In the 20th century, spiritual music has gradually become widely appreciated by people all over the world and has received an enthusiastic response. In Au Lac music circles, spiritual songs are also circulating through the compositions of musicians, from within the country and abroad, and have gained the admiration of many music lovers. During the concert, "An Evening of Music and Poetry," which was held on December 29, 1996 in Southern California, U.S.A., many renowned artists from the Au Lac music field cooperated and introduced to the world the heart-moving poems of Supreme Master Ching Hai. This artistic concert, which led people to ponder deeply, elevated Au Lac culture once more and made it step forward into cultural history.

Each word of Supreme Master Ching Hai's poems contains the feelings and emotions of human happiness, anger, sadness and joy and expresses the experience of seeking the refined and aloof ideal as well as Her ideas "one should love others like oneself" and "all creation is one". The musical concert "Traces of the Previous Life" presents Her regard, ambitions and ideals to the world. From it, you can feel the compassion and great aspirations of a saint, while Her love for sentient beings and Her sincerity in leading worldly people to seek the Truth and Eternity are also like a pure spring that flows through the human spirit.

For those who love poetry and seek the Truth, this series of videotapes --"Traces of the Previous Life" -- is very precious. Whether in terms of spirituality, literature or the nation's culture and feelings, these priceless poems deserve the time taken to enjoy them and to roam about in their spirit