Unconsciousness has no root; as if, it had the root, the Dharma practice would never lead to enlightenment. Contrarily, the unconsciousness has the source instead. Why?

Because of the originated condition generating the mind, that is the source of unconsciousness. Once the mind is generated, the mind then has its own nature that is the source of unconsciousness. That nature must have its consciousness that is the source of unconsciousness. Consciousness is lively and flexible in ceaseless motion. That’s why when a person, whether a Tao practitioner or a non-practitioner, who wishes for their consciousness to be halted and clung, it becomes karma. That is just the source of unconsciousness in the four periods erroneously to be embraced and attached to accept being the living being precepts. A Tao practitioner with clear awareness, neither embracing attachment nor clinging, will reach the attainment with level by level, whether high or low, complete or incomplete, so that they can clearly understand the source of unconsciousness. Once knowing thoroughly that due to karma, the source of unconsciousness is formed, a Tao practtioner must penetrate deeply in Dharma precepts until they reach the true acquirement, then immediately finish off the source of unconsciousness. Consciousness here is the spiritual consciousness; the spiritual consciousness is the thought that frequently clings and attaches to the possessive ego of the conscious idea creating the karma.

Therefore, a Tao practitioner, at first, needs to seek for the procedure to resolve karma or to search out a master who has fully attained the Bodhisattva path to guide them in resolving karma, only then starts on practicing. Karma is incalculable and thus called hundreds of rivers with many directions and aspects; it’s extremely clever and delicate. Many Tao practitioners still have consciousness karma but do not know what the consciousness karma is. They, therefore, are readily duped by it, claiming themselves to be somebody —that’s really erroneous and eternally disastrous. Only after clearly resolving all karmas, a Tao practitioner is able to return to the Supreme Truth, that is called arrive at the vast sea.

Overcoming straits means overcoming harsh circumstances; the more the karma is resolved, the more the Buddhist intelligence can develop and the more the precious Dharma is received. While living beings use efforts of learning through literature, studying without knowing how to practice on resolving karma, that are just like the water foam floating on the waves, impossible to reach the goal of enlightenment. Enduring and overcoming countless thorny straits, that is extremely difficult, called the strength of ocean becoming the Buddha. Profoundly acquiring it, that is the Bodhisattva.

After lamenting with Himself, the Meditation Master conducts His true mindfulness to communicate with the Buddhas of Ten Directions, shaking the Three Postures. The Buddhas unanimously ordain the Meditation Master’s wholehearted words communicating. Afterward, the Meditation Master expounds: “To old acquaintances, great humans of great will, you are practicing the Dharma, seeking for the way of parallel cultivation – appearing enlightenment, you have never met Me yet, but now you are meeting Me. Anywhere significant, provided that you could recognize the truth in an enlightened preaching to practice, we are of old acquaintance, and now we are meeting. Whereas, even meeting together and living in the same place, if you were lazy, tardy, and coward, though reciting the sutra you could not perceive Me at all. What a big waste to spend your whole life without constructing. —T. V.

For the one who has resolved all karmas, they can communicate with the Buddhas of Ten Directions even just by one newly generated thought. As for the Truly Enlightened One like Reverend Long-Hoa Sangha Chief, Supreme Maitreya Buddha, every arisen thought is a true mindfulness, which immediately shakes the Three Postures and communicates with the Buddhas.

The old acquaintances, great humans of great will are precisely the great Bodhisattvas who have practiced, relied on the moving consciousness, which are the moving Dharmas of the spiritual consciousness. For a Tao practitioner with high dignity, the conscious idea is the clinging to the consciousness without being attached. That is the Bodhisattva who is clinging, but without clinging. It is by doing so that he knows how to resolve the source of unconsciousness of the consciousness. The profounder one, like the Great Bodhisattva, knows fully and thoroughly the characteristics of consciousness, profoundly acquiring the ‘Self-Nature, Awareness of Nature’ in his practice, not relying on the consciousness to cling on to and embrace attachment in the consciousness. If embracing attachment, one naturally practicing the Dharma merely for the title of Dharma practice will only reach to a certain limit. Need to rely on the non-ego to seek for the true ego — those are the Tao practitioners of old acquaintance in the past, who are meeting together now in Long-Hoa to receive enlightened preachings to practice.

All the Patriarchs, including the Fairies’ and Deities’ Patriarchs in the time of The Founding Master Shakyamuni Buddha, assembled adequately at Long-Hoa. Now, they have been reborn in Vietnam. The majority of them, reaching the level of Arahant, Sravaka, and Pratyeka, were in the straits of consciousness, being in difficulty to resolve. As if they were willing to overcome, the Lord would continue to open Dharmas for them; otherwise, only relying on the reciting of sutra, they would be at a standstill, clinging, being mistaken and thus in Dharma metamorphosis.

Mountains, rivers, continents, ... belong to the material that also contains spirit: If we take a log, a stone or clay to create a statue of Buddha, Saint, or Deity,... for praying and supplicating, after a while, there also has the corresponding supernatural efficacy. Therefore, the mountains, rivers, continents ... also have spirit and supernaturally efficacious nature. This supernatural efficacy is corresponding to the nature and the sincerity of the prayer. Therefore, under the Meditation Master's eyes, the human beings and the mountains, the rivers, the continents, the sky, the clouds ..., that is, the humans and the universe, are one.

Human beings have knowledge after enough organs are combined and formed. Vegetation also has the knowledge to nourish and grow the plant; it knows how to develop its leaves, flowers and fruits. It has also its longevity according to its species. Human longevity is about 70 or 80, up to 100 years each lifetime. The stone and the soil also have their knowledge as it produces insects and organisms of all species on earth according to the environment and condition of the temperature. In the water, there are countless fishes and organisms produced as well. In the air, there are also countless bacteria produced. How wonderful it is! The nature, the mountain, the river, the vegetation, the sky, the cloud, and ourself, are ONE; suitable substances are combined and transformed and thus appearing correspondingly.

The eyes seeing the relative-emptiness means the seeing of the natural evolution of thousands of Dharmas, it is not by anyone’s hand to create the mountain, river and continent. I integrate My body into the infinite relative-emptiness means I bring my entire body and mind to observe carefully the evolution of the mountain, the river, the continent, the vegetation, the cloud and water. I no longer see the relative-emptiness, but thoroughly understand the relative-emptiness; that means, though entering into the mountain, river, and continent, knowing the natural combination and transformation of thousands of Dharmas, but I do not see myself in it, rather thoroughly understand the combination and transformation, which produce the universe.

That is the Enlightenment-about-Form of thousands of Dharmas; the characteristic of each and everything is due to how it is combined, it transforms accordingly. Reaching the truly entire knowledge, we no longer have ourself. We and the nature, the mountain, the river, the vegetation, the sky and the cloud are one. Thence, we witness the essential nature of thousands of Dharmas naturally evolving.

The mountain, the river, the continent, the earth, the vegetation, and the total of things naturally evolve. This evolution belongs to the essential nature, which is naturally transformed, spontaneously transformed, by itself. It harmonizes with all living beings and Four Species, which also naturally evolve without error and difference.