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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
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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