"Everyone of you should be a Master. I have shown you how to become a Master; not that you be my disciples forever. The world needs Masters, not disciples. So you'd better grow up. You go out and talk to people about the happy way of life, and see whoever has affinity with you, they will come to you. Then we will give them initiation like you wish. Then you'll have more fellow initiates and your country will be better as you want.

I cannot always physically be there. But if you let the Master power use your body, then you also become a Master. Yes, you become a Master by talking to people, by answering their questions, by letting the wisdom from the most high flow to you. Once you leave your ego and your personal profit, gain, and glory, then you will speak; but not you, the Father, the Buddha inside. God inside will speak to us. So, just be the instrument, and then every one of you is a Master. No one is not a Master. We came from the Master Kingdom and we'll go back to the Master Kingdom. So the earlier you realize this, the better.

I teach you because I want you to become the Master, not my disciples, that's very tiring for me. (Master laughs.) So you do it, okay? Whatever you ask of me, you do it. Because I and you are one. There is no difference. When you talk to people, try not to think that you are doing it, and pray to the Master power inside. Then you will be very surprised that you talk in wisdom, in beauty, and in a virtue that you never knew before. That's the way to be a Master. I also don't know anything. I just talk because the Master talks. That's why you call me a Master. Just copy heaven. Very easy.

Very easy to be a Master. Just let go of your small self, and then you'll be big. Very simple. So try to do what you ask of me, live for other people, help other people, sacrifice yourself; then many of your countrymen will come to you. You have to talk to more people; not to force them, but just introduce to them and let them have a choice. And then the more people you talk to, the more people who have affinity with you will come. For example, if you talk to only one person and that one goes away, then you'll feel disappointed. But if you talk to ten persons, maybe one leaves, one stays behind. You see? So you have to talk to more people anywhere you go, and maybe carry the booklets, or carry your wisdom and your Master with you. Then you will always be helpful to your countrymen."

From "Let Go Of Your Small Self And You Will Be A Master"
News 47, Master's Words
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Thailand • January 1, 1994
(originally in English)

"If you think, 'Oh, I am a meditator, I don't need to take care of the outer appearance.' It's wrong. The outer is the inner, because actually we don't have an outer and inner. Everything is inside the universe. How can you make this corner of the universe lousy, dirty, messy while you claim that you belong to another universe which is more beautiful, more clean, more fabulous, and thing like that. It's not correct. Then we still live in discrimination, thinking that this world is no good so we'll make it even worse and we will immigrate to another place anyhow! But this is not yet to come. We're still living in this world.

We have no right, no right absolutely to damage, to spoil, to ruin this only house for the whole population of the Earth planet. You don't have the right to ruin any corner of this world whether you like it or not. And in the name of meditation, of a practitioner, don't make yourself a laughing subject or a degrading subject for other people to look down upon. Whatever you do, you represent the Most High; because we follow the highest path, we worship only the Most High. So we have to represent Hirm in speech, actions and thought - at least, speech and actions. Though people do not know much of what you think; but at least your speech, your actions are easy to detect. So please remember this.

Now, it is similar to inside progress. Sometimes we think we have already improved, but actually in many other corners of our soul, our spirit is still not yet looked after.

The light and the sound are the elements inside that cleanse our souls and our thinking. Our virtuous life will be more evident after we practice the light and sound. But the outside also we should take care; because the more we are elevated, the more we see that cleanliness is necessary. It is the way of life. It's not that someone is cleaner than the other, or someone loves more cleanliness. It is the inner, the inner expression of beauty, virtue and Truth - the saintly way of life. We should live a simple life, not the poorest life. A simple life, not a messy life. Simple is different."

From "A Saintly Way Of Living"
News 72, Master Says
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Group Meditation in New York, USA • June 20, 1994
(originally in English)

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