Master's Physical
Body Is Much More Precious!
Spoken By Supreme Ching Hai
To Fellow Initiates From Mainland China,
At The European 3-Day Retreat 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.
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 real physical
bodies, so they cannot help sentient beings. Likewise, Shakyamuni Buddha
still has His manifestation body, but He cannot initiate us or 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 enlightened beings come, can sentient beings see their
real physical bodies.
