101 Holy Teacher Tian Ran's Revelation

The following selected 101 quotations were channeled by different people through the guiding voice of Holy Teacher Tian Ran.  Holy Teacher wanted to voice his True Heart to each of his beloved disciple.  He made it clear that this book of quotations is the guide for cultivating and propagating Tao during this period of the Last Chance, and should be spread to the entire world in the future.

Verse 020

We shall show the utmost concern and pray for all suffering sentient beings that are experiencing calamities.  It is our wish that they encounter uplifting conditions, and soon rise out of the abyss of misery.
Verse 024
Do not be trapped by astrological predictions or be discouraged by the challenges and adversities around you.  When you make big vows and goals that echo the heart of buddhas and bodhisattvas, your thoughts will encompass the entire universe, and you will transcend the cycle of birth and death.  Sentient beings around you will be infused with the Holy light.  How blessed this is!

Verse 026

Do not overly emphasize and focus on the number of temples and Tao relatives that you have.  That will cause the mind to aggressively pursue possessions.  These are not right thoughts and actions – they lead to a doomed path.  We need to understand that the outcome of the Last Judgment will be determined by our virtues, precepts, hearts and minds, vows and actions, and being even-tempered, not by extrinsic fortune or fame.

Image: Golden Gate Heights Park 
Verse 027
At this time, many people are unaware that they have fallen into the trap of pursuing fame, personal gain and power in the name of Tao.  How pitiful and sad it is!  What can I say if Tao cultivators are only attached to these outer trappings, and not to introspection?  Your Divine Matriarch and I did not take anything with us but left the responsibility of bringing salvation to the three realms* and the Tao community for you to continue.  This continuation is your only responsibility, so why is there any rivalry between you?

*EDITOR’S NOTE: Tao is now made available to bring salvation to all souls in all three realms.  The first is a Spiritual realm existing between Heaven and Earth where spirits go to continue their cultivation.  This is called the Chi (Energy) World.  The second realm is the physical realm of the Earth.  The third realm exists below the Earth, and is the place for unreformed spirits.

Verse 028

Those who cultivated Tao earlier than me and already ascended are sages.  Those who began their Tao cultivation earlier than me and are still alive are senior cultivators.  Those who cultivate Tao with me are peer cultivators.  All of them are our good knowing advisors.  They all deserve our respect due to the “thousand lifetime’s affinity*”.  We shall cultivate Tao with modesty all the time.

*EDITOR’S NOTE: The term “thousand” is used in Chinese to represent “many”.  Thousand lifetime’s affinity means the accumulated merit we have had from many lifetimes.

Image: Golden Gate Heights Park, San Francisco
Verse 029
The outcome of superficial Tao cultivation and propagation only shows a lack of inherent wisdom of the True Self*.  Our shallow good deeds and merits may still be rewarded in material wealth and fame, but not in eternal virtue.  Sentient beings in the Last Chance must try to recognize this. 

*EDITOR’S NOTE: The True Self is the original self-nature as created by God.