Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Hsihu, Formosa, September 24,1988
(Originally in Chinese)

Celestial Jewelry designed by Supreme Master Ching Hai: The House of the Master

 

 

 

        To be truly liberated we have to go beyond the third world. We are still not liberated if we have not gone beyond that. Some people are with me immediately after death because they've already transcended the third world. Some people have to wait longer to be with the Master, who will also come to fetch them, or send some saints to fetch them. However, these people cannot stay with the Master. They must wait for a very long time, after they have accomplished their spiritual practice, before they can go up. Not everyone can go up to the dimension where the Master stays. They must be very clean, very pure, like a newborn child, empty of virtue or evil, in order to dwell in that dimension.

        Otherwise, it would be very complicated! Look at our world and you will know. We expect too much, and harbor heavy hatred; therefore we cannot take off very easily! Sometimes when people scold us, we get angry. At that time we know we are still not clean. These are tests and trials by which to measure our steps, to see how far we have gone.

        It is very difficult to cleanse the hatred within us, which separates us from the rest of Creation. Lacking compassion, we are still separated from all of Creation. God is the greatest loving power, and there is nothing mysterious about it. The more compassion, loving power and magnanimity we have, the nearer we are to God. Therefore, hatred must be cleansed. Immediately recite the Holy Names each time you hate someone. It is most important to recite the Holy Names, but most of you don't think this way, and have not gotten used to it even till now.

        However, it is all right; don't be disappointed. Everyone should have aspirations. We are only ordinary people, so take it slowly and don't rush. If we could accomplish things quickly, there would be no human beings left! It would be empty when Sakyamuni Buddha came, and when Jesus Christ came; there shouldn't be a single person in sight! Since there are still people around, that means human existence is proper; it is not completely wrong after all. However, since we don't like to stay here, we ought to go.