An Interview with Fred Stolle (Australian Tennis Legend, International Tennis Hall of Fame Inductee)

An Australian tennis legend and International Tennis Hall of Fame inductee. During his career, he won two Grand Slam men's singles titles and ten Grand Slam doubles titles.

Fred Stolle:

I am Fred Stolle. During my lifetime, I was a renowned and famous tennis player. I achieved great success in many high-level tournaments. However, after I passed away, these achievements vanished along with the death of my body.

After I died, my spirit entered the ghost realm. I was extremely hungry and thirsty, yet it was difficult to obtain sufficient food, and I faced obstacles in swallowing; only at a few specific times could I eat normally.

Such painful days only ended recently after Practitioner Su of Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre rescued me and brought me to the Western Land of Dharma Nature at the temple. I am very grateful to Namo Amituofo and Practitioner Su for their salvation.

I am now living a completely different life. In the Western Land of Dharma Nature, which is filled with golden Buddha-light, I am very happy and content, sitting on a lotus seat and reciting "Namo Amituofo" under the radiance of the Buddha-light. There is no greed from the past; there is only gratitude and contentment.

No one had ever told me that if there is greed in one's heart, the spirit will enter the ghost realm after death. I did not even know what the situation would be like after a person dies.

Now, in the Land of Dharma Nature, I have suddenly realised how important it is to understand the spiritual world. I have realised how important it is to follow the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Path. If it were not for the Buddhist education provided by the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, I would not have understood these principles.

For people, greed is a natural and very common thing; after all, who does not have greed in their heart? The difference lies only in what each person craves: some pursue fame and power, some pursue wealth, and others pursue a specific image of themselves. All kinds of pursuits are, in fact, forms of attachment.

According to the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Path, if one pursues the satisfaction of desires for the sake of this body, it is actually a deviation. While I was alive, although I followed the law and honestly did my job well, there was still strong greed in my heart at many times. It was because of this greed that my spirit entered the ghost realm to suffer after I died.

I wish to urge you all to think about the journey of your soul. If you create the kind of karma that lands you in the lower realms—like the world of hungry ghosts or hell— the suffering is absolutely brutal, and you’d be stuck there for a very long time.

If it were not for Practitioner Su of Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Goombungee, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, who rescued me, I would not have the opportunity to be interviewed here in the Land of Dharma Nature and tell everyone the truth about these facts.

Regarding the victories on the tennis court, I was indeed quite attached to them back then. Of course, to the audience, that was my true feelings being expressed, and it was a style of my play; some people liked it, and some did not. But regardless, this was actually a manifestation of my temperament, reflecting my pursuit of winning and losing.

In fact, sports are a very good thing, but if competition, comparison, and confrontation are added to sports, it may cause harm to oneself or others. As a professional athlete, everyone knows that we should possess basic sportsmanship and good character; everyone knows this. However, from the perspective of the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Path, whether one's deep-seated thoughts and beliefs are in violation of these must be determined by the laws of karma and cause and effect.

Under the law of cause and effect, every single good deed you do brings a good reward, while every bad deed—no matter how small—leads to suffering. Everything is simply a matter of reaping what you sow.

Having understood this principle, I have no complaints about my spirit entering the ghost realm after death. I can only say that education is truly too important. If one can receive Buddhist education from a young age, understand what should and should not be done, and understand good and evil as well as right and wrong, it can allow a person's spirit to avoid many detours and suffer much less.

From the most ultimate perspective, to ensure that one's spirit no longer suffers in the six realms of rebirth and no longer wanders everywhere, but can truly have a stable destination, one must make a vow to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. This is a key point I learned while attending Practitioner Su's classes in the Land of Dharma Nature: it turns out that as long as one keeps a good heart and recites "Namo Amituofo," one has the opportunity to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. Once there, there is no more suffering, and one can have infinite life. After hearing this, I yearned for it very much, so I am now very diligently reciting "Namo Amituofo."

Over the past few days, I feel that I have never felt this good. My spirit is now in a very cool and refreshing state; I feel very comfortable and also very clear-headed. This is thanks to the magical power of the Western Land of Dharma Nature. I have heard that this magical power is called "Buddha-power," which is the power that can be exerted after one attains Buddhahood. This power can produce actual benefits for the spirit.

I have discovered that besides me, many other Australian celebrities and entrepreneurs have also been rescued by Practitioner Su of Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre to the Western Land of Dharma Nature. Everyone is now sitting on lotus seats, feeling very, very joyful.

At first, I did not quite understand why Practitioner Su would do such a thing. After all, I never knew Practitioner Su and had never met her, yet she helped me in this way.

Later, after understanding, I realised that Practitioner Su is a Buddha who has attained Buddhahood in the human world. And the existence of a "Buddha" is one of equal care for all sentient beings, whether they are humans or spirits in the spiritual realms.

Practitioner Su rescued my spirit precisely to save all the people in the world. You might feel a bit confused hearing this, so I must start by introducing Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre.

Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre is the only temple in the world where Namo Amituofo resides; Namo Amituofo has never left this place for twenty-four hours a day. I can see that the sky above the temple is shining with huge golden light at all times, rescuing many suffering souls, including many lonely wandering spirits in Australia and other sentient beings in space. Under the radiance of the Buddha-light, they have all entered the light and obtained deliverance.

This situation also occurs with the Namo Amituofo billboard set up by Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre on the Brisbane highway. This Namo Amituofo billboard seems like an emanation of Namo Amituofo, and it can emit huge golden light just like the original Namo Amituofo. The energy of this golden light makes many Australian ghosts, who are lacking energy and are withered and weak, feel as if they have seen a savior. I saw that when they saw the Buddha-light, their eyes opened wide in surprise, and many of them rushed madly into the golden light. They have now also come to the Western Land of Dharma Nature and, like me, have been placed on lotus seats. I am very happy for them; after all, as an Australian, seeing these Australian ghosts obtain deliverance gives me great comfort.

Therefore, once you understand Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, you will know that the purpose of this temple is to help people in all of Australia, and even the whole world, to be free from the fear of illness, aging, and death. This is true immortality: to transcend the aging and sickness of the body, and to ensure the spirit never dies. This is a remarkable cause, and even more so, a sacred mission that requires everyone to join in and participate.

Australia is actually the luckiest country in the world right now because Namo Amituofo is currently at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Queensland. This is a tremendous blessing for Australians. However, it is a pity that very, very few Australians know that such a precious temple exists in our country.

So, the reason Practitioner Su wants to rescue us celebrities is also in the hope of using our fame to help Namo Amituofo come to the forefront. Perhaps some people might feel that this is like exploiting us deceased people, but this is actually the perspective of people in the world. If everyone thinks about it from another angle, if the interviews you are seeing now are true, then how many people will be able to be saved? The answer is that millions, even billions of people will obtain deliverance because of this.

After all, who in this world will not grow old, get sick, or die? But as long as one receives the Buddhist education of Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, everyone has the opportunity to be like Practitioner Su, no longer needing to feel fear for aging, death, and illness, and truly being able to be free from the shackles and threats of these three. I’m sure everyone wishes they could live their life as freely as Practitioner Su.

Of course, I must state beforehand that to truly transcend the aging and sickness of the body, and to ensure the spirit never dies in this world like Practitioner Su, and to be able to possess the same, there is a condition. The requirement is simple, yet profound: we must release our inner selfishness and choose to uplift others. Instead of being consumed by the fleeting desires of the physical body, we must dedicate our lives to a higher purpose—living for the deliverance of all humanity and spirits.

In this way, one can receive the blessings of Namo Amituofo like Practitioner Su, truly possess infinite life, and also no longer age; of course, one will not get sick, and one will be able to possess magical powers to help suffering spirits and human beings. This is the truth I saw at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre.

In short, all Australians, when you hear such news, you must face it with a positive attitude. You should quickly come to this precious holy place to see Namo Amituofo, attend the courses offered by Namo Amituofo, and see what Practitioner Su is teaching everyone in class. I believe you will be very surprised because these contents are precious knowledge that you cannot learn in school; it is mainly about the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Path. And the core of it is this phrase, "Namo Amituofo." This is also why I am so actively reciting this Buddha-name in the Land of Dharma Nature now.

Having said so much, in the end, I hope to say to my wife and son that a person's life can be said to be very long, and it can also be said to be very short, but regardless, this body is ultimately just a short process in the spiritual life. Everyone should think carefully about what the world after death should be like. The answer to all of this is at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre.

In short, I know that if I tell you too much, you may not be able to digest it. You only need to know that I, Fred Stolle, am truly reborn in the Western Land of Dharma Nature at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre. It is just that I no longer have my past body, but am speaking to everyone in a state of pure spirit. Now I hope you can come to Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre to see me soon; I am waiting for you in the Western Land of Dharma Nature.

Fred Stolle