▁G anges . ▁Despite ▁the ▁shop keep ers ' ▁assert ions ▁that ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁copy , ▁an ▁extensive ▁search ▁revealed ▁one ▁in ▁a ▁se aled ▁box . ▁This ▁led ▁to ▁rum ours ▁of ▁her ▁having ▁a ▁third ▁eye ▁circul ating ▁by ▁ 1 9 8 2 . ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 3 , ▁she ▁met ▁a ▁Vietnam ese ▁Buddh ist ▁mon k ▁in ▁Taiwan ▁named ▁J ing - X ing , ▁who ▁ord ained ▁her ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁as ▁" Th anh ▁H ai ", ▁meaning ▁" p ure ▁ocean ". ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁her ▁official ▁bi ography , ▁Ch ing ▁H ai ▁was ▁born ▁to ▁a ▁well - off ▁nat urop ath ic ▁family ▁in ▁ Â u ▁L ạ c , ▁H ano i , ▁Vietnam . ▁Though ▁raised ▁as ▁a ▁Roman ▁Catholic , ▁she ▁learned ▁the ▁bas ics ▁of ▁Buddh ism ▁from ▁her ▁grand m other . ▁A ▁H imal ay as ▁spiritual ▁teacher ▁showed ▁her ▁a ▁particular ▁med itation ▁method ▁which ▁she ▁named ▁Qu an ▁Y in ▁method . ▁ ▁According ▁to ▁T ing ▁Jen - Ch ie h ▁( D ing ▁Ren j ie ), ▁Ass istant ▁Research ▁Fellow ▁in ▁the ▁Institute ▁of ▁Eth n ology , ▁Academia ▁Sin ica , ▁by ▁the ▁early ▁ 1 9 9 0 s ▁Ch ing ▁H ai ▁was ▁at ▁war ▁with ▁the ▁Buddh ist ▁establishment ▁in ▁Taiwan . ▁R ather ▁than ▁submit ▁to ▁their ▁dem ands , ▁she ▁sever ed ▁all ▁connections ▁to ▁Buddh