Buddhist Stories: “A Certain Monk,” Part 5 of 6, Sept. 28-29, 2015

“On the first night, You talked about the illusion. Is karma also part of the illusion?” Yeah. “Or karma and enlightenment are also part of illusion?” Enlightenment not. Karma, yes. Enlightenment is the inborn nature. Karma just depends on where you live, what you do, who you’re with, what you think. The karma, mostly karma is illusion. All appearances here are all illusion. That’s why the Master can switch it off, can burn it. And you stay home, watch TV, looks exactly like there. But if you turn it off, nothing. Because it’s not real. You turn your computer off, it’s off. You can turn television off, it’s off. You cannot turn off me, because I’m real. That is the thing. You cannot turn off the actors, because they are real. But you can turn off their acting.
“So what is actually the actor, our True Self?” Your soul. The soul. And your soul is a spark of God also. Here is a heavy layer. But the soul does not exactly have to be here. Can be in a Higher World as well. And if you keep going up, then you go back there in the lighter part of the universe, where you don’t have to suffer a lot. You don’t have to suffer anymore.
“Respected Master, respected brothers and sisters who are present today. With Master’s permission, and as Master’s family member, I would like to tell you a few stories about Master when She was young.” “I wonder how a two-year old Child could crawl over that kind of bridge.” Bamboo. One bamboo. Just for a woman to walk on. “Isn’t that spine-chilling to you? She was so good and so ... That’s bravery.”