So, many times, there are many people Master knows, the husband follows Master first to practice, and the wife gets insanely jealous and starts cursing. Oh my God, she says all sorts of things about me, but she’s actually deeply attracted too. Then later on, once she wakes up and realizes there’s nothing wrong, she’s also so drawn that she can’t stand it anymore, and ends up following too. At that point, both of them are attracted in exactly the same way. Sometimes the wife is even more attracted. Wherever I go, she comes running after me shouting, “Master, wait for me!” Oh my God, what a miserable child, a child who curses his mother for years. And then later she says, “Oh, I’m sorry!” Just like that. That’s an example. (Yes.)
It’s not in one minute or one second that the wife suddenly decides to follow Master. She’s actually been drawn for a long time already, but she keeps resisting, holding herself back. “I’m not following Her, OK? I… I… I’m not following!” Her hands are holding back, but her feet keep moving forward. After a while, the feet drag the hands along, and she ends up running right over anyway. So if you go home and your husband or wife scolds you because of me, tell them, “Oh, forget it, don’t waste your time. Just run after Her now. Sooner or later you’re going to follow Her anyway, so stop pretending, it’s too troublesome.” Or say, “Why don’t you just follow my Master. Stop pretending. I can see your legs twitching, inching forward all the time. Why struggle so much?”
You see it clearly, right? (Yes.) Because if it were really just the kind of seductiveness of a woman, or the masculine attraction of a man, then you would only attract the opposite gender, right? (Yes.) How could you attract people of the same gender? (Yes.) And those people of the same gender are not homosexual. (Yes.) They’re decent people, children from upstanding families. For example. Or they are decent men. They’re not messed up, are they? (Yes.) Yet both genders, also women and even children are attracted. (Women, children.) From 8 days old to 80 years old. Or even more, or even young people would flock after me. There. So think about it clearly. (Yes.) This is not physical, sexual attraction between men and women. It’s attraction through resonance, through inner harmony, the natural attraction between two Buddhas, that’s all. So after you practice, please remember this and be careful to keep it in mind. Otherwise, family conflicts can arise. (Yes.)
So how do you intend to maintain it? It’s not enough to just say, “No, I am not romantically attracted [to Her].” (Yes.) We try to restrain ourselves; we try to avoid situations that could lead to misunderstanding. (Yes.) First, our wife and children may misunderstand. Second, the person of the opposite sex may misunderstand. (Yes.) We speak properly, respectfully, and with great seriousness. Sit a bit farther apart; don’t sit shoulder to shoulder or side by side like that. (Yes.) Each person has a different role; there’s no need to compare or measure against one another. Measuring back and forth like that is such a hassle. Then if the wife goes crazy and leaves for good, don’t cry. Finding a wife like that isn’t easy at all. Because nobody wants her anyway. A wife like that isn’t easy to find.
Many people, after practicing a little, if they’re not careful, when someone of the opposite sex chases after them, they start thinking, “Wow, how come I’m so desirable now? Maybe my turn has come. Maybe my romantic luck is starting to blossom now. They’re all chasing after me like crazy.” Don’t get carried away, my child – no, that’s not it. There’s no such thing as that. (Yes.) If you behave improperly, after a while, you end up losing everyone. We have to be proper and decent. Otherwise, even if those people don’t misunderstand and think we love them, they still may not respect us. (Yes.) And then they lose their trust in us, and they become disappointed. All of a sudden, they sort of wake up and start feeling that something’s off. (Yes.) Remember that, OK? (Yes.) Alright then, that’s enough. (Yes.) That’s all. (Yes.) OK.
(I would also like to thank Master for saving my husband from death.) Who saved your husband? You’ve got it all mixed up. (He had intestinal cancer, and before I started following Master and practicing, I went to see a fortune teller. Because at that time I was sad about family matters, so I went to see a fortune teller who said that…) Was that fortune teller any good? (No. He said my husband would die in ’95.) Oh dear! (Because in ’95, that was when he had the surgery.) Cursing someone like that. (Yes, in ’95 he even went into surgery. I was so scared, I sat in the hospital, chanting Master’s Name and meditating until the surgery was over, and now he’s well.) Did you fall asleep? (No.)
(Two weeks later, the doctors flushed his intestines. Then he started craving food. He wanted to eat everything, so I let him eat. But right after that, he threw up and vomited. Since he’s bigger than me, he told me to help him into the restroom so he could clear himself up.) Throw it up. (And I tried to help him, but I almost fell myself; he was so heavy. Then when he got back on the bed, he kept rolling around, and I was scared to death. I kept calling out to Master, then I sat down to meditate, and I said, “Master! Please save my husband from the grip of death. I’m so afraid he’s going to die. He just had intestinal surgery, they cut his abdomen from up here all the way down, and if he’s vomiting like this, I’m afraid he’ll burst open, Master.” Then in my right ear, I heard Master say, “He’s been saved already!” I was so relieved. I said to myself that it meant he was going to be fine. It’s just that Master already saved him before. This time it’s only an illness, something he ate that didn’t agree with him. Thank You so much, Master.) Who knows what it is? No need to thank me, don’t bother. I’m not that free to be worrying about anyone’s intestines or stomach. I have to go to a new economic zone.
So, does anyone else want anything? Does anyone else want me to take care of their innards or organs too? (Master also saved my nephew. Master, I would like to say a few more words.) Alright, just a few words then. (Seeing Master again today, I would like to thank You.) OK. (My nephew also had intestinal cancer, but he was in Âu Lạc [Vietnam].) Oh my! (He’s only 16 years old, and still in school, Master.) I see. (And then he had intestinal cancer, fluid in his lungs, and a urinary tract infection. The doctors had all given up. The hospital doctors had done everything they could. My older brother wrote to me, so I sent money and told him, “Alright, take care of your son.” Then I said, “You recite Master’s Name.” He had never heard of Master before, so he was confused. I was afraid he wouldn’t recite, so I sent a fax. Saying, “Recite in the morning, in the afternoon, evening, and at night. Over here, I’m reciting too.” For three weeks I didn’t hear any news, then later I received a letter saying he was getting better. But at that time, Master, I was so afraid he would die. I hadn’t seen my family for decades, and I didn’t even know what my nephew looked like.) Poor thing. (When I left, he hadn’t even been born yet.) Wow. Why are you so filial? (I love my nephew so much, I don’t know… I had just started practicing, so I didn’t yet know how spiritually powerful Master was.) Oh! (I sat down and prayed.) Thanks a lot! (So I prayed.) So that’s what happened.
First try and it worked right away, huh. (Yes. The doctors had given up already. So I prayed, “Master, now only You – the Buddha, can save him. The physicians and doctors have all given up.” But I didn’t know his karma was that heavy. I said, “If my brother, sister-in-law, and my nephew have any karma, let me bear it all instead.”) Oh my, how foolish! (Then he recovered, but I ended up suffering terribly for years in his place. On that day, I…) If the child lives but the aunt dies, what’s good about that? That’s really foolish. (I didn’t know. I really didn’t understand what karma was.) So now you understand, don’t you? (Yes, I know now. I carried it for years; I even wanted to end my life. That day I sat right in front of Master’s picture and cried so much. I said, “Master, I feel like ending my life. I can’t go on living like this. It was like the karma just kept rising and rising. Every single day I was suffering from it.) Who told you to take it on? Now you have to bear it. (I didn’t know.)
You are frail and could hardly even walk, yet you dared to take on karma? You thought it’s easy? (Then Master took care of everything...) Did you think karma doesn’t exist? A game? (Yes, it was because I listened to Van Huong.) “Let me bear it – I’ll take the burden.” (Yes, Master, I heard Van Huong singing on a cassette. He said, “If I’m telling a lie, may this light extinguish, and I will be extinguished with it.” When the power went out, he was perfectly fine. I thought it would be the same for me. So I followed his example and made the same vow to follow. Then I cried. I sat right in front of Master’s picture and cried so much. Then Master arranged for him to send a letter, saying, “Now he is completely healed.”
He told me, “That day, we brought our child home, because the doctors had given up. We were so exhausted. The two of us had been taking turns watching over the child. We were so tired that we dozed off. Then we saw a storm suddenly roaring and rising up like that Master.” Then his wife said, “Oh my, please come out to give me a hand, or the dragon is going to take our house away!” After a short while, the storm completely stopped. Then they saw a white boat descending from the sky, and there were two people dressed in white. He saw that I was sitting inside it, but he didn’t recognize the other person. He said, “But I knew that was your Master.” Then he saw me stand up and say, “Aunt Bay is coming back to visit little Cường.” Then I turned to his wife and said, “This is the Prajna Boat. I’ve just come back to visit little Cường.” “That was all, but it startled them awake. They quickly went to check on the little boy, thinking he might have died because no one had been watching over him while they were asleep.” When they checked again, he was getting better – and then recovered completely, Master. He didn’t need surgery anymore. My husband had to undergo surgery, but he [the nephew] didn’t have to undergo any operation at all. He’s been completely fine ever since. He went back to school and then returned to work. I’m deeply grateful to You, Master – so very grateful.)
I don’t know anything. You were just worrying about your own nephew — what’s that got to do with me? It’s good that he’s recovered. Because you just love him so much. (Because I had never even seen him before. I left before he was born, Master. It was only after several decades that I finally returned.) Alright. That’s quite moving, isn’t it? (Yes.) Who could love a nephew that much, huh? You hadn’t even seen him, yet you loved him that much. Especially considering you know my face, then we’ll see how much you love me. (My older brother is also vegan now and follows Master too, but I don’t know whether he has received initiation into the Quan Yin Method yet. When I go back this time, I plan to check on that.) There is a Quan Yin Messenger. (He told me that Master had treated his illness in his dreams several times. He was very sick.) Never mind. Don’t say it. I’ll charge for the medicine.
Photo Caption: “Following in the Right Direction”
