Master's Physical Body Is Much More Precious!
Spoken By Supreme Ching Hai
To Fellow Initiates From Mainland China,
At The European 3-Day Retreat 1995
(Originally In Chinese).
Some
people are not content with seeing my transformation body, so they still
come to see me. I don't know why they act like this. Perhaps it is because
the physical body is very rare; every enlightened being has a manifestation
body.
It is easy to see the manifestation body, but more difficult to see the real body, which only exists when an enlightened Master is living in this world. After the Master passes away, only the manifestation body is left. Of course, it is more desirable to see both the transformation body and the real one.
Ordinary enlightened beings have only manifestation bodies, but not real physical bodies, so they cannot help sentient beings. Likewise, Shakyamuni Buddha still has His manifestation body, but He cannot initiate us or give us any help. Perhaps He can guide us to a living Master, who has a physical body, to get initiated.
Everyone loves the real body because it is rare! There are too many manifestation bodies. The universe is full of manifestation bodies of enlightened beings, who are omnipresent. Physical bodies are rare - there are only a few. Only when enlightened beings come, can sentient beings see their real physical bodies.
