Some time before Master came to give the lecture in Singapore and while I was meditating, the manifestation body of Master suddenly appeared and smiled at me. I was shocked, as all I knew about Master was Her name "Ching Hai," and nothing else. I said to Master, "Hi! But I am not Your disciple!" I was afraid Master might have come to the wrong person. She said nothing but only smiled. She also appeared to my eldest son in his dream. On the same day, my son saw on the street the poster announcing Master's lecture. Since then, whenever I meditate, I always see the manifestation form of Master. Her light is extremely intense, which makes my body feel very light and soar upwards.

When Master was about to lecture at the Singapore Conference Hall, I was meditating at home and Master came into my vision. She took me inside a cave, where I saw a gigantic Quan Yin Bodhisattva in white attire. Later, Master took me to a higher level to see another Quan Yin Bodhisattva in celestial clothing. Master was also wearing the same clothing and sat in front of Quan Yin Bodhisattva. Together they radiated a golden light that filled me with ecstasy. After that, Master took me to tour the Himalayas.

I have never attended any lecture before I went to Master's lecture at the Singapore Conference Hall. I saw the lecture platform immersed in golden light, and Master looked very much like Quan Yin Bodhisattva. That evening, the same vision appeared many times. Though I didn't ask any questions at the lecture, all the doubts long in my heart had been solved by Master during the lecture!

Since then, Master often appears to me in meditation. If Master did not come, Quan Yin Bodhisattva would come and take me to Master. The Amitabha Buddha and Shakyamuni Buddha also did the same. I remember Amitabha Buddha once said to me, "Child, in this world, your Master is Ching Hai, and your closest kin is also Ching Hai." Shakyamuni Buddha--Lord Buddha didn't say anything, but He often led me to Master.

One day, Lord Buddha came again and took my soul up. I asked Him, "Lord Buddha, where are You taking me?"

He said, "I am taking you to Master Ching Hai." Then many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas appeared! Mansjuri Bodhisattva, Quan Yin Bodhisattva and Amitabha Buddha together told me, "Go! Go! Follow Master Ching Hai and let Her take care of you. Remember to follow Master and practice diligently."

Amitabha Buddha once took me to a superior level to visit Master Ching Hai. Master was sitting right in the middle of many Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. Then, Shakyamuni Buddha told me, "Quickly kneel and pay respect to Master." From then on, I ceased to see the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas--only the inner Master appeared in my visions.

My life was all along relaxed and comfortable. I seldom went out, and I loved such a quiet life. Suddenly, my husband had to go abroad to try to solve his financial difficulties, and he entrusted all the construction work to me. Therefore, I was forced to sit in the boss's chair. Managing my husband's problems, both in business and finance, was a grave trial for me. However, with Master's blessing, I overcame them, and managed them properly.

One day, I suddenly saw the inner Master appear at my wisdom eye. I prayed to Master: If anything is about to go wrong, please help me to solve it. I could feel that Master's blessing power was especially strong. An hour later, a colleague in a panic told me, "This is a disaster! The workers are going on strike. The deadline for our work is only several days away. Should we fail to finish it on time, we will incur a heavy penalty!"

If I were still the person of yesterday, I would have been as confused and panic stricken as he was. Thanks to Master's blessing, I was as steady as a mountain. After some telephone conversations, I successfully talked with the workers! My colleagues said to me, "We are very lucky. When we need someone who is talented, they appear naturally. Furthermore, we always run into good people, while our former boss used to run into troubles everywhere."

I was grateful within for Master's help. Looking back now, I cannot imagine where I got the courage then. I had no experience in handling these kinds of matters at all.

Master had to use more effort teaching this stubborn child. Being a housewife, I was isolated from society; so Master arranged for me to socialize with people. Through my work, little by little, I observed the many aspects of life, and realized that life is ephemeral. The more I mix with people, the firmer my faith in the Truth becomes. The more I am forced to face the multitude, the greater is my desire to go home and practice.

Before the drastic change in my life, the manifestation forms of Amitabha Buddha and Master Ching Hai had taken me to a superior world to visit an ancient Buddha. The ancient Buddha touched my head and said, "Child, it is time for you to go home! Go back to the home of the Quan Yin Method. Follow Master Ching Hai and let Her take care of you." Having experienced the many aspects of life and communicated with many people, I found that eternity could only be reached through spiritual practice. I feel safe only when I am with Master.

My previous master told me, "Master Ching Hai is the most benevolent and greatest saint. I may object to you following other masters, but I am not worried if you are to follow Master Ching Hai."

After the initiation, I saw Lord Shakyamuni Buddha again in my meditation. Having missed Him a lot, I was delighted to see Him. He was sitting on a golden lotus seat, drifting towards me from a distance. When I looked again carefully, I found that it was Master! I understood instantly: All along, it was Master--She manifested as the Quan Yin Bodhisattva, Amitabha Buddha and Shakyamuni Buddha to uplift me; but I was totally unaware.

My father knew some traditional Chinese medicine. When he was alive, he often checked the pulses of adults in the village, made consultations for children, vaccinated against smallpox, and also liked to study I-Ching. He also often discussed 'Mysteries Of Seeing Through Heaven' (i.e. the back-pushing diagrams) and similar mystery books with old learned scholars. Both my brother and I were therefore influenced and know a few 'heavenly mysteries.' The book predicted: The Burning-Lamp Buddha coming down in the early part at the era to save sentient beings, Shakyamuni Buddha and Jesus Christ coming down one after the other to save sentient beings in the middle of the era, and the Tathagata Buddha coming down in the latter part of the era to save sentient beings.

At one time when father was talking with an old scholar, he said to my elder brother: "In the 1990's, around 1995, the Quan Yin Master will come down to save sentient beings with a big golden boat. She is the Tathagata Buddha. A lot of sentient beings will be saved, particularly around 1995." Besides, the 'Mysteries Of Seeing Through Heaven' said (roughly): "Saving sentient beings publicly in 1995, Quan Yin Bodhisattva will drive the golden boat. Are you (the sentient beings of the whole world) boarding the boat or not? Those who have an affinity will reap the right fruit (become Buddha). Those without an affinity will be hit by karma (reincarnation). The never-been-born Mother has already come down. Sentient beings have eyes but can not recognize Mother. Buddha drives herself mercilessly asking the sons to come home. In the bright Way you don't walk; into the doorless hell you drive hard."

When father was talking to them about this, he exclaimed: "We are old and going to die soon! We cannot wait for the time when the Grand Buddha is coming to save sentient beings!" And he said to us: "You must take the chance. However, the Maya of heaven will also come down at that time to distract sentient beings, to block sentient beings from practicing. You must discriminate clearly." Our eldest brother believes that the Master of the 'Quan Yin Method' must be Quan Yin Buddha. He became overwhelmingly emotional after reading the 'Key of Immediate enlightenment' that I gave him. He believes that Supreme Master Ching Hai is the manifested body of Quan Yin Buddha. And when we brothers and sisters are appreciating Master's various pictures, we have the same feeling-- Master has billions of righteous appearances. She is Quan Yin Buddha as well as Amitabha Buddha; She is Shakyamuni Buddha as well as Jesus Christ; She is God, the Creator. Master is a sculptress, perfectly remaking sentient beings; She is a gardener as well as a spiritual guide, repairing every flower, every bud; She is the Creator of all sentient beings; She is the Messiah of the latter part of the era.

Now, both my elder brother and I are initiated. Overwhelmed with experiences, it is hard to describe Master's love; only to say that tears stream down everyday when we think of Master. Father's prediction has been fulfilled; he was convinced. In a dream I saw my parents very happy and joyful, rising up brightly into the sky. I did not know how high they rose. I only know that they are practicing with the manifestation body of Master on a different level. Not only my parents, but my uncles, aunts, other relatives and friends have also been saved! Besides, an uncle who had died before my birth was also saved by Master from hell. When he came up from hell, his whole body was bound in iron chains.

I wish that all the sentient beings in the whole world would board Master's 'golden boat' quickly, to return to the embrace of the Saintly Mother, to bathe in Buddha's light, to be liberated from life and death, to achieve the Tao and become Buddha.

* Tathagata: a synonym for complete enlightened Master.

I have been a teacher for almost thirty years. In my career, I had beaten and scolded students as a Spartan form of punishment. However, I ceased to do this after initiation. It was because I heard Master say, "They are also children of Buddha. Why beat them?" Therefore, I started to educate them with love, the true love that generated from deep with me, which even the students could feel.

One of my pupils was troubled by his Yin-Yang eyes -- he could see invisible beings drifting about the parade grounds even in daytime. While in class, he could see some of them looking at him from the windows, or even following him closely. He was very frightened, and asked me, "Madam, why is it that I can see them but other people cannot? I cannot help it even if I don't want to see them." Considering his problem, I thought the best thing to do was to give him a tape of Master's Buddhist chanting to listen to at home. I also gave him Master's photo.

Several days later, he said the invisible beings had ceased to appear. From time to time, I ask him, "Are you all right?" He would tell me, "Madam, it is very effective!" Therefore, he always wore Master's photo on his chest. This is a true story of how Master helped my pupil.

Master's teachings also helped me in educating the students. During class, I often told the students stories that Master told us, and the kids were happy to listen. Whenever I finished telling a story, I would ask them, "Who told this story?" These lovely and innocent young angels would answer together, "Master did!" I also shared with them the concept of environmental protection advocated by Master. Therefore, using the recess period, they would silently pick up garbage everywhere on the school grounds. The school authority later discovered their good deeds, and wished to commend them openly. However, the students told the student counsellor: "Our class teacher advised us not to talk about it, because when you help someone with the 'left hand', do not let your 'right hand' know." The children had cutely used Master's words.

During the noon recesses, I often meditated at the back of the classroom and played the Buddhist chanting tape, so that the whole class could sleep sweetly amid Master's tranquil and infinite vibration. When some graduates come back to pay me a visit, they still tell me with sweet remembrance: "The biggest difference now is that we don't have the Buddhist chanting anymore!" From this we can see the greatness of Master's love, Her sacred voice still resounds in the hearts of the Buddha's children.

Recently, I purchased several prints of Master's paintings -- "Independent", "My Dear" and "Night Scene at Yang Min Mountain," to be hung in my room and that of the children. When I reached home that evening, before I had hung up the paintings, I could smell a strong sandalwood fragrance pouring out of the bedrooms where I had planned to put the prints of Master's paintings. My elder sister, also an initiate, was present. Suspecting it might be my illusion, I quickly asked her to smell it. She also smelt this very pleasant fragrance. I truly admire Master's omnipresent blessing!

The following is one of my inner experiences: Once, I had been coughing for over a month. The condition was so serious that I would pass urine involuntarily. Fearing the coughing would disturb fellow initiates, I dared not go to the main group meditation in Taipei. After a long struggle in my heart, I finally decided to go to the group meditation again. I sat close to the exit at the rear of the venue, prepared to rush out quickly once I started to cough.

Previously I had never made any specific request to Master in meditation, but I begged Master this time, "Please help me to control my coughing." After my most sincere prayer, Master gave me the best experience. When meditating on the light, I entered samadhi very soon, and did not cough at all. In my samadhi, Master showed me the entire vast universe. In the east, a hundred suns appeared simultaneously; the brilliance was extremely dazzling like the reflection from mirrors. The west was entirely filled with stars. Coming out of samadhi, I looked at my watch and found that an hour had passed by very quickly. It was truly wonderful. I was extremely grateful to Master for answering Her disciple's prayer, for having arranged the best for me.

Even before the construction of the lotus pond beneath the Zigzag Bridge was finished, I had already seen it completed in meditation. I also saw many dragons fly down from the back hill, and swim happily in the lotus pond.

The Nectar River, built with Master's love, may look like a narrow winding stream to ordinary human eyes; but, when I was meditating, the Nectar River transformed

into a boundless river and ocean. All the pebbles in the river became sentient beings, and then instantly transformed into radiant lamps--just like those displayed in temples. The symbolic meaning is: that they light the path for sentient beings returning to the other shore. Another time in meditation, I even saw Master stepping on the sun and standing in the universe. The blinding radiance of the sun was enough to light the whole Earth.

Twenty years ago, around the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the weather was very dry, which often caused inflammation of my thyroid gland. One day as I looked toward the southeast, I saw a young lady in a long, white dress with a white scarf on her head. At first, I thought she was the transformation of Quan Yin Boddhisattva. However, according to legend, Quan Yin Boddhisattva is supposed to have a bottle of nectar water in her left hand and a branch of a willow tree in her right. I wondered why she had neither that day, only a bamboo cane in her right hand. Years later I saw a photograph of Master, which was the exact replica of what I had seen. I suddenly realized that it was Master's transformation body that had come to see me.

Master's transformation body holding a bamboo cane "floated" toward me until She was only a few feet away. As soon as She landed, She asked me, "How is it? Does it hurt?" I didn't know what to say at that time. I could but hold onto my throat where it hurt.

Master massaged the affected area several times and told me, "Just do this when it hurts. You will get better. Do both sides the same way."

She was right. Each time my thyroid gland got inflamed, I would do as Master had taught me and it did get better. At that time I was very dumb because I had not learned the Quan Yin Method. When I came back to Earth consciousness, I remembered that I hadn't even said "thank You." I didn't know Her name or where She lived. I regretted this for a long time afterward.

How fortunate for me that after twenty years, I met Master again. "Thank You, Master!"

I am an initiate from Au Lac. Three years ago, I already saw this scene -- even the same stage. I saw Master standing on the stage, but the color of Her dress changed many times. I saw very clearly Master wearing the traditional Au Lac gown with a piece of cloth wrapped around Her head. I have just realized now that it was the party for this "Ching Hai Day" celebration.

I was sitting at the back. I felt sorry for myself because I had not yet been initiated. I sat there and cried silently. Unexpectedly, Master came to my side to bless me, greet me, and comfort me. She asked, "How did you get over here?"

I answered, "I don't know."

Master said, "I have arranged everything. You definitely can come over."

At that time, I thought it was quite impossible. It is very difficult to do spiritual practice in my country. Some people have waited for nearly four years and still couldn't get initiated. What chance did I have? But, Master kept emphasizing, "I will wait for you here. Right here!"

Although we lived very far away and I wasn't initiated, Master has always been with us. She takes care of us and helps us with Her love.

In Au Lac, I own a vegetarian restaurant. Every night we have group meditation. My village used to be very complicated, but after having group meditations for some time, everything has changed. The villagers have learned to eat vegetarian food. Some have even begun to keep a regular vegetarian diet. Even the customers were affected. Some felt so light that they could almost float after only a few meals. Some used to drink liters of beer a day, but they were able to quit drinking after two or three days. Some became vegetarian after working for me for just a few days. These are my best experiences. I will practice even harder, not only to benefit myself, but also to influence people around me.

In one of my inner experiences, I looked down and saw fellow practitioners meditating in Hawaii. Beneath a mountain, there was a monster, I didn't know what it had done, but the heavenly beings had confined it there for thousands of years. It was just about to regain its freedom, upon which, it would destroy Hawaii completely to take revenge on those who had imprisoned it. It also released hot air to stop fellow initiates from meditating. Observing the situation, God let it rain for four consecutive days.

Master told me, "If the disciples do not complain, I will not get sick."

Master had been coughing for four days because fellow initiates complained about the bad weather. Master said She could manage it alone, but She wanted the disciples to share some of the merit. She further said that everything, including the crisis, had passed. Since the Mayor of Honolulu had proclaimed Ching Hai Day and erected a bronze statue of Her, the monster dared not make trouble again!