Interview with Allan Moffat (Legendary Australian Racing Driver and Member of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame)

Allan Moffat:

Allan Moffat:

Whenever people think of the name Allan Moffat, they think of Supercars. Indeed, my life's achievements and peak were realised in Supercars. This sport is not just about achievement; it is about wealth and, even more so, about self-realisation. In short, as a racing driver, I invested my all into this sport.

The intensity, excitement, and highs and lows during the race, down to every minute detail, and the way I drove in every classic scene captured on video—that represents me, Allan Moffat. I believe everyone can agree with what I have said above, as this is how the world knows me. However, I wonder if you will be able to accept what I am about to say next?

When I was alive, many of these achievements that the world praised and that I myself took pride in were actually the creation of negative karma —that is, they were contrary to the universal principle and the righteous path of Truth. This will lead me, in the long journey of my spirit, to pay the corresponding price when all conditions are met. This price represents pain, suffering, or torment. This is the price for my spectacular and glorious life on the racetrack.

The reason is that Supercars bring people more of the ups and downs and fluctuations of the heart. The purpose of these fluctuations is not to help others, nor to save others from suffering, but for the pleasure and preferences of this body. Even the various emotional highs and lows actually represent the creation of countless sins.

This is one thing I have learned here at Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Goombungee, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia, on the Western Land of Dharma Nature: even if a person does nothing, just thinking about something in their mind or having a single thought requires paying a corresponding price. This is the so-called Law of Cause and Effect.

It is just that many people do not know that planting seeds of Goodness leads to good fruits, while planting seeds of evil leads to bad fruits; this principle also applies to the realm of thoughts and ideas. I’ve come to realise that the intense emotions I felt while watching the Supercars—the highs and lows, the thrill, the frustration, the excitement, and even the anger—actually created negative karma.

From the perspective of the universal principle and the righteous path of Truth, as long as a person's thoughts and actions are not for the sake of others or other sentient beings, but purely for the sensations and discriminations of their own body, then they have already created negative karma, which is a form of harm to both themselves and others. If this is the case, I think many people in the world who are keen on watching various competitive sports will find it very difficult to accept, because this means that those who like watching football, basketball, and other ball games are also creating negative karma? I can only regretfully tell you here that the answer is yes.

As long as there is even the slightest bit of intention for one's own body, it will cause one's spirit to pay a painful price. A more obvious example is that after death, the spirit will enter the hells to suffer punishment. I have learned here on the Western Land of Dharma Nature that many Australian entrepreneurs and celebrities, after death, have entered the hells to suffer punishment because their thoughts and actions while alive were contrary to the universal principle and the righteous path of Truth.

Like me, they were all saved by Practitioner Su of Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Goombungee, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia. You must be very curious about what kind of divine being Practitioner Su is, to be able to save so many departed spirits from the hells or various spaces and place them in the so-called Western Land of Dharma Nature? In fact, this is because Practitioner Su is a Buddha who has attained Buddhahood in the human world.

When it comes to 'Buddha', you may not have a very intuitive feeling, as many people do not understand what kind of existence a Buddha is. I will now use more direct language to tell you: a Buddha is even greater than the God worshipped by Christianity and Catholicism, and even greater than the supreme existence that governs the universe, as believed in by other religions.

Although my explanation may not be theoretically complete or rigorous, it is not wrong. After all, from my current perspective as a spirit on the Western Land of Dharma Nature, I have learned that Namo Amituofo is the highest spiritual existence in the spiritual world.

I have now received some very surprising news: everyone reading this interview, and indeed all of humanity, has the opportunity to become the highest spiritual existence like Namo Amituofo—that is, to attain Buddhahood. Practitioner Su, who is also a human being, has achieved this, and I believe you can too.

On the racetrack, my focused, swift, and calm attitude helped me win various races. Now, on the Dharma-Nature Land, I no longer need to compete or compare with others. I can truly let go of all pressure, as well as the desire to win, the fear of loss, and the competitive spirit. Because now, looking at it from a very realistic perspective, what does a spirit without a body need? It is actually very simple: it is the source of energy required for basic survival, and then a safe place where a spirit can live well. In terms of these two points, Allan Moffat now has them, and from what I understand, they are of the highest level and have the best conditions. So what is there for me to be concerned about losing, to compete for, or to be driven by a desire to win? In this way, where could there be any pressure?

I believe this explanation will be easier for you to understand. That is to say, for a spirit to survive, it needs energy just like a human. However, the way humans obtain energy is mainly by consuming food, while for a spirit to obtain energy, it needs to attach itself to a human body, absorbing the human's vital energy as its own source of energy, or by snatching the energy of other spirits. Besides this, there are some special places that naturally radiate strong energy, allowing spirits to rely on it for survival.

In my current state, the Western Land of Dharma Nature, where I have now belonged to a high-level world that always has the highest quality golden energy, it is very, very high-level. Because such golden energy is very rare in the spiritual world, but now on the Dharma-Nature Land, there is as much as one could want, because the Dharma-Nature Land shines with infinite golden light at all times. It is truly wonderful and amazing! I cannot imagine, and I do not know why I am so lucky to be able to come to such a high-level spiritual world.

Looking at it from the strong survival instinct I cultivated when I was a human, another danger for a spirit is the issue of not being able to be in control. That is, after death, most spirits cannot actually control where they will go. This is why everyone must be very careful about the Law of Cause and Effect. Because once negative karmas are created, under the stance of the Law of Cause and Effect, it is not a matter of the spirit going wherever it wants or not going where it does not want to go. Instead, the Law of Cause and Effect determines where we must go to suffer punishment, and we must go there; or it determines which better, higher world we will go to. Everything is clear and distinct, not decided by the arbitrary actions of our spirit's will. This is the so-called issue of not being able to be in control. Can you see the danger in this?

Because if this is the case, after death, one could go to a good place or a bad place. How can we know whether we are going to a good place or a bad place this time? Another question arises: if we go to a bad place, what should we do? So I think the real question, from the perspective of survival, is that a spirit should find a way to avoid this state of not being in control.

So, for the past few days, I have been attending classes very, very seriously on a lotus seat on the Western Land of Dharma Nature. Because I know that knowledge is power. For a spirit like me who knows nothing about the spiritual world, acquiring enough knowledge is now my primary task for survival. Therefore, in class, I am very humble and modest, using the most open mindset to completely empty myself, absorbing the content of Practitioner Su's lectures like a sponge. Wow! I didn't know until I listened, and after listening, I realised that the spiritual world is not that simple. It turns out there are quite a few places for people to go after death.

Among them, I have keenly identified some of the more dangerous situations; what I understand now are mainly the hells, the ghost realm, and the so-called spaces for receiving retribution. These three are what I understand now. If a spirit accidentally goes to such places, it will suffer great pain, which is not the ending I hope for!

Furthermore, I have also learned that if we want our spirits to truly have no worries and no longer need to worry about wandering and tossing about in various places, there are only two methods:

1. Attain Buddhahood like Practitioner Su of Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, who is my benefactor. Once one becomes a Buddha, the spirit can truly be in control and no longer needs to worry about being sucked into some place to receive retribution by the power of cause and effect after death.
2. Namo Amituofo has opened a door of convenience for us: if you have not yet attained Buddhahood, you can make a vow to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. This is a key point; everyone must listen clearly! After arriving in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, the spirit will have infinite life. Where else can you find such a good place? Moreover, once there, it is just like the Western Land of Dharma Nature, with infinite, highest-quality golden energy. It is truly high-level, high-level, and even higher-level!

Of course, this is only natural, because the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss is the world built by Namo Amituofo! Since Namo Amituofo is the highest spiritual existence in the spiritual world, the spiritual world created by Namo Amituofo is naturally the most perfect world among all worlds! So, of course, I must go to such a world, and so I have now decided to migrate to the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

And I have figured out the specific method, which is to chant the phrase 'Namo Amituofo'. However, a difficulty has appeared before me: besides chanting 'Namo Amituofo', Namo Amituofo has given another condition: Anyone chanting the Buddha's name must be entirely free of selfish intent, driven only by a sincere hope for the deliverance of all suffering souls. This includes humans in the human world and spirits in various spiritual spaces; one must sincerely hope that all spirits can be saved and no longer suffer. Only those who truly possess such compassion in their hearts can go to the most beautiful world by chanting 'Namo Amituofo'.

So now I must overcome this challenge, which is to truly possess the compassion to help all suffering beings be saved. In the Buddha's teachings, I have heard there is a specific term for this called 'vow'.

I am also a person with self-awareness; my vow as Allan Moffat is likely still very weak. However, I am very confident that, given my aptitude, as long as I continue to purify my spirit on the Dharma-Nature Land and listen to Practitioner Su's classes well, with my day-by-day efforts, I will eventually be able to cultivate a powerful vow to help sentient beings. By then, when I chant 'Namo Amituofo', I will be able to go to the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.

I want to tell the people of Australia and the people of the world that I have now told you this good news very directly and clearly. Although the way I speak is quite straightforward and simple, I think it is also to make it easier for people to understand. I can only assure you that what I have said is not a lie at all!

Toward the end of my life, I suffered deeply from Alzheimer's disease. Having lived such a glorious life, I never imagined that I would one day have to face dementia. The journey of life indeed has its highs and lows, but this low point came too unexpectedly and made it difficult for me to stand up again, as it is a disease that is difficult to cure.

However, I feel that for people in this world, this is actually a good thing. Because if everyone sees my experience, they should realise that one truly cannot have even the slightest bit of selfishness; one must keep the heart in a state of purity and goodness. To truly take good care of one's heart, one must accept the education of the Buddha’s teachings.

Right now, Namo Amituofo is at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, and classes are held every week. The person teaching the class is Practitioner Su, who has already attained Buddhahood, and she explains the wisdom of Namo Amituofo and the guidance of the Buddha to everyone. Everyone should come here to learn as soon as possible.

In short, people must understand that anyone who contracts a serious or terminal illness is simply paying the price for their negative karma. This is an indisputable fact.

In the Dharma-Nature Land, I have a clear view of my past. I see unmistakably that my Alzheimer's disease was a consequence of my life as a supercar driver, where I caused too many emotional highs and lows and fostered a spirit of comparison and division in people's hearts.

Due to the mindsets, words, and actions of my driving career, parts of my soul had long since departed to endure suffering elsewhere. As a result, even though my body was still alive, my spirit was no longer whole, and this fragmentation caused my physical health to steadily decline.

As for the last part of my spirit that remained in my body during the final period of my life, which is the so-called true self, it entered a racing space after I died.

In this space, I was still driving a touring car, competing in races with other drivers, just like the various races I participated in back then. In that place, I kept driving and competing with others, completely obsessed with every moment of acceleration, every turn, and even every moment of overtaking an opponent. I was completely unaware that I had actually died and was no longer a human being. I had no body; I was just in the state of a spirit.

Looking back from the Dharma-Nature Land now, this is a process that makes me feel a bit frightened and shocked. However, at the same time, I am relieved and truly very fortunate to have arrived in the Western Land of Dharma Nature. All of this means I no longer have anything to worry about, nor do I have anything to fear. Now that I understand how things work here, I feel completely secure and incredibly fortunate. I can truly say that I am deeply content and full of gratitude.

Now, I deeply cherish the truths I have learned from Namo Amituofo and am working hard to practise them step by step. The first step now is to get rid of the habit of selfishness. I can now clearly feel that because my spirit was influenced by my body while I was alive, even though I no longer have a body after death, I still have many natural, selfish beliefs and habits. These are the deviations that I need to adjust and completely transform.

Therefore, I am now very actively chanting "Namo Amituofo". Through the energy of this Buddha-name, I am moving my spirit towards purity and goodness. I hope that I can also attain Buddhahood soon and have the ability to save beings just like Practitioner Su.

Now I want to say to my good friend Larry Perkins and my sons: I have told you everything about my experiences after death. I have explained the key points very straightforwardly and simply; it just depends on whether you believe it or not. In short, what I want to say to you is not long, just one sentence: if a spirit goes to a bad place to suffer, it is truly very painful.

I believe that we should all maintain a humble and modest attitude regarding where we will go after death. Now, coming to the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre allows everyone to be reborn in the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss, and even the opportunity to be free from aging, free from illness, and have your spirit never die while you are still alive. Do you want to attain such benefits? I believe the answer is yes.

So I hope you can come to Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Australia soon to meet me; I still want to talk to you more. However, before you come, you can first go and see the Namo Amituofo billboard that the temple has set up on the Brisbane highway. This billboard is truly extraordinary; it emits a tremendous golden light and has already saved many suffering souls in Australia. As you look at the billboard, I hope you will think of me—Allan Moffat—as one of the suffering souls who has been saved by Namo Amituofo.

I am now at Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre in Goombungee, Queensland, Australia, living the most wonderful and happy life in the Western Land of Dharma Nature. I am waiting here for you to come and see me.

Namo Amituofo.

Allan Moffat