An Interview with Max Basheer (Australian Lawyer and Senior Consultant)

An Interview with Max Basheer on the Western Land of Dharma Nature

Australian lawyer, former partner at Povey, Waterhouse and Basheer, senior consultant at DBH Lawyers, and an outstanding leader in Australian rules football sports administration, inducted into the SANFL Hall of Fame and the AFL Hall of Fame.

June 2, 2026

Max Basheer:

Namo Amituofo.

I, Max Basheer, am currently at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Goombungee, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. More precisely, I am on the Western Land of Dharma Nature at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre.

This Western Land of Dharma Nature is a Buddha-land created by my benefactor, Practitioner Su. From this statement, everyone can clearly grasp a key point: since Practitioner Su can possess a Buddha-land, then His identity is clear and understood. That is correct; my benefactor, Practitioner Su, is a Buddha in the human world.

At the time of my death, I entered the Copper Pillar Hell. In this hell, my lower body was scorched and incinerated by extremely high-temperature copper pillars, a process that repeated endlessly. I was in great pain, completely unaware of why I was suffering retribution in hell, nor did I know what to do to leave it.

Because in my original faith, there was no concept of hell. Although we believed that the spirit is indestructible, we thought that after death, the spirit would immediately be reborn into the body of another infant, rather than entering what is called heaven or hell. Therefore, when I was suffering punishment in hell after death, I immediately realised that perhaps the truth was not as I had previously believed.

It turns out that in the spiritual realm, there are many secrets that I did not understand. The existence of hell truly shocked me, and what shocked me even more was that I did not understand why I had entered hell. With this confusion, I wailed incessantly in immense pain.

Until, after an unknown amount of time, just these past few days, I was finally saved. It was because Practitioner Su of the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre is extremely compassionate; upon learning of my death, He was willing to rescue my spirit from hell.

Just like that, the warm and powerful voice of Practitioner Su resonated within the hell. Under the illumination of the immense golden light, I, the spirit of Max Basheer, arrived at the Western Land of Dharma Nature at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Goombungee, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia.

Although I no longer have a body and exist in the Dharma-Nature Land in a state of pure spirit, the various memories, habits, and even personality traits I had when I possessed a body seem to still be influencing my spirit.

This is a special and wonderful discovery for me. In my past faith, although I knew that the spiritual journey is very long, and I knew that people are reborn immediately after death and that the spirit is never destroyed, it means that the spiritual journey is much longer than the journey of the body. After all, in the process of constant rebirth, the body will constantly change; it can be said to be just a temporary shell.

This understanding was something I already had. However, regarding the relationship between the body and the spirit, or how this body would actually affect one's spirit, I did not have a clear concept in the past.

And when I arrived at the Western Land of Dharma Nature, my spirit seemed to still be influenced by the body I once possessed, or rather, influenced by the various experiences of the body that my spirit used at that time.

In terms of my identity while I was alive, I could be called a senior and well-known lawyer, and also a prominent figure active in Australian sports management. In this life, whether in law or in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), I put in a great deal of effort. Throughout my long career, my habit was always to investigate all regulations, data, and relevant background information clearly beforehand.

Upon arriving at the Dharma-Nature Land, I still maintained this habit of wanting to understand the information about the place where I am now clearly. I want to understand the reason why I entered hell to suffer retribution, and more importantly, perhaps I can gain more knowledge about the spiritual realm, as all of this was truly too unfamiliar to me in the past.

After understanding, I realised that this is a temple where the great Namo Amituofo of the spiritual realm resides, called the 'Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre'. Namo Amituofo has not left this temple for 24 hours; the entire sky is filled with immense golden light, and the earth is also under the illumination of this golden light.

This golden light is not ordinary light. I can see that when a spirit is illuminated by the golden light, it has a very great positive help for them, and many spirits are saved because of it. What shocked me the most is that after a person dies, the spirit does not directly reincarnate into another infant, but may enter the physical world—wishing to be as free as the wind, mountains & rivers, flowers, trees, or the space within the clouds; just trapped in space unable to escape, becoming lonely wandering spirits drifting in the world without a body.

I am now on the Dharma-Nature Land and can clearly see everything in the spiritual realm. It turns out there are so many lonely wandering spirits in the world, and so many spirits trapped in space unable to escape. Regarding the large area of land and sky around the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, I see that when the Buddha-light shines, the spaces within much of the earth, soil, flowers, and trees are opened, and the spirits trapped within quickly enter the light and are thus saved.

After seeing all this, I realised that this is the truth. After death, a person does not directly reincarnate, but may become a lonely wandering spirit or enter the space of all things. Combining my own personal experience, I learned that after death, a person can enter hell, so can they also enter heaven or other places? I am very eager to know the truth about all of this.

Fortunately, Namo Amituofo is very selfless and compassionate, hoping to teach the truth of the human body and the universe to everyone, helping everyone understand the highest principle of the universe's operation, which is the so-called universal principle and the righteous path. Because of the compassionate heart of Namo Amituofo, the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre frequently holds relevant courses every week, and the speaker is my benefactor—Practitioner Su. I think it is most appropriate for Practitioner Su, who is a Buddha, to explain the Wisdom and Grace of Namo Amituofo.

In every class, I listen very carefully to Practitioner Su's Dharma talks, and only then did I understand that after death, one can indeed enter heaven, or even enter the Demon Realm. Spirits that enter the Demon Realm will become demons; their spiritual state is a dull black, and they possess strong aggression and predatory nature. Not only that, if a person's spiritual body and the quality of their spirit can be elevated, they can also reach the so-called Four Sacred Realms, or even further enter the highest and most perfect world, which is the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss built by Namo Amituofo.

After this understanding, I realised that the best destination for a spirit is the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. Spirits there will not suffer any torture or pain, nor do they need to wander around, because there, the spirit possesses infinite life. The Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss is completely in a state of ultimate bliss; there is no pain, only pure happiness.

This is indeed hard to imagine, but the Dharma-Nature Land where I am now is said to be the transit station to the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. The peace, comfort, and the harmony and joy in my heart that I enjoy here allow me to slightly experience a bit of the special nature of the Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. I imagine that when a spirit reaches the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, the happiness and joy they feel should be even more elevated than what I am feeling now.

And in the courses taught by Practitioner Su, I learned the most important thing, which is to chant this phrase, 'Namo Amituofo'.

As someone who has achieved some success in the legal field, I understand that any regulation, code, or sacred text taught by any religion will have its core provisions and core values.

Therefore, all along, when I was conducting negotiations related to sports administration or understanding complex laws, I would always first identify which laws were relevant and further identify the core legal provisions and norms within those laws.

This habit seems to still remain in my spirit. It seems that this body is not just a borrowed shell; it also exerts a certain degree of influence on the spirit that uses this body.

In short, following this habit within my spirit, I habitually wanted to find out what the core provisions are of the universal principle, the truth, and the righteous path that Namo Amituofo teaches everyone, as well as the Grace that Namo Amituofo imparts. That is this phrase, 'Namo Amituofo'.

It turns out that this phrase, 'Namo Amituofo', encompasses all the crystallization of Namo Amituofo's Wisdom and power; it can be said to be the life's work of Namo Amituofo, and it can also be said to be the crystallization of all of Namo Amituofo's knowledge and skills.

After I understood this, my worldly habits told me that I absolutely must not fail to chant this phrase, 'Namo Amituofo'. I must hold onto this Buddha-name well and attentively, chanting it one phrase after another, and must never be negligent.

And after I did this, I soon received great benefits. As every sound of the Buddha-name resonated from my mouth, my spirit, under the illumination of the golden light, was constantly evolving, or one could say, transforming. Every illumination of the golden light made my spirit become purer and more full of vitality and life.

What is more obvious is that I discovered the light emitted by my spirit has become increasingly clear and bright. This discovery surprised me greatly, and thus I chanted this phrase, 'Namo Amituofo', even more diligently.

Now, following the teachings of the great Namo Amituofo, my wish is to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. I know that is the place where my spirit should go.

I want to tell my daughters that the level that humans can understand is indeed very limited, and the wonders and situations of the spiritual world are things we have no way of knowing.

Now, your father, I am on the Western Land of Dharma Nature, and I am very fortunate to be able to understand the truth of all this. I hope that you can be like me and make a vow to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, because only when we reach there can our spirits truly no longer suffer. This is indeed very different from what our past faith taught, but this is the truth that your father has understood after going through this process from hell to the Western Land of Dharma Nature.

Besides this, I also hope that you can come to the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre and listen to the courses offered by Namo Amituofo. If you can achieve success in your studies and learn the skills of Namo Amituofo, you will have the opportunity to be free from the threats of illness, aging, and death, which is truly to not grow old, not get sick, and the spirit does not die. This is not a fantasy, but something I have truly witnessed in Practitioner Su at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre; because Practitioner Su achieved the Buddha's path by following the teachings of Namo Amituofo, and truly obtained the benefits of not growing old, not getting sick, and the spirit does not die.

Summarising what I have said above, in any case, I think you should all come to the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre to take a look. Before coming, you might as well go to the Brisbane highway and see the Namo Amituofo billboard set up by the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre. This billboard is actually equivalent to Namo Amituofo being there, capable of emitting immense golden light at any time and place, and has already saved a great many lonely wandering spirits in Australia and sentient beings in space.

In short, the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre is led by Namo Amituofo and is a sacred place that is continuously and actively saving spirits in the spiritual realm and helping humans in the world. I hope you can come here to meet me soon; I still have many things I want to say to you. Before coming, you can also look up information about the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre online, or you can also make a phone call.

I will be waiting for you on the Western Land of Dharma Nature.

Max Basheer