Panorama of Events
Greeting the Era of Spiritual Awakening
— The Fragrance of Truth Pervades a Prominent Book Fairby the Taipei News Group
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[Taipei] The world-renowned 2004 Taipei International Book Exhibition was held from January 28 to February 2, attracting 925 publishers from 51 countries. During the six-day event, The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association introduced Master’s teachings through a series of activities including Truth-sharing seminars, a “music spa,” a program called “Little Angels Spreading the Word” and a special promotion of the book I Have Come to Take You Home, thus announcing the arrival of the Golden Age!
On January 29, the Association invited experts and academics to a multidisciplinary dialog exploring the theme “Greeting the New Golden Age” from the standpoints of religion, philosophy, technology, culture and social progress. On January 31, the music spa raised the Exhibition to new heights by integrating meditation practice and medical science to study the development of body, mind and spirit. During the Exhibition, Association members promoted I Have Come to Take You Home as an introduction to Supreme Master Ching Hai’s teachings and an easy guide out of life’s labyrinth back to our true Home.
On the last day of the fair, the Association held a seminar titled “Look at the Angels Smile — Exploring Whole Life Education through Spiritual Initiation,” during which educators and medical professionals shared unique perspectives with the audience on education from the womb to the development of a holistic personality.
Heading toward the Golden Age
Even before the ribbons were cut to open the Exhibition, the vice president of Infopro magazine, Mr. Zhang, who specializes in cosmic energy studies, was already at the Association’s booth waiting to register for initiation and stating, “I can feel the intense energy and magnetic field of all of Master’s publications and art works.” Having observed a vegetarian diet for some time and been blessed with many inner experiences while doing the Convenient form of practice, he was eager to receive full initiation into the Quan Yin Method.
Also, a first-time exposure to Master’s discourses led a pure-hearted mother and daughter to learn the Convenient Method. They were deeply moved when they saw purple flowers exploding into dazzling gold Light after meditating for just a few minutes. In addition, a Shanghai-based Formosan businessman who had diligently studied the eight volumes of The Key of Immediate Enlightenment series and maintained a vegetarian diet for a year, made a special trip back to Formosa to receive initiation, which he called his “top priority in life.”
Another visitor, Mr. Huang, president of a large international corporation, felt intense blessing power at the exhibition booth. Later, when learning the Convenient form of meditation, he saw the inner Master dressed in pristine white standing atop thousands of lotuses, which then changed into millions of glittering gold gems that showered down onto Earth. Moved to tears, he revealed that he had been a vegetarian for fifty years and had sought the Truth for decades, traveling worldwide to explore numerous religions, but had never been blessed with such an awesome experience. The following evening, when the Book Exhibition was about to close, Mr. Huang hurriedly arrived at the booth with his wife, a doctor and a colleague, all of whom eagerly sought instruction in the Convenient Method. Thrilled and excited, Mr. Huang vowed to Master that he would stop smoking, prepare for full initiation and have his whole family join him in practicing the Quan Yin Method.
A seventy-four-year-old man who first became acquainted with Master’s teachings at the 2003 Taipei International Book Exhibition and acquired a volume in the series The Key of Immediate Enlightenment, returned this year to learn the Convenient form of practice. In a sincere and tearful voice, he said that he would follow Master Home although he did not meet the age requirement for initiation into the Quan Yin Method.
Another guest was the wife of the Senseio Cultural and Educational Group’s chairman Mrs. Su, who organized the 1998 - 2000 Taipei International Book Exhibitions. She commented that over the past few years writers and colleagues had told her amazing stories about how Supreme Master Ching Hai delivered people and how they had been moved by Her love. While these accounts changed the longstanding concepts she had held since becoming a Buddhist at age twenty-six, they also gave her better insights into Master and the Quan Yin Method so she learned the Convenient Method. Ms Su was grateful to Master for arranging many brothers and sisters in her life who guided her to the practice, and added, ”For those who are frequently tense and busy, half an hour of meditation a day is the best way to cleanse and calm the mind!”
Professor Hu of Chung Yuan Christian University, an additional visitor, had devoted his entire life to studying Christianity, always received responses to his prayers for relatives and friends, maintained an unyielding faith in God and reciting the Bible, yet he still harbored doubts about life and death and various spiritual phenomena. He was deeply fascinated by the book I Have Come to Take You Home displayed at The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association booth, and after speaking with several fellow initiates and gaining a better insight into the Quan Yin Method, registered to learn the Convenient Method.
Through Master’s constant blessing and love, the warm support of many fellow initiates and the earnest participation of academics and experts from various fields, the venue of the 2004 Taipei International Book Exhibition was permeated with an atmosphere of intelligence, compassion and spiritual elevation. During the six-day event, more than a hundred and twenty people with affinity received instruction in the Convenient form of meditation and were blessed with highly positive experiences. Some of these new practitioners also asked for initiation into the Quan Yin Method, having blissfully boarded the express train to the Heavenly Kingdom of God and experienced the ecstasy of a bountiful spiritual harvest in the New Era!
by the Kaohsiung News Group
[Kaohsiung] With Master’s help, shortly before the lease on their group meditation venue expired last September, Kaohsiung initiates found a new location for a center in a beautiful natural setting. The center’s ground-breaking ceremony was held on Lunar New Year’s Day 2004. Fellow initiates can only feel deep gratitude to Master for blessing them with this enchanting spiritual home.
Panorama of Events: Formosa / Canada / USA
Events Date Book
To keep pace with the planet’s ongoing spiritual elevation, the local centers of The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association are holding more and more video seminars and other Truth-sharing events worldwide.
You are welcome to join in these activities with your friends and relatives. For the latest schedule of our Truth-sharing activities, please visit the following URLs:
http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/latest_news/events-datebook.htm (English)
http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/ch/latest_news/events-datebook.htm (Chinese)
