Selected Questions and Answers

The Living Master
is the Prophet of the Time
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai,
interview with reporters from the Iranian TV Network, Cape Town, South Africa,
December 2, 1999 (Originally in English) 
Videotape #676

Q: Do You think that's what Islam is, messages that were sent down by God through the Prophet Muhammad?

M: Yes, they absolutely were from God! It was not Muhammad, the physical person. It was the God within Him and the God of the whole that united and spoke through His physical frame. That's what we call Muhammad. He was the Prophet at that time; He was the one and only at that time.

But God has to send many Muhammads throughout different generations to remind Hiers children again and again. Because we weren't so fortunate as to be born at the time of the Prophet Muhammad; we're alive now. So there has to be some reminder at all times, like the descendents of Muhammad. But the descendents of Muhammad or Christ aren't always necessarily born in Israel or Turkey. They're born everywhere, as God wills it, to benefit Hiers different races of children. That's the will of Heaven.

 

All Religions Belong to God

Q: If all the different religions are from God, then are there a lot of different messages from God? And are all of them OK?

M: All of them point to one thing, which is God. And all of them tell us to find God while living. The Quran says that all religions belong to God.

Q: But their origin is not what we see at the moment. Because the Holy Quran also says that the only religion for God is Islam, and no other religion.

M: It's absolutely one hundred percent correct to say "no other religion" because at that time, Muhammad was transmitting the direct teaching from God. So, for those who believed in Muhammad when He was alive and who received the direct teaching from Him, Islam was the only real teaching because the Master was still alive and was transmitting the real teaching directly. Any other religion from before that time was just theory.

So when Christ was alive, that religion was real. Because of the direct teaching, people could see the Light and communicate with God. But when any Master is gone, another Prophet, be it the last or the first, has to come and connect people with God again. And for the people at that time, that's the only real religion.

 

See God and All Arguments
about Religion Cease

Q: But that's in contradiction to the message of the Quran.

M: Only because you haven't seen God yet; that's why we argue about words and concepts and theory. If you just close your eyes, I can help you see God in an instant. And then you can talk to Hirm and ask your Allah, "What is the real thing? What is the Truth?" You're very, very religious and devoted, and I'm very touched by your faith. But there's one thing missing—God! We talk about God all the time; we talk about the last Prophet and we talk about the Truth but we don't see it.

If only you could see what I see, we wouldn't ever have to discuss it again. Would you like to see God now? Do you want to see the Light? I can make you see; I can help you. Because it's in you; Allah is within you! If we don't understand this, if we don't see God ourselves, then our knowledge is very limited. The Quran is the true teaching, but people can't understand it because you have to rise up to the same level or at least almost the same level of Muhammad in order to understand Muhammad's words. Otherwise, there will be a lot of misunderstanding. That's why there's fighting and killing between different religions and even within the same religion, over the same God! This occurs because we rely on our limited understanding instead of on God's knowledge. So we could talk forever because I understand differently than you do, and we might even end up fighting with each other.

But I love you because I've been there. I've argued with people before about Buddhism being the best or Christianity being the highest. But now I'm humble; I'm humble in the name of God because I know there's such a great knowledge that no one can say he or she understands everything. I only understand whatever God makes me understand, and I'm so grateful for whatever Hes bestows on me. And we keep learning forever. Even the Prophet learns forever. Because God is limitless! We can know the whole, or we can know each point. If we want to understand each point, it will take an infinite amount of time. I'm just so happy to know God. If you say I'm wrong or I'm right, I don't mind. I know the Father. So whatever you say is fine. If you understand the Quran, it's good. If you understand the way you understand, that's good, too. But I just understand differently because I see the Prophet. He teaches me directly.

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