Many faithful Buddhist believers are waiting for the arrival of Lord Maitreya into the world. The Lord will open Long-Hoa. So, what is Long-Hoa?

 I heard the Lord teach the following:

"Long" means Dragon. According to an ancient legend, the Vietnamese ethnic group was the child of Dragon and Fairy.

“Hoa” means the flower [of Dharma nature].

The flowers of Dharma natures include all the good and bad natures, which are called the seeds of living being natures. The seeds of living being natures are erroneously passionate in the transmigration of birth and death inherently. Having the flower of Dharma nature, Tao practitioners with faithful minds therefore vow to relieve living beings, and the Buddhas come to life for salvation. If the Tao practitioners do not relieve the flower of Dharma nature by themselves, even when the Buddha comes into being, He cannot save them.

The Patriarchs have ordered the construction of the Buddha statue where the Buddha is sitting on a lotus throne, representing His reign over the flower of Dharma nature. For instance, in some circumstances, when anger and hatred arise the Tao practitioner needs to be patient digesting an insult, be patient making a concession, or endure it successfully, being able to control angry and hateful natures. If all other natures such as worry, sorrow, extraordinary pride, etc., are also smoothly controlled by the Tao practitioner, they are then called A Great Person of Control. This Great Person is at a higher level in comparison to humans.

Reverend Long-Hoa Sangha Chief — Lord Supreme Maitreya Buddha sitting on a lotus throne.

The flower of Dharma nature evolves and transforms into an individual Dharma Precept.  Holding onto the Dharma Precept conservatively and considering it as a reason for life makes everyone erroneously passionate. The flower of Dharma nature comes to humans by the cause of the radiating spectrum of the universe, so humans run after the evolving manifestations of right and wrong, wrong and right... The Universe and human beings are running after each other in a circle called the transmigration wheel.

Not clearly knowing the way of transmigration, all Tao practitioners fall into incorrect ways. They practice compassion and philanthropy, but they do not have Buddhist intelligence and in the end receive only blessed rewards. They are not firmly aware of the way to liberation through knowing, seeing, and solving.

Therefore, Long-Hoa means that Lord Maitreya comes into life in Vietnam; the Lord opens Tao Dharma to all faithful true disciples so that they can completely solve the flowering Dharma natures, practicing and fulfilling Tao Dharma to attain liberation through knowing, seeing, and solving; they are no longer in the birth and death transmigration.

With the progress of science and the civilization of society, the Tao practitioners who could not restrain themselves will have many desires within form, sound, odor, and taste, and just like that, they always keep on practicing with wishes. Hearing about the practice of control and resolution of the flowering Dharma nature in this period, many Tao practitioners do not believe this new and strange Dharma subject; they get angry, overthrow it, and become retentive of the Dharma flower. Most of them prefer the research and study of sutras, keep a vegetarian diet, and wear a robe like Buddha, thinking it is the True Dharma; sitting with their eyes closed is the true practice for them.

Those practitioners who practice in accordance with form, sound, odor, taste, touch, and Dharma without impregnation are rare. The Dharma flower supplies all Four Species as they wish, becoming the “flower of Dharma precept,” also called the “Dharma precept.” The flower of Dharma precept is so flexible and subtle that some have misconceptions about the Buddha, being deeply attached to the Precept Buddha[32]; they are known as Pratyeka-Buddhas or Solitary Enlightened Buddhas. Those who practice Tao Dharma seeking enlightenment must frequently fulfill the self-examination of their own natures, and clearly see and know the changing of their nature: If there is ambition, inclining to expectations, one tries to correct themselves —it is called the correction of nature. The Tao practitioners who do not want to correct their natures will definitely receive karma by the Dharma flower and will be caught in the birth and death cycle.

[32] The Precept Buddha is the Buddha of precept, not the Buddha of True Rank True Enlightenment.

Lord Maitreya opened Long-Hoa every day for true disciples who came to seek the Dharma practice; outside this precious Dharma place, the Lord ordered a sign hung inscribed with these words:

DHARMA CONSTITUTION VIETNAMESE BUDDHISM

CENTRAL SUPERIOR ASSOCIATION 

The sign was 1m wide and 4m long. Many monks and nuns came across the Hồng Bàng Street of Nha Trang City, but none of them asked or wondered: why did it have “SUPERIOR” in the term “CENTRAL ASSOCIATION”?  If giving one’s whole mind to search for the answer, they would immediately realize that it was the signal Lord Maitreya came to life!

The Lord would like to remind humankind that “Superior” meant the Superior Period, Superior Life. This sign was allowed to hang from 1972 to 1975, then underwent chaotic events and was finally pulled down by the Communist government in 1982.

The Dharma Constitution Flag

Buddha |     Sangha   |  Dharma 


In 1972, when starting to hang the sign, the Lord also held a ceremony and hung the flag of Dharma Constitution for the first time. A miracle was immediately seen after that, a flag with all colors like His hanging flag of Dharma Constitution appeared in the sky, but was much larger and covered the entire sky. This was the signal that Devas and Deities were joyful.

The Dharma Constitution flag contained three parts: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, manifesting and presenting the Three Postures. The real intellectual could realize that the Buddha came to the world just by looking at the flag.