An Interview with the Spirit of Qiong Yao
Recorded by 釋法回法師
Date recorded 30 May 2026
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This is a record of an interview with the spirit of Qiong Yao, the renowned contemporary Chinese romance novelist and film producer. She sought deliverance at the Hsiang Kuang Buddhist Centre in Australia and now resides in the Western Land of Nature. This account reflects upon her transition from a life of romantic idealism to spiritual . Recorded by the chief writer, Venerable Fa Hui, on May 30, 2026.
Qiong Yao speaks:
". I am Qiong Yao.
It is truly unexpected that I would meet with the world again in this manner. Regarding the world after death, I honestly had very little imagination. In the past, I was a staunch atheist; I believed only in my own knowledge, judgment, and free will. These were of paramount importance to me.
At the end of my life, I chose to personally draw a magnificent conclusion to a brilliant, rich, and fulfilling life. I know this shocked many people, but I suspect what will shock everyone even more is that Qiong Yao has appeared before the world again—not as a human being, but as a spirit from the spiritual realms."
"I am different now. I am no longer confined to the few short decades of a human life; instead, I am looking toward a journey that is far longer and broader on a spiritual level. Compared to the few decades of life in the world, this journey is a magnificent and grand experience.
My choice to end my own life was, in fact, deeply related to the experience of watching my beloved husband being tortured by illness in the final stages of his life."
"I wonder, have you ever been in love? I believe the term 'love' occupies a very important part of everyone's life. Many people's lives have had ups and downs because of love, resulting in dramatic chapters of life. For many others, life has taken on different textures and flavours because of love. The manifestations of love on the canvas of life are numerous; it can be poignant or mundane, profound and rich, or sweet and lingering.
However, regardless of the kind of love, it is ultimately inseparable from the various sensations of and the fluctuations of emotion. The taste of it can only be understood by those who have truly experienced it. To everyone who has tasted love, or even those who have had no romantic experience at all, let me tell you the truth: the taste of love is actually bitter.
Because often, the more bitter the taste, the more sweetness can be revealed from within it. Many people throw themselves into love, loving with such intensity, just to get a taste of it. In reality, it never escapes four words: 'finding in suffering.' This is the truth I hope everyone can clearly understand now: as long as there is love, there will be great suffering. When love reaches its depths, the heartache is unbearable."
This intense emotion further sublimates, transforming into a desire to provide the other person with a stable life, to build a beautiful home together, and ultimately, to help them achieve an even brighter future.
This is one facet of how love extends—it becomes a matter of commitment and responsibility. However, when love reaches its depths and peaks, every move the other person makes tugs at your heartstrings, and every smile or frown stirs up waves within you. This intense love is accompanied by a heavy sense of responsibility; you hope for the best possible outcome for them, yet you painfully discover that you have lost the ability to grant them happiness.
Because at this point, you have become tightly entangled with them. Now, as I reside in the Western Land of Dharma Nature at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, I have come to a profound realisation of what true love really is.
It turns out that the path of love leads to only two destinations: at the deepest point of love, you are either willing to let go of yourself to help the other person succeed, or you are unable to let go of your attachment, greed, and desire to possess them. When souls in this world are tightly entangled, they inevitably fall into the six realms of rebirth, becoming suffering spirits trapped in the cycle of samsara.
So, regarding love, how can one truly sublimate it?
This requires accepting the education of the Buddha’s teachings at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre. It turns out that true love should be a selfless, great love, much like the equal Namo Amituofo holds for all beings. It surpasses the love parents have for their children, and it far exceeds the romantic love between lovers or spouses.
True love is the simple wish for the other person to receive genuine benefit. And genuine benefit means being able to escape suffering during the long, arduous journey of reincarnation, no longer wandering through the six realms, or being trapped in various spaces to undergo retribution.
True love is giving without seeking anything in return. When you seek no reward, you are no longer bound by worldly emotional entanglements. You no longer hold onto the promises made between spouses; instead, you simply wish for the other person to gain benefit.
Imagine a scenario: you love someone and have given much for them, yet they are never by your side and perhaps never even think of you, but you are still genuinely happy from the bottom of your heart that they have found happiness. Being able to do this is the first step in sublimating love: I love the other person, but I never need their love in return. Even if they develop for me, I still do not want their love, and I even hope they do not fall in love with me. When you can achieve this, you have actually let go of the greed for love.
It turns out that to sublimate love, one must thoroughly let go of love—this is my current realisation. To take it a step further, those who are truly qualified to love are precisely those who have let go of love.
Therefore, those who crave to be loved have already forgotten how to love others, while those who truly understand how to love others never allow themselves to be tainted by love. From this perspective, no one in this world is qualified to love. Because every person who engages in romantic love is always greedy for the feeling of being loved. The only ones qualified to love are awakened beings like Namo Amituofo and Practitioner Su. They have truly let go of the greed for emotion and love, refusing to let their souls be tainted by them, and instead using compassion and wisdom to help others.
After receiving the education of the Buddha’s teachings, I slowly began to understand the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Way. I never knew there was such a magnificent and perfect education in this world that could help everyone understand the truth of life and the universe, and comprehend the principles by which all things operate.
It turns out that when a person’s mental note is selfless and devoid of ego, it resonates with the Universal Principle, the Truth, and the Right Way. This pure and good heart is of immense help to oneself. When a person’s heart is tainted and defiled, it causes harm to both oneself and others, and this defilement signifies various forms of negative .
From this perspective, I can understand that to help others, to let them receive benefits, and even to allow sentient beings to attain true happiness and benefit, the person doing so must have a heart that is very clean and free of pollution. In other words, only those with a pure and good heart can truly enable others to attain happiness.
One might ask, whose heart in this world is pure and good? From the various phenomena I have observed in the world while residing in the Land of Dharma Nature, there is only Practitioner Su. I can see that Practitioner Su’s heart is truly devoid of even a shred of self-interest; it is entirely for the sake of sentient beings. The golden light emitted from his soul radiates a pure and flawless magnetic field. What Practitioner Su brings to sentient beings is genuine benefit: he leads suffering beings to the Western Land of Dharma Nature, a bright and beautiful world. All spirits in the Land of Dharma Nature can be reborn and transformed, and they have the opportunity to be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss. That is a Buddha-land established by Namo Amituofo, the final destination for all souls.
I, too, now yearn for this, hoping that one day I will be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
It turns out that love is merely an illusion, derived from this illusory body. Why do I say this body is illusory? It is because the human body is temporary, while the spirit is enduring.
Therefore, what is truly important should be the elevation of one’s spirit, rather than focusing on satisfying the various sensations and desires of the body.
Those who can let go of worldly emotional love, thoroughly abandoning and leaving it behind, are the truly wise. If one still craves the feeling of being loved, or longs for the various tastes of romance, and is bound by the sensations of this body, that is a very foolish act.
Where does love actually come from?
This is a question I could only clearly understand after arriving in the Land of Dharma Nature. It turns out that if a person did not have a body, there would be no love. All desires and emotional love are derived from this body. After I arrived in the Western Land of Dharma Nature, under the illumination of the Buddha-light, my soul became clearer day by day.
I slowly, and even surprisingly, discovered that the love I held in my heart for those I loved in the past was constantly fading and diluting. After listening to Practitioner Su’s Dharma talks, I gradually understood the concept that 'the human body is false.' I finally realised that when people are alive, the various romantic attachments they develop for others stem from this body and are influenced by the countless and sentient beings within it.
Now that I am in the Land of Dharma Nature, without the constraints of a body and under the of the Buddha’s power, I have naturally let go of the past and released that illusory attachment and love for past people and events. I have never felt so refreshed; I feel that I no longer have any burdens. It turns out that love is indeed a severe constraint on the soul. When the love within the soul fades bit by bit, it actually allows one to feel such peace and ease.
When I was in the world, I dared to love and dared to hate. Once I set a direction for my love, I would always forge ahead and strive with all my might. In the eyes of many, this was a kind of charm I possessed. But now, in the Land of Dharma Nature, I can see all sorts of people in the world trapped in emotional love. I could not help but ask myself a question: Is love really worth it?
It turns out it is not worth it at all. I now know that human love is often mixed with selfishness, and as long as there is selfishness, negative karma will be created. The more intense the love, the heavier the evil thoughts within it, and the greater the negative karma created. This causes tremendous harm to both others and oneself.
Because one is blinded by love, one commits various irrational acts, says things that should not be said, and even experiences intense fluctuations in one’s mental state. This is a form of self-torture and inevitably causes harm to others.
In short, once a person engages in romantic love, it is a burden for the one who loves and a burden for the one who is loved. Unless, when giving, one truly seeks no return and has not a shred of selfishness, the soul cannot avoid being tainted by love. But this requires very profound meditative concentration. Without the experience of practice and the guidance of a true spiritual friend, how could one possibly achieve this?
Having said this, I cannot help but ask: what should a person actually pursue while in this world?
Naturally, in the Western Land of Dharma Nature, it seemed as though Namo Amituofo heard my question and compassionately responded to me, allowing me to understand: what a person should pursue in this world is not the satisfaction of desires, nor the various benefits of this body, but a much greater and more sacred goal.
I now understand this great and sacred goal: it is to make the Ultimate Vow to save the world and deliver sentient beings, first perfecting one’s own soul, and then perfecting the souls of others.
What does it mean to perfect one’s own soul? This is different from the autonomy, independence, and freedom I, Chiung Yao, pursued while alive; it is a true elevation at the level of the soul. Through the purification of practice and by chanting the name 'Namo Amituofo,' one allows their spirit to elevate step by step to the realm of the Buddha. At that time, one can obtain the true benefits of the Buddha’s teachings, just like Practitioner Su—one will not age, will not fall ill, and the soul can freely be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
What does it mean to perfect the souls of others? It means, like Practitioner Su, using the name 'Namo Amituofo' to open the spaces where sentient beings reside, allowing the suffering spirits trapped within those spaces to be saved.
Or, it means teaching sentient beings to chant the name 'Namo Amituofo,' giving them the opportunity to receive the magnificent benefits of the Buddha-name. And if one wishes to achieve the most perfect way to perfect the souls of others, it is to help them be reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss.
Because once reborn in the Western Pure Land of Ultimate Bliss, the soul is no longer limited by lifespan, no longer falls into the cycle of rebirth to suffer, but attains infinite life, enjoying a life of ultimate bliss without suffering.
Only now do I understand love.
"Now, here in the Dharma-Nature Land, I, Qiong Yao, have never felt such profound happiness. I have finally come to understand what the Buddha’s teachings mean by being 'filled with Dharma joy.' It is a joy that arises naturally from the heart after one has truly and thoroughly grasped the ultimate truth of reality. It is a joy that comes from aligning oneself with the universal principles and the righteous path of the Truth. This is not a fleeting emotion, but a deep, resonant peace that stems from the very essence of my being.
I am truly fortunate, yet I am also filled with such profound shame! I am fortunate because I was able to encounter Namo Amituofo and Practitioner Su, who saved my suffering soul from the depths of darkness. They allowed me to realise my mistakes, turn back from my misguided path, and begin an entirely new spiritual life.
However, I am also deeply ashamed. When I look back at my time in the human world, I am struck by the sheer volume of negative karma I created. These sins were not merely personal; they were amplified because so many people were influenced by my works. My stories shaped their of love, leading them into a maze of romantic delusions, causing them to pursue love in ways that only brought them further suffering and triggered all sorts of incorrect mental fluctuations.
From my vantage point here in the Dharma-Nature Land, I can see these people clearly. Because my works awakened the karmic creditors within them, they are now suffering immensely. The distorted concepts they adopted from my books have led them to commit even more negative karma, causing their thoughts, words, and actions to deviate from the righteous path. Seeing this from my lotus seat, my heart aches with a sorrow I cannot fully describe. I do not know how to make amends for the pain I have inadvertently caused.
I find myself kneeling before Namo Amituofo, bowing my head in sincere repentance, praying with every ounce of my being that the Buddha might help me rectify these past errors. In that moment, the Buddha-light shines directly upon my soul. It is as if I have received a profound empowerment from the Buddha, granting me a deep, life-changing realisation. It is only now, here in this realm, that I, Qiong Yao, truly understand what 'love' actually means.
I have come to realise that the sincere, heartfelt wish for all beings to be free from suffering, to turn back from their misguided paths, to break through their ignorance, and to find true happiness and peace—this deep, earnest aspiration is what we call love. But now, having studied the Buddha’s teachings, I understand that this state of mind transcends what the world calls 'love.' It is no longer just love; it is 'Compassion.'
Compassion is a state of being where, upon seeing sentient beings suffer and endure agony in body and mind, one’s own inherent, natural compassion and pity arise. It is the desire to have the ability to help these beings obtain deliverance and leave their suffering behind. The greatest difference between the 'me' of the past and the 'me' of today lies in the education I have received from the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre. I have gained a much deeper understanding of the mysteries of the human body and the nature of the spiritual realms.
I now understand that, given that the spirit is eternal and never dies, the only true 'love' is to help a spirit obtain ultimate liberation, and ultimately, to be reborn in the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss. Namo Amituofo established the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss precisely because He truly loves all beings. It is the most magnificent world in the entire universe, a place where there is no suffering, only ultimate joy. Everyone should make a vow to be reborn in the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss. This is the most important thing in existence, and it is the most important thing I have ever come to realise.
Because of the teachings of Namo Amituofo and the manifestation of Practitioner Su, I have finally understood that 'saving oneself while saving others, and awakening oneself while awakening others' is the only true form of love. This is vastly different from the selfish, possessive nature of worldly romantic love. I have finally grasped the true meaning of love: to be sincere to oneself and sincere to all beings; to love oneself and to love all beings; to wish for one's own rebirth in the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss and to wish the same for all beings. This is the only true love.
My son, I want to say this to you: My child, I have lived a life that many would call brilliant and full. In a sense, I have no regrets. My final decision to end my own life was certainly unexpected to many, though perhaps, for you, it was not entirely a surprise. I hope you will take the time to carefully read the contents of this interview. I have poured everything I wanted to say into these words, and I hope that after reading them, you will have a profound realisation of your own.
The achievements I attained during my life were seen by the world as brilliant and dazzling, and at the time, I believed them to be so as well. But now, having passed away, I understand that these achievements were simultaneously the source of immense negative karma. My works brought negative influences to many people, a fact that I must now acknowledge and face. After I died, I fell into the hells, specifically suffering retribution in the Iron Bed Hell. It was precisely because so many people watched my works and developed desires, cravings, and all sorts of emotional fluctuations that I created such heavy karma. To the people of the world, this might seem unimaginable, but here in the Western Land of Dharma Nature, I can see this truth with absolute clarity. The brilliant achievements of my life, the works I created, actually caused harm to so many people. I created such heavy karma that I had to suffer retribution in the Iron Bed Hell.
Later, I was incredibly fortunate to be saved by Practitioner Su of the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre and was placed here in the Western Land of Dharma Nature. I am now living a life of happiness, free from all worries. In the future, I will have the opportunity to be reborn in the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss. My son, I hope you can understand the message I am trying to convey to you. While worldly wealth, fame, and status may seem prosperous and alluring, this physical body lasts only a few short decades, whereas the life of the spirit is infinitely long. I hope you will carefully consider the future destination of your own soul.
You are a person of wisdom. Having seen my experiences after death, you should understand what needs to be done, so I will not say much more on that. Instead, I want to introduce you to the place where I am now: the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre. This place is located in a small town called Goombungee, near Toowoomba, in Queensland, Australia. This is the only true Buddha-land in the entire world, because Namo Amituofo Himself abides at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre. The space surrounding the temple is constantly bathed in the immense golden light emitted by Namo Amituofo. Every spirit here is incredibly blessed and happy. Being able to stay with Namo Amituofo, constantly bathed in the Buddha-light, not only allows us to receive a constant supply of energy, but also allows us to dissolve our karma and be reborn under the Buddha’s light.
Regarding the common belief that everyone must face birth, aging, sickness, and death, the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre has shattered this conventional wisdom. Through the practice of Namo Amituofo’s teachings, one can truly obtain the magnificent benefits of not growing old, not getting sick, and ensuring that the spirit does not die. I hope that you, too, can obtain these benefits.
I am waiting for you here in the Western Land of Dharma Nature at the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre. Before you come, I hope you will look for the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre’s billboards in Taiwan. In Kaohsiung, Tainan, and Taichung, there are billboards of Namo Amituofo set up by the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre. You must pay attention to these three billboards! Because from the Western Land of Dharma Nature, I can see that there are so many lonely wandering spirits in the spiritual realms of Taiwan, and even suffering souls trapped in various spaces, who have been led to the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre and obtained deliverance simply by being illuminated by the immense golden light emitted by these three billboards.
They are all here with me now, sitting on the lotus seats in the Dharma-Nature Land, living in great happiness. We are all joyfully chanting 'Namo Amituofo.' You can first visit the website of the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre to learn about the temple and understand what kind of place it is. You can call the Hsiang Kuang Pure Land Buddhist Centre, or you can come in person. No matter what, your mother is here in the Western Land of Dharma Nature, waiting for you.
Qiong Yao
Namo Amituofo."
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