Quote of The Day (184)
This section contains short teachings extracted from the messages that Sifu Kuan Ming received over the years, since 1979. The quotes contained herein are a collection of the daily quotes for your contemplation.
Listen to reflect, understand to practise, if Realisation and Self-Development is wished for! Let the Higher Life teach you to let go of your small self and all its preoccupations with restrictive dwellings on thoughts that are discriminating, resentful, miserly, aloof, and so forth! (STQ-2015-p13,11)
Save from suffering, save from harm, Kuan Yin P’usa Come!
Better than praying that "…you would be helped…" or that “…you would be saved…” would be that Prayer that “…you would be taught how to help and to save yourself…” (STQ-2015-p5,11)
Namo Kuan Shih Yin P’usa!
O All Merciful One!
Teach me the love that does not hate!
Teach me the pity that does not destroy!
Teach me the wisdom that does not scorn!
Teach me the compassion that is!
Teach me the Way to your Paradise!
Om Mani Padme Hum!
Namah Saptanam Samyaksambuddha Kotinam Tadyatha: Om Cale Cule Cundi Svaha! (STQ-2014-p5x2)
Be not surprised to find out that when you have reached the Door to Discipleship, you will find that there is no door to prevent you from entering it. This shall mean many things. For example, Niang is ever happy to receive anyone who would want to be Her disciple or to be a member of Her Family of Benevolent Helpers of sentient beings, and so forth. (STQ-2014-p9)
Know that when the Order is established, there will be new duties to be performed to ensure that they are well done. See to it that whatever needs to be undertaken must be done rightly, carefully, thoughtfully, lovingly, and diligently. (STQ-2002-p27)
Why is there so much suffering in this period of time? All kinds of reasons may be attributed to it, but a worthwhile explanation would be that many who have difficult lessons to learn and many who are ready to bring forth the loving heart have incarnated on this planet, which is currently providing them with the right conditions to effect their self-growth. Accept, then, that suffering can be a form of self-cleansing and an awakener of the spiritual heart! (STQ-2002-p34)
Learning to give and give happily and plentifully—this is generosity. Learning to give and give caringly and lovingly—this is true charity! Virtues are built up gradually, day by day, year by year, and stage by stage until they are perfected. (STQ-2002-p38,31)
(1) It is during troubled times that you must learn to be at peace in your heart by reminding yourself that whatever is happening is moving you toward the great healing.
(2) The virtuous heart is nourished through giving and forgiving, not taking and hating. (STQ-2002-p36x2)
What books can teach you is limited, and what the Divine Mother can teach you is beyond measure. Get to know the meaning of truth, not so much in words and discussion, but in action and experience. (STQ-2002-p39x2)
Know that jealousy is the cause of mistrust that will eventually break up a relationship, and possessiveness is that which suffocates it and destroys its harmony. The greatest challenge is to love the other person without being jealous or possessive in any way. (STQ-2002-p38)
At the rate human kindness and morality are deteriorating, and at the rate human cruelty and injustice are growing, humankind is heading towards a great learning arising from a great suffering.
Pray then and lead others to pray for a change of hearts amongst humankind. Pray that heaven will not bring about a correction, or catastrophes will be experienced. Pray that should they come to be, many will be there to render their help with kindness and generosity. Pray that those about you and their loved ones will not be gravely affected! (STQ-2002-p36)
You may not be able to control the outer world, but you can surely learn to control your inner world. Know your mind and make every effort to control it and to become its master. Listen not to it or attend to its demands unless you wish to be its slave. (STQ-2002-p38,41)
Who is to judge whether this age will be better than the last when each age has its high and low points, happy and unhappy periods, peaceful and violent times and so forth?
Know that each age has its lessons for mankind to learn from as well as its opportunities for them to gather experiences essential to their self-growth. This being so, there is no point in welcoming one age and condemning another, since each exists for a specific purpose. What is more important is to be able to witness the ending of one age and the beginning of another since that is a most momentous moment of time, which has much to tell and to learn from! (STQ-2002-p34)
By practicing the letting of love to flow more freely, you will be showing your inner sweetness to others. This is achieved by greeting those you meet with a smile or a cheerful greeting, showing respect for their openness and their privacy, listening to what they have to say with attention, and making use of caring words and so forth. (STQ-2002-p37)
One does not exist to make others sad, but to be there only to make them glad.
Live the quiet life to know its peaceful effects.
Live the simple life to experience its joyous effects.
Live the holy life to practise its spiritual effects! (STQ-2014-p15,2002-p33)
Today is the Second Cho See Wong Lo Sin See Festive Day of the Yin Wood Snake Year 2025. Homage to our Beloved Cho See Wong Lo Sin See Yuen Yuen Sheong Yan. Om Ame Laga Ah Hum!
(1) The Way of Heaven may be just and proper but may often be seen as unfair and ruthless.
(2) True love shines. Like the sun, ever bright, and like the moon, ever clear, and like the stars, ever sparklingly beautiful. (STQ-2002-p33x2)
It is when the kind, caring, helpful, merciful, loving and compassionate heart is brought into play that the spiritual journey has begun and the Teachings understood.
It is when the humble, gentle, simple, charitable, hospitable and noble life is lived that spiritual unfoldment will begin to happen and the Teachings proven. (STQ-2002-p32)
It is the kind and caring heart that will know that Niang is within it and guiding it to do its’ work of love! It is only when the kind and caring heart has been generated that the virtuous life may have its start and the Steps of Practice ascended with greater ease. (STQ-2002-p31x2)
It is the bright heart that wins Niang’s attention.
It is the loving heart that wins Her grace and direction.
It is the mind that discovers the Path and the heart that reaches the Goal. (STQ-2002-p32x2)
Life is ever a continuous battle with the desires of the mind and the outer and inner obstacles, which are preventing you from realising your True Nature. This is what has touched the Divine Mother and has caused Her to descend and appear among mankind in all forms to play the roles of Teachers, Helpers, Protectors and so forth, in order to encourage and enable them to subdue their minds! (STQ-2015-p7)
Be informed that the Great Chart of Practice is there to remind you of your Journeying through the Four Great Cycles of Human Evolution that shall have you:
(1) Opening your heart to see the mind,
(2) Opening your mind to see your nature, and
(3) Opening your Nature to come face-to-face with your Original Nature, which marks
(4) The Great Completion of the Great Heavenly Path that Evolves a Human Being into an Enlightened Being! (STQ-2015-p9)
A Teaching of the Wise
If you are reviled, contain yourself in Patience.
If you are praised, humble yourself inwardly.
When treading the Way, do not feel proud.
When you see two people fighting, make peace between them.
Reveal the good points of others and conceal their weaknesses.
Do not proclaim the shame of others. (STQ-2013-p30)
In prayer you are with yourself.
In giving you are with others.
In sitting you are with the Divine.
Until devotion is developed, your practice will not be faith-filled, your action will not be love-filled, and your heart will not be peace-filled. (STQ-2002-p23,29)
The Six Great Practices of a Kuan Yin Contemplative
1. Reciting the Holy Names with Devotion
2. Cultivating the Sacred mantra with Compassion
3. Practising the Wonderful Teachings with Courage
4. Generating the Great Loving Heart with Diligence
5. Vowing to Take Rebirth in Potala with Sincerity
6. Winning Entry into the Bodhicitta Path with Commitment
(STQ-2015-p3)
Life is, when Light is. Light is, when Love is. Life then is about the Light and Love that is received and given to others! Life is for learning whether easily or bitterly. Accepting these avenues you will be a happy person. (STQ-2015-p13,2002-p30)
Vows and Path of Light and Love
The Vow that is most stressed upon is the Renouncing of Nirvana after attaining Enlightenment;
The next Vow is that of Liberating all Sentient Beings from Samsara;
The Method taught in this Path is Contemplation;
The Virtue most emphasised in the Path is Compassion;
The Great attainment of the Path is that of The Great Loving Heart or Bodhicitta! (STQ-2015-p3)
Know that spiritual awareness is earned through patient effort, experience and suffering, and that spiritual development is won through patience, tolerance and humility. In the end it is the self-effort that wins the spiritual realisation. (STQ-2002-p24,31)
Sprains, strains, and stress. These are the pain and misery common to all, feared by all but not shunned by many.
Every pain brings with it an understanding. Every understanding brings with it a new growth. (STQ-2002-p30,25)
Attachment
Do not regard attachment as an evil, thinking that it is there to hinder your progress in self-growth.
Know that just as emotion is meant to be transformed into devotion so should attachment be transformed into devoted attachment to the service of the Divine which is the most effective way of winning Divine Grace and of purifying defilements.
Know too that it is this very form of attachment that has made a devotee out of you! (STQ-2002-p26)