhist teachings with New Age thinking. He believes that through the help of our animal companions, we humans can better understand life and death, develop wisdom and have more compassion for all beings.

In my understanding, in the spiritual worlds, there are no genders or different species. All lives come from the same source, and we are all equal, so that means all beings are equal. That origin is the so-called “Buddha Nature.” That’s why Shakyamuni Buddha kept talking about our “Buddha Nature.” Animals also have this Buddha Nature in them, and their understanding is deeper than ours. So, in my understanding, animals are actually more spiritual than us.

I often say that animals are Bodhisattvas in physical form. As said in the Lotus Sutra, when Quan Yin Bodhisattva wanted to save someone, she would transform into a certain physical body. So, if animals felt that a family had the potential, they would enter the life of this family, and then they would use their sickness or death to enlighten the family on the transient nature of life. Cats and dogs are a kind of messenger.

While they were in the other world, they have already made an agreement with their spiritual guides. According to the lessons they had to learn. If they enter a family without religious faith, it’s because they had chosen a harder lesson to learn out of their own free will. But if they enter a family with a very firm religious faith, then they are just here to enjoy their blessed rewards. Then their mission is just to make this family that already has religious faith more complete.

So, it depends on what lessons one decided to learn in another world or another dimension before one was born. It depends on the lessons one had to learn, and then one would have a blueprint. I often say it’s like a blueprint, or a script. This is just a very simple script. It would say who the animal should enlighten, and after that, the animal can return to Heaven. The animals’ life span is very short, only 10, 15 years, and their mission is very simple. In my understanding, their mission is to help us, enlighten us, keep us company and help us grow.

In your book, you mentioned that most people think that it’s they who choose a certain dog to be their friend. But you say it’s the opposite. Instead, it’s the animals who choose their human. Why is there such a theory?

There are many such testimonials. One of my old clients, both his wife and doughter lived in Canada. He lived on the sixth floor of a high-rise apartment. One evening, he heard a scratching noise at his door, and it kept going on and on. When he opened the door, he saw a beautiful black Labrador The dog kept staring at him, and he was smiling at him from ear to ear. Then the dog entered his condo and checked out his rooms, and then he jumped on his sofa and fell soundly asleep.

This man lived on the sixth floor, and there was a security guard downstairs. So he couldn’t understand how the dog had taken the elevator to the sixth floor and found him. He couldn’t figure it out. The dog became very loyal to him as if he had been raised by the man. When the man went out, the dog would follow closely behind him. And when he fed the dog, the dog would only start when the man told him to eat.

A month later, the man’s spiritual master, a Rinpoche, came to visit him from Singapore. When his master saw the dog, he burst out laughing and said, “Ha! You found him!” It turned out that the dog had been the man’s spiritual brother several hundred years earlier. They used to practice spiritually together. My friend was practicing Tibetan Buddhism. His master said that if the dog hadn’t found his spiritual brother, he would have returned to Heaven, and he would be reborn again soon.. The master said that this soul had been looking for his brother for over 200 years. His eyes showed how he adored the man.

We sincerely appreciate Dr. Du Bai sharing his profound knowledge of the animal kingdom with us. Please join us again tomorrow on Animal World: Our Co-Inhabitants for the second and the final part of our interview with Dr. Bai, where he will teach us some techniques for communicating with our animal friends.

Dr. Du Bai’s “Living and Dying of the Companion Animal” is available at and

Vibrant viewers, thank you for watching today’s program. Coming up next is Enlightening Entertainment, after Noteworthy News. May we always respect and cherish all sentient beings.

Today’s Animal World: Our Co-Inhabitants will be presented in Chinese, with subtitles in Arabic, Aulacese (Vietnamese), Chinese, English, French, German, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai.

Welcome to today’s Animal World: Our Co-Inhabitants featuring part two of a two part interview with Dr. Du Bai of Formosa (Taiwan), a veterinarian who is the director of the Central Animal Hospital in Taipei.

He is the author of the book “Living and Dying of the Companion Animal” as well as a telepathic animal communicator. By using his gift for connecting into the inner world of our animal friends, Dr. Du says he has learned that their purpose in this world is to lead humans back to their original nature. Can we too communicate with animals as he does? Dr. Du says “yes.” Let us now learn more.

How can people practice talking with their dogs and cats?

When you communicate with them, first, flip open their ears, if they have floppy ears.

Next, you have to make them look into your eyes. This way they can focus on talking to you. If you want them to look into your eyes, the only way is to rub your nose on theirs, like the way the Eskimos rub their noses while greeting one another. The Eskimos still retain the customs of the shamans’ religion, a very ancient tradition. So, touch his nose with yours. This way the animals will naturally pay attention and adjust their breath and then they will slowly tell you what they want to say. But you have to remember that animals think in images.

Benny is the friendly canine companion of Ms. Katy Chang. Dr. Du Bai now talks with Benny and lets Ms. Chang what Benny is thinking and feeling.

Benny… When you call him, knock on the floor. Come over; it’s all right. No shots! No shots! Great! He is afraid of shots.

Yes, he is. Good boy, sit down. Sit down, sit down!

Wonderful! Give me five! Give me five!

Good boy! Good boy!

Give me your other hand. Great! You’re so shy! Benny, you’re so handsome! When he does this, it means “Yes.” When he licks you, that means “Yes.”

Sit down.

Yes, great! Mom says you’re so handsome! Benny is so handsome!

Good boy!

Usually he will lick you or wag his tail. So you have to first have an agreement with him. I just told him to communicate with me by licking.

Open his ears and rub your nose on his. Remember to touch his crown at this spot called the “spirit cover.” You don’t have to talk, but you can sense what he is thinking. This part of the crown is the most original part of our brain. You see, when I rub on it, he would partly close his eyes and start to focus. Don’t listen to the birds chirping. Pay attention to what my heart is saying to you. You touch this spot, and slowly he will focus and listen to you. Even though you don’t understand what he says, he is fine with it. He’ll just not talk so much. But he is very happy to see that your wisdom keeps growing.

Dr. Du Bai says that many souls are born as animals on this physical plane to help elevate humanity’s consciousness and to encourage us to seek out who we truly are. What is Benny’s specific mission in this world?

He is very happy. He has the Dharma in his heart. He wants to teach us. He always goes to you while you’re meditating.

Yes.

You can let him stay. Actually, he is a Dharma guard.

He meditates longer than me.

He has had the Dharma for a long time, but we forget that he has it. He is a Dharma guard. Right? He’s so shy. When people talk about him, he is so shy.

Sometimes, in the morning when I didn’t meditate, he would go sit on the cushion and wait for me.

“How come you don’t come and meditate?” He will move in the way that says, “How come you don’t come and meditate?”

That’s right. So he is your teacher. You can think this way. He is filled with the Dharma. You just consider his behavior, whether good or bad, as a kind of teaching. Then you have to filter it yourself and learn the good aspects only. A lot of times, he relives his beautiful past lives. He so enjoys them. He feels that it’s a pity that humans don’t meditate when it’s time to do it. So, he urges you to meditate. Then you just let him urge you. You now have a teaching assistant.

If I told him, “Mommy is going to meditate now. You be good, okay?” Then he would sit there without stirring. He wouldn’t try to follow me.

He knows. The Dharma is in his heart, so he is so happy. His spiritual level is very high. Don’t judge him by his appearance. Actually his spiritual level is very high.

Say, “Thank you.”

Thank you, Dr. Du. Thank you.

You’re welcome. Don’t forget to say bye-bye to me.

Say bye-bye, say bye-bye.

Yes, he knows not to kiss.

He’ll just touch the face.

Touch the face, yes, yes.

When we return, Dr. Du Bai will share more about the spiritual qualities of our animal companions. Please stay tuned to Supreme Master Television. When we go home, we shouldn’t just feed our animals and then go on to do our own things and ignore our animals while they are talking to us. It’s such a pity, such a pity. I truly believe that everyone has the ability to communicate with them.

Welcome back to Animal World: Our Co-Inhabitants featuring our talk with Dr. Du Bai, a telepathic animal communicator from Formosa (Taiwan). Apart from learning how to converse with their animal companions, Dr. Du also believes that through the practice of “role exchange,” people can better understand the needs of animals.

All in all, just think how you would wish to be treated if you were them. It’s very simple. I can’t tell you the rules because we all live under different circumstances. In your own circumstance, you only need to sit down at your dog’s level, and exchange roles with him, so he is you and you are him, and then you think how you would like him to treat you. After you’ve exchanged roles with him, you will know how to treat him.

Climate change is the biggest challenge to our planet’s continued survival. Animals are well aware of the severe threat posed by global warming and many have expressed their deep concerns to Dr. Du Bai regarding this issue.

They are more worried than we are. Actually, I’m concerned that these animals might get depression. They can see a lot of things clearly, but 99% of the people can’t understand the animals’ thoughts. The animals are more worried than any one of us. Like these animals— I’ve always said that when they chose to become animals and come into our life, or even become a cow or a horse, this is a very big decision because this is a very difficult way of practicing spiritually.

Suppose I am a cow today, I wouldn’t be able to tell you about a lot of things because I couldn’t talk. I could only go “moo-moo-moo.” And that’s not the same. Their worries often manifest in a physical manner, like getting sick. For example, they would become anxious and depressed. They have all these symptoms. But they don’t think in a complex way like we do.

They just feel from their own point of view, like sensing the energies of the Earth, the wind, and the water, etc. In general, all of the animals are very, very worried. Their worries also come from enduring the negative energy of the humans. That’s why you have to be very clear about the best way to treat your animals.

How do the animals balance the energy of the planet with their own energy?

This is a very deep question. The animals never interfere; they only endure or accept the situation. They do want to change the planet. Basically, they have always been changing and supporting the planet, so in their mind, they never think that they are healing the planet. That’s just what they have always been doing. All animals have a contribution to this planet. The contribution of dogs and cats is the smallest. They just keep people company. Like fish in the ocean, they have been enduring the pollution of heavy metals. All they do is endure it. They never complain and never regret it. They just endure it and help lessen the pollution of the planet.

Consuming meat and other animal products seriously endangers our health. Those who truly understand the nature of animals and do not wish to see them come to any harm will definitely adopt an animal-free diet.

Actually, eating meat is suicidal because all the flesh you eat is toxic. When people kill a pig or a cow, the animal gets so terrified. When animals are being killed, they are in terror, and their terror becomes toxins, which will enter your body. That’s why people have so many health problems, like 1,500 kinds of cancer. It’s very fair. There are 1,500 cancer genes, and there are 1,500 cancer-fighting genes as well.

What Supreme Master has said (about avoiding meat) is an ancient truth. She has tried so hard to teach people this because people are self-destructive, and they keep eating meat.

Here are some closing thoughts from Dr. Du Bai about our animal friends.

Basically, they are not just dogs or cats. In my view, they are just like humans, and they have a very pure soul. So, we have to treasure the company of such a pure soul. They are our study mates and our good friends. Of course, in some other lifetimes, they might have been our parents or our children. This is nothing unusual. A lot of times we forget these things. So I keep emphasizing that. When you start to realize this, then you will realize that you shouldn’t eat them, and that you should treat them with kindness.

Dr. Du Bai’s “Living and Dying of the Companion Animal” is available at and

Our deep thanks go to Dr. Du Bai, for taking the time to help us understand how to communicate with animals with our hearts and for advocating for the ending of meat consumption. We wish him the very best in his future endeavors.

Beautiful viewers, thank you for joining us today on Animal World: Our Co-Inhabitants. Coming up next is Enlightening Entertainment after Noteworthy News. May all beings on Earth be bathed in the love and compassion of Heaven

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