THREE SERMONS * By: Hộ Pháp Phạm Công Tắc. Translators * Christopher Hartney and Từ Chơn

Acknowledgements

I respect and thank Dr. Christopher Hartney for giving me lots of help to complete this translation work. As an English teacher in Vietnam for over 40 years, I still think my English is not enough for this project. Had it not been for his precious advice, I would never have been confident enough to finish it. I am extremely thankful

BÍ PHÁP. THE ESOTERIC DOCTRINE OF CAODAISM * TRANSLATORS CHRISTOPHER HARTNEY & TỪ CHƠN.

Acknowledgements

I respect and thank Dr. Christopher Hartney for giving me lots of help to complete this translation work. As an English teacher in Vietnam for over 40 years, I still think my English is not enough for this project. Had it not been for his precious advice, I would never have been confident enough to finish it. I am extremely thankful to him for providing such a nice support, although he had busy schedule in the university.

The Dragon Flower Assembly (The Final Judgment) * by His Holiness Phạm Ho Phap November 8-1948.

Here is a crucial matter to consider; why is it that our times are chaotic times? It is because we are living through Hạ Ngươn Tam Chuyển [The Third Period of the Third Transition]. The divine plan has already made preparations for the Dragon Flower Assembly (the Final Judgment). According to our Divine Teaching, the Supreme Being said: 'You children must come together to establish a Dragon Flower Assembly in order to create positions for those elevated souls of the Third Universal Transition,

A Sermon: By His Holiness Hộ Pháp Phạm Công Tắc - (Translator: Christopher Hartney and Từ Chơn)

Given in the Tây Ninh Temple on the 14 th day of the 2nd Lunar Month - Year of the Dragon (5 March 1928).

Divinely Ordained Dignitaries from the Cửu Trùng Đài [1] and Hiệp Thiên Đài, [2] ladies and gentlemen, On the occasion of this convention, I would like to humbly convey to you what I have learned from God for the sake of increasing your knowledge. [3] In this case, I think it is quite necessary for me to do this.

THIÊN THAI KIẾN DIỆN A VISIT TO PARADISE HỘ PHÁP PHẠM CÔNG TẮC Translators. Christopher Humphrey Hartney - Từ Chơn

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I would like to express my very great appreciation to Dr Christopher Humphrey Hartney, Dept. of Studies in Religion, University of Sydney for his valuable cooperation. Thanks to his hard work despite his busy schedule at the university, my translation has been changed into the truly fantastic English verses.

Từ Chơn