"The
humble are very close to God and the saints. The pure-hearted are
closer to the Truth. The more arrogant we are, the further we are
from the Truth. Why are we so far away from the Truth? Because we
rely on the world! If we did not rely on the world, we would not
be proud. If we rely on money, power, intellect or social status,
we are relying on the world and the ephemeral. The Truth is not
of this world, nor is it ephemeral. Therefore, the more we rely
on this side, the further we are from the other side. That's a logical
explanation and shouldn't be difficult to understand.
Those
who have no money or power, those who are advanced in years and
uncared for, are more humble. Therefore, you often find me being
very good to those people and the prison inmates. I'm not very nice
to you sometimes. I'm sorry about that, but that's the way it is.
I don't treat them well intentionally, or treat you less kindly
deliberately. I'm just a mirror that reflects how you are. Don't
blame the way I treat you, or compare: "Why is Master so nice
to that person but not so nice to me?" If I'm good to someone,
you just need to take a look at him and you'll know why. He is not
necessarily more handsome than you are. No! Maybe all his teeth
have fallen out and he doesn't have a single relative or friend.
Maybe he doesn't have a penny and I even give him money. But I'm
good to him because he is pure and humble at heart. He is not tainted.
He doesn't have obstructions before him, nor an attachment or something
to rely on. His heart is infinitely vast. He is almost one with
the universe.
If
we have something to rely on, that is limiting ourselves - we become
the official, the virtuous person, or the one with the Truth. We
still have a boundary with one corner unopened. The humble and the
pure do not have anything to rely on. To have nothing is to have
everything."
From "Humility Is Close To The Truth"
News 95, Pearls Of Wisdom
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Hsihu Center, Formosa • August 13, 1989
(originally in Chinese)
"True
samadhi means that we communicate with our highest wisdom, or the
so-called God or Buddha. When our spiritual body ascends, it will
be filled with happiness, love and the will to serve sentient beings.
When we are out of samadhi, we carry with us the full love to bless
any of the people around us.
When
they get close to us, they will feel very comfortable and happy.
Their illnesses might be cured or their anxieties eased. They will
also be enlightened, et cetera. That's true samadhi. In order to
obtain this kind of samadhi, we have to keep the precepts, practice
the correct method, and have the right concepts."
From News 82, Pearls Of Wisdom
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Hualien, Formosa • March 22, 1989
(originally in Chinese)
"Nowadays
there are certain happenings, such as changes in the weather, famine
and all kinds of diseases inflicted upon our world. Some people
with little faith blame God again. Everywhere I lecture, people
ask me, 'If there is a God why do such and such disasters happen?'
But these people should remember it's not God who does all these
things. It is we who have made all these troubles. For example,
a few nations always test the atom bomb and hydrogen bomb, which
disturbs the structure of the atmosphere, shaking the stability
of the Earth. They think they can just shoot missiles into the air
and it will create no problems, or do it in the ocean and it will
make no problems. These practices still make problems, because the
universe is constructed with many kinds of materials, some with
solid substances and some with invisible substance. So by disturbing
the invisible substances, they also disturb the stability of the
universe, and interfere with the natural evolution of nature."
From "Enlightenment is the Key to Keeping
Peace in the World"
News 102, Master's Words
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Panama • November 29, 1989
(originally in English)
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