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Global Faith Leaders Summit - Using Love to connect Spirituality and Protect Ecology. 

2023 Nov 6th & 7th, we are here in Abu Dhabi to participate in a pre-COP 28 Event, Global Faith Leaders Summit. 

Master Hsin Tao’s Message on Vesak Day

I hope that you’re all doing well and dandy. As well, may our world be at peace and the environment restore harmony.

Finding the Spiritual Home

The Beauty of Interdependent Diversity

The idea of the University for Life and Peace first came into my mind due to my hard life as a war orphan.

2020 Dharma Assembly – The Positive Network Beyond Space and Time

The inner shrine at the Water, Land, Air Dharma Assembly of Ling Jiou Mountain was about to set boundaries. I’d like to thank everyone who came to attend.

The Luminosity of the Mind

The 19th anniversary of the Museum of World Religions

“Indigenous” Green Buildings

Buildings should be integral to nature instead of destructing nature.

Returning to Ultimate State

We’re going back to the root of life eventually. What is the root of life? It is the spirituality within every being.

2020 Winter School – Concluding Day

On January 18th, 2020, we concluded the ten-day Winter School of the University for Life and Peace.

2020 Winter School - Love Means All

On the evening of January 13th, 2020, we held a lamp prayer at the Shwedagon Pagoda with the teaching staff and students of the Winter School of the University for Life and Peace.

2020 Winter - Loving Earth in Action (I)

On January 11th, 2020, Master Hsin Tao had an interview with the Radio Free Asia (RFA). The Winter School of the University for Life and Peace has received interest from the Burmese media.

Lifetimes of Saving

​​​​​​​There’s a special bucket name “Sudhana” at Ling Jiou Mountain. It is named after Sudhana from the Avatamsaka Sutra. We hope that everyone could learn and emulate his aspiration.

Taking Refuge

Practicing Dharma is to see the benefits and origin of life holistically.

2021 Spring Term Monastic Retreat – Realizing with the Mind

Spring Term Monastic Retreat –with Chan practice, we can realize our mind or our original face.

Chan, the simplicity of living

Chan is the primordial awareness, the origin. What is it? Within oneself? Do we have it? Are we “primordial”?

Universal Tea, Chan in Mind

Chan practice and spirituality. Through dialogue, we can take a glimpse of the original face of luminosity and spirituality. This is a reminder to reflect on the truth of reality in daily life.

Resonance for Loving Earth

We’re here for the annual Peace Meditation of Ling Jiou Mountain (LJM) which gathers over a thousand of people every time.

Observing the Spiritual Essence of Ecology in Nature

Every living being shares fundamental similarities with humans, differing only in external form. Their existence in specific life forms is determined by distinct karmic conditions.

Ecology, Our Companion in Peace

Ecology is the foundation of our interdependence, a true companion to life itself. Every plant and tree must be nurtured and cared for.

Chan, the Quintessence of Reality

Chan practice constitutes the methodical comprehension of one’s mind. Through The Four-step Technique of Peace Meditation and subsequent proficiency, practitioners attain insightful understanding of their mind.

Ecological Views in East Asian Religions

-This article is the lecture script by Master Hsin Tao for a group discussion session at the Parliament of the World's Religions in Melbourne, Australia in 2009

Spiritual Ecology and the Ten Minds of Guan Yin

What is the relationship between ecology and Guan Yin (Avalokiteshvara)? In essence, great compassion manifests through ecological spirituality, while the unsurpassable bodhicitta manifests as spiritual ecology.

Chanting the Great Compassion Mantra to Connect with Spiritual Ecology-The Spiritual Ecology Series

“Spirituality is ecology and Ecology is spirituality” is our viewpoint from which we comprehend how all things exist and we learn to respect the value of all lives, we tolerate the inclusion of space for others, and we show Love in sharing achievements.

To Perceive the Essence of Spirituality by Practicing Chan-The Spiritual Ecology Series

To help all the people on Earth, it takes the consolidated effort of everyone to do things that benefit both the Earth and the people.

Compassion and Chan, Practice Wholeheartedly-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Buddhas and our patriarchs have all left behind solid examples of keeping a balance between physical labor and religious practice in daily life.

Planting Trees to Protect Our Water Resources-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Spiritual ecology is also concerned with the protection of water resources. Mainly, it's about making sure there is enough clean water, and most importantly, allowing no contamination when protecting water resources.

Loving the Earth with Veganism-The Spiritual Ecology Series

'Loving the Earth with Veganism' is highly hopeful of being actionable and deliverable with religious communities as the messengers to lead by example.

Environment-minded Buddhists-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Buddhists are naturally environment-minded, as our lifestyle itself has been a manifestation of environmental activism long before all the crises.

Live a Frugal Lifestyle-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Thus it's obvious that we'd be best advised to acquire the proper mindset for a simple and frugal lifestyle. Excessive consumption or downright senseless waste are counterproductive sins we denounce.

Harmony for All through Religion-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Everybody leaves sooner or later except for faith. Faith nurtures the virtue in us, which in turn makes it a matter of course that we serve without automatically expecting any returns.

Stop War, Abolish Nuclear Arms-The Spiritual Ecology Series

War destroys communities and causes deaths and casualties besides collateral damages. Nuclear war inflicts hundreds/thousands of times that much destruction of a cosmic magnitude and can wipe out ecology as we know it.

Take Education for Step One-The Spiritual Ecology Series

From Practicing Spirituality to Arriving at Ecological Awakening-The Spiritual Ecology Series

When we return to the origin of spirituality to immerse in the power of an all-knowing awareness, we will tangibly perceive the Earth as a living community.

Joining Forces with Religion-The Spiritual Ecology Series

The origin of all lives stems from the innate spirituality that intersperses all lives for interconnections that link all together and hardly ever break down.

The Principle of a Symbiosis-The Spiritual Ecology Series

In my early childhood, I unfortunately had to witness war and the suffering people had to endure. Oftentimes I reflected on the reasons war breaks out, and always ended up yearning for lasting peace.

Learning from the Wisdom of the Aboriginal People-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Within the time-honored wisdom passed down through generations of aboriginal peoples, a wealth of invaluable civilizational laws are preserved, representing precious assets of human civilization.

Learning from the Demise of Ancient Civilizations-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Cross-disciplinary domain research findings have time and again asserted that the cyclic development of civilizations on Earth almost certainly pre-dated the oldest of our time by more than tens of millennia, or even longer still.

Eradicate the Five Poisons, Return to Spirituality-The Spiritual Ecology Series

The Five Poisons - Greed, Hatred, Ignorance, Arrogance, and Doubt - that preoccupy most people are the root cause for all our sufferings besides giving rise to ecological crises.

On the Path to Sustainability-The Spiritual Ecology Series

The deterioration of the environment demands not just environmental protection for the exterior, but also attention to the awareness of its root cause.

Spiritual Ecology's Dharma Spirit-The Spiritual Ecology Series

The pursuit of Dharma ultimately returns us to the origin of spirituality to finally realize that all forms of existence stem from one source called “the community of life”.

Nowhere Is Inaccessible to Spirituality-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Home-coming as a Dharma term refers to returning to the abode of Tathagata, which is also the dwelling of spirituality. The homestead of spirituality usually remains unattended until we reach the stage of awakening.

Spirituality Is also Known as Love-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Spirituality is Love as well because there is no spirituality without it. Love applies to everyone and everything, it is all-encompassing in other words. Our endeavors in protecting ecology yield a lot more efficiency in the presence of Love.

The Soil of Awakening-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Dharma has it that all things, i.e., all phenomena, are the creation of spirituality.

Spirituality Is a Cognitive Awakening-The Spiritual Ecology Series

To say that ecology and spirituality is one can be referred to as stating that all people have a cognitive capacity. What, then, is cognition?

Spirituality Equals Ecology-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Spirituality equals ecology and vice versa. Ecology and spirituality are each other's spit image, and all forms of existence originate from spirituality. 

Treat the Root Cause with Spiritual Ecology-The Spiritual Ecology Series

The bulk of ideals of environmental protection focuses on the symptoms instead of the root cause - which to us means we need to resort to spiritual ecology that necessitates a different mindset...

Prioritize the World of Sentient Beings-The Spiritual Ecology Series

If the world remains humankind-centric, man will inevitably do as pleased and that is not right. Instead of allowing man the stage center spot, giving it to the world of sentient beings makes an appropriate and necessary change.

Stop Inflicting Damage on the Earth-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Increasingly and year-on-year, the Earth's environment deteriorates and not much time is left for fundamental changes to be achieved. Catastrophes follow one another, until the whole world crumbles and falls apart.

Ecology Is about Interconnectedness-The Spiritual Ecology Series

Ecology is a diversified symbiosis and an inter-reliant equilibrium. It is not a purpose-built mechanism, and its diversity is natural. If there were no plants, trees, or other forms of substance, there would be no ecology to speak of.

The Earth Is an Organic Structure-The Spiritual Ecology Series

"The Earth Is an Organic Structure" in Spiritual Awakening Embracing Ecology (part of "The Spiritual Ecology" Series by Master Hsin Tao)

Interdependent Diversity – Love to Resolve

Spirituality and biodiversity are closely knitted. Human beings must be fully motivated to work for the wellbeing and harmony of Earth. Everyone must regard this seriously and focus on this endeavor. Furthermore, we must find solutions actively.

NY Special - Sustaining Earth by Returning to Spirituality

Ling Jiou Mountain (LJM) has been actively promoting activities of “Love Earth, Love Peace”.

Given the immense suffering war brings

By embarking on the journey from this very “mind” of ours, we can certainly create stability of life and advance towards world peace.

We must stop wars for ecology — appeals from Dharma Master Hsin Tao