Divine Teachings on Life, Death, and the Meaning behind the Rituals: Selections from Cao Đài’s The Collection of Divine Messages, Part 2 of 2

Let us continue with selections from the Cao Đài’s The Collection of Divine Messages, which encourages both men and women to work on spiritual upliftment and explains that a devout person is like a good seed, which, once sown, will grow, bloom, and multiply progressively.

Divine Teaching Regarding the Establishment of the College of Women.

“[…] At this 3rd salvation, there will be much hard work for everyone. Males and females are of equal number. Not only do males work to become Immortals and Buddhas. As I have said, at the Bach Ngoc Kinh (White Pearl Palace), there are both male and female, and frequently, females are predominant. So follow My order to establish the female college. Listen and obey! I will always be with you. Don’t worry. H., I assign you to teach and guide all the females. I will share some responsibility with you.”

Divine Teaching regarding death and eternal life, and God says, “If I did not exist, there would be nothing in the universe. And if there were no Cosmic Ether, then I would not exist either.”

“[…] JADE EMPEROR OR CAO DAI TIEN ONG DAI BO TAT MA HA TAT TEACHING THE GREAT WAY TO THE SOUTHERN QUARTER. Death has been considered final by lay people because they are ignorant and do not understand religious teachings. Almost all human beings on this Earth worship satan. Satan is always allied with death and will therefore be destroyed and never know the eternal life. If I cannot save you in time, you will perish. Satan is like a musty and rotten rice seed which can never grow, bloom, and produce seeds.

The devout person, on the contrary, is like a good seed which, once sown, will certainly grow, bloom, produce fruit, and multiply progressively. You must abandon your physical body for your spiritual seed to multiply. It is the principle of the Tao.

With only one spirit, I have created Buddhas, Immortals, Saints, Genies, and all human beings in this universe. Therefore you are Me, I am you. The Buddhist called Dipankara Buddha the founder of Buddhism, and Dipankara Buddha was born in the Hien Vien Huynh De dynasty. People called Quan Yin Bodhisattva the female Buddha, and She was the spirit of Tu Hang Dao Nhan, who was born in the Thuong dynasty. People called Shakyamuni Buddha; Shakyamuni was born in the Chau dynasty. People called Lao Tzu the founder of Taoism; He was also born in the Chau dynasty. People called Jesus the founder of Christianity; He was born in the Han dynasty. Who created those Founders? The Cosmic Ether created only Me. So, who created these Founders? It was Tao, or Me. […]”

Divine Teaching regarding how one should cultivate a virtue which is commensurate with ones responsibility.

“[…] Each of you four has a great mission. You should realize that even governing a country is easier than taming a cruel person. And your responsibility in this time of the 3rd spiritual amnesty is to save all humanity on all five continents. What a great mission! Your personality and your virtue should be commensurate with your responsibility. You are the example for all humanity. You have to develop yourselves spiritually to be worthy. You have earned such a happy blessing because you are learning from Me. What happens if you do not listen and obey? If you do not succeed in spiritual development, how can you expect to become Immortals and Buddhas?”