Panorama Of Events
Report from Brazil

★ Three-day South American Retreat (September 5-7, 1998)

<Sao Paulo> "Nirvana is within us" - this was the profound experience that every one of the fellow initiates enjoyed during the three-day South American retreat.

It is not easy for fellow practitioners from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Mexico and Brazil to get together, but they did it in Sao Paulo, at a beautifully serene and scenic spot far away from the din and bustle of the cities. Here, they shared an enjoyable three-day retreat.

During group meditation on the first day, the rain fell intensively. The initiates understood tacitly that Master's blessings, like the most accurate clock, never comes late. The rain brought the most powerful blessings to nourish all creation on Earth and cleanse away the dust in the hearts of the initiates. It increased their concentration and raised their blissful hearts even higher as they sat in meditation.

The second evening was memorable. The initiates organized a vegetarian barbecue party and enjoyed games and performances by fellow initiates from different countries. They sang, played, and danced without distinctions of nationality, race or age, coming together like one, big, intimate family.

During these three days, a Quan Yin messenger lovingly answered all of the fellow initiates' questions, helping them to develop a correct understanding of spiritual practice and to solve the many problems they had encountered on the path. Some fellow initiates discussed the benefits they had derived from their meditation, which strengthened other initiates' faith in their own practice. This, in effect, was equivalent to offering mutual help and encouragement on the loving path of the Quan Yin Method.

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