Q: The third level is the world beyond cause and effect. Does that mean that one is completely beyond karma once one attains that level?

M: One doesn't have the past or future karma anymore, but will still have the fixed karma. Some of our Quan Yin Method practitioners have already attained the third level, and they are still in this world because of their fixed karma. But when they meditate or sleep, they are in the third level; this is just like having dual citizenship in this world.

Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Youngdong Center, Korea Mid-May 1998
Extracted from "The Supreme Master Ching Hai News" No.93
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