The two months from May to June is known as the “plum rain season” in Taiwan. This is a period of heavy rain. Even in such a season, there are occasionally sunny breaks. However, in my memory, my childhood was passed without any sunny days.

Born in a small poor town in Hebei province of China, my early years were spent in the time of the culture revolution, which was a period of social and political turmoil in the country. To make the situation worse, my parents became the victims of political struggles and were sent to a “re-education camp” in the countryside. At that time my mother was pregnant with me. Due to poor living condition and lack of food, she suffered from severe malnutrition and gave birth to a very sick child. From the time I came to this world, I suffered from all kinds of illness and spent every single day in pain and misery. Doctor told my parents: this was the result of malnutrition.

Not only did I suffer from my own sickness, as I grew up, I also had to witness the tragic death of my dear family members. My older brother died from starvation and then was followed by my younger brother who was just silently passed away.  I could not forget mother’s heart-broken crying, dad’s helpless sigh, relatives’ cold-shoulder, and the wrong treatment I received from the school. All of these were my first taste of what I later understand as the suffering and misery of human beings and the grief and sorrow of losing your loved ones at an early age. And all of these left a deep scare on my young heart.

I watched other kids laughing and playing, but I was not able to join them. My poor health made me disabled and could not lead a normal life. My entire childhood as I remembered was full of suffering, hungry, hatred, and hopelessness. Looking back, however, this early age experience did let me understand what the true suffering, misery, hopelessness are and realize the true feeling of life.  

When I was six or seven years old, our family moved to Qinghai. Oxygen deficiency in this plateau region caused my already poor health further deteriorated. To save my life, my parents sought out for any possible treatments but there was not much improvement in my physical condition. Finally, they found an ex-lama (at that particular time there was no religious practice and monks were forced to return back to secular life) and asked him to help me. There is a saying that misfortune may be a blessing in disguise. This is so true in my case. This lama became my first master. He not only treated my illness but also taught me Buddhist meditation practice. At that time, I did not quite appreciate his unique healing methods. Only years later after gaining deeper understanding, I realized that the methods my master used to treat my illness was not the ordinary approach, like a pain killer for headache. Instead, what he used was a systematic whole body adjustment and fundamental healing by using energy. I studied with him for approximately three or four years. That was my first encounter with Buddhist dharma, which led me to the journey of life-time meditation practice. After a few years study and practice, my master introduced me to his fellow apprentice, and this apprentice late sent me to another master. One by one, like a rally, I studied and practiced with these masters and traveled from one monastery to another in Qinghai-Tibet area. My practice progressed from one level to the next and a whole new world was also opened in front of me.

After nearly twenty years practice and numerous, sometimes life threatening, challenges, my perseverance was rewarded and I gained in-depth understanding of Buddhist meditation. In the realm of meditation, I started to realize that this self was so tiny and limited. I once thought that the world of my childhood life was cold and dark and all I could think of was one day to get my revenge. But meditation changed my view towards everything and I felt that the entire world was gradually transformed and became colourful and warm.  The deeper my understanding and realization about the Buddha’s teachings was, the brighter and broader my life became. By that time, I was not only completely recovered and regained my health but also obtained special healing power. When I saw other people suffering from disease and illness I felt the pain in my heart as if it was happening in my own body. I could not let myself go without offering my help. With the progress on meditation, particularly when the four-faced golden Buddha appeared in my deep contemplation, I felt the urgency and responsibility to help others free themselves from their suffering and to regain happiness. I set this as my lifelong mission to pursuit. To me, attaining personal liberation and happiness is not the true happiness. I wish to see all others relieved of worries and suffering and that is my ultimate happiness. I would like to teach others what I have already understood, the Buddha’s teachings and the meditation methods, and to see all human beings liberated and regain their health, joy and inner peace.

In August, 1991, I gave my first public dharma teaching in Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Canton province in China. In 1999, I started my teachings and practice in North American. The first Puti meditation center was established in Vancouver, Canada, followed by the opening of centers in Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Cupertino in the United States. Then new centers were set up in Korea and Singapore. Many people benefit on their physical health and spiritual growth after studying and practicing the Puti meditation methods. They gained new perspectives about themselves, the society and the nature, which led them to begin to live a new healthy and harmonic life.

In 2007, invited by my disciples, I came to Taiwan and started my teachings and practice here.

I feel deeply the responsibilities. This feeling is further strengthened after the returning to the Medicine Buddha’s Eastern Pure Land of Lapis Lazuli in one of my deep contemplation. It makes me firmly believe that what I have done in these years is simply to realize and fulfill the Medicine Buddha’s twelve great vows. From “the Meditation of the Greater Illumination”, the core practice in Puti Meditation, to the Medicine Buddha’s first great vow: “when I have attained supreme, perfect enlightenment in a future life, brilliant rays will shine forth from my body, illuminating infinite, countless and boundless realms”, the similarity is so striking that it seems to be more than a mere coincidence.

I sincerely hope that I can bring the Buddha’s teachings of compassion as well as effective meditation methods to more and more people, and let everyone have the opportunity to listen to the teaching and to understand how beneficial compassion, tolerance and universal love can be to ourselves, our family and others, and how important it is to our health, family, career, children as well as our destination after death.

Among Puti Meditation practitioners, there are people who have attained higher level of realization and can predict their last days in this life. That allows them to arrange their business and family affairs in advance and leave no regret behind. When some of them pass away, their relatives and friends witness beautiful rainbow crossing the sky or radiant ring surrounding the sun. Unusual fragrant spread in the air and celestial sound is heard. Colourful relics are found after cremation. All of these indicate that meditation practice can bring us fundamental changes. It will change the way how we see ourselves, how we deal with others, and how we live our life. It will bring great transformation to our body and mind. There are no proper words to describe those wonderful feelings and things that one can experience and obtain in meditation. The outcomes are profound and subtle. You have to seriously practice to gain a better understanding and to become good at it.

I sincerely hope each and everyone who practices with me can attain their most joyful state of life and the perfect wisdom. Through meditation practice, each and everyone can be relieved of their suffering and embrace the true happiness and fulfilled life. When the time comes, each and everyone can receive the blessing from the compassionate Buddhas and follow their guidance to the Pure Land.