One day, Reverend Tịnh Vương taught at 42 Hồng Bàng Street, Nha Trang, on His wooden loft. I heard the Lord say these words:

When I intuitively remember my former life, which was the Maitreya, how can I inscribe the name of Maitreya under the sutra that I write? I must use another name, which is Tịnh Vương Nhất Tôn. —T. V.

Tao practitioners who want to meet Lord Maitreya must know what His Dharma subject is. The Lord Maitreya’s Dharma subject is a practice in form-sound-odor-taste-touch-Dharma of the secular world, but without being polluted by it. Practicing in this way will let one realize the truth of the Lord Maitreya’s Dharma subject.

As for The Founding Master Shakyamuni Buddha, He was the head of religion, opening the Tao in this human world. How could I claim myself to be another head of religion to dispute His position in this return? Therefore, I only used the highest position in Tao—the Sangha Chief—to show my respect toward the head of religion, Founding Master Shakyamuni Buddha. As for speaking of the two words “Long-Hoa,” when I have come into life to fulfill the Tao Dharma, I also could not use the term “Long-Hoa” for the hanging sign. So, I must ask permission to establish the Dharma Constitution Vietnamese Buddhism Association, but I also intended to remind living beings in this human world that the Maitreya Himself has come into this world to re-establish the Superior-Life [with carefully thinking, they should recognize this]. Therefore, under the title “Dharma Constitution Vietnamese Buddhism,” I wrote the words “the Central Superior Association,” but unfortunately no Tao practitioners, including monks, nuns, and Buddhist believers, paid attention to the two words “Superior Association” when they looked at the large hanging board with its yellow ground and sky-blue letters.

—T. V.

Sangha Chief Tịnh Vương is the Supreme Maitreya Buddha Himself, who takes on the important responsibility of opening Tao Dharma in the Degenerate-Life Period, which is attested by the Pure King Buddha.

One day Reverend Tịnh Vương, incarnating Lord Maitreya, taught as follows:

For example, there is only one king in a nation, and his son inherits the throne upon his father’s death, and the proceeding is just like that. It is the same as in this period: old leaders transfer the leadership to those who succeed them. There is no difference between the way of life and the way of Tao—that is the meaning of true transmission. —T. V.

Therefore, many Tao practitioners are not aware of the path of past Buddhas: it must practice in order, passing through numerous strata without omission to integrate oneself into the constitution. By claiming themselves to be Bodhisattvas or Buddhas, they could not possess the Secret Seal to manage the universe.

It is the same as in a country: there are many brilliant people with doctorates, but only one of is appointed to be prime minister by the king or leader. Once that one is the prime minister, the whole country listens to them and complies with their signature. Those opposing them are immediately questioned about their guilt by security guards. Meanwhile, the other doctors earn a living each in their own way, with their enjoyment depending more or less on their earnings. Their signatures are not as authoritative as those of the prime minister. And the one who succeeds this prime minister after their term will have the authority as the former. Likewise, after the Truly Enlightened One has entered the Eight Masses of Nirvana, the inherited Bodhisattva is the only one who is handed the Secret Seal to salvage living beings.

Therefore, Lord Maitreya has said: “In this return, I re-establish the rule and way of Dharma practice.” Living beings who follow the way established by the Lord will become citizens of the Buddha’s nation. Otherwise, even with study and advanced education, they are still hoveringly reborn in the human world or other worlds!

If a Tao practitioner believes in the Buddha and practices Buddhism by sutras and with images of the Buddha made of wood or cement, or drawings on paper, and if they have rooted goodness, then at the moment of death they will be reborn in an area with temples where they can see again the Buddha’s sutras and the Buddha statue, and can come to practice Tao Dharma. They continue to transmigrate just like that.

By meeting the Bodhisattva and trusting Him in Dharma practice, a Tao practitioner can follow the exact supreme principle. Therefore, the Lord has explicitly guided true disciples: Losing trust in the Sangha Chief or in the executing inherited Patriarch, one will become lost in the birth and death. Why is this? A Tao practitioner, who is practicing Dharma, does not really know what they doing is right or wrong,[58] yet they do not believe in the One—who is clearly aware of the birth-death’s path, will certainly get lost, and thus they must believe. Otherwise, practicing in any way, even exactly as in the sutras, Tao practitioners will still not be able to liberate themselves from the birth and death.

•    Losing trust and obedience, one will be sunk in the proceedings of the Six Taos.

Generally, Tao practitioners who believe in Buddhism are innumerable, but it is truly difficult for a practitioner to believe in the Good-Intelligent-Awakened One—Who has been enlightened; they must recognize the truth before they can have belief. It is difficult for a practitioner to believe in the Good-Intelligent-Awakened One, but it is much more difficult for a practitioner to fulfill the trust-obedience’s words to be enlightened. By neither obedience nor fulfillment of what the Truly Enlightened One has taught, one could not release oneself from the Six Taos. That is the meaning of sinking into Deva, Human, Asura, Hungry Ghost, Animal, and Hell.

1.    As for the Deva precepts: Tao practitioners practice using fixed thoughts with usual wishes that are called desired thoughts.

2.    As for human precepts: These are usually attached to humanity-politeness-gratitude-intelligence-reliability; they readily oppose and dislike those with different ideas, and they are often conservative.

3.    As for asura precepts: They are often hot-tempered, easily generate and thus easily abolish, and are intransigent.

4.    As for animal precepts: They usually generate and combine to metamorphose.

5.    As for hungry ghosts: They are greedy and competitive.

6.    As for hell: They are like a conservative boss and use only violence, not listening to anyone, being dictatorial and perished easily.

There are countless other worlds in the eyes of a master of meditation, who clearly sees, and can be told of endless words.

The following story took place in the twentieth century—the century of civilization and scientific progress in which a spacecraft reached the moon. It is strange but true:

One day around 1978, at Re-Education Camp A.30 in Tuy Hòa, I had an acquaintance in the same ward named Hoa. He was in a blacksmith’s group when we were in the Re-Education Camp of Đá Bàn. When we were transferred to A.30, in 1978, all of us were starving. Each member received only 4 kg of rice and few cassavas each month. One day, Hoa’s wife came to visit him and brought him 10 kg of rice. Seeing me after many days of hunger, Hoa gave me a milk-can full of rice. I said to him, “A piece in hunger is worth a package in comfort.” I cooked the rice and prayed for Hoa’s family before eating it. Hoa and I were, at the time, in the re-education camp, and his wife was in Tuy Hoà City, which was more than 30 km away from the camp. In the next harvest, the whole country suffered from drought and insects swarmed over the fields. As a result, all the crops, including those of Tuy Hoà, were gravely damaged. There was almost no rice harvest.

When Hoa’s wife visited, she told her husband that only her field was miraculously fruitful, while all those surrounding it were greatly damaged. Only her field had a good harvest. Local officials came and asked her about her planting techniques, praised her, and invited other farmers to visit her field to learn from her experience. Mrs. Hoa answered that she had grown the rice in the ordinary way, giving it no special care, and did not know why her field had such success!

Through this story, we can see that a Tao practitioner’s trust, obedience, and respect toward the Buddha are essential for effective results. Living beings who trust in such a practitioner and respect Saints, Deities, God, and the Buddha will truly benefit from it. Furthermore, those who love their inferiors are also esteemed, praised, and admired by past Tao practitioners.

Words and actions must go together sincerely. Do not be insincere by using beautiful words and actions in the opposite way, to destroy Deities, Saints, God, or the Buddha. Those who behave this way will go to the incessant hell—it’s extreme suffering!

Once Reverend Tịnh Vương, incarnating Lord Maitreya, taught that there is a hell so cruel, it holds about five thousand wicked people into one spot, and that isn’t unusual. Their constant screaming and groaning can be described in endless words.

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