• Contentment and Dharma practice is the greatest wealth.
  • The purpose of concentration is controlling the mind.
  • What is the most important part of practicing Buddhism? Benefiting all sentient beings.
  • It’s all about faith. Faith generates energy and inspires us to practice.
  • Practicing Buddhism means learning how to make use of wholesome factors in life to improve one’s character.
  • With the advent of globalization, the most important thing is sharing!
  • The natural world is the Buddha Dharma. They are perfectly compatible.
  • Mental knots are also an opportunity for awakening.
  • You are the master of your own fate.
  • Do not look down upon limited compassion. It is an endless virtuous mind; an endless wisdom; an endless connection.
  • The “good life” is based on respect, tolerance, and universal love.
  • The entire universe is just a manifestation of the mind.
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    —Master Hsin Tao
    :: The style of practice at Sacred Mountain

    The power of my vows is my life, compassion is my liberation, life and death are my skilful means.　－Master Hsin Tao

    From asceticism to the path of the Bodhisattva—Bringing together the Triyāna in the Huayan Realm.

    After gaining a solid grounding in the Linji and Caodong lineage's of Chan (Zen) Buddhism, Master Hsin Tao engaged in solitary ascetic practices for many years. He also has deep experience in the practice of tranquility meditation, which is the main type of meditation he teaches to his followers, lay and monastic alike. Regular meditation retreats are held at the monastery each season, forming the basic training for long-term disciples, while beginners are taught a type of meditation called "nine minutes to peace." By integrating practice and insight into daily life, Master Hsin Tao's teaching style is lively, friendly, fresh, straight to the point, and often accompanied by a touch of lighthearted playfulness.

    Although Master Hsin Tao's core practice is Chan, he has a strong connection with the Theravāda and Vajrayāna traditions, and has been recognized by the Supreme Patriarch of Burma and the Nyingma Kathok lineage of Tibetan Buddhism.

    With all of his disciples, Master Hsin Tao emphasizes the cultivation of bodhicitta (the mind of enlightenment) through meditation, pilgrimage, ceremony, and altruism. He teaches that walking the path of the Bodhisattva means letting go of attachment to nirvāṇa and remaining on the wheel of rebirth.