I told you, you could go to find in Cao Đài-ism the best possible transmitter, in the best possible temple of Cao Đài-ism you can find. Cao Đài means “High Realm.” I just found out after I talked to you about it. I kept thinking, “What can we call it in English?” “Cao” means “High.” “Đài” means almost like a platform. But that means “High Realm” in English. That is the best I can translate. Forgive me, all the Saints there, if I could not bring the deep, profound sense of Your teachings into one word like that.
You can go to Beas, India – or the branches of Beas’ Masters. Their successors still carry Their Power, still have Their Blessing. You can trust Them. Beas – B-E-A-S, a group of successors from the Founder of Beas, His Holiness Soamiji Maharaj Ji, all the way down to Masters Baba Sawan Singh Ji, Sant Kirpal Singh Ji, etc. These are honest Masters. They will not harm you in any way, because They are deep in that unconditional love tradition. You can trust Them.
And you can go to any tradition, the nearest possible. And maybe Hòa Hảo-ism. Hòa Hảo-ism in Âu Lạc (Vietnam) is also new, the Master’s Blessing is still there. The Aulacese (Vietnamese) Buddhism, Đạo Dừa, also you can go and join them because the Master Nguyễn Thành Nam, like Master Huỳnh Phú Sổ, Ngô Minh Chiêu and Minh Đăng Quang, are also a group. Minh Đăng Quang also has the tradition. They have been in Âu Lạc (Vietnam) practicing for a long time. Well, as long as They could. And Their Energy, the blessing Energy, is still with Their devotees. So you may join them as well.
So, you have plenty of choices now. I’m glad for you. I’m so glad that they exist – these traditional religious groups. I’m so happy, so glad, that if you find you have affinity with them, please go select them and devote all your heart, your mind, your soul to it. Choose one group. It’s better just one, because they all can help you. It’s just that you have to devote yourself, and every day earnestly ask for forgiveness and the liberation of your soul. Just to tell you there’s some hope there. I can’t guarantee that you will be all liberated following the religious foundations that I have just mentioned to you. It also depends on you, depends on your sincerity if you really want to be liberated and your soul saved in this truly dire, dangerous time of our world.
And if you are Christian, please try to be vegan as well, like Lord Jesus Christ. If you are Buddhist, try to be vegan like Shakyamuni Buddha. And believe Lord Jesus Christ’s words, believe the Buddha’s words, believe the Saints’ words that you understand, that you trust in. You can also try I-Kuan Tao; at least when you’re there, you are with the same compassionate-minded people. They are vegan or/and vegetarian. This is all I can remember right now. That’s all I know. There might be some more religious faiths somewhere, secretly, in some small corners of the world that I had no chance to know. You trust your intuition, you trust your heart, and you trust God Almighty to lead you there.
And in Buddhism, you can recite any of the Buddhist mantras that you want, that you believe in, like the Chú Đại Bi, 大悲咒 (Great Compassion Mantra) or the Śūraṅgama Sutra mantra. These are mantras. And also, maybe you recite the Name of Quan Yin Bodhisattva, or you recite the Names of Amitābha Buddha. They are the most popular in Buddhist belief and the easiest for you to practice. They are always there for you, willing to help you, to liberate you. If you’re Christian, you recite the Names of the Saints that you trust, and put all your trust, put all your heart in the Name that you recite. Pray to Almighty God every day. Pray to that Saint, be near that Saint, that Master that you believe in.
I would recommend Amitābha Buddha, because it’s short, easy for your busy life. And the three Saints, like Amitābha Buddha, Quan Yin Bodhisattva and Đại Thế Chí Bồ Tát (Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva) – I don’t know it in English. I forgot now. These three, the Threesome of Holiness – Amitābha Buddha, Quan Yin Bodhisattva and Đại Thế Chí Bồ Tát (Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva) – They are always listening to you. So please trust Them, recite Their Names, imagine Their Lands the way the Buddha has described to you 2,500-plus years ago.
“The Buddha then said to Elder Śāriputra: ‘If you travel westward from here, passing a hundred thousand koṭis of Buddha Lands, you will come to the Land called Utmost Bliss, where there is a Buddha named Amitābha. He is living there now, teaching the Dharma.’ ‘Śāriputra, why is that Land called Utmost Bliss? The beings in that Land suffer no pain but only enjoy pleasures of various kinds. For this reason, that Land is called Utmost Bliss. Again, Śāriputra, in the Land of Utmost Bliss there are seven rows of balustrades, seven rows of decorative nets, and seven rows of trees. They are all made of four kinds of jewels and extend over the whole Land, encompassing everything. For this reason, that Land is called Utmost Bliss.’ ‘Again, Śāriputra, in the Land of Utmost Bliss there are seven-jeweled ponds filled with water possessing the eight excellent qualities. The beds of the ponds are covered solely with gold sand, and from the four sides of each bed rise stairs of gold, silver, beryl, and crystal. Above these stand pavilions adorned with gold, silver, beryl, crystal, sapphire, rosy pearls, and cornelian. In the ponds are lotuses as large as chariot wheels – the blue ones radiating a blue light, the yellow a yellow light, the red a red light, and the white a white light. They are marvelous and beautiful, fragrant and pure.’ ‘Śāriputra, the Land of Utmost Bliss is filled with such splendid adornments.’ ‘Again, Śāriputra, in that Buddha Land Heavenly Music is played continually. The ground is made of gold. Six times during the day and night māndārava flowers rain down from the sky. […]’
‘Śāriputra, if a good man or woman who hears of Amitābha holds fast to His Name even for one day, two days, three, four, five, six, or seven days with a concentrated and undistracted mind, then, at the hour of death, Amitābha will appear with a host of Holy Ones. Consequently, when their life comes to an end, the aspirants’ minds will not fall into confusion and so they will be born immediately in the Land of Utmost Bliss of Amitābha.’ ‘Śāriputra, perceiving these benefits, I say: All sentient beings who hear this teaching should aspire to birth in that Land.’” from The Sutra On Amitābha Buddha delivered by Shakyamuni Buddha (vegan)
Imagine that in your meditation, in your prayer. Recite Their Names non-stop, non-stop, all day, all night, and They will rescue you from this turbulent world, from the life and death cycle, from forever suffering and hell. So please, if you don’t trust me, you don’t believe in me, please go back to your root religion and recite Their Names. But you should be vegans, because then you will be more close to the pureness of the Buddhas, of the Saints. Even if you don’t believe me that veganism helps the world, at least it helps you. Of course, it helps the environment too. By now you know that. All the research, all the scientists have already confirmed that veganism will save our world, because there’ll be no more methane to engulf our world and make trouble for our air, our energy in the atmosphere. Not to talk about the bad karma that we created by causing killing. That will bring bad luck, sickness, trouble, and war into our world no end.
If the Heavens and I cannot save this physical world for you, I will only blame myself. Because I truly just want to go to every door, from door to door to wake you up, but that would be impossible physically and politically, because there are some people, some governments, still making a lot of trouble for my mission, openly or secretly, and also making trouble for my disciples everywhere in the world. Even nowadays, Lord Jesus Christ has already gone out of the world and His so-called “dangerous threat” to the government authority is already gone, but there are still numerous Christian people being persecuted daily in this world, in this century! Not to talk about a living person who tries to spread the Truth the way Lord Jesus did, the way the Buddha did. Imagine that.
I’m so glad that I’m still here. I’m so glad that in many countries my so-called disciples – I call them God-disciples – are still alive, still have enough security and safety to practice the Quan Yin Method to liberate themselves and their many generations by their merit, by their connection with the Master Power. I’m so glad for that. I thank God for that.
But still, it’s not all that easy. In India maybe; not in every other country. But I have to work in any country that God puts me in. I can’t just choose the safest possible country to do my job. I wish I could have a safer place, the safest country, I mean for daily work, for daily contact with my disciples, physically as well. It may make them feel more strengthened to practice, to sustain their faith. It helps. It helps with the physical presence of the Master.
But you see, my safety has to be number one. I had just a little room in the residential area, I could not even keep that. Now I had to run almost in the middle of the night, and I was told that I have only 40 minutes to pack. So I just ran. And my little self cannot carry a lot, so I don’t have everything I need at the moment in a tent. But I’m happy. I truly am grateful that I’m still here talking to you in minimal comfort, but it’s still very good. I’m grateful. I’m grateful, thinking of how many homeless people, homeless children, have nowhere to stay, not even having a tent – or have a tent, but can’t put it up anywhere, because if they go into the wilderness then they’re far from the city, and then they cannot sustain themselves physically. But if they are near the city to go out begging for food, even living in a tent, then they might be in trouble with the government, with the local residents, with all kinds of things that would obstruct them from continuing to live their meager, sustainable existence. So thinking about all of these people, I feel I’m lucky enough already.
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