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Immediate Enlightenment • Eternal Liberation
"This
almighty power has always been with us. We don't have to buy it
or get it from someone. No one controls our almighty power, and
no one can hide it. It has been in the open all the while, ready
to serve us and to let us use it anytime. It is a great pity if
we don't use it. It is just that our attention is constantly distracted
by the outside. We look outwardly, worship the saints outside, and
seek external powers. We worship deities and ghosts, mountains and
rivers, and saints' relics, which are bones in another form. Do
we want to become bony saints? That was why Sakyamuni Buddha said:
You can never reach the state of God Realization (neither going
nor coming; omnipresence) by seeking It through worldly languages
or physical appearances which are but perceptions of outer sound
and vision, unlike the internal sound, which is intangible, formless,
and omnipresent. Only such is the real God Realization, which means
that we don't have to lift a finger and it is already there! We
don't have to look for it and yet it is there. Such is the state
of God Realization.
It
is very easy for us to find this state, but we must know where it
is. Just take a look and you will know. Just like when someone reminds
me that I have this tissue paper in my hand, I only have to take
a look at it and then I know, because it has always been there!
Therefore, Jesus Christ said, 'The Heavenly Kingdom is within you.
You are the great temple, the grand church of God, and God dwells
within you.' Such is the meaning of His words. That was how He managed
to find God so easily and be Hiers son. His disciples also had no
problem finding the power of the Holy Spirit. Sakyamuni said, 'God
is within your heart.' Precisely because It was in His heart could
He find it so easily. Otherwise, if It were not there, He could
not have found it in six years, sixty years, six hundred years,
sixty thousand years, six billion, or six trillion years.
When
we say that God is within our heart, we do not mean the physical
heart. We mean that it is within us. Since this concept cannot be
expressed in words, for the time being, I will say that it is within
us. I use the term 'within' to differentiate it from 'without',
or the outside. The outside refers to such situations as worshipping
wooden Buddha statues. I am sorry, but those are really just wooden
statues! What else could they be? Stone Buddha statues are more
or less the same. We may make pilgrimages to the mountains or rivers.
If God is in the mountains, then Hes has discrimination, I If Hes
lives only in a temple, then Hes has discrimination. Or if God dwells
only in a church, then Hes too has discrimination. But really, Hes
is omnipresent. Instead of dwelling only in our heart, Hes is in
the heart of everyone, every flower, tree, rock, and grain of sand,
and in every strand of our hair. Within everything, there is God,
the God Nature, and the Truth."
From "We Can Discover the Whole Universe"
News 115, Master Says
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Tainan, Formosa • July 7, 1988
(originally in Chinese)
Lecture Schedule
| City/Country |
Date |
Language |
Lecture Topic |
Publication |
| Tainan |
Formosa |
January 16, 1988 |
Chinese |
Where
There Are Sentient Beings, There Will Be Buddha |
Video
3 |
| Hsinchu |
Formosa |
March 31, 1988 |
Chinese |
How
To Acquire The Highest Power |
Video
4 |
| Hsinchu |
Formosa |
April 1, 1988 |
Chinese |
Where
Is Heaven & Hell |
Video
5 |
| Hsinchu |
Formosa |
April 2, 1988 |
Chinese |
Master's Magical Power & Wisdom |
Video
6 |
| Taichung |
Formosa |
June 9, 1988 |
Chinese |
To
Grasp Blessed Reward and Avoid Karmic Hindrance |
The Key of Immediate Enlightenment
V, Chinese Edition |
| Yilan |
Formosa |
June 19, 1988 |
Chinese |
Practice
Under The Guidance Of A Living Scripture |
Video
7 |
| Yilan |
Formosa |
June 20, 1988 |
Chinese |
The
Purpose Of Life Is For Practicing Quan Yin Method |
Video
8 |
| Yilan |
Formosa |
June 21, 1988 |
Chinese |
It's
Better To Experience It Yourself |
Video
9 |
| Tainan |
Formosa |
July 7, 1988 |
Chinese |
Where To Find Immortality |
Video
10 |
| Tainan |
Formosa |
July 8, 1988 |
Chinese |
Where
Can One Find The Almighty Power |
Video
11 |
| Taipei |
Formosa |
August 3, 1988 |
Chinese |
How
To Recognize The Power Of "Quan Yin" |
Video
12 |
| Taipei |
Formosa |
August 4, 1988 |
Chinese |
Questions
and Answers |
Video
13 |
| Keelung |
Formosa |
October 26, 1988 |
Chinese |
Master
Does Not Belong To Any Religion |
Video
14 |
| Keelung |
Formosa |
October 27, 1988 |
Chinese |
What
Religion Does Master Belong To? |
Video
14 |
| Taichung |
Formosa |
November 15, 1988 |
Chinese |
Is
Immortality Possible |
Video
17 |
| Taichung |
Formosa |
November 16, 1988 |
Chinese |
Why There Is Conflict And Slander Amongst The Religions |
Video
18 |
| Taipei |
Formosa |
November 17, 1988 |
Chinese |
Why
Master's Life Is In Danger Since Ancient Time |
Video
19 |
| Taipei |
Formosa |
November 18, 1988 |
Chinese |
Master's
Almsgiving - A Heart Of Sharing |
Video
20 |
| Pingtung |
Formosa |
December 1, 1988 |
Chinese |
The
Story of Bernadette |
Video
21 |
| Pingtung |
Formosa |
December 2, 1988 |
Chinese |
A Master's Only Obligation Is To Liberate People |
Video
22 |
| Pingtung |
Formosa |
December 3, 1988 |
Chinese |
What
Is The Difference Between Quan Yin Method And Magical Power |
Video
23 |
| Kaohsiung |
Formosa |
December 14, 1988 |
Chinese |
Buddha
Is The Highest Ideal |
Video
24 |
| Kaohsiung |
Formosa |
December 15, 1988 |
Chinese |
How
To Choose A Happy World After Death |
Video
25 |
| Kaohsiung |
Formosa |
December 16, 1988 |
Chinese |
Cultivating Method Prior To Quan Yin Method |
Video
26 |
| Taipei |
Formosa |
January 4, 1989 |
Chinese |
One
Must Have Courage To Practice Quan Yin Method |
Video
27 |
| Taipei |
Formosa |
January 5, 1989 |
Chinese |
Spiritual
Practice Of Speech, Action And Mind |
Video
28 |
| Taipei |
Formosa |
January 6, 1989 |
Chinese |
Super-Worldly
Way Of Practice |
Video
29 |
| Chiayi |
Formosa |
January 15, 1989 |
Chinese |
The
Free Way Method |
Video
32 |
| Chiayi |
Formosa |
January 16, 1989 |
Chinese |
What Is The Maya's Trap |
Video
33 |
| Chiayi |
Formosa |
January 17, 1989 |
Chinese |
Attachment
To Money And Fame Blocks The Spiritual Path |
Video
34 |
| Taipei |
Formosa |
February 22, 1989 |
Chinese |
The
Way To Know Your True Self |
Video
46 |
| Taipei |
Formosa |
February 23, 1989 |
Chinese |
The
True Meaning Of Renunciation |
Video
47 |
| Chungli |
Formosa |
February 24, 1989 |
Chinese |
The
Highest Merit Is To Spread The Dharma |
Video
48 |
| Chungli |
Formosa |
February 25, 1989 |
Chinese |
The Secret Way Of Longevity |
Video
49 |
| Tainan |
Formosa |
March 1, 1989 |
Chinese |
Speaking
About The Philosophy Of Confucius |
Video
51 |
| Tainan |
Formosa |
March 2, 1989 |
Chinese |
Confucius
Was Also A Spiritual Cultivator |
Video
52 |
| Tainan |
Formosa |
March 3, 1989 |
Chinese |
Humility
Is The Steppstone To Achieve The Tao |
Video
53 |
| Penghu |
Formosa |
March 5, 1989 |
Chinese |
How
To Achieve Eternity |
Video
54 |
| Penghu |
Formosa |
March 6, 1989 |
Chinese |
Quan
Yin Method Is The Method Of Loving Power |
Video
55 |
| Hualien |
Formosa |
March 22, 1989 |
Chinese |
Precepts,
Samadhi & Wisdom |
Video
63 |
| Hualien |
Formosa |
March 23, 1989 |
Chinese |
Perceive
God Through Sincerity And Determination |
Video
64 |
| Hualien |
Formosa |
March 24, 1989 |
Chinese |
One
Cannot Practice Without An Enlightened Master |
Video
65 |
| Yilan |
Formosa |
March 30, 1989 |
Chinese |
How
To Find Your Inner Peace |
Video
66 |
| Yilan |
Formosa |
March 31, 1989 |
Chinese |
Mystery
Of The Law Of Creation |
Video
67 |
| Pingtung |
Formosa |
April 11, 1989 |
Chinese |
Why
We Need To Receive Initiation |
Video
68 |
| Pingtung |
Formosa |
April 12, 1989 |
Chinese |
Who
Is Earnestly Waiting For Us |
Video
69 |
| Taichung |
Formosa |
April 20, 1989 |
Chinese |
To
Exploit The Inner Power |
Video
70 |
| Taichung |
Formosa |
April 21, 1989 |
Chinese |
Teach Oneself To Become A Buddha |
Video
71 |
| Chenghua |
Formosa |
April 26, 1989 |
Chinese |
Unexpected
Trap |
Video
72 |
| Chenghua |
Formosa |
April 27, 1989 |
Chinese |
What
Is The Right & Wrong Path
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Video
73 |
| Chenghua |
Formosa |
April 28, 1989 |
Chinese |
Finding
The Source Of Life |
Video
74 |
| Kaohsiung |
Formosa |
May 8, 1989 |
Chinese |
The
Universal Energy |
Video
77 |
| Kaohsiung |
Formosa |
May 9, 1989 |
Chinese |
Human Body Is Invaluable |
Video
78 |

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