* Divine Teaching
explaining why one must take the Tao to heart rather than being led to
confusion as one tries to walk the spiritual path waking too late to realize
your own folly.
The 2nd day of the 11th
month of the year of the Yang Fire Tiger
Jade Emperor or Cao Dai Tien Ong Dai Bo Tat Ma Ha Tat
Teaching The Great Tao to The Southern Quarter
Greetings to all
disciples, beloved daughters and guests.
Listen.
I, out of great love
and mercy, have founded the Third Amnesty of the Great Way
with the purpose of raising the predestined spirits to higher
dimensions, avoiding reincarnation, and bringing the virtuous to a more
precious domain of freedom and repose than this poor, vile earthly world.
Alas! Many, many people
partake in worldly happiness, while ignoring self-cultivation in the Tao which
would lead them to enlightenment. They argue, criticize the Tao thinking that
they are now in higher secular positions than other people, without knowing
that only punishment awaits them in the next realm.
Whoever is blessed will
be in a higher world; whoever is unfortunate will remain confused. The
celestial laws have determined so. In the end, the more meritorious your life,
to the better world of freedoms you shall be led.
It's a rare privilege
to be living in the days of the founding of the Tao. It's even rarer to
successfully walk the thorny path of Tao; it is like searching for pearls in
the deep, dark forest. Yet it all depends on your state of mind: if you believe
the way is smooth, it will be so. If you think it's difficult, it will likewise
be so. Don't be led to confusion in walking the path of the Tao, or you shall
too late awaken to your folly.
(TNHT I , 1968 , p. 69)
* Divine Teaching
regarding the disincarnation of the dignitary Thuong Tuong Thanh
Your Master, children.
Children, listen:
The world has lost one
of My disciples today, one of your co-disciples who has shared with you some
responsibility in the founding of the Third Amnesty of the Great Way
Tuong's death is his
fate. He is blessed in returning to Me. Death sometimes causes joy and
sometimes causes sorrow. People on this earth who know how to make themselves
useful to their communities and who know how to self-cultivate, would consider
death as just the end of a long journey Home and as the accomplishment of their
duty and time to reap their reward. Although he has not been such a person, his
virtue and his meritorious service in building the Great Way
Regarding his funeral,
you should join together to accomplish your human duty toward him.
Trang, tell Trung, Tho,
Tuong, Hoa and other celestial appointees to escort him to his place of eternal
rest. This act manifests the dignity of a virtuous person. Whoever is busy
would be excused. You should also hurry to organize the ceremony to make it
brilliant. The prayers should be the same as with the funeral of Hau's mother,
except just a minor difference.
(TNHT I , 1968, p. 70)
* Divine Teaching
explaining that if you knew the preciousness of the Tao then you would give
utmost attention to its care.
Session at Cho Lon, December 13, 1926 .
Your Master, children.
It's not an
insignificant bit of business by which I founded the genuine faith for Vietnam
I have also seen that
many of you adhere to the Tao for some evil motive. Because of love of
humanity, and because I want to save humanity, I have endured cruel people in
order to give them time to repent, to return to the right path to live a
blessed life in the future; those who do not repent are lost and cannot be
saved. If you wait until your last breath to acknowledge the sublime and the
evil, it would be too late. You have to regularly play judge upon oneself.
Heed me!
(TNHT I , 1968 , p. 71)
* The new Doctrine that
I teach is the result of spiritual studies
Present at the seance:
Certain French
citiziens, among whom Captain MONET, and certain dignitaries.
The Holy See of Tay Ninh, December 15, 1926 .
(the 11th day of the
11th month of the year Binh-Dan)
THAI-BACH*
Greetings, my brothers.
Prepare to respectfully
receive Our Divine Master,
Tell to these French
present that this is a house of prayer and must not be considered merely a
curiosity.
Jade Emperor or Cao Dai
Teaching The Great Tao to The Southern Quarter.
MONET, arise and read.
All things come in
their time.
You have seen most of
what your compatriots wish to see and know. This new doctrine that I teach is
the result of spiritual studies.
Have I not predicted
that spiritism is a religion of the future? You naturally wish to create in
this country a moral relationship between the two races, French and Vietnamese,
who have been called to live together, by My will, in a commonality of life and
interests. You will be satisfied by living a gentlemanly life. Your prayers
will be heard. You will later be one of my most devoted disciples in preaching
peace and harmony to the world.
The French team will be
created soon.
You will be forced to
return to France
Goodbye, this is enough
for you.
* THAI-BACH is the
Spiritual Giao Tong (Pope) of CaoDai.
TNHT I, 1968, p.72 (in
French)
* Divine Teaching that
nothing is created or exists on this earth against God's will
The 13th day of the
11th month of the year of the Yang Fire Tiger.
Thai Bach.
M. Ð... , you are
requested to attend the arrival of the Divine Master.
Jade Emperor (Cao Dai)
Teaching The Great Tao to The Southern Quarter.
Almighty God, who comes
under the name of CaoDai to teach the truth in Annam
D..., arise and read.
I declare unto you that
nothing is created nor exists on this Earth against My will. Some poor spirits
claimed that they possess the secrets of God. But I have not given to any human
here the mission to reveal such. To reach Me you are only to pray; I do not
fail to manifest when those prayers are sincere. Realize that I am Jehovah of
the Hebrew, God of the Israelites, the God of unspoken name to the Jews, and
the Father spoke of by Christ; if you pray to me in the name of CaoDai, your
prayers will be heard. Come to Me sincerely and do good unto your brothers,
whom I have entrusted to you. And I ask you to spread this teaching to all of
those under your watch and care. It is the only message which can raise
humanity to abiding love and bring a lasting peace.
* Annam Vietnam
TNHT I, 1968, p. 73 (in
French)
* Divine Teaching
regarding the reincarnation cycle of man and demons. If one does not practise
the Dao, one cannot escape the cycle of rebirth.
Day 15, Month 11, Year
of the Fire Tiger
JADE EMPEROR, or CAO DAI TIEN ONG DAI BO TAT MA HA TAT,
TEACHING THE GREAT WAY
Listen, children:
One thing remains you
have not learned (and so do not know or recognize), and that is the true value
of the Great Way
You were born here on
this earth: You live and suffer here, and you will also die here. Do you know
what will happen to you after your death?
Do you know where you
will go?
None of you understands
this miraculous, mystic mechanism. I will now explain: Throughout many
thousands of years, all beings are transformed through the reincarnation cycle
from minerals to plants to animals--finally reaching the stage of human beings.
Human beings on this earth are themselves divided into different classes. For
example, the class of "Emperor," as you understand it, on this earth
(the 68th world*) is not even as worthy as the lowest class on the lower, 67th
world. The value of worlds increases as their assigned number decreases, from
the 3,000th world to the first, then through the 72 earths, then through the
four great ethereal continents and then finally through the 36 heavens. Human
beings must persevere in cultivating themselves to reach the pinnacle, the
"Bach Ngoc Kinh" (Diamond Palace
You see: All these
classes are heavenly ones. But there are similar hellish classes. The Daemon
has thus imitated God to organize his own hierarchy with corresponding
positions for the sole purpose of punishing and harming you. I felt compelled
to grant him this tremendous privilege of attempting to seduce and induce you
to become his servants.
I have always said that
there should be justice because that is God's law.** I have, at times, lost
many of my disciples to him. I have already clearly shown you the different
ways: the good and the evil.
I have also shown you
the direction to follow to not become lost. You should be aware that demons
have reincarnated throughout the 3,000 worlds and even among the 72 earths.
Unfortunately, these
demons are innumerable and they are masters of illusion and seduction.
This is why I have said
that I have placed many ferocious beasts among you and have ordered them to
devour you; however, I have also given each of you an armor to protect
yourself. This armor is your virtue and it is invisible to these beasts.
Thus, your virtue is
the way to exterminate the demons and to return you to Me in Nirvana. If you do
not follow the Great Way
I tell you again that
even if one fulfills one's duty honestly and justly, s/he will still have to
reincarnate after death again and again, if s/he does not cultivate the self
spiritually by following the Great Way
Therefore, I repeat:
You should admire and respect the Great Way
Translator's note:
* The earth, where we
are living, is the 68th among 72 earths.
**According to God's
law, it would be unfair for humans to have no challenges in their way of
self-cultivation to return to Nirvana. Thus, God has granted the Demon the
privilege of attempting to seduce many away from the Great Way
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 74)
* Divine Teaching
(delivered in French) regarding the true nature of nobility richness and glory.
Your Master,
The majority of you,
children know French. I will use French to make it easier for you to understand.
What is nobility,
richness, and glory?
The nobility is the
gathering of titles which are given by men for more or less seducing men.
What is the value of
those titles? Isn't it the value of those who gave them? Donned by human, they
are just too human. What come from a human being are but not lasting.
They are subject for
deterioration: they are destroyed as soon as the life of the bearer is taken
away.
Go for celestial
nobility, it is the only eternal.
Richness is all the
precious things that one gathers on this earth. What does it contain?
Gold, silver, velvet,
silk, etc... Gold and silver are but simple metals. Velvet is just a color.
Silk is but material derived from animals. Do you see those as real preciosity?
They are insignificant
as their origin is appraised. Children, search for divine richness.
That's the only you
possess eternally; nobody can take it away from you.
Glory is in many
instances against virtue. It is transient. It, many times, comes from
dishonesty. Divine glory is the only which resists all challenges.
(Trung asked: How can
we attain divine nobility, divine richness, and divine glory?)
The Master replied:
"TU" (self cultivation).
(TNHT I , 1968, p. 136;
Fr. p. 76)
* Divine Teaching
regarding the establishment of the New Canonical Laws.
Dai Dan Cho Lon, December 27, 1926
Your Master, children.
Listen, disciples!
The Tao needs to have
tenets in order to approach perfection, and for you to follow to avoid error.
Some of you, thanks to their meritorious service, were employed in an important
task so that they would be happy and have opportunities to progress.
Unexpectedly, they did not respect My orders, have created criticism and
quarrels. Do they deserve to be disciplined?
If I don't have the
mercy to guide them forthwith, they will be disciplined more severely by Saints
and Angels! You should regulate yourselves in your religious practice.
Listen, attendants! The
Tao is guiding humanity; the holy way pilots earthly people. You are lucky to
be born at the time when the Tao is founded, but if you do not cultivate your
self to reach Nirvana, you would face regret later, all in vain for being
downfallen.
Because of love of
humanity, I have opened the Third Amnesty to save blessed people. Time is
running out. Make haste, for Immortals and Buddhas at the triune-faith
convention will propose closing the gates of the Tao. At that time, even though
I desire to redeem you, I could not act against the divine mechanism.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 77)
* Divine Teaching
regarding the reasons behind the establishment of the New Cannonical Law.
The Jade Emperor; or Cao Dai Tien Ong Dai Bo Tat Ma Ha Tat,
Teaching The Great Way
Greetings to all
children.
Children, if I said I
have endured many hardships since the beginning of the faith in order to spread
the Tao this rapidly, I should be very happy for you....Why am I sad? Children,
you have suffered too much on this earth.... For ten thousand years, you were
separate, under the power of evil. From My throne, Huynh Kim Khuyet at the White Pearl Palace
You have to try your
best to accomplish your duty in the establishment of the New Codes. Thai Bach
will come to monitor your endeavors.
(TNHT I, 1968 , p. 78)
* Divine Teaching
regarding the source of right as being from the Divine will and the act of
committing misdeeds as being against the celestial laws. Right and wrong actions
are recorded by the angels and saints for the final judgement.
Dai Dan Cho Lon, December 27, 1926
Your Master, children.
Listen all disciples!
Many of you don't have
sincerity in worshipping Me. In setting an altar in the house, some just wish
to have some personal profit to their family, but not to seek a source of
purity, to wash away their earthly offenses. Many of them are even more
confused: they understand neither the meaning of setting up the altar, nor even
the reason for the founding of the Tao.
Alas! In stepping into
the path of the Tao, they did not dedicate time to search and study the Tao; do
they then expect as disciples to be useful at all for the sacred faith? The Tao
was opened just three times, but people have been sinful millions of times.
Being born unto the earth, and having left their missions unrealized, they have
passed away, returned to the initiatory center to report their earthly
accomplishment. But they have not been able to accomplish anything, neither for
their physical body nor for their spiritual duty, so how could they be useful
for the Tao and for the human condition? Your conscience is a sacred gift from
Me which is used to amend for your mistakes and to reward your humanitarian
services. Doing right is from the Divine will; committing misdeeds is against
the celestial laws. Any right or wrong acts are recorded by Angels and Saints
for the final judgment. Try to understand.
(TNHT I , 1968 , p. 79)
* Divine Teaching
encouraging adepts to use all their talents.
Cau Kho, January 8, 1927
Your Master, children!
I am gratified that
human beings have the compunction to surmount the long and difficult road to
come walk together on the spiritual path.
You have only to
realize that as human beings, you have to follow the Tao; if you do not, you
cannot be fully human-a human recognizes right from wrong. If you are still
confused, how can you reach your goal quickly?
You have to unite and
cooperate with each other, put aside all secular misconceptions in order to be
enlightened.
I encourage you to use
all your talents. Don't be shy and waste the sacred light that I have granted
to you.
Try to understand!
(TNHT I , 1968 , p. 80)
* Divine Teaching
explaining that in order to accomplish ones mission one must be able to abide
suffering.
Cho lon, January 10, 1927 .
JADE EMPEROR, or CAO DAI TIEN ONG DAI BO TAT MA HA TAT,
TEACHING THE GREAT WAY
Listen, disciples.
Just as birds come back
to their origin and water goes away, so too are people on this earth merely travelers.
In order to accomplish their mission, they must be able to endure and abide
suffering. Endurance will lead them back to their origin (1), and sufferance
will expose them to different bad and good experiences of life.
Life consists of a
mixture of glory and richness, which are but a dream. Every person must
accomplish their mission assigned by God, whatever that may be, so that when
they leave this earth, they may report the result to God. Whoever has fulfilled
their mission will earn a higher position (2). Whoever has failed, and has
committed crimes toward humanity, will be sent to a much darker and colder
dimension where they will repent so that they may return to the right way to
their origin. Otherwise, they will stay there to learn the way, life after
life. Even the Genies and
the Saints cannot
escape reincarnation if they do not follow the way of self cultivation. The
Southern Quarter is well blessed by receiving God's light which guides people
to escape from darkness and ignorance. Cultivating their virtues, staying
contented, using simple attire, not forsaking wealth--all these are considered
means to enlightenment. Detachment from things of this world is difficult. The
way to heaven is small and the road is narrow: only a few ever find it. However,
the way to hell is broad and its gate is wide enough for all people who choose
its easy way.
The Great Way
Translator's notes:
(1) All living beings
are part of God's spirit. Sooner or later, with self cultivation, they will
come back to their origin, which is God.
(2) Higher position on
their way back to their origin.
(3) Matthew 7: 13-1
(TNHT I, 1968 , p. 80)
* Divine Teaching
explaining how to make offerings to the Spiritual Pope in order to receive the
New Canonical Law.
Tayninh, January 16, 1927
The 13th day of the
12th month of the year of the Yang Fire Tiger
Thai Bach
Congratulations to all
disciples. Great joy! Great joy!
Thuong Tuong Thanh,
observe and do as I do.
Confucianist Chuong
Phap (Censor Cardinal), it's your turn.
Tho, sit down.
Stand up in two rows.
Chuong Phap, Dau Su sit
down.
The three Phoi Su step
forward.
Thai Tho Thanh has to
bring the New Codes that you have all compiled to the three Dau Su. These
latter, all at the same time, stand up, and respectfully receive the New Codes
so that their six hands lay on the book of New Codes. They then will offer the
New Codes book to the Chuong Phap. The Chuong Phap, in turn, shall respectfully
receive the book, hold it over their heads and walk to the altar and put the
book there upon it. Listen, I now assign the two Chuong Phap to revise the book
of New Codes, finishing within one month, then submit to the Ho Phap, who will
evoke me to edit.
Use a quiet room as the
Hiep Thien Dai (Heavenly Union Palace
You have to evoke me
again for further direction.
The two Chuong Phap
have to leave the book of the New Codes at the foot of my image overnight.
Duong has to wear the
headdress like Luat.
Nuong has to wear the
costume like Tho's.
After leaving the book
of the New Codes on the altar, you may return to your seats.
All celestial
appointees prostrate in front of the Master.
Re-evocation.
Thai Bach.
The miraculous
celestial laws are still missing in the New Codes that you have compiled.
(Laughter.)
I don't blame you: how
could you know?
What a mishap! Without
this secret, miraculous mechanism, there would not be laws and there would not,
subsequently, be the Tao. (Laughter.)
I will pray to our
eminently gentle, greatly merciful Master to allow adding these important
secret elements to the New Codes. You have to pray with me. You have to ask all
disciples of all temples to pray together with me with all sincerity from your
hearts.
As the Tao is so
important, you are important to guide and raise the state of human beings. From
now on, I will take care of you more diligently. If I must discipline you, it's
just because I want to increase your value. Please do not mind and be disturbed
by it.
(TNHT I, 1968 , p. 82)
* Divine teaching
regarding the way in which God has descended to spread the Tao in Vietnam
The 4th day of the 12th
month of the year of the Yang Fire Tiger
Children, your Master.
Thuong Trung Nhut,
being the elder brother, you have to teach your younger brothers. As I have
said, I founded the genuine Tao for you. Anything which is false is not from
Me. I have come to teach humanity peace without conflict. I have also said,
true honor is not on this earth. I have founded for your country the genuine
faith to save all living beings. Thanks to the Tao, your country and you would
attain great eminence. Whence do such positions of eminence arise? They are the
result of your virtue. It is natural that the virtuous will ultimately overcome
the cruel. As the Supreme Being, upholding ultimate justice, do you imagine
that I do not have the power to do all things Myself but have need of your
hands? You are chastened only for your lack of virtue. From this day forward,
you have only to have faith in Me, to obey Me: thus reforming your virtue.
Anything against the genuine Tao is from evil.
I bless you.
(TNHT I , 1968 , p.83)
* Divine Teaching on
why one must abstain from alcohol.
The 15th of the 12th
month of the year of the Yang Fire Tiger.
JADE EMPEROR, or CAO DAI TIEN ONG DAI BO TAT MA HA TAT,
TEACHING THE GREAT WAY
Children, all human
beings! Celestial appointees, sit down!
Children, listen!
Why to abstain from
alcohol?
I have taught that your
body is composed of a mass of everlasting spirits. You should understand that
the internal organs of your body are also formed by living units whose
function, whether they are aware of or not, is commanded by Me. I therefore use
your body to teach.
Firstly, let's explain
why alcohol is harmful to your physical body.
Your physical body is
still like animal and needs to eat in order to live. When alcohol is ingested,
it is absorbed into all internal organs of your body including the heart which
is the main machine for life. It makes your heart work more than naturally, it
pushes the whole cardio-vascular system to function excessively, and the lungs
do not have enough time to purify dirty blood (to oxygenate blood) which will
be accumulated in the whole body, intoxicate the living units leading to
progressive sickness and finally to demise of the living units of the organs
and then of your body. Many people had half of their body dead just because of
alcohol.
Secondly, I explain why
alcohol is harmful to your spirit.
I said that the soul
forms your second body. It is the "Khi" which surrounds your body
like a mold. Its center is the brain, the gate by where your second body enters
or gets out is the fontanelle on top of the head which is watched and protected
by the Ho Phap. With meditation, there is unification of The "Tinh"
and the "Khi" and the "Than" leading to enlightenment.
The brain is thus the
origin of the "Khi." When dirty blood is accumulated in the brain, it
becomes confused and your spirit is not clear and calm to control the body. The
body will lose its human personality and act like animals, and will have no
hope to progress to the state of Genie, Saint, Immortal, and Buddha. At the
same time, when the brain is confused, it becomes an open gate, the evil will
take advantage to invade you and push you into crimes and subsequently into
continuous reincarnation.
Therefore, listen, I
forbid you to drink alcohol!
I ascend.
* Divine Teaching
stating that whoever recognises the Tao is blessed, whoever does not is
unfortunate. Including a sermon from Than Hoang Bon Canh for the people of the
My Loc village.
The 15th day of the
11th month of the year of the Yang Fire Tiger
Session at the Communal
House of My Loc village
The Jade Emperor; or Cao Dai Tien Ong Dai Bo Tat Ma Ha Tat,
Teaching The Great Way
Greetings to disciples,
all male and female human beings!
Calm down, calm down.
Living beings have not
recognized how precious and honorable the Tao is. The Tao, as carried forth by
human beings, united with the sacredness from Me, is to grow and expand across
the universe. Whoever recognizes the Tao is blessed; whoever does not is
unfortunate. Understand! I grant your application to the faith. I mercifully
accept all of you tonight and allow the local angel of the village to teach
you, as is his responsibility.
I ascend.
Than Hoang Bon Canh
(Local Angel of the village)
Greetings to all
celestial appointees. Greetings to disciples and all people, male and female,
of the village.
I, the angel of the
village, have the reputation of helping people from the four corners of the world,
Having received the
blessing and appointment from our Master.
I am helping citizens
to live in peace and order,
With continuous
prosperity.
I receive your sincere
prayers with beneficence,
And you have my
blessings again and again.
All citizens abide in
peace and order,
Living in safety and
honoring the Tao.
Since the time when I
received the order from our Master to govern this village, I have been caring
for the people with all my heart and with all my might, so that they may have a
peaceful and happy life with successful crops every year. Today I receive the
order from our Master to come to teach you about the Tao. You could not realize
the miraculous celestial arrangement made many thousands of years ago. Listen,
the last era is about to end; 90 percent of humanity will be destroyed. Alas!
What a sadness! But no one can change the divine mechanism. The only thing that
you can do is to be stricken of conscience, to cultivate self, to open your
heart for humanitarian services, and come together to pray to God for the fate
of humanity. The Supreme Being, Jade Emperor and all Buddhas, Immortals, and
Saints, have founded the Third Amnesty to save humanity, awash as humanity is
in an ocean of suffering. If you meet the Bat Nha Boat (Boat to Nirvana) and do
not take the opportunity to embark, you will not be saved. Dignitaries
presiding ceremonies!
Come kneel in front of
the altar for me to bless you.
What a joy! What a
happiness! Almost all citizens have recognized the Tao. From now on, I will pay
all my heart and my attention to taking care of the village. I will let you
know why. Since I received the order of our Master to help disciple Cao, I
became more worried. Any time when there are accidents or epidemics of
infectious diseases, I come to teach you how to avoid damage. Regarding the
offerings, I prefer you to use vegetarian foods and fruits in order to avoid
killing.
I will explain about
ceremony:
Ceremony is from your
faith. The offerings are to show your respect. Saints and Angels will never be
able to use these offerings. Therefore it's better for you to use fruits. The
offerings are from your heart. I will not condemn you; it's just the tradition.
I want you to follow the Supreme Being's holy will. What do you think? Try to
respond! (Laughter.)
Good-bye ! I depart.
(TNHT I, 1968 , p. 86)
* Divine Teaching
explaining how male and female disciples should enter the faith and practise
the Way, with a poem.
Session at An Hoa, January 22, 1927
(The 19th day of the
12th month of the year of the Yang Fire Tiger)
Jade Emperor or Cao Dai Tien Ong Dai Bo Tat Ma Ha Tat
Teaching The Great Tao to The Southern Quarter
Greetings to disciples
and all human beings.
This is the first
encounter of your country with Myself, so many suspicions still remain.
By way of overwhelming
compassion, you and I will spread the path without fearing difficulty or
worrying about dishonest persons. You shall march ahead; they will recognize
later what is right and what is wrong. I am pleased with you and admit you all,
male and female.
Tuong, you have to
teach them the necessary knowledge.
I give here a general
poem:
There is but one sky
for this universe of impermanence,
The people, only grains
of sand upon the firmament.
When caressed by still
water, they are content and composed;
Caught by storm and
wave, their peace is dashed against stones.
Having been spun on the
karmic wheel without cessation,
For the want of an
instant of self-cultivation, they have known to be able to escape from
reincarnation.
Yet behold from the
South land gusts a fair wind,
The reign of the
redeeming Tao about to begin.
Allow all the females
in to hear My teachings!
Dear beloved female
disciples, I bring the Third Amnesty, with no discrimination between stature
tall or small, or state of richer or poorer. I only wish that you do virtuous
deeds every day, following the humanistic teachings; for example, keeping the
four virtues (Cong, Dung, Ngon, Hanh: good work, good appearance, good speech,
and good personality, respectively).
The morality of the
country of the South is always good; it is just that those among you who are
corrupted, I have to remind you of the good way!
Now the males, come in!
Listen carefully!
Do you know why you see
injustice every day?
Do you know why
officers abuse their power over the people, children disobey their parents, and
people are not faithful to their friends, creating disturbances in moral
principles? Because of lack of spirituality!
I bless you all,
children. I ascend.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 88)
* Divine Teaching
explaining how one must cultivate the Tao in order to escape reincarnation.
The 23rd day of the
12th month of the year of the Yang Fire Tiger
The Jade Emperor; or Cao Dai Tien Ong Dai Bo Tat Ma Ha Tat,
Teaching The Great Way
Greetings to disciples,
and all human beings.
Listen:
The ship upon the
celestial sea awaits a fair wind,
To bear the people of
the South aloft from Earth toward Heaven.
In donning brown
vestments, you strive for Nirvana,
In cultivating
conscience, you disdain wealth and honor.
The clockwork of the
heavens tells its time true,
Striking the hour the
Divine may rain down upon you.
Bear well the travails
of conscience in this life;
You will soon be
removed from this earthly realm of strife.
The Great Way
Try to comprehend, human
beings!
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 89)
* DivineTeaching
explaining how one must go further in order to reach the end of the Path.
Cho Lon, January 31, 1927
Your Master, children.
Time has flown, and it
is spring once again. The landscape has not changed, but the people's hearts
have been transformed. The Tao has progressed quickly; compared with last year,
the Tao's wisdom is now shining ever more brightly in human life. I am
delighted to see your heartfelt efforts to magnify the Tao, to bring people
closer to each other. You have travailed the thorny path to people's hearts.
Some local disciples do not yet carry the Tao because of their secular
obligations. Ly Thai Bach is therefore planning to organize a great ceremony at
Cau Kho temple so that all the disciples can more easily come together in a
display of unity.
T., you will have to
join in to preside over the ceremony for your younger brothers. You disciples
here should do the same.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 91)
* Divine Teaching
regarding how you must direct your energies towards spreading the Way.
I am disappointed for
the ones who are absent today. Time has passed quickly and you are still
hesitant. The Path is so monumentally great and profound that your earthly
minds cannot fathom. If you do not transcend your secular attachments, your
travails in following Me for the last year would have been wasted. The earthly
life has so much torment to begin with, and you live in a most difficult time,
so you should contemplate spirituality more; otherwise, you condemn yourself to
immersion in the material world forever, battling for wealth and power like the
run of the mill.
You have to direct your
energies toward spreading My way; thus you can both maintain your valuable
traditions and still escape rebirth in the Earthly plane. I will not reveal the
celestial mechanism behind it all, but you have only to understand that as a
human, you are in the highest position among Earthly beings; you must cultivate
an extraordinary mind to be worthy of being human. You should understand that I
have created many races with their own special, sacred characteristics. Only
because human beings do not try to discover the truth and because they instead
obsess on outward profits, negating the profits of their conscience, killing
and not loving, looking to harm but not looking to understand each other, do
they suffer.
Once you comprehend the
Universal justice in My way and come together under Universal love, you would
satisfy God's will and be abundantly blessed. Understand!
(TNHT I , 1968 , p. 91)
* Divine Teaching
regarding the joy and happiness towards the faith from the Confucian
Censor-Cardinal Tuong (disincarnated).
The 1st day of the 1st
month of the year Dinh Mao
Confucianist Chuong Phap Tuong.
Greetings to all
disciple brothers and sisters.
Joy…Joy…Joy….Happiness…Happiness…Happiness…
Great blessings to
humanity and to this 68th earth. I should have more merits in order to be
admitted to the 36 heavens. All thanks to the guidance of our great and gentle
Father. I am telling you, brothers and sisters, value your precious celestial
position. Don't be reticent on the path. Remember my name when fighting against
evil seductions.
For myself, even though
I didn't have enough accumulated merit, technically, I still attain this
position. If you guide and save the whole of humanity, your position would be
much, much higher!
Think about it, and be
happy in your practicing of the Tao.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 92)
*Divine Teaching of God
expressing his happiness and passing his congratulations to his disciples whom
He rewards with blessings.
The Jade Emperor or Cao Dai Tien Ong Dai Bo Tat Ma Ha Tat,
Teaching The Great Way
Children, greetings to
you,
Trung, Cu, Tac, do you
remember how it was this time last year? And you see how it is now?
Beloved daughters Trinh
and Hieu, have you seen how I have kept My promise? This time last year when I
founded the Great Way
I am happy, and
congratulate all My forty thousand disciples.
Tho, you are very
dedicated, and your dedication has redeemed many people. I congratulate you.
Binh, I promote you to
the Phoi Su as a reward for your love and your virtue. Thanks to you, humanity
will be able to escape the ocean of suffering.
Ban, I promote you to
the Giao Su and Tro the Giao Huu. And many others, too. Call them back here on
the 9th of the month for Thai Bach to reward them. I bless you all, even if you
are not here.
I lift the handle of
theNgoc Co (Basket with beak) for you to pass beneath for Me to bless. I wish
you all to be dedicated like Tho, and self-cultivate like saints, for the Great
Way shall be known all over the world, and disciples will increase exponentially,
and your responsibilities will grow heavier and heavier.
If you love Me, you
would love the Tao, and subsequently love human beings. If you value Me, you
would value the Tao and subsequently value living beings.
In this coming first
month of the year, Thai Bach will gather the female disciples in order to
establish the female college. I rely on you.
I bless you.
I ascend.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 93)
* Divine Teaching of
the Spiritual Pope granting ceremonial costumes for the College of Women
Thai Bach
The Sacerdotal Council.
Listen.
I grant ceremonial
costume to the female college. Comply, and from now on, use these beautiful
costumes for ceremonies, according to the hierarchy.
All female dignitaries
are to work under the female Dau Su (Cardinal) who in turn has to obey the Giao
Tong (Pope) and the Chuong Phap (Censor Cardinal).
Female Dau Su are also
elected according to the New Codes established by the Sacerdotal Council. They
are to obey the orders of the Sacerdotal Council both spiritually and
temporally.
Female Dau Su wear a
costume similar to the one for the male Dau Su. The white silk robe has nine
ribbons and is embroidered with lotus flowers. The head covering is a hood like
the one worn by nuns and is also made of white silk. The hood is overlaid with
a golden headdress called Phuong Thien Mao, and the top of it is embossed with
the Divine Eye surrounded by a golden circle. She wears white Vo Uu shoes
(worriless shoes) with the calligraphic character "Huong" (Fragrance)
on the toes. Comply with these instructions!
Female Phoi Su
(Archbishops) are to wear a similar costume without Phuong Thien Mao. Their
robes have three ribbons. On the chest is embroidered the Divine Eye surrounded
by a golden circle. Comply with these instructions!
Female Giao Su
(Bishops) are to wear a robe with three ribbons, with the white silk hood, but
without shoes.
Female Giao Huu
(Priestesses) wear costumes like the Giao Su's, but without headdress, and
instead, a white lotus with the Divine Eye in the center is pinned into their
hair.
Female Le Sanh (Student
Priestesses) wear a costume like the Giao Huu. They cover their head with a
long veil knotted at the nape so that the two ends of unequal lengths hang
down. A white lotus flower is pinned into their chignon.
Our Master observes the
absence of many sisters and will not grant any appointment. Sister Lam Huong
Thanh! You are to invite all female disciples to come the 15th day of this
month for appointment by our Master and for the establishment of the female college.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 94)
* Divine Teaching of Ly
Bach who has prayed in vain for the amnesty of humans during the 10 days
convention and also for Saigon, Hue and Hanoi for which he could not procure an
amnesty.
The 4th day of the 1st
month of the year Dinh Mao
Thai Bach.
Greeting to all
disciples, brothers and sisters, and all living beings. Good gathering!
Such sorrow for
humanity! Such misery for humanity!
Human beings are too
cruel. Their crimes deserve just punishment. But because of love for humanity,
I have tried in vain to pray for the amnesty of human beings during the ten-day
convention at the Bach Ngoc Kinh (the White Pearl Palace Vietnam Saigon , Cho Lon,
Gia Dinh, Hue Hanoi
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 95)
Notes of the translator:
We are all much too familiar with the succeeding tragedies in Vietnam 1945 in the
struggles for power from North to South and resulting in the deaths of
thousands upon thousands of people, both from Vietnam
* Divine Teaching
regarding why one must cultivate and correct the self while trying to love each
other
The Jade Emperor or Cao Dai Tien Ong Dai Bo Tat Ma Ha Tat,
Teaching The Great Way
I, your Master, am
happy to see you all gathering here tonight to show your sincere respect. I
congratulate you disciples, sons and beloved daughters, for your virtues. Your
gathering here is not only for the faith but also because of your mutual love.
This day last year you were still confused in your earthly dreams; the path had
somewhat lessened your secular attachments but not enough for you to be totally
dedicated to the Tao. And the time has rushed by, with enormous changes in
people's hearts, including a relinquishment of wisdom in lieu of honor and
riches, and abuse of the Tao for personal gain. I am still holding open the
secret, Divine mechanism, hoping that you will try with all of your might to
institute the Tao in order to redeem people, to help them surmount their weaknesses,
and together walk the elusive path to Nirvana, that even many sages of old have
missed.
I have to mention that
many of you have not put all your heart into serving the Tao. Realize that,
through mercy, I have appointed you to certain celestial positions in order for
you to redeem your karma. However, many of you with heavy secular obligations
still have not recognized the hardship of self-cultivation as a ladder to help
to escape from reincarnation. You must realize that, lacking My mercy, your
mistakes would be recorded and you would not have further opportunity to serve
humanity and thereby redeem yourselves.
Before praying to Me in
the evening, you should ask yourself in your best conscience if you have
completed your duties of the day, or have done anything against your
conscience. If your duties were left incomplete, or your conscience was left
unsatisfied, you must repent. This will serve to make you more and more holy
day by day. My hope for each of you is that you would tend heartily to your self-improvement,
so then both the Tao would benefit from your efforts, and you would set a good
example for others. You are to love one another; your guidance to and sharing
with each other are precious gifts which please Me greatly.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 96)
Divine Teaching of the
Bodhisattva Quan Yin explaining why we must gather together to guide the
younger sisters towards the Tao.
February 1927
Quan Am Boddhisattva of the South Sea
Greetings to disciples,
brothers and sisters, all living beings.
Celestial appointees
sit down. Listen, sisters.
I am so delighted to
see you sisters practicing the Tao. You must also get together to guide younger
sisters. Many sisters who have not given their all for the Tao must endeavor to
be more worthy of the love of the Supreme Being. I am happy with those sisters
who have endured hardship to complete their duties. That's what I expect from
you all.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 97)
* Divine Teaching
regarding how Ly Bach has ordained the local genie of the holy land to the Van
Xuong position to govern the Hiep Ninh village.
Thai Bach
All friends, be in order and solemnity to greet the Supreme Being.
The Jade Emperor or Cao Dai Tien Ong Dai Bo Tat Ma Ha Tat,
Teaching The Great Way
Children, listen.
Wherever I abide is the holy land. I have ordained to promote the local angel
to the Van Xuong position to govern Hiep Ninh village, to teach the Tao to
people, and to have the ultimate power of reward and punishment over the local
people until they should repent. So, people of Long Thanh village, don't worry.
Regarding the Holy See,
I want to see unity between God's will and man's power. That's My virtue that
you should watch and imitate.
Since the time I
founded the Tao for you, I have never done anything by Myself alone. Wherever
you choose that pleases the Sacerdotal Council would please Me. You have to get
together to attend to the matter of the Holy See. Everything should be at Tay
Ninh. You have understood My Holy will about spending; be economic, spend only
what is necessary.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 98)
* Divine Teaching
regarding the spiritual and temporal powers of the Hiep Thein Dai.
The Jade Emperor or Cao Dai Tien Ong Dai Bo Tat Ma Ha Tat,
Teaching The Great Way
Children, all
disciples, heed me!
The Hiep Thien Dai is
the sacred place where I reign to preserve the sacred power of the faith. As
long as the Tao endures, the Hiep Thien Dai still exists. Moreover, the Hiep
Thien Dai is the place where the Giao Tong comes and communicates with the 36
Heavens, the 3000 Worlds, the 68 planets and the 10 courts of Hell to beg the
salvation of humanity.
As I have warned, the
five branches of the Great Way
I have already spoken
about spiritual power; I shall now speak to you about temporal powers.
The Hiep Thien Dai is
placed under the authority of the Ho Phap (Legislative Protector). He is
assisted by the Thuong Sanh(Director in Secular Affairs) and by the Thuong Pham
(Director in Spiritual Affairs). I have chosen the 12 Zodiacal dignitaries in
increments of three;
1 - Under the Ho Phap,
who is concerned with Law and Justice:
Hau is Bao Phap (1) (Juridical Conservator)
Duc is Hien Phap (Juridical Renovator)
Nghia is Khai Phap (Juridical Reformer)
Trang is Tiep Phap (Juridical Legislator)
This branch is
concerned with the conservation and application of the religious laws,
temporally and spiritually. Every transgression of the laws is brought to the
awareness of the Hiep Thien Dai.
2 - Under The Thuong
Pham, who is concerned with spiritual affairs:
Chuong is Bao Dao (Religious Conservator)
Tuoi is Hien Dao (Religious Renovator)
Dai is Khai Dao (Religious Reformer)
Trong is Tiep Dao (Religious Legislator) (2)
This branch is
concerned with the meditation cells and temples. He supervises all disciples
and defends them against the abuses of authorities.
3- Under the Thuong
Sanh, who is concerned with temporal affairs:
Phuoc is Bao The (Temporal Conservator)
Manh is Hien The (Temporal Renovator)
Thau is Khai The (Temporal Reformator)
Vinh is Tiep The (Temporal Legislator)
I exhort you to
maintain personal impartiality in your functions.
Do not forget that
anyone who has great power has a heavy burden of responsibility.
I bless you.
(1) Bao is to conserve
Hien is to offer
Khai is to initiate
Tiep is to accept
(2) Mr. Cao Duc Trong
is the last appointee among the 12 Zodiacal dignitaries.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 98)
* Divine Teaching
explaining why God would be pleased if disciples tried to build their merits in
order to be accepted into the Dao.
Cau Kho, February 19, 1927
Your Master, children.
In accordance with
Justice and the request from the Triune-Faith
Court
I would be pleased if
you would try to build up your merit yourselves. It would be useless for you to
be accepted into the Tao, appointed to a celestial position, yet be without
redeeming qualities or virtues.
Understand!
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 100)
* Divine Message
regarding the destination of the noble part of the human mind after the bodies
death, the part embracing within it Love, Hatred, Joy, Remorse, could such a
mind simply disintegrate?
Opening Ceremony at Phuoc Long Temple
Cho Dem, March 1, 1927
Your Master, children.
The spiritual
transformation of human beings is in accordance with the transformation of
Heavens and Earth. Everyone who has affinity with Creation likes to find
quietness among Nature for meditation. Many others, although capable of the
same affinities, are not true to them; they do not gear their activities toward
noble acts but instead toward cruelty and crime: they act against the Divine
will, and disregard reincarnation and karma. They think of life as the fleeting
moment; they conspire for wealth, power and gluttony.
I would challenge you:
where does the noble part of the human mind go after the body's death, the part
embracing within it Love, Hatred, Joy, Remorse? Do you think such a mind simply
disintegrates?
Each of you should
meditate on this question and pursue an answer. If you find an appropriate
answer, you are a person who realizes the Tao; otherwise, you are of feeble
mind.
I ask you women to
follow the three womanly duties and the four virtues; and you males to follow
the three male duties and the five virtues of Confucianism. If you fulfill your
human duties, you would be well received by the Tao. Heed My words!
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 101)
* Divine Teaching
explaining that in order to be enlightened you must first gain enough merit by
spreading the way and guiding human beings.
Dai Dan Cau Kho, March 5, 1927
The Jade Emperor or Cao Dai Tien Ong Dai Bo Tat Ma Ha Tat,
Teaching The Great Way
Many of you may think
that being CaoDai disciples, one has to be totally detached from secular
activities, dreaming day and night that you might only find a secluded place
for meditation. I would let you know that if you have not paid all your karmic
debt, and have not accrued enough merit, you cannot become enlightened. In
order to be enlightened, you must first accrue enough merit by spreading the
Tao and guiding human beings. If such is against your nature, you may then find
other ways by which to attain the coveted position of enlightenment. You have
to understand My holy will in order to cultivate your mind and set up your
goals. Any path you choose to walk, you have to have a sacred guiding light;
you have to have a goal in order to succeed, whether you want to be a king, a
teacher, a technician, or a Taoist. Any profession would be sufficient except
that in which you do not act as a professional.
Dear, beloved women!
You keep looking up to nobility and the wealthy, and complain that you are not
enough blessed, while you look down your nose and despise the lowly and poorer
people. This is the height of immorality! I advice you to open your hearts and
love people; that would please Me. You have to cultivate your virtue. Be modest
to the superior and generous to the inferior. Obey this, children!
Male disciples, new
disciples, listen, children.
Under the justice of
the divine law, you have had to suffer. It's because you do not know how to
cultivate the noble mind that I have bequeathed to you. Your mind is yet so
narrow so that you do not progress and the path becomes increasingly difficult.
Henceforth from your initiation, you must take heed to adhere to the right
path, to guide each other clear of the thorny maze. Do not lose your character
due to desire of personal profit: this would only squander the priceless sacred
light that I have bestowed upon you. Heed Me!
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 101)
* Divine Teaching
regarding the mercy with which God has guided us and that now it is our turn to
guide humanity.
Your Master, children.
Trung, because you have
so many important responsibilities, I have asked T. to spread the Tao in the
other provinces for you. You have safely negotiated a difficult turn in your
path, thanks to which your future merits would be fulfilled. I have granted you
and other disciples enough authority and responsibilities to perfect the Tao
that I have begotten. You have to nurture it in order to become worthy; you
must show patience in all things, surmounting difficulties to reach your goal.
I have mercifully guided you with each step, and now it's your turn to use your
enlightened mind to guide humanity. Young and old, you have to love and guide
each other using your virtue as an example for the next generation. The path is
still long and difficult, and once you will not have close communication with
Me in the future, if you do not help and support each other, what then would
you become?
I also need you to know
that many Giao Huu (Priests) do not know their duties, so you have to teach
them. They should know at least the origin of the Tao, and should learn My
teachings and then take turns in teaching male and female disciples. Many of
the Giao Huu know nothing about the Tao, and disciples cannot learn anything
from them, so they are not useful for anything. You have to remind them to meet
once a month with the Sacerdotal Council in order to learn how to teach. Obey!
I bless you all.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 103)
* Divine Teaching
explaining that whoever puts their faith into the Tao will return to be unified
by me, but whoever intends to disturb the Tao will be punished.
Your Master, children.
Children, I have
clearly felt those concerns about the Tao which are near to your hearts. Many
of you wish the Genies and the Saints would punish the evil ones so that the
Tao would be more stable and succeed faster. However, the divine mechanism
takes no heed your earthly desires which are simply due to your human
impatience. You should try not to hate but to have compassion for those
unenlightened ones. With love and mercy in guiding you, I have designed the
secret mechanism so that you may use your acquired holiness of mind to deal
with even heretics, until the time when you have overcome your own karma.
The Tao is steadfast.
Be neither taken to excess, nor hesitant. Be patient and cooperative in
clearing the thorny path for the generations to follow. The celestial guidebook
has clearly spelled out many paths of action. Through love, I have taken care
of the difficulties for you; you have only to complete your duty. Whoever puts
all their efforts into the Tao will come back to be unified with Me. But
whoever intends to disturb the Tao will be punished.
The Triune-Faith
Court
....If you have thought
of Me, each of you will take haste to advance the Tao. In the old times, the
Saints spent a lot of time arduously initiating the Tao.
Now, the Tao that was
founded only a short age ago has become a glorious beacon which would be enough
to pleasantly light your steps upon your journey.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 104)
* Divine Teaching
explaining that is you yourself choose not to walk then God will not carry you
through your life.
Your Master, children.
You misunderstand the
celestial mechanism in thinking that I am unable to subdue evil, and suffer the
evildoers. You just wish to see them be punished, but that is not My Holy plan.
If you yourself choose
not to walk, I would not carry you through your life. Doing for yourself is
therefore your concern. The Tao is founded in Justice and is already therefore
a great blessing. If instead I carried you through this temporal world, you
would not be wont to labor for the Tao. As long as you are witness to
disappointment on this Earth, the Tao is not yet fulfilled.
You are the first to
receive the Tao from Me; therefore, you should realize your great and noble
responsibility. If you do not fulfill your duty you are not worthy. I advise
you just to keep cultivating your heart, your virtue, to keep the Tao in order,
all difficulty would be surmounted.
In practicing the Tao,
you have to observe justice. Once justice is able to control violence, the Tao
would be manifest. Understand!
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 105)
* Divine Teaching of
the spiritual pope Ly Bach regarding the hatred and indifference amongst
followers of the Tao and how this creates animosity between people and leads to
chaos.
Ly Bach.
Friend Trung, I would
like to let you know that many disciples of our Compassionate Master did not
follow the teachings of our Master in order to fulfill their human duties in
love and cooperative friendship, but instead create hatred among each other. I
wish that you could set that issue straight. The Compassionate Master taught
that there should be love, sharing, and cooperation in the promotion of the
Tao. It has not been very long, and His teachings were not respectfully
followed. What should happen in the future when there will be no more close
communication from our Master? I want you to take time to straighten out this
issue with the disciples. I will keep an eye on you.
Hatred and indifference
among followers of the Tao would create animosity among people and only lead to
chaos. They would relinquish the path, having been stained with this bloodshed
and would be doomed to their loss of Heaven. Our Compassionate Master spoke
that the Tao would be raised out of the determination of the disciples,
especially of the celestially appointed dignitaries. For any issue related to
the Tao, in order to please people's hearts you have to get together for
discussion and have the consensus before implementation. That would make the
Tao stable and strong. If there is any difficulty, it's your responsibility to
guide all disciples to setting things straight. You have been granted the
authority to make decisions, so if you get together for discussion and support,
all would be well.
Ever be mindful of your
human duty, never to neglect it and become irreverent of the Holy will of our
Compassionate Master. Take heed!
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 106)
* Divine Teaching
regarding the fact that in upholding justice and applying the law, if God used
the Divine Law and that if he held to the letter of this law then humanity
would be exiled to hell for ever.
The 27th day of the
fourth month of the year Dinh Mao (5-27-1927 )
Your Master, children.
What's a such
Sacerdotal Council? Children! How sad I am! What a tragedy! I thought I would
not need to lecture upon it and had only to await your heightened spirituality
in order for you to realize My concerns about humanity since the Creation of
the race. But your mind has so been inundated by maya (the illusionary material
world) that it has overlooked the holy spirit that I have granted to you.
That's why I have to bring it up now.
Children! Do you know
how much suffering I have endured each time I have labored to redeem you?
If you only knew the
power of the Supreme Being, you would realize that it is a torturous trial for
Me.
I have created human
beings thinking that in establishing positions of Genies, Saints, Immortals,
and Buddhas, I would show you that the holy spirit is higher than the earthly
mind. However, the prize was only one out of a million, and this breaks My
heart. Alone in you, since the creation of the whole universe, have I invested
the best love of a gentle father; yet you children have despised your father
and betrayed Me, akin to the demon called Lucifer in Christianity. Genies,
Saints, Immortals, and Buddhas have bemoaned your downfall.
In upholding justice, I
must be impartial and apply the Divine law. But if I should enforce the letter
of the law, you would be exiled to Hell forever. If you would put yourself in
My position, the position of a father, you would know how much I have suffered
for you.
Each time I suffered
for you, I have incarnated to Earth to found the Tao to save you; in this I was
maltreated by you, railed against and expelled by you, even killed by you.
Alas! What a tragedy! What a tragedy! The Tao that I have labored to bequeath
you is now in the hands of a Demon who has charmed and seduced your minds. If
even the great spirits and Immortals were seduced, what could I expect from
other spirits? I did not punish the Demon, so how could I punish you? But one
cannot avoid the Divine law which I Myself must respect. You have committed your
own crimes, and therefore will exact your own punishment, as even the Genies,
Saints, Immortals, and Buddhas have done. I have blessed even My own enemy; how
could I not bless you, My children? Except when you refuse My blessings. What a
pity! What a hate!
Each time I founded the
Tao, I had to warrant My support for you exactly like a warranty against a
loan. I am ultimately responsible for whatever crime that you commit. You have
been given due time to cultivate yourselves yet you did not improve but
committed more crimes instead. What an outrage!
What would you have Me
do; shall I desert the Tao to find other means of pursuing your redemption, so
to be exiled along with you, or wait until the Tao eliminates Me?
Who would not suffer in
slicing out one's own entrails? If I did not ask Thai Bach to postpone your
punishment until the completion of the Holy See so that you may redeem
yourselves through the personal merits wrought through service, there would not
be one tenth of you left. You have to listen to My words in order to redeem
yourselves. And you have to heed and respect Thai Bach's orders.
I remind you one last
time.
I bless you.
I ascend.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 107)
* Divine teaching of
the Spiritual Pope Ly Bach explaining that the Tao is erected through the
virtuous minds and humble behavior of the disciples of the Compassionate
Master. If one chooses to follow the Tao, yet still struggles and competes with
the mind of an ordinary human, even though there be numerous disciples and a
multitude of contributions, the Tao remains merely a phenomenon of the mortal
plane.
Session of May 29, 1927 .
Ly Bach.
Greetings to disciples,
male and female.
Be seated.
The Tao is erected
through the virtuous minds and humble behavior of the disciples of the Compassionate
Master. If one chooses to follow the Tao, yet still struggles and competes with
the mind of an ordinary human, even though there be numerous disciples and a
multitude of contributions, the Tao remains merely a phenomenon of the mortal
plane. Due to human frailty, disciples themselves often generate obstacles
which prevent the Tao from progressing, creating storm clouds over the
firmament of the Tao. The Compassionate Master generously introduced a path of
purity to the world to serve as the way to Heaven; but man, instead of
purification, prefers to immerse himself instead in human failings, bringing
calamity upon the heads of his brethren. Such behavior serves no one. But pay
this no heed; I have my own way to correct that. Concentrate instead upon only
fulfilling your own responsibility and do not bother yourselves with any
others' wrongdoing. I assiduously follow our Father's will, without which there
would be no possibility of redemption through meritorious service, and humanity
would have no hope left though the wicked would neither be able to create chaos
anymore.
Black and white, two
colors; good and bad, two ways; if one is strong and perseverant, it will
succeed. Evil, evil; Buddha, Buddha--two different paths. Punishment and reward
shall come accordingly.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 109)
* Divine Teachings
explaining how disciples still meet many difficulties in explaining the way to
the next generation. Also regarding the teaching of stopping séances.
Your Master, children.
T..., from the
establishment of the Tao for the spreading of the way until now, in general,
disciples have been devoted to guiding humanity and building the Tao; those
disciples whom I rely upon, clear away the thorns on the path to Heaven,
guiding people out of the ocean of sufferings which is this world.
The Tao was
established; the feet of many human disciples are well washed; however,
children, you still meet with many difficulties in spreading the Way to the
next generations. A bright horizon emerges above the wave, but the vessel of
enlightenment depends upon the celestial mechanism, and can often be jolted
aloft, with many lost to the abyss; those are the disciples who abandon the
noble virtues and are wicked of deed and sully the reputation of the precious Tao
that I have lovingly endowed to you. You have suffered for the Tao, enduring
humiliation in the wearing of your brown costumes while serving as the example
for future generations on their path to serenity. Dear disciples, keep
following the right path through its twists and turns. The sum of your merits
will assure the final state for each one of you.
By the end of the 6th
month, I will cease all recruiting seances. Use all your perseverance and
sincerity to build the Tao henceforth. This is My last advice. Pay attention.
Whoever is wicked molds their own fate. As for yourself, just keep following
straight and narrow the path up the sacred spiritual ladder, awaiting the day
of reunification with Me. That is the treasured way.
My blessings to you.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 110)
* Divine Teaching
regarding how God has assembled immortals and Buddhas to establish the Tao in
the south with a proscription not to argue but to love one another.
July 1927, Minh Ly Dan.
The Jade Emperor or Cao Dai Tien Ong Dai Bo Tat Ma Ha Tat,
Teaching The Great Way
I greet you, children.
Gather round. Greetings to all of you! (Laugh....) I am happy for you, Trung. I
have assembled the Immortals and Buddhas to discuss establishing the Tao in the
South. Children, follow My advice, do not argue among yourselves. Reach a
consensus in solidarity in order to restore morality. Though there are many
different branches, in the future there will be unity. Children, although you
belong to different branches, love each other as brothers and sisters in the
same family. Do not be jealous of each other and despise each other. I have set
up this session because I knew you would be here. Trung, help Minh Ly. The Tao
is like a house; it needs its principal column, secondary column, this beam and
that. The smallest beam is as necessary as the largest. And though there are
many, many beams to hold up this House, there is only one roof; only one Master
reigns. Trung, train your disciples to know the laws and tenets of the Faith.
The Tao is based on precepts. In Minh Ly, the seminary will train faithful
disciples to redeem the souls of their fellow men. I will depart. Later, Thai
At will come.
I ascend.
(TNHT I, 1968, p. 111)
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