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By Resident Disciple Hsi-Chen,
Hsihu Center, Formosa
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Master Guided Us All The Way☆☆☆
 It is over one hundred kilometers from Jiang-tuen to Lake Yang-cho-yung, with no public transportation available. In the summer there are more tourists. In the winter hardly anyone goes through there because of the difficult mountain paths, with a seven thousand meters canyon en route. Although it was very expensive to rent a car, one could not rent one at that time. Throughout the day there might be an occasional truck from the Food Bureau or the post office passing through. I believed that as long as Master wanted us to go, we would find a car. After waiting all morning, a small vehicle actually came along, and we arrived Lake Yang-cho-yung smoothly. Under Master's great almighty orchestration, miraculous situations like that, when the seemingly impossible turned to be possible, happened quite a few times!
Lake Yang-cho-yung is one of the three great holy lakes in Tibet. Legend has it that it was transformed by a goddess who descended from heaven. The lake water is an extraordinary blue color, and is surrounded by high snow-capped mountains. It is unbelievably beautiful! When we got there, we met someone longing for eternal liberation. After he learned the Convenient Method, his whole consciousness was elevated by Master, and he felt extremely comfortable, an experience that he never had before. So he began to keep a vegetarian diet, in preparation for initiation.
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Danger Avoided With Master's Warning
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Throughout the journey, I deeply appreciated that I could not go wrong surrendering myself to Master's arrangements. Wherever She wants you to go, you will reap good results when you get there. If there is somewhere that She does not want you to go, you should take heed and not go.
Like at first we wanted to visit Chang-mu (near Milarepa's cave) to establish an affinity with the people there. It is a small, newly developed town close to Nepal. However, I received Master's hint at night that we should not go, because there would be difficulties if we did. So we canceled that stop. A few days later we learned that there was heavy snow fall in Chang-mu, collapsing many roads. It would not have been easy for us to get out if we had gone. We are truly grateful for Master's advance warning!
On our return journey we passed through a small town surrounded by very high mountains more than a thousand meters above sea level. As we started off in the morning, we found that there was water all around. Everywhere we looked was trees, ice and snow. There was a river going through the town, which was filled with a mysterious, spiritual atmosphere. I had a sudden urge that came from nowhere to take a stroll on the other side of the river. As I got there, I came to a finely built Tibetan house. Very casually I introduced Master to them. We had a good conversation. They even invited us to stay at their home on our next visit. Ah! This was the reason why I was inspired to go there.
The Tibetans are very simple, kindhearted people. They are helpful and willing to befriend you. All of those who learned the Convenient Method had very good experiences. An anie (a female lama) had a vision of Master's transformation form explaining the Five Precepts to her in Tibetan. The others who practiced the Convenient Method said that they felt very comfortable. One of them said his consciousness was going so quickly that there was not time "to put the brakes on".
The road condition of our return journey, which required several days by car, were not very good. As our truck went along the beautiful Nu River, we could see pieces after pieces of ice that looked like blooming flowers drifting on the surface of the water. We sang as we happily went along, admiring the scenery. Even the driver joined us and sang some Tibetan songs. Despite a blown tire on several occasions during this part of our journey, with Master's protection, we arrived safely at our destination. Here many people (mostly Tibetans) who had affinity began to practice the Convenient Method.
The Tibetans are very fond of Master's sample booklet. As soon as they received it, they would touch their foreheads with it. When they were not reading it, they would place the books on their altar. I believe that when the time is ripe, Master's teachings will definitely spread far and wide among these simple, pure and contented children of God. Chasiederla! (This is the usual Tibetan greeting, meaning an auspicious and favorable future.)
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