The Birds in My Life - Hardcover

The Supreme Master Ching Hai

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9866895149 ISBN 13: 9789866895142

Publisher: The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Publishing Co.,Ltd., 2007

Synopsis

...recites Sunny the parrot, one of Supreme Master Ching Hai's precocious birds that shares Her household. In this beautifully illustrated book, Master Ching Hai lovingly writes about each one of Her feathered friend's unique biography, complemented by life-like photographs and captions filled with amusing telepathic exchanges between Master and bird. As one views these colorful vibrant beings among the trees and flowers, singing their love for God, one feels a soulful retreat from the daily grind of the urban jungle. Simply opening this book of Master Ching Hai, instantly brings forth a magical forest animated with birds and flowers.

Twenty-three beautiful feathered beings, frequently seen nestling in the Master's arms, brings Her endless joy. She is often moved by their words and actions and is greatly inspired by them as well. Master Ching Hai pleasantly surprises the reader by revealing that inside these God s creations are very highly developed souls whose love know no boundaries.

Each bird comes with an inimitable life history and possesses its very own quirky personality. Some of them have had sad past making one s heart ache. Nevertheless, their funny antics will surely entertain and put smiles on faces, just the way they do to their beloved Mom. Supreme Master Ching Hai demonstrates in this work of love, the tenderest love a human can have for other creatures. Moreover, She shows how deeply animals can feel and that when one peers into their emotions a wide spectrum of feelings emerge.

Master says: "I wish we could all understand others like birds, and treat them as we would ourselves...Their companion and friends mean a lot to them, sometimes as life itself, their loyalty is so incredible! They suffer loss and sorrow much like we do." All who have birds should consider their feeling and have respect for their dignity and love."

These two hundred seventy pages of wonderful pictures and stories walk you to a world graced by beautiful birds and inspire to understand their lives and wide range of thoughts and emotions.

About this title

About the Author:

The Supreme Master Ching Hai was born in Central Au Lac (Vietnam). At the age of eighteen, Master Ching Hai moved to England to study, and then later to France and then Germany, where She worked for the Red Cross and married a German physician. After two years of happy marriage, with Her husband's blessings, She left Her marriage in pursuit of enlightenment, thus fulfilling an ideal that had been with Her since Her childhood. This began a time of arduous pilgrimages to many different countries that ended only when She met a perfect living Master in the Himalayas.

Master Ching Hai received the divine transmission of the inner Light and Sound, which She later called the Quan Yin Method. After a period of diligent practice, She attained Perfect Enlightenment.

To satisfy the longing of sincere Truth seekers, the Supreme Master Ching Hai offers the Quan Yin Method of meditation to people of all nationalities, religions and cultural backgrounds. Her message of love and peace brings spiritual liberation and hope to people throughout the world, reminding all to uphold Truth, Virtue, and Beauty in life.

Review:

We laud the initiatives you have taken in publishing handbooks and other materials on The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association s activities. This material may also be used to gather the opinions of your fellow countrymen, followers, and members, especially the youth who are the future caretakers and potential leaders of the world, and provide them with a platform to share their perspectives, expertise and concerns about education, the ecology, and many other diverse topics and concerns of our youth. We hope that this will bring about a change for the better and move us closer to our common aspiration of a more peaceful and safer world for all. --Fidel V. Ramos, former President of the Philippines

' ...I read and reread The Birds in My Life. Each time, I gathered beautiful insights, especially on the great gift of LIFE. If we, like Supreme Master Ching Hai, see the dignity of such life in birds, why can t we see it in man? Then, the message which Supreme Master Ching Hai carries throughout the world will be ours to enjoy: the message of PEACE...' --His Eminence Archbishop Diosdado Talamayan, D.D., the Philippines

It's obvious from this book that she really has a great affinity, a soul affinity with the animal kingdom. And it's such an important kingdom that we need to respect, not only acknowledge, but respect and love. You can see from her energy right here. It's incredible! She's so attuned with the planet, with Earth, with Mother Nature, with that energy, the Mother energy. --Billy McNamara, American television and film actor

About this edition

• Publisher: The Supreme Master Ching Hai Intl Assoc Publishing Co.,Ltd.
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 9866895149
• ISBN 13: 9789866895142
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 271
• Illustrator: Gary, Annie, Nadia, Pearl, Kim Jung Eun, An So Soun, Sofia, Jackie