“Lao Tzu says: I roam to purify, I work to enlighten, and I govern to complete. I transform and change my body and appearance, renew life by means of death, and roam over the world…”
Through exploration of the ancient wisdom embedded within Taoist scriptures, Great Master Lao Tzu (vegan) reveals that He transforms and changes His bodily appearance through “means of death.” This revelation depicts that the ascended Master undergoes reincarnation in order to fulfil His ongoing mission “to purify” and “to enlighten.”
“Lao Tzu says: I roam to purify, I work to enlighten, and I govern to complete. I transform and change my body and appearance, renew life by means of death, and roam over the world…”
In line with this teaching, sincere truth seekers have received visions and enjoyed inner spiritual experiences that signify that Lao Tzu has again descended into the world to continue “to purify” and “to enlighten.” Our Association members have recurrently received spiritual confirmation that Supreme Master Ching Hai (vegan) was once the Great Master Lao Tzu.
Supreme Master Ching Hai has been reincarnating to our planet life after life to save sentient beings. Numerous spiritual practitioners have received inner confirmation of Her previous lives as spiritual Masters of the past, Kings and Queens, and more. All of Her incarnations have been dedicated to helping our planet to be more uplifted and more spiritually advanced.
In this lifetime Supreme Master Ching Hai has also shared spiritual discourses and given initiation into the Quan Yin method of meditation in a multitude of countries. Hence, She can also be said to “roam over the world” in this lifetime.
“[During Her lecture] Master’s face suddenly changed into that of Shakyamuni Buddha. … Then I saw Master’s face continue to change into the faces of Quan Yin Bodhisattva, LAO TZU, Manjushri Bodhisattva, and then back to Her own.”
“(And I could see during a long retreat that the incarnations of Maitreya Buddha, Lord Jesus Christ, Lao Tzu, Quan Yin Bodhisattva, Kangxi Emperor, King Arthur, Genghis Khan, etc. were all Master. I saw all these vividly in my inner visions.)”
“(Outside the front door of my childhood home, I suddenly saw a door open up in the sky. A statue of Shakyamuni Buddha appeared. It was so huge that it filled up the space from Earth to Heaven, and it was radiating extremely bright, white light. As I looked to my right, there was a holy statue of the great Sage Lao Tzu, which was just as huge and bright. Then I turned to the right and suddenly saw Jesus Christ standing there, taking up the space between the sky and Earth. He was huge and dignified. I was thrilled and wanted to be Their disciple. I know now that Master is the reincarnation of these past three Saints.)”
Spiritual seekers have also received inner confirmation that in another incarnation, Supreme Master Ching Hai (vegan) was the Great Master Daoling (vegetarian), who is believed to be another appearance of Great Master Lao Tzu (vegan). Zhang Daoling was also known as Celestial Master Zhang and Heavenly Lord of Subduing Devils and Guarding Tao He was a Chinese religious leader who lived from 34 to 156 AC, during the Eastern Han Dynasty. Great Master Zhang Daoling taught people to cultivate inwardly, to repent and pray, and educated and transformed people with Tao. He established the ritual of Taoism, set the rules and precepts, and formally founded the religion of Taoism. Great Master Zhang Daoling, Yellow Emperor, and Master Lao Tzu were collectively called the “Three Patriarchs of Taoism.”
Ascended Master Zhang Daoling was highly reputed for His spiritual power and for using talismans to treat diseases, subdue devils and protect all beings. Legend has it that one night during the reign of Emperor Shun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Supreme Lord Lao appeared to give Him magic swords and talismans. These were to be used to annihilate the demon kings and ghost commanders who ran rampant and led thousands of billions of ghost soldiers to harm people in Sichuan. After one thousand days of diligent practice, Zhang Daoling mastered all magic talismans. He led divine soldiers to fight against evil devils and subdued all of them.
During the time of epidemics, Zhang Daoling often used talismans to heal people and asked those who were sick and infected to write down three copies of all the mistakes they had made in their lives. They were to then expose one on the mountain, bury the other one in the ground and immerse another one in the water. At the same time, they were to repent and swear to God that they would never do those sinful things again. People followed this method, and soon, the disease was cured.
In an inner spiritual experience, it was revealed to a sincere truth seeker that Supreme Master Ching Hai had previously been Zhang Daoling and had indeed used talismans to benefit humanity.
“(During my meditation, the inner Master took my hand to go to a celestial mountain in a far and higher realm, surrounded by celestial clouds. While we stood under an old pine tree, I silently recited the Holy Names as I worried that it could be a false vision. Master then transformed into various Saints, such as the Quan Yin Bodhisattva [vegetarian], Tathagata Buddha [vegan], Bodhidharma [vegan], the sixth Zen patriarch Hui-Neng [vegan], etc., all radiating bright golden Light, and I felt assured.
Then Master told me, ‘I am assigning you an important task: You go to the foot of the Tianmu Mountain to take out a secret mystical inscription which I buried there when I was the Celestial Master Zhang. It would be very helpful to the world now if you could take it out.’
I asked Master, ‘What shall I do after taking it out?’ Master said, ‘Stick it on the summit of Mount Hua in China. Then your mission is completed. Go quickly. Make no delay!’
As Master had instructed, my astral body went to Tianmu Mountain to look for the invisible, mystical inscription buried by the Celestial Master Zhang. This mystical inscription was hidden under an old stone table with a secret magical barrier and very well protected. Without Master’s instruction, no one could see or find it. It was buried there then, for the sake of serving a purpose today. In other words, the Celestial Master already foresaw the need of using it to subdue the demons nowadays.
Having retrieved the golden mystical inscription, I flew to Mount Hua and stuck it on the southern peak, the summit of Mount Hua. Immediately, it emitted golden Light to awe the whole world. The demons of all four directions all bowed down, surrendered, and prostrated themselves, not daring to act recklessly!
The mystical inscription kept on emitting golden Light to shine upon the boundless Universe, and even the Heavenly realms could see the Light emitting from the summit of Mount Hua. The deities and Buddhas from very remote corners of the Universe were attracted to draw near to see what was going on. Many celestial beings also came to watch and enjoy the unusual sight on Mount Hua. Mount Hua was originally surrounded by celestial clouds and called ‘the number one mystical and dangerous mountain’ in China. In the invisible world, it has now become an invincible sacred mountain to subdue demons.)”
These spiritual experiences suggest that Master Lao Tzu (vegan) has had many incarnations on Earth. The incarnations as “Three Patriarchs of Taoism” occurred at particular periods of the history of China. This was in order to teach emperors how to establish the early civilization of China, to lay the foundations of Philosophical Taoism, and to help lead the world to practice Tao. We will learn more about Great Master Lao Tzu’s reincarnations in the following series.
