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Master on Vegetarianism

We should respect all life that’s in the creative plan of God. We can see for ourselves that all life resists suffering, resists death. If we kill or see an animal killed we notice that they suffer and try to run away, meaning that God empowers them with the instinct to want to live. So if we interfere and take their life away, we interfere with God's will. Thus, we should treat every being as we ourselves would like to be treated. Then our lives will be blessed with grace, longevity and wisdom.

From “Respect all Life and Your Life will be Blessed”
News 162, Pearls of Wisdom
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
House of Journalism, Panama • November 29, 1989
(originally in English) Videotape #106

Nowadays, some so-called doctors are still very inclined to the old theory that people need meat to survive. But you can find plenty of books using research from other scientific work, and many other doctors who say that meat protein is harmful, toxic and bad for the body. And they have proven a thousand and one percent of it. So don’t listen to one theory alone and be convinced about it. We don’t need a meat diet, not at all. No one needs it. Actually, many people are cured of sickness after beginning a vegetarian diet. Is that courageous enough instead of listening to the other theory? We can be hypnotized into believing in one type of theory and convince ourselves of that theory, and then believe that meat is essential to us. But it’s not true.

From “Vegetarianism Makes You Healthier”
News 144, Vegetarian Era
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Boulder, Colorado, USA • March 9, 1991
(originally in English) Videotape #159

Nowadays many sicknesses, different diseases, kill people, about eighteen million a year. Because some of us also don’t take precautions to guard our precious body which has been given to us by God to do some mission on earth for some purpose, and also to realize our almighty power. We do something like smoking too much, drinking too much, eating too much flesh, inviting all these bacteria from the flesh into our systems, etc. All these killing factors make our lives a miserable time.

Actually we could live a better life if we organized more, if we appreciated our body more. If we ate just nutritious food for our body, and ate not just because of the taste, and ate just a reasonable amount, then of course, our health wouldn’t be so greatly endangered. You see, most vegetarian people become healthier. Is that not so? [Audience: Yes.] Many of you became healthier after receiving initiation and switching to a vegetarian diet. Is that not so? [Audience: Yes.] Actually, the hospitals are full of meat-eating people (laughter). No problem; we can see the proof there.

It’s not only because the vegetarian diet is healthy in itself, but because the vibration is very harmonious to our body whereas the vibrations of animals are not that harmonious, not so peaceful. Actually, it’s very easy to live a simple, healthy life. There’s not so much need for medicine, no need for so many injections. Many of us harm ourselves because we put poisonous substances into our bodies. Otherwise, if we know how to live a simple, nutritious, healthy life, we really don’t need doctors so much. And the doctor can have more holidays and both of us can stay healthy.

From “We Can Actually Live a Better Life”
News 144, Vegetarian Era
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Group Meditation in Singapore • September 29, 1994
(originally in English) Videotape #446

Q: The purpose of an animal's life here on earth is to be eaten by human beings, and if we stopped eating them they would all be dead and useless, don't You think so?

M: No, we can eat animals if we want to because we are stronger and more intelligent than they are so they’re helpless against us. But the question is whether we should use our strength and intelligence to abuse those who are weaker than we are when we have other choices by which to survive. Besides, today we are raising more cattle, pigs and chickens so more exist now than there used to be. And according to scientific research, the great amount of money, time and land used to raise animals is weakening our planet economically, financially and even health-wise.

It is even said that many wastelands, many deserts, are the result of raising animals in the past because wherever cows are raised the land is frequently unable to be used for growing crops.* We need a big land mass to be able to feed cattle or other animals, and their waste products pollute the water in our lakes and rivers, as does the fertilizer that goes into the fields to produce grass and all the other food for animals. And the antibiotics and medicines that go into the animals’ systems, the water to wash them and all the hygienic measures cost a lot of money and manpower. So in the long run it's a loss of business for the world. It's no good for us. It's not my right to tell you what to eat, but according to research, eating animals is no good for us whatsoever, economically, financially, politically, health-wise and in every other way. I am not yet telling you about the moral obligation and guilty feelings that go along with the animal diet. I’m just telling you science-wise, the scientific aspect.

Inherently we all have a great love within us for all things that move. Therefore if we eat animal flesh, we subconsciously feel very guilty. It breeds sickness and all kinds of uncomfortable feelings and unhappiness in our lives. That's why we suggest that if you want to find a truly happy life, a truly free, carefree life, you should refrain from eating other living beings.

* Master’s statements are supported by evidence contained in the following webpages:
1. http://www.animalliberationfront.com/Practical/Health/101 Reasons to go Vegetarian.htm
2. http://www.tqnyc.org/NYC052139/Africa.htm
3. http://www.earth-policy.org/Books/PB/PBch1_ss4.htm
4. http://www.rcfa-cfan.org/english/issues.12-6.html

From “Being Meat-free Makes Us Healthy and Carefree”
News 162, Selected Questions and Answers
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Tokyo, Japan • May 22, 1993
(originally in English) Videotape #375

Q: What are some of the spiritual benefits that we can get from being a vegetarian?

M: Spiritual benefits! I'm glad you ask in this manner because that means you only concentrate or care about spiritual benefits. Most people would care for health, diet and figure, when they talk about the vegetarian diet.

The spiritual aspect of a vegetarian diet is very clear, on violence, Thou shall not kill. When God said to us, Thou shall not kill, Hes did not say "human beings." Hes said "all beings." Didn't Hes say that he made all animals to befriend us, to be helpers to us? And didn't he put all the animals in our care? Hes said, Take care of them, rule over them. And when you rule over your subjects, do you kill your subjects, eat them, and become the king only, no one else is there? (Laughter)

So now you understand when God says that we must do it, there is no need to question Hirm. Hes says very clearly, but who understands God, except God? We have to become God in order to understand Hirm. I invite you to be Godlike again, be your Self, be no one else. To meditate on God doesn't mean you worship God; it means you become God. You realize that you and God are one. "I and my Father are one." Didn't Jesus say so? And if He says that He and His Father are one, we and His Father are also one because we are also the children of God. He said that what He does, we can do even better. So we might be even better than God, who knows? Why worship God when we don't know anything about God? Why in such blind faith? We must know first what we worship, just like you must know who the girl's that you're going to marry before you marry her. Nowadays, it's modern. We don't marry by blind dates anymore, so why should we worship God in all blind faith? We have the right to demand God to appear, to make Hirmself known to us. We have the right to choose which God we like to follow.

So now you see, it is very clear in the Bible that we should be vegetarian. By all scientific reasons, we should be vegetarian. By all health reasons, we should be again vegetarian. By all economical reasons, we should be vegetarian. By all compassionate reasons, we should be vegetarian. By saving the world in spirit, we should be vegetarian. It is stated in some research that if the people in western America would eat vegetarian once a week, we could save sixteen million people every year. So be a hero, be vegetarian. By all reasons, (all laugh, and clap) even if you don't follow me, you don't practice the same Method, please be a vegetarian for your own sake, for the sake of the world.

"But why vegetarian?" you would ask me. Vegetarian is just because the God inside us wants it. Killing is against our principle of not wanting to be killed. We ourselves don't want to be killed. Or we ourselves don't want our things stolen, for example. Now if we do that to another person, it means we are against ourselves and that makes us suffer. Everything that you do against yourself makes you suffer. You cannot beat yourself. You shouldn't starve yourself, for example. Same thing, we should not kill, because that is against the principle of life. That makes us suffer, so we don't do it. It doesn't mean we limit ourselves in that way. Our life will not be limited in this body, but extended to the life of the animals and all kinds of beings. That makes us grander, greater, happier and limitless.

From “Be A Vegetarian Hero!”
News 90, Vegetarian Era
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
LBNU Stanton, California, USA • May 19, 1991
(originally in English)

The Crisis on Earth

The several years between 1994 to 1996 or 1997 are the most sensitive period of our Earth. Therefore, many incidents have happened. In the last few centuries, we have done so much harm to our planet. Sometimes, the actions looked like we were helping the world, or making the world progress, but the price has been too high! We human beings are too ignorant. Just to earn money quickly in our business, we have disregarded the future consequences. So, now we better slow down and consider our situation, and that of our next generation and the background of the world. We have destroyed too much! For instance, we may cut down trees, but we should plant two trees for every one we cut! We can retrieve used materials for recycling, that is all right! We may also change our meat diet to a vegetarian one, because meat eating has used up most of the resources on Earth.

Each year, many forests are destroyed just for raising livestock. To raise the animals and provide beef for our consumption, forests and jungles equivalent to the area of England are being felled each year. Raising cattle consumes a lot of water, forage, time and land, and the land cannot be used again. After the trees are felled and the earth trampled by the animals, you have to wait fifty years to plant things again. Also, with the trees gone, the exposed rich soils are washed away by the heavy rain, erosion is out of control, and the land becomes barren and dry. There will be a chain reaction of one thing affecting the other, and the destruction is not limited, but has many aspects. Pure water sources are used for animals to drink and take bathes, leaving only the filthy water for us, and in insufficient quantity too.

We have abused technology and damaged the protective layer of the Earth’s atmosphere. This has also affected our planet, the Earth is getting hotter. If it’s hot then there is no rain, and no shading trees. Without rain, trees cannot grow, without trees, there is less rain. Therefore, the climate is becoming hotter and changing unpredictably. All these end up affecting our body, affecting our children, our business, our mental state and other aspects, and eventually affecting the moral state of our Earth. Without sufficient food, prices would soar, many people could not afford it. Business would be bad which would result in bankruptcy. People without money would resort to robbing and do evil deeds, or become homeless. They might even harm themselves and their families.

Everyone is Responsible for Saving the Earth

We can change, change our world. We can save our world. We should rebuild our way of life — live a moral life, be a vegetarian, cultivate ourself mentally and physically and there will be immediate results. Our world will be changed at once! If everyone plants trees instead of cutting them down, then we would be saved very soon. Within ten years, the world would not be the same, not have so much problem. Truly there is hope, but only with the cooperation of everyone.

If a vegetarian diet can save the world, then everyone just has to sacrifice a little. The political and religious figures have great influence and authority over the people. They are free to use any means. They have television, radio and everything. They can talk about anything at any time. They should talk about good things, propagating a vegetarian diet and environmental protection. This is the right thing to do for ourselves and our next generation.

Note: This excerpt is from the lecture “The Way To Save The World From Doomsday”. For the whole text please refer to News No.38.

From “On The Alert Once Again”
News 43, Master’s Words
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Japan • September 8, 1994
(originally in Chinese) Videotape #444A

   

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