138/Master's Wonders/A Miraculous Escape from an Air Disaster

Sister Lin still trembles with fear at the memory of the terrible fire that occurred in her neighborhood on Lunar New Year's Day 2002. She lives on a block with many four-storey buildings. On New Year's Day, the neighbors to the left of her house (the Hsu family), following the usual Buddhist devotional custom, made offerings and burned incense at the altar on the fourth floor of their house, before returning to watch TV in their living room on the second floor.

A short while later, the lights in sister Lin's house began to flicker and she smelled something burning. Her husband, brother He, a new initiate at the time, was alerted and rushed out to check. A neighbor living across the street told him that the fourth floor of the Hsu family's house was on fire! Brother He immediately rushed up to the fourth floor of the Hsu home and saw with horror that the altar where the offerings had been placed was in flames. The ceiling was also on fire, and the ceiling lamp and electric cables had already melted! The blazing fire had also distorted the house's sheet metal roof. Brother He and sister Lin tried to douse the flames with basins and buckets of water. But unfortunately, without fire extinguishers, they could not put out the fire with such small amounts of water.

Observing that the fire had gotten out of control, sister Lin rushed downstairs, shouting loud warnings to her family and neighbors to run for their lives. Suddenly, two strangers carrying huge fire extinguishers came and put them down at her front gate, and then left. Sister Lin's neighbor Mrs. Hsu next stumbled into her house, carrying an armful of house deeds, a jewelry box and other valuables, and entrusted them to her care. Mrs. Hsu was in sorrow and tears, and completely at a loss as what to do. Carrying one fire extinguisher in each hand, sister Lin then tried to reach her husband on the fourth floor. However, the extinguishers were very heavy, and the staircase was filled with smoke. In this desperate situation, sister Lin quickly prayed to Master for help. As she looked back and saw the Hsu family overwhelmed with grief, she asked them all to recite Master's name loudly. Sister Lin finally made it to the fourth floor and delivered the fire extinguishers to brother He. Later, fire engines arrived amid the shrieking sound of sirens. But when the fire fighters alighted and prepared to fight the fire, they discovered that brother He had already put out the huge fire single-handedly!

Afterwards, Sister Lin recalled, "The two men who brought the fire extinguishers were total strangers. It was unlikely that they lived in the vicinity. Anyhow, I am grateful to them for bringing the extinguishers, without which brother He could not have put out the fire." What really puzzled sister Lin was why these two good men had not left the fire extinguishers outside the house that was on fire, but instead left them by her front door. The timing was just incredible! Worried about the safety of her family members, sister Lin had rushed downstairs warning them to flee. And just as she opened the front door, she saw the men arrive with the fire extinguishers. At that moment, sister Lin had also been praying in her heart that she could find fire extinguishers to fight the fire.

Even more miraculous was the fact that the flames had by-passed sister Lin's house, and affected the house of her neighbor on the right, burning a hole in their door screen and destroying their electrical wires. Unbelievably, although sandwiched between the two houses, sister Lin's house was virtually untouched! Not only were all her belongings on the fourth floor intact, but even her washing machine, which was placed against the wall of her left-side neighbor, was untouched. No one could deny that it was a miracle! Brother He and sister Lin were extremely grateful to Master for blessing their family so that everyone came out safely in this disaster, and for giving brother He the power to put out the huge fire without getting hurt.

Having experienced this fire, the whole family has gained even firmer faith in Master and the Quan Yin Method. Their daughter is now studying at a university. Since she is staying in a university dormitory, it is not convenient for her to meditate, and this deters her from receiving initiation. However, this incident left her deeply impressed by Master's infinite power. Meanwhile, she is diligently studying Master's teachings, preparing to first learn the Convenient Method, and subsequently take initiation. Sister Lin is especially grateful to Master for awakening a lost lamb through this incident, and thus fulfilling her wish to have a whole family of fellow initiates.