On Sunday, January 12, 2020, our Beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai lovingly addressed the assembly of our fellow Quan Yin practitioners at the New Land Ashram in Taiwan, also known as Formosa. Our Gracious Master also explained the difference between wisdom and our judgement, with a few examples for clarity. “We have to practice more in order to have wisdom, but it’s very difficult for you to feel the difference between wisdom and your own judgement. I’ll tell you some examples of wisdom and your own preconceived ideas, judgements.” “You always have to improve. You learn with me, but you don’t copy me in my doing, because sometimes you copy differently. You don’t understand the meaning behind it, and you just copy blindly. That’s no good. You have to know logic and reason, not to talk about wisdom yet.”

On the eve of the New Year, 2020, our international, multi-talented Association members celebrated the new year in the gracious presence of our Most Beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai at the New Land Ashram in Taiwan, also known as Formosa. Performers from the Christmas program entertained us again with their wonderful acts while new ones also delighted our audience members. Master also revealed some exciting news during the performances!

On Christmas Day 2019 honoring the birth of the Worshipped Lord Jesus Christ, our Association members from around the world, who had gathered for a meditation retreat at the New Land Ashram in Taiwan, also known as Formosa, enjoyed a happy vegan celebration in the benevolent presence of our Most Compassionate Supreme Master Ching Hai. The colorful acts included vibrant dances, beautiful singing and a heartfelt poetry recitation. After the entertainment program, Master lovingly imparted a most touching speech before cutting the cake. “I’m very happy with you and I thank you for going through everything with me over the years: going through karma, going through trial and tested, failing exams or not failing the exam in spiritual practice. And you still hang around, sticking in there. Thank you so much. I thank you all from my heart. God bless you.”

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.”

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Internationally known clairvoyant Edgar Cayce was called “The Sleeping Prophet”due to the seemingly “deep sleep” he entered before he started a prophecy. Born in Kentucky, USA in 1877, Edgar’s psychic abilities first appeared as a child. Today we’ll explore some of Edgar Cayce’s insightful readings about the Worshipped Lord Jesus and the Christ Consciousness which awaits to be awakened in everyone by the sacred, all-creating Word of God. “Ye are made strong, – in body, in mind, in soul and purpose, – by that power in Christ. The POWER, then, is in the Christ. The PATTERN is in Jesus.” “In the Christ Consciousness, then, there is the oneness of self, self’s desires, self’s abilities, made in at-onement with the forces that may bring to pass that which is sought by an individual entity or soul....” “Not that this is not attainable, but one grows to that consciousness in the application of the faith in and the consciousness of being at-one with the Divine that is within....”

His original experiments were conducted with indoor plants, with whom he could communicate almost immediately. Later, he began to experiment with trees in the forest. “And the trees and wild plants who are much more autonomous, they tolerate us. We need to realize that, in fact, they would just need to decide, and we would no longer be here.” Mr. Ferran explains that although plants and trees are sedentary, they protect and support one another in subtle ways. He believes that we can learn a great deal from their way of life. “I think they’re much more advanced than we are in their understanding of the world.” Besides, it’s part of the tree’s messages. “He says, “Telepathy is the system of communication between us and we talk to you. You just don’t want to listen.” Supreme Master Ching Hai reminds us to be highly respectful of all beings on Earth. Several times She has told us that plants and trees have inner powers, and that they are able to protect and communicate with us.

Dr. Evan Atar Adaha, a Shining World Compassion Award recipient, is a surgeon and the winner of the 2018 Nansen Refugee Award. His hospital in Bunj, South Sudan, is the only functional hospital in the Upper Nile State, serving around 200,000 people, including 144,000 refugees from Sudan. “He has done what the UNHCR cannot always do. He stays on year after year, working with grassroots organizations. Through his efforts, thousands of lives have been saved. And countless men, women and children are provided with a new chance to rebuild a future. Often risking his own safety, his dedication to serving victims of war and conflict has been extraordinary. And it deserves global attention and acknowledgment. He is a man of optimism and humanity. Dr. Atar is proof that the actions of one person can have an impact that resonates and inspires beyond borders and across the globe.”

Do not be too proud if you are successful. Because if you are too proud or too confident, you could do wrong. So, always be very vigilant about what you think, and what you do. Otherwise, it’s always messed up, not just your life, everybody else’s life, understand? Every time we do something wrong, we cause karma. And if you do something wrong against me, that is worse. On top of that, you mess up with the whole world’s life and karma, and everything. You obstruct the mission of the Master, and that influences the whole planet, or the whole universe even, and your karma is huge, do you understand? I told you already, it’s easier to get a Buddha than to train the mind. So do not have an illusion that when a person becomes a Buddha, he is perfect already immediately. So, don’t poison him further than he’s already suffocated with. Not too much praising, not prostrating, leave the Buddhas alone, or he’ll die quick. You have to practice like there is no tomorrow for you. It’s all about inside things; it’s not the outside.

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”Atunci toți oamenii vor păși în metalul topit și vor deveni puri; când omul este drept, atunci lui i se pare ca și cum merge continuu prin lapte cald; dar când el este rău la suflet, atunci lui i se pare într-un fel ca și cum în lume el merge continuu prin metal topit.”

One of Marpa Lotsawa’s principle disciples was Milarepa, who became one of the most well-known and beloved of the Tibetan saints. Before becoming Marpa’s disciple, Milarepa had committed many negative actions. He knew that He needed to practice Dharma in order to atone for His past sins and attain Buddhahood. So, Milarepa was sent to Drowolung in southern Tibet to train with Marpa Lotsawa. The night before Milarepa got to Marpa’s house, both Marpa and His wife Dagmema had dreams that foretold of Milarepa’s arrival. “For several years, He seemingly made sure Milarepa went through many difficult tests. Later, His Master explained to Him, ‘I did that to clean You up. If it wasn’t for that, I wouldn’t have done all that.’” Finally, Master Marpa gave Milarepa initiation and the secret oral instructions of the teachings.

Today, we are delighted to have Ms. Moran Bar-Lev, a renowned therapist and nutritionist from Rehovot, Israel, to show us how to make some yummy raw vegan dishes. Moran became a vegan when she was 21 years old after she realized the cumulative damage to health from eating meat and dairy products. When she was 22, she became a raw vegan, and her body has since enjoyed better health, been lighter, and packed with high energy. Now, Moran, a raw vegan, will show us how to make the yummy and nutritious raw vegan lasagne. “Hi, everybody. My name is Moran, and I’m from Israel. So, I’m doing it when I have a dinner with a friend, when I’m going to an event, when I’m going to have some family dinner or holiday, and then I make it. And it's fancy, and it's tasty, and it's beautiful.”

The Buddha is easy to train, the mind is not. So, it’s not every practitioner that is picked by Heaven to be a Master. It’s very difficult for a person who has grown up, became a Buddha, and also be obedient at the same time. Because, he’s not used to it! He became already a family man, and everybody in the family already listens to him. He is used to just telling everybody what to do, and then he doesn’t know what it’s like to listen. It’s very difficult to train your mind. I don’t care if you are a Buddha or not. It’s easier for me sometimes to use a non-Buddha. That’s why. I don’t ask you anything more. Very, very small things! And I really am happy if you do it. So, everything you do in life, do not think that it is a small thing. You just do your small things perfectly, and the world is perfect. Because, the world is made up of all these small particles of things.

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The Arabic word Bahá means “glory” or “splendor.” The Bahá’i Faith rests on three main concepts, also known as the “three onenesses”: unity of God, unity of religion, and unity of humankind. These concepts emphasize that while the names for God as well as religions, and cultures may differ, all are equal and ultimately united as one. “Praised be Thou, O Lord my God! I am Thy servant and the son of Thy servant. I have set my face towards Thy Cause, believing in Thy oneness, acknowledging Thy unity, recognizing Thy sovereignty and the power of Thy might, and confessing the greatness of Thy majesty and glory. I ask Thee, by Thy name through which the Heaven was cleft asunder, and the Earth was split in two, and the mountains were crushed, not to withhold from me the breezes of Thy mercy which have been wafted in Thy days, nor to suffer me to be far removed from the shores of Thy nearness and bounty. I am he who is sore athirst, O my Lord! Give me to drink of the living waters of Thy grace.”

Our next guest speaker is a longtime friend of Supreme Master Television. Jane Velez-Mitchell is an Emmy Award-winning television journalist who had her own show on CNN. “Supreme Master, an honor. JaneUnChained is my social media news network for the animals, for people, for the planet, and it’s filled with citizen journalists. Our mission is the same mission of Supreme Master: WE WANT A VEGEN WORLD. What we need to do is take this spirit, this mindset and spread it to the rest of the world. Your cell phone is your most powerful tool to change the world. I'd like to play our latest music video, ‘Go Vegan Go!’ Hit it.” VŨ Khanh is one of Âu Lạc’s, also known as Vietnam’s, most outstanding male vocalists. With his warm, deep tones, Mr. Vũ Khanh always makes his audience feel connected. For our special occasion, he will sing two beautiful Aulacese (Vietnamese) songs. “And thank You, Master, for helping us to come closer to each other.”

This year, 2020, is the “Year of the Golden Rat” and an exceptionally significant event as we return to the first sign of the Lunar Zodiac cycle! We are going to introduce some interesting Lunar New Year customs from several nations to our splendid viewers today. Around the world, more than a billion people celebrate the Lunar New Year and participate in various vibrant festivities. Within Korea itself, millions of people travel to be with family during this special time called Seollal or Korean Lunar New Year. Also, the breakfast on Lunar New Year day is traditionally rice cake soup or tteokguk. The act of eating this soup signifies that one is now a year older. What are some of the Lunar New Year traditions observed in China? People will put up spring couplets written on red paper inside and outside the home and conduct a thorough house cleanup, which represents replacing the old with the new. Also, after the meal, everyone comes together to usher in the New Year which also includes bidding farewell to the current year. This is a moment of cherishing the present time and welcoming the hopeful new year. It is called Tết and celebrated for an entire week! A notable tradition of the Aulacese or Vietnamese people is to thoroughly clean and then furnish their homes with all sorts of special decorations in anticipation of the most important annual event in Aulacese or Vietnamese culture.

Even if you are high level, you have to train your mind. Understand this? You’re high level because of God’s grace. It’s not necessarily always your merit. The mind, it’s never gone to the Fifth Level, understand? Can never! So, it’s not just that you have some billions of points, you become Buddhas, and that’s that. You have to remember to refine your character and to train your mind to be efficient in every way possible, and to direct the mind always into service, unconditional love. The soul is OK already. The soul, I take care. Now, you have to take care of your mind, your character, your heart, because it’s possible that even though you’ve become a Buddha, but your mind has stood still for a while, rusty, and you forget to be vigilant. To be Master of the mind.

Today is Lunar New Year, or the Spring Festival, according to the lunar calendar. It’s the biggest holiday for many Asian countries, such as Korea, China, and Âu Lạc, also known as Vietnam. How do people celebrate this big holiday? First of all, it’s common for people to dress in brand new clothes. They often visit family and friends, in order to exchange gifts and well-wishes. For the Chinese people, as well as the Aulacese people, performing a lion dance is an important tradition; as it’s believed that lions bring good fortune, and chases away negative spirits. Would you like to try writing the character “Fu” (good fortune) in Chinese calligraphy? … Apart from writing Spring couplets in calligraphy, you can also try to make special red lanterns for decoration. Food also plays a major role during Lunar New Year. Food brings family and friends, both young and old, together to enjoy not only eating but also enjoying one another’s company. We can make all these amazing dishes vegan, and enjoy them all! My wish is to have more people eat plant-based food, so that all the animals will be happy too.

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