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- Book 58 - The Mystical Experiences of True
Buddha Disciples
- By Grand Master Sheng-yen Lu
- Translated by Siong Ho
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Chapter 33 - Invitation To A Speech
The following invitation letter was sent to me:
| CAST-Chinese-American
Association for Science and Technology
21414-68th Ave S.,
Kent, WA 98032
Tel: (206)-872-8500
February 19, 1985
Mr. Sheng-yen
Lu
17102 N.E. 40 St.
Redmond, WA 98052
Dear Mr. Lu:
CAST members and
other local engineers and professionals hold a bimonthly informal
dinner gathering. During these gatherings, interesting topics
ranging from fishing to personal finance are discussed. We
will feel honored if you will accept our invitation to give
a talk on Thursday, March 7, 1985 at 6:00 p.m.. The place
will be the China Gate Restaurant. Your dinner and transportation
will be provided. Please give Dr. Koh a call at 523-9919 if
you will be able to attend the gathering.
Looking forward
to meeting you.
Sincerely,
Wen-Hui Jou
Secretary
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The invitation from the Chinese-American Association for Science
and Technology was handed to me by assistant officer in-charge,
Mr. Cheng, of the Taiwan Coordination Council. At that time, I was
busy with my blessing ceremony scheduled for March and. But, I accepted
to take part in their bimonthly gathering and give a talk.
Of course, the members of the Science and Technology Association
are all qualified scientists and technologists. Most members are
intellectuals, with Ph.D. degrees. Their invitation indicated that
scientists are attaching importance to the study of psychics. It
also indicated that scientists also have great respect for religions.
The name Holy Red Crown Vajra Master has spread from the States
to all over the world. Recently, there have been many invitations
to give seminars. But, due to my "practices" and "writings,"
which occupy most of my time, many of the invitations could not
be accepted.
In this regard, I'd like to apologize for all the requests I had
to refuse.
Regarding "religious power" and "spiritual energy,"
these have aroused the attention of many countries in the world.
Currently, among the peoples that study pychic energy, the Russians
are the most enthusiastic, Followed by the English and the Americans.
Scientists in these countries, using objective studies and analysis,
have found that a mysterious force does exist. Such belief is not
groundless.
Using scientific means to analyze the "mystery force"
involves very strict experiments. Many authentic scientific experiments
are recorded on film. For example, a physicist at Stanford University
believes very much in the existence of "mind power." Another
physicist of another American college also acknowledges the reality
of psychic power. An English university professor, after having
conducted scientific experiments for many years, came to the conclusion
that some kind of a force unmistakably exists. Are "religious
power," "mind power," and "spiritual energy"
in conflict with science? They are not. I know with certainty that
the "exterior world" is under the manipulation of the
"inner world." The exterior world is of material nature
and the inner world is of spiritual nature. The material and the
spiritual are Cause and Effect, relating to one another like both
sides of a piece of paper that cannot be separated.
We know that physical energy is a kind of external phenomenon and
mental energy is an invisible phenomenon. For example, brain waves,
thoughts, etc. are invisible energies. If we human beings are able
to concentrate and direct our brain waves into physical matters,
altering the latter, this is the inner world manipulating the outer
world.
Based on religious practice, Holy Red Crown Vajra Master, the Tantric
Practitioner, during Zen meditation, uses visualization, mudra and
mantra to activate man's primordial potential energy. This activation
enables such energy to unite with cosmic energy, producing the great
cosmic energy in man.
Religious practice is not superstition, rather, it is a scientific
practice of inner illumination. The practice of Zen meditation is,
indeed, a great science among the sciences. In the world of science
today, many people do not understand these principles. They only
believe what they see, thinking that anything "invisible"
is not science. In fact, many kinds of "energy" are invisible,
such as electricity, magnetism, radiation, etc..
The Tantric practices of Master Lian Shen have proved the existence
of "religious power," "mental power," and "spiritual
energy." They have also turned many scientists from non-believers
into believers. The invitation of the Science and Technology Association
is a good indication. We have already joined the exterior in science
with the interior of spirituality. This is extraordinary and inconceivable!
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