Master's Physical Body

Is Much More Precious!

Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai To Fellow Initiates From Mainland China, At The European 3-Day Retreat Aug. 26, 1995 (Originally In Chinese)

Some people are not content with seeing my transformation body, so they still come to see me. I don't know why they act like this. Perhaps it is because the physical body is very rare; every enlightened being has a manifestation body. (Laughter)

It is easy to see the manifestation body, but more difficult to see the real body, which only exists when an enlightened Master is living in this world. After the Master passes away, only the manifestation body is left. Of course, it is more desirable to see both the transformation body and the real one.

Ordinary enlightened beings have only manifestation bodies but not a real physical body, so they cannot help sentient beings. Likewise, Shakyamuni Buddha still has His manifestation body, but He cannot initiate us nor give us any help. Perhaps He can guide us to a living Master, who has a physical body, to get initiated.

Everyone loves the real body because it is rare! There are too many manifestation bodies the universe is full of manifestation bodies of enlightened beings, who are omnipresent. Physical bodies are rare - there are only a few. Only when the enlightened beings come, then sentient beings can see their real physical bodies.

To manifest in the physical form, a very complicated procedure is required, integrating many aspects in the universe -- causation, the merits of sentient beings, and the will of the Almighty. Therefore, it is more precious to see a real body than a transformation one.

However, my words are only for you; don't tell anyone else. (Laughter) I don't know why I have told you these things today, which normally shouldn't be told! Hearing this statement, people might think that you are very arrogant, praising the physical and belittling the manifestation body.

When you enter the inner worlds during meditation, you can see many transformation bodies; not only that of the Master, but also those of previous masters such as Amitabha Buddha or Quan Yin Bodhisattva, etc... Depending on where you have reached, you can see the light bodies of the enlightened ones.

It is very difficult to see the real physical body, therefore Shakyamuni Buddha said that it is extremely difficult to see a real fully enlightened being. It is already so difficult to secure a physical body for oneself, much more so than to see a fully enlightened being in the body. This is why everyone loves to see the physical body of an enlightened being; it has always been the same since ancient times, not only in this era.

Should you observe someone who many people love to see, that person must be a spiritual practitioner who has attained the Truth. Regardless of what he looks like, whatever language he speaks, whether he gives lectures or doesn't speak, whether he touches you or gives you anything, if everyone still loves to see him, then he must have attained the Truth!

It was mentioned in Zhuang Tzu's book: one day, a disciple of Confucius asked him, "In a certain place, there is a certain person who is a lame hunchback, yet he has as many disciples as you do. In his daily life, he never says or teaches anything, but everyone wants to stay with him; men want to be his friends, and women want to be his wives. Everyone loves him. Would you explain why, master?"

Confucius replied that it was because that person had attained the Truth.

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