The Real Chanting Of
Buddha's Name

Narrated by Fellow Initiate Chen,Miaoli, Formosa
Recorded by the News Group,Miaoli, Formosa

Fellow sister Chen has an eighty-year old mother-in-law who lived at home. Although the old lady chanted the name of Amitabha Buddha every day, she received no special response. She even tried every means possible to obstruct sister Chen from practicing after she was initiated by Supreme Master Ching Hai. Besides praying to Master for help, sister Chen meditated diligently and maintained her faith in spiritual practice, despite the hindrance from her mother-in-law. This ordeal persisted for almost two years. Finally, thanks to the blessing power of Master's infinite love, the old lady followed her daughter-in-law to the Hsihu Center to see Master. That day, Master went near sister Chen's mother-in-law several times blessing her.

Since then, the old lady has had a complete change to her conception of spiritual practice. She has stopped obstructing her daughter-in-law's spiritual cultivation, and has expressed absolute faith in Master's omnipresent power. At home, she still chants Buddha's name and counts the chanting beads as usual. One thing different, however, is that she also chants Supreme Master Ching Hai's name in addition to that of Amitabha Buddha.

After that, a chain of fantastic things has happened! Often, she has seen her chanting beads radiating intense light. This light is so strong that her room is illuminated brighter than daylight; and she has never experienced this phenomenon before. Besides the radiant chanting beads, Supreme Master Ching Hai has often taken her to visit many other worlds in her sleep. She still remembers some of them after waking up.

The old woman no longer obstructs the spiritual practice of her daughter-in-law, because she also feels Master's boundless love. There is an important message in this story: Ever since sister Chen's mother-in-law saw the enlightened Supreme Master Ching Hai, they have been connected within, and she has begun the real chanting of Buddha's name.