Master Minh Tue The Light of True Practice in the Age of Degenerate Dharma

How People Treat Master Minh Tue Reflects the Moral and Spiritual State of Our Time

The way people treat Master Minh Tue does not merely reveal their attitude toward one individual — it mirrors the moral and spiritual condition of today’s society.
In this turbulent age, light and darkness are no longer distinguishable by outer form but by the reactions arising within each person’s heart.
Those who feel reverence and joy upon seeing an ascetic live a life of purity are people of virtue — for only a bright heart can recognize light.
Conversely, those who mock, slander, or intentionally distort and attack a practitioner are driven by ignorance or karmic forces — for truth always terrifies falsehood.
Today, many temples have turned into marketplaces — trading merit and prestige. Some who wear the monk’s robe are caught in the whirlpool of fame, wealth, and power, forgetting the spirit of selflessness and liberation.
In such a context, the appearance of an anonymous monk like Master Minh Tue — without a temple, title, or possession, living only by precepts and pure footsteps — becomes a radiant mirror, reflecting the original image of Buddhism over 2,500 years ago.
And for that very reason, his light blinds those who exploit the Dharma. Unable to endure the presence of genuine practice, they resort to defamation and suppression.
Yet history shows: the more truth is oppressed, the brighter it shines. From the Buddha to Jesus Christ and the sages of all ages — all were misunderstood, opposed, or persecuted. But the flame of the True Teaching has never been extinguished — for in the contrary wind, fire burns stronger.
Master Minh Tue neither debates nor retaliates. He responds through silence — through steady steps and serene breaths.
That silence is the most powerful voice of the Dharma, for “practice speaks louder than words.”
Those who see his simplicity and purity and give rise to reverence are sowing seeds of goodness in their hearts.
Those who harbor malice bring suffering upon themselves. As the Dhammapada teaches:
“Hatred is never overcome by hatred;
only by love is hatred overcome — this is an eternal law.”
The more he is attacked, the brighter his light becomes; the more trials he faces, the deeper his spiritual power grows.
Adversity tests gold; hardship refines the heart.
In this world of confusion and slander, Master Minh Tue needs no defense. His very presence is testimony — to the True Dharma, to faith, and to the freedom of the original Buddhist spirit.
Light does not need to justify itself before darkness.
And a true practitioner — like Master Minh Tue — needs not speak to be believed, for a pure life itself is the most eloquent expression of Compassion and Wisdom.
From the Karmic Force of Beings to the Vow Power of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
Karmic force (kamma) and vow power (adhiṭṭhāna) — two opposing currents of energy.
Within the cycle of birth and death, beings are driven by karma, while Buddhas and Bodhisattvas appear through vow power.
Karma arises from ignorance, greed, hatred, and delusion, binding beings helplessly to samsara.
Vow power, in contrast, is born from wisdom and compassion — the conscious resolve of the enlightened to return and liberate others.
The Anguttara Nikāya (5.57) states:
“Beings are the owners of their karma, heirs to their karma, born of their karma, bound by their karma, and supported by their karma.”
A true practitioner does not follow karma but transforms it through vow power — steering the wheel toward liberation.
As the Avataṃsaka Sūtra records, Bodhisattva Samantabhadra vowed:
“May I never abandon suffering beings,
for only among them can Bodhi be perfected.”
When we realize the fine line between karma and vow, between craving and selflessness, we understand that practice is not about escaping suffering but transforming it through wisdom and great compassion.
How the World Treats the True Practitioner — The Measure of Good and Evil
The way people treat Master Minh Tue reflects the moral mirror of this era.
Those who show reverence and joy have virtuous roots — only a pure heart can recognize purity.
Those who slander and distort reveal minds obscured by karma and hatred.
The Dhammapada, verse 1, teaches:
“Mind precedes all things; mind is their master; mind creates them.
If one speaks or acts with an impure mind,
suffering follows as the wheel follows the ox’s hoof.”
Master Minh Tue neither argues nor seeks followers, temples, donations, or fame.
He simply walks, meditates, observes the precepts, and lives the spirit of contentment and selflessness taught by the Buddha.
Some revere him as if seeing the Buddha reborn; others envy and slander him.
But the more he is defamed, the brighter he shines — for truth cannot be silenced by hatred.
As Anguttara Nikāya IV (4.111) teaches:
“Whoever harms the harmless and the pure
will be consumed by their own deed,
like fire blown back by the wind.”