Which one of you had magical power? Come up quickly and show us your talents.
Q(f): We truly thank the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas for this immense blessing, that we could have the chance of eons of time to meet an enlightened Master. It’s hard to be born as a human. Once we lose it, redemption will be almost impossible. Master said that we’re liberated after getting initiation. If we don’t practice spiritually, we’ll sink into degradation life after life. Enlightened Masters will have to come to deliver us. We’ll be harming others and ourselves. It’d be best if we could practice well in this life and get liberation in one lifetime. Then we could really benefit ourselves and others, liberate ourselves and others. We’ll make the world a better place.
Now, let’s talk about the benefits of practicing the Quan Yin Method. There’re 84,000 methods of spiritual practice. They are all for the purpose of attaining liberation and enlightenment, of returning to our home in the Buddha Land. However, sometimes we have a lot of lessons to learn. If there are not enough affinities, we’ll be moving around among the 84,000 methods. We’ll be struggling and experiencing a lot of suffering. We’ll worship mountains and rivers, undergoing plenty of hardships, but we will not get liberation. It might be because the affinity has not yet come or we haven’t learned our lessons. Eventually, when all the affinities come together and we’ve learned all our lessons, we’ll practice this last and most perfect method that gives us the highest attainment, and that is the Quan Yin Method.
The benefits of the Quan Yin Method can be grouped under two aspects. One is the supra-worldly aspect, and the other is the worldly aspect. First, we know that Master has the power of perfect enlightenment. She has attained the Tao and is the omnipotent power. She can initiate us and impart the Method to us, enabling us to get enlightenment and liberation in this lifetime, and elevating five generations of our ancestors to higher realms. Furthermore, we Quan Yin initiates have the Buddha’s Light protecting us. When we repeat the Five Names throughout the day, we have the protection of the Buddha’s Light. It makes us feel more and more relaxed, and wiser and wiser. The Buddha’s Sound can cleanse our karma. It is a very good protective power. It can purify our body, speech, mind, and magnetic field. We also have Master’s protective power. Once we are initiated, the inner Master is always with us and protecting us. After we start practicing the Quan Yin Method, in the worldly aspect, Master will help us to become more relaxed, and happier and happier. Everything will go more and more smoothly. Whether in business, physical health, the family, or work, everything will be more and more successful and satisfactory. It will make us more carefree. Because, after initiation with Master, after we’re connected to the great power of the universe, we’re no longer lonely, helpless, or weak. We’ll just be happier and happier. This is Master’s power. All right. I think my time is up, so, end of my report. Thank You, Master.
Master: Thank you, Tong…
Host: Please go on the stage, brother. There’s an alarm clock in the front for you to check the time. Please be mindful of your time. Next, let’s invite Sister Tong…
Master: No, no, no.
Host: No?
Master: Leave it for next time. Enough for today. (OK.) No. It’s not like that.
Master: Which one of you had magical power? Come up quickly and show us your talents. Yes! I show you my magical power every day. You’ve only been asked to show us once in a while. Why are you hiding? Do you have any magical power at all? You used to boast but now do not dare to come up. Or you’re just shy? You don’t have to be shy. If you were brave enough to learn magical power, then you should have the courage to show it to others. Don’t worry about karma, because I asked you to do it. It’s not because you want to show off.
If any of you are talented in martial arts or acting or can play musical instruments, you can come up! Singing and dancing as well. Showing off magical power is OK too. It’s just for fun! We can have fun when it’s time to have fun. Anyone? Come out, everybody. Come out. I promised you last week that we’d have tea and watch a supernatural power show here. If we don’t, it would mean that I lied. Wouldn’t it? Would you like to see your Master criticized as having told a lie? Come out now. If you don’t have it, then stand up and say “no.” Yes? Does anybody here have supernatural powers? Those who have learned Taoism or other methods, come out. Quick! Or if you know who they are, recommend them. Check your neighbors. Are there any? Or else, shame on the Chinese! You talk a lot. What supernatural power or secret method do Chinese have? Taoists are said to be powerful, but I haven’t seen any yet. I’ve heard that Tong… was once a Taoist priest.
I heard from Tong that some of you were among the top notch in Taoism. You are all hiding, and that’s why I want to see what makes you so great. Come on, show me your talents! You always pray to me to help you, wake you up, repair your cars, fix your TV, wake you up on time for work and meditation, and help you in a car accident or during a fire. You ask me for so many things, but you won’t do what I ask of you even once?
It means that you don’t have what it takes. Otherwise, you would do it. You would do anything for me. Isn’t that right? Are there any volunteers? Raise your hand, even if you don’t want to come up here. Whoever has magical power, let me see your hand. Either great or modest magical power is fine. You don’t have to perform, so it’s OK. Just raise your hand. No one? Over 3,000 people and none of you have magical power. You exaggerated. Anyone? Let me ask again. Does anyone have magical power? Raise your hand. No. You pretend that you don’t understand Mandarin. Tong, please come up here and ask them in Taiwanese. Tong! I only remember your name. Please come up and say it in Taiwanese, so they can’t pretend not to understand.
Q(m): Master is asking those of you who have magical power to come up to perform now.
Master: No, just raise your hand.
Q(m): Please raise your hand. A Taoist master told me that many initiates from Taipei used to be his brothers and sisters. He said that you are just like pit vipers hiding deep in the mountain. Those who have great magical power are gone now.
Master: Anyone wants to come up? Raise your hand! You? Come on up. Do you want to come up here? No? Not even for me? OK, anyone else? How many? How many people raised their hands? (Only one.) Only one? What a pity! How about the guys? Anyone? No? I’ve heard amazing things. Some of you could make a sword dance in the air, move mountains, drain the sea, transform beans into soldiers, or turn grass into beans. But I’ve never seen it. I’m very curious! I don’t have any magical power. I want to do an apprenticeship. But I can’t find anyone to do it with. Wait a minute. All women? So no one wants to demonstrate magical power to me?
Master: OK, let me ask you then. What magical power do you have? You can talk about it instead of doing a demonstration. Microphone, please. How many years did you practice it?
Q(f1): Good morning, brothers and ...
Master: No need to talk to them, just talk to me.
Q(f1): When I was a Taoist, I practiced drawing symbols and chanting mantras.
Master: Drawing symbols? What for? (It’s for…)
Master: To heal people’s illnesses? (Yes. And transform their karma.)
Master: Also to dispel ghosts? (Yes.) When you did that, did you see the ghosts?
Q(f1): The ghosts were already there.
Master: What? (The ghosts were already there.)
Master: OK. They were already there. But did you see them? (Yes.) You did? (Yes.)
Master: Did they go away when you tried to dispel them?
Q(f1): Some did, some did not. We tried to talk to them first. If they didn’t go away, we drew magic symbols. If they didn’t listen, then we would draw magic symbols.
Master: You dispelled them with symbols if they didn’t listen? (Yes.)
Master: What happened when you drew the symbols?
Q(f1): We would chant mantras at the same time. They would become scared. If they were scared, sometimes they would disappear.
Master: They disappeared by themselves? (Yes.)
Master: Was that all there was?
Q(f1): I also helped people with feng shui.
Master: What?
Q(f2): Feng shui.
Master: Feng shui? (Yes.)
Master: That’s not magical power, is it? (No.)
Master: You can learn feng shui from books.
Q(f1): Yes, there are books like I Ching.
Master: You can learn it. (Yes.)
Master: It’s not done by invisible power, right?
Q(f1): It also works for tangible things in the natural environment.
Master: Tangible. Tangible, not invisible, right? (Yes.)
Master: I also have this talent.
Q(f1): Your level is higher.
Master: What?
Q(f1): Your level is higher. You are Supreme.
Master: But I did not follow the textbooks. For example, I’ll tell you how I know about feng shui. (OK.) Of course, I am the best. Wait a moment. Don’t applaud so quickly. You trust people so easily. For example, before we settled down, I would look for a site that was nice and simple, and immediately available at a decent price, where we could set up camp right away with access to water and power. It’d be a quiet spot without people or police coming to bother us. That place would have the best feng shui. No one could be so clever. Everybody had a piece of land, but there was no place for us renunciates to stay. If we camped on other people’s land, the police would evict us. The land in Taiwan (Formosa) is either privately or publicly owned. It’s all occupied. Do you know what I mean? (Yes.) All the land belongs to someone. What? (Understand.)
Master: Anything else? Any other magic?
Q(f1): I had before but now I forgot.
Q(f2): Already forgotten.
Master: How could you forget? (I forgot them all.)
Master: OK, now tell me if there’s a ghost here.
Q(f1): Here? There’re only Buddhas and Bodhisattvas here.
Master: Everyone can say this, even the children in our ashram. (Yes.)
Master: I want you to use your magical power to see if anyone has brought a ghost. Of course, there are many Buddhas here. (Yes.) Did anyone bring a ghost to listen to the teachings?
Q(f1): Non-initiates or guests would bring things along with them from outside.
Master: What do you mean?
Q(f1): Today we are open to visitors. Because they are not initiated, the karma of their previous lives follows them to our ashram.
Master: I don’t understand.
Q(f2): The visitors are not initiated.
Master: Not initiated.
Q(f2): I mean…
Master: So they brought astral beings here? Can you see them? (Sorry?) Do you see them? Don’t guess. Tell me if you truly see them. Everyone can guess. They learned from my lectures that non-initiates may have heavier karma, and are affected by their past actions, so they bring a lot of astral beings here. Can you see them using your magical power? (Yes.)
Master: Can you see them? (Yes.)
Master: Really? (Yes.)
Master: Do they look scary? (Not really.)
Master: Why?
Q(f1): They are moved by Your love. So they’ve become more gentle.
Q(f2): Master’s love. (OK.)
Q(f1): Yes. They are touched.
Master: What?
Q(f2): They are touched by Master’s love.
Master: They are touched? (Yes.) But they are ghosts!
Q(f1): Because there is Buddha light around here.
Master: What did she say?
Q(f2): There is Buddha Light around here. (Yes.)
Master: Did you see it yourself? That they are touched? I’m not kidding. (Yes.) You did? (Yes.)
Master: Did you see that they were touched?
Q(f1): They also came here to listen to Your lectures.
Master: I asked a different question.
Q(f1): Yes, I did.
Q(f2): Yes, she said she did.
Master: You cannot say something that’s not true, OK? (Of course.)
Master: Tell me what you truly see. (OK.)
Master: So you saw it? (Yes.)
Master: Do you see it often? (Mmm…)
Master: Do you see it often? (Not quite often now.)
Master: Often or not? Do you chat with them? (Mmm…)
Master: Do you talk to them? (I dare not.)
Master: Then how could you tell they were touched?
Q(f1): Their appearance would change. They looked very wicked before. When they came here, they were influenced by the blessing power from all the initiates and became better.
Master: Even ghosts become better? (Yes.)
Master: Great! Invite them to come often. Invite the ones that you dispelled.
