How Do We Recognize a Real Master?

Excerpt from Master Ching Hai Lectures

 First, a real Master will not accept any donations for his or her own use, because God only gives and never takes. Second, he or she must give you some proof of enlightenment. For example, if someone proclaims to have light, then He must also give you some light or give you the proof that you can hear the Word of God. Whomever can give you a proof of the light and the Word of God, that is someone you can believe. Guru means light-giver, darkness-remover. Otherwise, how would you know if he has anything to offer?

A false master will always advertise his little miracles, but a real Master will never do so. If he is forced to,he will always act in secret. The disciple only will know, and only when it is necessary, to save him from a dangerous situation, to cure his illness, to help him mentally or to accelerate his spiritual progress. The disciple will then know the value of his Master. A real Master can only give and not take. His disciples are comfortable but the Master has to suffer. That is why it is said that Jesus had to uplift mankind and that he had to be crucified. He couldn’t enjoy any privilege. That is why people scolded Him and crucified Him. Anyhow, once you learn this method, you are protected 100% by God’s power. The Master alone has to endure all kinds of suffering so everyone can enjoy. But this is the joy of being a parent! The children enjoy all the comforts and the parents have to work to provide all the things, and take all the responsibilities.

A real Master never has selfish motives. His heart and mind are entirely devoted to the well-being of others. Whenever a Master is on earth, he takes on some of the karma of the people, those who believe in him and especially his disciples. Now, their karma has to be worked out, so the Master has to suffer for his disciples and for mankind at large, in his lifetime and this is manifested through his body. Therefore, he might be sick, tortured, nailed to a cross, slandered and persecuted. Every Master has to go through this.

Q. How does one recognize his or her Master? Can an individual have more than one living Master?

M. I think that one is enough. If you learn with one Master, you already have a lot to learn, how would you learn with two or three? You couldn’t even catch up, never mind learn with two. There are different degrees of Masters, but you must know and pray for the highest, the best, so that you may be liberated in one life. Otherwise, it takes a long time. Yes, you can make it in two, three lives or in two or three thousand years. So pray for the best and get only the best, that would be the best! And if you are sincere in your prayer, God will send you only the best. Ask for the best, that is, to only want to know God in this lifetime, to send you someone who can take you to some heavens, or can give you some magical powers, this kind of fancy stuff! But if you pray to know God, and God alone, in one lifetime, he will send you the best, the fastest, the most powerful.

Q. Master, were Hermes, Zoroaster, the Essenes, and the Gnostics Masters? Who were the first Masters? And what is the Great White Brotherhood?

M. All true Masters are one. All came from one source, and the highest Master is the Supreme Master, the Almighty, which is in all of you. When we first came here, we were Masters. We blessed the world and forgot all about our power and glory, and our energy was exhausted because we paid attention to outer phenomena. So, all the Masters who came here are the ones who are awakened in this awareness. They know their true glory and can travel the road home frequently, and they can lead us home. So, no need to discriminate between Masters. All the religions are founded after the Master has gone. Therefore, we have Christians after Christ, Buddhists after Buddha, etc.

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Q&A After Lectures (11-15)

Excerpt from Master Ching Hai Lectures

Q11: Could you please explain your precepts against killing. Specifically against abortion.

M: Wa! You get me into trouble.  ‘Thou shalt not kill’ is the precept of all religious scriptures, not only Christians. It’s even in Jainism, Hinduism and other religions also. If they truly take this ‘thou shalt not kill’ in a true sense of the precept, abortion, of course, should be avoided. And the doctor should be very precise in determining what is the special situation that people should undertake this. Because maybe sometimes it’s dangerous for the mother, or dangerous for both. So, the doctor should be fair in determining that situation. Otherwise I think we should save life in any way we can. Whatever special circumstance with you, that you have to answer, your self- conscience, and the doctor has to determine that. Okay? I am not here to condemn anyone, because I know life is very hard, and very difficult to say which is right and which is wrong. Because we are also all under the sway of karma, of the law of cause and retribution, and sometimes it is very difficult for a person to go above that, to be saintly, and to be decisive about anything in life. But, bear in mind that if you have faith in God, and in all our wisdom and if we are enlightened, no circumstance is difficult, no situation is hard to handle. So, I just propose enlightenment, and no condemnation for anything.

Q12: Is it okay to receive initiation from more than one master?

M:Yeah, it’s okay. But why is it necessary? For example, if your master has already taught you the light and sound within you, and you are satisfied and you’re making progress with that path, then you don’t have to be initiated by another master who will teach the same method. But nevertheless, if you are not completely satisfied and you would like to have more, I mean you are more convinced in some other master, of course you may do so.

Q13: Jesus ate fish, why do you not?

M: You always put fish in Jesus’ mouth. (Laughter.) Alright, suppose he ate fish, he is Christ, he can do many other things that you cannot do. Why you look at the piece of fish only and not at his qualities and his holiness? As soon as you become holy as he is, and powerful as he is, you can eat human beings also, okay?! (Laughter & applause.) If you are that desperate for meat… Oh God! We always compare the things that other people do to suit our taste. But we do not respect their qualities and their talents. We have to know what we have and other people have, and then we can say what we can do or not. The president he can stay in the white house, he has a lot of bodyguards, he has power over the whole nation. So, something he can do, we cannot. Okay?

Q14: Are pain and illness always the result of present karma? If so, how do we clean them out?

M:We clean it out by enduring it. Because it’s already too late now to reverse the wheel of karma. But we could minimize it, we could lubricate it by being enlightened, by meditation on the perfection of the Father every day through the guidance of a teacher, through initiation. Then, we minimize a lot of things.

Q15: Do you have homosexual disciples?

M: Yes. Do I have to report to you their private business?

You see, homosexuality is just a misconception about their awareness. They misunderstand their body’s function. And when they become enlightened, this will be less and less, because they will identify themselves less with the body, but more with the spirit. Therefore there’s nothing wrong with that.

When the children are very young, they play with plastic models and they cling to their teddy bears, but when they grow up, they will leave them. So do not worry about your miss-identification with your body or with your birth appearance. It’s alright, just get enlightenment, and everything will fix itself in due course.

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Quan Yin Method & The Requirements.

Excerpt from Master Ching Hai Lectures

Q-What is Quan Yin Method?  Is it meditation? How long does it take?

M- Yes it is meditation, but it is not those that you always imagine .  This meditation requires no effort. “How long does it take?” Very quickly.  When you are initiated you immediately know, very quickly.  Just a minute, and you get contact with God power.  No need to wait too long.

Q-What is the initiation and what are some of the requirements?

M- Initiation is the moment of connection with God within you.  Afterward, you are always connected and see God every day.  The requirement are a complete vegetarian diet and virtuous living and two and half hour meditation every day.  You may ask for the details outside.  I myself require nothing from you.  It is that you yourself have to require of yourself some discipline.  For example, if you live on an animal diet, that is detrimental to your spiritual life.  And now when I tell you the secret is to cut it off, it’s for your own good.  There is no need to change anything, no need to change your job, no need to change social contact, or religion.  If you’re Christian, be so; if you are Jewish, believe that; if you are in any religion, any sect, you are free to stay there.  I just tell you how to acquire your own highest potential power inside. And that is what you, or any religion would name the highest.  The Buddhists name this as the highest, the Christians name this as the highest, and I want you to find that power.  That’s all.

But you must be pure in speech, body and mind.  For example, in our minds we must not think of any violence; we must think of love, forgiveness, tolerance, forbearance.  In speech we must speak of wisdom, of soothing comfort to our associates.  In body we should live a pure life, and that you have only one husband or one wife.  That’s it.  Whatever husband or wife you have, you continue to have.  After that, to be a chaste man you must give up all kinds of liquor.  I mean things that make people confused in mind, and make the body weak.  Things that make mental disease like drugs, alcohol, or gambling, these kind of things.  That is a chaste life or pure life.  Understand?

So your body, speech and mind you should adjust according to God’s virtue, because you want to become God, you want to become I and my Father are one.   So this is the condition.  You should be vegetarian, be chaste in speech, body and mind, be loving and not violent.

For example, before you loved to beat people, and now if you want to practice this method, please don’t beat any more.  That’s all.  And before, if you loved to eat animal meat, then now, out of compassion and love for living life, you should just abstain from it.  Just to show that you are higher, one step higher, in God consciousness, and that you have more compassion, you practice love and mercy.  That is the condition.  Very easy.  No? Yes! We can do that.  We can.

Precepts

1. Refrain from taking the life of sentient beings*;
2. Refrain from speaking what is not true;
3. Refrain from taking what is not offered;
4. Refrain from sexual misconduct;
5. Refrain from the use of intoxicants**

* This precept requires strict adherence to a vegan or lacto-vegetarian diet. No meat, fish, poultry, or eggs (fertilized or nonfertilized).

**This includes avoiding all poisons of any kind, such as alcohol, drugs, tobacco, gambling, pornography, and excessively violent films or literature.

Daily practice of the Quan Yin Method of meditation, and the keeping of the Five Precepts are your only requirements after initiation. The Precepts are guidelines that help you to neither harm yourself nor any other living being. These practices will deepen and strengthen your initial enlightenment experience, and allow you to eventually attain the highest levels of Awakening or Buddhahood for yourself. Without daily practice, you will almost certainly forget your enlightenment and return to a normal level of consciousness.

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