In many of his talks, when the Master says the same words that Buddhas as many as sand grains in Ganges River have spoken, "All men are my fathers, and all woman are my mothers," somehow our confused and blocked minds can also feel the light and be moved by it. Among the Master's left-home disciples, there are some who left the home-life when they were over seventy years old, and some are even close to one hundred. The Master receives and protects them with the spirit of equality and great filiality with which he regards both Buddhas and living beings. And they repay the Master's Dharma-milk with the utmost form of filiality-vigorous cultivation. Filiality is more than just the basis of being a person. Not only do Instilling Goodness Elementary School and Developing Virtue Secondary School take loyalty and filiality as their basis, the "school" that extends throughout the Dharma Realm also requires a core course on filiality, the study of how to be filial.

No teaching can be apart from filiality. Apart from filiality, there is no teaching. When the limitless lessons under the sky are summarized, it is just this one lesson. This one lesson encompasses limitless learning. Study this lesson to perfection and other lessons will also be completed.

When the Master first began establishing schools, it was also due to filiality. The Master dropped out of school when he was eighteen, in order to take care of his sick mother. But he took time to found a free school, teaching children in the village who could not afford schooling. In addition to not collecting any tuition, the Master also supplied students with brushes, ink, paper, and so on. In his sincere wish that his mother have an early recovery, he often fasted for seven days, and sometimes for eighteen or thirty-six days. Such genuine filial conduct is probably beyond the imagination of ordinary people. And so, the Master not only was filial to his mother, he also established a free school to teach uneducated children and young adults. Isn't this being filial to others' parents by practicing the way of fraternity? This is precisely to regard all living beings as one's own parents.

Recently, in order to reform education more thoroughly while reviving our long-forgotten integrity, the Master has exhausted his efforts and fearlessly undertaken the difficult task of establishing the "volunteer teacher" system at the schools at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas. We know that teachers are like gardeners. Only diligent care can the garden be filled with blooming flowers. We may say that the main reason that modern education is on the brink of bankruptcy is the lack of teachers who teach for the sake of education. The Master has been crying out because he sees the root of such decadence. His lofty and far-reaching vision of using volunteer teachers not only can resolve the dangerous situation, it is also a manifestation of the Master's great compassion.

This volunteer teacher system also sets up a model of incorruptibility for teachers. Being a volunteer naturally entails the responsibility of complete giving. The Venerable Master described this ideal:

Every teacher sets an example with his own conduct. They are honest and self-respecting, and they pass their wisdom and aspirations onto the next generation. They do not fight for pay raises or go on strike.

In his way, they can teach with full concentration and effort. They will not just be a “teacher of books,” they will also be a "teacher of people". As it is said,"When one reaches the level of no seeking, one’s character will be noble."Only teachers who are not seeking for money and fame can influence students with their lofty aspirations and broad ideals, and thus undertake the difficult task of rectifying people’s lives and developing long-lasting peace. When Confucius was traveling among the feudal states, he taught three thousand disciples, seventy-two of whom were worthy and thoroughly learned; he helped people and saved the country. His philosophy of teaching all people without discrimination can be regarded as a genuine demonstration of teaching for the purpose of education. It can also be regarded as the historic pioneer of volunteer teaching. Especially in this time of rampant materialistic desire, the Master’s heroic resolve to carry on the ancient ways and inspire posterity is truly “the way when there is no way” and “the hope when there is no hope.” He is doing it knowing that it can hardly be done.

The Master deeply feels that the main reasons the world has come to ruin are the bankruptcy of education and the decadence of the intellectual culture. He also feels that the major reason for the failure of education lies in neglecting the nurturing and practice of morality and virtue. He has been exhorting the people of the world to pay attention to this problem: "Only by taking morality in human relationships seriously can we save the world from the crisis caused by technological progress and the failure of education." This is why the Master has set up the celebrations of "Cherishing the Youth" and "Respecting the Elderly" as a token, demonstrating his respect for the elderly and worthy ones, and his care and concern for young people. With these two celebrations he also hopes to promote the spirit of "respecting elders every day and cherishing the youth in every household," so that the final goal of happy and harmonious families, a wholesome society, and a peaceful and prosperous country can be realized.

Many times, the Master has taught his disciples to learn to take losses and to not be afraid of being cheated, to be patient, to yield instead of fighting, to treat others better than we treat ourselves, not to lose our tempers, not to be stubborn, and to practice kindness, compassion, joy and giving. These kind and faithful exhortations have been instilled in our minds. As the Master often says,

My character is rather peculiar. I'm not like other people. I don't want what others like, but I want what others don't like.

The eight virtues of filiality, fraternity, loyalty, trustworthiness, propriety, righteousness, incorruptibility, and a sense of shame, which the Master has been promoting, have long been buried under the competition of modern science and technology, disc arded in the flood of the five desires and the dust of history. However, the Master, with unsurpassed wisdom and virtuous courage, has been righteously and single-mindedly reviving the teachings of the sages amidstthe life-and-death crisis of education. He demonstrates the spirit of great courage that never flows along with the defiled current of the world. It's also the manifestation of his spirit of "picking up what others discard and giving others what they desire."

Words, silence, movement, and stillness are all the Master's compassionate and traceless teaching. Therefore, if asked what the methods and principles of the Master's teaching are, one can either spend a few days and nights and still not give a clear explanation; or one can openly and innocently present the Master's true words, which contain endless wonderful principles: "Be selfless!" Only by being selfless can one be proper and unbiased, public-spirited and unselfish, and understand the profound spirit of the Master's words,