Master truly hopes that in his later years, there will be a large Guan Yin Village. Every evening, everyone will have their vegetarian meal, recite Buddhist scriptures together, and then Master will give Dharma teachings to thousands of people. That would be a Buddha Land on Earth.
— Buddhism in Plain Terms, Volume 8, Chapter 8-21, “The Buddha-dharma Is Attained by Those Who Practise with Great Diligence”
In the future, when Master grows older and can no longer travel around the world, and when Dharma places have been established in many places, Master very much hopes that there will be such a paradise — a Guan Yin Village.
In the future, there will be a Guan Yin Village with thousands of people living there. Many people suffer deeply after losing their loved ones. When they grow old, they can come quickly to Guan Yin Village and be together with everyone. Every evening, Master will give teachings to you. Every day, there will be people making offerings to support you.
Every day, we will circumambulate the Buddhas. In the morning, we will recite Buddhist scriptures; in the afternoon, we will meditate; in the evening, we will listen to Master’s teachings together. We will also regularly perform life liberation.
In Guan Yin Village, there will be so many family members staying with you every day. When the time truly comes for you to leave this world, more than two thousand people will each offer you one Little House, giving you more than two thousand Little Houses in total. Master will then bless you, and you may be able to see Amitabha Buddha and Guanyin Bodhisattva.
Are you willing to cultivate with Master in your later years?
“Yes.”
This is your future. This is the Land of Ultimate Bliss on Earth.
Master tells you that if there is a Guan Yin Village, there will be no fees in the future. As long as you are learning Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door, you will be able to enter. You recite Little Houses, and everyone will be your family.
If you have lost your spouse, do not be sad. If you have lost your child, do not grieve. As long as you have entered Guanyin Bodhisattva’s Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door, so many people will be your family.
When Master grows old and can no longer walk, Master will stay with you every day in his later years, speaking about Buddhas and the Dharma. Master’s Buddha-dharma can never be exhausted, and Master’s Buddhist scriptures can never be exhausted, because it is not Master who is speaking — it is our great Guanyin Bodhisattva who is speaking.
Sentient beings are difficult to guide, yet we must guide them. The human world is difficult to walk through, yet we must walk through it. Learning Buddhism is difficult to accomplish, yet we must accomplish it.
Filled with Dharma joy, this will be a paradise on earth. Bodhisattvas will smile, and human Bodhisattvas will all be applauding. Dharma joy, Dharma joy — let go of laziness, recite Buddhist scriptures every day, attain Buddhahood early, and take action immediately.
— Excerpt from the Disciples’ Teaching at the Hong Kong Dharma Convention, 9 June 2013
Why did Master say that there will be Guan Yin Village in the future? When Master says this, it will not come to nothing. Guan Yin Village will exist, and there will be more and more of them in the future.
This is because Master wants to take care of some elderly disciples and elderly mothers, so that in the future they will have a place to live, a place to cultivate, and a place to spend their later years in peace.
Therefore, elderly mothers do not need to worry that no one will take care of them in the future, or that no one will offer Little Houses for them. As long as you follow Master’s Dharma Voice guidance, listen well to Master’s teachings, and sincerely learn Buddhism and cultivate the mind, Master will ensure that you have a place to rely upon.
Master wants to bring back many disciples, because many disciples, countless kalpas and lifetimes ago, once had very high spiritual attainments in the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss and in other Buddha lands. Therefore, when Master has ascended and attained Buddhahood, many of you will also follow and ascend.
— Dharma Voice Teaching, 6 January 2023
Everyone is reluctant for Master Lu’s teachings to come to an end, and in fact, Master Lu is also reluctant to part with everyone.
Master Lu has made a vow. I said that when I can no longer walk, and when all of you have retired decades later and become elderly fathers and mothers, there will certainly be an even larger Guan Yin Village. Every evening, everyone will gather together to listen to Master’s teachings — teachings that will continue all the way to the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss, and continue until we reach the Four Sagely Realms.
When someone is about to enter nirvana, each of us will offer that person one Little House. If there are tens of thousands of people, that will be tens of thousands of Little Houses. Even if that person does not wish to go to the Western Land of Ultimate Bliss, they will have to go!
When you grow old, retire, and have little to do, you must not play mahjong, drink alcohol, or do meaningless things. Listen to Master’s teachings every evening. During the day, Master will lead you in circumambulating the Buddhas in Guan Yin Village, and every evening Master will give teachings to you.
Every day, we will be filled with Dharma joy, inviting Bodhisattvas to come to us every day. When the time comes to leave this world, there will be no illness or pain. You will simply sleep, and happily ascend.
This is the goal of our life. Our true goal as Bodhisattvas is to ascend to heaven. Just as today I lifted you up — many people swayed slightly, opened their eyes, and found themselves before Guanyin Bodhisattva.
I hope that after a hundred years, you too will have no pain, no illness, and simply sway slightly, open your eyes, and say, “Guanyin Bodhisattva! I am truly by Your side!” You will have succeeded in cultivation. You will have achieved success in one lifetime. Do not be unhappy anymore.
— Teaching from the World Buddhist Fellowship Meeting, Hong Kong, China, 24 June 2015
