Our fellow practitioners do business honestly. They’re very frank, proper and upright in everything they do. Also, they don’t kill animals because they want to preserve lives. We observe a vegetarian diet in order to extend our love to all beings, not just humans. If everyone could be like our fellow practitioners, there would be no more war. So, our spiritual cultivation really yields benefits. Of course, the invisible forces, the intangible miraculous powers, are known only to our fellow initiates. If we revealed them to outsiders, they would sound like fairytales; people would be skeptical. That’s why I say, “Don’t talk about them with outsiders; only with our fellow initiates.”

In the past few years, I’ve really been touched by your love and support. Of course, I seldom praise you or express my appreciation, but I believe you all know what I think. It’s enough for us to understand each other even though we seldom express it. We’re different than worldly people in that we refrain from praising each other a lot. Instead, we point out and help to rectify each other’s shortcomings and imperfections. Only this is important.

Spiritual Progress Knows No Bounds

It takes more than a year or two to truly understand Truth, goodness and beauty. There’s no end to achieving the infinite wisdom of God. No one can claim that he’s comprehended the whole because that would mean it’s limited. An ocean, however vast, has an opposite shore. But we can never completely grasp God’s wisdom and the energy of the Universe. We can’t say that we’ve learned enough or that it’s enough to practice spiritually, observe a vegetarian diet and meditate each day. It’s never enough! Even now, I’m still refining myself, every single day!

If we claim that we’ve realized it all, we’re looking down on God. The universe is so immense that no individual can ever come to understand everything! However, when someone has attained the ultimate Truth, we say that he’s reached Anuttara Samyak Sambodya for he has entered that level. But there’s no boundary or specific position related to this level. Hence, don’t imagine that it ends with the attainment of Buddhahood. It’s just that, after becoming a Buddha, it becomes easier and more convenient for us to comprehend; it’s less difficult than before. For instance, after we graduate from the university, learning becomes more convenient because we have personal experience and we aren’t subject to teachers’ restraints. But that doesn’t mean that we’ve gained knowledge of everything in the whole world.

Our disciples reach the level of non-regressing Bodhisattvas when they’re initiated, and they’re entitled to continue learning, become great individuals and be as great as Shakyamuni Buddha or Jesus Christ. In fact, many of our fellow initiates are almost as great as They are. However, this world doesn’t need very many Jesus Christs and Shakyamuni Buddhas so please just practice in peace and silence. Don’t let others know, or other planets will come to borrow you and take you away. Other planets may not have any Buddhas so they might borrow my disciples! Should they really want to do that, they’d have to send dozens of UFOs for you! They’d also need to offer me a few UFOs to facilitate my preaching work. Only then would I lend you to them. (Master and everyone laugh.)

Share the Good News about the Truth

So I’ll do what’s good for the world, whether it means preaching overseas or staying in one country. The essential point is that our infinite power will fill the whole world. The Master isn’t simply this flesh, nor are you. We’re truly very great, but very few people know it. Every day, there are people in the world who worship mountains, rivers, deities, ghosts, wood or rocks, and gain nothing but degradation. However, we have to be patient; we’re all in the process of educating ourselves. All we should do is tell them the good news. It’s good if they choose to walk with us; if not, it’s all right too.

However, we really have to progress for the good of the whole world. Look at the few countries that have chosen the path of regression and see how they suffer! If we make a wrong choice our whole life is wasted and sometimes it’s too late to change. Also, the economy or vital strength of the country is debilitated. A wrong move pushes us back tens or even hundreds of years. So, of course we should choose the path of progress!

Even after we’ve been initiated into a very good method, we still need to retrospect every day to see if we’re making progress. If we’re not, we need to improve quickly. Otherwise, it will be of little benefit. After practicing spiritually, we should use our wisdom and might every day. Otherwise, it’ll rust, and we’ll possess it as if we didn’t possess it and it’ll be wasted. If we don’t share with others what we’ve realized through enlightenment, we won’t know that we have such great spiritual wealth.

Sometimes fellow practitioners tell me stories, saying that when people ask them questions or when they talk with non-initiates, they can suddenly speak very fluently, the way I do. This is all because you’re utilizing your wisdom at that time. If you haven’t encountered such an opportunity, you can’t make use of it and you’ll think that you have no wisdom. So the more we employ our wisdom, the more we recognize it. The more we share the good news with other people, the more fulfilled our merits will become. Should you think that you’ve made no progress or received no benefits in your spiritual cultivation, quickly join in the preaching work (Master laughs), and strive diligently to share our teachings. Then you’ll know immediately whether you’ve gained any wisdom or made any progress......Previous Page