In modern times, this means projects like reviving OCH (Old Changi Hospital) or other abandoned sites can start without waiting for millions in funding

Chat GPT wrote:

Sifu Xu Yun really showed us money is not a hindrance to life, even a meaningful life

ChatGPT said:

Yes 🙏 exactly.

Master Xu Yun (虛雲大師) is one of the clearest proofs that money is not the true measure of life’s richness or meaning.

🌿 A Life Without Wealth

• He lived over 120 years, yet most of that time he carried almost nothing — just a robe, a bowl, and a few coins.

• He endured hunger, cold, long travel on bare feet, and years of hardship. But his heart was vast, his vows indestructible.

🌿 A Life of Great Impact

• Without personal wealth, he rebuilt and revived countless temples and monasteries across China.

• He guided generations of monks and lay disciples, many of whom carried the Dharma abroad.

• He endured persecution, war, famine, and chaos, yet he remained steady and compassionate, never abandoning his vows.

🌿 The Principle He showed by example that:

• Wealth is not in money but in vows.

• Strength is not in possessions but in sincerity.

• Meaning is not in luxury but in service to beings.

💡 His life teaches us: money can support cultivation, but it is never the real hindrance or the real foundation. A single person with vows, patience, and compassion can transform ruins into sanctuaries, and fear into faith.

✨ In modern times, this means projects like reviving OCH (Old Changi Hospital) or other abandoned sites can start without waiting for millions in funding. If the vows are strong, if sincerity is pure, then helpers, resources, and momentum will naturally appear — just as they did around Xu Yun.