Even if a Light Boat Crosses the Vast Ocean

The Path of the Awakened

To be an awakened being is to have attained true power through the practice of chanting Namo Amituofo. When your practice is effective, your body and mind become pure and light. You are no longer burdened by spiritual attachments or the manifestation of past karmic obstacles. In this state, you are like a light boat, moving swiftly and gracefully across the vast ocean of existence to reach the shore of this world. You have come to this shore specifically to help all suffering beings, guiding them to chant Namo Amituofo so that they may leave suffering behind and find happiness, ultimately achieving rebirth in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

Even if your light boat encounters fierce winds and torrential rain, you must remain resolute. For an awakened being, the chanting of the Buddha-name never ceases; you must chant Namo Amituofo all the way. If your worldly conditions have reached their end, you will naturally receive the guidance of Namo Amituofo to enter the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. This is the perfect moment to return home. If you have already attained the freedom to travel back and forth between this world and the Western Pure Land, then this is truly the time to return.

The Compassionate Mission at Hsiang Kuang

However, if your worldly conditions have not yet concluded, you must continue your work. Wherever the winds and rains carry you, that is exactly where you must save sentient beings. You simply follow the conditions and do your very best. An awakened being has no obstacles; wherever you go, you are there to save others. You and all beings are one entity. There is no distinction of language, national boundaries, self or others, high or low, or between this world and other realms.

At this very moment, at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Goombungee, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, Namo Amituofo is truly present. This centre is the destination of all hopes and the ultimate refuge for all spirits. I, along with Practitioner Su, walk with the Buddha to save sentient beings. The salvation team and the fourfold assembly of disciples follow closely behind, each of us attending to the beings with whom we share a karmic connection.

A Continuous Flow of Dharma

Even if a light boat crosses the vast ocean, and even if we are all gathered here at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, we are united in a single purpose: to teach all beings how to realise their true nature, to save them from suffering, and to lead them to rebirth in the Western Pure Land. We shall continue to sail this light boat, saving beings wherever we go. We shall continue to uphold the presence of Namo Amituofo at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, ensuring that the water of the Dharma flows long and the sound of the Dharma is heard far and wide. Namo Amituofo