On Sunday, December 1, 2019, at the New Land Ashram in Taiwan, also known as Formosa, our Most Caring Supreme Master Ching Hai shared precious time with our Association members, reading a story of Chandana from the book about the Venerated Lord Mahavira and speaking of the earlier days when Master was discovered by Truth seekers and gave some of the first initiations into the Quan Yin Method of meditation. Master reminded us that after receiving initiation we must do our homework – practice diligently as well as be more respectful of the Master-disciple relationship. “You pray to Master when you need, of course, but not always abusing our relationship.”

On Sunday, November 24, 2019, at the New Land in Taiwan, also known as Formosa, our Most Compassionate Supreme Master Ching Hai shared the greatest news of all eons, for all the worlds and universes! “Maya is gone!” “The force of karma is gone!” “The negative force is also gone!” “I am just the commander in chief. Thanks all the Godses, all the Universal Beings, Who put all Their power together; otherwise, it won’t work.” “You will see. It takes a few more weeks to really feel the effect. You will see the change, bigger changes, better changes, and you will feel more light in yourself, easier to meditate, calmer.” We are in awe and forever grateful to our Ultimate Master, Lord of All Worlds, and the Universal Beings for delivering us from the clutches of maya, the negative force and the force of karma. May our joyous praises, our bountiful appreciation resound throughout the universes as all beings celebrate this epoch-making victory!

On Tuesday, October 29, 2019, our Beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai delighted and warmed the hearts of our fellow Quan Yin practitioners at the New Land Ashram in Taiwan, also known as Formosa, with an impromptu conference. Master spoke about Her most recent Retreat. Our Loving Master also called on us to be bold and do what we can to help save the animals and the planet. “Wherever you go, wherever you are, whenever you can by showing them the benefit of the vegan diet.”

On Sunday, October 13, 2019, our Beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai graciously took time from Her recent retreat to address the gathering of our Quan Yin practitioners, at the New Land in Taiwan, also known as Formosa, in celebration of the happy news from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

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Eckhart von Hochheim, widely known as Meister Eckhart, was a German theologian, philosopher, and mystic who lived in the late 13th and early 14th centuries. Today we present selections from the venerated Meister Eckhart’s sermons, through which we will realize how precious it is to find God within us. "I have a capacity in my soul for taking in God entirely. I am as sure as I live that nothing is so near to me as God. God is nearer to me than I am to myself; my existence depends on the nearness and presence of God. He is also near things of wood and stone, but they know it not.…For this reason man is happier than the inanimate wood, because he knows and understands how God is near him. His happiness increases and diminishes in proportion to the increase and diminution in his knowledge of this. His happiness does not arise from this that God is near him, and in him, and that he possesses God; but from this, that he knows the nearness of God, and loves Him, and is aware that 'the Kingdom of God is near.'"

The much-loved Audrey Hepburn was a Hollywood legend, dance, a muse for fashion designers, and an icon for style. Glamorous and talented, she was a woman of courage and integrity, a voice for the children in need around the world, and a loving champion of peace and hope. Her performance received many positive reviews. Audrey Hepburn became the first actress to win an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a BAFTA award for a single performance. Despite her fame and success, Audrey did not forget the strife that her family had endured. Starting in 1950, Audrey Hepburn made two radio programs for UNICEF. She narrated children’s stories in times of conflict, and in 1989 she was appointed a Goodwill Ambassador of UNICEF.

Where we’ll learn about why areas of the Amazon basin in Brazil have been burning at an unprecedented rate, and how we can help stop it on an individual level. Earth’s largest tropical rainforest, the Amazon plays an important role in stabilizing the planet’s climate by slowing down the pace of global warming. Unfortunately, however, severe wildfires are currently spreading across this precious region due to the clearing of land for cattle ranching. According to the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, cattle ranching is the single greatest driver of Amazon deforestation, accounting for approximately 80% of the total. The way to solve the deforestation crisis and save the planet is simple: end meat consumption. Stopping meat consumption is a crucial action to take in order to save planet Earth.

The Third Level being, can manifest on earth in the flesh for fifteen days, two weeks' vacation. That's a long time! The Third Level, they don't need to eat. They also don't procreate. They can use their power to create any friend or family member they like. Fifteen days is their visa. Fourth Level beings, they can stay 20 days. Even without food. They don't eat. Even if they're in the physical body, they could also manifest their own food to survive in this physical planet. 20 days. And the Fifth Level beings, if they want to come here to the planet to visit, or to help in manifestation, manifested in a physical body, they can stay 30 days without damaging their spiritual essence. Without feeling much pressure. 30 days, they can stay.

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Now let’s start with Part 2. “I’m Spice Williams-Crosby and I am so excited to be here. It warms my heart and brings tears to my eyes. I have never experienced so much love and wonderfulness and respect, polite and just so God-loving people. It just soars, helps me soar.” What does “Friends of Eternity” mean to you? “It means that when you have the bond of compassion, you will always be close. And that is the bond that’s stronger than blood ties. It’s stronger than anything else, that I have my vegan family.” “She’s the one who made me believe that we can make it and give up on eating any animal around the world and try to make this world work and reach the peace, and so, we have to spread out the voice because we can make it. Hi, I am Filippa Giordano from Italy.”

The Fry Family started creating simple yet tasty meat alternative recipes in their own kitchen in South Africa, back in 1991. “All life is precious, and I could live without sacrificing the life of another. I become a vegetarian and set about creating a meat alternative.” “Principle before profit” has been the mantra of the Fry Family since its beginning. They measure their success by the amount of animals’ lives that are saved with each purchase of a Fry’s product. "The brand has become a legacy on its own and it’s definitely not about me; it’s about the combined effort of so many enthusiastic people." Thanks to a great working team spirit and family love and support from all family members, The Fry Family Food Co. has become a force for change around the world, helping millions of people transition to a vegan diet while contributing immensely to saving the animals.

Let’s go to the Second Level. The further, the higher, the less to talk about. The Second Level beings can come down to Earth in the physical flesh which they manifest themselves by their own power. They can stay… that physical body can last for eight days. They don't need food in these eight days. They will just look like you. And they can talk in any language they want. And you’ll never know where they come from! Perfect accent, perfect intelligence, perfect knowledge of everything. They know everything from the Second Level, no? The library contains everything, every country, every small being. The Second Level has a library. You want to know anybody's history, you can go there and check it out. So, nobody can ever push them into a corner where they’ll never be able to answer, so they never get into trouble.

Today, we present to you an excerpt from Chapter 13, “Heavenly Tao” from the teachings Chuang Tzu. "The virtue of emperors and kings is to take the Heavens and the Earth as their Lord, to take Tao (the Way) and Te (morals) as their guiding principles, and to take non-action as their norm." "Those above must be without actions in order to use the world. Those below must take actions in order to be used by the world. This is the unchangeable principle." "'The virtue of emperors and kings corresponds with the Heavens and the Earth. 'This is the way to jump on the chariot of the Heavens and the Earth, harness all living things to it, and make use of the joint efforts of everyone." "In the transformations and growth of all things, every bud and feature has its proper form; and in this we have their gradual maturing and decay, the constant flow of transformation and change. Thus, since Heavens and Earth, which are most spirit-like, are distinguished as more honorable and less, and by precedence and sequence, how much more must we look for this in the way of men!

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The great enlightened Master Chuang Tzu lived from approximately 369 to 286 BC. He is considered one of the greatest literary and philosophical figures of China. His philosophy is contained in the book bearing his name, Chuang Tzu. His teachings were true to "wu-wei," the Taoist doctrine meaning to refrain from action contrary to nature. Today, we present to you an excerpt from Chapter 13, “Heavenly Tao” from the teachings of Chuang Tzu. "The Way (Tao) of Nature is to continue moving without stopping to accumulate anything, thus all living things flourish…. One who understands clearly the Way of Nature, the Way of Sages, and is perfectly familiar with the virtue of emperors and kings, acts and lets things act spontaneously from themselves. Even when in the dark, they would invariably remain calm."

Considered an extremely impressive, if not perplexing, feat of ancient engineering, with construction comparable to the pyramids of Egypt or Stonehenge in England. Included in the listing are the surrounding regal gardens at the base of the monolith, which have a complex system of aqua engineering complete with dams, locks, canals, bridges, and fountains. In Sigiriya, the Mirror Wall creates shimmering golden reflections, one example of the creative ingenuity of the fifth century design and architecture. "Now, the Mirror Wall is considered as one of the most significant features in Sigiriya. One of the unique features of Sigiriya is its technology. The greatness of it is that the earlier designer used water, flora, and the rock all together to create these amazing water gardens in Sigiriya in such a pleasant manner."

“December 4, 2012, will be the first-ever Wildlife Conservation Day. Our goal is to inform more people about this global conservation crisis. Attacks on elephants and rhinos are multiplying at an alarming rate. Species around the globe, such as tigers in Asia, are endangered. By some estimates, the black market for wildlife trafficking is rivaled in size only by the illegal arms and drug trade. The slaughter of endangered species robs communities of income from tourism, reduces biodiversity, encourages corruption, and undermines good governance.” In addition to elephants, rhinos, and tigers, dozens of other endangered and threatened species are victims of wildlife trafficking. As today is Wildlife Conservation Day, I’d like to suggest six things you can do to honor it….

And then we go to the mountain of the Astral. The Astral animals even can manifest into human form and come to the earth, our world, the physical world, and can visit for two days in the physical body form. And the Astral beings themselves, they look like us, just more beautiful, they can stay five days in the physical form. And you can't even stay five minutes in the Second world or Third world. The humans have more disadvantage, and do not know anything of this manifestation power. Very pitiful! So the Master of the higher level comes down and awakens in them this power and says, "You have it, baby, you have it! Just use it!" Try to train yourself again and clean yourself, refining, and then you'll become that, the pure essence that you had before.

Our Beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai generously contributes to animal rescue organization in Costa Rica, Sudanese children receive education funding, five nations donate to climate mitigation globally, Chinese city broadens parklands to safeguard environment, Iranian women allowed to enter football stadium, vegan clothing brand to create cruelty-free cold weather gear and TripAdvisor stops promoting sea entertainment parks.

"The cosmic vision left many permanent lessons. By daily stilling my thoughts, I could win release from the delusive conviction that my body was a mass of flesh and bones, traversing the hard soil of matter. The breath and the restless mind, I saw, were like storms which lashed the ocean of light into waves of material forms - earth, sky, human beings, animals, birds, trees. No perception of the Infinite as One Light could be had except by calming those storms. As often as I silenced the two natural tumults, I beheld the multitudinous waves of creation melt into one lucent sea, even as the waves of the ocean, their tempests subsiding, serenely dissolve into unity." "For months I entered the ecstatic union, comprehending why the Upanishads (Vedic scriptures) say 'God is rasa,' 'the most relishable.'"

In Her profound love and appreciation for the world's artists, Supreme Master Ching Hai told Her staff one day about Her longtime wish to see the artist friends whom our Association was blessed to work with in the past. Supreme Master Ching Hai chose the date for this special gathering to honor the anniversary of the passing of the late Saint Thái Tú Hòạ, one of Master's most devoted disciples and a beloved producer for Supreme Master Television and many of our Association's musical events. Thus, on October 1, 2019, 29 esteemed artists and their guests, mostly from the United States, visited to the New Land Ashram in Taiwan, also known as Formosa, for the unforgettable gathering titled "Friends of Eternity." Meanwhile, those who were unable to attend sent their loving well wishes and messages from afar. At the gathering, thousands of our Association members were present to witness the warmhearted exchanges between Supreme Master Ching Hai and the distinguished guests, as many of them kindly graced the occasion with an array of superb performances and inspiring speeches.

"It is humans who have been creating global warming. I think that the campaign to stop eating meat altogether will be a catalyst for the Earth to get back to its original state. I hope that gradually people will be able to change their diet to vegetarian." With loving and wise leaders such as Her Excellency Miyuli, and bold, noble steps by the government, we are encouraged to see Japan join its rightful place as a world contributor in ethics and responsible governance. In response to the growing inquiries from customers for vegan and vegetarian food, many companies have launched various kinds of plant-based products in Japan. As one of the leading countries in the beauty industry, Japan also offers a great selection of vegan skincare and makeup products. Being a top fashion hub in the world, Japan also has vegan brands of shoes and bags.

Some of you were wondering… the whole history of the Five Worlds. The physical world is the leftover from the Astral creation. After creating the Astral, the heavy stuff settled down at the bottom and became the physical world, which is a fantastic world, I’m telling you. It’s the only one that has a physical body. And then, whatever’s left, whatever is heavier than the physical, then it even sinks lower to the bottom of the creation, and we call it hell. There is no such level like that. It’s infinite. But still, each level is like that. Fine. So whatever’s in the same level is hell, whatever is the same level is physical, whatever is the same level of fineness is Astral, etc. etc. And the finer, the higher. So hell persons are permitted on earth four hours at a time, without a body. And if he wants to manifest in the body, two hours.