In February 2007, a wonderful Lunar New Year celebration was held in Hsihu,Taiwan,also known as Formosa. The highlight of the event was seeing Master's special guests of honor from the Philippines receive the Shining World Leadership Award：former President of the Philippines, His Excellency Fidel Ramos; president of the Gusi Peace Price Foundation Mr.Manuel Morato; and Philippines Senator, the Honorable Heherson Alvarez.

Easter is a time to remember and express our heartfelt gratitude to Lord Jesus Christ, who selflessly showed the way to eternal life. God made you and God made me, He made the world for us to see. God loves you and long ago, He sent his Son to tell us so. Jesus showed us many things, To love and share and dance and sing. To learn and pray, to help and care, He promised he’d always be there. He died but then came back to life, let’s celebrate for he’s alive! Amen.

John Bramblitt was born in 1971 in El Paso, Texas, USA, and his art has been sold in over a hundred and twenty countries. According to CNN, John Bramblitt believes he could draw before he could walk, and possessing a photographic memory proved invaluable to him later in life when he lost his eyesight. Besides drawing, painting, and illustrating, he also loves sharing written stories with friends and family. Drawing and painting became the best ways to cope with his frequent visits to the hospital in childhood.

Africa, a continent graced by God with vibrant cultures, an ancient history and diverse wildlife, has long been a source of fascination and inspiration for people around the world. African dances dedicated to Supreme Master Ching Hai by the African people over the years. Let your spirit soar to the rhythmic beat of the African drums and the spontaneous, joyful movements of the dancers. Seeing oneself in the other, which is the way to still the great confusion of life. The end of all tribulation, This is our African dream.

في عام 1993، اجتاحت فيضانات غير مسبوقة كل من ولايات إلينوي، ةأيوا، ويسكونسن، وكانساس، وميزوري، ومينيسوتا. وانطلاقا من تعاطفها مع معاناة الناس، أرسلت كبيرة المعلمين تشينغ هاي، فريق إغاثة من أعضاء جمعيتنا وساهمت وبكل محبة بتفديم مبلغ 170000 دولار أمريكي من أجل المساعدات الإنسانية. في السنة التالية، بتاريخ 22 فبراير 1994، استضافت حكومات ست ولايات أمريكية والرابطة الدولية للثقافة والتواصل الحضاري حفلا رائعا في شيكاغو، إيلينوي لتقديم الشكر والتقدير لكبيرة المعلمين تشينغ هاي على محبتها الهائلة. وقد حضر حفل توزيع الجوائز، كبار الشخصيات والصحفيون، وقدّموا لها جائزة القيادة الروحية العالمية، وتم إزاحة الستار عن خمسة تماثيل برونزية تكريما لها، وإلقاء خطابات امتنان من ممثلي كل ولاية أمريكية، والإعلان بشكل رسمي عن يوم 22 فبراير يوم كبيرة المعلمين تشينغ هاي. بالإضافة لذلك، تم قراءة رسائل التهنئة بشكل علني من قبل الرئيس الأمريكي بيل كلينتون والرؤساء السابقين، أصحاب السعادة جورج دبليو بوش ورونالد ريغان. أعقب الاحتفال الرسمي، تقديم برنامج ترفيهي ثقافي من قبل أعضاء منظمتنا أمام الضيوف الذين بلغ عددهم 2000 شخص. الذين طلبوا فيما بعد مع التصفيق الحار، من كبيرة المعلمين تشينغ هاي أن تغني لهم بعضا من مؤلفاتها الخاصة. تم تكريم كبيرة المعلمين تشينغ هاي طوال الاحتفال بكل كرم وبهجة، وتحولت الأمسية إلى احتفال رائع مليء بالمحبة. في نهاية الأمسية، ساهمت كبيرة المعلمين تشينغ هاي وبكل محبة بتقديم مبلغ إضافي قدره 450000 دولار أمريكي إلى الدول الست لتقديم مزيد من المساعدة في جهود التعافي من الفيضانات، ليصل إجمالي المبلغ المتبرع به إلى 620000 دولار أمريكي.

"معرض الفن السماوي" في حفل إطلاق محبة الدموع الصامتة، المسرحية الموسيقية عام 2012 هذا مذهل! روعة! مدهش! جيد! جميل! المعارض الفنية السماوية في تايوان (فورموزا) بالرغم من أنني لم ألتق المعلمة السامية قط، من خلال صورها وأعمالها الفنية، أستطيع أن ألمس محبتها العظيمة للأرض. إنها معلمة روحية، ومحسنة.

The Lunar New Year or Spring Festival is the most widely celebrated holiday in many Asian countries. It’s a time for getting together with family and friends. To mark the Lunar New Year, our Association members hold international retreats to meditate for world peace and celebrate as one big global family. Now let’s enjoy the entertaining programs presented by our Association members during the New Year international retreat held at the Hsihu Ashram in February 2018.

At this time, we would like for the Supreme Master Ching Hai to grace us at the podium with Her presence please. “I thank you sincerely for your time and effort to bring about the gathering of this evening and all this great honor. To help others, it is our birthright, our privilege. And I feel rather, embarrassed to be proclaimed in public with such a small service, which is just the beginning, very small beginning, of our effort to try to help our brothers and sisters, and to elevate our planet, which is our only home at this moment, so that we all can live in a very reasonable and decent condition.”“And therefore, whenever we see the need of our brothers and sisters, it doesn’t matter in which nation, we should just help. This is just a very, very honorable privilege of mankind and maybe some of us have forgotten. And that’s why I have received such a great honor for such very ordinary work. But never mind. If God wills this way, then I just accept it and represent the whole people here and other different countries that they have not the opportunity to be here today. I represent them to thank the American government for recognizing us, for being so nice, so kind to us, and giving us such a warm welcome, honor, and love. Thank you.”Each state representative then presented Supreme Master Ching Hai with more honors for Her humanitarian contributions.We would like to open our entertainment section of the program with a performance from Formosa (Taiwan), called “A Joyous Small World.” We would also like to dedicate a very special song to our dear Master. Please welcome the LA disciples. Our next number is from New York. It’s by a professional performer. Her name is Marsha Perry, and she is a performer with the “Women of the Calabash” group of New York City, and will sing “Give It Time” and accompany herself on the African calabash instrument. Our next number is from LA. It’s a musical drama. “A Mysterious Night” is its title.

This is a new thing, not in the program. She is the most famous soprano in the world. The highest pitch. And the pianist especially came to accompany her. Thank you. I heard that you are very kind to come especially. With short notice. Thank you. See Hildegard is supposed to have a recording in Munich. She's supposed to leave here in the morning, but she especially stayed with us to sing for you. So. I think she is number one in the world, soprano. That's what is proclaimed by the newspapers all over the world.

After the official ceremony, a cultural entertainment program by our Association members was presented for the 2000 guests, who then requested with warm applause for Supreme Master Ching Hai to sing some of Her own composition. Ever gracious and delightful throughout the proceedings, Supreme Master Ching Hai obliged, and the evening culminated in an exuberant and uplifting celebration of love. At the end of the evening, Supreme Master Ching Hai caringly contributed an additional US$450,000 to the six states to further assist in their flood recovery efforts.

One way to describe naïve art is to say that it's art that makes you smile. It translates the experiences of daily life and lightens them up. Some of the subjects featured in naïve art include weddings, summer, nature, and Bible stories. This type of artwork is produced on a wide variety of surfaces, from pieces of wood to surfboards, and can be created using many media, such as acrylics, oils, pencils, pastels, crayons, and chalk. If you feel removed from your busy life while staring at a vibrant, colorful painting, and experience yourself being transported to memories of childhood, you'll most likely be looking at a piece of naive art.

“Seas of starlight. Thru the open eye. Sacred songs. From the empty space inside.” ”I have loved You long before there was time.” “Nothing to do. Nothing to be. Nothing to know.” “Silent sounds. Seeing without eyes.” The last sentence is kind of inner meditative experiences. It’s seeing without eyes and hearing without ears. Only when we experience that with our inner awareness. Then we understand what she talks about.

Today is the full moon day according to the Hindu calendar and an important day for many Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs and Jains. It’s Guru Purnima Festival, when they honor their spiritual teachers or gurus. In Sanskrit, guru means someone who removes darkness. In other words, a guru rids the ignorance in our souls and brings spiritual advancement. A master is someone who can expand our wisdom. Such a Sadguru (True Master), who can lead us in every step to a True Path.

Our next performance is a bassoon solo. And it will be performed by Brother Lin.And now, ladies and gentlemen, we will have the “Golden Peacock Dance” by one of our sisters from Formosa (Taiwan). The “Golden Peacock Dance” by Sister Wong.Our next number is from Mexico, a duet of voice and guitar. Vocalist is Enrique Munoz, guitarist Jose Luis Sanchez Vargas. They will perform “Pretty Little Sky,” which is a popular, beautiful, and nostalgic country song.This is a famous French parable performed by our fellow practitioners.The fable you’re going to see tonight was written by Jean de la Fontaine, the most famous French fable writer of the 17th century at the time of Louis the XIV, King of France. His characters included animals, mythological characters, and human people, all those depicting human behavior and emotions. What you’re going to see tonight is entitled “The Acorn and the Pumpkin.”“(A village man called Garo is considering how big that fruit is, or how thin the stem is and he says, ‘Oh my God, what was [He] thinking, the Creator of all this? This pumpkin is really not in its place here. If it had been me, I would have put it on this oak tree here. Yeah. That would have been the right place. God was mistaken. The more I look at those fruits in their places, the more I think that something’s wrong.’ So, he’s thinking that he’s so great, that it’s difficult to sleep when you’re such a great man. So, he goes under an oak tree, to fall asleep. An acorn falls. The nose of Garo is aching. It makes him wake up. He finds the acorn still sticking to his beard and his sore nose makes him change his speech. 'Oh my God! ' he says,' I’m bleeding! And what if something heavier had fallen from the tree? And that this acorn had been a pumpkin? God did not want it. No doubt He was right. Now I understand. ')”Here’s a music soloist, promoter and instructor. Please welcome.

Please stay with us, the grand finale of The Nutcracker. In our previous episode, Clara and the Prince experienced the beauty and elegance of the Flower Queen’s delightful presence. For the concluding episode, it’s the Sugar Plum Fairy’s turn to grace the stage, as well as the entire cast of The Nutcracker, resulting in a magnificent and exciting grand finale! Co-director ＆ choreographer of The Nutcracker, Patricia Carreras, explains a little of the important social impact and multi-cultural aspect of the ballet. So, it is a very inclusive production. It is very beautiful.

I wish the whole world and the entire universe a Happy Supreme Master Ching Hai Day. The Ching Hai Day is not only my day. It's your day. It's everyone's day! Everyone that did something good to your neighbors, to your pets, to the neighbor's pets, to the animals outside in the wild; anyone that helped any other beings, or respected and loved any other beings, including the non-sentient beings such as trees, plants, whenever possible; to them belong the Ching Hai Day.

Happy vegan new year!!! Last year was filled with encouraging news on the global widespread of veganism, especially in the circle of the young people. Let’s start the new year with renewed hope and optimism for this continued uplifting trend. Now please enjoy more amazing performances from our young Association members around the world. On this auspicious day, another immensely bright Vegan New Year of the Golden Age is here. May our friends and relatives, and all the world citizens be happy, healthy, and peaceful.

In part 1 of our show, Dr.Hari Prasad Pokharel, a Nepalese Naturopathy doctor, writer and pioneer yoga teacher explained to us the different types of teachers and how precious a Sadguru is for humankind's spiritual development. On the same note, Supreme Master Ching Hai also commented as follows on the importance of having a Master and the grace of God in our spiritual practice. " If you have no Master, you don't know God, and you only know God through a Master, because the Master teaches you how to know God."

One of the most loved and performed ballets, “The Nutcracker” has become a Christmas classic worldwide and is loved by all ages. The Nutcracker ballet is a timeless, adventurous fairytale about the magic of childhood, the warmth of friendship, and cultural beauty. In our previous episode, Mother Ginger appeared and all the energetic children happily danced together. In Part 7, we meet the Flower Queen and her lovely flowers as they dance for Clara and the Prince to the tune of Tchaikovsky’s classic piece, “Waltz of the Flowers.”

Named after a Persian goddess of music, Zohra, the country’s first all-female orchestra is composed of 30 young women ranging in age from 13 to 20 years. This unique ensemble can be traced to the Afghanistan National Institute of Music (ANIM). ANIM’s founder, Dr, Ahmad Naser Sarmast, was the first Afghan ever to earn a PhD in musicology. Let’s now hear an excerpt from Dr. Samast’s inspiring talk and a part of Zohra’s beautiful performance at the close of Davos 2017.