Baptize is an ancient Initiation Ritual, very common in the East. In this particular ritual, a spiritual seeker must go through the cleansing process, for which water is symbolically used, then charged with spiritual energy.

Prayer is a communion between the part and the whole, between the wave and the ocean. But that communion can only be that of the heart, it cannot be of the head. Learn love, be more loving to all that is: the people, the animals, the birds, the trees

This place is sometimes referred to as a 'place of concealment'. Kashmir - the valley of Kashmir in the Himalayas, which is also known as 'Heaven on Earth ','the garden of Eden',and 'Paradise' - the beautiful Kashmir.

At the time of 'death' an Awakened One not only discard his body, but also his or her mind. Such discarded minds then turn into small minute particles and fragments and become the 'most precious dust' of the universe - the energy dust.

Koi, One of the many japanese famous exotic fishes. The best breed of koi fish usually depends on the attractive randomise dot pattern, the bright colors and the perfect balancing form of Koi's bod.

Dendreah or 'Desert Rose' in Lakota Sioux, the White Buffalo Woman who brought the Sacred Pipes to the Sioux people before the European invasion or contact. "Walk in Peace. Walk in Love. Walk in Truth. Walk in Purity".

Ch'an Master Hsu Yun was born on 26th April 1840 at Chuanchowfu in Fukien province. After his own enlightenment, the master immediately began his Bodhisattva work of guiding others out of the sea of suffering.

The Venerable Master Hsuan Hua, who is also called An Tz'u and Tu Lun, was born in Manchuria, Sung Chiang Province, Shuang Ch'eng County, near the city of Harbin on the Sungari River.

When we come into contact with a 'Enlightened Master', it has a 'Quickening' effect on that same consciousness within everyone. The teacher's intense internal vibration of the universal spirit radiates powerful energy in all others near him.

That is why in the High King Sutra, it is said: "able to stop the cycle of life and death, and annihilate all the misfortunes and sufferings". This sutra is highly recomended by the Living Buddha Lian-Sheng or Sheng-yen Lu (Padmakumara) for reciting.