Before her initiation, sister Jeng was a sincere practitioner of the I-Guan-Tao path, where she held the position of power transmitter. She devoted herself wholeheartedly to spiritual practice. Besides her work, she always quietly studied the sutras at home. Since her initiation, she fully realizes that Master is the true living master. Hence, she decided to give up her years of her old way of religious practice and her position as the power transmitter. She now follows Master's instructions and practices the Quan Yin Method diligently. Whenever Master lectures abroad, she follows Her to various places in the world to help with the work of spreading the Truth.

Last year, due to illness, sister Jeng passed away. Before she died, she said good-bye in a carefree and relaxed manner to the sister initiate who was taking care of her. That evening happened to be the group meditation in Tainan. During the meditation, some of the fellow initiates had a vision of sister Jeng coming to the meditation hall to wave good-bye to everyone. Actually, about half a year ago, Master manifested to her during her meditation to inform her of her date of departure from this world. But when she told a sister initiate, the sister could not believe her, and said it must be her own imagination because she was still so young and healthy.

Sister Jeng and her elder sister were very close to each other. It was a terrible blow to her sister that she passed away so young. Her sister agonized over her death and wished to see and talk to her again. So the elder sister went to see a medium who acted as a channel to the dead, to the spirit of her beloved sister. That day, after all the clients had contacted the spirits they wanted, sister Jeng's spirit never came. The medium was unable to establish a channel with her, and he was quite puzzled. After so many years of channelling work, this was the first time he failed to summon the designated spirit. He could not figure out why.

Sister Jeng's elder sister went home frustrated, wondering why after all the years of spiritual practice, her sister's spirit was lost somewhere and could not be found. That night, sister Jeng dressed in white, and with brilliant light, appeared in her dream. She was accompanied by the Quan Yin Bodhisattva (Avalokiteshvara). Sister Jeng told her sister that she was fine, busy as usual with her work in helping to spread the Truth, and that

she was not to be disturbed by any medium again! She told her elder sister to practice the Quan Yin Method in order to be truly liberated from the Three Realms, the circle of birth and death. After this dream, sister Jeng's family understood that after the Quan Yin practitioners die, their souls were liberated into the higher realms beyond the power of any medium to summon!

Sister Jeng's body was cremated. Afterward, the person responsible for the cremation was amazed in finding that the bones came out clean and flawless, and appeared translucent and pink in color. Also, there was a piece of bone between the skull and the spine that resembled a meditating Buddha. The owner of the crematory said that this phenomenon usually occurs prior to becoming a holy relics. Over the years, he had performed countless cremations, and only in three people had such a phenomenon occurred. The first two were high level monks; yet this time, he wondered how an ordinary lay person, with family responsibilities of a husband and children, could achieve such a high level?

Sister Jeng's husband is also an initiate. Shortly after his wife passed away, he received a phone call for her from a spiritual friend from the previous path that she followed; he had not been in touch with her for a long time. He said that several of their spiritual friends all had the same dream on the same night, that sister Jeng, dressed in white, with brilliant light beams around her, came to see them accompanied by the Quan Yin Bodhisattva. She told them to follow the Supreme Master Ching Hai and practice the Quan Yin Method. Those spiritual friends felt that this was something unusual, so they called sister Jeng for clarification. The husband told them that she had already passed away, and they understood right away. The husband realized that now is the right time, that his wife wished to work through him to help the spiritual friends of her former path of practice, to practice the True Dharma. Therefore, he invited everyone to get together and brought along Master's books to explain Her teachings to them.

Sister Jeng was such a sincere supporter of the Truth that even after she had passed away, she was still working for Master as the best guardian angel.

The cleaning of Master's clothing and ornaments has always been part of the work of Her close attendant. But once before the new year, contrary to the usual practice, Master reiterated zealously that the dresses had to be dry cleaned at a dry cleaner.

The attendant dared not waste time, and went quickly to a nearby dry cleaner. Coincidentally, the shop owner was busy and unwilling to accept the dry cleaning, so it was taken to a more distant dry cleaning shop in the next county. Our center is located in a remote hill area of a town. Quiet and peaceful it definitely is, but with urgent matters at hand, one regrets that there is no U.F.O. or airplane available there to carry out Master's orders quickly.

Even though it was the first time we had met, the owner of this dry cleaning shop was warm and friendly. She was willing to provide the quickest and best quality service. She noticed that those bringing the dresses respected and treasured them very much, so she casually asked whether there was any special reason why they were being so respectful. After learning that they were disciples of the Supreme Master Ching Hai, she said excitedly that she had watched Master's lectures

often on channel 4 T.V.. She often felt curious about how a dainty little lady could have so much great power to be able to totally convince so many people.

So the attendant and fellow initiate happily talked with her about Master and Her teachings. She not only listened with joy, but replied repeatedly, "That's right. That's logical!" A man standing nearby listened to the whole conversation. He did not leave or utter a word, but nodded repeatedly in agreement. He was a most supportive co-listener. The attendant felt sorry that there was not a sample booklet or magazine in the car that they could give to them as a gift. Suddenly, a thought flashed into their minds: Why not invite them to visit the Center on the New Year's Day so that they could see Master personally?

The dry cleaning shop owner, who was very eager for the Truth, actually came to visit the Center on New Year's Day together with her husband! Saving sentient beings through beautiful attire is Master's marvelous way of playing with the wheel of dharma. The dry cleaning shop owner in the story made an affinity by cleaning an enlightened Master's beautiful dresses. Isn't that another one of Master's wonderful arrangements?

An initiate-to-be in Japan has been missing Master a great deal ever since she came to know about Her. A short while ago during Christmas, she went to Formosa to visit her relatives. On the way she went to the Taipei Center to purchase some books, and her shoes got mixed up with someone else's. The day before she was to return to Japan, she went back to the Center to exchange her shoes. It so happened that Master was to return to Formosa that day. The Center was busy contacting initiates so that they could go to the airport to welcome Master. The Japanese initiate-to-be was very happy. She had been praying for a chance to see Master in person. Her wish had been granted and her joy could not be described in words. (Master does not always allow people to see Her off or welcome Her at the airport, in fact it's only once in a while compared to Her constant and quiet - travels between countries and places.)

In the crowded airport, Master appeared in a traditional Japanese dress, with which she is so familiar. The initiate-to-be was so touched that tears rolled down her cheeks!

A few years ago my younger brother was initiated by Master. After that, I became his immediate target to persuade. As a follower of the Emperor Huang Ti religion for years, I was not at all interested in what he was saying and frowned upon vegetarianism. The elders in my family used to go to the temple and bow down to any deity but believed in none of them. My brother was afraid to arouse the contempt of my family due to ignorance, so he never placed anything related to Master in our house. He just introduced Master verbally. (So what She looks like was unknown.)

During the time my brother was diligently introducing us to Master's teachings, one night in a dream, I saw a statue of Buddha, exactly like the Buddha statue worshiped in a nearby countryside temple. (This temple was often visited by my family members on Sunday outings.) Suddenly the Buddha's head disappeared. While I was in awe, I saw a slim nun wearing monastic robes enter the statue, then the Buddha's head returned!

On one Sunday, urged by my brother, I went to Hsihu Center, Miaoli. There, I did not see any golden, brilliant or grandiose temple building; just cleanly trimmed bamboo trees everywhere, the sound of running water and small pavilions situated here and there - a natural, simple place that made me feel like I was beyond this world. Master arrived gracefully. With infinite compassion and fearless confidence, She opened our inner wisdom. My emotions deeply touched at that time, were indescribable. The nun I saw in my dream was Master Ching Hai!

In early autumn that year, I was initiated. Since then, I believe that I can swim against the waves in the rough sea of life, because the tranquil and pure ocean is eternally illuminating my heart.