(My second question is, I’m reading a book right now, it’s called “Snow Mountain Master.” There are some sentences in it that say, if people practice a lot, if it’s for a high level, it’s supposed to be both spiritually and physically lasting forever, to be perfect.) Ah, indestructible. (Right. Is that a correct sentence?) Correct. (So those people will not die forever?) But what for they live so long? I mean in the physical body. Can. But it will be the same to them. You won’t be able to see their physical body. Their physical body transformed also. And they can stay in the physical body, or they can go into a non-physical dimension. They have a choice. But this should not be a desire of any practitioner. We desire nothing. Whatever comes, comes. That’s the best. You have a physical body, fine. If you don’t have a physical body, fine. What for we want a physical body, or not want a physical body to take with us? You still want to take your phy- phy- phy- physical body (No.) with-with-with with you? (No, I don’t want it.) Can.
(My last question is, when I do the Quan Yin [meditation on the inner Heavenly Sound], kind of like if I want to listen to some [inner Heavenly] Sound, it’s kind of like a physical sound, not exactly like a spiritual Sound. But if I turn to the spiritual feeling of the [inner Heavenly] Sound, I am afraid it’s just an imagination of mine. So, it’s very hard for me to distinguish if it’s a physical sound or if it’s a spiritual [inner Heavenly] Sound.) Don’t, don’t. (Or it’s my imagination?) Don’t imagine anything. It comes along. Whatever comes along that is spiritual. Whatever you imagine, that’s what we call imagination. (Imagination. Yes.) Imagination. OK. Imagination helps, too. (OK.) It’s OK also. But why imagine when it comes already? You already have it in your pocket, some money, and you sit there imagining that you have money. It’s a crazy idea. Just spend it. (OK. Thank You very much.) You’re welcome.
You can ask as many questions as you want. There’s no last one. You? Anyone? (Respectfully, Master, I would like to recount an incident that happened a few weeks after I received initiation.) Very long, right? (No. Not long, Master. There was a lot, but I will briefly tell the part where You said that humans can have external entities enter their body. I personally witnessed that situation, and You were the one who helped me about two weeks after I received the initiation.) Not everyone gets possessed by external entities like you. (Yes, that’s why I said it, so that the fellow practitioners can understand. I’ve kept it in my heart for five years. Today I would like to say it so that Master knows.
That day, it had only been two weeks since I received initiation. That day I was lying down, around 7-8 PM, when suddenly I heard, “It’s Trâm here! It’s Trâm here!” On the side of my left ear, some people were pulling, and on the side of my right ear, some people were pulling. And again, “It’s Trâm here! It’s Trâm here!” Then I saw Master over there. I was opening my mouth in order to bite the ones who were pulling me on my right side. I pulled them toward me, intending to bite them, but as soon as I opened my mouth, over there Master sent out a seal, like the one in the picture of Guan Gong, where Guan Ping holds the seal of Guan Gong. But Master’s seal clearly had the word “Buddha” on it. It slammed right into my throat. It couldn’t get out, so it went down, Master. It went down to my leg, and I… At that moment I was lying down but my leg was lifted up, not lying flat. When it reached my knee, I jerked and it flew out immediately. I clearly saw it fly out; I knew it for sure. So today I would like to…) What flew out? (That external entity, Master.) A whole bunch. It wasn’t just one. (But it flew out.) OK. It flew out already? (Yes.) Alright, fine. (At that moment I felt it was standing outside, very furious.) Really? Very angry, huh? (Yes, it was very angry. So here I also want to say that what Master taught about external entities is the truth. I personally…) That is extraterrestrial. Did you go watch that movie? The guy who has many arms. (Yes.) Probably similar to you. Why were you wandering around and running into an extraterrestrial? Now it’s gone, right? (Yes, it’s gone.) Five years already, so goodbye, huh? (Yes, thank You. Thank You, Master.) Let’s leave the past behind. Speaking badly about others is pitiful. (Yes.) OK. It’s nothing.
(And the second question I would like to ask Master to clarify is, for example, when we come down here in the second or third lifetime, we create karma, so we undergo reincarnation and karmic retribution and fall into deep, low places. But what I don’t understand is, we were originally from up there, but why did we have to become stones, earth, and plants? Master, please explain this for me. Because when we first came down here, Master, we didn’t create any karma, so why did we have to become stones, earth, and plants?) Because you wanted to do it. (Is it that up there we were assigned or did we draw lots, Master?) Probably something like drawing lots. You drew the lot for that external entity. (Yes.) It ran after you to claim you. (Thank You, Master.)
Up there we didn’t need anything. When we were up there being Buddhas, being gods, we didn’t have any sense of distinction at all. If we became a rock, we were a rock; if we became earth, we were earth. Whatever being we became, we were that being. If we became a tree, we were a tree. No, we didn’t need anything and we weren’t afraid of anything. It’s only after coming down here that we became afraid. Because, at that moment, we forgot who we were, so we had to really be a tree. If you were a tree but still knew you were god, then forget it. Right? It wouldn’t be fun anymore. Because like this… For example, if you go act in a movie, at that moment you can’t remember that you are Robert Redford. You have to remember that you are the President of the United States, for example. Like in those movies about the US President, when the kidnappers ask who he is, he can’t just stand there and say, “I’m Robert Redford, don’t you know?” He says, “I am the President of the United States” because, at that time, he is. At that moment, the guy is the President. That’s how he feels. When they act in a movie, they have to be exactly like that, they have to think that way to perform it correctly. At that time, they completely forget that they are Elizabeth Taylor or Redford or Clint Eastwood, whoever, you name it. They have to forget everything to truly embody their role.
It’s just like us. Now, when we come down here, whatever role we play, we have to be exactly like that role for it to be fun. Only then can there be suffering, crying, all kinds of drama to make it interesting. If everyone just smiles all the time, what’s there to do? And if no one becomes earth or stone, how could you build houses to live in? Without earth and stones how would we build anything? Then where would we go? Just wandering around in the air? Without earth how would we walk? The Earth is also a great being in the Universe, you know? The Earth is also a being, not dead. But each person plays a different role. That’s what makes it fun. If no one became trees we would be in trouble too. Too dry and barren, we couldn’t stand it. They’re all Bodhisattvas. You’ve read Buddhist scriptures, you know, right? Many Bodhisattvas manifest as rivers, as mountains, as trees, as plants in order to serve sentient beings. That’s how it is. Because when you were up there you had no fear of doing anything, whatever you were asked to do, you would do it.
Since we are gods, Buddhas, what is there to be afraid of? We are very brave, very confident. Only after coming down and becoming a rock do we lose our confidence. That’s how it is. No problem. But later we will return to being gods and Buddhas, no problem. Is the door hot when it opens? Is there air conditioning inside? (Yes.) Do the interpreters have air conditioning? (Yes, Master.) Oh, that’s so fancy. Private air conditioning? (Yes, inside.) OK.
Anything else? (Hallo, Master. I have some questions I’d like to ask Master. I got initiated last November. And there’s another initiation this March, during that time I was feeling very sick and sat in the last row. Therefore, I didn’t hear very clearly. After coming out, I told a fellow initiate that I felt the initiation this time was not as good as the previous one. I said that during the first initiation I had a lot of feelings, a lot of experiences. The fellow initiate then asked me, “What experiences did you have in the first initiation?” Then I mentioned some things. After saying those…) You aren’t talking clearly. What’s your question? (I later told her about my experience, now I hear nothing during the [inner Heavenly] Sound meditation. What should I do?) Congratulations. You know what would happen, and you still did it. You continue meditating. (OK. Thank You.) You’re welcome. Told you not to tell, and you still said it. Big mouth.
You have asked each other thousands of questions, and you don’t know how to answer each other. And when I come here, you don’t ask anything. It’s also good. Really. Because when you ask inside, it comes. The answer comes better. Sitting there looking at each other is also fun, huh?
(Dear Master, there are some would-be initiates, some of them have not yet fulfilled three months of vegan, but they wish Master to give them a special blessing by giving them the initiation.) No problem. We have a lot of messengers here. (Thank You, Master.) When? Are they here? (Tomorrow. Some are here, yes.) No problem. (Thank You, Master.) Tomorrow, together. (Yes.) But the ones who are already here, they’re welcome to join, just sit and meditate. And then tomorrow, they will get initiation and meditate together, it’s OK. (Yes. Can it be at two o’clock tomorrow afternoon, Master?) Sure, sure, anytime is fine. (Thank You. Thank You, Master.) You’re welcome.
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