The Vegan Way To Save The Planet

An enlightened Master from the Himalayas Three-time invited lecturer for the United Nations Recipient of the World
Peace Award and the World Spiritual Leadership Award
Supreme Master Ching Hai
Supreme Master Ching Hai: Meditate and Pray for World Vegan World Peace Be Organic Vegan and Loving Kindness
A collection of spiritual teachings by
SOS Plea from
Supreme Master Ching Hai
How I really want to embrace the leaders and the nonleaders, people of this world and tell them, 'Wake up.' I want to embrace them and tell them, 'Wake up, wake up now. Wake up, my love; wake up my friend, save yourself.' To all humankind, heaven loves you so much. So we have hope for the planet's survival, more than ever before. We shall awaken to a new, compassionate, vegan planet that is full of loving energy, kindness and blessings no end from heaven. The time has come for us to change, evolve, grow and stand tall as the rightful crown of creation, the benevolent rulers and protectors, and heaven's children on Earth. Together, let us make the unprecedented leap to the Golden Era, to the time of compassion, harmony, kindness and true peace that awaits us. I know that we can do it.
Being vegan worldwide is the advancement of compassion that will uplift and unify all cultures, bringing tranquility to humans and animals alike. The inner peace that comes from replacing killing with respect for all life will spread like a wave across the globe, elevate human hearts and create a harmonious Eden on Earth. That will bring us all to a lasting Golden Era. I dream that all the world will become peaceful. I dream that all the killing will stop. I dream that all the children will walk in peace and harmony. I dream that all the nations shake hands with each other, protect each other and help each other. I dream that our beautiful planet will not be destroyed. It takes billions, billions, trillions of years to produce this planet and its so beautiful, so wonderful. I dream that it will continue, but in peace, beauty and love. - Supreme Master Ching Hai -
Contents and original words in this book are permeated with grace and blessings of Supreme Master Ching Hai The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association Offices in all major cities and countries around the world Headquarters: PO Box 730247, San Jose, CA 95173-0247, USA PO Box 9 Hsihu Hsiang, Miaoli Hsien, Formosa (Taiwan 36899) Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association (SMCHIA) does not request or accept any donations. If you have seen a donation request or have been approached for a donation please be assured that these persons do not represent SMCHIA. Copyright @ July 2012
Meditate and Pray for World Vegan World Peace Be Organic Vegan and Loving Kindness
Contents
Preface Introduction The heavenly cardinal Supreme Master Ching Hai A biography of Supreme Master Ching Hai SOS plea from Supreme Master Ching Hai: Meditate and pray for world vegan world peace Be organic vegan and loving kindness 1. Press release on April 10th, 2012 from Supreme Master Ching Hai 2. Heartfelt plea to the world from Supreme Master Ching Hai 3. A new year of compassion: Special message from Supreme Master Ching Hai 4. Auspicious locations for leaders' new headquarters A boon for world peace 5. Videoconference between Supreme Master Ching Hai and Formosan 8th Vice President Annette Hsiu-Lien Lu 6. World vegan world peace: A conscious choice 7. The negative influence on leaders: Portals, roads, and sub-portals to the hell and lower worlds 8. Spiritual Blessing Portals and gates to heaven and hell 9. Premiere of the Aulacese editions of 'Celestial Art and The Love of Centuries Glorify Earth with Heavenly Love and Beauty' 10. Revealing the mystery of the pyramids and crop circles 11. An interview by James Bean of Spiritual Awakening Radio (1) 12. Premiere of the Mongolian edition of poetry book The Love of Centuries 13. Premiere of the English edition of poetry book The Love of Centuries 14. Breatharianism, God quality, and ways a Master helps humanity 15. New Year's aspirations Being closer to God 16. Premiere of the Chinese edition of poetry book The Love of Centuries 17. The whole universe is blessing us 18. Be selfless and unconditional all the time 19. Being a vegan: The environmentally sustainable food choice 20. How to get the most blessings 21. Organic vegan diet: The solution to Earth's 'civilization busters' 22. Revelations on magnanimous sun and the universe 23. Gifting peace 24. Spiritual blessing lines and other secrets to spiritual progress 25. The extraordinary love and immeasurable wisdom of a living Master 26. An interview by Louise Kings of East Coast FM Radio of Ireland for The Irish Dog Journal 27. SOS: A quick action to stop global warming 28. Humanitys leap to the Golden Era 29. The cause and effect of climate change
The Quan Yin Method The Key of Immediate Enlightenment and Eternal Liberation
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Vegan organic for prosperity and to save the planet from climate change Protect our home with L.O.V.E Global unity: Together in saving lives Childrens health and sustainable planet Global warming: Yes, there is a solution The secrets of Venus Solutions for a beautiful planet An interview by Charles Norton of The House Magazine We have to save the planet at all cost Consider others as we would ourselves Do whatever we can to save the planet An interview by James Bean of Spiritual Awakening Radio (2) An interview by Ben Murnane of The Irish Independent Vegan Earth Day for a vegan world Lets make the change Protect the environment Be organic vegan to save the planet Save our Earth Practice selflessness to honor our own perfection Juice fast for peace by Dr. Gabriel Cousens and Reverend Michael Beckwith SOS: Save the planet Be veg to save the planet and ourselves The real meaning of true love Earth will become heaven if all humans become vegan Global warming: SOS international conference on urgent problems of climate change Benevolent messages from Mars: Be virtuous and save the Earth An interview by Andrea Bonni of The Irish Independent Celestial art: Glorifying Earth with heavenly beauty A great mission: Saving the planet An interview by Bob Lebensold of Environmentally Sound Radio An interview by Bob Linden of Go Vegan with Bob Linden Radio An interview by Louise Kings and The Sandman of East Coast FM Radio of Ireland SOS: Stop global warming Climate change international conference 2008 critical moments to save the Earth: What can I do? Love is the only religion By all means be a vegetarian Animals contribute to the health of our planet Eating meat destroys lives and harms the planet Live a life of love and conscience The powerful role of leaders and medias in curbing climate change Spread the veg message to protect lives
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Initiation into the Quan Yin method of meditation The Supreme Master Ching Hais teachings on line How to contact us Introduction to our publications Beautiful gifts for yourselves and your loved ones
Veganism in religions Benefits of a vegan diet and harms of meat consumption Alternative living Supreme Master Television A little message: In speaking of God, or the supreme spirit, Master instructs us to use original non-sexist terms to avoid the argument about whether God is a She or a He. She + He = Hes (as in Bless). Her + Him = Hirm (as in Firm). Hers + His = Hiers (as in Dear). Example: When God wants, Hes makes things happen according to Hiers will to suit Hirmself. -------As a creator of artistic designs as well as a spiritual Teacher, Supreme Master Ching Hai loves all expressions of inner beauty. It is for this reason that She refers to Vietnam as Au Lac and Taiwan as Formosa. Au Lac is the ancient name of Vietnam and means happiness. And the name Formosa reflects more completely the beauty of the island and its people. Master feels that using these names brings spiritual elevation and luck to the land and its inhabitants. -------The logos characters, SM, stand for Supreme Master, signifying the Supreme Master power within everyone. The logo is an interweaving of red and gold colors. Red symbolizes the physical body, while gold represents the radiant Buddha nature or kingdom of God within. -------Abbreviations Q: Question; M: Supreme Master Ching Hai.
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Preface
At conferences, in interviews with journalists and at gatherings with disciples in recent years, Supreme Master Ching Hai has spoken with increasing urgency about Earth's current climate crisis. As She states, 'Our planet is a house that is burning. If we don't work together with a united spirit to put out the fire, we will not have a home anymore.' But She also offers humankind an uplifting solution, one that every individual can easily achieve: 'Be vegan to save the planet.' As the crisis escalates, natural disasters are claiming tens of thousands of lives and displacing millions from their homes, with financial losses amounting to billions of dollars. Rising sea levels have already submerged many islands and are threatening the existence of several island nations. In addition, irregular rainfall patterns and intensifying droughts are affecting many regions, thus worsening food and water shortages. And climate experts warn of even more extreme weather conditions to come, with the possibility of 'runaway global warming.' In this book Supreme Master Ching Hai presents the major factors associated with global warming, and more importantly, its root cause: The livestock industry. In fact, many scientific studies support Supreme Master Ching Hai's view, which She has expounded for over 20 years. The raising of animals for food not only wastes massive amounts of precious water, land and energy, but also contributes to a staggering 51% of the planet's greenhouse gas emissions. Livestock farming is also the greatest single source of atmospheric methane, a much more powerful greenhouse gas than CO2, but one with a shorter lifespan. Thus, as Supreme Master Ching Hai says, it is only logical that halting meat production and 'becoming vegan' or adopting a plant-based diet will immediately reduce global temperatures, heal the environmental ills caused by livestock and reduce the costs of mitigating climate change by trillions of dollars. Also, such a shift can achieve these results with virtually no negative impact on the planet and society. In contrast, similar cuts in the carbon dioxide produced by industry and the transport sector could have devastating economic effects. Furthermore, most green technologies take years to develop, while cuts in methane emissions can be achieved immediately with every vegan meal. So adopting the vegan lifestyle is the
easiest, quickest and least costly solution to the climate crisis, and it is also our only salvation because we are running out of time. Many climate experts, environmentalists and government officials have already begun advocating this approach to saving the Earth from the worst effects of climate change. Their voices culminated in the June 2010 United Nations report urging a global transition to a meatand-dairy-free diet, echoing Supreme Master Ching Hai's urgent plea: 'Everyone who has decision-making power should take the courageous step to enact laws that immediately facilitate this shift.' Perhaps even more devastating than our carbon footprints that have caused the climate crisis are the bloody footprints we leave behind in slaughtering billions of innocent farm animals each year. Supreme Master Ching Hai warns that this moral crime has reached global proportions, as our violent acts come back to us in the form of natural disasters: 'As you sow so shall you reap.' Such is the universal teaching found in all the world's great scriptures. Indeed, humankind is facing a crucial turning point. We have only one chance to save the planet and the time is now. Simply by adopting the benevolent, life-saving, plant-based diet we can dispel the darkness engulfing us. And this small step will in turn propel humankind into a higher level of consciousness. We will restore harmony to planet Earth and thus usher in the Golden Era of peace, beauty and love. As Supreme Master Ching Hai promises, we will then have Heaven on Earth. Let us all seize the opportunity and make the change today. Let us all choose to evolve and elevate our civilization and the planet. Supreme Master Ching Hai is a world-renowned humanitarian, environmentalist, author, artist, designer, musician, film director and spiritual Teacher, whose love and care for humanity extend beyond all racial and national boundaries. Since the early 1980s She has also been one of our planet's most dedicated ecological pioneers, promoting environmental protection, biodiversity preservation, reforestation, sustainable living and most importantly, the organic vegan diet, the quickest, most effective way to solve the climate crisis. With unwavering determination, She devotes Her time and resources to awakening the world to the disastrous impact of climate change and to the vegan solution. From 2006 to 2008 She launched the Alternative Living and SOS global-warming-awareness campaigns and inspired the founding of Loving Hut, the world's fastest-growing, international vegan restaurant chain by the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association, an NGO begun through Her example. She also publishes a news magazine, writes books, produces 2005 vegetarian documentary 'The Real Heroes' and the TV series 'The King & Co.,' broadcast on Supreme Master Television, a 24/7, global satellite channel offering news on climate change, the vegan diet and other uplifting topics. Since 2007 Supreme Master Ching Hai has also shared Her knowledge with environmental experts, government leaders, VIPs and concerned citizens through over 29 climate change conferences in 15 countries broadcast live on satellite TV and radio. As a result of these efforts, Her motto 'Be Veg, Go Green 2 Save the Planet' has spread around the globe, inspiring humankind to embrace the healthy, sustainable vegan lifestyle and thus evolve into a higher state of peace and harmony. Through Her kind example, Supreme Master Ching Hai also reminds us of our inner goodness and love for all of God's creations. The profound insights She gained through Her spiritual attainment allowed Her to identify the root cause of human suffering, social discord and environmental degradation: The violence we inflict on other beings, including our innocent animal friends. Out of compassion for the weak and voiceless, Supreme Master Ching Hai thus wrote the number one international bestsellers 'The Birds in My Life,' 'The Dogs in My Life,' and 'The Noble Wilds.' These literary gems, available in various languages, reveal the deep thoughts and feelings of our treasured animal co-inhabitants, highlighting their divine nature and unconditional love.
Introduction
Every human being has, at one time or another, wondered about the deeper meaning of his or her life. We witness on a daily basis the suffering caused by our ignorance, often feeling helpless to change it. But, we are also blessed with brief glimpses of deep insight and joy, which bring temporary comfort and hope to our lost souls. Regardless of the tides and turns of our lives, the recurring questions still remain, Where do I come from? What is the purpose of my life? What am I here for? And where am I going after I die? Should we search for answers to these questions, we would open the door to a multitude of philosophies and practices, some safer than others, some quicker than others, yet not an easy choice for anyone to make. Searching alone may seem like wandering in a maze, not knowing what turn to take next. Countless road signs may seem to point in different directions, leaving us confused and constantly searching outside of ourselves. We seek relief from an undefined longing, a void which lays buried behind the distractions of our lives. But, the day we find ourselves in the presence of a true spiritual Master, we know that the search has come to an end, for this living Teacher proves to us that complete liberation and self-mastery is possible in this lifetime and we only need to claim it, for it is ours. When we take away all that divides us from the world around us, we find that only love remains, and this is our true essence. Once a living Master introduces us to our own divinity, all of our previous illusions of self-identity begin to fall away and instead of having to learn more, we begin to unlearn, to let go of useless, negative habits and ways of thinking. Our path is now set before us on our journey back Home. When a traveler is lost, he must find a higher vantage point in order to obtain a better view. The higher he goes, the wider and clearer his vision becomes. Soon, the ominous dark shadows that once petrified him are discovered to be only mere shrubs in the wilderness! Likewise, the higher we go on our inward journey, the more our fears and false limitations are revealed to us. We learn to see them for what they are and let go of them just as we would discard an old wornout garment. As we shed the outer appearance of ourselves, we no longer see separation and we feel united with everyone. The color of our skin and the language we speak may vary, but our innermost fears and aspirations are identical. So as we get to know our true selves, we gain comfort and understanding both within and far beyond ourselves. If you feel that you are ready to embark upon such a journey, this book should provide you with priceless guidance and blessings, much needed in our present times. Supreme Master Ching Hai addresses in a very specific way some of the most frequently asked questions posed by seekers around the world. She clarifies often-misunderstood concepts without oversimplifying them. This collection of Her teachings is very much like a practical guide to your own treasure hunt. It will provide you with an overall map, warning you of obstacles ahead, teaching you how to prepare yourself. With Master Ching Hai by your side, you will surely find your way Home.
The heavenly cardinal Supreme Master Ching Hai
Throughout the ages, mankind has been visited by rare individuals whose sole purpose is the spiritual upliftment of humanity. Jesus Christ was one of these visitors, as were Shakyamuni Buddha and Muhammad. These three are well known, but there are many others whose names we do not know; some taught publicly, and were known by a few, and others remained anonymous. These individuals were called by different names, at different times, in different countries. They have been referred to as Master, avatar, enlightened one, savior, messiah, divine mother, messenger, guru, living saint, and the like. They came to offer what has been called enlightenment, salvation, realization, liberation, or awakening. The words used may be different, but in essence they all mean the same thing. Visitors from the same divine source, with the same spiritual greatness, moral purity, and power to uplift humanity as the holy ones from the past are here with us today, yet few know of their presence. One of them is Supreme Master Ching Hai. Master Ching Hai is an unlikely candidate to be widely recognized as a living saint. She is a woman, and many Buddhists and others believe the myth that a woman can not become a Buddha. She is of Asian descent, and many western people expect that the savior will come from their own culture. However, those of us, from all over the world, and from many different religious backgrounds, who have gotten to know Her, and who follow Her teachings, know who and what She is. For you to come to know this will take a measure of openness of mind and sincerity of heart. It will also take your time and attention, but nothing else. People spend most of their time earning a living and taking care of material needs. We work in order to make our lives, and those of our loved ones, as comfortable as possible. When time permits, we give away our attention to such things as politics, sports, television, or the latest scandals. Those of us who have experienced the loving power of direct inner contact with the
Divine know there is more to life than this. We feel it is a pity that the good news is not more widely known. The solution to all of the struggles of life is sitting quietly inside, waiting. We know that heaven is just a breath away. Forgive us when we err on the side of over enthusiasm and say things that may offend your rational mind. It is difficult for us to remain quiet, seeing what we have seen, and knowing what we know. We who consider ourselves disciples of the Supreme Master Ching Hai, and fellow practitioners of Her method (the Quan Yin method of meditation), offer this book to you with the hope that it will help bring you closer to your own personal experience of divine fulfillment, whether it be through our Master or any other. Master Ching Hai teaches the importance of the practice of meditation, inner contemplation, and prayer. She explains that we must discover our own inner divine presence, if we want to be truly happy in this life. She teaches that enlightenment is not esoteric and out of reach, attainable only by those who retreat from society. Her job is to awaken the divine presence within, while we lead normal lives. She states, It is like this. We all know the Truth. Its just that we forgot it. So sometimes, someone has to come and remind us of the purpose of our life, why we must find the Truth, why we must practice meditation, and why we must believe in God. She asks no one to follow Her. She simply offers Her own enlightenment as an example, so that others may gain their own ultimate liberation. This book is the original verbal teachings of Supreme Master Ching Hai. Please note that the lectures, comments, and quotes by Master Ching Hai contained herein were spoken by Her, recorded, transcribed, sometimes translated from other languages, and then edited for publication. We recommend that you listen to or watch the original audio or video tapes. You will get a much richer experience of Her presence from these sources than from the written words. Of course, the most complete experience is to see Her in person. For some, Master Ching Hai is their mother, for some She is their father, and for others She is their beloved. At the least, She is the very best friend you could ever have in this world. She is here to give to you, not to take. She takes no payment of any kind for Her teachings, help or initiation. The only thing She will take from you is your suffering, your sorrow and pain, but only if you want this!
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A biography of Supreme Master Ching Hai

Master Ching Hai was born in Au Lac. Her father was a highly reputed naturopath. He loved to study world literature and was especially interested in philosophy. Among his favorites were the writings of Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu, and these were available to Master Ching Hai as a young child. She read these and other Buddhist texts before She entered primary school. Although Her parents are Catholic, they were open to Buddhist thoughts. Her grandmother was a Buddhist. Master loved to spend time with Her grandmother, and she taught Her the scriptures and Buddhist worship. Master Ching Hai developed a very open attitude toward religions due to this background. She would attend a Catholic church in the mornings, a Buddhist temple in the afternoons, and in the evenings would listen to lectures on the holy teachings. This left Her with many spiritual questions, such as Where did we come from? What is life after death? Why are people so different? At one time, there was a shortage of doctors and nurses in Her town, so Master helped in the hospital after classes. She washed patients, emptied bedpans and did errands in Her efforts to ease peoples suffering. Master has always had a soft spot for animals, and would often take a wounded animal home, care for it and release it. When She saw an animal slaughtered, She would cry, wishing that She could prevent such unnecessary suffering. She has been a vegetarian, and has always been repulsed by the sight of killing or of meat, all Her life. She worked for a time in Germany as a translator for the Red Cross. She translated between the Aulacese language, German and English, and also volunteered to work long hours in the service of Aulacese refugees. She did so at the expense of Her own health and comfort. Her work with the Red Cross put Master Ching Hai in contact with refugees from many countries. She was continuously faced with the suffering and turmoil brought on by wars and natural disasters. Master suffered a great deal trying to alleviate the pain She saw, and She realized how impossible it was for any one person to stop the suffering of humanity. This drove Her more strongly toward finding enlightenment, as She realized that only this could help alleviate mankinds pain. With this as Her goal, She practiced meditation even more seriously. She sought out new teachers, read everything She could find, and tested many different methods. She felt, however, that these efforts were not working, and that She was not experiencing the spiritual phenomena She read about in the scriptures, nor was She reaching the enlightened state. This was extremely frustrating for Her at the time. While in Germany, Master Ching Hai was happily married to a German scientist, with doctorates in two fields. He was a kind, attentive and supportive husband. He became a vegetarian, traveled with his Wife on pilgrimages and was very supportive of Her charitable works. Eventually, Master felt that She needed to leave Her marriage in order to pursue Her spiritual goals. She discussed this at great length with Her husband, and their separation was with his agreement. This was an extremely difficult decision for both of them, but Master felt very strongly that this was the right decision. She needed to devote Her undivided attention to the pursuit of enlightenment.
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After leaving Her marriage, Master sought to find the perfect method, which could lead one to attain liberation in one lifetime. In the Surangama sutra, Shakyamuni Buddha said that the Quan Yin method is the highest of all methods. None of Masters teachers knew it, so She traveled and searched everywhere for the right Master. Finally, after many years, She found a Himalayan Master who initiated Her into the Quan Yin method, and gave Her the divine transmission that She had sought for so many years. After a brief period of Quan Yin practice, She became fully enlightened. She continued practicing and improving Her understanding, and remained in retreat in the Himalayas for some time. Eventually, Master Ching Hai traveled to Formosa. One evening, during a typhoon with heavy rain, as She meditated in a room behind a small temple, a group of people knocked at Her door. Master asked them why they had come, and they answered, Quan Yin Bodhisattva (The Goddess of Mercy) replied to our prayers and told us about You, saying that You are the great Master and we should pray to You for the method to reach liberation. Master tried to send them away but they would not go. Finally, Master, touched by their sincerity and devotion, agreed to initiate them, but only after several months of purification and their agreement to adhere to a vegetarian diet. Shy by nature, Master Ching Hai did not seek out students to teach. In fact, She ran away from people who sought Her initiation. This happened in India, and in the United States where She was living the unassuming life of a Buddhist Nun. When She was discovered for the third time in Formosa, She realized that She must not run away from the inevitable tasks that lie ahead. She began sharing with all who wished to hear Her message of Truth, and She began initiating sincere students into the Quan Yin method. Master Ching Hais work has spread by word of mouth from this first small group in Formosa to many millions of people around the world. She has traveled and taught throughout Africa, Latin America, the United States, Asia, Europe and Oceania. Many people from all walks of life, and from many different religious backgrounds, have made great spiritual progress with Her help. Grateful friends and disciples are to be found all over the world, ready and willing to help others learn from their beloved Supreme Master. In addition to helping countless numbers of people through Her spiritual teachings and initiations, Master Ching Hai has used Her boundless love and energy to assist those who are suffering or in need. In recent years, Her humanitarian efforts have touched the hearts and lives of millions of people all over the world. Master does not discriminate between suffering caused by spiritual ignorance, material privation, or circumstantial events. Wherever there is suffering, She will help. Some of Master Ching Hais humanitarian activities in the past few years include aid to: The homeless throughout the United States; victims of fire in southern California; victims of many floods in the Midwest United States, central and eastern Mainland China, India, Malaysia, Au Lac, Holland, Belgium and France; disadvantaged elderly in Brazil; those displaced by the eruption of Mt Pinatubo in the Philippines; disaster victims in northern Thailand; destitute families in Formosa and Singapore; lepers in Molokai, Hawaii; spiritual communities in India, Germany and Uganda; families of mentally retarded children in Hawaii; victims of the 9-11 tragedy in New York and victims of the Los Angeles, Turkey and Formosa earthquake; veterans of the United States; orphanages in Au Lac; institutions of medical research on AIDS and cancer in the United States; and many, many others. Of course, we must also mention Master Ching Hais never-ending and tireless efforts to help the Aulacese refugees, those both inside and out of refugee camps.
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Although She does not seek acknowledgement of any kind, in recognition of Her selfless assistance, Supreme Master Ching Hai has been given awards worldwide by government officials and private organizations on numerous occasions. They include the World Peace Award, the World Spiritual Leadership Award, Award for Promotion of Human Rights, World Citizen Humanitarian Award, Award for Outstanding Public Service to Mankind, 2006 Gusi Peace Prize, Los Angeles Music Week Certificate of Commendation, 2006 First Place Silver for the 27th Annual Telly Awards, Presidential Active Lifestyle Award from the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush, and Presidential Volunteer Service Award from the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. In addition, October 25th and February 22nd have been proclaimed as the Supreme Master Ching Hai Day in the United States. Congratulatory messages were sent to the Chicago ceremony by many government officials worldwide, including Presidents Clinton, Bush and Reagan. To commend virtuous actions and encourage others to be inspired by their examples, Supreme Master Ching Hai has created a series of Shining World Awards. Through these prestigious awards, She has recognized deserving humans and animals for their exceptional heroism, compassion, leadership, bravery, or intelligence. Supreme Master Ching Hai is also the source of inspiration to Supreme Master Television, a global station which airs constructive programs with subtitles in over 40 languages. The station encourages harmony, greater understanding and compassion for all beings. It also promotes an organic vegan lifestyle as the most effective and fastest solution to climate change. Through Her tireless dedication to improve the lives of all beings on Earth, Supreme Master Ching Hai has set a true example of love in action. Supreme Master Ching Hai is one of the truly dedicated people of this era helping others find and create a beautiful vision of our future. Many great people in history have had a dream, and in Her own words, so does Supreme Master Ching Hai: I dream that all the world will become peaceful. I dream that all the killing will stop. I dream that all the children will walk in peace and harmony. I dream that all the nations shake hands with each other, protect each other and help each other. I dream that our beautiful planet will not be destroyed. It takes billions, billions, trillions of years to produce this planet and its so beautiful, so wonderful. I dream that it will continue, but in peace, beauty and love. In recent years, Master Ching Hai has also devoted Herself to creative expression of the beauty She enjoys within. Her creative works include paintings, decorated fans, lamps, dress and jewelry designs, and songs. Many of these items are made available for purposes of fundraising. Master Ching Hai has told us that She is not always enlightened. She lives a normal worldly life, and knows from experience about our problems, our heartaches, passions, desires and doubts. She also knows the heavenly realms of kingdom of God, and how to get there from here. Her sole function at this point in Her life is to help us with our journey from the suffering and confusion of the un-awakened state to the bliss and absolute clarity of total divine realization. If you are ready, She is here to take you Home. Master Ching Hai takes an unusually broad view of all religions. She has studied and taught the words of Jesus, Buddha, Mohammed, Lao Tzu and many others. She always emphasizes the similarities among the great teachings, and lets us see through Her eyes how all the great Masters are preaching the same Truth. She often explains how different religious opinions have arisen, due only to the difference in opinions of different people in different countries at different times. Master Ching Hai gives initiation and a variety of lectures to interested students and people, according to their backgrounds and cultures, including Christians, Moslems, Buddhists, Jews, Hindus, Taoists, or atheists, et cetera. She speaks fluently in English, German, Chinese, French and Aulacese languages. Those who wish to learn and practice the Quan Yin method with Master Ching Hai are welcomed to receive Her initiation.
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SOS plea from Supreme Master Ching Hai: Meditate and pray for world vegan world peace Be organic vegan and loving kindness
PRESS RELEASE ON APRIL 10th, 2012 FROM SUPREME MASTER CHING HAI 1
Most Excellent and Honorable government leaders; Holy, Eminent and Reverend leaders of the world's esteemed religions; and distinguished members of the media: With heartfelt gratitude, we are excited to share the good news that the continuation of our precious planet has been extended for another half of century and counting. We extend our sincere thanks for all of your noble endeavors. Such combined efforts have led to the further safeguarding of the Earth and her inhabitants. The wise and considerate actions include participation in campaigns and protective laws encouraging adoption of healthier living, greater peace, unity and civil rights, animal welfare, humanitarian works, social programs and environmental conservation. Even though I have not met you personally, I feel like we are working as a team to secure and foster the harmonious existence among all life on our magnificent planet. We look forward to continuing these noble efforts together, more now than ever before to further ensure a peaceful, more advanced, and abundant world for all beings. Respectfully yours Supreme Master Ching Hai
1. Press release on April 10th, 2012 from Supreme Master Ching Hai.
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HEARTFELT PLEA TO THE WORLD FROM SUPREME MASTER CHING HAI 2

[To create a common vision of an organic vegan world and provide practical steps on how to realize such a vision, Supreme Master Ching Hai sent letters to all government leaders around the world, urging them to move in the same positive direction of peace and love, away from all forms of destructive actions and policies. In a short time, many government officials from countries like Australia, Canada, United States, Guyana, Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Formosa have responded, expressing support and appreciation of Supreme Masters initiative. The following is Supreme Master Ching Hai's letters to all leaders of the world.] With utmost respect and urgency Respected leaders First, my heartfelt gratitude for all your dedicated efforts to better lives and help our world progress. Your work is hugely appreciated by society as by heaven. As all citizens aspire to have a peaceful and harmonious life, they look to your leadership in achieving this ideal. Indeed, amidst multiple concurrent crises climate change, conflicts, food and water shortages, financial struggles, et cetera more than ever do we need your mighty power as entrusted by the people to save our world. Scientists have made it very clear that we have only a few years left for decisive actions in addressing climate change as well as the destruction to the environment and other species if we are to avoid irreversible damage to our civilization. In fact, all actions that are violent towards nature, humans, and animals eventually bring harmful consequences to our planet. Therefore, to change the energy of this planet from negative to positive, from destructive to constructive, we must reclaim our human dignity and return to our original, benevolent self; we must uphold the principle of non-violence and peace. Herewith is a proposal of efficient, practical, and dynamic actions presented to you and all governments in the hope that you will act with noble leadership to save fellow citizens and future generations: 1. Support human life: End all killing of people. All killing and torturing of humans, which breed violence and negative destructive energy, must stop in order to prevent further suffering and death from wars, disasters, epidemics, and other calamities. Support co-inhabitant life: End all killing of animals. A staggering 55 billion land animals, eight times the entire global human population, are killed for human consumption every year. This translates to an estimated 150 million beings massacred every day, or 1,744 beings slain each second! Billions more fish perish at our hands. Thus, we must do away with fisheries, animal products, and animal factory farms. Laboratory testing involving cruelty to animals also must stop. A blood debt is owed for each individual life taken. End wars: Wars and weapons claim lives at an unconscionable cost. Apart from the emotional, psychological, physical, mental, and spiritual tolls, the financial costs can be seen in the following brief sample of equivalent terms:
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Six weeks of global military spending can feed all the worlds hungry for one full year;
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The actual and projected costs of wars in Iraq and Afghanistan could feed all the world's hungry for 67 years; Two weeks of global military spending can secure water for 2.4 billion people; One month of global weapons purchased at a cost of USD108.3 billion can feed 96 million hungry children three wholesome and nutritious meals a day for 10 years; The cost of a single B-2 stealth bomber can serve over 2.5 billion meals for the hungry, restore the sight of 31 million blind patients, remove one million explosive landmines, or build 713,000 new family homes; Not included are the huge war-related costs; Not included are the unredeemable costs of human life and related suffering.
Therefore, wars must be ended. The weapons production business must decrease to zero. If any armies are even retained, they should serve people in their times of need, such as providing disaster relief and rebuilding homes wherever necessary. Soldiers and even inmates can help people plant vegetables or do other productive work. 4. Start a vegan diet: Help co-citizens to be vegan as well by banning all animal products. This is not dictating personal lifestyles; this is the only viable emergency course to ensure the survival of humans and the planet. We must stop the killing and stop the primary cause of climate change. Animal agriculture is no longer to be ignored as the most serious cause of global warming that results from human activities, exceeding even fossil fuel emissions. A study published by World Watch Magazine, authored by former and current environmental research advisors for the World Bank Group, found: 'Our analysis shows that livestock and their byproducts actually account for at least 32,564 million tons of CO2 equivalent per year, or 51% of annual worldwide GHG emissions.' Livestock production is also the number one human-caused source of global methane emissions, with methane being at least 72 times more potent than CO2 as a greenhouse gas, while dissipating from the atmosphere many times faster. [World Watch Magazine 2009] In fact, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization stated that animal agriculture is 'one of the most significant contributors to todays most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global,' including biodiversity loss, deforestation, land degradation and desertification, air pollution, and water pollution. Livestock grazing uses 26% of all the global land surface, and feed crop production occupies one-third of all arable land, creating extreme inefficiencies and exorbitant wastes of grains, water, and fossil fuel resources. [UN FAO 2006] Animal factory farms are also a known origin of human disease, including deadly flu pandemics. [US CDC 2009] A single factory farm can produce more waste than a large city; and its bacteria, hormones, and antibiotics infiltrate families' soil and water supplies, untreated. In addition, fishing practices have put life-sustaining oceans on a path to collapse; over 70% of the worlds fish species are fully depleted, and the rest will also be gone within 40
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years. [UN FAO, UNEP 2010] Restoring the balance of the oceans, which provide half the world's oxygen and regulate the climate, is vital to overall planetary health. Furthermore, the global change to an animal-free diet would save world governments a full 80% of greenhouse gas mitigation costs, reducing by USD32 trillion the global USD40 trillion costs Dutch scientists have estimated are necessary to meet CO2 reduction goals by 2050. [Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency 2009] In addition, annual health care expenses due to meat-related illnesses would be reduced by at least USD1 trillion, and more than 20 million meat-related premature deaths worldwide per year would be prevented, as would families immeasurable suffering. A 2010 United Nations Environment Program report jointly released with the European Commission likewise concluded in clear terms: 'A substantial reduction of [environmental] impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide diet change, away from animal products.' [UNEP June 2010] 5. Start subsidies for organic vegan farming: Help farmers transition and succeed in this sector, thus ensuring national and world food security while mitigating global warming. Organic vegan farming benefits include: 40% of atmospheric CO2 absorbed if the world's tillable soil is organically farmed; Contamination of soil and water from antibiotics, dangerous bacteria, and excessive nitrates in animal farm manure eliminated; Pollution from chemical fertilizer and pesticide runoff eliminated; Biodiversity and ecosystems restored; Food supplies safe and nutritious for all humans [Rodale Institute 2008]; Save 80% of global climate change mitigation costs; Stop global warming for good!
Esteemed leaders, words fall short of real meaning in this urgent situation of our planet and all life thereon. I pray that you will try your best to implement these necessary next steps to help fellow citizens, the animals, and the environment and implement them now. For thus saving their lives and bringing peace and harmony to our world, the people's gratitude to you will know no bounds, now and in future history, as shall be heaven's immense reward for you in the hereafter. Please, let us be unprecedentedly courageous for our childrens sake. Thank you for your attention and noble spirit. With Great Honor, Love and Blessings, Supreme Master Ching Hai
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SOS plea to spiritual leaders and world leaders I would like to take this opportunity to express gratitude for the noble work Your Holiness has been doing to unite all people, and for bringing Light and love to so many lives. As a great spiritual leader and world leader, we know that You are also well aware of the urgent issues facing our world today. The current critical condition of our planet due to the impact of global warming is at the forefront of our concerns and calls for immediate and wise action on the part of everyone. At this crucial time of accelerating climate change, devastating disasters, quickly spreading diseases, world hunger, water shortages, etcetera, our world needs Your gracious leadership, to accept with courage what must be done, to use the mighty power in Your hands, entrusted by Heaven, to help save our planet, as well as to ensure a clean society and protection for all co-inhabitants from four main destructive substances meat, alcohol, addictive drugs and tobacco. The global livestock industry is contributing more to the climate change crisis than all the worlds transportation combined, at least 80% of it. Meat production is depleting our water, damaging our health, creating wars, and breeding new deadly diseases each day. It is killing our people. They need Your shining, heroic, vegan example since they really look to You as their leader. All our lives would be greatly enhanced by Your open support of compassionate organic vegan farming, to assist everyone in making the much needed vegan lifestyle change to save our world. In addition to abolishing meat, we also have to eliminate other root problems such as alcohol, illegal drugs and tobacco. Please consider endorsing the banning of these deadly substances that cause the most harm to humanity and our planet; and which, when eradicated, can offer immeasurable benefits. We trust Your Holinesss wisdom to lead the great change! Promote forgiveness and a peaceful lifestyle by beginning with what we consume; then all other troubles like poverty, conflict, even financial crises and pandemics, will also subside. Enclosed is information about the harms of meat, drugs, alcohol and tobacco, and the benefits of quitting them. More data can be accessed on our website at www.SupremeMasterTV.com. We thank Your Holiness for all Your noble endeavors regarding this matter. What has been done and planned globally thus far has not been enough, nor fast enough. I pray that all can work as one to achieve this common goal for the benefit of all, and faster. Your loving members will appreciate everything that You do, respect Your guidance, and they will love and remember You for saving the world for generations to come. Your great deeds and name leading the way to save the Earth will be engraved in history forever, for all to revere and emulate. Heaven will reward Your Holiness greatly. In the Name of God, Supreme Master Ching Hai Please wake up! December 2009 O world, wake up and behold Rivers and mountains are in tumult Burnt forests, eroded hills, desiccated streams Whither do the poor souls go in the end of all dreams? O great Earth, lessened be your agony For these tears to wane with the persistent night
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O seas and lakes, cease not your melodies Allowing hope for a morrow among humanity... O sentient beings, have respite in the realm beyond Though you departed without the last utterance Let the throbbing of my heart abate While I await Earthlings timely repentance O deep forests, preserve your true essence Protect the human race in their moments of erring Please accept my heartfelt thousand teardrops To nurture your majestic trees, leaves and roots O heart, relent your sobbing For my soul to rest in long nights Tears dried up and Im wordless Weeping in pain for the tormented! O night, please kindle your source of light Shine the way for those human souls in darkness Be serene for my mind to still And enter emptiness with the miraculous celestial melody O day, stir not sudden unrests For peace to repose in our very hearts For humankinds struggles to subside For the true self to gloriously shine O heart of mine, lament no longer Like an insect writhing in the chilling winter Calmly wait for a perfect tomorrow And the day the world be adorned with Heavenly Halo O, I cry, I plead, I beseech O, infinite Buddhas, the Gods, the angels Deliver souls straying from the True Path Wandering in the endless cycle of suffering hell! O brother, wake up at once Proudly walk upon great seas and rivers Look straight at the flaming sun And vow sacrifice to save all on Earth! O sister, wake up this instant Arise from places of devastation Together, lets renew our planet For all to sing joyous songs of oneness Please don't! December 2009 Please dont go! Leaving an elderly mother and innocent siblings Theres no real hatred among us human beings
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Battlefields have but guns, swords and hostilities While here a warm home welcomes your company Please dont go! Wreaking suffering on others Theres no real animosity, only thirst for power Countless corpses lie shriveled to expand an empire Whereas here only love, peace and safety thrive Please dont go! Deserting a gentle father and filial children Theres no real enmity, just trickery An entire nation destroyed for a few to gloat While here carefree kites sail in the sky peacefully Please dont go further on the path Of vengeful ghosts and shrieking demons A soldiers life crushed in the foreign land A soul lost in the dusty wind of murky realms! O darling, please halt your steps Hold these hands of your loving wife Please feel for your family, country and the world Why have the heart to sow death and misery? Stay your hand, wont you please Dont brandish the sword and utter vows that are so bloody Look again at your 'eternal enemies' Are they not also part of humanity?! Sit by me so that your mind becomes tranquil Listen to the stray spirits On cold mountains and lonely hills Wandering for thousands of lifetimes In the howling wind and rain, their heart-wrenching cries Lamenting karmic debts in a war of bygone nites! Either we die or others perish A vibrant future suddenly snuffed out in the prime of life All the affections, families and friends Vanished with a spiteful heart in a bitter blood pools stench! A human existence full of vitality Youthful dreams with sky-high aspirations Washed away with a stream of hot blood in one rushed instant Chilly wind blows yellow dust on the ground of killing Please stay with me, together we can honor life Our neighbors, relatives and parents will be just nearby There are tender rice and succulent potatoes Romantic rivers and dreamy seas A long levee bedecked with flowering fields For you and me! Many heroes and heroines, present and past
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Have saved myriad beings from bloodshed Theyve built peace and prosperity Replacing swords with wondrous Truths since eternity Taking lives, well have to pay with our own How can we rejoice in causing demise and separation Only boundless, lasting compassion Shall make us great among all creation... Imagine its you! Confined in a dirty, tiny, little crate Dont know how to spell s-p-a-c-e-spaceWading in filth and urine and stench Never feel the sun or breeze on my skin! Are these made only for human beings? Can neither turn to the left nor right Force-fed drugs till you lose your mind! Sweltering at noon, frozen in the night Fresh air? What is it, in the name of life? Cuddling babies? You might trample on them! Or theyll die from cold and rotten hygiene If they survive, theyll be eaten afresh At such tender months! Oh all the Gods!!! Cant even tell of my nightmare The entire human race, anyone cares?! I live in terror and suffering my whole life Just for their pleasure = a bloody bite! Enduring truck with hampering stand To wherever to be torn open from limb to limb Or to hang from one leg on the ceiling! And to have your throat slit like a worst criminal Gut and blood spilling all over Amid crying, begging and agonizing screams! How can anyone bear or enjoy such a sight? Have they all been dumb, deaf and blind? Since when have humans become so cruel Losing all their loving, kind nature? They kick, stab, slice and torture Oh the pain is beyond endure! I cry for help! Is someone there?!... How come only blood, blood, and blood everywhere? Within these cramped, dark, horror-filled walls There is no one but axes and shadows Shadows that are mighty, axes that are sharp I am terrified; I am small, trembling, helpless
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Oh! If you dont know if there is hell Come and see, right here, nowhere else! Dear Human friends, how can this be? Why, why, why must you torture and eat me? Imagine its you. Imagine its a member of Your family! A puppys heart Im just a teeny pup But my loves overflowing With full devotion to my caretaker For my whole life, Ill never waver Thank you for your generosity Looking after my humble life Giving me yum-yum food And refreshing drinks A soft mattress, plus cozy blankets In my heart you alone exist My idol and master for life Every day waiting by the gate And guarding to keep you safe at night Oh, how lovely you are My eyes on you dwell forever Your hands, gentle and soothing Brighten up my very being! I love you beyond expression When youre gone, I feel misery I love you till eternity If in your place, I should have to die In the end, Id still smile happily... Oh, how I love love you so! Words of a hen To the field I go this morning Standing tall, I greet the river and mountain With my young innocent babes In the pond we swim and bathe Skipping along right behind mama Young feathers with newly tinged hues Round eyes like tiny beans Oh, my babies, how adorable you are! For the corn and grains, were grateful to humans
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Every day, happy and carefree Fresh clear water and shady trees So green the grass in the gentle breeze Blue sky, wispy clouds Flowing streams Life is like a fairy dream Thank You, Lord Creator For these days of peace and safety Then came an unexpected calamity A net was suddenly cast upon me A flash of a shiny blade A scream muffled in splattering blood! My babies are left behind Mamas heart is torn and shattered! Please... love... my... children... For... me... Dont... kill... them! My... precious... babies! Words of a piglet The day I met you first Was the day of my birth Pink and round, me oh so plump I gaily frolicked with mom Lovingly you looked at me Praising, 'Oh, so round, what a cutie!' Every day you came by to visit Bringing cool water and delicious veggie treats... Mommy and I were so touched Your kindness worth more than gold I lived a peaceful life Under your care and protection Growing more plump with each passing day Just eat, rest and play... So lovely was this early morn As clouds were drifting across the horizon Cuddling together, I and mommy Unaware of the befalling tragedy! Two brawny young men Strong like tigers and elephants! Squashed my tiny body Flat into a cage of horror There was no way to escape O God, what purgatory was this?
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I wailed in fear and terror Mom, oh mom, please save me Oh caretaker, please come protect me quickly Rescue my life, Im still at a tender age! Mom was crying out in sorrow Tears of desperation filling her eyes The immense heavens cannot contain This horrendous heartwrenching pain! My caretaker turned away Hands busy counting a stack of money Haplessly I rolled around in the car trunk Breaking heart more painful than bodily misery! The two young men bantered This piglet will be so tasty! Tomorrow well slaughter him To celebrate the birth of the wifes newborn baby! Oh, how ironic this life My soul is shattered Tears flow in my heart Like blood running in rivulets I thought you loved me Nurturing me to maturity But all this was a sham Its all just about profit and gain! Tomorrow my body will be cut to pieces My flesh and bones turned to sheer torture Just so people can laugh in merriment At their happy feast and gathering To your children and others too I wish them all long lives So the family can stay together Not endure the same fate as mine... I pray the whole family lives nobly To be human in many lifetimes And never be reborn as pigs Paying forever karmic debts! Alas, goodbye life... I ache for my gentle suffering mother In tears I am overcome... Oh, mommy! Mom... mom!
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A NEW YEAR OF COMPASSION: SPECIAL MESSAGE FROM SUPREME MASTER CHING HAI 3
MC. M. Hi, Master! Everyone let's make a toast to Master. Happy Vegan New Year! Please sit down, please sit down, take a rest. You've been working all day. Yes. Sit down. Thank you. I cannot stand up because if I stand up, you won't see me. I try, to let you have a look. I wanted to stand up to greet you, but if I stand up you only see my stomach. I did stand up. How are you guys, good? [Audience: Yes, good!] Most beloved Master, we are so honored to be graced by Your presence, Master. And You look so beautiful as always. [M: Thank you, thank you.] We feel so incredibly blessed to be able to spend New Year's Eve with You. Thank You so much, Master, and Happy Vegan New Year! Happy Vegan New Year to you, and to all who are watching, to the world. Happy Vegan New Year. [Audience: Happy Vegan New Year, Master.] We try our best to contact you, because my situation is not always favorable for this kind of conference and contact. Is there anything you want to say to me, Chocolate? Yes, Master. Master, for the upcoming New Year 2012, may we respectfully invite You to share a message with our audience around the universe? Right, okay. That's all you want, huh? Good, we do that. First of all, I want to wish all of you and the audience and the world a very, very happy, lucky, vegan new year. And I think I have tried everything. I don't know if anything else I should say because I have said a lot already. It's not what I say, it's what we apply. And it's not only what I say, it's also if anyone listens or not. But nevertheless, it is New Year, and since you request, we say something, okay? [MC: Thank You, Master.] One more time won't hurt. Even Buddha has already said everything. Buddha has tried His best to sacrifice everything for us. Jesus gave up His life for the world, Guru Nanak, Mahavira, Prophet Muhammad, Peace Be Upon Him, et cetera. So many Masters, so many great saints and sages have told us everything already, new year or old year. It's not just the new year that we should be happy and celebrate, but we should start like a new resolution, yes, new lifestyle, if we haven't tried it in the past year. Every time it's New Year's, we should like make a vow to begin our new life. Everything that we don't like about the past year, from ourselves or from our environment, we should change, yes? All the sages have told us already to live and let live, to love and love all beings as oneself. This is a time to begin to reflect whether we have done that love or not. The Buddha and Jesus, and all the Masters have told us to live a compassionate life, yet when we commemorate Buddha's birth even, at that day, many Buddhists still have lunch eating dead animal flesh. At Christmas, or often any Prophet's birth celebration, many still do the same, killing and making suffering for humans and animals, because humans misinterpreted, misunderstood all the loving messages of the Masters, either knowingly or unknowingly. All other sages and saints have endured hardship, sacrificed all to remind us of a more compassionate way of life. I hope in the new year, all of us try to vow to do the best as well, to follow their example, to repay their kindness, to save our lives and the lives of all on the planet. It is our duty, actually, to do that. Because you see, like, disasters happen everywhere nowadays.
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Every time you turn on any television, it's only about war, disaster, most of the time. It just breaks my heart to even watch television. You see, we cannot say that, 'Okay, in my area, in my country, there's no disaster, I celebrate New Year's, nothing happens.' It happens elsewhere. And you will always ask me, like everyone else would ask me, 'Why it happens in Africa? Why it doesn't happen where I live?' Yes, because we are all one. You see, the whole world community is connected with each other. So disaster doesn't necessarily break out in a particular place. It breaks out elsewhere. Or somewhere that is vulnerable. Somewhere that has already some potential for disaster. Or vulnerable areas. For example, if you eat something not well, not good, then the pimple breaks out where? Breaks out where? Tell me. On your face, right? [MC: Yes, Master.] It's not breaking out, maybe, in your stomach, or on your hand, or on your mouth, because you keep putting the food in it, but it breaks out on your face, for example. Or if you have a digestion problem in the stomach, it affects your brain, you have headache, yes? [MC: Yes, Master.] So, yes, that's right. Or even if a mother smokes while pregnant, the fetus inside her womb suffers from poor blood circulation, for example. Or when he's born, he has sometimes Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, as we all know very well. And if the parents are smoking in the house, the children sometimes have trouble. Even if he doesn't have too much trouble in youth, after 50 years of age he has trouble with his lungs, his breathing system, et cetera. So the consequences are a long-term effect. So if we continue with the killing of man and animals then disasters will break out elsewhere or somewhere or right where we live, personally affecting us, our family or the surrounding or the neighborhood. Remember, in the bible, the story of David the King: He forced the wife of one of his subordinates to become his wife and then killed the husband, and heaven punished with disaster for his country. It is even stated, that, in the bible. How many Christians would consider that as the law of cause and retribution? That is the law of cause and retribution. That is the 'what you sow so shall you reap.' So there's no need to say it's only Buddhist doctrine that says that, or Jainism or Sikhism or Hinduism or even Islam. All the Prophets have told us to do good things, be good, but would we try now to follow their example? Since this may be the last time I have the chance to speak to all of the world audience via multi-channel television, and in this way, I might as well tell you all this. Because we are all one, so there's no differentiating where the problem will break out. So if somebody does some bad things here, the problem might break out elsewhere. So do not keep asking me why disasters happen in poor countries. People in poor countries suffer more because it's a vulnerable area. Just like your face is more sensitive, so if your digestion system is no good, you have pimples all over your face. Your face doesn't eat anything. Your face doesn't put anything on it, just nice and nutritious cream, or not; even then the pimples break out on your face because you don't have enough purity in the blood, because you have digestion problem, because you eat too many things that are not good, not constructive to your blood purity. And sometimes, you eat something in your mouth, but your liver has problems. You see that? And sometimes you just have a cut here, yes? Or somebody has a cut here, but then he has infection elsewhere. It goes into his liver. Or he smokes here on his mouth, but his lungs will have cancer. For example like that. And if he eats meat too much or too much fat and all that, the heart will have problems. It's because the whole body is one. The whole body is one. Similarly, the whole world is one. So disaster will happen here, or it will happen there. It's the same. It's the same. It's a warning for humanity. It is the consequences of the action that we took. I have also done my best all these years to try to remind everyone the same message, that we have to be loving and kind. Probably I have said more than enough what should be said. So it's up to everyone now to decide the course of their lives which are also
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linked to all others' lives and to the survival of this planet. I do pray at the New Year's Eve that everyone chooses the wise path of the saints and sages, which is love and respect for all beings on the planet, so that they themselves will also be loved and respected in heaven, now and hereafter. By the way, I am thanking all of you who wrote to me about the change of your life, that you have turned back to your own self, glorious Nature, original Nature, which is loving kindness. I thank all of you who are bettering your own life and in turn bettering the world, by cleaning up society with your own example; by, like quit smoking, stop gambling, refraining from intoxicants, choosing vegan, helping others in any way you can, et cetera. I thank all of you for all that, the audience and the world people, the leaders and citizens of the world, all alike. I pray God to bless your sincere effort to be good and do good and continue in this noble way of life. For this year, I did not have the heart to celebrate Christmas while knowing again and again that billions of innocent animals of all kinds, from the sea to the forest, are massacred for this occasion. Jesus was a compassionate Master, the Son of God, and we who follow Jesus should be the same. Also, there's so much turmoil in the world, just wouldn't help my heart to feel happy in any way. At Christmastime, I was in the mountain, very deep in the mountain. There was no water, no electricity there, and I meditated day and night. And before Christmas also, and after Christmas. It's just because at New Year and I thought okay, I'd go down to the city where there is a little facility to contact you, talk to you, maybe for the last time. I don't mean last time last time, but like when we're together like this, and also that I could talk to the whole world like this, maybe for the last time. And then we all will have to go into deep meditation. We have talked enough. I mean, everyone has grown up and understood things. We don't have to talk a lot in order for people to understand. It is the practice of the knowledge. It's not the talking much. Because anyone who has a caring heart would understand my message, even spoken once, because they cannot also bear all this suffering caused to humans and animals alike. You know very well. So, and by the way, for the Supreme Master Television staff around the world, and in the headquarters there, I thank you all. It has been a privilege to be working with you all these years. And together, maybe we have caused a little good change in the world. Too little, too little for us to celebrate anything; but for whatever little change we cause in the world, I thank heaven and all of your good effort. May God bless you forever more. [Audience: Thank You, Master.] Also... Thank you, forever. I also congratulate those who have realized that life is not just about getting a diploma, getting a job, or getting married, begetting children, and then die. So though this is what our system seems to emphasize and encourage everybody, but life does not start here when we are born, or end when we are dead. And enlightenment is only the beginning. Congratulations also to those brave and wise beings who float above all shackles and temptations designated to ensnare the pure souls into physical, emotional, and mental slavery, to so much sorrow and trouble that they forget their true great self, forget to soar higher into the higher spiritual dimension, forget to go back home to their great original Abode. Again, I tell you, enlightenment is only the beginning. The journey will continue, full of wonder and miraculous encounters and discovery for those who truly want to know the miracle of life, and the real love from the universe and from your heart. I take this opportunity to remind all fellow beings here and elsewhere in the universe to continue striving for noble ideals, lofty goal of peace and unconditional love. Even if you fail, please try again and again until you succeed; and succeed you will, sooner or later. The sooner the better, because you will know things that you never thought you would know
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before, when you uplift yourself into a higher spiritual understanding. You thought you know already everything some might think like that. No, no, no, no. Even I don't know everything yet. I mean, how much our brain can accumulate and can digest, you see? Even if I know everything, I have to take out some that I need every day. I cannot sit here and say, 'Now I know everything already.' I cannot know everything at one go. It's all in the store for us. We have to meditate deeply in order to realize the spiritual splendor and treasure that we have within ourselves, that lay dormant there, life after life, unused, or very little used. I wish all of you good luck with the new start for betterment in the New Year, and I embrace you all with my love and best wishes. I will continue to meditate and pray for us all. Love, love. [Audience: Thank You, Master.] You're welcome. Is there anything else? Yes? I'm listening. MC. Master, we just wanted to express our gratitude for this extraordinary journey and for this gift to the planet that You've given us, and for this opportunity to work with You and to serve the world. Thank You for Your love and patience and generosity and guidance through all the years. On behalf of humankind, the animals, and all the beings on this planet, our deepest gratitude for Your sacrifice, compassion, and wisdom. We sincerely pray that all of humankind will soon heed Your words by choosing an animal-free diet and doing good deeds to save the planet. From all of us here, and with all viewers who are tuning into this live broadcast, Happy Vegan New Year, Supreme Master Ching Hai! We love You, Master! Happy Vegan New Year! To you and to all! And I love you very much, with all my heart. I love all with all my heart. [MC: Thank You so much, Master! Thank You, Master!] I'll see you sometime, okay? I mean you, the Association members. Oh, by the way, please, all of us, at least our Association members, please be more diligent in your spiritual practice. Forsake all else except the necessary duties to your families and the world. Save time for meditation for a World Vegan, World Peace. I love you all, disciples and non-disciples, animals, trees, rocks, planet, I love you all. Love so much. [MC: We love You, Master.] So long. [MC: Bye, Master. Bye, Master. Thank You, Master. Thank You so much, Master] Even if I don't see you again, you are all in my heart. And in my meditation and in my prayers. Love you! [Audience: We love You!] Love, love! [Audience: Bye, Master!] Bye!
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AUSPICIOUS LOCATIONS FOR LEADERS' NEW HEADQUARTERS A BOON FOR WORLD PEACE 4
MC. Greetings, respected viewers. Out of Her deep love and concern for the world, Supreme Master Ching Hai is setting aside Her invaluable time to make an important and urgent announcement in just a few moments. In a July 16th conference She had graciously granted Supreme Master Television staff, Supreme Master Ching Hai told us the many perilous sites of leaders and military headquarters around the world that have been negatively affected by hell and lower world portals, sub-portals and roads. Never in history have humans been given such crucial, priceless information. Before Supreme Master Ching Hai makes Her vital announcement, we would like to go over a summary of the information She has previously shared.
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Videoconference with Supreme Master Television staff, Los Angeles, California, USA, August 24th, 2011 (Originally in English).
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On our planet there are places where there is hell or lower world energy, which has made those places into negative areas of hell-like suffering. One such area is the Bermuda Triangle, which is a portal leading to a lower world, where people who are into fighting or harming others will be drawn to while passing near that place, or after they die, and they will stay there until their bad karma or retribution is paid off. Beings live in this lowest astral level in constant anxiety, sorrow, pain, and fear. In addition to portals to lower worlds, there are also hell portals to take spirits that have violated mortal principles of the human world or heaven's standard. There are many negative portals in our world, created by the negative power. Some portals are more powerful than others, with their influence reaching from one group of people to the entire nation, or even the whole world. In addition to portals, there are also connecting roads to the lower worlds and portals. Furthermore, there are sub-portals or road junctions where roads meet. They are almost as powerful as the others. Meanwhile there are also portals and roads that lead to heaven. These can bring blessings and hence there are Spiritual Blessing Portals. Master shared which countries have how many Spiritual Blessing Portals or SBPs. In contrast to heavenly portals, which give blessings, the negative portals and roads can awaken negative hellish qualities in humans. Supreme Master Ching Hai also addressed the reasons why there are so many prolonged wars on our planet. While prolonged war is ended only when the killing karma, or retribution, is finally finished among all sides, or if one side forgives the other's blood debt. But in addition there are the negative portals, sub-portals, and lower roads that push the war to last for a long time. These spawned webs of negative influence manipulate leaders subtly without them knowing it, to use their power and bring trouble such as death, injury, pain, and sorrow for people. If the leader of a nation or armed group happens to be in the vicinity of a lower portal, lower world road, hell portal, or hell road, then he or she will be prone to aggressive tendencies, and start a war or participate in war. This is especially the case if this leader does not have a strong moral foundation. But even a morally fit person would feel unwell mentally or physically if near these places. The negative power would use any small seed of violence or greed, bullying or dictatorship within a human's heart to make him or her become an instrument. A leader who is influenced by these negative connection sites will helplessly wage war or continue warring, even if the leader knows that war is no good or wants to stop it, or feels that something is not right. Thus, peace is very hard to achieve. When Supreme Master Ching Hai saw how pitiable the situation was, and why war is always so evident on this planet, She had to endure much discomfort and shed many tears during Her research as She vividly saw the flashing images of people's real pain and sorrow. Therefore as Supreme Master Ching Hai has reminded us, any one leader should not be blamed for war, because this world is the domain of the negative power's system, which makes it difficult for human souls to disentangle themselves. Furthermore, an erring leader should be given an exit to repent, recover, and rebuild what they have destroyed. There are several ways that a leader is influenced by negative portals, sub-portals and roads: One, as mentioned, they would be pushed to wage war. The war or aggression may be in or outside the leader's own country. Two, besides outright war, they may engage in dictatorship and the bullying of citizens or other nations. Three, they would have bad luck for themselves and their own families. For example, they may be killed or injured, or suffer in hell after they die. Supreme Master Ching Hai further described the horrendous untold suffering that people who participate in war must experience, including leaders and soldiers, for eons due to the heavy karmic burden. Supreme Master Ching Hai then read a list She had compiled country by country, of which political and military headquarters are near one or
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more negative portals, sub-portals and roads. She also stated how much their total negative influence is on a site, in terms of percentages, ranging from the tens to the hundreds. However, there is a solution: It would help tremendously if the leaders move their headquarters or palaces away from the negative portals, sub-portals and roads. No matter how beautiful it may be, they should abandon, destroy or seal off their negatively-influenced headquarters, cutting off their physical, emotional and mental ties with that unlucky place. Then, things would change dramatically and quickly for the better. Once out of the clutch of the negative power after a cleaning period of at least three weeks to three months the leader will see, think, and react differently. They would win their people's hearts. In sum, peace will be easily in reach. Supreme Master Ching Hai also expressed Her loving prayer for the leaders, that they would value their own lives and the lives of their co-citizens more than power and fame and possession, and that they might move out of war and violence and move at least to another palace. Our minds cannot comprehend all that She sacrifices, not only physically through Her time and energy, but also spiritually, to complete this precious research for the sake of the world's survival and upliftment. We are grateful beyond words to Supreme Master Ching Hai for this momentous occasion as She imparts more vital knowledge to help bring true peace on Earth. We sincerely pray all leaders and citizens worldwide will heed what She will disclose today and quickly proceed toward lasting harmony on this planet. Concerned viewers, thank you for tuning into this live broadcast. In just a few moments Supreme Master Ching Hai will be making an urgent announcement that could greatly benefit the world's leaders and citizens. For the sake of world peace at this critical time for our planet, Supreme Master Ching Hai will be revealing precisely where governments and other leaders can move their headquarters if their current headquarters is near a negative area. She is sharing this precious, never-beforerevealed information with the world at a huge cost of Herself physically and spiritually, for the sake of helping the leaders and for the sake of world peace. As Supreme Master Ching Hai revealed previously, there are invisible negative portals, roads and subportals which are like roundabouts, and these lead to hell and lower worlds full of fear and suffering. Unfortunately many of the current leaders' political and military centers have these negative energy sites nearby, inside or under their buildings. Supreme Master Ching Hai wishes that these leaders will avoid the harmful effects they have, such as inciting and prolonging wars even against the leader's good intention... Master is now ready to be with us. [M: It's okay, please continue.] Welcome Master. We're so glad to see You. [M: Thank you. Please continue.] Thank You, Master. There You are, Master. Beautiful. You look beautiful today. Thank You so much for being here today, Master. We are so honored. [M: I am sorry, the cameraman just let me jump in like that.] It's okay. [M: Please continue your wonderful speech.] Thank You, Master. Negative effects also include personal misfortune for the leaders and their loved ones. [M: That's right.] In general, leaders simply cannot withstand these negative powerful effects. Going country by country, Supreme Master Ching Hai told us exactly which headquarters of which countries are under negative influences and to what degree. Not only does She urge that the leaders move out, She has gone even further to help by researching the best alternative places for the leaders to move their headquarters. If they move, peace efforts will be greatly facilitated. World peace would be in reach. [M: Correct.] And we're extremely grateful to Supreme Master Ching Hai who willingly sacrificed Her precious time, energy and comfort to conduct this research over the past several weeks. This information is not only unprecedented, but it also comes with a high
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price, and Supreme Master Ching Hai is about to share it freely with all viewers at this time in hopes for a more peaceful world. Thank you. Thank You, Master. M. Thank you. Are you done with your beautiful speech? Thank you so much, Steve and Debbie. You are so kind. You're so kind. And I wonder how you understand me so well. We didn't have to pay much in the sense of financial loss. No. Just spiritual loss and some other physical stuff, but I will recover. Don't worry, okay? I will recover. [MC: Please take care.] I am stronger now than before, even though meditation long hours is good for the world, it's also good for me in a way. So it's good for both. Thank you for your beautiful introduction. Thank you for understanding the importance of our discovery and to understand the grace of heaven that has been bestowed upon humankind through all these revelations, and thanks heaven that I even have enough time, peace and opportunity to receive all this information. I'm thanking everyone and every soul on this planet and in heaven. I cannot thank them enough, that they love us so much, that God blesses us so much, in this time of difficult situation. First of all, my respectful salute to all leaders of different groups, idealistic groups and nations; leaders whose responsibility and well-intentions are to create a peaceful world and happiness, contentment to all citizens and co-citizens I mean, co-inhabitants. Well, the animals are also citizens of the world, in different forms. Regardless of ideology and principles, we all want peace so that we can concentrate on our spiritual development, learn to know more about God, the kingdom of God, the Buddha nature, meaning our Real Great Self. To discover God, to discover Buddha nature is our intention before we came to this world, so that we know the great knowledge inside. What I am going to reveal to you is nothing. It's just a speck of dirt compared to the knowledge that you have inside, if you just take the time to discover it. Because each of us is a world in ourselves. We contain so much greatness, so much wisdom, so much beauty, so much intelligence that we never dream that we have, but we do have. Our world will become heaven on Earth if we have peace, if all live side by side without fearing each other and just protecting each other. So we must have peace so we can get on with our lives and get on with our family-loving, protecting, affair, and enjoying the family love and family togetherness. When we have peace, our people will have security to work, to take care of ourselves and loved ones, to develop all their potentials. I salute your courage and goodwill in what you have been doing because I know your intention is to protect the meek, to erase war, erase injustice, in your opinion, so that our world will become a better place. But we don't have to kill, we don't have to fight in order to do that. There are alternatives. You see, the Buddha did not fight with weapons but He wins millions of hearts. Even after He died 2,000-plus years ago, He's still winning people's hearts. He wins nations without lifting a finger. Jesus Christ, He walked barefoot, He wore just simple clothes, He had no swords, no guns, no artilleries; He wins the whole world. He's still winning. Billions of people still worship Him. Even though He has passed away from our physical world 2,000-plus years ago. You see, Krishna, Mahariva, Guru Nanak, they did not have any weapons, and they win all over, and they win again, again, and again, and they're timeless victorious heroes, so there are alternative ways to win people's hearts and to make peace on the planet. I hope to contribute to peace by reporting to you some of the incredible information that has been revealed to me through the grace of heaven and that I had time to collect through very intense concentration. Well, I wish I had had it much earlier but, you know, sometimes I had other work to do. Sometimes I just couldn't bear it a minute longer while doing this research, so I had to take a break now and then. So all that contributed to the delay. I really am very, very sorry but, this body sometimes
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cannot always withstand the powerful force of negative and positive either of them sometimes. So we have to sometimes relent for a while. The following are reports of my spiritual research with heaven's grace and permission, to you, with all heaven's blessing and love, and my devotion. The details will be read as revealed to me. Please pay attention, please, to details. You can jot it down, your own country's details, the things that concern you. Because it will be a long while until I think Supreme Master Television would broadcast with many subtitles again. This is very simple, straightforward English. Everyone would understand it. Or you could even have your assistant help to understand, if you don't. Because sometimes it's not so easy to understand. For example, when it is said 'central west,' meaning right in the middle of west direction according to the compass, a leader's office should be at that position and facing the direction of the rising sun. All offices, all leaders should face the rising sun because you get more information from the sun, you get blessing from the sun and even your psychological, your physical well-being will also be enhanced by the sun's blessing when it just rises from the east. When it's said 'south east,' then it is central of the south east, according to compass. When it is said 'east south,' however, then it's not south east, because there will be more east than south. For example, if you build your house like three meters long, or three meters wide, then should be two meters in the east and one meter in the south, for example like that, or two and a half meters in the east and a half meter in the south I will tell you more in detail after this not like south east. So I will detail as how much position in east, how much in south, et cetera, et cetera, as clear as possible, as exact as possible; and the best is to build exactly where recommended. Any difference will bring different results, regardless of who will be the leader sitting in that office, now or in the future. I'm going to read. I hope I will help you somehow to protect yourself, your position, your family and above all, the lives of people and all beings on this planet by contributing to peace. Thank you so much for your attention. You have a pen ready, any of you, anyone who is listening? And we will probably post it on our website again and re-air again with multi-language subtitles, but the sooner you know, the better, so please jot down. It costs you nothing. It costs you nothing to write down and think about it. It might cost a little bit more to build a new palace or a new office, but it will cost more if we have war, and we can't afford to keep having war. The world is going bankrupt already all over. Also it will cost much more irreplaceable in terms of life. Sorry, sorry. I'm getting a little emotional. I will be there soon, don't worry. Also the light makes my eyes hurt, because when I meditate a lot, the eyes get more sensitive and when I face all the spotlights, it's kind of painful. Now, I will begin it with AB-C like the way we did last time when I reported to you about the negative portals and roads. It begins with the nation and the old place and then with the new place where you should go, if you will. I wish you will. 1. Afghanistan's presidential palace, remember all this, what I am reading to you, are the leaders of the nations' or groups' headquarters that have been situated on the negative areas, either hell road, hell portal or lower road or lower road portal, or lower roads area, or sub-lower road, sub-lower portal, or sub-hell portal. So these, I'm reading. I am not repeating it again. So when I read presidential palace should move to where, then you know why. If we move to a new place that is more positive and lucky and victorious, you will be a virtuous, caring leader, peaceful leader. Afghanistan's presidential palace should move to central west, 40 kilometers away from the old one. The military headquarters should move to south, but leaning south east, 30 kilometers away from the old one. Leaning toward three-quarters of south east. The reason why we have to move 30 kilometers away and not 36 or 40, because sometimes
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if we move further or we move southward or more eastward, then we will run into the spawning web of the negative roads or lower road or lower hell portals, hell portal, hell road again. So it has to be exact, 30 kilometers away and at the three-fourth border of between south and south east. I hope I made myself clear. [MC: Thanks for the drawing.] There is another group, idealistic group's headquarters. Well, they have their ideal. All the groups, they have their ideal to fight for. They believe their ideal is good. That's why they sacrifice their lives for it. But sometimes, ideals are not always manageable. It's not always uncostly; it will cost humans' lives and we can have alternative, more peaceful ways to do it. We can cooperate, we can work together. Put ideals together to make the world a more idealistic place. The Taliban is one of these groups, perhaps? And the headquarters should move to the east, but not in the east central but lean two-thirds to north east, and that should be 60 kilometers away from the old one. If they all move, we can talk better, we can work better together, we can see more opportunity, more logic behind peace talk. We'll find better solution. 2. We move to Algeria. I feel like I'm a student again, you know, with blackboard! Back to school. Instead of blackboard, we have whiteboard and a black pen. Before we have blackboard and white chalk. [MC: Back to Ching Hai School.] Algeria's presidential palace should move to south, leaning two-thirds south west, 70 kilometers away from the old palace. The police headquarters also had problem with the negative influence, so we should move to central west, 80 kilometers away from the old place. Just central west, 80 kilometers away from where it is. Look in the compass, where's the central west, just build right there. Is that simple? [MC: Yes. Thank You, Master. The drawings really help.] I write it down, Algeria. I'm glad it's done. I cannot wait until after our celebration (Supreme Master Television's 5th Anniversary), I have to tell now. But until the last minute, I proofed all this, in case anything, overlooked. But up to now, it's like this. We move to Argentina. [Master is singing: 'Argentina, don't cry for me, Argentina. The truth is I never left you. All through my wild days, my mad existence. I kept my promise. Don't keep your distance.'] Argentina's presidential palace should move to north, leaning three-quarters north west, 50 kilometers away from the old palace. We move to Armenia. The Armenian's presidential palace should move to west, leaning three-quarters south west, 30 kilometers away from the old palace. It's better we move because sooner or later something might happen in time. Sometimes it doesn't happen right away, but it will happen when the fruit is ripe, and we don't want to wait for these haphazard events to happen before we move; move now, move when it's still peaceful. It's easy. Less cost. Armenia, I have been there, remember? Many years ago. I've been to Armenia. They even made a school in my name. [MC: Wow! It's wonderful.] Yes, they're so kind. They're very pure people. It looks small here (on the drawing), but in the whole planet, it will be bigger. Nevertheless, we have to be exact. Otherwise, we will bump into those negative stuff again. Are you alright, guys? [MC: Yes, we're fine, Master.] Thank you for your patience and the audience's patience. [MC: You have to do all the work, we're doing the easy part.] I know. But you are patient listening and all that. I had all done it here and I forgot. All I have to do is just copy this and it'd be easier. I forgot. I have done some of the work already, when I'm doing that. Just to make sure, last minute check already, and all I do is just have to copy it, and I forgot all about it. [MC: Too busy, too busy.] Just these things are big, so I'm also kind of overwhelmed a little bit. We go toward Australia. All the problem-influenced countries. Australia has to move two things: Prime minister palace and military headquarters. The prime minister palace
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of Australia has to move central east. Right central east. No complication anymore. I remember after these first few countries, everything else is more straightforward. Like south east, or east south, or north west, or north. I asked, 'Why is it only the first few ones is like...' They said just coincidentally. Not because these are top of the list. It's funny. It's all 'A', A, A, A, you know? Algeria, Argentina. They're all the first four. There are a few more afterwards, but it's not much. And how many kilometers away? 40 kilometers away from the old place. The military headquarters should move to central north, 30 kilometers away from the old one. 6. We go to Bahrain. Wow, Bahrain has three places to move: Royal palace, military headquarters, and police headquarters. No wonder they have problems. A little bigger. Bigger than others. The royal palace has to move to central north, 60 kilometers away from the old palace. The military headquarters should move to west south, 70 kilometers away from the old place. How much more west? Three-quarters west, one-quarter south. The police headquarters should move to northeast central, 60 kilometers away from the old place. It's different when you see in the vision and when you write it all down. I had to be quick at that time. Bangladesh's presidential palace should move to northeast central, 50 kilometers away from the old one. I think now I can read. I don't have to write it all, do I? If it's not so complicated. I think from now on, I read it then? I don't have to explain anymore. Belarus' presidential palace should move to west, leaning three-fourth northwest central, 60 kilometers away from the old place. The military headquarters should move west south, two-thirds west, one-third south, 40 kilometers away from the old place. Thank you for being patient. We're only on first page, and only half of the first page yet; we have many pages to go. We have nine pages altogether. Nevertheless, everyone should just notice their own, so it doesn't matter. Belgium's Dutch party headquarters should move to northeast central, 40 kilometers away from the old headquarters. Bermuda's prime minister palace should move to south west, 60 kilometers away from the old one, two-thirds south, one-third west. Bhutan's royal palace should move to west central, 30 kilometers away from the old palace. I'll say something before I forget: Even before you build the new palace, should find a place there to move first and then somewhere next to it, build the new one. Otherwise it takes too long to build a palace and something might happen in between already. Before it's too late. 12. 13. 14. Bolivia's presidential palace should move to south east, 60 kilometers away from the old palace, three-quarters south, one-quarter east. Bosnia-Herzegovina's presidential palace should move to west north, 70 kilometers away from the old palace, two-thirds west, one-third north. Botswana's presidential palace should move to central west, 40 kilometers away from the old palace. The military headquarters should move to west north, 40 kilometers away from the old one, two-thirds west, one-third north.
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Bouvet Island, supposed to be uninhabited but if any, government vacation house or campsite or secret hideout, should move away from where it was to the south central, 6 kilometers away from the old place. That's the Bouvet Island which belongs to, I think, Norway. Norway is a peaceful country but there's something in Bouvet Island, whatever it was there has to move away, so it will not affect the prime minister and the government and the people of Norway. Brazil's presidential palace should move to central north, 40 kilometers away from the old palace. Burma, or we call it Myanmar also, presidential palace should move to west north, 50 kilometers away from the old palace, three-quarters west, one-quarter north. And Burmese, or Myanmar's military headquarter, should move to north east, 30 kilometers from the old place, three-quarters north, one-quarter east. Canada's military headquarters should move to the central south, 20 kilometers away from the old one. Chechnya's presidential palace should move to west north, 30 kilometers away from the old palace, two-thirds west, one-third north. Chile's presidential palace should move to the west central, 30 kilometers away from the old palace. China's presidential palace should move to central east, 40 kilometers away from the old one; and prime minister palace should move to central east, 30 kilometers away from the old one. Colombia's FARC headquarters, the FARC group's headquarters, not the government, the anti-government, should move to south central, 40 kilometers away from the old headquarters. Cote d'lvoire, means Ivory Coast, presidential palace should move to central west, 30 kilometers away from the old one. Croatia's presidential palace should move to north central, 40 kilometers away from the old one. Cuba's presidential palace should move to west central, 30 kilometers away from the old one. Cyprus' presidential palace should move to south west, 20 kilometers away from the old palace, three-quarters south, one-quarter west. Egypt's presidential palace should move to south central, 30 kilometers away from the old palace. Are you alright there? Not too hot where you are? [MC: Not inside right now. Outside is going to be a hot day.] You have air con there, right? [MC: Yes, Master, we have air con. Plus we have the lights to help counteract that!] I don't have air con. I have a little fan there, it doesn't work very well because if we put here, it will fly away, everything, so we're just to bear it. If you cannot find me anymore, go to the ocean or river something, maybe I flowed there. Just felt down. I become liquid and flow to the river or ocean
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somewhere and then I'll become really 'Ching Hai.' [MC: Yes, the real true beautiful one.] 'Pure Ocean.' [MC: Ocean of Love.] Water, the name, 'Pure Water.' The military headquarters should move to west north, 30 kilometers away from the old one, two-thirds west, one-third north. 28. 29. France's Lower House Parliament should move to north central, 30 kilometers away from the old one. Gaza Strip's Hamas headquarters should move to south east, 20 kilometers away from where it was, three-quarters south, one-quarter east. Fatah headquarters should move to south central, 20 kilometers away from where it was. Georgia's presidential palace should move to east central, 30 kilometers away from where it was. Germany's Hitler's old headquarters, if still using, then should move to south east, three-quarters south, one-quarter east, 30 kilometers away from the old one. Greece's presidential palace should move to north central, 30 kilometers away from where it was. Haiti's presidential palace should move to south central, 40 kilometers away from the old palace. Honduras' presidential palace should move to south east, 30 kilometers away from the old palace, two-thirds south, one-third east. Hong Kong's present governor's palace should move to north west, 20 kilometers away from where the old palace is, two-thirds north, one-third west. Hungary's presidential palace should move to west central, 30 kilometers away from the old presidential palace. Iceland's prime minister palace should move to south central, 20 kilometers away from the old palace. India's presidential palace should move to west central, 30 kilometers away from the old presidential palace. Indonesia's presidential palace should move to east south, 30 kilometers away from the old palace, two-thirds east, one-third south. Iraq's prime minister palace should move to south central, 30 kilometers away from the old prime minister palace. Iran's presidential palace should move to east north, 40 kilometers away from the old presidential palace, two-thirds east, one-third north. The military headquarters should move to south east, 30 kilometers away from the old military headquarters, threequarters south, one-quarter east. Ireland's prime minister palace should move to west central, 40 kilometers away from the old prime minister palace. There is a rebel's headquarter in Ireland. The present
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rebel's headquarter should move to south east, 30 kilometers away from the old rebel's headquarter but two-thirds south, one-third east. 43. Israel's prime minister palace should move to central north, 30 kilometers away from the old prime minister palace. Israel's military headquarters should move to west north, 40 kilometers away from the old place, three-quarters west, one-quarter north. Japan's military headquarters should move to east south, 30 kilometers away from the old military headquarters, three-quarters east, one-quarter south. Jordan's prime minister palace should move to west north, 40 kilometers away from the old palace, two-thirds west, one-third north. Korea North's supreme leader's private residence should move to west south, 40 kilometers away from the old private residence of the supreme leader of North Korea, two-thirds west, one-third south. Lao's presidential palace should move to north east, 50 kilometers away from the old presidential palace, three-quarters north, one-quarter east. Latvia's presidential palace should move to south central, 50 kilometers away from the old palace. Lebanon's prime minister palace should move to west south, 40 kilometers away from the old palace, three-quarters west, one-quarter south. Liberia's presidential palace should move to west south, 40 kilometers away from the old palace, two-thirds west, one-third south. Libya's top leader, Mr. Gaddafi's compound/residence, should move to west north, 30 kilometers away from the old compound, three-quarters west, one-quarter north. Even if there is a new leader who comes to this compound of Mr. Gaddafi should move elsewhere, should not use this as the headquarters or anything to do with the government or anything to use. Just make it into a park would be best, or just for storage or something or museum. Don't ever live there; nobody should, because it results in just bloodshed and sorrow and pain. Personally, family-wise and nationalwise. The Libya's rebels' headquarters have also one lower road in. I just discovered it yesterday, because we have forgotten to look into that. In Benghazi, the rebels' headquarters have one lower road in, so they should move to west south, 50 kilometers away from where they had headquarters before, two-thirds west, one-third south. Malaysia's royal palace should move to west south, 30 kilometers away from the old palace, two-thirds west, one-third south. And the Malaysian police headquarters should move to west central, 30 kilometers away from where the old headquarters are. Mexico's presidential palace should move to south central, 40 kilometers away from where the old presidential palace is. Mongolia's presidential palace should move to east central, 40 kilometers away from the old palace. Morocco's royal palace should move to south central, 40 kilometers away from the old palace.
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Nepal's prime minister palace should move to west north, 50 kilometers away from the old prime minister palace, three-quarters west, one-quarter north. New Zealand's prime minister palace should move to east north, 30 kilometers away from the old one, two-thirds east, one-third north. The military headquarters should move to south central, 40 kilometers away from the old military headquarters. Pakistan has three places to move: Presidential palace, prime minister palace, military headquarters. This country needs more blessing. The presidential palace of Pakistan should move to west north, 40 kilometers away from the old palace, three-quarters west, one-quarter north. Pakistan's prime minister palace should move to west south, 50 kilometers away from the old palace, two-thirds west, one-third south. Pakistan's military headquarters should move to west north, 40 kilometers away from the old headquarters, two-thirds west, one-third north. Al-Qaeda group's headquarters should move to west south, 40 kilometers away from their old Al-Qaeda headquarters, two-thirds west, onethird south, for peace sake. Panama's presidential palace should move to east central, 40 kilometers away from the old palace. Philippines' Muslim rebel's headquarters they have a rebel group there, they call it Moro, Islamic Moro should move to south central, 20 kilometers away from the old headquarters. Poland's presidential palace should move to west north, 70 kilometers away from the old presidential palace, three-quarters west, one-quarter north. Russia, you know the former Mr. Stalin's residence, if still in use used to be used as residence and headquarters should move to east central, 30 kilometers away from the old residence of Mr. Stalin. Saudi Arabia's royal palace should move to east north, 40 kilometers away from the old palace, three-quarters east, one-quarter north. The military headquarters should move to south central, 30 kilometers away from the old headquarters. Slovenia's presidential palace should move to south east, 30 kilometers away from the old Crystal Palace, two-thirds south, one-third east. Somalia's presidential palace should move to west south, 30 kilometers away from the old palace, three-quarters west, one-quarter south. The military headquarters should move to west central, 40 kilometers away from the old military headquarters. Pirates headquarters should move to south central, 30 kilometers away from their present headquarters. I think you could... Never mind. I don't care. It's okay... I guess I won't melt away so quick. I don't think it's so light. I think it's heavy, cannot melt so quick. [MC: You still look so beautiful, Master.] Sorry, just one second. [MC: No problem, Master.] I'm teary. [MC: Thank You for giving us all Your time for this today.] Time is nothing, honey. Time is nothing. If I have, I give it all. Nothing compared to what else, but it's all worth it, you know? I just want this world to have peace and happiness like we humans deserve. [MC: It's amazing You can give us this.]
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Spain's Basque Separatists, ETA's headquarters, should move to east south, 70 kilometers away from where they are right now, two-thirds east, one-third south. Sri Lanka's presidential palace should move to northwest central, 40 kilometers away from the old palace. Sudan North's presidential palace should move to east north, 30 kilometers away from the old presidential palace, two-thirds east, one-third south. Syria's presidential palace should move to east south, 40 kilometers away from the old palace, three-quarters east, one-quarter south. Taiwan (Formosa)'s parliament palace (the Legislative Yuan) should move to southeast central, 40 kilometers away from where the palace used to be. Then they won't fight anymore and they will agree easily, more easily, and Taiwan will develop better, quicker. You see, that's why I have trouble when I'm asking for all this, also when I'm revealing all this, because the negative power doesn't want people to know all this; we will have peace if they all know this. Of course, all this is not all, but we will have more peace. It will influence the whole, the deeper layers of societies as well. Will be less drugs, less traffic, human trafficking and all those things as well will also decrease. It's not just the war, fighting with guns and between humans there are different kinds of wars: Economic war, or human violation war, human rights war, human poisoning war... Everything will influence that. And I'm surprised that I'm still alive to tell you all this, truly. [MC: Master, thank You for giving us the keys to peace. It's amazing, Master.] But I'm tough. Tough girl. [MC: Tough leader.] 009. Spy for the planet. [Master laughs.] International spy. Everything for the Earth. 007 says, 'Everything for England.' I say, 'Everything for the world!'
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Thailand's prime minister palace should move to west north, 50 kilometers away from the old prime minister palace, three-quarters west, one-quarter north. The military headquarters should move to southeast central, 70 kilometers away from the old military headquarters. Tunisia's presidential palace should move to southwest central, 70 kilometers away from the old presidential palace. The police headquarters should move to west south, 40 kilometers away from the old police headquarters, three-quarters west, one-quarter south. Turkey's prime minister palace should move to west central, 40 kilometers away from the old palace. Untied Arab Emirates' presidential palace should move to northeast central, 60 kilometers away from the present presidential palace. United Kingdom's prime minister's office should move to west south, 60 kilometers away from the old 10 Downing Street, three-quarters west, one-quarter south. United States of America, where you're standing, your country, 'The land of the free' and 'Country of the brave.' The White House should move to east south, 70 kilometers away from the yet-standing White House, two-thirds east, one-third south. We should make the second White House and put this White House into museum or something
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else. Should not use for government or private. Now, if you look at the United States' history, it's an ongoing war. If not war within your country, then war with many other countries. Let's take a rest. For the Americans, poor, working and good-hearted people. Let's move. It won't cost you anything. You don't have to believe me; just move, then you will see how much your country becomes more powerful. All the money you save in war will make your country more rich, more educated, more developed in all sizes, all kinds, all aspects. Your people will be stronger in spirit, not just in weapons. Weapons can be destroyed; people's spirit cannot be destroyed, and people's spirit is what we should cultivate, should make strong. Now, Venezuela... Oh, I'm sorry, it's not just United States, but many countries. I don't list all here, because what's gone is gone. So I checked into the past history of our planet and different leaders, different nations, and you name it, whatever leaders have started war before, their headquarters or their commanding headquarters or their palace have built on top of these negative influence areas, either hell portal or low portal or low road, hell road, et cetera. I have checked them. Many of them are like that. No escape. It would happen sooner or later. It would happen overnight, without you even preparing for it. It's gone, gone without warning. Just overnight, everything turned upside down, inside out, and your life's in danger, your family's in jeopardy, your country would be in turmoil, without you even thinking. Blink of an eye, it can happen right away. It might not happen now, but it will happen sooner or later. If it doesn't happen to this president, it will happen to the next one, if continue sitting in that negative place. 77. 78. Venezuela's presidential palace should move to southwest central, 40 kilometers away from the present presidential palace. Vietnam (Au Lac)'s present North military headquarters, maybe they still use the old one but I'm talking about the now, if they're still using it now, the present North military headquarters should move to northwest central, 60 kilometers away from the present military headquarters, so that the country will be more peaceful and no more threat of war. Yemen's presidential palace should move to east north, two-thirds east, one-third north, 40 kilometers away from the old presidential palace. The military headquarters should move to southeast central, 40 kilometers away from the old military headquarters. Zimbabwe's presidential palace should move to southwest central, 40 kilometers away from the old presidential palace. End of list. [MC: Thank You so much, Master.] You want to ask me anything? MC. Just to thank You to how much work, it's so amazing. All the details that You went into, all the drawings, and we thank You so much the time You took to even draw them on the whiteboard for us, to help us understand. Thank You so much. Master, when a leader leaves one of these negative areas, will they be able to make correct decisions after they've left that area quickly or do they need time to adjust? Yes, it takes some time, maybe several weeks to wear it all off, but they can feel immediate effect. They think clearer. They're leaning more toward tolerance, understanding and peace and cooperation. They will be more softened inside. Their decision will be more clear, more beneficial to themselves, their families, their parties, their government and the world. But we just hope that they move. I'm going through all this, but it's up to the leaders to move. I cannot move for them. I cannot do much more
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than zillions of zillions of zillions already been given. I'm not allowed to give more than I have already given. I wish I had a magic wand and then I'll give all my things or whatever, my life, and my heaven in order to change the world into a peaceful place or heaven, vegan immediately. But it's not like that. It's like you do homework for your children. You can guide them, but you cannot do it for them. The thing is, Steve, the question you ask, if a leader officially abandons their headquarter or palace, a group's leaders, idealistic group leaders or national group leaders, if they abandon their headquarters, their office, their palace, be it king, queen, prime minister, president or leader of an idealistic group somehow, if they abandon their headquarters or palace officially and everybody knows it in the world, then it will help them 150%. But of course, they have to cultivate also more moral standards, more righteous living, but the thing is, when they go to that auspicious place, new one, they will be more inclined toward peace and loving kindness and more benevolence in decision. Right now, where they sit, they cannot do much. Sometimes their inner struggle is so great, the pressure is so big that they cannot even think; and even if they think good now and again, it would be mixed with more negative things after or before or in between, or change their mind because the negative influence on them is too great for one person to withstand. Because whoever is the president or prime minister or king or queen sitting in that place, they don't just sit there pretty, they have work to do. They're busy, day and night and they have to think of what to do for the next steps. And they are so busy to even get more connection with heaven, and the negative power is just right there more bad influence than good influence. They don't have time sometimes, even to pray, and when they pray they don't even have enough concentration to connect with heaven. So it's a very, very poor person who sits there as a leader in this 'negative hole,' I call it. [MC: It makes it impossible to make a correct decision?] Yes, yes, it's impossible, because they're busy and tired. Overburdened with the national or their own mission interest or decision and strategy. And the negative just on top of them, like, makes decision for them. They're powerless, for one person to be powerless against the whole negative power that is concentrated there. If a leader abandons, for peace sake, for okay, just to try, how much it costs? Even to build a new palace, how much it costs, anyway? And even if it doesn't work, you can still use it, the palace won't run away, I won't come and take the palace, it's nothing to do with me. So I think they should all move, just to try a new chapter of their lives and the national, international interest, in the interest of the world. If a leader moves officially, openly like that, then the benefit is 150%, at least. [MC: That's great!] At least, and if they have more moral standard and more correct living, righteous thinking, then, it'd be more and more blessing, because they can receive more blessing. Before, wherever they stay, it's more like obstructed. They're too near the negative, too far from the positive, that's why. But if a leader I don't know for what reason not officially abandons the headquarters, like abandons it, but quietly, secretly, but they remove all their official authority items, like stamps, their favorite pens, or their table or whatever belongs to them, move to the auspicious designated area that we have discussed above, and they work there, they do everything there, and never return to the old palace, the old presidential palace or headquarters, whatever that is, never, then it will still help them 90%. So abandon it officially is the best, when all the whole world knows about it, then all the blessing of the world with them. Then very strong power, including all the blessing of all the yogis in the world, and all the heavens and all deities and invisible, benevolent beings. Then the benefit is multifold: They feel immediately good, their health improves, their head clearer; everything will improve. They will feel lighter, lighter, lighter all the time, more and more light, all the time, lighter inside. And it's easier for them to make positive decisions. [MC: Wonderful, Master.] Any more, love? [MC:
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That's all the questions we have. Thank You, Master.] Well, actually today, even without your question, I was going to report all this, because I was eager to do it. It couldn't be quick enough for me, but sometimes I could not bear it, I had to take a break, that's why it took a little longer than it should be. I wish I had more than 24 hours a day, and more than 30 days a month, more than 7 days a week, but I'm not like... I'm in the world, you see, even though I have retreat, but I'm still doing worldly work, and still see worldly people, and... I'm not like a Himalaya yogi, sitting on top of the glaciers and just connecting with God all day long. So time and the physical body's needs also be taken into account. [MC: Yes, Master, we appreciate all the sacrifice You make.] It's okay, love. It's all worth it, it's all worth it. I will recover, I will recover after a while. The effect will manifest, but I will overcome. I am very strong. [MC: We know, Master.] I'm stronger now than before. And I hope the leaders will move exactly to where it was that we have mentioned above, because the lower portals, hell portal, or sub-portals, they all have fork roads, junction. So if you don't move to the correct place, then maybe you are here with the hell portal, but if you move a little bit further, then it's a hell road, or if you move more to the left, then also another hell road there, because a fork road. With the portal, there are many roads. Like a portal here. For example, hell portal. They have fork road so that they lead people there, so these roads are also very, very influential in a bad way to anybody, but if a leader will be there, then it's bad for the nations and especially for his family as well. If he's not in war, then more disaster or more tragedy comes into his family, one by one, he cannot do anything or into his nation. War doesn't always mean weapons and killing; war can be in the form of economic sanction, embargo to impoverish your nation's people, and disable your leadership in the international standard. You will be pushed down, you'll be oppressed also, and then you might be sick personally, or handicapped, or attacked in one way or another, sooner or later, or your family member, and it's very painful; very painful that you cannot do all the ideals, cannot exercise all the ideals that you have in your heart no matter how good an intention you have. It will crumble you, if you sit there long; something would happen. That's why I hope the leader just moves exactly to where it was unveiled by heaven. I thank heaven for telling us all this, for loving us so much, for letting me even disclose this to the world. I was worried I'm not allowed to, but you know, we negotiate and it's okay, we can do that. There's no other way that we keep just praying and negotiating on the table, and then tomorrow, fight again. You can see it. Some leaders were really willing to talk. Disarmament, denuclearization, everything, and then the next month, something happens to make them change their mind again, and we're on edge again; not that they don't want to, it's just too strong the negative influence, just makes them very, very struggle inside. You have to pray for the leaders to be strong and to change. It's not their fault alone. The thing is like this: Why does that place exist? Why is it negative in the first place? In the beginning, maybe, the leaders, the first one who came there, winning the war or something, or involved in some war on something, or in some means to get that palace or to build that palace, in that atmosphere of energy, they'd build the palace exactly where it's matching with their energy. Like attracts like. And then the later generation leaders will inherit that place, and then will go into the same steps again, that is the problem. So we have to start anew with peaceful intention, then we'll find a peaceful place, build a peaceful palace, and begin a peaceful, brand new situation again. So that's why. So all the old palaces that have trouble, all the countries that have war and conflict should start anew, build a new palace, in the revealed place. It costs nothing much. Better than spend all life in war, and money in war and lives, and your families and your reputation and your honor and everything. If you lose the war, even if you are a leader of a nation, you'll become nothing. You'll have to hide, you have to be anxious every day, and see your family members die in front of your eyes. It's very painful. So
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move now, yes? Move now. And all the people who are winning in the war, please forgive the leaders, because if you don't forgive this leader, and the other leaders will not surrender, because they're worried if you don't forgive that leader, if they also surrender, they would be in the same position as the beaten leaders. They'll be in jail, be in court, will be in all kinds of torturous situations, so how would they give in? They would fight to death, because they are pushed into the war, pushed into the corner. Either they die in the battle or they die in jail, so they prefer to die in the battle. That's why war continues. We have to forgive in order to have peace, long-lasting peace. I tell you one more secret. [MC: Thank You, Master.] The Love Goddess, the Goddess of Love has told me... because we heard so much about love: 'Love is everything we need,' 'Love is everything,' love is good and love, 'Love thy enemy'... but why? Why love? And why is it the love of the animals also very important for our planet's survival? Why? Why is love so important? Everybody talks about love, but you don't understand what it is. Love has a component to dissolve calamities. That is exactly, I quote her, 'Love has the component to dissolve calamity.' Just like in our world we have some chemical thing that dissolves something. Like acid will dissolve maybe metal. Love has a component, invisible component, in our world we have chemical components, which we can prove but in the invisible realm, in the abstract realm, something like love is not to be proved by chemical stuff or mathematical stuff, but it has the invisible abstract component. I quote exactly her words: 'Love has the component to dissolve calamity.' I quote exactly what she told me in the vision. And she is gracious enough to allow me to tell you. I knew it but, of course, if without her permission I cannot tell. There are so many things I cannot tell but it's not important to our world, so it's okay. But if, what's important, I would tell you when I have the permission. So we should move into this recommended position to avoid running into any of them. Of course it costs some extra, everybody knows, but not much, compared to the war, and lives that are lost, including yours and your loved ones, in conflict. And also we must be careful about the private residence of the leaders. Sometimes not the palace of the leader, it's the private residence. I found out in history, as well as present, that the private residence of a leader has a very big, important role to play in the peace of the nation and the world. For example, the North Korean supreme leader's residence, he should move out of the old residence, get a new one the way I told. Even holiday home or secret hideout. If you're a leader of a country or leader of important idealistic group, the safest is chosen in the same line, in the same direction of these new auspicious areas the nearer, the better; in the vicinity of one or two square kilometers. That will bring luck, happiness and peace, not only to yourself, your family, but the nation and the world. Also, bear in mind, it's very important, that we should move away, the leaders especially, should move away from evil thoughts, deeds and speech, because it will affect how you act and affect the nation and the world. The leaders should lead in the light of righteousness, benevolence and in heaven's will. Heaven is benevolent, so whatever we do benevolently, that is according to heaven's will. I have something here. I have written something this last minute. As a citizen of the world, like you are, there are only two things that I ask. Two things that I request from my leaders. They're also my leaders. I am a citizen of the world; I'm not talking as a spiritual Master, I am just a citizen of the world. There are only two things that I request from my leaders and those idealistic groups' leaders, who've great intentions to better this world, to do away with injustice and to want to save the nation or the planet. But there are two things I ask only: First, be vegan. Second, make peace. It's only two things I ask. So for the safety and happiness of all people, including yourself and your loved ones, for the continuous
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survival and flourishing planet, our planet, our precious world, I would implore all you mighty heroes to sacrifice two things. First, forego the innocent flesh of the animals be vegan. Second, move your palace or headquarters to the above auspicious best locations. That's all I ask. And with all my love and immense gratitude in advance, I salute your courage and your good ideal, your high, noble aspiration. May your goodwill move to new auspicious place be smooth and peaceful. May harmony be the crown of your success. May God bless our world and planet with peace, love and kindness. I sincerely wish you all the best; and in the name of billions co-inhabitants on this planet, I thank you again. And may God bless our world. [MC: Thank You, Master. Thank You for Your blessing, Master.] So long. MC. Most caring and beautiful Master, our profound gratitude for all You have shared with us today and for the love and grace You bestow upon us. We are so very honored to hear this never-before-revealed knowledge and insights about the world and the universe, and are forever thankful for all You do and have done, to generously make this information widely available. We know that You had to meditate intense long hours and travel to heaven and hell to research each country's information one by one. Thank You, Master, for letting us know this unprecedented information. Because of the urgent state of the world right now, it is a race against time. May countries' leaders and all people be awakened to bring about a compassionate world through the noble vegan lifestyle and the wise advice Master lovingly offered today. We respectfully wish You excellent health and many tranquil days as global citizens move ever closer to a heaven on Earth with Your immense blessings and unconditional love. Please take care, Master. We all love You very much. Yes, very much we love You, Master. I love you too, guys. I love the world, I love people. By the way, I was going to say goodbye already, but by the way, because you mentioned it, I am not the only one who tried to access to this knowledge, and I am not the only one who wanted peace in the world by imparting this information to people. There have been some spiritual people in the past who have tried, but failed. Either they have been eliminated, in the beginning, or after they got the knowledge. Before they revealed to the world, they are overwhelmed by the negative power and then either they succumbed so, you know, just left our physical world either in a normal way, or in some agonizing way. So it is not easy for any Master to be able to do that. It's not like they did not want to. We also have to thank for their effort and their sacrifice up till now. And I'm just lucky that I am able to do it. I am just thanking heaven. [MC: We are the lucky ones, Master. The world is lucky, Master.] Thanking heaven. Thanking all of heavens and humans immensely. [MC: Thank You, Master.] So long. All the best to you. [MC: So long. Thank You for your work, Master. Bye.] God bless our world. I have a note I forgot to read. You know the residence of the leaders are also very important. It's good that they know also. Sorry about that, I forgot, there are so many things. [MC: We are live again.] We're alive again? [MC: Our second life!] Excuse me, so many things I have forgotten the note I wrote, because so many things to remember. So sometimes I wrote but I forgot. Important thing is that even the private residence of the group leaders or nation leaders is very, very crucial to their success and to peace in the world. So we have to also choose the residence carefully, and in an exact place. If I can find out exactly where is the best place for these leaders to take up as a private residence, then I will tell you next time. [MC: Wow, Master, thank You!] I will meditate on it and find out, because it's just as long as the list just now, it takes some time. But this time will be quicker, because we already have all the background information so I just find out exactly where the private residence for the presidents or the leaders of group or nation should be. I suggest that nations, apart from the presidential palace or leader's
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palace, we should build another private residency nearby, or somewhere else; the good place, so that any new leader comes will take up that residency, not just the old residence, not just the old president or incumbent president or prime minister, but anyone who takes office after him or her, will inherit also that private residency to ensure that the leader has enough well-being of a spiritual, mental and physical in order to take care of the nation and hence contribute to the peaceful planet; not just having built a place for him and then just him and then later... I cannot keep continue looking for new residency for leaders forever! So apart from the new palace, they should build a new residence. But in the beginning, the leader should move to the new place, exactly that position more or less and stay there until the new palace is born, and then meanwhile, I do research into an auspicious place for the private residence of the leaders of the groups or the nations and then I will announce it again and then they build another one, but that will become national properties, just like presidential palace. It's to be passed on, from one to the next, not to be used only one time, leader, alone. Then it would be, for sure, secure, our peaceful planet will be good good will be good future. [MC: Thank You, Master, for caring so much and doing so much!] Okay, that's all. I had forgotten that note. Thanks a lot. MC. Thank You, Master. [M: Bye for now.] Bye-bye. [M: I love you!] See You again. [M: I love you.] We love You too, Master.
[This is an extra note from Supreme Master Ching Hai: 'Though most auspicious, some locations might not be easily accessible, but that's the way it is revealed (to be completely out of bad influences and maximize positiveness). At least move as far as possible from the old place in the indicated direction to have more auspiciousness, but the result is not guaranteed. The best is to move to the exact location, even if having to work on a ship or a building on top of a mountain or on a space station.']
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M. VP. M. VP. M. Amitabha Buddha, Ms. Vice President (VP). Hallo Master. Amitabha Buddha. Amitabha Buddha. Welcome! [VP: Thank You.] Welcome to visiting our small place. Master, today I brought some good sisters from Business and Professional Women of Formosa to visit Your Hsihu Center. We admire You very much. Thank you very much! Thanks for coming. Thank you very much! We are very honored to have such a virtuous leader to visit our very humble place. We feel very, very honored and very lucky. Very honored to see you, Your Excellency. I want to take this opportunity to send our deep gratitude to you for travelling around to ask people to protect the environment and save the Earth. I know you have a lot of work to do but you continue your work to protect your people. Such a deed shows that you are truly a living Bodhisattva (saint). [VP: Thank You.] According to Buddhist sutras, if a person is rich and powerful like you who have both power and fortune but is not attached to fame, instead, he/she does meritorious deeds and believes in Buddhism, then he/she must be
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a Bodhisattva. Buddha said so. Therefore you must be a living Bodhisattva. Formosa is so blessed to have you to lead the multitude. VP. Master, I have retired for three years, so I have no power anymore. [M: I know, I know.] What I have is love, just like You have. I only have love towards the Earth and humanity. Yes, yes. This is also a kind of power. [VP: Yes. Right. That's right.] Because you have this power inside, you think this way. Yes. I've been promoting the soft power. Soft power includes peace, love, and high technology. Worldly power is not everlasting. But we say that once a person becomes a president, he is a president for life. He still has power, just a little... Presidents have terms, but one's life is everlasting. Yes, yes. You have high wisdom, so you know. We Buddhists who practice diligently and follow Buddhist traditions and teachings all know that the world is transient. Any power is transient, but you are still respected by the whole nation and the international community. You still have power, a different kind of power. Regardless, you still care about the suffering people in the world and want to save all beings. This is really meritorious. [VP: Thank You.] May heaven and Buddha bless you forever so you can have power, not the worldly power, but the inner power, to continue to help the Earth and people in this world. We take this opportunity to thank you. Thank you a thousand times. Formosa is so blessed. Thank You, Master. You have been spreading Buddhist teachings for a long time, also calling on people to eat vegetarian and refrain from eating meat to save the Earth. I think it's a very extraordinary effort. I would like to ask Master: You have been promoting 'Be Veg Go Green 2 Save the Planet' around the world. Are You satisfied with the results so far? In what aspects are You going to do more? No, Your Excellency, not yet. I'm not satisfied yet. It's impossible. You know it very clearly. We still have a lot of work to do and we need to work harder in many areas. Being vegan is still a new concept for the world, so it takes time for people to accept it. Even if they can accept the idea, it's still hard for them to change habits. If our world has more people like you, Ms. Vice President, we will be able to spread the message wider and faster. If I do it alone, it's more difficult... I work very hard, but I don't have much power. You are too humble. In the international community, do You think it's easier to promote veganism in developing countries or well-developed countries? I think those who are rich eat more meat, so we should target rich people more for the meat-free campaign. Do You agree? You've made a very good point. We just continue to work. But in this era, they develop too fast. Take Mainland China for example. In a blink of an eye, it has become a very developed, powerful country. Mainland China used to eat less meat and fewer people got cancer because they ate less meat. Now they eat a lot of meat, because they are rich. Also, it seems most families have a car, which they didn't have before. Wherever
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we can promote it, we just start from there. I think what you said is correct. That's why we started from Europe and the United States. However... VP. The United States is a country that consumes a lot of meat. They eat beef. The United States is big but its rail system is not widespread, so Americans rely mostly on cars. I think You have been doing a lot in the United States. What else do You think we can do in the United States of America? I'll just continue like this. In your opinion, what can I do in the United States of America? You know more about politics. Maybe you can give me some advice about what I should do there. Then what do You think we should do in China? We don't need to promote veganism in China's poor areas, because they don't have meat to eat anyway. Instead we should focus on certain groups of people in Shanghai and Beijing. If we can influence them, it should be helpful. What I am doing in Formosa is that whenever I treat my guests to a meal, I'd say, 'Sorry, but I'd like to treat you to vegetarian dishes today.' [M: Yes, wow!] This way, while having the meal, I can explain to my guests the reasons why I'm not serving them meat dishes. And they listen. Then they will think about it afterwards. I also entreat with them to order vegetarian meals whenever they treat their guests. This is to send a message to the restaurant owners that they should request their chefs to learn how to cook meat-free dishes. This way we can further promote the vegetarian diet. I also try to convey the message to the public as much as possible when I give speeches, but it is hard to ask them to cut off meat completely, because probably only people at a high level in their spiritual practice are able to do that. So I change it to 'eat less meat,' instead of 'eat no meat.' If I ask them to cut off meat completely right away, perhaps many people would refuse. Therefore I ask them to eat less meat. We also plan to promote 'at least one meatless meal a day.' So on United Nations Day, October 24, I'll answer the call of the United Nations with '3 Less to Save the Earth.' The United Nations promotes 'Eat No Meat,' but I changed it to 'Eat Less Meat, Drive Less, Waste Less.' [M: You understand human psychology so well. You are very understanding.] So based on the '3 Less,' we are planning to organize two '3 Less to Save the Earth' festivals in Kaohsiung and Taipei. [M: Are they effective?] We are preparing for them. First, we try to make more people aware of this issue. Currently, most people who don't eat meat have religious beliefs. We hope, however, that no matter whether one has religious beliefs or not, everyone will 'eat less meat,' 'waste less,' and 'drive less.' So we are actively preparing for these events. On October 23, the day before United Nations Day, we will have events in Taipei and Kaohsiung at least. Of course we hope that all Your disciples can also help, because You are already doing very well. We hope You can join us. Today at Your Hsihu Center, I've also got to know many outstanding physicians as well as people in the veg business. I also hope they can join us to promote the events together. Hope Master gives us blessing. They will, they will. In the United States, they have already started promoting it. First Lady Michelle Obama has already been promoting the vegetarian diet for a while. Not vegan, but vegetarian. She did put a piece of cheese on her MyPlate. She should ask President Obama to replace the beef hamburger patty with a vegetarian one when he visits his favorite hamburger store. That would be very helpful, right? That would be great! They are truly very nice people.
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Master, from a feminist point of view, I would like to ask You a few questions. Is that okay? Please. Please, how can I serve you? Please ask. Today we have quite a few outstanding female friends from Formosa. They are all professional women. We also know that there are a few great female leaders in the Buddhist religion. Master Ching Hai, You are a very special one, because according to traditional views, if one is a religious leader and lives a monastic life, he/she should follow the tradition when choosing what to wear and deciding what his/her appearance should be like. Master, You are the first person to take a stand, according to the worldly view. I think this has also caused You some trouble. From a feminist point of view, we feel this is a very unique aspect. Can Master expound on this? I don't think about such things anymore. These concepts are already history. I don't think about them anymore, I just continue doing my job. Whatever is convenient for society and beneficial to the Earth, I'll do. I don't worry about what to wear or what to do. We should go beyond these physical aspects. I can have my head shaved or not; either way is fine. For example, you are the Vice President. Your hair is so short. If it becomes a little shorter, you almost become a nun, but you are very pretty in this way. You look so young, so young. So Master means as long as you sincerely believe in the Buddha, outer appearance is not important. [M: Not very important. We can go beyond that.] Yes, we can go beyond that. We also know that You are a very gifted artist. You can do a lot of designs. Can You also elaborate on this for us? Thank you. It's all due to heaven's and Buddha's help. It's due to the help of the Buddhas and the blessings of the Bodhisattvas. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for a woman without any worldly power to go out, struggle alone, and give advice to society. It's very difficult. Everyone likes to stick to traditions. People are suspicious of anything new, but I do things according to heaven's instruction. Whatever Buddhas and Bodhisattvas ask me to do, I will do. Even if I were asked not to wear any clothes, like those Himalayan yogis, I'd do it, for sure; but please, please ask them not to have me do like this. Each era is different. I follow in Quan Yin Bodhisattva's steps. She said whatever She should do She would do: She would be a high official's wife, a young boy or girl; She would do anything. It depends on the time and need. This hair is easy to cut, but it takes more time to grow. If we want to cut it, in a few minutes, it's gone. This dress, whether it is yellow or white, it's just different colors. It looks more or less the same. No big difference. I think in our time, people are more receptive to things that are not so serious and to those in common with ordinary people. In Buddhism, it is also said that to deliver sentient beings, we have to be together with them, walk with them, and be like them. There are many ways to deliver sentient beings. There are many ways we can communicate with others. We don't have to stick to one way. There are 84,000 methods. We can choose any of them. I don't know if I'm a nun or not. Every day I'm as busy as a bee. After meditating more than 10 hours, I don't have much time left. Then I still have other work to do. So being a nun or not, I don't have any of that concept anymore. You don't. When we came to Your Center, we saw that You have Your bedroom in a cave. We felt very touched since You didn't enjoy much. You just stay in the cave when You come back to Formosa. I think this is a very, very elevated way of practice.
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you know it very well, and that's why you advise people to eat less meat, if not cutting it off completely. I cannot tell people to eat less meat only. VP. M. So in other words, Master, are You not very optimistic about the future of humankind? Is that right? I am still optimistic somewhat. We still have hope. It cannot be hopeless. That's why I continue meditating more than 10 hours every day, almost all day, all night. Sometimes I have a one or half-hour break because I need to take care of myself and my dogs, to clean the house, for example like that. Otherwise I meditate all the time, praying for heaven's protection and also reminding people from inside to return to their original self, which is compassion, which is Buddha nature. To remind all people of this aspect from inside, I have to communicate with them through meditation. Outer speech is only a little bit effective, not completely. The power of meditation is more effective, because inside we are the same, our souls are the same, our Buddha nature is the same. That's why inner communication is more effective. Also we are asking all spiritual practitioners and non-practitioners in the whole world to meditate every day during various common times, or at any time. We should meditate and pray. This is the message we are promoting on television. On one hand, we are reminding people with the spoken language, and on the other, we are communicating with them inwardly. I still keep my hopes up, Ms. Vice President. We still have hope. Master, do You plan to visit Formosa in the near future? Do You plan to come back to Formosa? Right now I meditate a lot, so I don't want to go anywhere. You are having a retreat. Something like that. I'm having a retreat, but it's not that I lock myself up completely. If you come to our Center, I would still like to meet you very much. I didn't expect that Ms. Vice President is so pretty and so young! [VP: Thank You so much.] You are different from how I imagined. [VP: Is that so! I'm not 100 years old yet, so I'm not that old.] I'm also about your age, but you look so pretty, so pretty. [VP: Thank You so much.] You are like a young lady. Thank You. I hope that next time when Master comes back to Formosa, we will have a chance to meet You. Today, a lot of our sisters have come to visit Your Center. We also wish Master great success in Your spiritual practice and goals. Thank you. Thank you all for visiting our place. Let's thank Master. Amitabha Buddha. Amitabha Buddha. Everyone, please take care of Ms. Vice President more. Please. [VP: Thank You.] Take good care of her. May heaven bless the Earth, Formosa, and Master. Thank you! Please forgive me. I feel very, very honored. I was supposed to greet you and your good friends in person, but I have been meditating a lot and I cannot go out so suddenly. I think meditation is more important, so I'm still having a retreat. Please understand and forgive me. [VP: Sure, sure. Alright. Thank You.] I ask for your and your
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good friends' understanding and forgiveness. May Buddhas and Bodhisattvas bless you, your good friends, and Formosa, because it's a small island, which is more surrounded by seas. In this era, islands are not very safe, but I ask Buddhas and Bodhisattvas to protect Formosa. Thank you. Thanks everyone for coming. VP. M. VP. M. VP. Q. M. VP. M. CM. M. Amitabha Buddha. Thank You. I think it's about the time. Please take some rest, Master. Thank You. We will just continue to meditate. Can we let our sisters talk to Master? If our sisters have questions, can they ask for Master's guidance? If necessary, yes. Do we still have time? Does anyone want to talk to Master? Let's thank Alice first. Hallo Master. Hallo, hallo. Do you like our place? Yes, I like it very much, especially the Rainbow Garden for kids. I think it's very creative, very nice. It's a little old now. Have you treated our guests well? Chairman (CM), have you treated Ms. Vice President and her good friends well? We've done our best. You have? Cook vegan food for everyone. Did you prepare a place for them to rest or maybe they don't have time to rest? Maybe you don't have time to take a rest? You just came to visit and you need to go back to do many things, right? Are you still busy? Are you busy or no? I am okay. I just do the things I should do every day. I look at it as a conscious business. Yes, a conscious business. Yes, I'm only doing conscious... It's a forever business. [VP: Yes.] You don't need to take office, nor do you need to resign. [VP: Yes.] I wish you success in your business. [VP: Thank You.] I also pray for Formosa to be blessed. Our Association members practice spiritually also for the safety of Formosa. [VP: Thank You.] Is there anyone else who'd like to say anything? Does anyone want to talk? Thank You, Master, please take care also. They are shy. Please take care also. May Buddhas and Bodhisattvas bless you, your friends, and Formosa. I love Formosa very much. We'll see each other again when we have a chance. Yes. Good. Thank You.
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WORLD VEGAN WORLD PEACE: A CONSCIOUS CHOICE 6

MC. Ladies and gentlemen, up next is the most anticipated moment of the entire conference the interview with Commissioner Avila and Supreme Master Ching Hai via videolink. During this session, Supreme Master Ching Hai will graciously answer questions posed by Commissioner Avila, Commissioner Horton, and Mrs. Avila. Commissioner Avila, thank you for hosting this interview segment. We'd also like to take this moment to acknowledge Nancy Hung representing Chicago Chinese News; Peter Anderson, Executive Director of Midwest Area Pit Stop dog rescue, also a vegan; and Dan Maloney, author of Sunrise on Kusatsu Harbor. Thank you for joining us today. Ladies and gentlemen, we are honored to have as our special guest, Supreme Master Ching Hai, joining us today via videolink. Hallo, Master, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Hallo. Hallo and thank you. And how are You today? I am great, thank you. And how are you? How is everyone there? Well, we're having a good time here because we're having wonderful weather here in Chicago. [M: Good for you.] God has blessed us today. [M: Good for you.] Supreme Master Ching Hai, it is an honor and a pleasure to meet You. I am most appreciative and honored. [M: It's my honor, sir, my honor.] Thank You very much. I sincerely thank You for accepting our invitation to interview You regarding Your poetry book, 'The Love of Centuries,' and other issues concerning our planet. I was also privileged to receive a copy of 'From Crisis to Peace' and 'Celestial Art.' Thank You so much for sharing these books with the world. Before we start the interview session, it would be wonderful if You could share with us some of Your insights and wisdom. You're too kind, too kind. Thank you, sir, thank you. And thank you, you and Commissioner Horton, and your beautiful wife, Sherry. Thank you all of you, as well, involved in this beautiful conference. You're very kind. May God bless you so much, so much. Yes, when I read Your book and when I met Your disciples speaking about love and peace... You know, I love God, and I love my wife, and I love my kids, but I love You also, because You are concerned... [M: Thank you, thank you. Thank you.] Because the way You're concerned about the kids. The kids are going to save our planet, and that's why we have to educate them on how to save the planet. Thank you for doing all you're doing, and my warmest greetings to you, Commissioner Horton, your wife, and everyone there. I am very happy to have a chance to participate in this conference today, and to be in the presence of such distinguished and caring people like yourself, Commissioner Frank Avila, Commissioner Patricia Horton, and Mrs. Sharilyn Avila, your beautiful wife, and so sweet, as well as all the concerned participants attending this discussion.
Videoconference with the American people at the 'World Vegan World Peace: A Concious Choice' Conference, University of Chicago, Illinois, USA, August 11th, 2011 (Originally in English). * Note: This conference is recorded verbatim only the insightful interview with Supreme Master Ching Hai by the Honorable Frank Avila (FA), vegan Commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago in the United States of America. Joining the discussion were the Honorable Patricia Horton (PH), Commissioner of the same distinguished government agency, and Mrs. Sherry Avila (SA), a vegan teacher and docent for the Loyola University Museum of Art and for the Irish American Heritage Center.
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First of all, my respect for your hard work and high moral principles that guide your endeavors, and at the same time have shaped this great nation of America. You have each reached out and touched many lives in your own capacity. Commissioner Avila and Commissioner Horton have served millions of people through the internationally admired Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. It's a long, long title. It's not long enough for your merit actually; you have done all to make sure that people have safe and clean drinking water, while improving the environment in which they live. The people of Cook County are fortunate to have your dedicated guardianship and selfless spirit of service. And Mrs. Sherry Avila, in your diverse community roles, you have enriched the wholesome learning for many people. All your actions speak volumes of the genuine love and compassion flowing in your heart. You make a lovely couple. Knowing that we all care for people and the environment, we still may wonder about the best way to preserve it for our children and grandchildren, as you care so much about the future generation. Fortunately, we have people like you, whose work offers an example of benevolence and noble values. We also have the teachings of sages past and present to remind us that being kind and virtuous are important, not only because this is right or pleasing to heaven, but because loving kindness and virtuous living protect us and our world. The wider we extend our circle of loving kindness, the wider we will be, the wider we will have the shield of protective, positive energy around us. So imagine this circle extending to encompass all creation, including the whole planetary environment and all the living beings within it. Such a shield would protect us from any negativity or harm, be it climate change, disasters, war, economic depression, et cetera, et cetera. Being vegan a word that in today's world means to live without exploiting the lesser beings, lesser co-inhabitants, animals is the most pervasive way to expand this circle of peace. Veganism is just the modern term for an ancient practice that matches the teachings of ancient prophets like Master Jesus Christ, Prophet Muhammad, Lao Tzu, the Buddha, Socrates, et cetera. All these great teachers spoke the way of peace and walked the way of veganism, the way of love, for all beings. If we don't walk the way of loving kindness, we will widen the sphere of non-peace, of violence. We can see the evidence of this in the animal farms and the slaughterhouses where there is no inch of peace for our innocent and aware animal co-inhabitants. Not only that, there's no peace for the countless wild animals who lose their habitats to the land that is cleared for the animal industry every day. Over 80% of the Amazon's increasingly deforested areas have become pasture for livestock, with the rest going mostly to livestock-feeding crops. There is also no peace for the millions of people in need, who suffer from hunger and thirst, which is only worsened by the massive resources consumed by the livestock industry. There is no peace for the neighbors of factory farms, where hydrogen sulfide, ammonia and bacteria-laden dust can create an unbearable stench and cause health problems that have both trapped people within, and driven them away from, their homes. There is no peace even for the consumers who are plagued by the rising incidence of meat-related diseases. As the vegan doctor Dr. Neal Barnard has pointed out, 4,000 Americans have heart attacks every day due to meat eating. Every day, 4,000 Americans suffer heart attacks. Can you imagine? That's heart attack alone; there are other things that we don't mention. There's no peace for the animal industry workers even, whose bleak and hazardous workers even, whose working conditions today remain similar to those of the Chicago Union's stockyards meatpacking days a century ago. I guess you have not forgotten. Human Rights Watch calls meatpacking or slaughtering the most dangerous factory job in America; and in the end, there's no peace even for the few who financially profit from the meat and dairy industry. They must bear the dreadful consequences of their actions, if not in this life, then in the hereafter, because God has warned those who harm or kill animals that they should stop all this cruelty. It says so in the bible. 'Stop all this cruelty or Hes will turn Hiers
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head away when they pray to Hirm, because their hands are full of innocent blood.' So a completely peaceful world must be a vegan world, where all beings live in peace and do not fear one another. Therefore, I urgently call upon all the caring people to please be vegan, and also pray and meditate for World Vegan, World Peace. This is to protect our planet, our lives and our souls with our positive energy. Please be vegan to manifest peace and health, at least in your circle of life, so that together we can lessen the violence and sorrow, and increase happiness and love in our world; and this shall be the kind of tomorrow we could ensure for our children and all beings on this planet. Thank you. May God bless us all. FA. Thank You for those kind words. And You know, You mentioned the Chicago stockyards. Well, the effect that the Chicago stockyards had here in Chicago, the area, we call it Bubbly Creek, and the Bubbly Creek, it still is contaminated. The bottom of Bubbly Creek is all toxic. [M: Still?] Still, in Bubbly Creek. [M: My God.] And we had trouble in Bubbly Creek in dissolved oxygen, because You know, we as human beings, we need air to breathe; well, the aquatic life under the water, they need dissolved oxygen to survive also, and it is contaminated, and we have to increase dissolved oxygen in Bubbly Creek. [M: Gosh!] And also, Supreme Master Ching Hai, what we do here in the Chicago land area, the way we treat wastewater, and we discharge our effluent, our liquid, into our channels; it flows southwest into the Des Plaines River. From the Des Plaines River, it flows into the Illinois River, from the Illinois River, it flows into the Mississippi, and it flows down into the Gulf of Mexico. So we, the people living here in Chicago, have an environmental effect all the way down to the Gulf of Mexico. [M: Geez! Yes.] And that's why we have to be considerate about our water environment here in the Chicago greater area. [M: Yes, sir, you see just Chicago alone is like that. Can we imagine around the world, everywhere? Even worse than Chicago, some places.] And we live in God's country as I mentioned, because we have wastewater plant to treat our wastewater. So this is God's country. [M: Right. We are really harming ourselves by harming the animals.] Yes, because God created creatures and creatures is everyone, including us. We are creatures of God. [M: Right.] A cow, cattle, pig, they're creatures of God, and we should all love each other. [M: You're right, sir.] And again, thank You for taking time from Your very busy schedule to be with us and sharing some life changing information. [M: My pleasure, sir.] I am thrilled that You are here. From just hearing Your opening remarks, I see we're in for a special night filled with stimulating, challenging, and inspiring wisdom and truth. So at this time, we are going to start our interview, our question-and-answer session. I will ask the first question, but in the mean time, I'd like to introduce: David Maloney is present here and Vincent is present here also, to our conference, 'World Vegan World Peace.' [M: Thanks for coming.] Supreme Master, in the bible, the first sentence says, 'In the beginning, God created the Heaven and the Earth.' If one reads through the chapter, it says that God made humans and made them the stewards of the Earth. If God made us the stewards of the Earth, we have to protect our planet. [M: Right.] Supreme Master, how do we protect our planet at this time in 2011? Yes, anytime, sir, not just at this time, but you're right, we are in a more urgent situation right now. And thanks for your question. I'm very honored to meet such a genuinely noble government leader as yourself, sir. First, I want to say that. You have been recognized many times for your honest, selfless leadership and wholehearted service for your fellow citizens. You even worked extra hard to produce hundreds of television shows with your beloved wife, Ms. Sherry, about the environment, health, as well as culture and music on Chicago Access Network TV, one of the country's largest and
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widely used television networks. This is amazing! [FA: Thank You.] And the shows can be watched on television and internet as well. You didn't do this for financial gain or for fame; it was out of your pure care and concern for others' health and happiness. I salute you, and thank you and congratulate you. In response to your question, sir, from all info and evidence gathered up to date, we can protect the planet best at this moment by adopting the organic vegan diet, by going green, and by doing good deeds, just as you are doing up till now, and continue. In addition to instructing humankind to be stewards of the Earth, the bible, God, also describes exactly how we should do this. In the first chapter, God said, 'Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, and over every living creature that moves on the ground.' Then God also said, 'I give you every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole Earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it; they will be yours for food.' In other words, we humans have been given the entire plant kingdom to enjoy as vegans, while we care for our animal co-inhabitants peacefully. God said 'rule over all animals,' God did not say 'eat all the animals.' Mark this in the bible, it's very clear we should follow the bible, God's instruction. That is how to be the stewards who protect and maintain an Eden planet. As this has been true since even before biblical times, the vegan way is more urgently needed now than ever before. Thank you, Commissioner Avila, and by the way, we also thank you for your work to reduce chemical pesticides in your district land. The way you are always watching out for people and the environment's safety is also protecting the planet. We thank you wholeheartedly. FA. Thank You for Your answer, and I'm glad that You mentioned toxic chemicals, because that is one of the problems that we're facing today, especially among our kids that are being born. Our kids are being born with diseases that adults have, and our kids are having it right now. [M: Yes, because chemicals are poison. In the water and in the environment, affect their health and their formation, even as a fetus already, in the womb already. It's a disaster.] And that's why I love You because You're concerned about the kids. Well, we all are, sir. We all are. I am sure everyone on this planet who are parents or not even parents, we all love children, and we're all concerned about children. The question is, what are we going to do for them? Love in action. We all want the children to grow up healthy and be happy; not just wanting, make it happen. Do whatever we can. That's how we love the children, the parents, parental love. Action, do something. Well, I have the next question, Supreme Master. Your disciples and I have been going out to talk about saving the planet, but in the long term, who will be around to protect our planet? It is our kids. Supreme Master, You are a Supreme Teacher, how does the Supreme Teacher teach the teachers to teach the children so that when they grow up, they already know how to protect our planet? Yes, sir, Commissioner Avila. Actually all of us have to be teachers. We are all Supreme Teachers, we have the Supreme Power within us. Our Father/Mother, God, is the Supreme Teacher. We inherit this name, we are the children of God, so we all have to be the Supreme Teachers on this planet and anywhere else. For the children's sake and for them to learn from us, and for us to learn from the sages of old and new about the ideal lifestyle for humankind, so that we can pass it on to our children, we can draw from the exemplary lives of the sages who practiced the compassionate way of life. They never killed or harmed animals, they lived a vegan lifestyle that protects humans, animals, and the environment. They also taught about the power of being virtuous in saving the planet from any threat of harm. For example we can talk forever, there are
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so many examples, but I'm just citing a few like Pythagoras, the Greek philosopher, said, 'For as long as man massacres animals, they will kill each other. Indeed, he who sows the seed of murder and pain, cannot reap joy and love.' The Russian philosopher Leo Tolstoy commented, 'It is horrible, man, without any need for so doing, crushes his lofty feeling of sympathy and mercy for living creatures, and does violence to himself that he may be cruel. The first element of moral life is abstinence.' He means abstinence from violence, from animal meat. Now, Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, also said, 'Allah will not give mercy to anyone except those who give mercy to other creatures.' Buddha advised all His disciples to be vegetarian; so did Mahavira, Guru Nanak, Lao Tzu, Confucius, Jesus Christ, and many more, sir. Very simple to live a normal life. There are five universal peace principles that are inherent in all religious orders of this world that should be taught by parents and teachers to the children from a young age, and all ages, any time. Number one, never harm or kill others, but protect and save lives. Number two, never lie but always tell the truth. Number three, never steal but give whatever can to the needy. Number four, never commit sexual misconduct outside your loving partnership with your wife, your husband, your life partner, but to honor your relationship with loyalty and love and sincerity. Number five, never use intoxicants including tobacco, alcohol, and addictive drugs, but contemplate on the holy God quality. You see, children are naturally pure and can easily adopt such concepts from an early age. In Au Lac, we have a saying that, if you want to teach, then you teach the children since young age. All school curricula must, therefore, include these uplifting moral values, values about living a life of loving kindness, of a noble human standard, loving kindness to all around us; then it will reflect back to us. Then we'll be happy, and we will have true peace. Meanwhile we can teach the children by being an example ourselves of loving kindness, like what you do. You are the example for your children. And example speaks more than thousands of volumes of words. Thank you, Commissioner Avila, for your vegan example as well. FA. And thank You for Your kind remarks. And we just had our first granddaughter, and she's four, five months old, seven months now and, we would like her to grow up in a planet that has love and is passionate and caring, [M: Amen, sir.] as You just mentioned. Thank You very much for such an inspiring answer. And now my fellow commissioner, Patricia Horton, will ask the next question. Well, first of all, thank You, Supreme Master, for giving me this opportunity to ask You a few questions. [M: Hi ma'am!] I consider it an honor to sit here before You. [M: My honor.] I have learned so much, I've learned so much, even by my colleague and his wife, and I've just learned to grow. I'm not a vegan yet, [M: You will be.] but I'm moving towards there, and I'm happy to say that, because before I used to harm our animals by eating them, and now I've changed, [M: You did not know.] and I'm still moving forward. [M: You did not know. Thank you. Thank you. You're making my day.] Thank You. [M: And you are so beautiful.] Thank You. [M: Lovely smile you have.] And You as well. [M: So kind. You are very kind.] I just thank God for You because You've given us so much insight and so much direction and information that we can live by and we can not only live by, but we can share this message with others. Thank You. Thank You. [M: God bless you.] Thank You. Well, my first question is this: We all know how precious our water is. As a commissioner of the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago, I am pleased to see in Your book, 'From Crisis to Peace: The Organic Vegan Way is the Answer,' You have a section on water shortage and use; and we have identified the livestock industry as the biggest threat. Supreme Master, can You elaborate on this issue?
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diligent management, hard work. Meanwhile, the Food and Water Watch organization, which Commissioner Avila honored with his 2010 Excellence in Protecting Our Water Environment Award, stated that factory farms, with 812,000 pigs in the North Carolina United States of America County alone, produce as much untreated manure as the sewage from almost 15 million people, equivalent to the Chicago and Atlanta, Georgia Metro areas combined, [PH: That's right.] and all of this waste, worldwide, is untreated not just there directly entering our environment; rivers, lakes, streams, oceans, polluting our drinking water sources and creating dead zones as well. By the way, I salute you, Commissioner Horton, not only for your wholehearted dedication to bring people safe water but for all you have done to help improve less fortunate people's lives. I heard that your work won national recognitions, the Presidential Award for Poverty Alleviation for helping disadvantaged women in Chicago, yes, through the Women's Self-Employment Project. Thank you. PH. Yes, it was called the Women's Self-Employment Project. We helped over 5,000 women start their own business. We used a Grameen Bank Model in Bangladesh. We won the Presidential Award for helping to alleviate poverty, and I did research, along with Professor Muhammad Yunus, who won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize, for what we did. Thank You. I am so honored and grateful [PH: Thank You, Supreme Master.] to hear about your loving dedicated hard work, Madam. May God bless you for all the hope, as well as practical help you give to those most in need. We can surely be inspired by your caring example toward fellow humans and stop the livestock industry from destroying our precious water supplies. Thank you for your question, Madam Commissioner. [PH: Thank You.] God bless you. [PH: And that's where I receive my passion, to fight every day for our environment and for our water. Thank You.] But you look so sweet. You don't look like a fighter, you fight all right! [PH: Thank You.] God bless you. [PH: You gave us a lot to think about. It's really wonderful; and thank You for sharing the truth.] I'm glad you accept it. Now, my next question. The United States is facing a huge budget deficit, and the government is considering cutting Medicare cost as a part of the solution to reduce the budget deficit. [M: No, no.] Some people oppose the reduction of the Medicare program. Earlier there had been a heated debate on the healthcare reform as well, in the United States. It seems most of the people have already focused their attention on medical treatment. How can we change people's thinking to live in a way to prevent us from getting sick, rather than treat our health after we get sick? That's it, that's it, Madam Commissioner. You're right. Prevention. That is very crucial for people to know. Prevention is better than cure, and it saves a lot of money, then the government doesn't even need to cut because we will not spend so much on healthcare anymore, if people have gone vegan. And if you turn vegan, [PH: That's right.] you live healthy immediately. It has been proven through clinical research and medical proof, exams. We should have the governments and responsible authorities refer people to the right information and to propagate a healthier lifestyle for the benefit of humans as well as the planet. The governments can do a whole lot by giving people references through newspapers, broadcasting television, radio, and using networks such as the media or internet to share valuable information about the preventive way to living a long and healthy life; and in making use of this power of the media, I again congratulate the Commissioner and Mrs. Sherry Avila for their television shows that help people to become more aware of the environment and their health so that they can directly improve their own circumstances. Similarly, all government leaders can also share the
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medical research that clearly highlight the benefits of a healthy vegan diet. We know now through science that the vegan diet can reverse and eliminate all types of diseases, even cancers, diabetes, and heart diseases, et cetera. It means reversed immediately in many cases. People just stop having heart attacks or heart problem; as soon as they turn vegan, the heart problem stops. It's just like a miracle. It's no miracle. We just have to eat scientifically. We don't put poison into our body and expect it to run well, just like we don't put water in the car to replace petrol, or mix it with petrol, then of course our car will have problems. This is all like engine car: We have to treat it nicely, wisely, scientifically. The government can also collaborate with forward-thinking professional organizations, such as the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, based in Washington D.C., the capital they live next door; the government should discuss with them whose members promote a vegan diet as effective, proven preventive medicine. You can ask them for all the proof you need. Staying healthy is everyone's dream, but we have to do it. Don't just dream about it, not just talk about it: Make it happen! Yes, make it happen. Go about to put back health into our body. So you are absolutely right, Commissioner Horton, people have to know that, not only our health but our planet's future depends on it. The government is in the right position and has the right power to start connecting people to these resources. Thank you, Madam. I get all excited when it comes to people's health and happiness, because it's right there in front of our eyes. Everyone can be healthy and happy. Why don't we just do it, you know? I'm just so excited, because it's so easy. Why do people have to suffer? Lack of information, wrong lobby, wrong advocate. Please turn around. Help people to stay healthy and happy, then the country grows also strong. The country will grow strong if you have strong people, healthy people. Thank you, ma'am. [PH: Thank You. Thank You.] Start from Chicago. PH. And I will continue to take this message forward. Thank You and everyone here who has been a great example. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for sharing Your thoughts. [M: God bless you.] And they will forever be in my heart. And I love you. Thank you. God loves you. It's easy to love you. And now Supreme Master Ching Hai, my lovely wife has a question to ask, also. Good evening. [M: The better half. Good evening, Madam Sherry.] I just want to start off with saying that I probably started being a vegan when I was about 10 years old, and the teacher said, 'Make sure there's a green and yellow vegetable on the plate,' and I went home and told my mother that, and my mother was very like, 'What?!' But since then, now my vegetables are green, yellow, red, and all the colors of the rainbow probably, but I know that I feel better when I eat a lot of vegetables, and follow the diet, and I know that I sing better for anybody out there who is a singer, keep that in mind and I know that my overall well-being, psychologically, is better. There are just so many wonderful, honestly, benefits from eating vegan that it's just endless almost. So I just wanted to share that before I begin my question. [M: You are a good example your skin looks good, your eyes sparkling, and your hair is full. Good example, Madam.] Thank You, thank You. [M: You've been vegan all this time? Can we hear you singing later on? Short, maybe? Or maybe now even?] [FA: She is a good singer she loves the Irish songs, and I love the Irish songs also.] Well, we're going to have some wonderful singers here that it will be fun to hear. So... [M: No but it's different you and him sing one short song it's just a minute.] [Master and audience laugh.] Let's get on with the question. [M: Okay, ma'am. You're too modest, yes.] So I think the bottom line here is for everybody we all want to be healthy. That's the bottom line. And Your words that You shared made a big difference, will make a big difference now even as
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we speak, and as Patricia said, go forward. I was particularly touched by the poem, 'Please Don't!' from Your poetry book, 'The Love of Centuries.' [M: It's a long one.] I have a personal connection to that poem, because my father served in the Philippines during World War II and I got to know a combination of the sufferings that he suffered there and continued to suffer even here, when he was back in the United States. [M: I'm so sorry.] In Your poem, 'Please Don't!' You portray how war is against human nature, which I truly believe. I would like to read a few words from that poem, and so I am going to read those now: 'Please don't! Please dont go! Leaving an elderly mother and innocent siblings Theres no real hatred among us human beings Battlefields have but guns, swords and hostilities While here a warm home welcomes your company Please dont go! Wreaking suffering on others Theres no real animosity, only thirst for power Countless corpses lie shriveled to expand an empire Whereas here only love, peace and safety thrive Taking lives, well have to pay with our own How can we rejoice in causing demise and separation Only boundless, lasting compassion Shall make us great among all creation...' This is very emotional to me. [M: I see.] There are many conflicts in the world right now as we all know and the words of this poem speak very strongly about our current time. How can we make people understand that war is not the solution to conflicts? Can You explain the best ways for countries to protect their uniqueness, spiritual and moral values, and material possessions? M. Yes, yes, ma'am. Thank you, Mrs. Avila, for your genuine concern for the people in turmoil right now. Thank you. Yes, I also feel a little emotional. The poem was written the way I felt in my heart. If I could just kneel all day all night begging the world to stop the war and if that would help, I would do it, because I also, like yourself, I also experienced firsthand the suffering of the people during the war, yes I was born in Au Lac as you know. Right. We call ourselves civilized society, we are in the 21st century now and we have developed all kinds of techniques and technological inventions, and we call ourselves advanced, developed, and we do, kind of, look down upon the Stone Age humans as barbarous warlike creatures, who made all grounds their hunting grounds and would kill each other for woman, man, love rival, food, water or territories, et cetera. We should question ourselves: 'What age are we in now?' and 'Why are we acting like in Stone Age in some areas?' I am sorry for your personal pain and may God bless your father and all the victims of war, soldiers and civilians alike. The best way for all the countries to preserve themselves is by helping fellow nations to grow and develop not by war, not by killing or destroying humans, fellow humans, causing so much loss, pain and suffering on all levels as you know it. The United States policy has many good points, mind you, like respecting and welcoming the talented, the brainy people, the genuine, good humans, the experts, and the spiritual genuines; also expanding the land state by state with peaceful means; that's why your country expanded now. In the East, the ancient political strategy has
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always been to control the nearby nations and to befriend the faraway lands. So countries in the East, for example, have always expanded and prospered, despite occasional periods of setback. Mind you, I have to tell you this strategy originated from China, since ancient times. They want to always, like conquer the neighbors and befriend the faraway lands. Actually, the policy has some good logical point not the evasion part but the part that you have to be strong, yourselves, your nation, has to be strong, because the neighboring countries would not ire your nation if you are powerful and strong, naturally. So for peace sake, that is, to protect our land and people, we should be strong. Maybe we should have muscle so to say to ward off invasion, but to engage in war with faraway lands would be costly, too costly, as you know it, and difficult due to distance. This the ancient strategists already knew it's all written in the war and peace strategy of Chinese policy. If you don't believe me, you can read it. It's called 'Sun Tzu Ping Fa,' means the military strategy of Master Sun. It's very famous, okay? If we engage in war with a faraway land... Even nowadays we have airplanes and all that, distance doesn't mean much, but still it's very costly, and the supply is difficult and lacking in the military, or food or familiar nutrition for the soldiers; the unfamiliar surroundings, the different languages and backgrounds, the traditions and climates, et cetera, the soldiers cannot be used to. Soldiers will be more fatigued because of all that: Less confident, more fearful, more vulnerable and lacking morale, while the so-called enemies are in their own elements, knowing their steps, knowing every corner of their countries and can be more in control of all combat advantages. It would be even better I would say the best of course, if we do not so-called control the neighboring nations by force, but instead offer benevolent assistance in all near and far corners of the world. We should use our power and financial privilege to extend humanitarian rather than military help or even aggressive action to those weaker and developing nations. Then enemies would fade. You see, Abraham Lincoln, what did he say? 'I destroy my enemies by making them my friends.' Even your past president knew these lessons. The enemies then would fade. Peace would be possible and the global economy will stabilize and bloom, and soon all nations will enjoy the same prosperity and peace, dignity and freedom as family members of the human race. The people in the world will respect and cooperate with each other, or with the powerful nations, not out of fear of strong military force, but out of respect and love for any country, however strong and rich, because from their hearts they love and respect this country and the government that's offering them help. Meanwhile, these countries can all develop in their own space and time while preserving their traditions and protecting moral values, and the country who helps, you see, also profits because they will not have to spend so much money in war. And we can learn from each other: No matter how developed or underdeveloped the country, we always have something to offer; and the helping hands will also receive manifold benefits, from economy to peace, from happiness to heaven's blessing. And since charity begins at home, I would like to say that I appreciate your many endeavors in your own community to help it flourish and develop, such as through your church or by introducing people to cultural beauty at one of your local art museums and the Irish American Heritage Center, and before that as a Girl Scout leader yourself. With gentle, wholesome vegan teachers as yourself who make positive impacts, we could have a more peaceful world. We should have more people like you. Thanks again, Mrs. Avila. Ma cherie. Thank you, ma cherie. That is the French for 'My darling.' Your name, Sherry, is similar to 'ma cherie' in French. SA. I just went to a cross-cultural, cross-racial seminar last Saturday. And it was brought up that through love that would help us to try to understand each other better. It was a very interesting seminar, cross-cultural, cross-racial, through the church. [M: Yes, I hope
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there are more activities and more people like you who really get down to work with the people, not just sit and talk.] Well, when I came back home to the church and I said to the congregation that I attended this cross-cultural, cross-racial seminar, 'I think some of you would like to go to this,' several people came up to me and they said they would like to go to this. [M: See?] So I think that when the opportunity is there, there are others out there who are open and willing, ready to learn, so... and I actually have Your poetry book with me. This is 'The Love of Centuries.' Frank and I really love the book, both the illustrations in it as well as the words in it and the variety of poetry that's in it and so I have another poem. [M: I'm glad you like it. Another poem?] And so I'm going to read the touching poem. [M: You're really a poem lover, aren't you?] Yes, yes. My daughter was the founder of the poetry club in high school. [M: Really? Wow, she takes it from whom?] So this particular touching poem, which is actually an environmental poem, 'Please Wake Up!' And as I said, it's from 'The Love of Centuries.' 'Please wake up! O world, wake up and behold Rivers and mountains are in tumult Burnt forests, eroded hills, desiccated streams Whither do the poor souls go in the end of all dreams? O heart, relent your sobbing For my soul to rest in long nights Tears dried up and Im wordless Weeping in pain for the tormented! O night, please kindle your source of light Shine the way for those human souls in darkness Be serene for my mind to still And enter emptiness with the miraculous celestial melody O day, stir not sudden unrests For peace to repose in our very hearts For humankinds struggles to subside For the true self to gloriously shine.' So I was particular touched by that poem because it is an environmental poem and we have become very actively involved in the environment. And so, that inspired my husband and me to continue to help people to renew our planet, and although the world is lively and advanced, many of us did not realize that we were asleep. I think when Frank and I go to some of these conferences and we find out more and more about the toxins and the pesticides and so forth, we realize that we're definitely asleep. How did we come to this slumber? That's the question, I guess. What are some of the ways to awaken people? Will we ever know our 'true self' in order for it to 'gloriously shine' as Your poem states? Thank You, Supreme Master. M. Thank you, Madam. I have something to tell you, which I did not tell anyone before. When I read that poetry together with the 'Please Don't!' I was very, very in a physical bad shape. I thought that was the last thing I'd ever tell the world in these poems. It was really all my heart and soul in there, and I was crying when I wrote it. And I was crying when I read it. I thought that was the last time I'd ever tell the world anything. I thought I was going to say goodbye to the world. That was a kind of a goodbye poem as well. But heaven wants me to continue to stay in this world for a while longer, so that's
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probably why it touched you so much, because... It's even translated, it's not as original as in the Aulacese which is even more stirring, for me at least. So anyway, I am glad that it touched you. Maybe it has touched some other people as well and maybe it will remind them to do something for themselves and for the planet, something more positive, more constructive. I thought that was the last speech I'd ever make, in poem, yes. But I'm still here, thanks to God and heaven. They told me, 'No, no, You stay.' Well, Madam, to know the true self for it to gloriously shine through, there are only two things to do. We are already God-like, we're already the children of God, and the children have similar quality to the parents, we all know that, even physically. Children are from parents, we are the children from God, so we are God. At least we're God's children, God's offspring. So to know our true self, to know the meaning of the kingdom of God, is very easy. That's just to go back to our origin, to turn back to where we are. Just like if your children got lost on the street, and if they found their way back home, then they're back home again, because they're already your children. There's nothing that can change that. No law, no disaster, nothing can change the fact that your daughter is Miss Avila, your daughter. So if everyone told us, all the Masters of old told us that we are the children of God, then we are the children of God. Why should Jesus lie to us about our origin? Why should Buddha tell us the untruth about our greatness? So we have to believe it. We are the children of God, no? So to go back to be the children of God again, it's so easy. But since we have come to this slumber as you have put it, we just have to wake up. There are two things to do only, very simple: The physical and the spiritual. Physically we have to clean ourselves in order to recognize ourselves again. Suppose your daughter has been lost on the streets for many days or many months and she has been in hardship, because she's without home, without parents, and when you find her, you cannot even recognize her. She wouldn't even recognize herself, the way she was before; she'd be dirty and unkempt, and tattered, maybe very sick and troubled. So, the first thing, clean her, no? Bathe her, give her new clothes, feed her, so that she becomes strong and healthy again. Now, similarly, to go back to our true self, the two things to do: Physical and spiritual. Physical: Clean ourselves by turning back to the compassionate lifestyle, God-like lifestyle, heaven-like lifestyle. No harming, no killing others. Just everything it said in the bible, or in the Buddha's sutra or in Mahariva's sutra, or even in the Qu'ran. We misunderstood the Prophets when we kill others, even for God's sake; we are not to do that. God never teaches any of us to kill. The first commandment in the bible is 'Thou shall not kill.' That includes the animals, because God did not say thou shall not kill men but can kill animals. No, it was very clear already, I have mentioned before. So now we have to return to the God-like. You know she has to behave now like Miss Avila, the way she was before. Even if she has been on the street, maybe bad influence or something, met some bad people and maybe misbehaved and not behaved nobly or, like the daughter of the great commissioner and madam like that, she has to return to family life, a good-girl lifestyle now, you see? Same. So physically we clean ourselves by keeping the five peace principles: Not kill, not steal, not tell lie, not commit wrong sexual relationship except with your partner, and do not take poison, like intoxicants, drugs, alcohol, cigarette. These are poison for the body. Meat is also poison. We know it by now already. So we have to eliminate all these in order to keep our body clean and healthy to receive the strong, powerful grace again, because a sick body cannot assimilate good vitamins or nutrition. It could even turn into poison. If your stomach is poisoned somehow and you drink milk it gets worse, for example like that, or if you eat something, you get worse. Food turns into poison. So now, first of all, physical, we clean our 'house,' clean the 'temple.' Live the way a GodThe Quan Yin Method The Key of Immediate Enlightenment and Eternal Liberation
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child would live. No harming any, just helping, being benevolent, being virtuous. So, you see, the five universal principles are in all religions, more or less modified, but it's the same. We keep those five precepts. That's the one thing: Be vegan. It is also included in those five precepts, because do not harm or do not kill means indirectly as well. If we don't harm the animals but we eat them, then other people have to harm or kill them for us. So the vegan diet is included in the first principle. So physically we keep the five peace universal principles, and then we're clean and pure, ready for God's Light again. Secondly, spiritual. This is a harder part, but it's not hard if we can find the guide who helps us. Nowadays, it's not difficult: We have internet; we know which gurus teach what, which schools teach what yoga, teach what meditation. There's no excuse to say that we don't know. We know everything; we just don't do it. That is the second part. Now we're ready, we're clean, the 'temple' is swept and washed and mopped, everything clean; now we go and find the guide to show us how to see the Light within again, the Light that's mentioned in the bible, the Light which shines in darkness but darkness know it not. 'Know you not that the Light is within you.' 'Know you not that the kingdom of God is at hand.' You see that? Okay, now, we have to find that guide, the guide that knows, the friend or teacher, whatever you call him or her, a guide, who has already been enlightened, who already sees the Light I don't mean the flashlight here, the electrical light, I mean the Light inside you, the Light without any instrument. When you close your eyes, your whole body is flushed with Light, Light of more than a thousand suns. You are that. You are that Light. You are that God quality. And there's also the Music of the spheres. You can hear forever and it will soothe your troubles, heal your bodies, enlighten your souls, make you closer and closer to God. So very simple: Physical, clean the 'temple'; spiritual, find the guide to show you how to reconnect with yourself. Because you are the great self, you are the children of God. Everybody says, 'You are the children of God.' 'I'm the child of God.' But how, what? You have to prove it to yourselves that you are the children of God by contacting God, and if you cannot do it yourselves, just go find somebody who knows how. Mostly... I have to say that I think all the teachers teach these things free of charge, because it's your property, so nobody costs anything anyway. Suppose you forget your glasses in your pocket and I say, 'Hey, your glasses are there, look in your pocket,' should I charge you for that? For the guidance that your glasses are in your pocket? No, no. Therefore, all these teachings are free of charge, ever since time immemorial. So, Madam, that's it. Two things to do: Physical, spiritual. There are many teachers, yes, who teach different ways, or just... anyone could find what he is looking for. When you're ready for spiritual guidance, you will find a teacher, or the guide; we call it the 'guide' anyway, the inner guide. The outer guide will guide you to the inner guide, and then you can talk to Jesus, talk to Buddha, to Prophet Muhammad, whomever you would like to contact, and contact direct to God. Why listen to anything? Why read the secondhand experience from anybody? Like, okay, 'John sees the Light,' 'John hears the trumpet.' You will see the Light. You will hear the trumpet. It's the same. You will see God like a bush of fire. You will hear God's voice like the sound of many waters, like the sound of trumpet, et cetera, et cetera. It's mentioned in all kind of scriptures Buddhist, Christian, the Granth Sahib, the Hindu scripture, et cetera, et cetera. Just have to find it, and verify it. Thank you. FA. Thank You very much for Your comment. Mind, body, and spirit. Excellent. [M: Yes, sir. That's right, sir.] Sherry and I derive great pleasure from the insight You have about people and the world we live in. Here is my next question. People in the United States are one of the most hardworking people in the world. [M: True. True.] And yet our economy has been experiencing downturn in the last few years. So is it true that the
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economy does not just depend on how much you work, but something else? If so, what is that? M. It is true, sir, that the economy doesn't depend on how much we work and earn. It also depends on how much we spend or waste. Right now, you mentioned that Americans are (one of) the hardest working people in the world. I have to testify that it's true. When I was in America, as long as you have money, you can buy anything, 24/7. Not in every country like that. Some countries, they have siesta, and they close on the weekend, and they close at certain hours. America, no. No. Even in a small town, you can buy things in Home Depot, for example; if you need, desperately, things, always ready for you. Anytime, you can buy anything in America. So they truly are hardworking people. I had the impression that what you said is true, but the thing is, all this earning and tax paying goes where? Many places that it's leaking to, your hard-earned tax money. Subsidies. Subsidies for the meat industry otherwise, the meat industry will go bankrupt, and the hamburger will not cost 99 cents but will cost at least 30 or 50 dollars apiece. That's the leaking '1'. And the United States is spending too much money on military operations, on the far lands, as I told you before. I am sorry. I am very sorry, but I have to tell you the truth because you asked me, and I so much love America because they honor me so many times: At least 10 states of America gave me honorary citizenship and the key to the cities and states and all that. I am forever honored by and grateful for the American government's recognition; and many of your presidents, at least five, six presidents, have written congratulations notes to me and given me awards, certificates, presidential award, things like that. I am not trying to make you feel bad, I'm just trying to repay your kindness, by telling the truth. Because the policy needs to be turned around. As President Obama has stated recently, we should not use money for war in foreign land anymore but to use the money for the benefit of the people at home and the needy instead. I'm glad he has said that. I'm glad he has realized that, because that's where the money is running to, and fast-paced. Because, besides the irreplaceable cost to human lives, war puts a great financial burden on the nation. Every day, as you know it yourself I'm saying this for the sake of others who don't know every day, the United States has been spending at least, at least USD720 million for the war in Iraq alone. One day, in one country alone, USD720 million! It is also estimated that the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Pakistan will cost the United States at least USD3.7 trillion in another 10 years of long-term payments and interest. So, even if your citizens, the Americans, are working 24/7, even if you are the richest country in the world, no matter how large your budget, it will run out. Would you agree with me? [FA: Yes. I agree with You. Yes.] The poor American citizens, they cannot put up with all this. They cannot catch up, no matter how much they're willing, no matter how deep they reach into their pockets, they have nothing in there anymore to reach to. So it's not the American citizens, it's the policy that has to change. We should not do it as habit as a proud nation always going to war and 'beat the...' whatever you know that out of everybody else. The way we're doing like this, it gets bigger and bigger, more and more resistance, and more Americans die also in foreign lands in the prime of their lives. Look at all of them. Look at all the soldiers. You saw them on television, how beautiful they are: The best of Americans; the best-looking guys. Any girl in the world would like to marry one of these soldiers. They're so good-looking, aren't they? Beautiful. So beautiful! So pure. Their faces are so pure, and so intelligent. We cannot afford to even waste this kind of human resource. If the Americans, all young and beautiful, and intelligent and handsome like that, go out and are dying all the time like this, what will you have left in the future? Because able young men have all gone out, got killed. Either that, or you kill other countries' youth and beautiful and able people. Either way it's not correct.
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You see, plus, we have to spend extra on the aftereffects of the war, such as to care for the veterans, for another... many years. And you can't... Sometimes the budget is not even allowed to care for the veterans. Many veterans became even homeless. It's not fair that they sacrificed their youth, their prime time for the country and then come home to become a homeless beggar. This is not the dignity for Americans. Please think again, what we can do with all that money. And of course, some of the most painful costs of war are not able to be paid financially but emotionally, psychologically, environmentally and spiritually. So the economy and the sense of accomplishment, for the hardworking people of America, would benefit greatly from the monies being spent on good causes, like President Obama mentioned. We should spend this money on the things that help improve everyone's quality of life. Trillions of dollars, my God! The Americans don't need to work anymore if... Just sit there and the government takes care, if we have all this money. If we don't spend in war, then Americans can sit pretty. And with all that money saved and all the hardworking Americans, your country will be so powerful that even you don't have to go to any war. But you weaken your own power, economically, manpowerly, and karmically, okay? This I cannot prove, but I can only tell you logically that if we spend all the money, then we have to go begging elsewhere; and where goes the dignity of the great nation like America? First, charity begins at home. We have to take care of our home, we have to have a stable foundation before we even take care of the world. We could provide in abundance for children's education, parents' healthcare, the things that help improve everybody's quality of life, you know: Early retirements, more hobbies, more happiness, upliftment of the disadvantaged neighbors, and investing in green technology or organic farming; in short, prosperity for everyone to enjoy their God-given lives on Earth. Thank you for your thought-inspiring question, Commissioner Avila. I just have to tell the truth. FA. And thank You for Your thought-provoking answer. [M: I hope it helps, sir.] And, You know, I agree that if we spend that money on organic farming, [M: Yes, yes, organic farming. Yes.] that would help us and the world also. [M: Yes, and people will be healthy, and the planet will be saved. Because organic farming also absorbs 40% CO2 in the air also.] Yes, that's true. You know, when we treat wastewater, at the end it comes out in what we call 'bio-solids' and liquid. Well, the bio-solid is fertilizer, and when we give it to the farmers to grow their crops, they have greater yield per acre using our treated waste. Our human waste is treated as You mentioned; the animal waste is not treated. [M: Yes, understand, yes.] And that's what causing the problem as You mentioned, down in the Gulf of Mexico. We have that dead zone down there. [M: Yes, yes. I'm glad you are doing something. It's helping your community; and then other counties, other cities could learn from your method or your examples. Thank you.] Now Sherry will ask the next question. When I was a Girl Scout leader, part of the program was a cross-religious, cross-cultural invitation, that we would get to know somebody from another culture, from another religion, and I was very fortunate, because I knew Amber. Amber was Muslim, and Amber invited us to her home, and all my Girl Scouts came to her home, and she helped them to understand the Muslim religion, and... She helped us. She also had a baby at the time. She fed my Girl Scouts, and she was very generous and kind to them, and that brings me to my next question, Supreme Master Ching Hai: The freedom of religion is guaranteed by the Bill of Rights in the United States Constitution. [M: That's right.] In the past few centuries, many faiths have flourished in this country, thanks to that Bill of Rights. However, after the tragedy of 9/11, there has been a tendency of discrimination against Islamic citizens. Also, there has been an increase in the number of Islamic schools so that the Muslim children would be treated with respect and dignity in their own schools, because they weren't being treated with respect and dignity in the
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public schools. What can people do to stop prejudice, and to promote love and peace among all people, regardless of religious background? M. Yes, yes, Mrs. Aliva. It's not only in the United States, but there is kind of a wave of 'counter-Muslim' in the world, including in the European Union. Hence, you see many new laws come in, you know, like the law that discourages or forbids Muslim ladies to wear a full gown to cover the face, for example? It had not been like that before just recently. It's because, I think, the government is also afraid that any extremists could disguise themselves in the garb of this full-veiled woman Muslim, and do some harm to the public. That's another thing. And one more thing is they want them to integrate into the country where they stay, to be like everyone else, you know? Like, 'we like to know each other, we like to see what each other look like.' I also, not for religion, but I would have loved to have seen the lovely woman behind the veil also, because I've seen some of them. When I was still married with my husband, some Muslim ladies came to have treatment from him, and when they unveiled the veil, they were very beautiful inside, very beautiful. [SA: Very beautiful eyes.] Yes, beautiful eyes, yes, and flashing their eyelashes, you know? Very, very attractive. God creates us so beautifully. I would have liked to see them, you know man, woman without covering, yes. In the West, people also are afraid that if you cover yourselves, that means you have something to hide. That's why they're afraid, and especially after 9/11. You know, it affects not only America but affects the world as well. So, you see, I share the same wish with you. And we all have to exercise help each other tolerance and understanding for the different stages of development in various nations. We should try to reflect on the common ground that we all have, that we all share; that is love, universal love, and love for the family. We all have, whether Muslim or Christian or Buddhist, love for our favorite family members, our pets, our friends, our teachers, our countries. We all have this kind of love, Muslim or not. We all have all this common ground that we all share. We all have the innate nature within us to 'love thy neighbor' and to help them when they are in need. So we just have to be loving, friendly, and let each one be, let each one be in peace. Saying that, however, I would like very much also to see the people of Islamic faith really go all the way to take responsibility for world peace, to take any opportunity to have respect, to integrate into the societies where they live, and to prove their worth; the more they hide in their own community, the more people will not understand them. You see, just like when you were in the Girl Scouts time, the Muslim lady invited the children to her home, and therefore the children understood what Islam is all about. They see the kindness with the Muslim people. You see that? The example speaks louder than words. So they, the Muslim people, also should open their hearts and minds and houses as well, to accept others, no matter how different in looks, religious beliefs, and traditions. If the Muslim people are in the America, they should try to integrate to become like Americans. I don't mean eat the same or have to go to the same church or anything, but outwardly at least look like the neighbors so that there is no maybe suspicions, or a little hesitance between the neighbors. If the Americans have a Muslim next door, maybe he or she would like to make friends with the neighbors, but if she comes out always veiled like this or keeps to herself all the time, then the American people, they very much respect privacy, they will not always come and make an initiative to get to know them, thus also know the Muslim faith. You see? So in Au Lac, there's a saying, 'When you enter a river, be mindful of where you're going,' because there are currents difference, and the shallowness and deepness are different in different places of the river. So be mindful of the currents and the place that you're entering. And 'When you enter a home, be mindful of the house rules,' so that you'll be in harmony with your environment, with the people that you meet. It has to be mutual respect and consideration in order to build lasting friendship and
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peace. And, above all, everyone, be they Muslim or other faith followers, must discourage and boycott any germination or exercise of violence, because it destabilizes the friendship of nations and destroys peace in the world, including where they live. As God's nature is love and forgiveness and peace, and we are God's children, we should do the same. Thank you, ma cherie (my darling). SA. FA. M. PH. Thank You, Supreme Master. Thank You. And Supreme Master Ching Hai, our next question is by my colleague, Commissioner Horton. Yes, colleague! That was an amazing answer. [M: Oh, really?] Thank You, Supreme Master. [M: I'm glad that it helps.] Yes. We can do better about respecting all faiths, and we will. [M: It has to be mutual. You know, mutual.] That's right. That's right. Thank You. I have a question about health. We see that government leadership has recognized that the overwhelming decline of health and obesity stem from the diet of our youth. United States First Lady Michelle Obama working with the United States Department of Agriculture introduced 'My Plate,' which replaces the old food pyramid. In 'My Plate,' the image of a plate is divided into basic food groups: Fruit, vegetables, grains and protein, which is a smaller circle, with a smaller circle on the side for dairy products. This seems to be a start. Can You comment on how government can have a greater leadership role in influencing people to eat healthier? Yes, thank you, Commissioner Horton. The government is in the best leadership role to help people eat healthier, which, to many doctors and experts, means eating vegan food. As we mentioned earlier, the government must work with the media to direct people toward good information sources. The United States government's 'My Plate' campaign that you mentioned, which was launched by First Lady Michelle Obama, is an improvement from the standard diet of the past because it emphasizes more plantbased eating than ever before. It is to be applauded and strengthened. I very much admire her. For example, it indicates that about three-fourths of your plate should be vegan, one-half fruits and vegetables, and another one-fourth grains. But the best, of course, would be that governments recommend the recipes for compassion as well as health you know, moral, virtues, compassion, God-like quality. Health is just a byproduct of a compassionate lifestyle. Now, we don't always have to eat vegetables it looks all green and yellow like that no. Nowadays we have vegan sausage, it's delicious; vegan steaks, vegan pork, vegan chicken, vegan eggs, vegan whatever you want, and it's delicious, delicious, delicious. And everyone would enjoy it. If they have all that, they would never bother to go to meat again because it tastes even better than meat, and you become healthy almost immediately. After one week, you feel a big difference: Not heavy like before; you feel lighter, more easy to think, more easy to concentrate, less sleepy, more efficient at work. Now, in the animal-free organic vegan diet, we will find everything we need, 100%. 100% for health, for moral standard, for blessing, yes, for blessing, because that is the diet that goes with heaven's standard, so heaven will bless us no end. Animals also will bless us no end, and the Mother Earth will bless us to no end, because we go with the flow. If we go with heaven's standard, we will meet heaven, and we will see heaven at the end, and even now, in this world already.
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To help people eat healthier, governments can simply provide facts since there is a lot of scientific research already available that highlights the hazards of meat and dairy consumption. The government must also be courageous enough to help reverse outdated myths about the meat and dairy industries, abolish all this wrong information and bad lobby. Such as the one saying protein and calcium must be obtained from these animal-based sources. That is wrong. For example, there are studies clearly showing that consuming cow's milk, rather than reducing, would increase the risk of osteoporosis; and today's research informs us that plant-based foods provide the perfect amount of balanced protein for human needs, naturally, without the side effects, like cholesterol or sickness or bacteria stuff. Instead of subsidizing the meat and dairy industries, the government should pass along the real cost of producing meat, which would help people think twice about their purchases. If the government subsidizes not the meat industry anymore, then the meat price will go sky high, and if the government subsidizes organic farming, then all the healthy fruit and vegetables will be, like, almost free for the people. So they can compare the price; they buy what's healthy for them and it tastes good as well. If the environmental clean-up needed for all the pollution from livestock's waste is factored in as well, then the economic cost alone would be too high. All the tax money is also leaking there as well. Ultimately, Madam Horton, your government policies must promote and subsidize organic vegan farming and stop subsidies for animal industry, you see. Subsidize life and health, not disease and death. Subsidize organic vegan diet means life and health. Organic farming, life and health. Subsidize life and health. And ideally, Madam, governments should ban all animal products, just like they ban tobacco and smoking. The people rely on the government to lead them. That's why we call them leaders. And if the leaders spoke, people will listen. That's why you are leaders. Leaders must lead correctly and righteously. If you know what is right for people, you are the leaders, you lead. You tell them. In Au Lac or China, we even call the government or the government leaders 'parents of the people.' As parents, you have the right to ban whatever not good for your children, just like at home, you ban violent video, sex video for your children. You have the right to do that, and people will thank you for it. So why don't we strive to ban all harmful poisonous lethal products? Alcohol, cigarette, drugs, including meat and other animal products. All the information about vegan benefits and animal products' harmful effects should be posted everywhere: On billboards, on government's internet websites, make a billboard outside, advertisement-size, everywhere, on websites, in all possible media and possible corners of the world, and obligatory posting in all markets, food stores, et cetera, et cetera. We have to do something, not just wishy-washy. As parents of the whole nation, the government is responsible for the health of their subjects, like parents to the children. As an official yourself, Madam, I thank you, and commend you for always thinking of the best interests of the people. You are the real example of a mother of the nation. Michelle Obama is a real example of 'mother of the nation.' We call them 'mother of the nation' in Au Lac or China, 'mau nghi thien ha,' meaning the mother under heaven. That great title is bestowed upon the Queen of a nation, or the First Lady of the nation. It's the same; she's the 'Queen' of America right now. You see, the government, we call them parents of the citizens. Now, you are taking people's best interests at heart, whether in making a new policy or maintaining an efficient budget, and I wish that the leaders in charge of food and health will likewise make righteous policies and use of the tax dollars wisely, for the benefit of the people. Now, in your work assisting the disempowered people, you have proved that with a little help, even the most helpless can become self-sufficient and develop themselves; and you, one person, make such a big difference for thousands of people. Imagine if the other leaders, the whole nation's leaders are doing something with the
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real people's interest at heart, and not care about their supporting... finance money for the next election or whatever. I am sorry to be so blunt. Now, similarly, with just a little jumpstart from the government, people will be empowered to live longer, healthier lifestyles, and morally fit lifestyles. I don't think any nation would dare to eye your country, if your whole country's people are healthy, virtuous, morally fit, and know what's right from wrong, thanks to the leaders of the government, the leading role of the government. Leaders have to lead and have to lead righteously. In China or Au Lac, we call the king, you know, now president we don't have many kings anymore, so the president is like king we call them 'son of heaven.' 'Tian zi,' 'Thien tu' means son of heaven, means you represent the Mother/Father in heaven to take care of your subjects, to take care of God's children on Earth. So we call them son of heaven, yes. They liken the king or the president of the country as the son of heaven. So the son of heaven has to rule, excuse me, 'must.' I wouldn't say 'should' or 'please,' I say, 'has to' rule as the son of heaven, as the best leader for the people, always with people's interest at heart, no matter what it costs and it won't cost much: It won't cost as much as war; it won't cost as much as conflict within the countries. And in the long run, it will save a lot of money because the health benefit will be no longer necessary, the people will be more educated, and behave and be grateful to the government. Then you don't need to have army even. People will just love you. But, you see, I also thank the United States First Lady and government profoundly, for the veg diet promotion. They're doing their best. I mean, they are the first, even. The first government, first leaders of the nation ever do this openly, so actively. And the United States government is the first government to openly support and declare it. I salute their courage and wisdom and goodwill. Nevertheless, more should be done. Stronger measures should be implemented. Thank you. [PH: Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai.] Even lawmakers, you know, should consider passing a vegan diet bill as soon as possible, to save lives and the planet, and save your financial crisis. [PH: That's right.] Be Veg, Go Green, Do Good. That's all I ask. Three things: Be Veg, Go Green, Do Good. Do I ask too much? No. [PH: I love You.] I love you, too, Commissioner Horton. And I ask that, for your own good even. Be Veg, Go Green, Do Good. That's all we have to do. And okay, if you become enlightened, good for you. If you don't, that's enough for heaven already; heaven will bless you forever. [PH: But we must do right for the planet.] I don't mean you, I mean the planet people. Yes, we must, we must, Madam. We must. There's no other choice. There are only two ways to do things: The correct way and the incorrect way. There are only two ways. Simple. I am a simple person. Any more questions? [FA: Yes. Our last question.] Yes, I got all excited and passionate about these things. FA. You just finished talking about the government. Now, I have this last question. You know, it's really simple. The Supreme Master, the organic vegan diet is the answer! Our planet and fellow beings will be benefit so much from it if we all change right now to a more compassionate and loving diet, the plant-based vegan diet. Supreme Master Ching Hai, the last question of the interview session: Religion shapes the hopes, dreams, morals and values of an estimated 85% of the world's population. How can we promote partnerships between religious groups by putting aside ideological differences and combining their voices to create the greatest influence on political leaders for them to address environmental issues? Supreme Master Ching Hai, can You help bring the leaders of all major religions together for this purpose, for the good of the planet? [M: How am I going to do that?] I've been trying to think for a long time and I just don't know how.
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Good question sir. I don't know, sir. You are very, very kind. I'm only passionate about the humans' lives and the value of our planet and the people, but I'm not sure if I could do what you ask. I'm only doing what I can. But this is a good question, sir. Yes, I try my best all the time, and I know you do your best as well, such as, through your work, you have organized an interfaith discussion last year, about the role that different religions can play to promote environmental stewardship. You see, you have more power than I do, secular power, I'm just a meditation teacher. This care for the Earth and our fellow inhabitants can be expressed in terms of the Golden Rules that we mentioned earlier, the five universal principles of peace, that are logical, harmonious principles for everybody. It doesn't have to be religious. Everyone, be they Buddhist, Muslim or even atheist, if they follow the five Golden Rules, universal peace principles, then life would be paradise on Earth. Now, the first principle of Ahimsa, meaning non-violence, which is to avoid harm to any other beings, be they human and animal. So now, we try to remind everyone, regardless of their faith, to return to this timeless ideal. That is why I have called upon the world's spiritual and religious people to meditate and pray together for World Vegan World Peace. If we have world vegan, then we will have world peace as well, as outcome. When we don't kill animals anymore, then we don't kill each other. Now, I'm glad to see, that it was helping. In our television, they call it Supreme Master Television, I have tried to arrange that all the religious scriptures' main points are aired together then you can see that, and that's the best I can do so people can see that it's ridiculous to fight with each other. My religion, your religion say the same thing. So, if anyone, after reading all this common ground of different religious orders still want to fight, in the name of Muslim, or in the name of Christian, I think they just want to benefit themselves. There's no excuse to do that anymore. I also agree that religious and spiritual leaders should work together and let people know that it's time to change, that the planet is in urgent danger now, and we must be more living in our actions, whatever religion we belong to; and be vegan to save it, whatever religion we belong to, or nonreligion we belong to. There are quite a few other leaders, like, His Holiness the Pope, also tried to gather some different faiths, Muslim people to come to him, discussing things, and I'm glad that it has worked out in some areas. But all religions belong to God. We all say we worship God. Then why fight, for God? This is ridiculous, really. We have to grow up, that's it. We have to grow up as adults and talk together, instead of using bullets. Everybody can do that. What heroic action in that? Go out and blow people up in the market, everybody blown into pieces, including children and harmless women what heroic action I can see in that? I don't see it. I'm sorry, I don't see any hero in these kinds of actions, for example. I don't see anybody heroic in pulling the trigger and terminating another person's life. He's not born to die like that. Whenever God wants him to die, he dies, but it's not by such a violent means like that. So religious and spiritual leaders should recognize that this is not a request for them to compromise their ideology or to glorify the other faith, but it is because the principles of being loving and kind are really central to every religion. Don't you think? [FA: Oh, yes. Yes.] Then why do we act contrary? There's another thing. You see, also, the religious leaders must personally change, [FA: Yes, I agree.] be our compassionate vegan role models and thereby demonstrate the most powerful way to love all and respect all on this planet. Thank you, Commissioner Avila. And thank you, all of you. Thank you, all of you, for your supportive applause. I feel I have friends sitting there. Thank you so much.
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The privilege is mine, sir; the honor is all mine. I'm so grateful that you honor me this way. Thank you so much. I have tried my best. Since I knew of your invitation, I have been thinking, day and night until now, to think of the answers that would really benefit you and your people. I'm not just trying to talk or convert you or people into my way of life or anything. I was sincerely, honestly, genuinely concerned that any word I have spoken, through the grace of heaven, should benefit people, your people or any people who are listening. I was really deep into prayer and meditation, to try, so that the words will sincerely make an impact in the souls of the world's people and your country. Your words have made an impact, especially in our audience, today. I deeply appreciate Your gracious acceptance to grant me an interview. Supreme Master, would You like to share a few remarks to close this interview session? It would be our honor. Yes, sir. I obey your command. [Laughter] Since actually today is about poetry, yes? [FA: Yes.] About the new poetry book, and then by the way we talk heavens and Earth, which is also very important more important than my book but since we are here for the poetry book, 'The Love of Centuries,' I would like to read you a new poem, if everyone has time and would still like to sit there to listen? [FA: Yes. Thank You.] This is the newest poem, and you are the first ones to hear it. This is about a love for a family member: 'Hermit We have been together For over ten years Including the times I took leave Your love has always been constant Growing more with my joy and grief Ever since you came into my life I am the only your central focus You'll join others' game for a few minutes But return often next to my seat Then throwing a loving glance To reassure me always That I am the only one you cherish You never discriminate nor miss a chance To protect the wronged and the meek As their defense you even risk heaven Getting beaten and torn to stitches But whenever any harasses you You always keep your cool And you let others have the best quarters Bed, sofa, or even your favorite corners Quietly sleep on a bare floor at any room's end Let them be next to me to their heart's content Shy to strangers Hiding when they approach But accept all my disciples
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Their hugs and caressing Whether they are from New York or Beijing 'Egal' if they are Christian, Buddhist or Muslim While your gentle blue eyes beaming out unconditional love Your serene countenance mellow and soft You gave all what they needed from you You love me 24/7 Happiness or sorrow In your simple manner You show it and I always know it Though your strength Could create a revolutionary crisis But you always humbly listen and obey command Even if that means parting from me And your heart is turbulent You just sadly bow your head And go wherever requested (Swear I could feel the tears in your heart!) Oh sweet boy I love you forever How can I find another one like you ever? When I walk into your room any time You acted as if God has descended into your life You love coldness But would bear the heat So that you can lie at my feet You know I like you to sleep on soft ground So you always go to your soft bed To show that you do Only if I am in the near, of course Then you would sneak back Onto the terra keramic Because you are a shepherd And love cold floor Even when crippled with genetic disorder You try so hard to crawl To clutch the corners of your soft bed To show me that You respect my wish and didn't forget And my wish is always your command No matter how small or how grand You would wait patiently For a pat or a glance Never wanting to leave Even in a little cave Or a tiny apartment Wherever I am That's your happy dwelling palace On rough wet ground or gravel terrace On comfy bed or squeaky sofa All you care is just to be with me
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And what did I do To deserve this love eternity? I dragged you all over the globe! Well, partly because I have to move on the job And God knows why my work met with peculiar situations Hence, we don't always have peace and freedom Constant changes and forever anxious traveling That must have stressed you out, I bet Your immune system would go haywire, I guess And lately often if I'm home Then, 'No, no, no, not now, I'm busy.' Or, 'Go, go, I'm tired.' As I usually close myself in for the work at hand Or if you stay around I'm just buried in documents Endless global demands and tele-speeches Or I would watch the news to see where in need While you just lie there as if non-existent I haven't much time to dine with you As in those earlier years then And you are hushed into another room During the long hours that I meditate With nothing to do but to wait and hope That I would come out and give you a rub Then you would roll over merrily Even just for those few seconds As if my hands were that of heaven You are the epitome of endless patience Of vast devotion and boundless love You are so tender but so strong and so tough I thought you'd live forever But you can't Back to heaven you went Leaving me here with a void in my heart... I cannot believe you have left Just like that, you're gone I'd do anything to have you back again I'd make up for you the time we lost Oh dearly beloved! But I can't! As you were back from the hospital A still warm but lifeless body's remain Why did I even fancy your faint heartbeat? Rushing you to emergency clinic Just to confirm that my heart's broken again!!! Though I'm happy that you are free from pain Enjoying your deserved glory and peace... But please don't ever come back
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This world is not yet too kind Maybe we will have it all one day As for now, stay in heaven Where you are safe Even if I am so desperate Even if you are so missing me I just want you to be happy You deserve all the more Than just this old, busy buddy Oh pure and angel friend I love you forever! Repeatedly I told you And again and again at your sick bed And I meant every letter of that And I'm genuinely happy To know that you're free All the tears now are just for me 'Cause I lost the treasure of the world I lost a rare, precious jewel I'd like the whole world to stand still Mourning with me my loss But somehow no one seems to care Or to be so conscious They're just all moving on Don't they know a beautiful being is gone? If I must write down all your loving goodness It would take forever Now that you are here no longer What's the volume of words good for? I should have treated you every day As if it's your last on Earth Should have given you more favorites And not stop while saying 'It's for your own good.' You asked me once Why I love my work so much Seems as if more than I love you I said to you, 'No, no, no, it's not so Pray with me that the world soon will have peace Then all, and humans and animals will be protected Then we will spend more time together.' Well, that day is not yet near And you have already departed forever My unfulfilled promise I'm ever so sorry, my love I'm ever so sorry You are gone
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The house seems to enlarge I miss your royal welcome ritual I miss your affectionate tug I miss your silly smile I miss your pawing hug As I am sitting here Next to your empty rug Thanking heaven for your love once by my side Asking heaven why dogs have to die...' I dedicate this in memory of Hermit, my special dog who just passed away a few days ago, and for all the dog's lovers in the world. I know how they feel. I really miss my dog. I know he's good in heaven but I still miss him. That's my dog Hermit. He's very special. So intelligent. So obedient. So cooperative. So good, so good. And he is vegan. All my dogs are vegan. That's the day all the dog's friends fear most, is the day they're going, and they're going so soon. Oh, they have so beautiful videos. Oh, God. I am still grieving my dog. I am so sorry. Sorry, I cried so much already, and I can't believe I still cry tonight. I wish you all the best and enjoy your pets' time. God bless you. God bless all animal lovers. Thank you so much. FA. That was a very touching and compassionate poem that You have, 'Hermit.' It shows how much You love Your dog. It was very touching and compassionate about God's creature, Hermit. Well, thank you, sir. Thank you for your sympathy. I am sure every dog lover feels the same. It's very painful to lose a family member like that, and he's so special. And I'm sure every dog lover would tell me that their dogs are very special and the most intelligent, the most loving, the most affectionate, and I know that very well. I feel the same. I know he's in heaven and he's better there than here, but I still miss him so much. And one more thing, when I was rushing him to the clinic and I just talked to him he was already gone but then he came back to answer me. Can you believe this? He was gone, but then I asked him, 'But it's better that you stay in heaven, right? You don't come back here. You don't, you don't, you don't just come back here anymore,' and he came back to answer me. He said, 'No.' He would prefer to stay here with me than in heaven. That's what he said. The last thing he said to me. He'd already gone and just came back to answer me like that. And... I just cannot forget my dog. No matter how many dogs I have and no matter how many times they die, it's just like the first dog and the first time. Thank you for all your sympathy. I know you feel the same about your dogs, especially if the dog has gone to heaven. Thank you so much. God bless you all. God bless our planet. God bless all the animals. That was a very touching poem, 'Hermit.' My nephew was deployed in... He's a Marine and he brought back his dog from Serbia, and that shows how much he loved that dog in Serbia. It was being abused, and the Marines let him bring the dog back to the United States, because he loves dogs. [M: Oh, I heard that. I heard these services. And one of it is yours? Your family member's?] Yes, my nephew's. And the dog did not understand English. He only understands Serbian. So we had to teach him how to learn English. Oh, he will understand English, sir. I adopted all kinds of dogs some are Hungarian but they understood absolutely everything, English and all. Yes, and very, very obedient, very well-behaved. Understand English. I'm surprised. Oh, really. Foreign dogs, you know, not 'English' dogs, but understood everything as if from inside, yes.
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[FA: When he used to hear a car or a backfire, he used to get scared because he came from the war. So we all have some type of effect in war.] Yes, sir, even dogs, yes, yes. One of my adopted dogs, he's very afraid of guns, gun shout, and thunder. It's similar to him. He will cower into a corner, he will not eat, he will not drink, he will not go out that day. Whenever he hears a gun sometimes people go hunting nearby he hears it and then he just cowers under the bed or some corner, and shaking, or when thunder it's similar to gun he would not eat, he will not drink. He will not even go out. He will not even follow me. Well, he goes to my room, of course, and, he feels safer there; but if I tell him to go out, he will not. He's so scared. Not just humans are afraid of gun sounds, but animals also. FA. M. Yes. Thank You very much for sharing us Your poem, 'Hermit.' [M: Thank you, sir.] Once again, let's thank Supreme Master Ching Hai for doing what She does so well. Sir, and all the loving people there, please excuse me, I have more meditation hours to catch up. [FA: Yes. Okay, thank You.] I haven't done my quota enough today. [FA: Okay, thank You very much.] It's for World Peace, for World Peace. Thank you. Please forgive me. I take leave. [FA: Okay, thank You.] Thank you very much. Supreme Master Ching Hai, She shared Her wisdom and unconditional love from the heart. Let's give Her a really heartfelt round of applause again. She explains to us in straightforward words what has been done, and what needs to be done to save our planet, to ensure peace. Everything Supreme Master Ching Hai says comes down to what She is all about that is Love: Love for yourself; love for every aspect of our environment; love for all beings; love for each other. The way I see it, you don't have to pray for peace when love flows from your heart. With love, it would be no problem to switch to the vegan diet, which is necessary to cool the planet, to protect our natural resources, to ensure our personal health, and to have enough to feed the hungry. If we would simply express and demonstrate love, if we will stop breeding animals for human consumption, how many lives would not end up in slaughter, how many people will be fed, how healthy and long-living will people be, how clean would our water, rivers, and oceans be, how fresh would the air be, for there would be enough trees doing their job. World Vegan, World Peace it's got to be our conscious choice. If people stop eating the flesh of another being today, that is a good way to start a responsible, compassionate, and healthy lifestyle. Therefore, the future of the planet is in our hands. We are the protectors. We are the stewards. We are the example of our children. They can pick up where we left off, effectively, with a determination to keep the planet clean, fresh, flourishing in peace and in love; and hearing Supreme Master's words I feel a warm connection and a common bond between your love of nature and human love. Don't you like that? At this moment, I would like to thank the performers for their wonderful performance we have more to come in the second part of our program tonight. Once again, let's thank the person with the biggest heart tonight: Supreme Master Ching Hai. Thank You for Your time, thank You for sharing Your wisdom, thank You for sharing Your love, and I hope that my wife Sherry, Commissioner Horton, and I may meet You one day in person, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Thank You.
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little bit, at the moment. The work I do, I need at least one dozen of assistants, and the dogs and everything and... They're getting old now and they get kind of... sometimes the old age stuff, you know? And also infection from other dogs outside and from people and karma stuff. Poor dogs. I'm here now. I'm glad to see you. A little late, but I'm okay. Just now , you saw, I had to run out because all the dogs ran from their room and came to the door. Imagine. They're supposed to stay in their room. I don't mind them to come, it's just we have no room here at all, not enough for you, not even enough for human, 2 by 3. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Yes, okay, no problem. As long as I can do it, I can do it. It's just... in such a case like this, please forgive me. All right, let's go. MC. Most beloved, loving and always beautiful Master, we're very grateful and would like to convey a zillion thank you's to You for granting us this new conference, despite Your already very busy schedule. Master, last time You shared with us Your very precious knowledge about the portals and gates to heaven and to the lower world. We contemplated on these new revelations and would like to ask You further about this fascinating topic. [M: Yes, yes, sure.] You look beautiful, Master. Thank you, I'm just lucky. I just do it by wisdom eye, I guess, you know? Okay, if you like my look, thanks heaven. [Audience: We do, Master. Yes, You look great!] Thanks all the make-up artists from heaven. I think they must have helped me to throw on some color or something. [MC: Master, You're beautiful.] Yes! Just the television, honey, just the television. Just the cameramen, they know how. Thanks a lot, thanks a lot. Now what can I do for you? In addition, Master, the current situation regarding war on our planet saddens us. Throughout our known history of Earth... Just one second, honey, beautiful love. The dogs again. It won't happen again, I blocked well. I hope. They're so strong even I block all the chairs and the boxes, they kick them all out and just come anytime they want. And then when they hear you and they hear me here, they just want to run in here. They think people are here; they want to come, welcome, like group meditation style? They don't mean anything bad. It's just we can't have them here. They will knock all the lights off and jump on your television, seeing you sitting there. They think you are there. Benny would do that. When sometimes they see you guys on television, he just keeps jumping, jumping on... wants to kiss you guys. [MC: So cute.] Yes, cute. Cute work. Okay, I'm sorry, beauty, please repeat again. In addition, Master, the current situation regarding war on our planet saddens us. Throughout our known history of Earth, wars have constantly broken out, inflicting suffering and loss of life for countless beings. Even today in the civilized world, many areas of the globe are either at war or threatened by war. Master, we pray for a loving planet for all and humbly invite You to share Your insights into the causes and consequences of war and how to prevent it from occurring. Master, aside from portals to hell or lower worlds, are there any portals to even worse places? You think there will be worse places than hell? [Audience: No, Master.] My God! Luckily not! But hell or lower world energy can turn any good world or reasonable world into worse places. That's the thing. Or hell-like. Turn into hell-like, or half-hell or suffering like hell; some kind of hell.
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Why are there countries that have prolonged war? The prolonged war is only finished when the killing karma is finished, when both socalled 'enemies' are all dead, or injured or broken down, bringing many innocent bystanders with them as well. Then the prolonged war will finish, but only then, only in that country or that place. Later on, they will return somewhere else to start vengeance again in another life or place. It will also stop if one side decides to forgive the other's blood debt. Because there are also providers of weapons, producers of weapons, the ones who work for their own interest, regardless of other people's lives, they want to continue the war, or inciting the war as well. All kinds of this war-supporting energy. But there are also negative portals, sub-portals and roads, lower roads that push the war to last for a long time. That's why. So, Master, may we please know where and what countries? Sure, sure. I will check with my spiritual diary for this section later; it's a long list. Continue with other questions. Wars destroy lives, break up families, hinder developments across all fields and aspects. Why do countries continue on with war even though they know that war is not good? If the leaders of nations or special armed groups happen to be in, near, or inside, or in the vicinity or in the lower portal, lower road or hell portal or hell road or related these kinds of related areas then he/she is prone to aggressive tendency, if that person's moral foundation is not strongly enforced. So then the country or that group will be led into endless involvement in warlike engagement, or start the war themselves or being dragged into war, and willingly dragged, willingly participate in warlike activities. This will, no doubt, exhaust national manpower, and trigger economic downturn and subsequently also badly impact the world in a chain effect. Where are these places? Just a moment, I'll come back. Check the spiritual diary. Where are these places that continually have war? Where are the places that have these portals, yes? Not just continue to have war, but have many troubles, and warlike. So many. It's a long list. My God! It's such a long thing here. Please, Master, may we... Share with us, Master? I have to read it. [MC: Thank You, Master.] I don't remember them by heart, not these kind of things. I try to remember only love, happiness, and peace in my heart. So much here. Remember last time I told you the list about the hell and lower road portals in different countries? I told you that if the leaders or the armed groups are in the negative portals, roads, or connections, then they will make war, or continue, even though maybe they know war is no good, or even if they want to finish it. And you want to know it now? [MC: Yes, please, Master.] How about later? I will tell you later, because lets others ask questions as well, and then we can come to that later. It's such a negative thing, I hesitate to even read it. Please, go on.
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Why is peace so hard to achieve? It has been slow and more difficult because of the negative influence of these low and hellish portals, and sub-portals as well. Remember I told you about the portals, hell portals and lower world portals, and lower world roads, and hell roads, the connecting roads to hell portals? And there are even sub-portals as well, which I did not tell you as it's too long, too much; but I probably will tell you later, okay? The sub-portals and the roads of these negative areas are also troublemakers; war-inciting and bad influence on people, especially if that person has power, then they would manipulate him or her or them, make them use their power, which they support behind, to make trouble for the world, to cause suffering, pain and death, injury, and sorrow for people. Because that's their job. They like it. So there are also spawning webs of connecting things, connecting roads. You know already. And there are sub-portals. Sub-portals mean, it's like our road junctions, where many roads meet, like we call 'roundabout.' These are sub-portals, which are also almost as powerful. Like big portals, and influence people a lot, and if leaders of a nation happen to have their headquarters or seat, their seat, on top of that area, that portal or sub-portal, then we have no end to war, and very, very difficult to have peace. That's why our world keeps having war all the time. One country finished, another country, and then again and again, because people will be reborn again and again to get vengeance. That's the problem. The enemies don't want to give up. If they lose this lifetime, they come back again. And even the innocent victims are being manipulated subtly without knowing even. Human beings, if they don't practice true, spiritual meditation and they don't adhere strictly to moral principles, then they're often too weak to defend for themselves. It's all the work of collective karma as well as these negative energies' influence. If a person is morally fit to withstand its spell even, he or she would often feel unwell, sick, weak weakness, physical, mental, emotional and vulnerable to negative flashes of unwholesome penchants. It's to be pitied. The good, protective angels are often screaming loud, to warn their proteges, but humans rarely listen. Even if intuitively they feel something not right... Like they feel something is wrong, they feel it's wrong to do this, to do that, or to decide like this, or to listen to their assistants, or to listen to their advisors. They feel something is wrong, as their advisor is not right, but life always keeps them too busy elsewhere until too late, so that they are already halfway or completely entangled in situations or decisions that they will regret later. It can even involve downgrading, destroying the whole nation's or world's well-being, for a long, long time after. So it's not always correct to blame one leader or one country for any unjustified aggression. This world is the domain of negative illusion and power, so difficult for loving souls to disentangle themselves from surrounding webs and traps from the negative power. If one can see the whole drama of negative play, then we cannot help but feel so sorry for all who are helplessly drawn into the game and made forgetful of their noble origins and purposes. I pray all the time to heaven, 'Please help the erring humans and beasts even, for they know not what they're doing.' I think I told you once before, a long time ago, that in Germany, I think in Bavaria. You know where Bavaria is? Munich (Munchen) is the capital city of Bavaria. There is a special wind that blows sometimes across the area which makes people commit crimes more than they normally would or never did before. So the justice system over there always takes into consideration of crimes committed in such a special time when this special wind blows, across that special area, and they would grant leniency accordingly. This kind of wind is leaking from hell must be a hell nearby and at the least, it would make people temporarily
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lose their sound judgment, or feel ill for no reason or be aggressive for no reason, even ordinary people or normally very temperate people. Similarly, lower or hellish energy also makes people or animals ill mentally or physically, emotionally temporarily or permanently even. It depends on a person's fitness in all aspects, or it depends on how powerful that particular negative relation there is. Just like when we are not physically fit, we are more prone to illness and infection, and less easy to recover or slower recovery. Now, the people in the lower world portal or hell portal or connecting roads or sub-portals are often vulnerable to attack by surges of violence inside, that push them from inside not from their inside but push them from inside, the influence from inside and if we are not really strong morally, then maybe we will act on them, on these surges of violence. And the more we act on them, the deeper we'll be in the clutches of the negative force and helplessly become its good instrument. In the presence or nearness of LP lower world portal, lower world road, hell portal, hell road a leader who was peaceful will turn warinclined, who wants to stop fighting but often is powerless to do so. It's to be pitied. That's why I always beg the world to forgive any leaders who err. Give them an exiting road, give them a chance to exit, go elsewhere. Stay alive, have enough time to repent and to recover, or to help in recovering their mistakes, and rebuild our world again. Have to forgive them anytime possible, after all consideration, because it's just karmic background. It's the negative power's game as well. Of course, of course, it also makes use of people's weakness inside. People do have weakness inside; some stronger, some weaker weakness, but do have weakness, the humans. So it's not always the person's fault alone, and the root cause of all conflicts is not each other but the system of this physical realm, arranged by the king of illusion, the negative force, to make all beings pit against each other in a forever, endless cycle of attachment and vengeance and violence. Not only there are tricks and traps, there are spawning webs of destruction shooting out piercing energy, knife-like, arrow-like, bullet-like, making people or animals agitated, feel painful inside and aggressive outside, because of the pain, the invisible pain, that they endure. Then, of course, they quarrel with each other, fight and kill each other for no justified reason. Then it becomes a habit; then it becomes natural for them to live their lives in such destructive patterns. Then conflicts, wars will break out, or disasters, and so on and so forth. This world is like that. Only the lucky ones escape this network of maya. MC. M. Thank You for sharing that with us, Master. It's extremely sad. It is sad, honey. It's sad. When I was working on this, just to know why peace is so hard to reach, why war is always evident on this planet I feel so sad. I cry a lot, a lot. And I had to write it down in tears in the dark night, alone, because it's so sad, so sad. It's not just all these words that I'm telling you, it's the images of war and suffering of the people that are flashing, flashing in my mind, in my inner, while I see all this. It's very, very sad. It's real people, real hurt, real pain, real sorrow. Besides the zillions of spiritual points that Master gave for peace, is there a way for war to cease and peace to come quickly? Yes, yes. But it depends on the leaders of nations, or warring group leaders. It will help very much if those leaders move their headquarters or palaces, and they will see things will change dramatically soon after, and good outcomes will be evident soon. I hope they will.
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Is there any way for leaders to avoid war? Yes, yes, but do you think they will listen to me? [Audience: Yes!] I don't know, honey. Do you think they ever listen? [Audience: Yes, yes, Master. Please tell us. Please, Master.] You don't say 'please' enough. [Audience: Please. Please, Master.] Okay, never mind. I'm just joking a little bit to lighten up things. If they want to finish the war quickly, have peace faster, then the leaders of these warring nations or war deciders, war nations or armed groups, conflict groups I mean, violent, conflict groups should officially abandon their headquarters. Destroy it, destroy it or seal off. Go far away to build new ones to avoid negative impact and avoid the killing energy of that place; avoid bad luck for themselves. Because if you kill somebody, later you'll get killed as well, you know. You can see it evidently recently get killed or their families get killed, the leaders. Avoid the energy, avoid the bad luck for themselves as well, not just for the nation or all involved. It's for their own family's sake and their own sake. Because even if they are not killed sometimes, they get injured or badly wounded, things like that, or their families are in trouble or get killed in front of their eyes. This is a very sad thing for them as well. And even if all are well in this lifetime, hell will be waiting for them. It's a through-and-through bad luck area, if a leader or a group leader happens to sit on these negative portals or roads. Because these negative areas or portals will manifest this killing energy sooner or later, or damaging energy, sooner or later. It depends on how bad that road or how heavy karma, how strong that area, that portal. Some portals are more powerful than others. Even then, it's just... it's bad luck through and through. If it is stronger, of course then it involves the whole world; if it's milder, then it involves the whole nation; if it's less, then it involves a group or some people, or family. Otherwise, we have to wait until the karma of killing is finished, and both enemies may be dead already, and the portal or the road will close there, due to some good merits somehow, or there's no use for that portal or road there anymore; but this will take a long, long, long, long, long time, and maybe too late for the leader to save his or her life there, and their seats in heaven would be lost. They should vow to abandon war as well, inside their heart, and rebuilding what they can do rebuilding, help in rebuilding efforts redeem their mistakes; rebuild, repair the things or places that have been destroyed by their actions, directly or indirectly; repent to heaven and pray for forgiveness and blessing and help to change to a better person, themselves.
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control people or like to have power all kinds of seeds within a human heart will germinate and grow big, big, big, and powerful in this kind of negative connection portal. If the people who have just a little bit of violent tendency, or greed or ambitions or bullying nature, or this kind, and the like, they would be more and more vulnerable to violence or negative energy that is downloading here, and they will fall helplessly, victims to circumstances, sooner or later, and eventually they might or they will unwittingly become a good instrument for the negative force to wreak havoc on other people. I feel so sorry for those leaders who happen to kind of inherit, if you will, these kinds of palaces or headquarters or presidential mansions, or armed military headquarters, that burn them with all this negative energy from within. You just need a little bit of negative tendency within you to connect with this negative vast power. Just like we just meditate every day a little bit, we're connected with the big powerhouse of the universe. If we have negative tendency, we will connect with the negative side. Maybe the connection is not that strong, but slowly, slowly, slowly, it will accumulate inside that person and make them a perfect instrument for the evil purposes, or negative, less evil, but negative energy. I feel very sorry for them. If you can see the real cause behind all these conflicts and violent actions, you will see people, they are not all 100% responsible for all the actions that cause pain and damages. The same president or prime minister or leaders of some kind, if they're sitting in another located place, a better place, a more lucky place, a luckier place or more positive place or even a neutral place, will make better decisions based on sounder judgment. May heaven be lenient on them if they err, because a leader's palace or headquarters on the spot any spot that belongs to these negative-related places even if he or she is of mild temperament and intended originally to do good, honestly, sincerely, would also be struggling inside with violent turmoil, and finally, may be too tired to resist this influence from the negative power or fall ill or be eliminated, sooner or later. Well, if you don't believe me, check out, check out... Maybe after I give you the list, you check out all the events in the world. You might compare it and then maybe you can see it better than what I'm telling you. And even if this person, if this leader wants only peace, honestly, sincerely, things might still happen to drag him into war-like decisions. And he's helpless: Even if he doesn't want to make decision, his advisor, his assistant, his secretary, his power, his government, his surrounding group, will also force him or influence him into war-like decisions. It's all the cunning work of this domain's systems of negative power. We all need a super-super human willpower, moral fitness, and determination to stay afloat. I feel too sorry for the whole planet, man and beast and all. I truly feel sorry. I feel too sorry; that's why I'm doing what I'm doing, because I cannot blame any of them. I can only blame the system of this world, and then when they do a little bit here, a little bit there, and then slowly they will be wholly negative and then they'll be instruments. And then they come back again, be more instruments for the negative, and if they're back again, it's like that again and again, and more and more. That's how they're winning. That's how they lure, the negative power, lure people, innocent people, good people, into their system, into their working system. Now you know. Q. Thank You, Master. Thank You for giving us that insight. Some of the nations where Master said hell portals exist, like New Zealand, are currently not in war, while in others like Afghanistan, there is conflict. What is the reason for that? And perhaps is the effect of the hell portal in New Zealand manifested in a different way, such as a natural disaster? Yes, yes. It's like you say, Mike. It's like you say. Destruction manifests in different forms. People suffer just the same. Also, war is not always inside the country itself. But aggression can be carried on outward, like going to make war with others, or participating in war in other countries. If I'm not wrong, New Zealand also has engaged
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in war elsewhere, like Cyprus, Au Lac, et cetera. They sent troops there. I think they have been participating in wars. For example, these two countries. So it's the aggression that stimulated from these negative places, that triggers such unpeaceful decision and participating that furthermore destroys, also, that country with this newfound karmic debt. More karmic debt now than before even. Hence, you can see earthquake, typhoon, et cetera, et cetera. Apart from killing animals also, of course; New Zealand is also one of the top providers of meat and the like. Animals' meat and productions. Maybe not top leader, but they're famous; their production, animals' products are famous, one of the famous ones; maybe not top famous, but famous. People know about it and import it from New Zealand. It's not just outright war. I have a little note here, but it could be dictatorship, or ruling with an iron fist, or bullying citizens or others, bullying others into submission, whether their own citizens or outsider citizens or other country's citizens. I have noticed these things. If don't make war, then also very strong rule. Q. What do the beings who are in the lower world at the Bermuda Triangle look like? Do they have a physical form or another form, as their energy must be very coarse, heavy, and negative? They look like you and me. They're from us. They look like us; they look like humans, but just in astral form. They retain their astral form. Yes, they are coarse and heavy in energy, of course, even in the astral form. Some look, of course, very... not as good as we do, of course. What I mean is, they do look like humans. When they die, they look the way they did when they were alive. Some people in this world even have this kind of energy. Even though they look like a human, but when you go near them, you don't want to be near anymore; or you feel agitated when seeing them even from afar, even if they don't know you are looking at them. When you're nearing them, seeing them, you feel agitated. You even feel you want to stay away from that person. You feel very agitated and sometimes angry. And you feel a very bad mood for no reason. Even though they are in physical form, they are just reincarnated from hell or lower worlds; very, very uncomfortable to be near them at all times. Even if they look normal or sweet, or even smiling, some people are very uncomfortable to be with. But luckily, as we are humans, we are more protected because we have a physical body. But the astral body, when you are in the astral form, you are vulnerable to all kinds of pain, sensitive feelings, or suffering; you cannot hide, and everything, everything is transparent to you, and you are transparent to everyone else. So it's even good to have the human body. That's why some people don't feel as uncomfortable, because they're in the human body; they don't feel that sensitive. But if you practice spiritually, you'll be more sensitive to good and bad. Was there a time in the Earth's history when there was no war and peace prevailed? If so, what made it change? No, it hasn't changed. In fact, it might have become a little better that we don't have World War I, World War II, but we always have war somewhere. If not war between humans, then war between humans and animals going on all day, every day, or between animals themselves, even. This world of ours has not evolved enough yet spiritually to a peaceful planet; but it will, in the near future. Let's pray. [Q: Thank You, Master!] Let's pray. Let's pray that total peace happens when we are still here to witness, when you and I are still alive. We are all fatigued already of war and destruction. It's time for a rest and rebuilding and enjoyment. This physical planet, even though it's physical, it's beautiful. We should all take time to enjoy the wonder and splendor and all the love of the family, friends, and neighbors, and dogs and birds, et
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cetera, et cetera. Don't you think? Then I don't have to work so hard. At least I myself want to have peace, personally, so that all negative places will shut down, all the hell portals will be out of function. They will be jobless. I don't care where they go, they will be unemployed. The unemployed rates in hell will rise 1,000% all jobless, or all go in pension; I don't care what they do. Shut down anyway, so that I don't have to meditate too long hours. I tell you the truth: Meditation for long hours is not all fun. You have to sometimes force yourself to sit there, especially when you have other things to take care of on this physical planet. If I don't have to meditate, don't have to meditate long... because I don't have to meditate for myself anymore, to tell you the truth. I meditate now just for the planet, for the people, for the animals. [Q: Thank You, Master.] So if the planet is peaceful and vegan, then I don't have to meditate long anymore, I can spend quality time with my dogs, they don't have to come scratching and be just now, pushed away into living room again. So I can spend time with them to their hearts' content. I can walk them in the day and sleep with them in the night. And, if peace is there, trust will fill all humans' hearts also, that they would realize what is good for them and who is good for them, and what the truth is when spoken, so that naturally I can give help more and more to the world, to elevate this planet up to the highest possible standards. Q. M. Q. Thank You for Your tremendous hard work to help make heaven on Earth. We know You've been working very, very hard for us all. Thank You. You're welcome, love. I just wish I could do more. I wish I could do more. We know, we know. Thank You for Your work. [M: It's all right.] You mentioned before that since people don't see the immediate retributions of their bad actions, they tend to be more oblivious to the concept of bad karma. [M: It's true.] Humans are waging wars with animals every day. Does this, in turn, propel future wars and conflicts? Yes, yes. It does, Steve, it does. Killing karma is heavy. When there is enough violent energy of killing concentrated in one place or in one country, war will break out there, or disaster of grand scale will descend upon that place or on the world. We are already seeing a lot of them lately, no? Let's hope that all will come to their senses and stop all violence between humans and animals, toward animals, before worse disaster even manifests, and before things get more out of control on our planet, in our world. Either we must wait for bad karma to end or move the leaders, the ones who can decide big, important decision should move, to improve their lot and improve our lot, and make clearer, more correct decisions. We can beat fate if we have faith, but to move away is a faster and better chance to have peace on the planet, and to move away, and to stop killing animals. A normal person, even a normal person, if in the negative zone, will probably ruin his career, his family broken, or harm himself or his loved ones, but a leader of any kind in this location will trouble the whole nation or the whole world even. The negative power is even very mighty, and expanding on our off-guard moments and manifests its havoc sooner or later in war of any kinds, or in disasters. The negative power takes advantage of the vulnerable, the naive, the egocentric, the ambitious, the greedy, to capture their weakness and enslave them to serve their evil empire at the expense of their souls and others unlucky, who are involved, though reluctant at first. Later, it will envelop these souls, and it gets harder and harder to break away for them. And willingly and unwillingly might cause so much suffering to others. How can we stop this devil's cycle? Yes, if we all want to stop. If we all want it to stop, it will stop. If we take action to halt it, it will stop. No more trespassing on other nations; share all the resources accordingly;
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no more provoking neighboring countries; no more producing or distributing destructive weapons; settling all disputes by verbal dialogues; try all the best to halt the violence of any kind. Then the cycle of evil will stop. Q. You said that if one kills an adult person, one would lose one to four billion spiritual merit points. [M: Yes.] What happens when thousands of people are killed in a short period of time such as in a war? We can't even imagine the heavy karmic burden that those responsible will have to bear in the so-near future, if not in this life then after this life. The afterlife is even more so frightening that I wish no one this fate. I wish no one to ever have to know it, to experience it. It is too horrifying to even think about it. If the leaders who engage in war know about their fate after life, because of the war that they're involved in or created, they would die with fright now and would never want to wage war at any cost. They would abandon their country, their power, their throne, their palace, their wealth, their possessions, whatever they would abandon all and run away to avoid suffering and then go into the forest, repent or meditate or pray all their life for penance, whatever, so that they can avoid this kind of suffering after life, if they can see it now. Just they don't see it, that's why they continue. What is the impact of the drastic loss of spiritual merit points on a place or the group that committed mass killing of humans, Master? We can't begin to count or finish. We can't even finish counting. Those responsible will stay in hell with all kinds of horrid, painful agony for eons or more, enduring untold suffering. Nobody can help them. Heaven will be helpless. They will die again and again, the way their former victims did. Multiple times, over and over. But the thing is, they cannot even truly die they just suffer all the agony, the pain, as if dead or injured, but fully conscious. Fully conscious of the pain. I mean, in this world if you are under operation, the doctor gives you anesthesia so that you don't feel the pain, but in hell, no. You're fully conscious and you'll be feeling like that again, again, and again, non-stop. Can you imagine? [Q: Yes. Terrible.] Terrible. Yes. That's why I told you I cried many times during meditation knowing all this. I don't even want to look into this because it pains me so much, and it's horrifying even to know. But for the sake of all people in this world, I have to do it. It's not comfortable; it's a very painful process to check out on all this. Will the consequences of climate change such as the rising number of climate refugees intensify the possibility of war? Yes, it's obvious. Anyone can answer that. You don't have to ask me. When basic necessities are intensely short of supply and when people are suffering from hunger and thirst and sickness without medicine, without money, people might do anything to help themselves to survive. Even ordinarily good people would try all to rescue and protect their family and themselves. Pray that world powers would take good care of all in need so that these people will not be forced in any way by circumstances to engage in war or the like. We have to pray. Yes. Amen, Master. Master, some countries are suffering wars on protestors such as Libya, Syria, and Yemen. I also noticed that there seems to be no Spiritual Blessing Portals or Spiritual Blessing Lines in Libya, Syria, or Yemen, for example, [M: It's true.] but there don't seem to be portals to hell or lower worlds either in these places. Is this correct, Master?
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soon, and I will tell you in the next conference if I can. [Q: Yes, please. Yes, Master.] If I can find. I cannot promise. I cannot promise anything yet. It will be difficult. [Q: But it would be so beneficial for the leaders and for all the world. Could Master please try?] I will have to sacrifice many more hours and probably some things. Probably have to negotiate. I can't promise, but I will try my best. I would like to try my best for the peace of the world. [Q: Thank You so much, Master. Please do, please.] If heaven allows, I will do it, no matter what it costs. To me. [Q: We pray heaven will allow.] All right, any more questions? Q. Many soldiers of conscience refuse to go to war, or defect, because they believe the war is morally wrong, such as in the case of invading another country, especially after seeing that many wars don't, in effect, resolve anything. [M: Right.] These soldiers of conscience are often looked down upon and punished. Master, do You feel this sort of non-violent objection to war is a good way to bring about peace? Yes. It should be so. You see that they have nothing to do with these karmic debts of blood. That's why they don't want to participate in it. Moreover, they have a strong conscience in them, strong moral standard ingrained in them, that they know it's wrong. Their souls know it's wrong, but if they are forced to kill, they will be in, just like every other. Thus, more people will be entangled in war, then more evil cycle. It's how the negative works. This is how the vicious energy affects and infects more and more victims. I feel nonviolent objection to war is a heroic deed indeed. Indeed, it's a heroic deed. The defecting soldiers from war of any kind, or from a violent group of any kind, should be applauded and given medals of peace. Not those who kill, but those who defect, who refuse to kill, should be given medals of peace, because they're courageous. They dare to go against the mighty, erring law and power. They know they could be killed, but they dare oppose it. They know they could be imprisoned, but they dare stand up for their belief, principle. War would stop if we all refuse to participate in any killing of humans and animals. I applaud these defecting people. They are my heroes. How can the soldiers find peace in doing their duty when they know inside that war is wrong? [M: They can't.] In what other ways could soldiers promote peace? They can't. They can't find true peace inside. How? That's why either they defect or there are so many disorders in the army, as you know, yes? Not even all are reported. The percentage of disorders is more than what we see in the newspapers or on the reports. So many youthful, handsome, strong people, strong youth, the innocent and pure, succumb to traumatic, mental, psychological, emotional breakdown. Most soldiers never return in one piece. They're broken. They are broken humans. Killing is never a human's nature. It's against our own inherent goodness and compassion and love. That's why we suffer for a long, long time after, if we do kill; be it killing human or be it killing animals, we suffer. We cannot find peace. How does war affect a common solider in this life and the next? In this life if the solider returns home, he will return a broken man; if he even returns. He might cause worry and troubles for his family and of course for himself after the war, after he returns. He will have nightmares, terrible nightmares often, reliving hellish sceneries or images that he witnessed or partially created in war zones or conflict zones. He might even commit suicide when he can't bear no longer the inner torment. Then if he dies, hell awaits him, or the ones he killed rush toward him to torture him forever, apart from all the devils in hell. That's what happens.
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We've seen some new developments in the recent months actually, especially in the area of peace. [M: Yes, report to me.] So for example, Sudan and the South Sudan governments signed an agreement to... a peace agreement to demilitarize a disputed frontier region, Abyei. Soon afterwards, South Sudan became the newest nation in the world and inaugurated a new president, and then, more recently... And even United Nations member, United Nations membership, they got. And even Sudan government has signed also peace also with some separatist groups. Yes, in Darfur, that's right, Master. So that's wonderful. And then United States, Germany, France, Belgium, and Spain withdrew or announced withdrawals of troops from Afghanistan. Yes, they already begin, yes, United States already. Some already come home, and continue, continue... Yes, they can't, of course, they cannot bring the whole troops here, there are too many. They don't have enough airplanes to do it at once, and they have to withdraw slowly, of course. It's better that way. But they should do, the sooner the better. I applaud all this. Wonderful people. Wonderful decision, wonderful decision. Yes, any more? And these events happened, actually, after Master called for world group meditation, so just in the recent months... Told you. I told you, unified energy in a meaningful and positive aspiration will bear fruit evidently. Very exciting, Master. And then... In Canada, they formally ended their combat mission in Afghanistan in July 2011. The United States is engaging in dialogue now with Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood. It's agreed to an establishment of a political mission for the Taliban. It removed 14 Taliban members from its sanction list this week. And the Ivory Coast inaugurated their new president, Alassane Ouattara, and this marked the end to their turmoil. There was a lot of fighting before that. [M: Yes, and suffering and death and sorrow and homelessness, refugees... Yes, yes. Wonderful. Yes.] It's a new era now for them, of peace. [M: Yes! Must remember all this on television.] There's more. In Honduras, the Honduran president allowed the former president to come back to the country to lead a new political party, and this helped ease the tension with protestors and even led to Honduras becoming a member of the OAS (Organization of American States) again. Good news. And in Morocco, they held a general vote towards reducing the power of the absolute monarchy. And in Mauritania, they amended their law to better protect freedom of speech for the press. In Guatemala, for the first time an indigenous minority group participated in the national elections. And in Belgium, the king has moved to try to give the divided country a coalition government. In Brazil, the government started a campaign to get rid of one million guns off the street by the end of this year. [M: See? So much.] And Israel, as well, dismantled and started to reroute a part of the separation barrier between Israel and Palestine. And this is going to restore half the land of the Palestinian village of Bil'in. That's nice. That's very nice of Israel. Wonderful news. I am sure there are more, we just don't have time to report now. Even smaller peaceful events somewhere else. But this is enough for that for now. It's good. Okay, Mike? You want to ask something? No, it was more, reporting more events. [M: I told you it was more.] In Palestine, 13 Palestinian groups signed a national reconciliation agreement. And then also, Queen
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Elizabeth II made a historic peace trip to Ireland as the first British monarch to visit the Republic of Ireland in 100 years. [M: Before they had war, right? Before, Britain and Ireland had war.] And then the Mexican and French high level contacts, they met for the first time, the presidents of their senates, after a strong clash in March 2011. And then Turkey, it has renovated American monuments as a gesture of respect and reconciliation. [M: Yes, that's wonderful.] And also Japan and Russia, relations have expanded and they're taking steps towards formal peace. [M: That's cool. Any more?] And Russia and Norway, they've settled their Barents Sea dispute recently as well. And then China has pledged not to use force in the sea disputes over the South China Sea with other countries. And then India and Pakistan, they've held peace talks on June 23rd, 2011. Chile and Bolivia are working on improving ties. And Kenya now supports the recognition of Somaliland as an independent state. M. Q. So cool! Thank you, Mike. Thank you. Some more? Yes, a few more, a few more. There's some recent encouraging veg news, Master. We would like to share with You and the audience. The governments have been encouraging the veg lifestyle and there have been more animal protection measures. For example, Christine Lagarde of France who became the new head of the IMF (International Monetary Fund), is a vegetarian and never drinks alcohol. I heard that. Good lady, good lady. She even practices yoga, meditation also. Not just vegetarian, she's a spiritual practitioner as well. Good girl, I mean good lady. Sorry. But she still looks young, and very, very healthy. Like a girl, so can say 'good girl,' no? I don't think she'll be offended, no. Okay, continue. What else? Mexico, they announced the opening of 20 new plant-based cafeterias throughout its 16 municipalities to promote health. [M: Bravo!] And then Formosa's Taichung city council members called for an initiative to encourage more plant-based fare to help ease global warming. And then a South Korean traditional dog-meat festival was cancelled in responses to loud calls against it in June 2011, and two venues aren't willing to rent them a place for the event. And also, South Korea said it would impose tougher penalties including jail terms and fines for cruelty to animals. [M: Wow! Bravo. Bravo. That makes my day. Thank you. All this makes my day.] More news about South Korea. The Seoul government called on Fendi, an Italian Fashion House, to remove all its fur items from its upcoming show due to concerns expressed by animal rights group, Master. [M: Wow! Thanks. Thank you.] India's Karnataka State Organic Farming Mission helped 200,000 farmers to get government funds to become organic farmers, to get them started. And also in North India, the Punjab government has urged government schools to ban the wearing of leather shoes to reduce animal cruelty and environmental damage. [M: Bravo! Thanks. Many thanks.] And Master, Chile banned shark finning beginning of July 2011. And 11 Latin American countries ratified an agreement that calls for a complete ban on commercial whaling. That's Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Panama, Peru, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and Uruguay. [M: Bless all these countries. Blessed be all these countries and their people.] Also South America: Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Sosa announced a permanent shark sanctuary in Honduran waters. [M: Wow! Thank him also. Bless him.] Venezuelan courts announced a new wildlife protection measure that includes a widespread ban on hunting in protected areas. [M: Bravo!] And in Asia: China is building the world's first giant panda hospital. 26 animal welfare organizations in China send a petition calling for the Australian government to stop exporting dogs to Macau for racing. [M: Wow! Wow! Thank you, thank you for all that. Thank you for all that. Bless them.]
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And just one more news, Master. We also saw a news about Egypt's growing veg community. M. Really? Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful. [Q: We love You, Master.] Okay, you can say you love me again. I don't mind. [Audience: We love You, Master!] Thank you. I love you guys, too. What now? What is it that you want to know? Within the extended period heaven and You have mercifully granted to us, what advice do You have for us, besides group meditation for World Vegan, World Peace? What else could we do to help to reach the goal of a vegan world at this time? Thank You, Master. Adi, did I say I grant anything? I always say everybody must meditate, yes? The whole world should chip in, support and unify the energy so that the whole world should change and meditate, and help in the positive energy, so that we can obtain the positive results. It is the effect of good meditation, vegan and virtuous actions from all that's involved, up to now, as well as heaven's grace, of course. We always have to pray for heaven's grace to help, to bless, to forgive the humans, erring humans, so that we can have more time, more chance to change. Now, the more merits we earn, the better chance of world survival; the more meditation, the more grace from heaven. The more people vegan, the more life. Just do that also yourself, and pray and be grateful, as always, for whatever grace from heaven, and any positive changes from humans' hearts. I'm always with you, and doing it with you in all this. That's all I can say. Of course, I am praying, praying to heaven, and do my best: Meditate all the hours, close myself like a prisoner in a small cell. I am just like a prisoner in a cell. Of course, if there were no dogs and no other work, I wouldn't come out of my room. The cell of my room is small. I told you, I think it's not... How big is that? There's maybe 1.30 meters, not even 1.50 meters, and then 2, 1.3 and by 2. I'm just a willing prisoner, instead of being confined there. I'm a volunteer prisoner. Sometimes it's not always comfortable, I have to really forget everything in order to be in there and stay there and concentrate all hours long. Sometimes it is... don't have time to eat and drink and... just forsake it all. That's all I do. But I don't say 'I grant' anything. Anything else? Please take care of yourself, Master. Yes, I do. I do. I do whenever I can. The thing is, the paradox is that I have to meditate a lot and then I have to eat a lot as well. How? How can you combine that? I mean, when you meditate a lot, you don't want to eat a lot. You don't even have enough time to feel the appetite. The more you eat, the more you have appetite. But if you meditate a lot, you don't eat, and then you have less appetite. Even if I eat anything, it doesn't taste, at all. These are paradoxical things. And I have to meditate, concentrate, and retreat and all that, and have to take care of the worldly business at the same time, even doing secretary job. Every time conference, it's like a book for me I have to know your questions and jot down all the details before I forget. It's not like you ask and answer right away. Sometimes have to do research. Or if something's missing or lacking, I have to look into it. It is fun between us, but the serious topic we discuss takes serious research and concentration and cooperation with many people. [Q: Thank You for Your sacrifice and love, Master.] It's okay. I don't feel anything; I don't feel anything bad about my situation. It's just I feel bad that I cannot work smoothly and fast enough because of situation, that's all. It's not that I complain or anything, no. I am really grateful that I still have a place and have a roof and four walls around. But I don't have everything with me; I have to sacrifice things. Any more questions?
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traded Your safety and wellbeing for keeping us safe and healthy, and that may very well be one of the main reasons adding to Your precarious living conditions. As disciples, is there anything we can do or pray to help Master have a better working and living condition? M. You cannot do much. If you don't trouble me, I'm already very grateful. If the disciples don't give me more trouble, then I'm already grateful. And if they cooperate and do what I asked or instructed or begged, I will be even more grateful. Otherwise, there's not much a disciple can do. Just work. All I want is, they do meditation well and they save themselves at least; and whatever they can do, that's extra, for the world, not for me. I don't really need anything. Even if I'm in any condition, I survive. I'm a survivor by birth. I was born in the war and went to the Himalayas voluntarily. There's no other condition that's worse than in the war. And worse than Himalaya with just two pairs of pajamalike. It's just tunic and the trousers and with the thin cotton, Indian thin cotton, the cheapest I could find two pairs like that, and a pullover, and a sleeping bag, and a dish to cook chapatti, and a cup to drink. No condition worse than that no house, no tent, and there's one pair of shoes, wet and cold all day long. How can it be worse than that? I survive anywhere, so there's nothing you need to do for me physically. And mentally, well, I can take care of myself. Just work with all your heart, whenever and wherever you can, to save the world from turmoil. Save your souls by meditation. Then, whatever happens to me, I will accept willingly. The reason I still keep myself safe and alive is to help the world. Just for that. Just like you, to continue to work for salvation of the souls, for the world, for the people, and for the animals all of whom I so much love. There's no better job for me than to help other beings in need, and to elevate them to better spiritual status. At the beginning of the lecture, I asked You about the countries that have prolonged war, and could You please share with us where and what countries? I thought you might have forgotten. [MC: No, Master, I didn't.] You know there are many, many, many. And the leaders who sit on there will either cause trouble or something will happen that makes them cause trouble or suffering, or some other will cause suffering for them and then they have to return the vengeance. It depends on how powerful the portals and the roads, and depends on how powerful the leaders also, who sit there, and then the effect and the outcome will be different. Either war or just conflicts or just civil wars, or disasters of grand scale or smaller scale. I'm going to tell you. If leaders of any status happen to have their palace or headquarters on the LP (lower portal) or LR (lower road) or even sub-lower roads, then they would have aggression, war-like aggression. But if the leaders, or powerful persons, sit on, in the hell portal or sub-hell portals, or hell road, then they will have aggression, war-like aggression and even more. They'll have more negative traces like greed and possessive and bullying actions. In China and Au Lac before, whenever they had new kings or new governments, they often changed the capital even. Maybe they knew, maybe they had some good spiritual Master who had told them. But nowadays, they don't change, not so much. But you see, even if a person or the leader stays in the old palace of their so-called 'enemies,' or inherited, maybe it's because their bad karma attached them there, or leads them to there or draws them there or drags them there. So it's better we always change. Change. If it's not lucky, if a person has lost in your war, and you won the war and you kill all of them and you kill their assistants or their advisors or their families, then it should be the bad-luck palace, right? You should not even stay there, I would think. I
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am surprised that people even take the enemies' place. How can you live in there? You would remember all these things, and the energy would cling to you. If it's a good-luck area, he would not lose the war, right? For example. He would not lose the palace to you. It's very logical. Even if I'm telling you about the hell or lower world portal or connection area, et cetera, it also depends on how near it is to this leader's headquarters. In the headquarters, maybe it's in there, but it might not be too near to his desk, for example; then the effect is less, or more, or less, but still the effect is very strong. The effect is very strong. But could be more, could be less; depends on the leaders as well. And if he's morally more high, higher or less high, or if he is less ambitious inside or less violent, et cetera, then it affects him less. Or the road or the portal is less powerful than elsewhere, for example like that. So it depends on that, even though some sit on the sub-portals, but that sub-portal is less powerful than the other sub-portals, or that hell portal or lower world portal is less powerful than the other one. Just like in this world, we have more powerful countries, more powerful airplanes, wider roads or narrower roads, more powerful leaders and less powerful leaders, et cetera, more dictating or less dictating, et cetera, et cetera. Hell and lower worlds have also degrees in intensity. It depends on the debt of humans committed when they were alive. I know you're waiting. It's a long, long list, so I have to tell you now instead of before, so that the question-answer will be more flowing. We don't want to know much about hell, so we save it to the last. Here comes. Ready, for hell? Ready for hell. My God. I'm laughing, but when I was looking at this, inside, I was terrified and crying so much and feeling so sorry. Now I tell you more about sub-portals means the roundabouts where all the roads meet before going to different main portals. I'm telling you now, not everywhere, but just the leader's seat, the leader's palace or headquarters, because they are the ones who influence the whole group or the whole country, the whole region, and the whole world. So I don't just tell about the whole country; just the leaders is enough. And, of course, if the country has more negative portals, then that country is more vulnerable not just because of the leader sitting on one or two of the negative areas, but because the country has more negative areas. 1. Afghanistan's president palace as 1 lower portal, big one I mean, not sub. When I don't say anything, then it's big, okay, main. When I say sub, you know the junction road, okay? Afghanistan's president palace has 1 lower portal inside and 1 lower road inside. So the negative effect on him would be 120%. Poor guy. Now you still want to be president? I hope not. [MC: No, I don't, Master.] The more I read, the more you will be happy to just stand there, and not in any palace, not in any power. Even in the Afghanistan's military headquarters has 1 lower portal, big one, and 1 lower road in, and the effect here is stronger, is 130% on the army on the leader of the army. Of course, the leader of the army will influence the whole army, of course. And now the Taliban's headquarters as well. The Taliban's headquarters has 1 lower road in, and their effect for them is 90% only. Well, thank God. Maybe that's why the actions are less than it would have been. I mean, they have actions, but here and there, now and then. Even though it's terrible, but would be worse if they have more negative areas in their headquarters. 2. Algeria's presidential palace has 1 hell road near (2.3 meters near). The effect is about only 10%, because it's a very less intense hell road, that's why. And the police headquarters of Algeria has 1 lower road near also (2 meters near), the effect, also 10%. Maybe that's why they have just a little bit protest here and there, and not much, right? Do they have a lot? No? [MC: Not much. Not much now.] Not as much, not as much as the others; and it's quick, quickly subsides.
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Cyprus' (a little island near Greece) presidential palace has 1 lower road, 1 sub-lower portal in, 2 lower roads in, and 2 lower roads near (about 2 to 3 meters near). So the negative effect is 300%. Oh my God, Cyprus used to have war or not, right? [MC: Yes, Master, yes.] Just recently stopped. [MC: Pretty heavy. Yes, very recently.] Heavy? Oh my God. After reading all this, you will know why, we will know why, there is turmoil in these places. Egypt's presidential palace has 1 hell road in, the effect is 150% negatively. The military headquarters has 1 lower world road in, which affects them 100%. So, altogether, the government and the leaders of military have 250% negative effect on whatever they do. If I were Egyptian, I don't want to be president because they would put me in that old palace and then who knows what will happen? Maybe I turn it into a meditation place. France's lower house of parliament's palace has 1 sub-lower portal in, 2 lower roads in, and 2 lower roads near (about a few meters near). The effect is oh God 400%! I don't like that. [MC: Very sad.] What did the lower parliament do? Anything recently? Anytime? [MC: Not the parliament, but they've...] I think they approved something, for more war in Libya or something lately. [MC: Yes, they wanted to give arms to the Libyan protesters and they wanted to fight more over there.] They did give arms until some country members of Security Council, United Nations, opposed and then... [MC: But they wanted to do even more...] because it's not lawful or something. Good that they can't. Good that we have Security Council, some. Gaza Strip's Hamas' headquarters has only 1 lower road in, so the effect is about 100%, and the Fatah's headquarters has 1 hell road near (about 4.10 meters near), so the Fatah has the negative effect on their decision, about 40%. The Hamas has more negative influence. Georgia's (the country Georgia) presidential palace has 1 hell road in a big one the effect is 200%. Just 1 hell road is enough. My God 200%. Germany, nothing now, but just for the sake of history... I was curious. If Germany has no hell portals, nothing, how come? How come we had the trouble before with the Nazis? So I have done some research, extra. It's interesting to see that the Fuhrer, Hitler's headquarters has 1 sub-lower portal in, but the big one, big sub, 2 lower roads in, 2 lower roads near (2 to 3 meters near), 3 hell roads near (about 1 meter near), and also 1 sub-hell portal in and 1 hell road in. So many, so many negative portals and roads, that's why. No wonder. These are really things to consider. I hope nobody uses that headquarter for anything. What do they do with that? Nothing? Just museum? [MC: Maybe a museum like You mentioned before.] They did, hah? It's a museum now, or...? [MC: I'm not sure, Master. I'm not sure.] Anybody knows? Okay, never mind. Nobody is using it now, so it's good. No wonder now. So you don't blame the German people, you don't think negative about German people. It's just that place, special place, concentrated so much negative power there, and he happened to be there. He probably was sent from them, you know? Otherwise, who would reside in such a place where so much concentration? Up to now, that's the most concentrated negative power. You can see that, right? Up to now, up to what we have seen up to now, and I don't remember any more concentration of negative power like that. So the German people that I met, they are very nice, very loyal friends, very good. [MC: Yes, we see that.] And German husbands are very nice people. Very, very nice. I had one; I know! I've seen many other German husbands, they're very nice also. German people are really nice the ones I met. Also, remember the Germans have
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Honduras' presidential palace has 1 sub-lower portal in, 2 lower roads near (about 4 meters near), and 2 lower roads in (about 6 meters near). The effect is still 170% negative. No wonder they have trouble with each other? The president. Now, hopefully, they change to another place and shake hands, and work truly with each other. Hong Kong's governor's palace has 1 hell road (2 meters near), affects 80%. Hungary's presidential palace has 1 hell road (2 meters road), the effect is 70%. Well, what's wrong with Hungary? I heard before they didn't even have presidents, and the president just came up; he voted for himself or something like that. That was a long time ago; it was a long time ago. And I think now it's a new president or whatever or prime minister, whatever. Nobody votes for nobody, he just came up, and so no government. In Hungary, everything's easy. Iceland's prime minister palace has 1 lower road in, 100% effect. India even, my God, I would never dream of that, but the truth is the truth, I have to tell you. Sorry to offend you, Mike. India's presidential palace has 1 hell road (2 meters near), and still the effect is 60%. Indonesia's presidential palace has 1 lower road (2 meters near). The effect is 60%. This must be a big one, because it's similar to, the effect is the same as, the hell road, so it must be a big one. Iraq's prime minister palace has 1 big lower portal in, 2 lower roads in, 2 lower roads (4 meters near). The effect is 260%. Iran's sorry, Sonia presidential palace... You know I have nothing against your country, right? You know that, right? I have tried to help as much as I can, all these years, and still do. Iran's presidential palace has 1 hell road inside; the effect is 150%. The military headquarters of Iran has 1 lower portal in, 1 sub-lower portal in, and 1 lower road in. The effect, together, is 300%. So the country's president and the military have 450% negative effect on whatever decision they make, or on their personal well-being. Ireland's prime minister palace has 1 hell road (1.20 meters near), the effect is 60%. But the rebels' headquarters... Even they still keep it now, the now-kept headquarters of the rebels the ones who wanted to oppose the government their headquarters at present has 1 sub-lower portal in, 2 lower roads in, also 2 lower roads (3 meters near). So the effect is 170%. Let's pray for their peace! If it's like this, I don't think it will have. It might happen; it might have war again. Any leaders or militaries or arms groups sit in any negative areas are at risk of starting trouble or being in trouble again. Israel's prime minister palace has 1 sub-hell portal in, 3 hell roads in, and 1 hell road near (2 meters near). The effect is 450%. The Israel military headquarters has 1 sublower portal in, 1 hell road (4.20 meters near), 1 lower portal, 1 lower road also near, and 3 lower roads in, so the effect altogether is 360%. I wouldn't like to be anywhere there, leader or not. Japan's military headquarters has 1 lower road near (2.30 meters near), the effect is 40%. Jordan's prime minister palace has 1 sub-lower portal in, 1 lower road near, and 3 lower roads in. The effect is 260%.
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Korea North's supreme leader's residence has 1 big hell portal in and 1 hell road in as well, so the negative effect is 400%. That's why there's sometimes this and that; sometimes peace, sometimes not. Sorry, Korean people. Laos' presidential palace has 1 hell road in, the effect is 200% negative. Latvia's presidential palace has 1 lower road (2.30 meters near), so the effect is 30%. Lebanon's prime minister palace has 1 sub-lower portal (3.20 meters near), 1 lower road near (4 meters near), and another 3 lower roads are about 7 meters near, but still the effect is 60% on the prime minister of Lebanon. Liberia's presidential palace has 1 hell road in, 200% negative. No wonder... The exLiberian president had done something, right? They are even suing him in the international criminal court, right? Still having trouble; is that not so? [MC: Yes, Master.] So the new president, I think, is suing or bringing the ex-president to court for crimes against humanity, but she also should be careful, because sitting in that place, there will be trouble, no matter how good you want to be. Libya... I told you already before, right? I tell you again. The top leader of Libya's residence has 1 sub-hell portal in, 1 hell road (2 meters near), and 3 hell roads in, in his residence. The effect is 500% negative power. Malaysia's royal palace has 1 lower road (2 meters near), the effect is 40%. In Malaysia, they keep changing kings anyway. There's a clan and one king becomes ruler for a while and then next one, another one; I think that. Is that correct? [MC: Yes, Master.] The Malaysian police headquarters has 1 sub-hell portal in it, 2 hell roads (3 meters near), and 2 hell roads (4 meters near), within 4 meters, within 3 meters. So the effect is 430%. Oh God. I guess why it is 2 near and 2 in because, or 1 in and 3 near, because when there is 1 sub-portal that means there's always 4 roads connected to it, to different hell portals. So depends on the intensity, they give more negative power or not. So sometimes if, like, the sub-portal is in the corner, then there is maybe 2 roads inside but another 2 roads outside, in, within 3 or 4 meters near. Sometimes the road is weak, then after 4 meters they don't have effect to that particular place anymore, but affects the next one, the next junction of that city. Mexico's presidential palace has 1 lower road near (about 2.10 meters), the effect is 30%. Monaco's palace, I told you already they don't have any negative things in the palace or near, but they have 1 Spiritual Blessing Line, 7 meters near. The effect is about 10% positive power; only 10%, because this line is not very strong, and 7 meters far is too far, so the positive power is only 10%; but at least better than negative, better than nothing. But they have 3 Spiritual Blessing Lines anyway. This is just 1 that's near the palace. 1 is in the middle of the square. They call it 'Golden Square,' because the prices there are worth in gold the Golden Square; and it's 30 meters above the earth, so you know, you have to climb up in order to sit there to get the effect. They have hotels there, but low. I don't think 30 meters. It's nearby the hotel but not in the hotel. It's in the square. But I tell you, it's interesting: That square, a lot of people go there and everybody's happy when they go there; they like it there. They have a coffee shop, Cafe de Paris, there and Hotel de Paris, opposite each other, and always full of people. It's a very energetic place, but sadly, they put a casino there also, on the other corner. Also a
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lot of people go there and lose a lot of money, happily, or sadly. Talking about hell is not much good; casino won't help either. 54. Mongolia's presidential palace has 1 sub-low portal (4 meters near), 1 lower road (6 meters near), and 3 lower roads (8 meters near). The effect is only 30%, because of the distance, and maybe the less intensity of the road and of the portal. Morocco's royal palace has 1 sub-lower portal (3 meters near), 1 lower road (6 meters near), and 3 lower roads (8 meters near). The effect is 40%. Nepal's prime minister palace has 1 sub-lower portal near (3 meters), 1 lower road near (4 meters), and 3 lower roads near (6 meters). The effect is 60%. New Zealand's prime minister palace has 1 big lower portal near (about 3 meters near) and 1 lower road (6 meters near). So, altogether, 40% negative influence on the prime minister, personally or nationally. The military headquarters of New Zealand has 1 hell road near (about 2 meters near), that affects them 50%. Pakistan's prime minister palace has 1 lower road near, which affects him 40%. Pakistan's presidential palace has 1 lower portal, big one, inside the presidential palace. Oh my God. The prime minister palace is only 4 meters near the lower road, but the presidential palace has 1 big hell portal in. The effect on him is 340%. The military headquarters of Pakistan has 1 big lower portal in, which affects them 300%, and 1 lower road in altogether 300%. The Al Qaeda's (in Pakistan) headquarters, I think that's the headquarters of the whole group of Al Qaeda everywhere, right? The Al Qaeda's headquarters in Pakistan has 1 big lower portal in and 1 lower road in. The effect is 300%. The military and the Al Qaeda, they're all affected negatively, and the president and the prime minister as well. The prime minister has the least effect from the negative power, but the president, the military, and Al Qaeda leaders, they have a very big influence from negative power. Panama's presidential palace has 1 hell road in, the effect is 200%. I don't remember all of what happened to these presidents before or now, but if you check, check out, maybe you can explain why they did what they did, or why things happened to them the way they happened, or why things happened to their countries, or are happening to their countries; and if not happened, maybe will happen even, in time. 60. Philippines... The government doesn't have much problem? Let me check again. No, no have. Despite all the trouble they had before with the presidents, they don't have anything in there; maybe their residence, the ex-president's residence if they had problem because their residence had something, but I don't want to check about that now. It's okay now, the presidential palace doesn't have anything. Government seat doesn't have anything. Then we don't have to worry now. Whatever's gone is gone; but the rebels' headquarters in Philippines has 4 lower roads in and 1 sub-lower portal near (2 meters near). The effect is 170%. They still have like rebels' problem in the Philippines, right? [MC: Yes, Master.] Often? I mean, not that often, but now and again they're still there. Poland's presidential palace has 1 lower portal in and 4 lower roads near (about 2, 3 meters near). The effect is 180%. Oh my God. Could it be that that's why the president and all his strongmen died together in the airplane? Yes, it is.
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You see, if you don't even make war, you are eliminated. Like before, there was a prime minister of Israel, he wanted to make peace with Palestine, remember? What's his name? Do you remember, any of you? Before Netanyahu. Then he began to even demolish some of the settlements from the Israeli people to give it, to return it to Palestine. Then he got ill and had to be hospitalized and then... he can't go back to office again. It's terrible. It's a bad place to be. If it's on a negative area, then it's better to move, because if you don't harm others, you will harm yourself. I have seen that in the research for this but in a vision when I meditate. You can also say 'research,' you know, spiritually, to see why things happened and how we can bring peace faster in the world and save lives and save the planet. That's why I did all this; otherwise, what for? Yes, what for? 62. Russia, right now, the government doesn't have any problem, but because I wondered why they had trouble before, or they influenced badly many countries in Europe, so I did also do research on that, and former leaders. Like, former leaders like Stalin's headquarters residence before it has 1 sub-hell portal in it and 2 hell roads near (about 1 or 2 meters), and 2 hell roads in, so that's 1 hell portal in and 2 roads in. So the effect is 560%. Now we know why. Just for history's explanation. Saudi Arabia's royal palace has 1 lower portal, 1 sub-lower portal near (about 4 meters near), and 4 lower roads near (about 4 to 6 meters near). The effect is 50%. But the Saudi Arabia's military headquarters has 1 sub-lower portal in, 2 lower roads in, and 2 lower roads near (about 2 to 4 meters near). So the effect on the military leaders' decisions is about 240%. When you have power in your hand and you sit there on the negative road, sure, things happen. Even if it's not in your country, then you go elsewhere. 64. Slovenia even, I'm sorry; supposed to be one of my favorite places because the president was there, but even Slovenia's presidential palace has 1 sub-lower portal near (1 meter near), 4 lower roads near (about 3 to 4 meters near), and the effect is 60% negatively. Can you see that? The president, that's why he was so morally fit, so he didn't do anything wrong or didn't do anything bad to his country or the neighbor or didn't incite anything or didn't join into any war party, but he was 'eliminated.' First, he had cancer, and then because he meditated, retreat and vegan, so he became better. But still, he could not live long to help the country, you see? A bad place is like that. A bad palace, even worse, you know why? Because the whole country's karma is also affecting the president, and the president also affects the whole country. So they're all connected together. You're just not a normal person, in that you carry your own karma or your loved ones' or some enemies' or nearby; it's different. But when you are a leader of a nation, you have to shoulder the whole nation as well, and whatever the nation's karma, you have to share some. That's why he could not stay long in power, even though he didn't do anything wrong. He didn't want to, but then he was eliminated somehow. You can see that? Same with the prime minister of Israel before. If you sit in that palace, in that place where negative power conjugates, then either you harm others or you harm yourself. If you harm yourself, maybe it's not too bad, but if you harm others, the effect will be multiple in this life and the next life, for yourself and for others whom you drag into the negative actions as well. It's terrible. I told you, that's why being leaders is very vulnerable, and very in-danger all the time; not just visibly, not just physically by the bad advisors, or people around you who seek power or who serve you or advise you for special interest, or flatter you to ruin your moral standard and humility and sound judgment, and boost your ego but also invisibly by the negative power. No wonder there's an idiom saying, 'Heavy are the heads that bear the crowns.'
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This is not pleasant. I had some incidents or accidents whenever I had to delve into this kind of issue. It's not a big deal but, like pain; sometimes twisting arms or legs or fingers for a few days. One time, I even fell on top of my two dogs one by one. One on sofa, and another one when I wrote it again on the floor. It's not pleasant doing these things. All right. We'll see you next time if we have something, if I can find out the place. MC. Beloved Master, we feel very honored and grateful to have this time with You today, and be immersed in Your grace, love, and divine wisdom and blessings. We pray that the insights and secrets You revealed during this conference will help uplift humanity's consciousness as we progress towards a loving and peaceful vegan planet, a heavenly planet for all beings. [M: I pray so, too.] Master, we thank heaven for Your presence on Earth at this needed time and we pray for Your health and protection always. [M: Thank you.] Master, we love You! Thank you! I need that. I appreciate that. Thank you! God bless you all and thank you for all your loving dedication to the world's benefit. Thank you! God bless you! [MC: Thank You, Master.] See you. Bye.
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MC. M. Hi, Master. Look at that. Look at that beautiful girl, handsome guy emcees. Are you crying? [MC: A little bit.] Why is that? [MC: Happy!] Happy! I'm glad to see some emotion from guys; that's rare. Precious tears! I heard that men don't have tear glands that come out easily, so it must be real deep. [MC: Yes, Master. It is.] I never thought you had emotion; I thought you were tough guys. [MC: No. Not at all.] Tough guy. Americans don't easily show emotions, do they? You're special, and you look better every day. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Look like a president or something. You truly do. Doesn't he? [Audience: Yes.] Yes? He could, like, represent Americans, right? [Audience: Yes.] I bet if you run for president, I will vote for you, and your wife will, and your mother will at least you have three votes. [Laughter] [MC: The important ones.] Yes, yes. All the girls love you, like your mother, your wife, and me. [Master and audience laugh.] You look better every day. Doesn't he look better every day? Don't even need makeup. You look good, you look healthy. What are you guys eating there? I mean, for lunch, dinner raw, fruit, tofu, baked? [MC: Everything.] Everything, cool. All right. It's nice to see you. All right then. So what do we do today, guys? It's nice to see you now and then, warm up the relationship, no? Beloved Master, it is so wonderful to see You again and we are so honored that You are sharing Your precious and valuable time with us. You look beautiful as always, Master. Thank you. Do I look beautiful there? [Audience: Yes, Master.] Okay, good. Maybe good technician, good cameraman. These men, they are geniuses, they know all about computer stuff. If left to me alone, you will hear only my voice, and pre-recorded and sent like usual. But I did always try, even if we didn't have equipment, didn't I? Yes? [Audience: Yes, Master.] It's just nicer to see each other while talking. Yes, okay, express your emotion. [Master and audience laugh.]
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Master, our planet and her inhabitants are so infinitely fortunate to be graced with Your presence to bring about everlasting peace and share Your incomparable and unconditional love. My God! You're talking about whom? [MC: You, Master!] Somebody there? No? [Master and audience laugh.] You too, you do the same. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Thank you very much. Yes, all of us. When I heard you like that, and I heard some of the artists, you know, Americans, or Aulacese, or Chinese, or Mexican, or Italian, Spanish, whoever, they were just talking so sweetly like what you do, just now, I was kind of embarrassed a little bit, like, 'Of whom are they talking about?' Yes, I'm just happy to make you guys happy, and do something like a world citizen. Yes, nice to see anyway. Our forever deep gratitude, Master, for all You have done and continue to do to save the Earth and uplift our souls. Today, we are looking forward to hearing more of Your divine wisdom and insights as we ask questions about the Bermuda Triangle and many other topics. I am already scared. [Master and audience laugh.] I do what I can, and I'm really all for it. It's just sometimes we can't, or sometimes heavenly permission is not there, or sometimes if I do something, it'd get worse in some other places, so I just have to do the best, the best I know how. I would have done more if I'm allowed, like the law of karma. We have to do give-and-take. Correct. [MC: We know.] We are behind the enemy lines (the negative force); we are not at Home (heaven). Well, okay, go ahead with your questions. If I know, I answer. If I don't know, I will ask the technicians here. There are two. [Master and audience laugh.] One cameraman and one is sitting there with the computer. A computer knows everything nowadays, so maybe we find some answers there. Most beloved Master, we heard so many stories about the area called the Bermuda Triangle where planes and ships are said to mysteriously vanish. [M: Yes, me too, I heard of them.] So would You please reveal to us the mystery of the Bermuda Triangle? What is really happening there, and why do planes and ships sink there? Why? Yes, whenever a plane or ship sinks, they always report like 'SOS,' 'Mayday, Mayday,' but nobody can even help them, because they were just sinking fast and just disappeared. It is because it is a portal, a portal to a lower world. Our world is already low, I'm sorry to say, but there are even lower worlds than ours, where there's more concentration of hatred and sorrow, suffering, and 'fighty' spirits, and bickering and torturing, mentally, physically. These are lower worlds. And the Bermuda Triangle is one of the portals to these lower worlds. And the spirits of the same level are sucked into it, and nothing anyone can do about it, and they will live there until their bad karma is paid off. How long, depends on how much suffering they have caused to others while they're living in this world, or in the physical world, this physical world. People who are more into fighting, torturing, war-like criminals, will go there, either while passing by or after death. No angels there, no protection there, no moral standards. It's jungle law scary atmosphere, frightening situation at all times. The beings there live in constant sorrow and fear of many kinds. They can't even remember to pray, because they're so soaked in this kind of fear and bad energy that they cannot even think. They just... every day just running and trying to protect themselves as much as they can. Karma does not always ripen in one lifetime, you see? It continues some many lives. So sometimes some people who look like they are not doing anything bad, but they're also being drawn into this kind of troubled place because they are reliving fears and suffering that they have caused to others previously in this life or the other last lives. And it multiplies
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in intensity until their conscience is cleared of all guilt and pain the equivalent, but multiple pain that they have caused to others. Then they will be allowed another chance elsewhere to start anew, be it here on this planet or other planets. MC. M. MC. M. The Bermuda Triangle is sometimes called the Devil's Triangle. Would You say that it's truly so? Does this place belong to maya? If so, how come, Master? It is aptly named so, yes, and it belongs to the negative force, the maya force, of course. Just like jails in our world for criminals. It's a very sad thing. It's just very sad. How did the Bermuda Triangle come to exist? Was it always like that? Yes, it has been created because the king of the negative force knew that there will be fallen spirits due to the makeup of this world. It's arranged like that so that the vicious cycle would never end as there are traps, temptations abounding in this physical realm, luring the minds to err, to commit sins, and then the souls who inhabit the bodies which are responsible for those criminal-like actions will have to suffer in this kind of world lowly, frightening, oppressive, dark, and sorrowful at all times. Scientists recently discovered that beneath this area of the Bermuda Triangle, there is a huge amount of methane which might explain why some ships become unstable and hence disappear or sink. Master, would You confirm this theory? Is it the only reason for the Bermuda Triangle's mystery? It's not all. It's not the main reason, but because of the karmic consequences that methane is there. Even if methane is the cause for the ship to sink or the plane to drown, it is because of the karmic background of it. It's the karmic consequences that lead to this tragedy and, of course, that's why methane is so dense there as well. The real cause, however, behind all this is karmic payback. [MC: Understand.] The beings with low-level quality who are bent to harm, hurt or cause sorrow or suffering to others while they are still in the physical realm, be it to humans or animals, they will be drawn there sooner or later, alive or after death, while passing by or after they leave this physical realm. Understand, Master. What spiritual level is the Bermuda Triangle, Master? What do you think? [MC: About as low as you can go?] Yes, it's the lowest astral level. Astral level has many... 120 levels. And the highest one is heaven-like, of course. From the high middle to highest is like heaven-like. And this area that is represented by the Bermuda Triangle is the lowest astral level, and the near-hell level or the lowest human level, lowest beast level. There are different categories there as well. Yes, those that love fighting, warring, torturing and causing suffering and pain of all kinds; those with greed, possessiveness, fierce nature; those who oppress others to benefit or satisfy themselves; those who rob and kill, murder humans and animals, all will go there in time. They just don't know it yet. This is a really tragedy. Sorry about that. The ships and planes that go missing in the Bermuda Triangle, are they only a selected group of people who are meant to go through this negative realm? Yes, you can say that, you can say that. It's a collective energy, collective karma of a certain group of people. Just like certain people will be born in certain countries, and certain people will be born in a certain village or will be born into a family together. So it is a kind of collective chain of karma. But if there is any virtuous being who happens to
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be there at that time, then they will not be drawn down to the lower world, but will be accompanied by angels to heaven or to Earth again. Only the people who deserve to be in the lower world will be going there. Q. Will only the ships and planes carrying people who must go to hell disappear in the Triangle, and will those vessels with people not destined for hell pass through the Triangle unharmed? Are there perhaps guardians at these portals to prevent accidental travels? No, no. No guardian, because virtuous people or good beings will not be in this area, or will not be seriously affected. Virtuous people have protecting angels anyway. Even if they die there, they will not enter this world. They will not be sucked into this portal but will be led to different ways, to higher dimensions, or back to human reincarnation elsewhere or on this planet. These people who are drawn there, who pass through there, are not going to hell yet. Hell is another place. These are lower worlds but near hell. You've mentioned that black holes exist to recycle the bad energy. Do these negative portals also exist to absorb the bad energy of the planet? Is it true that there are gates to hell? Are these hell portals like the black holes of our world? Yes, they are. Yes, they are hell portals to take spirits that have violated mortal principles of the human world or heaven's standard. Where are these hell portals? If you want to visit them, I am going to tell you. You want to visit them, yes? [Q: No, Master.] [Laughter] I am checking with the list that I have. There are portals to hell. To hell, there are many, 20 of them. In the Gobi Desert we have 4; in Australia we have 2; New Zealand, 2; Afghanistan, 5; Pakistan, 3; Iraq, 2; North Korea, 2. If you want to visit, you know where to go. Check out hell; if you're bored with the world and heaven, go check out. But I have told you already: They are not there to absorb the energy. They are there to lead the people that violate the moral principles of human and heaven worlds. Were there ancient civilizations that existed and sank below the sea in the Bermuda Triangle? We hear theories that maybe it is Atlantis beneath the sea? I don't think it is Atlantis. There are some, not just one, and I don't see any names written, but I don't think it's Atlantis. Not useful anyway, if you want to know about the past. We don't also have proof anymore, it's too long. It's better we focus here and now to improve our standard so we can keep our civilization longer and better at all times. Can humans create these hell portals by their own actions, like killing or harming animals and each other? And do the portals get larger by more accumulation of negative energy? No, no. They have been created already as is. There are many categories and it's enough for the whole world already. No more have been created; not necessary. Can a Bermuda Triangle-type place be created in a short period of time, such as by the setting up of a factory farm, or does it take a long time to create, such as perhaps only where a war took place?
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different to return here to this world and live happily. Nothing here we will want to come back to. You remember the stories about people who have near-death experiences? They cry off and on for many weeks or months after knowing heaven and having to come back here because the karmic affinity in their life is still unsolved. So the souls will be advised or pushed back into this world again, back to Earth, to continue the physical life until their karmic ties have been loosened. That's it. That's why. Sometimes, even us, the Quan Yin practitioners, when you sit in meditation and you see heaven, visions and all that, and you came back to the physical world, you feel kind of sad. Q. M. Has anyone ever been able to cross through the hell portal and come back alive? Yes. Yes, yes. If their time is not up, they don't even know that they have crossed the portal to hell, or if they do know or enter the hell world and come back, as I have told you before, because they have some special merit that they deserve a second chance. And those people who mostly enter like that in spirit... So like somebody who's sick and just lying there in the sickbed, but still breathing faintly, and then their spirit probably goes into the hellish or lower world, and then after being judged and screened, and the judge of the lower world or the hell feels that he deserves a better chance if he promises to come back and do good then they let him come back. And so they live again. But rarely anyone will make it public because they think nobody will believe them. Some have written books. In Au Lac, we have some books about these accounts of people who went to hell, witnessed suffering and trouble and problems and fear and sorrow and pain there, and they almost had to be punished as well, but then they were given a second chance, and then they came back to write the books of their accounts to warn others to better their conduct while alive and having a chance to do so. But hardly anyone listens. People who have a good store of virtues could cross it without harm; maybe just feel uncomfortable somehow. You have told us before that there are only a few people who can see the Spiritual Blessing Lines, or SBLs, Master included. Can the same persons who can see the SBLs see those Bermuda Triangle-like places? Or could we also see or feel them in order to avoid them? No, not necessarily that the 'see-ers' of SBLs can see also negative portals. Anyone who passes by may feel eerie, eerie or uneasy or uncomfortable or sicken, while nearby or passing through such areas, as they are invisible. But it's difficult to tell. Maybe if you have good perception... Or angels will warn you to avoid certain places, because if we go near such a negative place, places or portals or connecting paths, connecting roads, we will have to ask for protection at all times. If you feel that is a negative place, just pray, meditate. So if we live in or near such a place, or we travel through such a place, how can we alleviate the effects? Or should we just move? Most people who are good will never have the 'chance' to go near such places or live near there. But if you feel uncomfortable somewhere, really extremely, so that you can even feel it or feel sick all the time, or somehow have bad luck all the time, then maybe you're near. Then you can move or ask for protection at all times. Meditate more or move. So how do we protect ourselves from the bad energy, Master?
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dimensions, and we will be drawn to either this or that, lower or higher, according to our merit. Q. M. Please tell us where they are, Master. This is a very big one, thank God. A big list. I have a big list here. Luckily for us, the roads and the paths and the portals to heaven much, much outweigh in number, compared to hells and lower portals. That's the good news. So I feel heaven is always more powerful than hell, lower, negative powers. I guess because humans are inherently good anyway, right? So there should never be hell. It's just the way of the king of the negative power, creating this world to make people tempted to do bad things, and then from there, it's just going down. Now, I tell you where the heaven portals are in case you want to visit. To pinpoint where exactly they are, I have much more trouble. I have to be there and then I have to be allowed to be there, and even allowed to tell you, if I even found it. But now I can just tell you generally, the countries where they are housed. Now we have, like in Europe we have the most. In Spain they have 13 portals to heaven; in Italy we have 4; in France, 2; Germany, 3; United Kingdom, 2; Finland, 2; Holland, 2; Austria, 2; Slovenia, 1; Poland, 3; Denmark, 2; Belgium, 4; United States of America, 2; Canada, 4; Brazil, 4; Mexico, 4; India, 9; Uzbekistan, 2; Sierra Leone, 2; Zambia, 3; Laos, 2; Sri Lanka, 3. Some countries you never heard of the name. Don't know where to find on the map even. South Pole, we call it Antarctica, has 300. [Audience: Wow!] Of course, they are undisturbed over there. It's easier to build heavenly portals there than in some disturbing areas of the cities. Heaven must have known that the South Pole and North Pole are peaceful areas. The North Pole has even more. Guess how many. Tell me. I give you $100 if you guess it correctly. Any of you? 1,000, 800. Use your wisdom. You have some, right? Tell me. Potluck. [Q: 500, 1,000.] Yes, good! 500! Who said 500? You? Somebody just said 500, who? How many? [Audience: Two.] Okay, okay, they'll give them $100 each, and I will repay you. You won the lotto today. So Pacific Ocean has 8; Indian Ocean, 3; Atlantic Ocean, 6; Mediterranean Sea, 3; Himalaya Mountains, 21. These are the places and numbers that we have of portals to heavens in this world. Because there are different categories of heavens, different categories of people who go to different sections of heavens or different kinds of heavens, therefore we have 916, more or less. Maybe I didn't count it well. You count it. Make sure you stumble on one. So many everywhere, so just go to the South Pole and the North Pole, you have more chance to stumble on one, [laughter] because there are a lot of them there. Or the Himalayas, or Spain, for that reason. Okay, you're happy? [Audience: Yes, Master.] Q. M. Are there blessings from heaven gates? Yes, sure, sure. There are blessings. Let me check my list, if I have any here? Where are all the lists of heaven stuff? There is about 8,000% of spiritual blessing from any portal gates, more or less. That's a minimum percentage, 8,000% minimum for a virtuous meditator. Suppose you sit under the heaven gate, and you're very diligent and virtuous, then you will have 8,000% of blessing. Some heaven gates have more blessing because they're more connected to higher heavens. And the heaven roads connect to heaven's portals, also 5,000% minimum if you are in it, if you happen to sit in that road, in the middle of it, and you're virtuous and sincere, you will gain 5,000% minimum. If you're not virtuous and if just anybody who doesn't practice anything, then it's zero. Must be exceptionally virtuous and saintly and sincere. A heaven portal is hard to find, and only one-and-half square meters each, so if you are too fat, maybe you won't get in. [Laughter] Heaven road is about one meter wide. The road to hell is similar.
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send beings to different, respective planets or spiritual dimensions, after processing to live there where they deserve. Either hell or heaven or a lower world. Q. M. Do souls from all over the world that leave the physical body have to travel to those heaven or hell portals in order to move on? Yes, they do. Yes, there will be different connections after the portal from this planet. Depends on each person's merit or each being's merit and spiritual level, except Quan Yin practitioners who practice inner heavenly Light and Sound, and they're diligent and virtuous, then Master and angels will go and intercept them and take them direct to heaven, different heaven, where it depends on their level of practice. Are there criteria for an individual to encounter or see these gates of heaven or hell? How does heaven determine if a person is meritorious enough to be granted this permission, much like being able to see an SBL? Well, heavens do know; heaven knows. If heaven doesn't know, who knows? So... because they take note: Each being on this planet or any other planets are being watched, helped, and warned accordingly. But many rarely listen, or are too coarse, the mind too coarse, or too busy to feel any or to intercept any or to take it for real. Or they just ignore their intuition or disregard it as no existence, as superstitious. The people who are supposed to know SBLs or see SBLs, they are special. They are born for special purposes, and they know SBLs through gracious assistance of the goddess who oversees SBLs' existence. Without this goddess, nobody is allowed to even know about it. Can these gates be sealed or reopened, like how an SBL can be extended or degraded? Yes, they can be sealed or disappear when human... you mean heaven? What gates can be sealed? [Q: The heaven or hell portals.] Heaven will not be sealed, unless we empty this world. And hell, or the portals to hell or lower worlds as I mentioned already, will not be sealed or disappear until all of the human race are elevated, or screen out the bad elements and only the good, virtuous beings exist on this planet. Then hell and lower-world portals will be sealed or their worlds completely disappear. Because these are not extended or be degraded like SBLs. It's different. These are more fixed. I told you already, only if the world improves, are more meritorious, then they will be gone, or moved elsewhere, rebuilt somewhere else; take up all the infrastructure and build somewhere else. Are there guards or gods that are guarding these portals just like the SBL gods? Yes, heaven gates, yes. The heaven portals are guarded tightly, but the portals to hell and low worlds are free entry no cost. [Laughter] Welcome any time. They are just too happy to get you; no ticket, no booking in advance necessary. But the virtuous people or animals, any beings, will not be born there, near a hell portal, or if rarely, then it's to help elevate those places or to help those who can still be helped. But they're virtuous people. Like in Buddhism, we have the Earth-Store Bodhisattva who was born in hell and stays there because He wants to help people in hell. However, they probably will be influenced by the atmosphere generated I mean, not the Earth-Store Bodhisattva but the people, like us, like humans. If you are alive and you are born somehow near those areas, even though you are virtuous and all that, you'll probably be influenced more or less depends on how strong you are spiritually by the atmosphere that is generated
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by the lowly people who live there or hellish people, the people who are waiting to go to hell, or living things there, also feel sad. You feel anxious, maybe sometimes feel oppressed or in danger of some kind, et cetera. As always, there's a price for bringing goodness into this physical world. So if you vow to be born near hell or a hell portal or a low 'Bermuda gate,' then you'll probably pay some price. If you're a tough guy, then maybe you're okay. Tough guy. Q. If there are star gates and portals to hell and heaven existing on Earth, are there other portals as well, like time portals or portals where you can get from one place on Earth to another? Yes. Yes, there are such portals, but maybe we'll have another conference about those, okay? Too much today, too much hell already today, and a lot of heaven, thank God. But as to get from one place on this Earth to another place on this Earth, there are portals, yes, like we call sea port-als, air port-als airports. [Laughter] I would advise you to use cars or trains or planes or ships, to get to those 'portals,' and go use a ship or the plane. My God... portals. What do you want to do with the portals that go from one place to another? Don't you know there are such things as trains and planes and ships? Or you are used to walking? You walk from Spain to Italy, right? Okay, what next? Do these gates provide spiritual reductions or spiritual blessings when someone is in or near them, Master? In the case of spiritual reductions, no. Blessing, yes; reduction, no. Depends on virtues, yes? Reduction, it's not really, but if you are near the hell gates or lower gates, maybe you're more agitated and maybe you are prone to do something regrettable. But if you are morally fit and virtuous, then maybe not. In the case of spiritual reductions, Master, does that negativity hang around that person's being if they get out? Does that negativity represent karma? Karma also may be included or rubbed off on you, but not always. It can be shaken off after you get out. But if you live near there too long, you might be influenced. We learned that this world contains both the negative and the positive. Hence, if we have the SBL that blesses the Earth habitants, do we also have the opposite of the SBL? Could You please comment on that, Master? Yes, these are the roads that connect to lower worlds and hells. Or the portals to the lower worlds or portals to hell. They have negative effects if you live too near or on top of it, or in the middle of it. If you are near these roads, or portals, or near hell, you feel sickened, physically, emotionally, mentally not too well, often, or you feel confused, often bad temper, violent tendency all the negative qualities awakened. Same if you are near the hellish or lower level humans or beasts, you will also feel their influence and your character becomes maybe worse. A person of low quality or hell quality will be drawn near these places, into those places, at time of decease, or will be led to these portals while still alive when passing by. Yes, of course, but after they pass, then they will leave their body. Can You please share with us how many SBLs there are in the world right now? How many? Let me check. Where do I have any SBLs somewhere, the note? SBLs, Spiritual Blessing Lines, yes, we have plenty, we have plenty. But not enough. We have
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curiosity, Master.] Yes. I'm also curious why you are so curious. As I told you, they curve with the Earth's shape to protect the Earth. Just like you're hanging a basket of flowers, you have strings or ropes to hang them, and some branches out, a short distance from the main line. Q. M. Are there any tools or devices to detect divine energies? And can our wisdom eye sense or detect a divine blessing location? Yes, but it's almost impossible for most ordinary spiritual practitioners to do this. There must be special permission from heaven in order for this area of knowledge to be unblocked for you. So no tools, no devices, thus far, to detect divine energies accurately. Can the SBLs and the gates directly increase or decrease our 'Q' qualities such as our Noble Quality, Loving Quality, or God Quality, et cetera? No, no. But if your spiritual level's elevated, then of course your good quality will also be increased or enhanced, but mostly, they just help you to speed up your spiritual levels if you are worthy to receive the blessing from them. That is, if you are pure enough to let the blessing go through you, or intercept within you, within your spiritual beings. Because the soul will know many things but we have obstruction from astral bodies, causal bodies, and Brahman bodies, and the Fourth Level bodies. They are still okay, but if the mind is not pure, then there will be obstructions, just like walls around. So the walls that separate the blessing from the awareness of it. With more and more new SBLs and existing ones getting longer and stronger, do they act to raise the human consciousness to a level where all humans will naturally choose the vegan lifestyle in order for the planet to be saved? Or can they only stabilize the planet against the negativity, giving humanity more time to decide to be vegan? With more SBLs, can the countdown days be extended? You ask too much. What I mean is, we ask too much from heaven and we're not doing much, just like wanting to get money without working. Humans have to work to earn more SBLs, to earn more merits, then the SBL will strengthen or reappear again or be more in numbers. But not just the numbers of SBL or even other blessing portals or lines, it's how concentrated they are together in one place also. So, therefore, some areas may have more Spiritual Blessing Lines but scattered. So if you meditate there, you don't have as much spiritual blessing power as in another place, where all the lines crossed some lines crossed and other portals congregate or almost overlapping or next to each other. In a way, they do help elevate human consciousness as well as stabilize the Earth to buy time, of course. And mainly they help worthy meditators to gain more points, to go higher and faster, thus affecting also the whole planet in some ways. We have extended the countdown two years from now. [Audience: Wow!] Congratulations. Any more questions, guys? Besides the SBLs, the sun and other blessing sources You've told us about such as the ocean, wind, animals, et cetera, are there any other blessing sources we may not know about? Yes, yes. Yes, there are. There are some Spiritual Blessing Portals which are direct blessings from heaven. We call it 'Spiritual Blessing Portal,' or SBP. SBP. SBLs, now we have SBP.
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but if humanity as a whole does not wake up, I'm not sure if the extended period will bring a lot or just the same stuff, same old suffering, or it might not even bring any benefit, or not enough benefit. Just extended for now only. But it could even be shortened, or dismissed. If there are too much conflicts and suffering caused by war or injustice in the world, then heaven can also rescind it. Again, you see, it depends on the world population, what they choose to do, whether they really want to keep this planet or risk the cost of losing it with a piece of meat that they hang on every day in their mouths. Any more questions? Q. Hi, Master. [M: Hi, Arabian princess. You look younger now. What happened?] Maybe meditation? [M: Meditation, yes?] Master, there is a Palestinian association of vegan vegetable farmers that was inspired by You. They saw You on Supreme Master Television. They said that they saw Master's transcendental body appearing everywhere in their fields. They said that they know Master from before. Master's transcendental body appears to them and talks to them in Arabic and Hebrew. [M: Don't ask me now, because I don't speak any physically. I have never been in Palestine.] They also saw bright Light in their home. They were touched and inspired and went to watch Master's lecture on DVD in our initiated brother's home. They agree with Your teaching wholeheartedly and actually have learned to meditate with You in the Quan Yin method. Master, is this a special affinity with these Palestinian farmers? Yes, yes, of course. And they are on a high level of consciousness. That's why they can see these visions of transcendental Master bodies. Also they can perceive easily what is right, what's wrong, once being reminded immediately. Good for Palestine! Pray that there will be more. [Q: They have many, Master, many experiences, but I've asked them not to tell me because it is too much.] Yes, too many experiences. We pray that there will be more like this on this land. Then they will be more lasting peace for their people, for the Palestinian people. They suffer enough. They suffer too much already. What next? Hi, Master. You have been losing weight or something? [MC: Yes, a little.] What happened? You go on some diet? Fruitarian? Liquidarian? Breatharian? [MC: No, I'm not strong enough for that. Just eating less bread and sugar.] I see. Yes, I am also very grateful that I am still alive and still can work. [MC: We are too, Master, so grateful to have You here.] Yes, but wherever I go of course I, the first thing I think about is how to reorganize again, scraping things together so that we can start working again, continue working in whichever way I can. Well, I'm happy. I am very grateful that I still have a place, however small, and can work with a lot of equipment and two big guys. It's like a miracle, but I have to thank them also. They're good, they're good. Thank you, guys! I really appreciate their sacrifice and their efficiency. The more I meditate, the higher I go, the more sensitive. I'm super sensitive right now I can 'smell' people from hundreds of miles away and feel things from the other end of the world. Of course, yes, of course. That's how we can see SBL, SBP, and portals and all that stuff. But of course, I can't just zoom in because the world is small, but not that small, is it? When I say Mexico, how many hundred thousand square meters is that in there. You want to say something more? That was the last question we have. Thank God. Thank God. So what is it that we can do? What can I do for you now? So we call it a day?
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Yes, Master, we're so grateful for all the time You spent with us today... Not just today the preparation and everything, and work under pressure. You have to appreciate what I give you. Truly. I don't mean to fish more gratefulness from you it's not that but you have to appreciate that these are really precious information. Probably you haven't heard that before anywhere else, or in other lifetimes or on any other planets. It's only due to the grace of many deities, many divinities, many gods and goddesses, angels, and heavens and divine blessing that we are able to get all this information. Yes, even if I have to work under more pressure, more suffering, I'd be willing to, in exchange for all this so that I can share it with you to awaken you more, and make you more enthusiastic, more inspired, more determined in spiritual practice, as well as other brothers and sisters, yours, around the world, and maybe other groups as well, or maybe the world people at large. It's precious information. It's not like you can get it cheap. [MC: Yes, thank You, Master.] Not like you can get it elsewhere or anytime, anyway. [MC: Yes, Master. Thank You, Master.] Don't thank me. Thank heaven, thank all the divinities, whoever are involved helping in all these projects, helping to protect me and letting me in some secret door, secret information, secret office, secret tunnels, et cetera, et cetera, secret data. I'm also very grateful, very deeply grateful. I thank them every day, all the time, all the time. I'm always in tune with them and thanking them all the time. Sometimes I shed tears because of the gratefulness that I am so blessed in this physical incarnation, even be able to access this heavenly, precious, unprecedented information. Do you understand? I'm really grateful, humbly grateful. Not just you. So I hope you're also grateful. [MC: Yes, Master. Thank You!] We are very lucky people, no matter what, very lucky. Also physically, we are well. We have a roof over our head, we have a comfortable place, or not comfortable place, but we have a chance to continue our noble work to help others who are less fortunate than we. So we are very lucky, lucky, and we are grateful all the time. Of course, I'm grateful to you also, physically that you're working hard, you sacrifice, and to all your brothers and sisters around the world who are working in different timing, forsaking meals' time, and eating simple, just so that we have more time to work. We do the same here. I do the same here. And I'm grateful to the staff nearby me who are also living a very simple life, very ascetic life, so that we can have more time for more important work. I'm grateful to all of you and to them as well. I do the same I don't demand more from you than what I demand from myself. We are truly lucky, it's miraculous already, in such a turbulent world we still can sit and talk to each other peacefully, as long as we can. Maybe next time we have more lines or more portals and whatever. Or not. Not promising anything, okay? All right. See you. Magnificent Master, we are so grateful again for all the time You've spent with us today, answering our many questions. What amazing things we've learned! Thank You so much for sharing Your wisdom and knowledge about our wondrous universe. Our hearts are reluctant now I'm crying our hearts are reluctant to say goodbye, but our souls know that You are always with us. [M: Yes, of course, we are always together. Yes, at least we are looking in the same direction. We're working for a noble cause.] And You lovingly show us the most compassionate and enlightened way to live. Yes, it's good for you. You know it all in your heart, in your soul. I am just reminding you not to be overwhelmed by all the disturbance and traps and illusions around you, to remember what you are and what you should do. I just remind you, and luckily you listen. It's very lucky for me to have you, that you listen. Because no matter what I say, if you don't listen, you don't want to remember your divinity, then it's not much I can do either. I'm also grateful. I'm lucky to have you guys. We'll see each other again, okay?
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MC. We now invite you to watch a brief video introducing the artist who wrote the poem filled with such love and inner feelings presented earlier. Let's enjoy.
Video. Au Lac (Vietnam), a land of rivers and mountains Where country roads echo with folk melodies Each handful of earth springs forth new life Fairy tales, legends, storytelling on moonlit nights The gentle mountains and rivers, the sacred land A morning star's brilliant radiance illuminated every region Supreme Master Ching Hai, fully enlightened, descended on Earth to Central Au Lac Beholding all beings amidst the worldly ocean of turmoil Seeing humans yet to escape from misery True concern arose from Her deep love Even in childhood Her Bodhisattva's heart was touched Many times Her heart was tied in knots Sensing the emotions of all sentient beings Determined to leave Her happy home life As a woman, She journeyed in search of the Dharma Across vast oceans, distant mountains, samsara's dust stained the aspirant's robe Through thousands of hardships in search of a true Master in the Himalayas A journey filled with trials The Great Enlightenment, Light and Sound from the dawn of time burst forth Free from the cycle of birth and death, all sorrow vanished Content and carefree She lived in meditation Yet sentient beings' heartbreaking laments Have kept Her here in this earthly realm Arms wide open with boundless love Bestowing blessings throughout the universe Troubles aplenty in this turbulent world: Earthquakes, tsunamis, and devastating firestorms Wars, natural disasters, starvation... poverty Hardships and miseries many lives afflicted She is the Ocean of Love that comforts the world In gratitude, humanity has honored Her with numerous awards Participating in live conferences, radio and televised interviews Supreme Master is a special guest of profound wisdom To end the killing karma to save the Earth before it's too late Around the world She hastens To transmit the true method, Quan Yin meditation So that the dream of a Golden Age becomes reality So humans awaken and live peacefully
9. Videoconference with the Aulacese and Thai people at the premiere of the Aulacese editions of 'Celestial Art and The Love of Centuries Glorify Earth with Heavenly Love and Beauty' by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Nonthaburi, Thailand, May 29th, 2011 (Originally in English and Aulacese). * Note: This conference is recorded verbatim only the question-and-answer session with Supreme Master Ching Hai.
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In glory, in overflowing happiness, boundless No social classes, no enmity, no countries' boundaries... Hand in hand in lighthearted joyousness 'Be Veg, Go Green 2 Save the Planet!' The message to echo for generations to come Bringing humankind to the shores of grace, of Home Beloved Master, we sincerely offer our wish That Your dream will soon come to fruition For planet Earth is truly changing to a vegan diet So may our world continue forevermore We offer You sacred words Vowing to follow in Your footsteps Across all continents we sing the song of Compassion Together we'll build Eden on Earth! MC. You have just enjoyed the video presentation introducing the vegan poet Supreme Master Ching Hai by the soulful voice of vegetarian musician Hong Van. The splendid poem which we have just enjoyed vividly honors Supreme Master Ching Hai with no small measure of the adoring affection and deep appreciation members of our Association have for our greatly beloved Teacher. Right after this, Supreme Master Ching Hai, author of the two books, 'Celestial Art' and 'The Love of Centuries,' will join us through a live videoconference. We love You, Master! Love you too. I love you more. Thank you so much for all this! What a beautiful day you made for me. [MC: It's wonderful to hear Your voice, Master.] I hope you're all happy. [MC: Yes, we are very happy to hear from You.] Enjoying yourself, yes? [MC: Yes. You look young and beautiful today.] Only today? Always, baby, always. [Master laughs.] Thank you, thank you. Just joking. Beloved Master, we are overjoyed by Your loving presence today for the book premiere of the Aulacese editions of Your two wonderful publications, 'Celestial Art' and 'The Love of Centuries,' which compiled the heavenly works of art that You have compassionately created for the adornment of Earth. Hi there, every beautiful people in that audience. [MC: We love You, Master!] I love you, hug, hug, hug, kiss, kiss. [MC: I want to hug You now, too.] Oh, my God! I wish I was there physically just to look at all of you, I mean, eyes-to-eyes contact, and just to tell you in your ears, whispering that I really love you and I really am grateful for all your hard work to manifest this beautiful meeting today, and that I'm so grateful to all of you, especially the Thai people, the Thai Royal Majestic Family and the Thai smiling country, and the open, generous, understanding, sympathetic and good, good government of Thailand. I want to thank all of you. And may Buddha bless you all! Buddha bless you and bless Thailand. [MC: Thank You so much for being with us today, Master.] I'm very happy. I'm very happy. That was just a thank-you speech. And I have something more for you. Would you like to hear or that was it? Do we have time? [MC: Yes, yes, we want to hear You, Master. Yes, we want to hear a lot from You.] I thought maybe your schedule is so tight. I prepared in case. Now, because I want to express something about the artist people in the world, and I'll tell you a very nice, like bedtime story, except that it's not bedtime now. Please don't go to sleep on my speech, okay? [Master laughs.] [MC: No, we won't, Master.] Yes, here comes. I wrote this story especially for you. Yes, not just for children, for you. [MC: We love that! Thank You, Master. Please share with us.] Allow me to speak English? You have translation into Aulacese, yes?
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And Thai, yes? [Audience: Yes, we do.] Then I speak in English, okay? Because we are international. We are the global community and we should be more comprehensible to everybody. But I love Aulacese language, you know that, right? That's why most of my poems are made in Vietnamese, I mean Aulacese. You know I love you, right? You know I love Vietnam. In the beginning of the creation, God created two groups of people. Guess who. Can you tell me? [MC: Please tell us, Master.] Maybe the smart general, the army personnel who sits there, maybe he can tell me. He looks so smart. He looks thinking, pensive all the time. Can you tell me which one? Okay, I'll give you a hint. The first group is the artist group. And the second group? Anybody tell me, second group? [MC: Please tell us, Master.] Okay, alright. You know it. You just want to make me feel important. Alright, I accept the honor. The second group is the non-artist group! So easy. [Master and audience laugh.] So the artist people, the artist group happily goes about creating art, making songs, making music, writing poetry, reciting poetry, singing songs, dancing, sculpturing God's creations and God's picture. Well, it's just imaginary because God doesn't really have a form, because God was very polite, yes. Suppose God appears Hierself as a man, then all the women will say, 'Huh, that's not fair! That's not fair.' And then if God appears as a woman, and then the men will be jealous: 'It's not right, it's not right. We're strong. We're tough. We should be Godlike.' And women say, 'But we are loving, we are caring. We're taking care of all the children and the people on the planet. We are the mother of all. So we should be Godlike.' God had difficulty to appear either as man, woman, or even other creation like animals or trees. Hes will always have a problem in one form or another, except in our own individual vision when we wanted to see God, then God might appear in a form that we like and we're familiar with. Now, so the artists are creating things, painting pictures, making photographs, and even making television, the Supreme Master Television, and all kinds of artistic things that they do. They even like, decorate gardens, make all kinds of beautiful parks, and creating even streams, rivers, man-made waterfalls, creating all kinds of beautiful interior decoration, lamps, and wallpapers, and painting on the wall, making water fountain squares in the cities, and all kinds of things that they do. And they were so happy, happy, happy making all of this. And they enjoy themselves making it. And God was very pleased. But after so long a while, the artists were so busy making these artistic creations, and they didn't have enough time to support themselves financially. And then the non-artistic people, they go about in their business. They're making transactions, they're printing money, they're making gold, they're opening banks, they're making all kinds of things materially to offer comfort to themselves and the coinhabitants, and nobody even bothers or has time to enjoy the creative, artistic work of the artistic group. So after a while, only God and the artistic people enjoy their work. And the artistic people also are short of financial support. Nobody enjoy their art, nobody pay them anything, and they're too busy making art to earn the living. Now, they begin to think, 'What is the use of making all these artistic things and beautiful creations while nobody enjoys it? Even God enjoys it, but God can make better things than this, so our artistic creation amounts to not much and nobody appreciates it anyway. So maybe we should change jobs. Maybe we should also turn ourselves into non-artistic people and join the non-artistic group, making money, living in luxury, living a life of comfort in abundance, instead of toiling all the time, and having nothing to spend and don't have enough even comfort for life, the lifestyle that everybody else, most other people, non-artistic group people, have.' Then they were complaining in their heart, but they said, 'God already assigned us to be artists, so before we change our job, we better talk to the Boss,' you know, God, right. So they brought themselves into the court of the almighty, and complained and aired their complaint to Hirm. And of course, Hes
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was thinking, 'Yes, you're right. They're right.' Hes was having so much compassion, sympathy and understanding for this artistic group, of course. We would, no? Would we? [MC: Yes, Master. Absolutely.] Good. I don't hear the audience. [MC: They all say yes, too.] Good, good. You don't give the microphone, that's why. Okay, I heard it now. Now, God felt very sorry, sorry indeed for the artistic group of people, and Hes was thinking, thinking, 'What to do to make it better?' 'Of course!' Hes had an idea, yes. Of course, Hes is God, always has idea, no? Always right, always has idea immediately. Then Hes created the third group. Guess which group. Now you can tell me, right? Yes? No. Tell me, tell me. [MC: The non-artists that are becoming artists.] No! And then who makes money for you? [Master laughs.] Who plants vegetables? Who build cars? And who build houses? Who build bridges? They're also very important, you know? But it's good, good guess, good try, good try. The non-artist people are also very, very, very important. Even the garbage collectors are very, very important. Imagine we don't have any of them. Where do you live? How do you transport yourself? Where is the airplane? How is the road? Good or not good condition? Especially for Bangkok before, it was very bad traffic. And now they built a better road system, and then very fast now. Remember before, I was in Bangkok one time, and people told me there's only two traffic days in Bangkok. I said, 'What? You mean two days? Everyday is a traffic day in Bangkok.' They told me, 'No, on two days, rainy day and non-rainy day.' Okay, good, good, good. Okay, good. Good to have sense of humor as well, and good to appreciate humor. Now, you see, so non-artist people are also very important. If everyone was to turn into artistic people the way you suggested, then we will all become breatharian. And all just stay in our tent somewhere, or in the cave, doing nothing, meditate all day which will be also fine, that will be like heaven. But at the moment, I do not think that the whole population of the planet would like our world to become that kind of heaven yet, so we have to compromise. So God had to compromise. So what did God do? God created the third group, which is the 'art lovers'! [MC: Thank You, Master!] So the art lovers, they adore the artistic creation of the artists, and they support them as much as they can. You see, the art lovers, they not only love art, they also can earn money, see, and then they can support the artist while the artist is busy thinking, and arranging and creating the new artistic creation all the time. So God was very pleased with Hiers arrangement, and the artist people were also very, very mightily happy. We have three groups now in the world, you can see that? [MC: Yes, that makes sense.] So now you know which group you belong to. Well, let me see what else did I note here for you. I think that was it. [MC: Thank You so much, Master!] Yes, not yet, not finished. Don't you dream of leaving before I finished. [MC: No, no, Master.] I know, I know, I'm just joking. Alright. I just tell you the kind of categoric character of the three groups, so you know which group you belong to, if you care. The material group are energetic, more energetic, more go-getter, more enthusiastic about the life material comfort and creating it, and making it more and more abundant and more and more comfortable each day. And the artist people, they are more idealistic, they are more dreaming-like, and they are more gentle, they're more pensive. Because they'll always be more inside, like the non-artistic people, they are more extrovert. They're more creative in material things. And the artistic people, they are more introvert, they are more inside, they're more thinking, pensive, so that they can create more extraordinary, beautiful work for all to enjoy, and even to please God. And the art-lovers, they're also doing their job very well by supporting the artists. But I would like to have more artist lovers, art lovers, so that the artists, any of the artists when they're alive, they don't have to fare too poorly in comfort, and they will not have to lack
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anything, I mean basic necessity for human comfort and dignity. Let's hope the art lovers will be more and more spread on this planet, and then should remember and return to their original purpose to support true artists more and more. And even the nonartistic people should also appreciate and support the artists more. Amen? [MC: Yes, amen. Thank You, Master.] Did you like my story? [MC: Very much! We love it!] I made it up for you. I hope God agrees with that. [MC: Thank You, Master.] But you can see in our world, it is like true, isn't it, that story? It's true, isn't it? [MC: It is true. It is true.] Thank you for inspiring me to think of that story for you. Now, I have a little bit more thing about artists if you have time, yes? [MC: Yes, Master, we have all the time in the world for You.] Alright, okay. Because I would like to talk more about the artists. Of course, I could talk forever, but let's make it short. Because true artists, they're half-saints already, before they even practice any meditation or yoga. The Indian proverb is saying that true artists are half-saints. Now, because they love all, they love, love, love all the time, including the adversaries. There's no enmity among real artists. I myself personally have many wonderful experiences with artist people, and art lovers as well. They're a special kind of people, very, very special, through all my many expos and performances which you kindly arranged and then invited me, sometimes surprised, sometimes half-surprised. The artists' kind and encouraging words even just like today, from Nguyen Thi Hong Ngat, from Tran Quang Loc, from Painter Nhim, et cetera, they uplift, their words uplift the audiences' spirits, including mine. Such a wonderful speech they made. I wonder how can anybody ever make such a beautiful speech like that! I mean, I don't know if my poetry deserves such praises, but their speeches are so exceptionally out of this world, yet it's from the depth of their heart, I can feel, everybody can feel that. And I wonder how anybody can ever write such beautiful expressions for a humble poet like myself. And this is not the first time even. We have many expos from Beijing, China, Thailand, Germany, England, Formosa, et cetera, et cetera, America, they always wrote so many beautiful, appreciative notes, not just a long speech, but very concentrated, appreciative, encouraging, loving notes that melts my heart to tears. And I'm sure it would melt anyone's heart. I always felt so much love and I still feel so much love from them and toward them all the time, the artist people. Of course, I love all humanity, but the artist people, they give me so much love, so much encouragement. I am sometimes overwhelmed by such a special kind of affection, a special kind of people. I'm grateful to God that God creates such a kind of people on this planet, and I wonder why it has taken me such a long time to discover them. Maybe because now I'm more exposed to the public at large, so I have more chance to know them. Before, I was just an individual person, wrote some lines of poetry, expressing my feeling here and there for myself. I never know that one day, this day, that has also been presented under the critical, expert, professional, scrutinizing eyes of the true, real, professional, passionate artists and that I have such a wonderful, encouraging words from them. That really makes my day. And I thank you so much all the time in my heart. The artists, they are truly here to beautify the world with their genuine, loving spirit and exceptional talents. You all know, you all agree that they make us happy. You know, when you're sad, and you hear their songs, you see their paintings, you look at their poetry, you feel much better, uplifted and your sorrow is gone or partially gone, very quickly. They make us happy, contented and look at life more brightly, even in adverse situations, not only with their artistic creations, but also through their gentleness and benevolent hearts. I wish all of the people in the world have a chance to know any artists in person, not just through their work because they are the representative of art themselves, gentle art, benevolent art, loving art, these kinds of abstract art, no one can even capture, not photography, not canvas, not brush, not even poetry, not even songs.
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You can only feel it in their presence. You can only know it through your heart feeling. I do wish truly that everyone should get to know the artists more, to appreciate their beings, the great beings that create the great arts for us to enjoy. Their writing, their artistic expressions are the balm that soothes our pain and sorrow. Imagine the world without genuine artists like musicians, painters, poets, singers, writers, dancers, sculptors, anyone I forgot to mention? Even decorator for your house, even the landscaper for the park, or the square on the highway or in your neighborhood. They are the pillars of kindness and happiness. Though our world does not always offer them kindness and happiness in return, sadly. I wish in the future, this trend will change and the artist will be glorified so much for their deserving talents and gentleness. [MC: Thank You so much, Master. Thank You for Your insight for helping us appreciate artists more.] Not just appreciating their work, but their extraordinary kind heart, their high level of gentleness and their exceptional talents which brought smiles to the world, which bring sunshine into our lives, which comfort us when we are in trouble and sorrow. All this should be appreciated and supported in whatever means possible by individuals and the society at large, so that they can contribute more to our world, and secure their comfort materially for their life while they're working to beautify this planet. Their contribution may not always be in material substance, but in their being here, by their contribution of happiness and nobility to our world. I can talk forever, forever about the artists. I myself fare very well and I do not really need any material sustenance or support from anyone. But many artists don't have this fortunate situation and luck. I wish everyone would support them, help them in any way you can, because they offer you things that money cannot even buy. So whatever we have, if we can spare some, we have to support their work. I myself always, whenever I see some painters, even selling on the street, knocking at my door, or in the restaurant while I am having meal, if I see an artist with the paintings or anything artistic object to sell, I always buy even if I don't need it. I buy it, and then I can give present for someone, or find a corner in my house to honor it. I can talk about artists forever and praise them no end and love them immensely. I wish the world would do more favor for the artists, as myself as an individual cannot accomplish all this, all the time and alone. I can only do my little best whenever I can and humbly and grandly salute them all fully in my heart, and praying for their luck, praying for their happiness and well-being. I myself feel so blessed to know many of these angelic people though not always in person. But I feel in my heart I can always communicate with them, heart to heart, I understand them. I know how they feel. And I feel that they have love for me and I have love for them all the time, because we are connected through love and through passion for art in different forms and in different corners of the world. I feel the world should encourage artists more in different ways, should appreciate more their work, offer them more recognition and appreciation, offer more support and offer more respect in all ways, all means, all aspects, and above all, not wait until they leave our world in misery, then sell their soul-stirring, heart-touching products for millions of dollars while the artists themselves struggle with meager existence when they are alive among us. I wish this changes, that the artists should deserve more honor while they are alive, more sustenance while they need it when they sojourn physically on this planet. This is not just about the artists. Yes, go ahead, go ahead. I can hear you. Thank you, thank you for your support. Our world, what I talk about is not just about the artists. If we support the artist or encourage the artist, it's not just about the artist or for the artist. It is about ourselves, that our world should learn to love more. And spread love around, not just to family and friends, but to all, to all, all on this planet. All true artists are love incarnate. They are here to give life, plenty of sun-shining smiles on countless faces and hearts. We must
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love them. We must honor them. We must help them in whatever way we can. I don't really mean help as help. I mean just a little assistance. Truly, they don't really need our help. Whatever we can so-called help them, it's just to contribute to show gratitude to what they offer to our world. Because what they offer is more than material value. We cannot buy their art. Actually, we cannot pay anything that the artistic do during their out-of-this-world inspiration. We can only contribute a little bit to show our gratitude and kindness as a fellow human to another fellow human. We cannot even say help. [MC: Thank You so much, Master.] I myself, if there is a company I'll be glad to be with all the time, it shall be the genuine, kind, talented artists and their art lovers. Whenever I read their comments, be it just a scribbling note, you know, in the art expo, or an official speech like today, from the professional artists and distinguished artists. Whether from China, Thailand, Europe, America, et cetera, I felt transported, through their notes of the artists and the art lovers into another world. I cry with happiness. I laugh with contentment. Because I am understood. Because I feel their love in this world of exceptional gentle kindness, of profound mutual understanding, of true appreciation, of true heart-to-heart communication. It feels like heaven for me, full of heavenly quality. Full of sweetness and of genuine love. In that world, I can temporarily forget all sorrow and pain on this planet, or personal worry. I'm truly blessed to know that these kinds of humans exist. I love them all so dearly. So much, so much love that I cannot express enough ever my heartfelt kinship to these people, the artists and the art lovers. I just love, love, love, love, love, love them, and I want to take this opportunity to extend my full gratefulness again, again, and again to the artists that I know or not know, and the art lovers who make life a better place for all and for me personally. I can never praise you enough. I can never thank you enough. I can never love you enough. But you know, I really love you all, and I thank you all from the depth of my heart, from my being. May heaven shield you, may God bless you forever, forever in this life and in the next. Love you, love you, love you, thank you all. Thank you, thank you. [MC: Thank You, Master, so much.] I can talk forever, but that's it. MC. Thank You, Master. If You're ready, Master, we'll start with the question-and-answer session now. [M: Continue your program, please.] Okay, thank You, Master. The first question is from vegan musician, Minh Ha. [M: Vegan? Vegan? Thank you.] Your two poems 'Moon of Mine' and 'Let's Love' have been successfully adapted by him and were presented to the audience in the program today. Yes, I have been following your program. Beloved Master, please explain to us what is celestial art? And what qualities must an artist possess in order to create such celestial art works? Thank You, Master, very much. May I speak English so it's easier for people to translate? Allow me to speak in English? [MC: Of course, Master.] Because we have viewers globally, so translation is rather difficult. Okay? It's because I wish to honor the Aulacese that I speak English, not because I cannot speak Aulacese. I speak Aulacese very fluently. I left my country a long time ago, but can speak Aulacese very well. Praising myself. [Master laughs.] Because we have global viewers, I need to let them know about Aulacese culture, okay? Do I have permission? I am permitted? Everyone permits me? Alright, if you permit, then I dare speak English. Alright. Minh Ha, in my case, it all just came naturally without me even thinking about it, so it seems that it's not me, it's not us who do things, it's heavenly inspiration. Maybe that's why the Taoists say that 'to do without doing is the best.' I myself do not claim any credit
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at all for any good things, artistic or otherwise. But I dedicate the credit all to heaven's blessings. And actually, any artist can tune into this celestial realm, in the heavenly blessing, for example, through their positive thoughts, in order to create heavenly art pieces. Do you have translation, Minh Ha? Yes? [MC: Yes, we have translation.] Okay, good, good, in Aulacese. This is a beautiful language, Aulacese, very beautiful language, I love, love. When a painter, or musician is happy, are happy inside, the happiness comes forth naturally in joyful, elevating expression. So in a moment of creativity, this feeling would automatically be conveyed through the canvas or music notes. Sometimes, art emerges from subconscious memories as well. People who have been fortunate enough to visit the celestial realms, or what we call heaven, often create advanced art forms or inventions that resemble the fantastic places beyond the earthly plane. So at least subconsciously, they are still in tune with these higher abodes which we call heaven. If an artist would truly like to fulfill his or her greatest potential as a creator, or creator's inheritance, children of God, children of Buddha, meditation would help them also. And being vegan, like you are, will purify more the heart and the mind, so that the celestial blessing, the heavenly inspiration can come through more easily, without filtering through the material heaviness of the animal diet and the karmic consequence from that. Because meditation or deep contemplation or deep prayers simply puts us in touch with heaven, so it's easier to tap into the celestial realms. Some of our Association members were never even artistic before. They never draw before. I myself also, except in schools, in our art class. But after meditating for a while, our Association members, some of them discover anew their talents that they didn't know they have before. And those who were already artists find new, even better inspiration all the time, if they do meditate and contemplate to be in tune with heaven. One of our Association members is a professional artist in Germany, for example. She's quite professional and known. She says that before, I mean before the initiation into our meditation method, her artwork focused on the themes of death and suffering. And maybe I have her artwork somewhere here. I check it out. You know, reflected through a lot of black and gray and hardly any color in her canvases. But after initiation and meditating for a while, she is more in contact with her higher self and the love of heaven each day. Then, her painting changed: More colorful, more vivid, more lively, and more happy, happier every day. It reflects her mood of happiness, of positive outlook, of the elevating spirit. Oh, yes, I have here: Look, cameraman. This is before: Black, gray, dark, death. And this is after: Colorful, rose, garden, happy mood. [MC: Yes, it's very clear, Master.] Before, before, after. Before, after. After, before. It's like a plastic surgery. Except it's inside, it's surgery inside. Our spirit will be uplifted through the profound contemplation of the heavenly quality which comes automatically. There's no need to go searching. Everything comes through meditation. That's why even in the Catholic bible, it says, 'Seek you first the kingdom of God.' Kingdom of God also means the Buddha Land. Do not discriminate. 'Then everything else will come to you.' This is true in my case as well. I can guarantee that, I can testify for that. Now, her painting had changed, dramatically; you could see with a few themes of roses, a symbol of love. She couldn't stop painting roses again and again and again. Rose is love, right? Pink and green and sunny and blossoming everywhere. You would never guess that the same person makes both kinds of paintings. And you know, I think her house also had some kind of sculpture, tortuous sculpture, you have never imagined, this kind of sculpture in your house, like half-cut body, or bound and decapitated, for example, or cut the legs away and all kinds of things like that, even in the garden and inside the living room. My God, if I have that, I wouldn't be able to have any appetite. Or I would become breatharian automatically.
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Now, you see how good it is to contemplate on the quality of heaven, then we ourselves also change and become a heavenly being as well. And she became also more successful even. [MC: Thank You, Master. Thank You for helping us understand celestial art more.] No, so easy! You know, a happiness painting would probably be more appealing than the depressing ones, right? I don't think anybody would want to see the sculpture with decapitated or leg cut off and bound in chains and all that. This is terrible. Because most people like to feel happy. So a true artist should tune into the magnificent happiness store house of heaven in order to bring out the best to offer to this world. Examples of the German Quan Yin practitioner's artwork before and after initiation, you have seen it yourself. Thank you, thank you. Thank you for your question. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Yes, talented Minh Ha and virtuous Minh Ha. MC. The second question comes from vegan composer Thai An, member of the Executive Committee of Music Division, Sai Gon Theatrical Association. Mr Thai An, please ask your question. Respected Supreme Master Ching Hai. Could You share with us whether there is any difference in artistic value between a work of art by an enlightened artist and that of an ordinary artist? For example, how does it benefit a viewer spiritually when he/she admires Your beautiful artistic creations? Thank you, Thai An. May I speak English again? Put on your heavenly ears. Put your magic ears on. As I said before, if we are in tune with heaven, there are heavenly blessings hidden within our artwork. People will feel happy, touched, and/or elated while enjoying our work. But, in any case, most of artists, they are in tune with heaven more or less. So their work will always offer the viewers, the audience, somehow, very uplifting moments in life, very, very uplifting kinds of moments in life. Even I enjoy all artists' work, tuned in or not tuned in. But they do tune in, in their way, because they need inspiration. When they're quieted down, they're searching their soul for new creation, new piece of music, new song, then at that time, they are also meditating in their own way. It's just that some meditation methods offer deeper connection with our higher self, the real Master. Our Master Self inside. Our real Master. The real Master, that is our true original self. True nature. So the artist, in any case, they're always in tune partially or completely to heaven. That's why they can create exceptional music, lovely songs, enchanting poems and breathtaking paintings, et cetera, et cetera. Or very inspiring photography or sculptures, et cetera, et cetera. So people always enjoy and feel uplifted by their work. And as for my own humble artwork, people who are in contact with them, some say that they are touched to tears. And some feel the urge to change for the better, and bettering their life. So the people are even inspired to produce their own artwork after seeing mine. Maybe because my artwork is so simple, so easy. So it looks like even children can do it. Maybe I have a child in my heart, so everything I do is spontaneous, easy, simple. Even poetry, I don't think in advance. I suddenly want to write it, and I just write it down and the lines just come out, like copy. Like copy, from inside my head. Mostly I don't even think. I told you one of the instances, for example. Long time ago, I was in Germany, and sometimes I write poetry. And then, my Buddhist teacher, the monk, printed them in the Buddhist magazine. And many long times, I didn't write because I was busy with the Aulacese refugees at that time. I was busy, didn't write anything. And then one day, he called me, he said, 'Hey, how come You don't write anything anymore? Please, write something.' And I immediately tell him, 'Okay, Master, do you have a pen?' He said, 'Yes, have!' I say, 'Okay, write down.' And then I just recite it to him and he wrote it down, just as is. We did not change one word. Just immediately at
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that time, just like that! It just came to my mind. And then immediately he wrote down. And that poem surprised me also as it comes out, because we didn't plan, up to that second, that he'd call, we didn't plan nothing. I did not even know that I was going to tell him to write a poem. It just comes out. For example like that. I'm just so blessed. And maybe that's why it touched people because it comes from heaven, it comes from nowhere. It doesn't come from my ego. It doesn't come from my desire to be famous, or to show off something. It just came because it's necessary, because I need to write it, or because somebody else needs me to write it. So when people look at it, the real emotion comes out... so they cry or they change their life for the better or they might think more about their spiritual life or heavenly quality and beauty inside. In our mundane lives, we spend so much time and energy in going to work, sweating out 8-10 hours a day and sometimes not even enough to spend, raising families and relatives and paying our bills. The day-to-day routine is made to bind us into material existence, busying us to no end. So it's not always gracious or inspiring even for the true artists. So this is a very pitiful situation, because many artists are so, so tied up in mundane demand of life that sometimes they could not even write the best as they wanted, or they could not write as often as they want or could not produce as exceptional an art piece as their heart wished to do. They could not offer the world more than what they already did. They could have done more if they are not so tied up with this material wheel of burdens that keep everybody in bondage. So during a hectic, tiring day, a piece of art, or maybe, for example, my jewelry, might be a reminder of the divine inner wonder for the one who wears the jewelry or the one who looks at it. And my lamps, for example, bring not only light and comfort to brighten the home, but each one has a unique design and a special name for its spiritual meaning, to reawaken the spiritual splendor within each of the enjoyers, like 'Blessing Light,' 'The Western Paradise,' 'Complete Satisfaction,' et cetera, et cetera. And perhaps, when passing by my painting for a moment, the onlooker might remember his own spark of spirituality within. That's just the aura that the painting or my art creation carries. But we must remember that this kind of celestial art is still only a copy of the real celestial creation of the heavenly abode. For example, the jewelry or clothing that I design even are often shining and many people are mesmerized by them. But compared to this, in heaven, everything is far more radiant and dazzling. We cannot imagine. We cannot truly bring that into this world. And the jewels emanate light that extends very, very far not just shining a little bit like the diamonds that we have. So I hope that my creations can be such a reminder of our glorious, inner, original self and an enticing glimpse of our real Home in heaven. But nevertheless, all the art piece of the artists, if they have enough time and enough relaxation, they can always bring a part of heaven to Earth, to please the art lovers. Thank you, Thai An, for your music as well. MC. M. Following is a question from artist Huong Dung, who is also a vegetarian. Wow, wow! So many virtuous artists. I'm so happy, happy. Thank you, thank you. Hi, Huong Dung. [Q: Respectful greetings to Master.] We're comrades. Comrades in spiritual practice. Having the same ideal. Comrades in cleaning the Earth. Comrades in protecting the Earth. Comrades in protecting everyone and all animals. Yes, hi, Huong Dung. And beautiful. Eating vegetarian makes you beautiful. Thank You, Master. Beloved Master, as I know, Master's artistic works are heaveninspired, which can uplift life and immensely transform our consciousness. Please explain to us how an artist can bring celestial arts closer to the public?
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Thank you, Kim Ngan, for your concern for the world. Allow me to speak English. Well, the artists, they are doing their best in their ways and in whatever means and either easy or difficult situations that they have to deal with, in order to offer their best to the world already. They do it naturally most of the time through their love of what they do, through the inner bestowed gift, as you said, from heaven. They cannot just do anything else except to serve art lovers through their talents, their gifted talents, as you said. This is their mission. The famous American actor Morgan Freeman has said, jokingly, that the reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because 'we would do it for nothing.' You see, if there had not been for the agents to arrange a financial payment for them, the artists would do it for nothing. Why? Because they love it so much. They love to do what they do. They love to express the beautiful feeling into the canvas or into the songs or into the world, into music instruments, that they would do this for free anyway. Therefore, Morgan Freeman has said that if the agents were not there, the artists would do it for free, for nothing. Then, they would have nothing to eat even. That's why in the old times, when we did not have enough communication systems like internet like now, many artists truly starve while living. And after they die, their art piece, painting, sells for millions and millions of US dollars. Isn't that ironic? But that's the way it was. It's better now. Many artists before really lived in poverty, because they would not even think of taking money for anything that they do. They just love to express their artistic ability that's within themselves to offer to the world. That's why I have mentioned before that the world should give more recognition, support, I mean practically, materially, to the artists because they would not know how to manage their finance system. They don't even think about it. Their heads are in the cloud. Their hearts are in the dream. Their spirits are in some heavenly world that is all nice and rosy. So we have to take care of them. We have to protect them. Because they're vulnerable to this harsh, materialistic world. We have to protect the artists any way, anywhere we can. I truly, sincerely mean that. Well, the artists, they just have to express themselves creatively and they love doing that. You see? Nowadays, artistic expression can touch many people because we have communication improvement. Just like one song can be heard by thousands of millions of people on the radio, all over on the planet. Miss Kim Ngan, as someone in the field of television yourself, you know that a single program or even one sentence uttered on your television or any television goes far, far onto the other corner of the planet. And a picture, as they said, is worth a thousand words. So the television people, they are also artists, you see? The artists and creatively endowed people among us, even like yourself, could bless our world if they consciously use their gifts in positive, constructive, healing directions. So I think that the artists, like all of us, should take care to elevate ourselves so that we can be more in tune with the heavenly creative force. Then our work and our beings will bring upliftment to people and benefit all in different directions, even before we put our thought into canvas or into musical notes or into sentences of poetry. Thank you, Kim Ngan. Beauty. Beautiful comrade. You are beautiful, really. Isn't she beautiful? Wow, Aulacese girls are so beautiful. Anything else?
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Yes, this is true. It is true that we humans have mighty power both to create and to destroy. I too, like you are and like many of our fellow beings, are heartbroken to see the tragic devastation in Japan, for example. And not just Japan but now so many countries are suffering from the effect of disasters like earthquakes, floods and droughts that the rising cost of human lives and shortages of all comforts have created what the United Nations World Food Program is calling the silent tsunami. It's more scary than the open tsunami that we have witnessed. The tsunami in nature comes and goes maybe, but this silent tsunami named by the United Nations World Food Program is a long-lasting and silently destructive one. Nevertheless, it's very mighty and continuing making havoc around the world. As an artist, perhaps like everyone else, even though we think we cannot do much, but we could contribute our individual capacity to help our world. We can voice our concerns and opinions through our artistic creation. We can bring our feeling, loving consideration into the turbulent world through our art, to awaken human's dormant divine nature and compassionate spirit. All these must come from our sincere intention to heal the planet and to make it a better place and to make it heaven on Earth. And above all, we should as mentioned earlier, first heal ourselves. Heal ourselves of all inflicted wrong concepts. Heal ourselves of wounds sustained by wrong actions and influences. We were perfection incarnate. But we have been contaminated by all that is surrounding us and by the negative influence of the negative power, which is in opposition with the positive power on this planet. And we should go forth into the right direction according to virtuous principles, left for us by our ancient sages and saints, like Buddha, Jesus, Muhammad, Guru Nanak, Mahavira, et cetera, et cetera. Then, when we are in good health physically, mentally and spiritually, we can also heal the world. Pray if we can. Meditate if we know how. Lead a life of exemplary noble conduct as best as we understand, all in dedication to World Peace and World Vegan, that is, a world of compassion. There is no world peace without compassion. There is no world peace without loving kindness among all inhabitants, including animals. We should live in peace with all creation. Start with a loving way of life, a vegan diet. Or even breatharian diet. But at least vegan diet, the non-violent way of life. Let peace and love begin with us, with our individual self, with our family, with our friends, begin on our plate, on our table. The world peace will come true, then. The baby step, baby step is vegan, leading to a great destination of world peace and harmony among all beings. Thank you, Mr. Quang. Thank you for coming, support. And you are very handsome. Handsome. Be handsome inside too, then it is okay. Perfect. Alright, any more questions? [MC: Master, that was our last question.] Oh, yes, good, otherwise we will stay here forever and your program will never finish. Thank you all, the artists, the performers, the audience, the questioners, all people. Thank you again, Thailand. May God bless you all. Buddha bless you all. MC. Master, we're grateful to You for taking Your valuable time from Your busy schedule today, and joining us in our premiere. We hope that Your profound answers full of wisdom have satisfied the longing for better understanding of the two wonderful masterpieces, 'Celestial Art' and 'The Love of Centuries.' Master, Your presence today is a great joy for all of us. And we will continue with the celebration of the book premiere, the Aulacese edition of Your two beautiful books. It would be a great joy and privilege if You could stay for the rest of program, but we also understand that You have an extremely busy schedule if You are unable to remain with us until the closing of today's celebration. Can You stay, Master? I'd love to stay. It's just that if I stay, I will have to delay some other work. It's very difficult for me to say yes or no. You see, if it's no, I just go, meditate and take care of other work. If yes, it's because I want to show my gratitude to all your hard work in organizing and travelling great distance to come here. I feel either way is a hard choice,
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but to show my gratitude to you and the artists and Thailand and all the people who traveled long distance here, I would stay as long as I can, but I say goodbye now in case I cannot say goodbye at the end of the program. Is that alright? I stay, yes. [MC: Thank You so much.] Thank you. Just because you work so hard and people are so, so sincere and risking all things and forsaking all things to come here, I feel I'm obliged to. I also love your program, of course, of course. Okay, let's continue. And I wish you all the best, because your program will continue and I don't want to interrupt. And afterward, have a nice meal, have a good communication and love sharing with each other and have a nice travelling home. And may God and Buddha bless you forever, forever, and bless Thailand, especially. Thank you. [MC: Thank You, Master. Thank You for staying as long as You can. Thank You so much.] I thank you. I have to thank you, all of you. Alright, please continue so our guests will not feel too restless. Is it very hot there? Have enough air-con? [MC: Yes. It's very comfortable, Master.] Would you ask the audience if they like to have a break before we start again? Maybe it's too long already? [MC: Does anyone need a break or would everyone like to continue? They would like to continue, Master.] Okay, fine. Yes, good. I am here. But please go out yourself individually if you need to go. Don't be too polite. [After the performance.] M. Thank you so much. Thank you. [MC: Wow! Everyone's on their feet, Master. A lot of energy.] Yes, I feel it. I feel it from here. Thank you so much for all your hard work and your dedication. Thanks for your great love. Thank you so much. Thanks heaven for all this. Thank You so much, Master. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for your wholehearted support from the audience, artists, and friends. 'Let's Love' is exactly the message that Supreme Master Ching Hai would like to convey to the whole of humanity... [Audience: I love you!] I love you. [Audience: I love You.] I love you. [Audience: I love You.] Thank you so much all of you! Thank you! Have a great day continuously! Have a great day and many days ahead! God loves you! Buddha bless you! [Audience: I love You, Master.] [MC: Thank You, Master.] Thank you for the chance to see you. So long, in heaven's love! Go with love. [MC: Goodbye, Master. Thank You so much.] Go with love. [MC: Thank You so much. You've inspired all this.] Thank you all of you. Thank you. I'm really impressed and grateful. I am grateful. I am so grateful. My God. I don't know how I deserve all this love, but thank you. [Master is crying.] Thank you, okay guys. God bless you! [Audience: I love You!] Love you guys! [Audience: I love You!] Thank you, thank you, thank you. [Audience: I love You!] I know, thank you so much. I love you too guys, forever. I love you forever. God bless you! Buddha protects you. See you again sometimes. Love you so much! [Audience: I love You!] Thank you for your love! Thank you for your love! I feel it and I accept. Thank you! Thank you! Okay, love you, I love you. [MC: Thank You so much, Master! We all love You so much!] Yes, I know, I know, I know. Thank you! I know, I know. Bye. Bye, babies! Bye, all these angels! Bye. [MC: Goodbye, Master. Goodbye from all of us. We hope to hear from You soon. Thank You and take care.] Yes, take care. Love you. Bye-bye! Ladies and gentlemen, it's now time to conclude the book premiere of the Aulacese edition of the Supreme Master Ching Hai's publication 'Celestial Art' and 'The Love of Centuries' with the theme 'Glorify Earth with Heavenly Love and Beauty,' organized by vegan members of the Supreme Master Ching Hai Association from Au Lac. We are grateful to You, Master, for bringing down the magnificently beautiful works of art from
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heaven to beautify our world. Thank You for bestowing Your boundless love and infinite grace! We wish You great health always and Your mission of saving the Earth soon to be achieved with everyone living green on a vegan diet, building a heaven on Earth. Thanks to each and every one of you for your company throughout these wonderful moments. While our book premiere is now closed, all of our hearts are open with joy, happiness and encouragement, helping us to realize a very simple step which everyone can take to 'Glorify the Earth with Heavenly Love and Beauty,' and that is Be Veg, Go Green 2 Save the Planet! Shout slogans altogether please! Be Veg, Go Green 2 Save the Planet! We wish you all a peaceful evening with heaven's grace and love. Goodbye everyone! Let us go, live in peace and love.
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M. How are you, Bodhisattvas? All of you good, yes? [Audience: Yes, Master.] Im happy to see you. [Audience: Were happy to see You, Master.] We are very lucky. You know, such a technology, otherwise we could never do this. What can I do for you? Master, we have a program, so Ill get into it. Master, I just want to say we are filled with joy and honor that Youre blessing us with Your gracious love on todays conference. We offer our heartfelt thanks for spending Your precious time with us, every moment we cherish sincerely. [M: Thank you.] We are deeply grateful for Your radiant presence that is guiding this planet into a new era of kindness and peace for all beings, animal and human alike. [M: Thank you to you.] Thank You. Today, we look forward to the wisdom and knowledge that You will impart to us and the world. We have many interesting questions regarding meditation under the sun, pyramids and tunnels. Yes, you always have a lot of questions, I remember. [Laughter] Okay, Im ready. Shoot! [Master laughs.] Thank You, Master, for this time. Master, recently You unveiled another amazing secret. You said that if we sit under the sun and ask for spiritual upliftment, good, vegan people could reach the Fifth Level. Master, how long should we sit under the sun to reach the Fifth Level? How long? All your life. Four hours every day minimum, or more, it depends on karma also. You want to sit under the sun four hours a day? We dont really have the time to do that, Master. Yes, I told you, you poor guys. All right, work too hard. Me too, you know. We are poor people, very poor. Have money, but no time. Go ahead, what else? Is there a difference in the time length that a person initiated by You can reach the Fifth Level, versus a non-initiate, by meditating under the sun? Both sit under the sun, right? Why dont you go and find a non-initiated person and sit together, hold hands or not, and then tell me how long each can reach the Fifth Level? Lets make a contest. How can I guarantee these things? Everybody is different, you know that. And the sincerity and the longing for the Gods kingdoms are different in each heart. I can only tell that if a person is very, very sincere, even non-initiated people
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who know nothing about Light and Sound, can also rely on the powers of the blessing of the sun in order to reach the Fifth Level, up to. I mean, not necessarily that you are vegan, good at heart, then sit under the sun and then you expect that you automatically fly up to the Fifth. Its not like that, of course. But you can. The possibility is there. You look so nice and well-dressed and Oh, my God. [MC: Thank You, Master. You look beautiful, Master.] Thank you. [MC: Youre beautiful.] I just make myself look pleasant so I can bear your bombardment of questions! [Master and audience laugh.] How long, it depends. You know already, okay? Youre happy with that answer? [MC: Yes, we are happy. Thank You.] Good, good. Me too, so I dont have to continue. [Master laughs.] Im so happy to have some basic equipment: Three lights, and a good cameraman and a little better camera than what Im used to for when I talk to you. So I can see you very well, and that my face looks a little bit more brightened. [Master laughs.] MC. M. Does sitting under the sun, under the tree, have different points from sitting in the field? Yes, a little different. If you sit in the field, you have more I mean, the panoramic spectrum of the suns light. So under the tree, you are shaded a little bit, and so, of course, its cooler and nicer, but it may be a little obscured, not much. You cant just sit under the sun for so long, so if you can, its good. If not, sit under the tree and now and again, pop your face out, say hallo to the sun, [Master and audience laugh.] make sure He knows you are there, youre still! You are very cute people, very cute. Dont do much, just want a lot of merits and a lot of levels; good level, but dont want to do much want to sit under the tree even. Bargaining. Happy? Yes, very happy. Thank You, Master. And is the time length affected by raining and cloudy days? You thought about all that. Yes, of course, its affected. What do you think? [MC: I think it is.] Under the sun, direct sunlight, is better, of course, but I wouldnt advise you to sit under the midday sun, unless you are ascetic like the Indian yogis; they can bear it. They use this kind of practice as a penance, you know? Like they sit unclothed, very little clothes, and sit under the glaring sun of India. Indian sun is a very hot sun, even hotter than California where you are. And they just sit under the glaring sun for hours on end. But I wouldnt advise you to do that, not with your so delicate, tender, white, snowflake skin, like that one. Choco, maybe okay. Choco maybe has a lot of immunity from your pigmentation. But, this white snowflake, I wouldnt advise you wont last for 10 minutes! [Master and audience laugh.] [MC: Yes, I think so, too.] Its too hot, baby, too hot, it would peel your skin and then you might swoon from the heat, sunstroke and whatnot. Just take it easy. If you want to sit in the sun, you do it slowly, a little bit every day. And as soon as you feel too hot on your skin, run! Run. Or cover with a white umbrella or something. Does the person have to pray to the sun in any particular special way? No. Pray with your heartfelt feeling. Does it help us to be fruitarian or breatharian when praying to the sun for upliftment? Yes, it helps. I mean, its not because the sun discriminates what you eat. Its just the lighter our diet, the less burdened. And then the better we can concentrate, and the less bad karmic connection with the world.
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You are, Master.] Well, thank you. [Audience: We believe You are.] Thank you for believing. Whats the next question? You know, at the time of initiation I promise that I would take you to the Fifth Level. Anything else is none of your business, all right? [Q: Yes, Master. Very all right.] You know, God is very merciful. Even if the person doesnt know any Master at all, Hes makes the sun there, you see, and all the blessings from the animals, from the trees, from the plants, from the sea, from the earth My God! People are so poor if they dont realize this. Thats why Im telling you all of this so the people, they dont have to follow me, they just be aware of the blessing that they are and the precious life that they have as a human being, and then in the future they get better. Q. For Quan Yin practitioners, do we need to pray to the Sun God to achieve the Fifth Level or is this only for non-initiates? Because I think we already have You, Master, and You said that we would all reach the Fifth Level sooner or later. Do we still need to pray to Sun God or is it more blessing and faster progress if we can pray to both You and the sun? Do what you want. Its a free world. You pray to whomever you like. The sun, the moon, and stars and all that is, of course, available to you, so why not avail them to all of your benefit? Im not like a dictator or something. I tell you so that you get helped, you know? The lousy way that you meditate you get all the help you need even from the regenwurm, you know, like the earthworm, if he blesses you. You ask for blessing, okay? Yes, I mean, before you meditate, you can pray to whomever is helping you. And pray to Master also. But, normally, this is more for non-initiates when they have nobody to turn to, of course. It is all for the non-initiates or the non-initiated people out there in mind that I reveal all this, but you already have security. But if you can pray, I told you it wont hurt. And, another secret for you. Say please, magic word. [Audience: Please, Master, please.] Okay, okay, good, good. I heard it already! The Quan Yin practitioners, they absorb more blessing from the sun and every other celestial body, or the earthly bodies, more than the other practitioners or non-initiates. Thats what I think. You see, because your engine is clean. You can run faster, youre purified, and youre good. Because you learned to be good in different ways, different aspects, so your beings are more ready, more pure, more elevated, to receive whatever blessing that is available in the universe. Its very logical. Previously, before You uplifted the world to the Third Level, it seemed so difficult and would take so long just to advance within the next level, within the level or to the next level. We know it is purely by Gods grace that we are all given the chance to earn merit so fast, to advance higher in such a short amount of time. Master, did You have to make a deal with heaven and the universe to allow other Earthlings to advance simply by being veg, doing good deeds, and asking the sun for blessings? Because it seems like only those with a Master were able to reach the Fifth Level before? Well, yes and no. Yes, everything needs to be compensated. Even for my dogs sometimes, I have to give them a little extra amount of spiritual merit points, so that they get healed faster, so that they dont feel so uncomfortable by their, maybe, old age or the genetic disorders that they have to bear, things like that. Not too much for the dogs, of course, but still have to sometimes make a deal. You know everything is a deal. Not because heaven wants anything; heaven is not dealing. Its just that the bad karma has to be paid. For example, your sister owed somebody $100. Even though its a small amount of money, but if she couldnt pay and you have the money, of course you pay. Otherwise, the other person will not be happy. And if the amount is even bigger, theyll bring her to court. Or the police will catch her or people will come and evict her from her
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house and will confiscate all the possessions that she has to make up for the amount of debt that she incurred. You know that very well. In America, this happens a lot, or maybe not a lot, but it happens quite a few times and people became homeless because of that. Some people I have seen on television that they have been workers of high standard, good, skillful people and sometimes even executive, but by some unluck, they had maybe sickness or something befalling them and then they cannot pay the debt that they owe to the bank or the mortgage, and then the bank will come and take their house and sell it to somebody else, and they became homeless just overnight. So, for humans spiritual levels or spiritual redemption, also need to be compensated like that, in like manner. So the person who has more spiritual merit, of course, can give to the person who is at a spiritual poverty level at that moment. I mean, sometimes youre not allowed to give everything, but to some degree, you can. This time, because of the deal, yes, some deal has been made, and also because of the exceptional time of our planet that heaven is more lenient, therefore, heaven has given humans a chance. Easier chance to repent and to do good, so the Master power can help any with the slightest part of goodness in them. Or, the slightest good contribution to others. [Q: Thank You, Master.] Thank You, Master power! Q. Pyramids have been found all over the world, left behind by ancient civilizations like the great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt, the Pyramids of the Moon and Sun in South America. It seemed that this kind of structure was not only in Egypt but also in other countries in Africa, in Latin America, in Europe. So, Master, could You tell us more about how come pyramids appeared in so many places? Were they all spiritual centers? Yes, yes, they were. They used to be. Because people in all different periods of time, they do practice spiritual meditation, not just us. Like 2,000 years ago, they were with Jesus; similar period of time, a little bit earlier, they were with the Buddha, and earlier they were with Lao Tzu, and then they were with Guru Nanak, they were with Guru Mahavira, they were with the Prophet Muhammad, Zoroaster, et cetera, et cetera. Time again and again, there were always Masters who visited our planet, and they always practiced with them, with some chosen people. Are there significant spiritual as well as universal or galactic roles that the pyramids played? Well, in the old time, we had more contact with other planets. So these pyramids are the links to other planets, before our time, for higher teaching, for more spiritual elevation, from other elevated planet. Are the many pyramids of the worlds interrelated? What was their purpose? They are not necessarily interrelated, but maybe in the same region. For example, those near each other in Egypt, maybe they are interrelated. They used to have maybe tunnels or something so that they can connect with each other, going from one pyramid to the next, which were their meditation centers, without being seen by outsiders. Most of the pyramids are in a very remote area, or in the jungle area, so other people are not easy to find them, to discover them. Theyre not really interrelated in a way, but if they are made in the same period of time, for example, just say like 2000 B.C., then they are interrelated, because the Masters would have come to Earth and gone from one pyramid area to another in different countries. Thats why they are interrelated; but theyre not always interrelated if theyre not made in the same period of time.
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the heart of the listeners, the listening students. Theres no sound, nothing to distract you at all, not even the siren. Nothing can even penetrate to go into that chamber of meditation; therefore they built it that way. Yes, I wish we have some so that I can drill some of my teaching into your ears. [Master laughs.] Q. There are some researchers who believe that pyramids are energy power plants before they were used as tombs, and the pyramids were used to transform free, clean energy from space into facilities. And so scientists from a number of nations have conducted tests and concluded that an energy beam with ultrasound frequency is being emitted from the peak of the Bosnian Pyramid of the Sun. Master, could You please explain if this is true whether the pyramids may have the capability of harnessing free, clean energy, and if so, was it for those who practiced spiritually then? Yes, I told you its good for practicing, for concentration and for sitting long hours tranquility and peace and one-pointedness. The ultrasound is another thing. Of course, the pyramid can harness good power around them or in the atmosphere for the good of meditation. But the ultrasound, they have some other kind of technique. I dont know how to explain it. But in the old time, these Masters, they also have technicians who are also masters of the free electricity, free frequency of communication, free energy all kinds of high tech. For example, like Tesla, he knew all about this, but sadly, we didnt make use of it. And now they begin to make use some of it. But many of his inventions or concepts of free energy and fantastic inventions had been destroyed or stolen or lost. We could have been a better world if we had made use of Teslas intelligence. The ultrasound, mostly they do it so that it emits from the top of the pyramid. This is to signal for the UFO to land nearby. In the old times, they had to use these kinds of techniques. Some of them still have the ultrasound; most of them have already lost that because its over the time. Maybe Bosnias pyramid still has it because that one is more powerful or bigger and they have made it more secure somehow, so some remnant of the ultrasound signal is still sensed, yes, is still detected. Maybe others are already gone. The ultrasound from other pyramids are already gone due to time or the ravage of, I dont know, modern people. Q. Is there any relation between the energy beam of this Bosnian Pyramid and Spiritual Blessing Lines and do the locations of pyramids have any relation to Spiritual Blessing Lines? Yes, before. Before, the pyramids used to be built where the density exists of Spiritual Blessing Line. But as I told you, many of our Spiritual Blessing Lines have been broken or disappeared, because of us, because the humans have not done well to keep them. Normally, no relation, yes, but they were chosen, where a lot of Spiritual Blessing Lines were criss-crossing and density together. According to Dr. Sam Samir Osmanagich, the Bosnian Indiana Jones who discovered the pyramids in his country and was recently featured on Supreme Master Televisions Science and Spirituality, he said that when you enter the tunnels and chambers inside the pyramids, you feel so peaceful, calm, and the air circulation is perfect. [M: Yes, I told you. Its good for healing and other things.] They found that there is no negative radiation detected inside, so people with asthma can breathe properly and ones body can somehow heal itself better when youre inside. Master, could places like these where ones body can return to its natural healing function, be graced with the past collective spiritual merits from the spiritual practitioners before? Or could it be that the
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pyramids are built on special places on Earth which bring the certain health benefits to humankind? M. Yes, yes, of course the spiritual grace and the spiritual energy have been there, building up and undisturbed, so the atmosphere inside there is different from the atmosphere outside of the pyramid. And also, as I have mentioned, the shape of the pyramid is to harness and keep positive energy. All right, are you happy with my answer? I mean, does it make sense to you? [Audience: Yes, Master. Its amazing, Master.] Now, do you understand why when you meditate, you should sit in the lotus position? Its the best for you. Doesnt it resemble a pyramid to you? [Audience: Yes, Master.] Right. Even the Quan Yin position, does it look familiar? [Audience: Yes.] Now try to do that. [Audience: Yes, Master.] It has some reason. So you see, since the ancient times, the spiritual practitioners and Masters, theyd always sit cross-legged, and put their hands like this, or like that, in order to help more with concentration. Now you know what I told you, you should do, [Audience: Yes, Master.] even though I didnt always have time to explain to you, but what I told you is good for you. And, you know, in the old times, most houses were built triangle-shaped? Like, squarely and with a triangle roof on top? That is helpful. Nowadays, we have all flat roof and whatever shape. All right, anything else? In Cusco, Peru, there are archeological sites, such as Machu Picchu and the Koricancha Temple, which still continue to impress and baffle experts today. The temples granitic walls were described to have once been covered by hundreds of sheets of pure gold. The floors themselves were made of solid gold, the space at courtyard was lined with sculptures of animals and the corn fields and facing the sun was an immense golden image of the sun embedded with emeralds and other precious jewels. It was written that thousands of priests conducted ceremonies around the clock within the temple. Koricancha Temple was in dedication of the Creator God Viracocha and the Sun God Inti. There are also other shrines to worship the moon, Venus, and other deities. Master, we have only begun to realize the immense blessing of the sun and other celestial spheres due to Your benevolent revelations. Could You shed some light on what the Inca civilization and other similar ones around that time had already known? Do I have to shed any light? Dont you see it? [Laughter] My God, at that time they already know about the sun, the moon, and Venus even. Who has ever told them? So there must be some connection with the spiritual Master of a higher dimension, or beings from Venus even came to visit at that time. Otherwise, how else would they know about Venus? At that time, they didnt even have those telescopes that were so powerful that you could see the celestial bodies. They didnt. Well, we suppose they didnt. So whatever it is, they must have been very elevated people. They were lucky and wise. They have discovered the immense blessing to be humans and to be blessed by all around, high from the sky to deep in the sea. They were wise. Im sure they have a lot of knowledge, wisdom, from great, great Masters at that time. Maybe those Masters also came from the other planets as I have told you. Come and choose some people and teach them the art of everything. Just like in many other countries where the pyramids were built. In various parts of Peru, there have also been discoveries of complex underground tunnels such as under Lima and Cusco. In fact, some believe that underground tunnels of Sacsayhuaman were connected to the Koricancha Temple. Till this day theyre closed to the public and mysteries are still around why they existed in the past. Could Master tell us more about these underground networks?
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to the moon. But Spiritual Blessing Lines offer more in terms of spiritual blessing. And these dream lines, as you have mentioned, they were used, they were fashioned, they were made, by ancient Masters and kings to stabilize the planet. Yes, we are so blessed. We are so blessed. Im telling you, we are so blessed. So many beings are blessing us and helping us since times immemorial. We just have to ask ourselves if we make ourselves worthy of all this. Q. M. Are there any Spiritual Blessing Lines in Australia, and if so, where they are in Australia, Master? I dont know where they are. Its just a big continent. You want me to go step by step and tell you, Here one, there is one. There are six of them, but theyre spread out all over, because its a big place. I didnt tell you before? When I told you about Spiritual Blessing Lines in different countries, I didnt mention Australia? [Q: No, You didnt, Master.] Sorry. Probably its too big for me. [Master laughs.] Too big for me, I overlooked. In Science and Spirituality recently, we had a show about crop circles, and the expert, Barbara Lam, was explaining that, even though it was still a mystery for scientists, she was sure most of them are purposeful because they have a very specific design and are very perfect in a way they dont harm the plants. The crops are bent but still alive. Master, who did the crop circles and why? Are they highly developed beings? What do you think? Yes, I probably go out and do it myself also, [laughter] with my brush, hair brush or hair comb. They are, of course, done by technological, highly developed beings. I have some notes here that I brought with me. I check it out for you. [Audience: Thank You, Master.] Crop circles, it is done by the UFO people. It is to mark where there is some underground water in case they need it. They need water because they come from faraway planets, they cannot bring all the instruments with them. Thatd weigh down their flight. So they brought something with them to combine with water to create equipments needed for their use here on our planet, something like powder stuff. But we dont have it here. We dont know this technique yet. We dont know this technology yet. So, for the way back home also, they probably need something, so they need water. Then they use the water underground to convert, make a combo into energy and also for fuel and also to make tools if we can call that fuel or tools but they do not need lots of water. They use underground water because it has different property than open waters. Not seawater in any case, for this. You turned me into a science fiction writer! [Master laughs.] You see, water is very precious to life on other planets as well as on ours. It is used not only as a delicious, pleasant beverage, but its also one of the components to make instruments, such as for UFO to use. And a crop circle is a signal for other teams, or for themselves when they come back, to know that there water can be found and used under such and such place, and how much and how large the water body under there. Let me check if theres anything else for you. Let me check, okay? One second, that I dont miss anything. Let me see, where my notes The crop circle is a special code of geographic description as well. Like, as to more water underground or not. They use an ultra-light beam to write, like you use ballpoint pen to do it. They would normally describe like quality of water or how much water. Theyll mix with some powder they brought with them to form tools, as I told you, for different purposes. And they take water from underground through special suction technique its very fast. The water is underground, in some places, is more suitable for their use. Because as you know,
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water is not always pure water. They always mix with something, maybe some even plastic components, you know, microscopic particles of plastic or other kinds of biodegradable stuff or non-biodegradable stuff, or different qualities, different quantity, of minerals mixed in the water. So every place offers different water quality. You know that, right? So if they want to use some water, they have to choose a special water in some special places. So the field, when they use that writing, you would call it, its just a description for the next team or for them to remember what is under there, or nearby there, that they can get. Sometimes people see green men and all that they are not men, they are robots, just robots, for different use. Not all underground water even is suitable for their use, so only those selective sites are used because of their special properties. They can mix it and make it into different tools with the powder that they brought with them; and for laboratories purpose, to analyze certain data concerning humans, animals heath, on Earth, for example, or in that vicinity, or check out our dangerous weapon sites, also our mental states in certain place or on the planet as a whole and our level of intelligent development or coodinative, peaceful development. Well, I guess humans here are an interesting race for some planetary people, other than we are interested in ourselves between the different genetic orders like female and male. The crop circles also describe soil qualities so that they can adjust their handling of suction intensity. Like soft soil, how much volume, and hard soil, et cetera, accordingly. The signal sometimes describes also certain human qualities in the areas, like good, average, bad, friendly, intelligent, worthy, how many in each group, or any extraordinary, worthy humans to take notice or to show off their presence, you know, the UFO presence, or not show off or to take notice or to pay attention, or any noteworthy event that will take place there, either to pay attention to or to study or to be careful, et cetera. [Q: Thats interesting.] Yes, they are interesting people, and theyre interested in us. Can you imagine how proud we should be? Yes, what next? Q. M. Why are most crop circles in elaborate geometric design? Yes, well, as I have mentioned already, but Ill check if anything new in my things. As I told you already, they are the signs for their working group to recognize where is what, and also for themselves. And that to know that they have been there and theyve done what research, for example, and some summary of the region, like water underground stored, for example. And you ask me something about the crop bending, right? [Q: Yes, we just did.] Yes, yes, by the way it is here. The positive result from the crops are the by-products only its not done on purpose as the heat that bends them contains high vibration which helps them grow better. Just by the way. In those planets, where the UFO came from, things are done all by energy. And you know what? We also have UFO underground. So might also be done by them. But since they came from far away, you know, they need to know where they are, what native material they can use for their purposes. Theyre all done by energy, not working so hard like us. Not by labor like us and we work so hard and we earn very little. Were so busy on this planet that we dont have much time to develop like they do. Crop circles are made by remote control even from the UFO theyre using light energy to convey some SMS messages for their people. [Laughter] Okay, love? [Q: Okay, thank You, Master.] I think thats it. Anymore? There is a Macedonian person name Pane Andov who remembers encounters with extraterrestrials since a child. He describes them as beings of light. They told him that they will always protect him and that he is here to play a major role in the process of awakening. He said humanity is heading towards a great change, many spirits will return to the stars and something magnificent is going to happen. In fact, infrared
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camera footages have been able to capture orbs of light around him when he meditates. Mr. Andov lectures that we must be veg to raise the consciousness and that, through this and meditation, we will generate a force field around the planet that will protect us from a wave energy that is coming from the center of the galaxy, [M: Right.] a wave of energy that NSAS too, has detected. Mr. Andov also speaks about the crop circles and that they are a way ETs (extraterrestrials) are sending us messages. Is this true, Master? I think Youve addressed part of this. [M: Wonderful!] And what are they trying to tell us? M. I am so happy that somebody confirmed this, otherwise I will be the only person talking and nobody even tries to believe. Look, I am so happy! This is a great person, that he even introduces vegetarian diet. You see, of course these signs by the way are also to let us know or aware that there are some other beings who are mightier, more developed, that we should be aware that we are not alone, and that we should strive to meet higher standard like them, so that we can evolve further. This is the hidden messages from these crop circles, et cetera. Why arent their messages easier to understand? I dont know what we can make of it if we understand. But its so easy to understand, I told you already. We are to be aware of something bigger than us, something more developed, something more benevolent, even if they are developed. Because, look at that and the UFO, and the signs and all that, that means these people, the authors of all these writings, are mightier than us, that we dont even know who they are, when they come and where they come from. And with those technologies, advanced, they could destroy us, they could do harm to us, but they never did. So, see? The message is very clear, that peace should be here, that we should be benevolent, that we should concentrate on more of our development to a higher standard instead of making war and oppression. Because these mightier ones do not oppress or make war on us so we should learn and do the same to each other in the human family. Sometimes, if it is plain, we are not interested. People dont like something that is so easy. The same in love; you always tell me if the girl is too easy, you lose interest, right? Not you, but the boys, they told me that. And now, if the UFOs or these highly developed beings made it so easy for us, maybe we dont even care to understand what it is, and say, Just another one. Because its mysterious so we are so very aroused in our interest and we want to find out. A lot of scientists, a lot of people, take a lot of time, a lot of energy, spend a lot of money, a lot of study to know what it is. They still dont know. Its good so. Because, look how many times that things are so plain and easy to understand to us and we dont care. Like how many times the ancient Masters came to Earth and taught us the same messages of benevolence and peace in our own language. Do we listen? How many listen, ever? Thats why we are at the stage of where we are right now because we dont listen to those plain, simple, logical, loving languages. So its good that the UFOs dont even care to write in English for you. [Master and audience laugh.] They would know how to, for what they are, for the technology that they are capable of. They can speak any language if they want to, dont you think? [Q: Yes, definitely, Master.] They would be able to write English. Why did they choose crops as the medium to convey the message and not another means? [M: Why do they choose that?] Why did they use crops in particular versus some other, like maybe carving something in rocks on the mountain or something different?
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I told you its for their own use also. So they have to make it plain, easy to see from the sky. But I guess to know for sure, we have to go and meet them. Yes, why do you ask me for something I havent done? Okay, what next? In the beginning of 2011, Indonesia had its first recorded crop circle whereas there have already been many in the United Kingdom. Do crop circles have special energy that would bless the land and the people of that location? Yes, they do. They do have a little bit of energy. But its just by the way as I have told you. And why its in Indonesia or in United Kingdom, I guess they do it wherever they need to land, wherever they can find something useful for them, and where they deem fit also to demonstrate. Maybe United Kingdom has more water than Indonesia, more mineral water, the water that they need. And are countries that have crop circles more special than those that dont have crop circles? Or is it because they are more in danger that extraterrestrials need to give them warning messages? No, no, no, no, no. No, nothing really, no. I dont think United Kingdom is more in danger than Indonesia right now, is it? No, its just that they land where they land. I mean, they need something there, so Or maybe because United Kingdom people are more highly inquisitive, more scientifically developed, so they just also want to show them that there is something mightier than what the United Kingdom people know. Maybe, but we have to ask them. Researchers found that the crop circle field has higher electromagnetic measurements, or EM, and when passing through the field, they encounter problems with their cell phones and compasses spinning out of control. [M: I am not surprised.] Why is that so, Master? I am not surprised, are you? Why? I have told you long ago that our technology here on the planet are the leftovers from other celestial bodies, like discarded garbage. Im sorry if I offend anybody. Because our technologies are far, far, far too inferior to the others high tech development. To us, their technology is like miracles; to them, its just knowhow. The reason we cannot match, because the humans are too busy with unimportant things, and too busy killing each other, and all on this planet, that we are oblivious to the obvious, to nature opportunities and new wonders. Maybe one day when peace reigns on this planet and our beings more purified by veg, we will have the calmness of mind and the clarity of intellect to discover more hidden secrets to brighten our world and to serve ourselves better than now, the way Gods children deserve. Other planets, they develop because they have peace, and they have love, and they have appreciation for all that surrounds them, that God bestows upon them, unlike on our planet. We destroy all the wonders on Earth, we destroy all the things that are supposed to be beneficial to us, and we even destroy each other. So thats why we dont have time to catch up with the universal wiseness. Lets hope one day we will. How else do these beings communicate to the Earthlings? What other kind of benefits do the beings bring to the humankind that people have not known yet? Do you think they want to communicate any further to our deaf ears? You think they really want to communicate with us? [Audience: No, Master.] Whatever they are allowed to do, theyve already done so, and they would do it in silence. We cannot even listen to our own kind, with our own languages. Imagine if they talk to us, to the people in the
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authority, you think anyone would listen? Heaven has sent wonderful, wise, loving teachers, prophets, inventors, and more, to our Earth since times immemorial. And humans, what do they do? Either they kill them or oppress them, persecute them so much so that they cannot do a lot on Earth, even if theyre lucky to keep their lives. So suppose they want to communicate to us, what would they say? What would you want the aliens to do in our stage of humans development? What would you want them to do to speak to us? They round up every citizen on the planet and force us to listen to their radio or their sermons, or jump on television, to talk, one continent to the next? What more can they say that we do not already know, or we have not already known and have been taught by the ancient wise? In the imminent present danger of climate change, humans still are at war with each other fiercely! They do not care enough to even mend our fragile, broken planet, and create even more catastrophe by war, and by the careless way of life and the unloving kindness way of life. What to talk about aliens warning and whatnot? I think anyone, alien or not, even if they want to communicate, they would stop talking after all when no one listens. Would you continue talking if somebody does not listen to you? [Audience: No, Master.] No. I am also tired repeating myself. Same stuff. Now you got it. Q. You mentioned before that developing countries suffering from climate change are to evoke compassion and to help awaken the developed nations, because it is they who need to change, and it is they who can change the world, and undoubtedly, when the quake in Japan happened, it affected the entire world, with reconsiderations on the safety of nuclear energy, fears about radiation, hampered manufacturing of electronics and automobiles, and so on. Could You please shed some light on why Japan was hit recently with such a tremendous earthquake when it is a developed nation? Well, if soft spoken words are not heeded, maybe a louder yell would do. Its not just Japan. Look at New Zealand, and now Americas, a lot of fires, and Russia, fire anew, for example. Italy before, flood, and before that, earthquake also. Of course, we also would not want God to continue punishing the poor and innocent, no? I do not want to tell you why more than the already obvious. In the suffering of the Japanese, as an individual nation, I can only shed tears and pray a lot that Japan will ponder deeply the teaching of the Buddha and answer this question themselves, and that they will strive thereafter to be more a perfect example of the Buddhist believers. In Japan, just before the huge earthquake, many people reported that they saw UFOs around the island. Master, did other brothers and sisters from other planets try to help? And was it to prevent the nuclear disaster? And do they also have the ability to help in case of natural disasters? No, I think they just knew that something is about to happen and they want to have a good look at Japan, beautiful Japan, intact one more time, maybe to take a photo for memorial purpose, to study or maybe just to keep. Because they just feel sorry that things will happen, and beyond their power. To help in big scale, to alter karmic consequences is not in their power. But all of us have the power to change that. We just didnt use it enough, like to be life-loving, merciful, compassionate and to repent with all our heart, and to do good to mend our past wrongs. Im also feeling tired again to repeat myself. Thank you. [Q: Thank You, Master. Hopefully it will happen soon.] I do hope so, my love. Experts have predicted that there may be a major earthquake hitting California following Japans earthquake. Former United States Geological Survey Analyst, Jim Berkland, who predicted the World Series Quake in 1989 in San Francisco, commented that
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animals are able to detect the changes in the magnetic field that precede a quake, and thus change their living pattern. He further explained that the millions of dead fish floating on the Redondo Habor in sourthern California that occurred early in March was a warning for the forthcoming quake. Coincidentally a number of us here at Supreme Master Television actually felt very anxious last month, on March 28th to be exact, and one staff member also said that scientists have predicted some major disaster would happen to California the following day. We have been noticing You always grant us conferences after a major disaster occurred around us in Los Angeles. Most beloved Master, could You please tell us if it is true that a major earthquake would have happened as predicted? If so, why didnt it happen? We believe that it is through Your benevolence that we have survived until now. M. Q. Okay, sweetheart, just thank heaven that a big earthquake did not happen to you, to your country. Or pray that it wont ever happen. I thank God for you. During the recent The Love of Centuries concert, Mr. Bill Conti set Your beautiful poem to song, Please Wake Up! The lighting designer gave a very insightful interpretation of Masters poem when he first heard it. He commented that the poem has a very profound meaning and described the situation which the Earth is facing as dark and gloomy, but at the end we have hope. Ms. Margie Evans has also commented the same. Master, would the timely repentance help to cease the disasters and chaos happening around the world right now? Could Master also please share the impact of the song Please Wake Up!? Well, repentant we should always be. Its good to be humble and appreciative of all the luck that we have, and all the blessing from heavens, and all around us. But as I told you before, repenting is not enough; humans should do the opposite of the damage, to mend it, to mend the wrongdoings. Otherwise, we just keep saying, well, Im sorry, sorry, and keep doing the same thing, the same thing again, then like we are mocking heavens, and like we are not caring about what we do, that were not really repentant. Because if we are truly repentant, then we must know what we are repenting for, why we are repenting, and what mistake we have done. So every time we realize that we do something wrong, we should repent and dont do it again, at least. And then try and try to do the things that are pleasing to the offended, to mend whatever we do wrong. Like, if you broke your window by chance, or on purpose when you were mad or something, well, you cant just keep looking at it and say, Im sorry, Im sorry, Im sorry. The wind will come in. The rain will wet your clothes and your bed, and flood your apartment. So not just feel sorry about it but have to go and get another window, and dont punch it again. Whatever, right? [Audience: Yes, Master.] And concerning my song, I am glad that everybody likes it and thinks positive about it, but we shall see. [Q: We love it.] We shall see what comes. [Q: We love it, Master.] You did? [Audience: Yes, Master.] Wonderful. Thats what it is for. See, we shall see what comes. Its not impactful enough, of course, because a song alone is not the most powerful tool, is it? [Q: No, Master.] Even a hundred songs are not enough. Milarepa, he made one hundred thousand songs, right? [Q: Yes, Master.] At least a lot, and in many hundreds, and look at what happened not much to our planet, is it? So you can also write another song also but Everybody should write a song and live up to that song then; then we have salvation. Q. Concerning the disasters and protests going around the world, are these the results of an awakening or a result of the encroaching darkness causing chaos? Master told a
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story about citizens overcoming a bad king only to get a worse one. So should the people accept the bad karma until it can change naturally as they live more nobly? M. It is some awakening, to some extent. That people suddenly find the strength and courage to express whats important in their heart, that is a good soul. And a peaceful protest is not contradicting the peace loving and non-violence concept. I would salute their bravery and straightforward honesty in facing mighty power tanks, guns, missiles, and other weapons with their bare hands and faith in their heart. I wish the sincere people all the best and that they will find what they want. And above all, that they would look into their hearts to seek the root cause of all problems, and that heavens will light their ways forever, and that heaven will also enlighten the leaders to listen to sincere, honest requests from their subjects, so that they both will live in peace and in loving cooperation for the sake of their country to prosper, to be blessed, to be happy forevermore. Can Master share with us how the progress is on Plan C or D or any other plans? And is there any way we can help Master in seeing these plans come to reality? Its going, its going. Its not very easy fashion, but its going. Not smooth enough, not quick enough, of course, as I cant meditate as much as I want due to different circumstances and unrestful mind, preoccupied heart, with so many things going on in the world, and with my secular work for the world as well. But you are helping as you do. And you could meditate more, of course, but you dont have enough time now, so we will have time later on. The more meditation, the better for you and the world. Meditation is also the best after all. [Q: Thank You, Master. Okay, Master. We will do that.] Thank you. Last time in The Love of Centuries concert, You mentioned that You had to meditate 10 to 13 hours a day now. Is that to continually earn merits to spend towards Plan C? Or is it to keep the world in balance with the mounting bad karma? What do you think I do meditate for? [Q: I think both.] Not to get richer, no? [Master and audience laugh.] Of course, for both purposes, just to help all beings on Earth, as best as I can, as much as I can, to mend, to correct, to balance whatever possible, and spend wherever and whenever allowed. 10, 13 hours are not even enough. Sometimes I cannot even make it to 10, but that is all I can do. Thats all that can be done now in my situation. Maybe later I could do more. I just always hope. We always have to hope. In the Greenest Heroes Gala, as You were speaking about merits and blessings, You briefly mentioned working for Supreme Master Television and Loving Hut. Master, would heaven allow You to reveal how much blessings we have working for Supreme Master Television and Loving Hut? I thought I told you already before, no? [Q: Yes, Master.] Why you ask again? The thing is, I told you also that, please do not concentrate on how much you get for doing good. It is supposed to be unconditional and natural like you breathe. It is there, the merit, of course; if you do good, you get good merit, but do not think about it. Be noble always. Be noble always, unconditional and noble. We will do it, darling, even if we dont have any merit at all. [Q: Yes, Master.] Yes, thats the way. Good girl! We feel very blessed and privileged to have been with You in this fantastic adventure. We are very thankful to all the angels and devas who helped us so much to go through
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all those years, and we are deeply grateful to You for guiding us so much with patience and love, and for being the remote director of Supreme Master Television. M. We have done what we can to inform and remind people to be good, and to live the way we should live, as the children of God, as the disciples of the Buddhas, and the worshippers of the Prophets. But now, it is time to reinforce this concept, positively, to help in different ways. There are many ways to help humans, and ourselves also, of course. We all will meditate more, intensively, long hours, whoever can, and whenever can. Its good for you, good for the world. When youre working like that, with machines all the time computer, technology, and you know, high tech, and computer, and internet, and whatnot, telephone then you probably identify yourself with the computer. [Master and audience laugh.] Just like we as a light being now, we stay in this body so, so long, we identify ourselves as a body, we dont know anything better I mean, most people dont. I think you do. We have been very privileged and honored to be able to work at Supreme Master Television with You daily over these past years. A staff member shared her thoughts that she came to realize that Supreme Master Television is a torch of light for the world, and she could not imagine how the world would be without the light, as Supreme Master Television broadcasts Your constructive messages to the world 24/7. With the planet currently in turmoil, it is very hard to imagine that the world goes on without Your constant reminders and hopeful, constructive messages broadcasting globally daily. If Supreme Master Television stops, will there be an equivalent or stronger means for You to channel Your messages? And if so, may we know what it would be, Master? I wish I know it myself. [Laughter] You see, sweetheart, it was through your effort and all the remote workers and helpers and supporters, all involved, that we have been able to broadcast Supreme Master Television. Yes, it took a lot of time, energy, patience, courage, as well as financial means. Especially the helps of all members, that even they sacrifice their meditation time, sleeping time, meal times, family quality times, pet quality times, et cetera, et cetera, or sometimes even study time. Im deeply, deeply aware of all that, and forever grateful to all of you. I salute all of your goodness, your noble hearts, and I thank you immensely. Originally, I wanted to write a letter to each of you, the staff on-site as well as the remote workers. But when I saw the list... [Master and audience laugh.] You know, if you printed out all the personal data of all the staff, working remote and on-site, its many times higher than me! [Laughter] So I give up. But herewith I thank you, all of you, and may God bless you so much and give you a lot of merits that you deserve. [Q: Thank You, Master.] Its time to let people think about what theyre going to do with their lives, with their conduct, their planet, because it is their planet as well as ours. People are smart, I believe. If they want, they will change. They know what to do. So people are intelligent, yes? [Q: Yes, I hope so.] They have been living on this planet, they have been informed not just by our television. Nowadays, everyone, mostly, can have access to crucial, urgent information, and also know what to do with it, yes? [Q: Yes, Master. Its true.] People have to decide for themselves what they want to do with information that they have at hand. A lot of information. But it boils down to just one factual thing: That is, to be vegan. Because merciful energy will save the planet. Thats very simple, one only, one sentence only: Vegan, merciful, to save the planet. So people have to decide. Of course, we can pray for them. [Q: We will, Master.] And I am, as your guide, I am responsible for you and all our Association members. I have to let you catch up now, with more intensive meditations, prayers, to help yourselves foremost, then you can be able to help the world with your divine energy. Through the inner brilliant Light, and benevolent Sound, you will be elevated more and
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more, faster and faster with all the means that I have shared with you, and then, hopefully, this will be strong enough together we can help this way. And remember again, above all, help yourselves also. No other means more powerful than this. You need to float above the water if you want to help some drowning people. You have to float if no one else wants to. All right, love? [Audience: Yes, Master. Thank You so much, Master.] I thank you. I thank you for all the sacrifice, but it pains me also to know that doing this, you do not have enough time to meditate, I mean, not just you. [Q: We dont mind any sacrifice, Master. We know You are doing most of the job.] No, no, but you must meditate for your sake as well and your family members, your ancestors to be higher elevated, to your future generation, et cetera, and to the world. You, yourself, came to me I mean all of you, came to me to learn meditation techniques, to learn to live nobly, and to learn to elevate yourself. I am your guide. I am responsible for your well-being spiritually, as well as physically. I have to let you grow up in the Light and Sound practice. I have to let you have time to elevate yourselves. We help others, but we must also help ourselves. Thank you very much for offering your time, your youth, your health, whatever you have offered, to help to broadcast information to the world all these years. I thank you very much, but as a responsible guide I must also take care of your well-being. [Q: Yes, Master. Thank You once again, Master.] You have served the multitude through television and other means. I mean, not just you, but all the remote staff members and all the supportive members. All of us have never done before this job. We are not professional, but we did it, even though we hadnt done it before, because we have so much love in our heart that we want to share the vital information with all the brothers and sisters on this planet, whether they listen or not. We did it with all our love, all our attentiveness to details, at a price of, sometimes, health and other spiritual sacrifice, because we have love. We did it with all love. You did it all with your love. So your heart is full of love and dedication and that has touched heaven. I am also profoundly touched. I am very proud of you. I felt I have not wasted my time to teach such good, good, good students like you are. I am very proud of you and I feel whatever I have done is really worth it. Whatever you do, it will be good to the world and to yourselves. Wherever you go, people would love you, and the animals and all the planetary beings, celestial beings will bless you. I am proud of you. Q. M. After the countdown ends, will changes ushering in the Golden Era come rapidly to the Earth? Will extraterrestrials come then? I have told you many times that I am not a psychic, a seer, clairvoyant, you know? What we do, what we have, is our own decision. Our destinies are in our hands. So the destiny of the planet and the population of the planet is in the hands of the population of the planet. We shall see what will come. Right now, there are a lot of people who have turned to vegan and vegetarian diets, but we still dont have enough numbers yet. We have a lot, a lot, maybe two-thirds but we dont have enough, and its not stable. Its not so black and white like that. So just pray hard, meditate more, intensively, with the purpose for a vegan world and a peaceful world, World Vegan, World Peace! Thats our motto. Meditate for world vegan, world peace; and all of our members, as well as other spiritual groups, if they do the same, every bit helps. I have a note here to remind myself that I would sincerely, earnestly, call on all members of spiritual orders from different groups, different belief systems: Please do meditate whenever you can, the longer the better, for the sake of protecting our planet with your positive energy. The motto would be: World Vegan, World Peace. And pray if you cannot meditate. If you dont know how to meditate, please go and learn with any group that you deem fit for you, or meditate the way I have taught a few times ago. Please ask our Association members if you dont know how, if you forget what I have
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Please translate it into your time and join us to meditate in whatever way you have chosen to do, for World Vegan and World Peace. I have no other option to tell you right now. So, please, do meditate and pray with us in these certain hours if you can, because unified energy is very powerful. When a lot of people are united in the same meaningful effort, then were going to have results, very surely. Also, if you cannot do in these certain hours, you can do it in any hours that you choose or that you have free time. Thank you very much, all of you, in advance, and good luck to our planet and our people. Okay, any more questions from you? ET? You still worry about ET that they should come to you, why? Why always rely on other people? Rely on ourselves: We made the mess, we clean it up, okay? Now just clean it our planet, love our own people, encourage our own people to do good, to be good, to meditate, to pray for love and to pray for a loving, vegan, peaceful planet. World Vegan, World Peace. If they come, fine, we say hallo. If they dont come, okay with us. If we are benevolent and good and elevate ourselves to their standard of moral and spiritual development, then theyll probably beg to come here and well probably say, Let me think about it. [Master and audience laugh.] Q. We absolutely loved the animation Birds of Paradise, inspired by true tales with Your feathered family of birds. Were wondering if You could share some special insights about the birds? Did they play a special role in their previous lives? Did all of Your birds know You from another life? My God. ET, tunnel, Sahara, pyramid, crop circles [Master laughs.] And now, even my birds, you want to know what they do! Of course, they know me in former life. Its a long story and it doesnt concern you too much. Its nothing helpful. So I would tell you: Do not crowd yourselves with too many things that are none of your business. Let your mind be free a little, the more the better, so that you dont have to think too much of things and you can calm quickly when you meditate. What about Your dogs? I wouldnt be surprised. [Master and audience laugh.] What about my dogs? The new ones like Zolo and Pomas, were they disciples of Yours in a previous life, like Your original five dogs? No, no. They were not. But they knew me. And do they converse with dogs around the world on how to awaken their human companions to be veg, go green, to save the planet?
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They all try. But, you know, they offend the humans, if they try to be the teachers. You know how humans are. How hard they try, but the humans are not so very easy to talk to, and not easy to be awakened. Pray that they do soon, before more troubles come, before its too late. [Q: Yes, well pray.] By the way, my dogs, they have sped up in their GQ (God Quality) so much that Im so happy for them. Like, for example, Zolo, so much dedicates his life for me. He really tried to avert some, sometimes, negative energy that comes near, so he sticks around all the time. At night, he wouldnt leave my sight. Sometimes, I cannot bear it because they love coldness and I love warmth, so I give them cold rooms, but, no, always stick around and panting. And then I have to open windows now and again and again in the night, and I have to wear a lot of clothes, which I hate. I love freedom, I dont like too much clothes, but I had to. They dont complain, its just that I worry about them. So, now and then, I cannot bear, I have to say, Zolo, please go to the next room, your room. Its cooler there, its cooler, and then I have to shuffle him over there, and then he goes reluctantly and sometimes crying. Id say, Never mind, and see you soon. Yes, but because of so much dedication, all my dogs, not just him, they have different abilities. Like Hally, he knows who is bad, who is good even my assistants. He knows it all, and he reasons with them, but of course, they dont understand nothing about dogs language. Anyway, Hally is very good. Hes trying hard to stop, also, bad people to try to harm me, unintentionally or intentionally. Now Zolo is averting the bad energy as much as he can, of course, and Benny also. Both of them stick very close for that. They say, Want to protect Master. So now Zolo, even latecomer, hes evolved into 69% GQ. Thats almost two-thirds of a God, you know that? Hermit also, theyre almost all the same, either 68% or 69% now; just a short few years of vegan and love and dedication. Yes, they have evolved so fast. And I say to them, If you continue like this, youll become God! [Master and audience laugh.] Stop it! Yes, we had fun. So thats all about my dogs. Do you want to know anymore about dogs, birds? [Q: Anything that You would like to share with us, Master.] I dont remember much anymore. Thats all there was. They are so good, so good, so good. And Zolo, I said to him, one day, because they love so much to sleep next to me, and Benny on my bed, because if they sleep on my bed, its too hot for them, so I said, Please, just sleep in other place, in your room, or at least lower on the floor, its cooler there. Because in my bed, I still have some pain; it comes and goes, but I still have a lingering pain and I need some like hot pad hot blanket, a blanket, electric pillow, hot. [Q: Heating pad.] Yes, something like that. And if Bennys there, hed be boiling. But, so, sometimes I let him. So Id turn off the electric blanket, and it was okay; some nights when its not too cold, and I dont have too much pain, we do that. And then some other day, Zolo and Benny were running around me, and I said, The other day, we were cool. We were good together. And when you were together, I was very happy because it wasnt disturbing at all and I did meditate well with you two on both sides on my bed. Yes, very good, thank you. And then, okay, thats fine. And then after dinner, Zolo kept coming and nudging my he put his nose on my hand all the time telling me, Lets go. Because normally I would tell him to sleep outside on the corridor or wherever nearby because he doesnt want to go to his room. All of them sleep outside; its cooler, so I can close my door a little to keep the heat in my room for my pain and more comfortable. But that night, he kept nudging me all the time before we went to bed. He told me, I want to go to Your bedroom again, like last time, because meditate good, and I had to let them. Just because I praised him once and he thinks hes a big deal, and he kept nudging, Lets go to bed, again and again. He tried that. Hes such a cute thing, so big but so gentle now. And he doesnt talk a lot, he doesnt talk. Only that, now and then like that. And when he eats, he eats so gentle, gentle. All other dogs are drooling after his veggie bone because he takes time and he enjoys. He
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It could be the same today, if Jesus came. They believe in the second coming of Jesus, and, like, many other Messiahs even; they believe in the second coming of the Messiah and look up to the sky, waiting. Who knows? While it could be that Jesus has been here all along, working fervently to save the souls or the planet. But He has to maybe hide from the authorities, the suspicious authority, from the powers that be, anywhere, from the chasing police. He might be dodging bullets, ducking knives, running out from the fire, running for safety from one place to another, one country to the next, looking over the shoulders wherever He goes, or languishing on a sick bed with no one to really care for, or looking over the shoulders anywhere in restlessness, while working for the world, while running for safety; working in the dark, for fear that even bright light will reveal where Hes working. He has to work in silence, for worrying that the sound will also make Him be exposed. Mostly He would be working alone and alone, because nobody would understand Him that much, even if His own disciples. You know already from the bible. Who would recognize Jesus anyway, humbly working like that, if He ever comes back to Earth? Its strange to see how humans can be very, very oblivious to the Truth if they encounter, and to the Prophet if they encounter. Because if they are aware of the Truth and of the Prophet, they wouldnt have harassed the Prophet Muhammad, they wouldnt have killed Jesus and many other Messengers of God. Right? It is stranger than fiction, but history could again repeat itself in some different ways. Lets hope Jesus if He comes be safe, so that He can finish His mission for the humans sake. If Jesus comes, do you think everybody would welcome Him with open arms? [Q: No.] Would He dare to always reveal Himself, who He is, without harming Himself, without people harming Him? Not to talk about flying openly from the sky down here. I certainly pray He would not. That answers your question? [Q: Yes, Master. Thank You.] To your satisfaction? [Q: Yes, Master.] Stay true to your Muslim faith; and all of you, stay true to your faith, stay true to the teaching of the old Masters and Prophets, then you will be all right here and in heaven whether Jesus comes or not. Q. Hi, Master. [M: Hi, anchorita.] Thank You so much for sharing everything that You have so far. Is there another amazing secret that You would like to share from Your spiritual diary? We would love to hear more, Master. I am not sure if you dont have enough secrets already. Can you keep all these secrets already? [Master laughs.] Yes, I just forgot something that I thought it might be interesting to you, or it could be true. [Q: Thats great.] We were talking about sitting in lotus position, pyramid position. Remember when you sit in lotus position, yes? You sit like this, it looks like a pyramid. Or you sit like this, also looks like pyramid, or like this. Yes, cross-legged. And so, I was thinking its interesting, that India Indian people because they are poor or because of tradition, they mostly sit cross-legged on the ground. So they have had peace for long time, number one. Number two, they have been able to keep all the secret teachings intact so that however long many centuries, thousands years passed people, even all the Masters, have to go back to India to get the key for enlightenment, before they spread out to other continents or other countries. You remember, Bodhidharma, the Buddha, Jesus even, according to information, data that found that He had also been in India during the 13 years that He was missing. And your little guy, (Supreme Master Ching Hai) sitting here, [laughter] also had to go to India, to fetch the key and hand it to you, personally. And so, I think sitting in lotus position is really helpful to spiritual energy around you, to protect and to keep. Therefore, they keep so many Masters, and the teaching has remained, the lineage has remained from one generation to the next, even from different religious orders. And also, I wonder if that has something to do with the oil rich country like Arab countries,
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because there they also sit a lot on the ground, on the carpet. Nowadays, of course, many of them have tables and chairs and stuff, but for a lot of people of the population still sit on the ground, on the carpet, cross-legged, and eat. I wonder if it has something to do with that, with the sitting pyramid style on the ground, that they have so many blessing with oil, and become rich and famous. And also, Irans people, they sit a lot on the carpet or not? Any Iranian there, tell me? Yes or no? [Q: Yes, Master.] They still sit on the ground? [Q: Yes, theyre sitting on the floor, on the carpets.] And also crosslegged like me? Like this? [Q: Yes, mostly like that.] If you sit on the ground mostly, you would cross legs one time or another, or often, because its the most comfortable way to sit on the ground. And you know the Iranian people, they have contributed a lot to the world, philosophically, religiously and many, many extraordinary inventions, from Iran. Maybe it helps because of sitting lotus-like on the ground, and have faith in God. Means the Muslim people, they have faith in God more than any others you can imagine. They pray five times a day, always repeating Gods names whatever they do. I mean, we have other religions as well. The Hindus, they also believe fervently in God, and theyre also very faithful to God in their heart. And the Arabian people, also like that I mean, the Muslims, the Arabian and the Muslim people they also have very strong faith in God. Maybe they dont do everything perfectly the way God might have wanted them to do, but they have such a strong faith in God nevertheless. I would say even stronger than some of the other religious denominations. Well, I feel that way. So maybe thats why they have more blessing, in some material ways, at least. It cannot always manifest in spiritual ways, because spiritually speaking, we have to do more to attain more spiritual elevation. We have to do more to get more. But material elevation we can get it from some certain material means. Many inventions from Iran are very beneficial to human health and comfort, right? [Q: Yes, Master.] From what I know up to now, that youve aired on television, and they probably have more that we dont know. Okay, anything else? Q. M. Master, its such an honor to spend just a moment to work with You, work for You. I dont know how I deserve it, but I thank you all. [Q: Thank You, Master.] I thank you all so much, profoundly, truly, from my heart. [Q: Thank You.] God bless you. God bless all of you. Most glorious Master, You are the Light in all beings, the Light of our path, the Light of our hearts, and today, were deeply moved that You share with us Your precious knowledge and wisdom that uplifts souls and minds to a greater perception and understanding of the mysteries and wonders in our universe. We are marveled by Your luminous beauty and enchanting love that we know is the voice for blessed souls to follow and rediscover their true nature. May all open their hearts to receive Your infinite grace and blossom into the divine being that they truly are. Thank You, Master, for Your precious time. [M: Thank you. Thank you.] Thank You, Master. We love You. We love You, Master. I love you, too. I love you, too, very, very much. Im very proud of you. Im very grateful to your love and your help. I can only pray that heaven blesses you manyfolds, for your spiritual development, and all that you love and cherish. Together we will try to meditate for this planet, okay? [Audience: Yes, Master.] Planet Vegan, Planet Peace. Love you! [Audience: Love You, Master! Love You!] God bless you. God bless you. Bye. [Audience: Bye, Master. Thank You so much!]
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Q. M. Q. Nice to connect with You today. Nice to see you again. Thank you. Yes, its nice to be with You today. I am becoming optimistic that the world is beginning to understand the connection between diet, health, and climate change. All new ideas are resisted at first, of course. The first time a truth is spoken, its regarded as heresy, but if it continues to be spoken and it really is the truth, it eventually will be embraced, perhaps reluctantly at first, but it will eventually prevail. My sense is that there will be some additional traumatic events making the headlines, more glaciers melting, more earthquakes, droughts, mudslides, and so on, but eventually even the most resistant to change will be convinced. I was debating with someone on Facebook recently about climate change, and said to them that some leaders are still in denial about climate change, but their grandkids wont be. Supreme Master Ching Hai, You were one of the early voices, one of the few spiritual Teachers in the world leading the way on this issue of diet and climate change, years ago back before this information was widely known by many. How did You come to adopt the vegan diet? My grandma practiced vegetarian. Actually, when I say vegetarian, I mean vegan. In Au Lac we dont know much about cheese and stuff anyway. Except some children, babies, if their mother doesnt have enough milk, or some problem with the mother, then they took cows milk. And all the Buddhist monks I met were all vegetarian. That was in my childhood. I studied also many contemporary scriptures, especially Buddhism. It was from a world religions doctrine. And there is a voice always within us that we should abstain from harm to others. And its just often suppressed, the voice, due to circumstances and background. Otherwise, I think everybody knows vegan is the best for all of us and for the planet. Right. And how did You come to know of this link between the vegan diet and climate change? Is that really intuition, inner guidance, knowledge from within during meditation, that there would be this need to reach out to the world and to sound the warning if You will, You know, about the link between diet and the environment? Yes. Its also first by intuition. Just say one day, I meditated and suddenly I was startled by some real grave images and information that came flooding in. Like, okay, there is methane gas, there is carbon dioxide, there will be catastrophic consequences from the meat industry, for example. And then, of course, I will do research to confirm the facts, you know, how people need evidence and facts. They dont just believe you. There is a law, anyway, of cause and effect. Even if you dont have intuition or if we dont want to listen to our intuition or inner guidance, then we still know that in this physical world, there is a law of cause and effect. There is physical evidence everywhere we turn. As the bible says, As you sow so shall you reap, and the Buddhist, Hindu, law of karma. Just sow an apple seed, for example, then we will have an apple tree, and then apple fruits. Thats very simple. In Your new book From Crisis to Peace, You mention, Due to all inhabitants of the worlds good karma, this beautiful planet was created. But if its all covered up by the new bad karma, then the planet and/or the inhabitants will perish. Recently, we have
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heard You speak about GQ, or God Quality, and that it is our unwise decisions which have covered up our God Quality. What does GQ fully mean? M. GQ is God Quality, the Light. That is the quality of God. Thats why we must find the Light. We must find the source of the Light, which is God Quality and which is also our original quality. God Quality means the original, untarnished nature of the universal power of love. This power is inherent in all beings, humans and non-humans, even plants, trees, even rocks, minerals. The more GQ a being has, or recovered, the more loving, the more selfless, and more noble that being would be. How can we improve our God Quality in order to bring the planet back to its original, beautiful state? Simple: Be veg, go green, do good. And, of course, you know already, better still that we should get in touch with our source of power, of love and protection, through meditation on the Light. First, we have to be connected with the Light, the way you are. The best and the fastest is the Light and Sound method, which you yourself practice through a competent guide. I also practice this inner God Light and Sound and show how to the worldwide people when they ask. Light is our essence, Light is God Quality. So if we see the Light, if were connected with the Light, then we are assured of our God Quality, not to be covered, and that we live with this daily. And we can even uncover more and more of this GQ within ourselves by the practice of the Light and the Sound combination. I have a copy of Your new book, From Crisis to Peace. [M: You have? You are very upto-date.] Im up-to-date. Theyre still warm; ink is drying! In the book, From Crisis to Peace, You also plead with the world saying, How I really want to embrace the leaders and non-leaders, people of the world, and tell them, Wake up! Wake up! I want to embrace them and tell them, Wake up, wake up now. Wake up, my love, wake up my friend. Save yourself. I understand that You believe all world leaders should help their citizens wake up by implementing the Vegan Law in their countries. Tell us about the proposed Vegan Law. Yes, well, I do believe this, you know. I do believe that vegan will save the planet, and I do believe that the government leaders, the world leaders, can bring it into fruition, make it into law even. We just need a little push from governments and the media to make it come true. People are ready. As I said, we have a voice within which tells us to be kind to all beings. Theres no need to meditate even to feel the pain of others and of animals. Dont you think? No need. They have blood, and their blood flows out just like ours red. And they scream, they agonize, just the way we do if we are hurt in the same ways. So humans are inherently compassionate. I do know that and I do believe in that still. To kill anything, anyone, even animals, directly or indirectly, is not our nature. So Vegan Law should be implemented, because its a loving reminder of all citizens to be peaceful within and without, live and let live. If we do not kill animals, then we will not kill man, and peace will be naturally achieved. Nowadays, many countries already ban cruelty to animals to some extent. And I know for example, like in Italy blessed be this country you are entitled to rent a place without landlords refusal because of your pets. They cannot refuse your rent because you have a pet. In some country the landlord can refuse you outright because you have pets. In Italy, no. No, its forbidden. You can bring your pets right into the rental house and nobody can say anything. And anyone who sees animals, wild animals, injured on the road, or if they injured the animals, the wild
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animals on the road, they must take them to the vet for treatment, as by law. Just like humans. If they dont do it, they will be fined, they will be punished. So Vegan Law is the mark of a more civilized society, methinks, when compassion or universal love is the norm meaning the people therein are already above hatred and vengeance. Now, if people adhere by the Vegan Law, and if the governments implement it, I think that society already shows a great deal, a great leap forward, in the evolution. Because we will be above hatred and vengeance, which is the mark of a higher level of conscience, when we are compassionate, and have love for all beings. Q. Sounds like Italy is further ahead. Perhaps the legacy of Saint Francis of Assisi and the love of animals makes them a little further ahead. [M: Yes, I love Italy.] What steps could leaders take to bring in the Vegan Law and make it permanent? Itll be a big struggle probably in some countries, the old way versus the new. But well all be working hard on this to make this happen. Yes, we should work harder. The media is one of the tools that the governments can use, like magazine, newspaper, television, radio, internet, ads, posters, flyers, grassroots information, to explain to people the harms of the animal diets, because theyre harmful. The animal diet is harmful to our health even. And the governments should subsidize only organic vegan, or vegan at least. Best is organic vegan because it also absorbs the CO2 in the air. Best is organic vegan production and farming. Give info to people, train people to go into this direction, encourage vegan supply shops and restaurants, caf, bistro, et cetera, et cetera, snack bars, or even fastfood and be a vegan example themselves, the leaders, and be open about their new, exciting, vegan lifestyle. Theres no use in being vegan and stuck in the closet. Theres nothing shameful about being vegan. It should be a celebration of goodness and nobility and the greatness of that leader. I applaud and salute any leader who has gone vegan. Better still, they should be open about it so that other people will follow their examples. To be a leader is to be an exemplary torchbearer of the truth and of goodness, right, James? [Q: Hopefully, yes. To encourage positive change.] The people would follow a leader, thats why they voted for them. Dont you think so? [Q: Right.] And this will offer a lot of new jobs even for people. Because nowadays, with the economic trouble and unemployment, and things like that, so I think vegan and new, green energy will open a lot of new doors for employment and its exciting! And they should create even one special unit for the vegan trend. And for citizens health reason, tax-saving reason, world-saving reason, planet-rescuing reason these are good enough already for any government to implement this Vegan Law. [Q: Right, the cost of healthcare, reducing the cost.] Cost, that we didnt even mention yet. Youre right. How much it costs everything else. Now, smoking ban indoor and alcohol are even more difficult, as people are addicted and nothing can replace alcohol or tobacco for them. But the world government did it! They made it. See! And nowadays, I saw one of the community buildings, they begin to even forbid even smoking outdoor and indoor as well, even inside peoples house, private house. I am so happy. People comply, you see? Governments made it. In many cases, alcohol bans were even successful also. Nowadays, alcohol is less everywhere and less accidents even, less heart attacks. The result is evident everywhere. So you see, people will comply if they are informed about whats good for them. They will know the governments best intention, genuine interest, in the citizens wellbeing. It will work. We need the courageous and wise leaders, thats it. They have to get out of the root and do it.
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Quality, more God Quality, than many of us humans. That I know. This is the concept that we must understand and bear in mind if we are to evolve further on spiritual level, or to be at least a grateful being for all the blessing and sacrifice that our animal benefactors quietly bestow on us and the planet. Q. Well, I congratulate You on being such a positive influence in the world. Im noticing there are vegetarians who follow various spiritual paths, gurus or teachers, who are beginning to switch from being vegetarian to becoming strictly vegan. Im seeing this every day. Im one of those also once following a lacto-vegetarian diet, but now have switched to vegan. So, Youve helped to bring about, what I call, a vegan awakening in the world. Theres a great awakening, and a lot of vegetarians are switching to vegan these days. Ive done a lot of research on vegetarianism in the world religions, and veganism. There are passages of scripture in the writings of saints and mystics, in support of being vegan, vegetarian, in most of the world religions. And most everyone on Earth is affiliated with one of these great world religions. Thus, the more vegan Buddhist movements, more vegan Hindu groups, Radhasoami groups, vegan Christian movements, the greater and greater the numbers of people will be switching to a vegan diet based on their religious connections. Convince. So thats really my strategy, convince the religious communities and the world will go vegan. How can we convince more spiritual groups to switch to vegan? Its a very good strategy, James, very good. Youre smart. Lets do it! You are doing it. We just hope more people will help to do the same or similar in their capacity. But, you know, I dont blame any of the humans. People are not well-informed, James. And concerning the vegetarian diet that you have followed, that must have been from maybe Sant Mat or Beas, yes? Most religious groups or teachers are originated from India. You know, right? Blessed be that ancient land of sages and saints. I worship that land. You know, the people who follow a vegetarian diet are already good, very, very good, James, yes? As in India, especially in the old times, cows are loved and even worshipped as second mothers to children, not slaughtered for meat, like in other countries. And they give milk naturally. So the lacto diet came from there. The cows live in a natural environment. Its okay to take that kind of milk or the cheese from there if the cows just give lovingly and willingly, naturally. And sometimes the cows have too much milk; they also have to give out some so that they feel more comfortable. The cows live there in a natural environment. Well, Im not sure right now, at the moment, but when I was there, James, in India, I saw cows walking all over on the street, in the building compounds, and people let them be. And if the cows on the street are lying there, they just have to wait, or talk to the cow, tell the cow to move, before their cars continue. When I was there, its not long ago, maybe almost 30 years ago now. Something like that. Its still like that. And they were not overwhelmingly raised in great numbers like the way factory farming nowadays, with squeezy crates and cruelty treatment, forced fed multiple drugs, harsh machinely milked until they could not stand up anymore, then massacred mercilessly. This is not the way we should take dairy products. Thats what it is. The Indian people, they did not know this. This kind of treatment they never had experienced before. So, of course, in India they follow lacto diet, and its normal. So we can understand why the people still follow a lacto-veggie diet in some part of the world, or in India. Not everyone knows about the horror of factory farming animals. So some vegetarians even eat eggs! Thats bad. Egg is not a vegetable, is it? No. Egg industry, James, is another form of cruelty beyond our imaginations. I just tell you, very short, because I cant bear it if I talk too long. If the chicks are males, for example, James, they will be thrown into a grinding machine alive! to be made into food for
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dogs or something. I saw a little chick in a show of the Cruelty to Animal shows, he was wandering on the edge of the conveyor that would lead him to the grinding machine. He was wandering so innocently on the edge, looking for mama. My God! I broke down. I just broke down. I cannot go into more details because I cannot bear it. I will just be broken down again. Please, if anyone listens, just log onto www.SupremeMasterTV.com for all the facts and info you wish to verify, or contact any vegan groups near you. Contact PETA for example, international PETA. There are things even that you also need to know before you buy the next animal products or food, because they are not only cruelty manifested, they are also poisonous. If you know what is in there, you wouldnt put it in your mouth, or into your childrens mouth. Now, to convince the religious community, we can send fact-checked info to all religious leaders. We are doing that, James, as well, me and my colleagues, my Association members. We must have an association because the government demanded it, not because we want to have any association or official anything. But we have an association, and my Association members and I, we are sending these fact-checked info to all kinds of people, to world leaders, religious leaders, community leaders, to farmers, to slaughterhouse owners, et cetera, et cetera. We are still doing it. We cannot do everything in one day, two days; we continue. I wish I have done all yesterday, but we have so much to do, James, so much to do. The more we do, the more work. But, you see, you are doing your part luckily, and Im grateful. You give talks on radio. Also, other people can do the same or they can go grassroots, go on air, go on television, like we do on Supreme Master Television. But I dont feel like we are doing enough. Of course, because we are just a small group compared to the world population. And every vegan should also help. Please help. Help all of us. Help each other. Help us. Help the world. Help yourself. We need all the help we can to create a strong wake up call and maintain the trend. Q. You mentioned that it was due to the meritorious good karma that makes it possible for souls to be privileged to incarnate here, and live on this beautiful Earth. It sounds like we have some important lessons to learn in order to evolve. Could You explain about karma and the dangers that the world faces, if theres too much bad karma, bad actions, in the world? Thank you for asking, for the sake of your listeners. Karma is the law of cause and effect, or as you sow so shall you reap, that we mentioned early on meaning every action provokes a reaction, and some even cause chain reaction or domino effect. It is very logical and very scientific. We dont have to follow a religion or any meditation group, any guru, in order to even see this. So we cannot go on creating bad karma and then waiting for good result and not worry about its effect. It will come sooner or later. Up to now, humans have created and still are creating tremendous bad energy, bad karma, that means bad energy that twists around us like a chain, and it gets tighter at every passing moment so that maybe, at some point, we cant even escape. We can see evidence everywhere now, that we suffer so much violence, wars, catastrophic disasters, everywhere. Almost every day we look on television, there is a disaster somewhere, in some country, one way or another, or war or conflicts. We need intervention now, more than ever, from a force that is much stronger than this binding chain, to break it loose. That power is the universal love within ourselves. We must reawaken it by actions that are in tune with this love. By loving all
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beings, respecting all creations of God, we will forsake vengeance and war, we will stop torturing and killing humans and animals. Only then, James, can we overcome the opposite dark force, which we invited in, in the first place, and we even strengthen it by our unloving actions. Like attracts like, you know, very logical, very simple. If we want peace, we have to act in a way of peace. If we want mercy from heaven, we have to act in a merciful way. Q. Yes. I started doing more programs on vegan diet and peace issues because spirituality is so linked to We need to have a planet to live on if souls are going to evolve or become more enlightened. We need to have a breathable atmosphere and a healthy planet to be on. So spirituality just compels you to care or to be compassionate, be a Bodhisattva of compassion, towards all life. [M: Thats right. Continue your job. Thank you.] I believe most of everyone who has become familiar with the facts about climate change would be in agreement with the information presented in Your new book, From Crisis to Peace, which I have a copy of, and there is also a strong spiritual component in From Crisis to Peace. Your teachings are based on compassion towards all life, and the principles of ahimsa, or non-violence, in thought, word, and deed. Communicating with followers of various world religions is, of course, what I do, but there are so many ways people can get involved in changing the world, or being the change, to quote Gandhi. What can each of us, what can all of the listeners or viewers of this program, do to start a vegan trend, as You suggested in Your new book? How can we all pitch in, in different ways, all of us? We should all do. Everyone can print out info about vegan benefits and the harms of the animal diet, then pass it out, wherever, whenever, we can, of how, what, why, when, where to find veg food and how to make veg food. And Im glad youre doing it, and many are doing it, we are doing it, and pray more will do the same, by whatever means they have, through internet. Nowadays, its more easy even. See, we have internet, we have all kinds of information tools, to use and to pass it out for people. We can write letters, or have group talks, school talks, school conference, open vegetarian/vegan restaurant, caf, snack bar, vegan supply store/company, plant organic vegetables, sell organic vegetables, ask the government to subsidize those endeavors, et cetera. Every help counts. Its time. Its time that we all must work fast to save lives in our world; and even save ourselves. Yes. You mentioned in the book about extraterrestrials, there are other vegan civilizations in the universe, and thats a subject Ive been always quite interested in, SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence Institute). Do You think that that were about to be contacted, or, You know, have I dont know some help from above, and by that, in addition to God, you can say help from above, You know, from other intelligent life in the universe? [M: Did you see them coming?] Not me, but Ive interviewed scientists who are part of the SETI program. [M: What did they say?] They listen for extraterrestrial radio signals, clues, that there are others out there. And the search for alien life is really picking up, because theyre starting to find planets out there, Earthlike, the size of the planets are like the Earth, in warm parts of solar systems and other stars. So theyre starting to look for life. And that thats really becoming a serious search right now. So some someday soon, they will find evidence of life, probably. [M: Probably. Probably, yes.] Probably so. Its picking up pretty The pace is picking up. What is your question? Thats what they are doing, but you think theyre going to help us? No. I do not fully agree to this concept and expectation that the aliens are going to play a role in saving our planet and they are going to do it. No. I dont expect that. If they
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do, well, that would be a miracle, and itd be lucky for us. But you see, you can see evidence of catastrophic disasters and wars and violence everywhere, but did you see any aliens who came? Any extraterrestrials who came and appeared to help us? [Q: Theyre not going to pick up after us. Thats our job as human beings.] Yes, youre right. Youre right. They cant interfere with our karma also, you see? We cant just continue walking into darkness and ignore the wise counsel of the elders or past and present Masters, and just keep continue doing what we do, walking in darkness, dont turn around the way they told us, and expect that light is there when we keep walking in the direction of darkness. We ourselves must do our part. Youre right. They dont pick up after us. We are not babies. We are an intelligent race of beings. We are supposed to be even the crown of the creation. Proud. So proud of us. Then, you see, even if we start to do things in the goodness direction, then goodness will come. Like attracts like. This is always the talk of the town but nobody really understands. Like attracts like. Everybody says that on the tip of their tongues and they dont do the like thing. We have to do the things like heavenly beings; then we will have heaven. We have to be merciful; then we have mercy. We have to act like peaceful people; then we have peace. Not only by praying on our knees or waiting for others to clean up our mess. Just like we should stop drinking alcohol if we want to stay sober and healthy, then we will be able, either to help ourselves or find extra help from experts. Unlike many of our planets inhabitants, the aliens do not believe in flexing muscle to solve conflict and karmic problem. They rarely do, rarely. They know that it would not help much in the long run, James. Rather, people have to change their pattern of habit to live according to the universal law of love. This is so simple. So the aliens, as I think, guess, or intuitively know or talk to, they just let the spiritual Masters do their job, like reasoning to humans by philosophy, by example, coaxing them to change their way of life. Actually, it wasnt a change, its just going back to the original goodness that we are. But what a monumental job that is for any Master at all since the beginning of time; you know very well because you study many religions. All teachers have a hard time; try to convince humans, most often at the cost of their lives. Look at Jesus, what did He do? What did He do to deserve being nailed on the cross? Look at Buddha, what did He do to deserve insults and attempts on His life, and slandering His reputation, et cetera, et cetera. All they did was just teach humans to be good, to be kind to each other, and elevated them to a higher spiritual standard. Thats all they did. They harmed no one. They took nothing for themselves. Not just Jesus, Buddha all the Masters do the same, the Sikh gurus And what did they do? What do they have, for return? Nothing, except trouble, dangers, and losing their lives, their family members, et cetera, et cetera. So do you think anybody would like to come and help us? [Q: Were a tough crowd. Human beings are a very tough crowd to work.] Very tough, James. Sometimes Im driving on the street and look around me and I say, Oh my God! Or go into supermarket and see all the bloody meat there and, Oh My God! Where am I? What can I do in this kind of world? And so many things that you saw on television that it doesnt seem befitting the children of Gods behavior and actions at all. Sorry, I dont want to criticize. Forgive me. Continue your questions. Q. M. The extraterrestrials, where do You think theyre coming from and what is their role? They are not all aliens, the extraterrestrial that we call them. Some of them came from under our planet. Because in the planet there is empty space, inside our planet, empty space, and the people live down there, its about 4,800,000-something, the population down there, and theyre more technically advanced than us. So they came also from other planets and inside the empty space of our Earth. Theyre good neighbors. But
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if some other things better are on the market. We should have had free electricity long ago. We should have had free medical care long ago. We should have cured many diseases long ago. But we, many, dont want to do that, because profit. We should never have hunger in the world, but we still do, because profit. We should not have any more war on the planet, we should not even develop any more war weapons, but we still do, because profit. That is the problem with us. We could be more advanced than we are right now. Q. Im very concerned these days about the possibility of war between India and Pakistan, and at the moment see this as one of the most troubling developments in recent decades. There are other hot spots in the world of course, but these two countries are armed with nuclear weapons mounted on hundreds of missiles pointed at each other, on standby alert, ready for launch in minutes. There is the same danger of false alarms, radar errors or mistakes as there were between the US and USSR for many decades, You know, a flock of seagulls being misinterpreted on radar as an incoming attack when its not. Even a small number of cities being attacked would impact the environment around the world. We would all be affected. It would cause a global food shortage, a famine, and be a major setback for the vegan diet in the world. All the smoke in the atmosphere would make global cooling the issue instead of warming. A year without a growing season would mean crops failing. People would be trying to feed themselves any way they could and nations would no longer wish to export rice or other foods, if they could no longer feed their own populations. As I see it, the vegan moment and a positive vision for the future of humanity are linked to peace in the world, preventing major wars. Were all going to be affected by any major war like that. What can we do to work for peace in the world? Yes, James. Im asking the same question. I dont understand this. I dont understand war at all. I also dont understand how people can make war with each other. How can they not stop all this senseless killing? Because the person you kill looks exactly like you. Maybe a little bit different in color of the skin, but hes you, hes human. So how can they not see the light and keep creating darkness, these war-makers? There are many causes of war, but I think it all boils down to ignorance, you know, James. People are being given false promise, or brain-washing or false interpretation of doctrine, and the blind lead the blind, and both will fall into the pit. The people who make war for any reason are really pitiful people, because they have been misled, I think. I am sure they have been misled, misinformed, miseducated since they were young, already. But, despite all that, if everyone, or the vast majority, now turn at least back to benevolent lifestyle, then the war-like atmosphere, war energies, will die down, and peace will be emerging like a miracle. Because the killing, injuring energy will disperse with time. If we choose to go in the opposite direction, then we will arrive at a different destination, thats for sure. If we want to go south, we have to go south. We cannot keep going north and expect to see the southern city. Of course, if we keep going forever, maybe. All the meditators should intensively meditate for peace and a vegan world. It will help to some degree, more or less, depends on ones level. I, myself also, right now am meditating day and night, trying to inject some more spiritual blood into the deficit energy bank of the world. But I am not always free even to do that all the time. I do as much as I can. I minimize every other activity, unto the minimum, so that I can meditate as many hours as I can. I should meditate like, at least, 13 hours a day but sometimes I couldnt make it, maybe 10 hours, maybe 11, maybe less. Because Im not always free, with all the demands of the world. I can do maybe 60% of the intended retreat every day, and Im not very pleased with it. Im worried about the world, to tell you the truth. But everybody who knows meditation should intensify their effort, with the goal to
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create peace on this planet and a vegan diet, a vegan planet. Vegan planet is a peaceful planet. One thing leads to another. Hopefully, we will make it, James, everybody must help. Q. A diet of kindness leads to kindness in the world. Your book ends on a very positive, hopeful note about the future of humanity entering into a Golden Age, or what some have called Sat Yuga or Eden on Earth, the Golden Era. Will we see the beginnings of a Golden Age during our lifetimes? Were all waiting. Will we see this happening, or clues or the beginnings? Yes, we see some, and we hope to see more, James. We see some in some corners, but the other corner is still boiling. Its just like a house is burning and you have been able to douse it out in some corners, and in some other corner, is still burning or still smoldering. But we hope to have more, James, if we deserve it. But it all depends also humanitys direction, now and in the future. As more and more people join the vegan trend, the more and more hope we will have, as we have discussed before. Right now, we hope humans wake up fast, and fast, and realize the house is burning and know that organic vegan is the sure and quickest way to cool down the fire and save the world. If we look into all the religions of the world, all the old prophets, Masters, they all say to us the same, Like attracts like, Sow the seed of love and compassion, and then you will have it yourself. So we hope our planet and people will survive, first of all, by turning back to their own compassionate nature: Be vegan. That means love for all beings. Then Golden Age, not invited, still comes, if we continue with our benevolent, vegan, compassionate lifestyle. Even if we dont invite the Golden Age, it will crawl into our house. So I hope I have answered your question to your satisfaction and I hope Ill be of some help to your listeners. And thank you for all this. Certainly its my pleasure to be speaking to You today and to be reading Your new book, From Crisis to Peace. [M: Im glad you like it.] And spreading the word about this, and yes, we can all step in there, personally, individually, we can all have individual Golden Age. [M: Thats right.] We dont have to wait for the rest of the world: We can jump in right now. Thats right. Thats right. To me I have my Golden Age all the time. To most of my Association members, they also think they are in the Golden Age because they meditate a lot and they feel calm and peace, and whatever they wish come true. So they think theyre in control of their life and everything goes well for them and peaceful. So we can have our own pocket Golden Age. Thats right, James. Its a lot of things that we could discuss, but we all have our other things and time. So maybe next time. Its been great speaking with You today, and its great having this opportunity. Great to see you again, James. [Q: Absolutely.] You look younger than last time I saw you. [Q: Well, I hope I am going in the right direction.] You are. You are. But youre very busy, very busy. [Q: Oh, yes!] Doing researching and writing for radio and hosting the radio. [Q: Yes, Im trying to keep up with everything and] You are faring well? [Q: I do believe in what I am doing, and thats what keeps me] Yes, I know. Thats why. That keeps you going. Yes, you have to believe in what you do, otherwise theres no sense of doing it. Like a job, its not. [Q: Right. So I fast or I dont spend much money and just] Understand, understand. Dont go out and no vacation, nothing. [Q: You know me well.] Yes, almost like what Im doing. Its just that I am also a frugal person. I only spend whats absolutely necessary. For myself, you know, just one or two meals a day, simple vegan. Its not much that I spent on myself. Everything is for the world, for others.
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[Q: Yes, I always have felt led to do radio and to read, You know, Kabirs poetry, and all of these beautiful saints of the East. And so] Yes, but you must meditate also, okay? [Q: I do.] Must meditate. [Q: Yes. I do.] So that you can balance out the karma that you take in while youre doing this, because you dont do this Nothing is for free in this world. If you want to do something good for the world, the price we have to pay, spiritually I mean, spiritually. So do take care that you meditate enough. Four hours if you want to stay above the water. [Q: Yes, good to know.] One hour on the Sound at least, and three hours on the Light. Or half and half. If you can do two and two, its good. Im only telling you as a friend, not as a guru. You know all this already, but because you do more for the world, you have to meditate more, James. [Q: Just to keep this magical, keep the divine grace coming?] Yes, otherwise youll be in deficit. [Q: Yes, yes, I see what Youre saying.] Remember that. Saving others is good, but you have to also be able to swim back. All right? [Q: Thats the thing.] Yes, four hours, meditation. Okay, love? Well, if you dont believe me, you go ask your guru, and theyll tell you the same. Did they tell you? Four hours. [Q: Well, two. Four hours is a good goal to have.] You must try. [Q: Yes, four hours.] Not two and a half hours. Two and a half hours is for ordinary people who is doing nothing for the world, just taking care of their own self or families and job. But for the person who wants to do things for the world at least four hours. [Q: Thats a good principle to follow.] Not principle. Its a must. You have to do it because otherwise youll be depleted. [Q: Yes, I see what Youre saying.] Because if you want to spread this to the world, that means you will be saving some souls, and the bad karma will be more on you than normally, do you understand? [Q: Yes, yes.] I guess youre not so often in contact with your master so I am just trying to remind you. [Q: Right, yes, thats a very good thing, to increase the amount of meditation.] So that you stay well and balanced and healthy and even headed. Because if you keep giving without earning enough, then youll be in trouble. Just like money, James. If we spend more than we earn, then well be in trouble. Meditate more, okay? Its not good enough that we do good and then we will be good, no. Maybe in heaven later, but in this lifetime we must balance the spiritual energy and the world energy that surrounds you. The more you want to help the world, the more you have to meditate. That is the problem. But the more we want to help the world, the more were busy already. [Q: Thats true. Thats true.] Thats paradoxical but what to do? Okay, James, your master doesnt tell you that if you, for example like, his contact person, or his representative, they have to meditate more? Or the person who helps the master in the ashram to do correspondence and all that they have to meditate four hours at least. Didnt your master remind you? [Q: No, I havent heard that before. Of course, the teacher that initiated me years ago passed on.] Passed on. But you have other masters. Now if your master has passed on, then you have to contact with the successor of your master, to be more refreshed and reconnected. Your master will take care of you anyway even if he passed away, thats for sure, but physically, intellectually, we need sometimes to be refreshed, be in contact, supported spiritually, mentally, psychologically, okay? [Q: Right. Thats why I am always very friendly, sociable.] Friendly, with whom? [Q: With You.] With me. [Q: Im very friendly. Very open.] Youre a friend. Thats good. Its good, its good. [Q: From Light and Sound teachings.] Yes, must meditate on it, because thats our essence, thats our God Quality. God Quality is manifested in this world as inner Light and Sound, the lightless Light, the soundless Sound. And this will help us to be able to overcome all troubles in this world and to stay balanced and spiritually uplifted. At the same time that we want to help the world, we must also continue to help ourselves. You can visit the successor of your master, or talk to your master, also fine, but meditate more. [Q: Good advice for me, yes, four hours. Really, I will remember.] Try to make it. Yes, really true, one hour on the Sound at least, and then the other, Light, you try to make it another three hours. Otherwise, if you dont
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have to do radio, you dont have to try to help the world, then you dont need to meditate so much; two and a half hours, as your master said, is enough. Normally, yes. [Q: Thats the standard, but yes, I agree that, yes, we do need to build up that spiritual charge and live in that level of grace in order to change the world for the better, help people, help others.] But you have to be strong, you see? Have to be strong. Thats why the more you give, the more you must strengthen yourself. [Q: Right, right. Good advice.] No, no. Its not an advice, it is a must, James. Your master didnt know you were going to do radio and help the world so he didnt tell you, of course. [Q: Right, thats true.] But if you ask the successor of your master, he will tell you the same, the same as I told you. We need more energy to give. Thats what it is, James. If you push just a car of 20 kilograms and you dont have to use so much energy, but if you push like 50 kilograms, then you have to use extra energy. Same. If you want to help the world, you have to stay connected, more strong, taking more from the bank because you want to spend more. Like money, you want to spend more, then you have to take more from the bank in order to have it. [Q: Have enough spiritual charge, blessings.] Yes, right, right. Your bank account must be more in abundance in order to give, otherwise you might be in trouble. Nothing big deal, maybe sick or ill, or in financial difficulty or cannot talk or whatever. Be strong, right. Thank you for inviting me today. [Q: Absolutely. Thank You for Your assistance and for speaking to me today. Its great to share these goals of Vegan Law and working for good.] Yes, we are friends. [Q: Im working for the good.] We are friends, we do the same stuff. Thats what friends are, look in the same direction. [Q: Exactly.] And I wish you all the luck. And I pray for you. [Q: I very much appreciate it.] Pray your master to bless you more so that you can continue your noble work. Im sure hes blessing you, but you have to take the blessing. Sit four hours so that he can bless you more. Understand, love? [Q: I do.] Sit so that you can receive more, and then you can be stronger in here. [Q: Right. I believe something like that once, too. I have so much to do today that I have to meditate more. Gandhi said something, to link meditation with doing things in the world.] Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. The more we meditate, the more wisdom and strength we have, then the more efficient we are in whatever job we do. Especially like your job. [Q: Its all divine grace.] Yes, okay, James. [Q: I live with divine grace.] Yes, that you are right, youre right. Okay, James, see you then. [Q: Namaste.] Namaste. Be blessed. Be loved. Pray to your master to help you every day. Dont forget him. [Q: No, no. Thank You.] Thank you. Bye.
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MC. You look so beautiful and lovely, dear Master! First of all, we are more than grateful from our deepest hearts to Master for joining this beautiful celebration day. Much beloved Master, we are celebrating Supreme Master Ching Hais outstanding and extraordinary art creation, The Love of Centuries, Mongolian version, book premiere on Earth Day and we happily welcome You, our enlightened Master, to this event of a lifetime memory and the greatest honor for us Mongolians. Master, happy book premiere, The Love of Centuries! [M: Thank you! Thank you!] Dear Master, we are holding our celebration at this wonderful Loving Hut vegan restaurant, which serves Earth-saving vegan meals. We have over 100 guests, including VIPs, representatives of over 50 NGOs and media, to join our joyful celebration. [M: Impressive! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!] And with Masters blessing, we are now able to
Videoconference with the Mongolian people at the premiere of the Mongolian edition of poetry book The Love of Centuries by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, April 22nd, 2011 (Originally in English and Mongolian).
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have The Love of Centuries in Mongolian language. [M: You are very efficient. God bless you! Thank you.] Thank You, Master. M. MC. M. MC. Thank you for inviting me. Thank you so much, and thanks all the media, the government officials, parliament members, and wonderful guests. Master, Youre so beautiful, I must say. [M: Thank you.] You look so lovely. [M: You too. I can see you, all of you.] Thank You. Im glad that I have the honor to see all these beautiful people and important personages that visit your noble restaurant. Dear Master, we have some questions from our noble guests. [M: Yes, please, go ahead.] We have the first question from Mr. Bayarsaikhan Garidkhuu, a member of the Mongolian Parliament and Environment, Food and Agricultural Standing Committee. We welcome Mr. Bayarsaikhan to ask his question. Good evening. Happy to see You. [M: I am happy, too.] We have recently drafted and submitted a law on the prohibition of exploration and utilization of natural resources in the protected areas of water bodies as well as areas with forest. I think this would be a good way to prevent anyone from destroying the environment, and we save our nature. In addition, members are working well on expanding the network of protected areas. Humans are beings of nature. We think we must protect our homeland. I believe the life of Mongolian nationals will become prosperous. We would like to hear Your thoughts in this respect. Thank You! Thank you, Mr. Bayarsaikhan. Yes, it will definitely help to protect the environment and consequently save the planet if every country does this. If every country does what your country does, what you have proposed, then a lot of environmental impacts will be beneficial to our planet and to the people, to humans, of course. You are right that humans are part of nature, and to protect nature is to protect ourselves. And its excellent news to hear. It makes me feel so pleased to hear the excellent news that you have just told us about Mongolian Parliaments diligent and noble efforts to conserve the natural environment. Im sure the Mongolian people are happy about it and the world at large appreciates it. I appreciate it personally, because Mongolia still has beautiful, even though fragile, steppes and meadows, forests and natural deserts. We have to conserve all that. Outside the city, the air is still pure in the Land of the Blue Sky, Mongolia. The wilderness areas should always be protected, because they keep the air pure, keep the air healthy, keep water pure and keep the land protected. But even as we designate land to be protected, it is also important for us to check how we are treating the land that we are living on. So now experts say that human activities often play a larger part in making desertification worse in your country, in Mongolia, such as livestock overgrazing, using water inefficiently and inconsiderately, overcutting the trees which are precious for your land, and mining, et cetera. The Mongolian National Agency for Meteorology, Hydrology and Environment Monitoring have identified livestock overgrazing as the most prevalent cause of land degradation which worsens desertification in your country. And 70% of Mongolias land has already been affected by desertification. The United Nations Environment Program reported that in the past two decades, the barren land without grass tripled to almost 10% of Mongolias total land area. Surface water decreased by 19% and forests shrank by at least 26%.
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So overgrazing is also causing decline in wildlife species and soil erosion, which is very difficult to restore. The expansion of herds has also caused ground water levels to drop across the Gobi Desert. Meanwhile, more than half of the Mongolian people dont have access to clean water. This is partly due to climate change, which is also impacting Mongolia with extreme weather disasters such as droughts, floods and heavy snowfall heavy snowfall you have experienced, yes? The number one cause of climate change is livestock breeding; we all know that by now. In particular, the worlds ruminant animals, such as cows and sheep, every year produce millions of tons of methane, which as you may know, is a gas that is at least 72 times more potent than carbon dioxide over a 20year period. But with a sharp halt and reduction in the number of livestock animals, this heat-trapping methane will also dissipate from the atmosphere in just about 12 years or less. They are responsible for more of the warming than we think. So in our urgent situation of climate change, I think it would be more effective also, apart from the proposal that you made, we should stop the damage-inflicting activities such as livestock breeding, in addition to having the protected areas as you have mentioned. Thank you, sir, for raising this important matter, and I hope youre successful in protecting Mongolia. MC. Q. Our second question, from Mrs. Bilguun Khuukhenbaatar, Expert of the Law Department of Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of Mongolia. It is a great honor that I can hear Your beautiful voice. The very essence of this new poetry book is about eternal love and to love all sentient beings and all things. I realize that love can save our planet. But people forget their natural essence, which is love. For example, from Your poems, Words of a Piglet and Words of a Hen, I realize that we should have loving quality. Why do people forget to love animals and eat them instead? How should we start to love animals? How can we improve our loving quality? Thank You, Master. Thank you, Ms. Bilguun. Its nice to hear your voice as well. Nice that you are concerned about our co-inhabitants and the love that we so desperately need to expand. I also ask the same question as yours, about how people can forget to love animals and even fellow human beings as well. We even kill our own species, not just animals, in war, in conflicts. It is because we forgot our true nature. Our nature is love and compassion, as the Buddha has taught us. We have been misled life after life by our own ignorance, and the darkness of this realm has imposed pressure upon us that we forget even more. So never have I blamed humans for forgetting to love themselves, the animals, or forgetting what they really are that is, love. Humans are love incarnate. But it is time to remember again, or else we face extinction by our own hands. One way to start to love animals is to understand what they experience. Go watch a slaughterhouse, go watch a killing of a goat, a horse or a sheep, or chicken, a pig, or watch it on television or a video, to know the true horror, fear, anguish that is behind the nicely packaged piece of flesh. If a person knows the truth about the hellish terror that these animals feel, it would be hard to swallow that piece of their flesh. You ask how can we improve our loving quality? I call it LQ. Humans, we have many Qs: IQ, LQ, GQ also. Animals and humans both have this Loving Quality, and fortunately, humans more privileged because we can improve our Loving Quality in exercising the love, like a muscle. So without changing our normal schedule at all, we can just flex and develop our love muscles at breakfast, lunch, and dinner; no need exercise. Be veg to show love, as well, to your family, your pets, your friends, and your enemies, and extend this love to all the worlds co-inhabitants at large, the trees, the plants, the flowers, the stones, the pebbles. Just being vegan alone, automatically after
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a few days or a few weeks, youll feel something change in you. Your own loving nature will flow effortlessly like a spring of love. You will be more able to receive the love and blessing from the sun, the moon, the stars, from all of nature and our co-inhabitants. And the animals will suddenly, truly, look like friends and neighbors so beautiful, friendly, intelligent and loving. Then its very easy for you to love them, and extremely difficult to ever dream of harming them again, even indirectly, or consuming their suffering flesh. Thank you for your question, Ms. Bilguun. I hope youre satisfied with my answer. MC. Our next guest, Mrs. Oyunsuvd Purevdorj, Advisor of Democratic Party at the State Great Khurai Parliament. She has three questions for You, Master. We welcome Mrs. Oyunsuvd to ask her questions. Hallo, respected Supreme Master Ching Hai. [M: Youre beautiful.] On behalf of Mongolias population of 2.7 millions, I feel very privileged and blessed that I am one of the persons who can contact You right now. [M: Bless you. I am also privileged.] I think humans are from God, and nature and humans are interrelated. Today in the world there are many negatives; many people are suffering. Mongolia, Japan, Germany How can humankind be united to love our Mother Earth? How can we be in harmony? And a mother doesnt discriminate between her children; for me You are like a mother without any discrimination between this and that country, nor do You distinguish between people in any corner of the world, or Mongolians, et cetera, and You are devoting Yourself to humankind. Therefore, what should Mongolians do for the people of Mongolia that consists of six letters (M-O-N-G-O-L) today to live with no suffering, to be happy and good? Madam, thanks for coming. And you are right. I know well that we must join together before its too late, and that includes the governments and citizens alike. You ask me what we should do first and foremost a timely vegan diet because that will bring the benevolent atmosphere to protect our planet. Without being veg first, no other solution is guaranteed to work, really. But by being vegan alone, we are assured of preserving the planet and, of course, human lives thereon. Because raising animals for meat is, as we know already through all the reports and scientific evidence, that its the number one cause of global warming and a major cause of desertification and deforestation. So the number one thing to counter this number one cause is to do the opposite, to be vegan. Thank you. Just like the Buddha taught us: Compassion. Thank You, Master. Her next question is: We are witnessing the destruction on the environment and a massive number of people suffering from diseases in every corner of the world. [M: Thats right.] My heart, as well as others, are in pain. What would You like to say foremost to humanity right now, at this moment? Yes, similar things again and again, that we have to be merciful and compassionate in order to beget the same quality. We have to be loving and kind to our own coinhabitants so that we can attract loving and kind mercy from heaven. The Buddha has taught always compassion; Jesus taught the same thing. All the Masters in the past taught the same thing that we have to return to our kindness and love, which is our own nature. Stop killing, stop oppressing of all kinds. We can save ourselves and our loved ones. Stop killing, be loving, be compassionate, be kind. Thank you. Thank You, Master. The last question: I know well that You do not discriminate, like your country or my country. Just like a mother loves all her children. What does Your
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country look like in Your eyes? What should we do so that the Mongol people, with six letters in its extinction, can live without any pain and disease? M. Your country is my country. [MC: Thank You, Master. We love You.] And I think, for what I have seen, your country is so beautiful, so beautiful. And your people are so kind, so kind. [MC: Thank You for Your love and blessing, Master.] I really love Mongolia and her people very, very much. [MC: We love You so much, too.] The Mongolian culture has deep roots in warm tradition, with close family bonds and hospitality to strangers: Shamanism which imbued a reverence for the sun and nature; and Buddhism, which is embraced by many Mongolians as it was for centuries. The nearly 2.7 million Mongolian people, like all of the worlds people, deserve to be prosperous and free from suffering. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, 82% of Mongolias total land area is permanent pasture for livestock grazing. But the overgrazing of livestock is the single largest threat to biodiversity, and causes erosion and extreme desertification and, therefore, also causing suffering for the people of Mongolia. In the winter of 2009-2010, Mongolia suffered her worst zud in 30 years. A zud is a harsh, snowy winter event after a dry summer. Almost 10 million, or one-fifth, of the nations poor livestock animals froze and starved to death even. Farmers and herdmens families, who are almost a third of the population, suffered tremendously as well. Such extreme winter weather had already struck three years in a row starting in 2000 for Mongolia. I cannot express enough sorrow and sympathy for people who are involved in these cruel fates of disaster. These people, they are just simple folks, and they think theyre doing their jobs, and theyre trying their best to do it, but they suffer so much, so much; and also the innocent animals suffer so much. We cannot imagine how much they suffer. Words cannot express it all. Scientists would say that such a pattern of extreme weather indicates climate change effect, but we now know that climate change is affected by things like overgrazing by livestock, whose impact is very severe and can quickly turn a lovely grassland area into a barren piece of soil or desert. The number of livestock on Mongolias land increased since 1990s to 43 millions today, and the number of livestock in Mongolia outnumbers people by 16 to 1. Can you believe this? As a consequence, problems also have worsened, such as decreased rural water supplies, deforestation, and land degradation, due to overgrazing. As you now know, water scarcity is a serious concern in Mongolia, worsened by global warming. Livestock raising only makes this worse, as it consumes huge amounts of water. And, alternative options, such as diverting water to the Gobi Desert from the already scarce Kherien River basin, appear to be inefficient and might cause even more shortages of water soon. The United Nations Environment Program just reported in March that more than half of the Mongolian people dont have access to clean water. With increasing water shortage, land deterioration and desertification, worsened by global warming, soon it wont be possible to sustain the livestock way of life anymore, even if we want it. And we havent discussed the threat of infectious diseases such as foot-and-mouth disease, brucellosis, rabies, and anthrax that have impacted the livestock industry in recent years. The foot-and-mouth disease outbreak was the most harmful livestock disease in 2010, which cost the government six billion togrog and led to the massacre of almost 26,000 innocent animals. So this way of life of animal raising is risky, even fragile, damaging and violent to animals and humans, and costs a lot of expense to the taxpayers. And, spiritually speaking, whether we are Buddhist or Muslim or Christian in Mongolia, we must refrain from killing to avoid the extremely heavy killing karma, which could lead us to a terrible place where we would never want to be after we die, or before that even. So perhaps it is time to change, to make Mongolia a newer, healthier, exciting, greener, developed, and prosperous country. More prosperous. The Mongolian government has
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done a lot, a lot, already for the country, but they could do more, a little bit more. Like, they could support crop-farming alternatives, like vegan organic farming or other means of livelihood for livestock farmers. Heart disease and cancer cause about half of all deaths in Mongolia, and meat eating is a major risk factor for both of these diseases, and more. So the intelligent Mongolian people know more and more about the health benefits of the plant-based food, animal-free diet, and there are delicious vegetarian alternatives to the traditional Mongolian foods like cheese and mutton. On January 10, your country established a moratorium on the death penalty to respect life. I really am very thankful for this courageous and benevolent law. Its an excellent law. I pray this will also be extended to our co-inhabitants, the innocent animals, as well since they have not done anything wrong even; they have never committed any crime. So that would bring tremendous peace and blessing and benevolent energy, for the Mongolian nation, so that they will live free of all pain, disease, and disaster and will live in happiness, peace, prosperity, and it will also help to save the planet. You have said correctly, madam. Humans are from God, from Buddha nature. So the more Godlike, more Buddhalike and kind our actions, the nearer to God and Buddhahood we become, and the more protection from heaven we can receive. Thank you, Ms. Oyunsuvd. God bless you. Good question. MC. Q. We have our next question from Enebish Tsagaach, businessman and mathematic instructor. We welcome Mr. Enebish Tsagaach to ask his question. I am most grateful to meet You again. It is a great honor for me. The very first time I saw You was during a Mongolian conference in 2009. At the previous conference, I was just wondering about the planet-saving solution of a vegan lifestyle. At that time, I decided to be a vegan. Observing the Mongolian situation at that time, there were no vegan restaurants. But right now there are many Loving Huts. The most important thing that I would like to ask You is: At this critical time, peoples consciousness is getting higher, but I think it is not enough. We still need to save our planet. Is there any chance to save our planet before the numbered days end? I mean, the days being deducted every day one by one shown on Supreme Master Television? Thank You very much, Master. Thank you, Mr. Enebish. Im very touched by your concern for our planet, and Im so happy that you became a vegan. Thank you so much. Buddha bless you. God bless you. Now, the countdown on Supreme Master Television has been going on for a while now, through very certain, fixed and unchanging information that I have been able to receive and to share via television. We cant buy more time like we could before. Very little time we can buy, even if we can or not. Not sure that we can even buy more time. Meaning, to save the planet, all of humankind must stop the killing and become vegan before we run out of time. If you watch it, we are now nearing the date of 640, so we are in hot water right now. So that is why I have been working very hard to find other plans for our planet, and I meditate as much as I can, day and night, apart from what I have to do even. As I have revealed a few months ago, I have earned enough spiritual points to save the souls of everyone on this Earth and to come in the future, like 10 billion souls at the time of their passing, in case we should sadly lose our planet. But now, I am trying my best to also save our physical planet, as well as the humans and all on this world. I just hope that I have enough time and we all have enough time and that we pray that humans will help and do their part as well. So simple: Just be vegan to bring the merciful energy onto our world, so we can work together to earn enough spiritual points, so we can change our destiny. Like all other planets, we must evolve as a civilization and learn to live in love and dignity and peace with each other, because if we dont, we will lose the privilege to keep our precious Earth, which we call home. So the chance to
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save the planet or not remains, to a significant extent, in humans hands. I thank you, sir, for doing your part as a healthy, caring, heroic vegan. God bless you. MC. Q. Thank You very much, Master. We have our fifth question from Noljirmaa Byambanorov, Director of Goo Commodities Corporation. All humans live with our co-inhabitants in one world together. Ive just received inspiring and positive information from Supreme Master Ching Hais books and Supreme Master Television, but people still do not understand what animals are for. How can we expand our love for animals? How can we improve our approach, consciousness, to love with animals more? This is what I wanted to ask You, Master. Thank you, Ms. Noljirmaa. Thank you for your question. Yes, as I mentioned earlier and Im sure you know, since you are wonderfully vegan yourself we can expand our love for animals easily by simply not eating them. When you love someone, you want them to live, be well, happy, no? So if we want to love animals, just stop eating them, let them live. Stop raising them in enormous numbers and then killing them en masse. We have to return to our Buddha nature, to Godlike nature; we cannot say that enough, ever, because we are Buddha, we are God, we are loving and kindness. So we have to stop all the things that are opposite to our nature, and have respect for all animals and all beings on this planet alike. Only that kind of love in action can dissolve the walls of ignorance that we have built up through generations and years. Just by being vegan, our love circle instantaneously expands to all animals and others. For example, we have already love for dogs, cats, and birds, et cetera, et cetera, but as a vegan, we can proudly say that we love all species on the planet all the moves, has a face, has feeling and love, just like us humans. The thousands of species of magnificent animals on our world, on our planet, are here, not to be consumed, not to be eaten, but to provide us and our Earth with a stabilizing, unconditional love, blessing and evolutionary help. And as part of this love, they also maintain the delicate balance of all the ecosystems on land and in the seas, and in the atmosphere as well. So even the smallest plant or tiny piece of coral reef affects the lives of all beings on this planet, like the little sardine fish that we should not remove from the sea, because this little fish serves a vital role in maintaining oxygen and avoiding the conditions for dead zones. Every single being on this planet has a noble job to fulfill. So if we kill any of them, we are killing a part of ourselves, slowly or quickly. As for the reason why people dont understand the truth of what animals are for, we have just been taught a certain way by our culture. Thats why. We have been misled, miseducated, that some animals are for meat, and fur and leather, while other animals are to pet and treat as family members. This is a wrong concept; has to be changed. You see, nowadays scientists have discovered that sheep, cows, pigs, and horses, et cetera, are also delightful, sweet, and loving companions with lively individual personalities, and a strong will to live, like humans. They are even raised as family members, which mean they would never be killed. As the Buddhist sutra already has reminded us that all meats eaten by living beings are of their own relatives. As our relatives, our friends, and helpers, animals are here to live out their natural lives in freedom and dignity and peace, just like the way we want. This way, they may send out the most loving and blessing energy to benefit our whole planet. They were never here for humans to kill and be violent toward them, to harm them in any way. They are here for us to love, respect, and be loved. Thank you. MC. Thank You very much, Master. May heaven bless the world and Mongolia and all the humanity. [M: And bless you more.] Our last question is from Baigaimaa Tserensodnom,
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the office manager of Ellehcor Corporation. We welcome Miss Baigaimaa to ask her question. Q. Beautiful Master Ching Hai, welcome to Mongolia. We feel Your love and blessings crossing mountains and rivers to us. Thank You for sparing Your precious time to speak with us. We know that You have been in intensive meditation recently. Do You have any spiritual notes to share with us today? We are so elated and elevated while we listen to Your newest spiritual notes on Supreme Master Television. Thank You very much, Master. Hi! Thank you, beautiful lady. You are vegan, right? [Q: Yes.] Thats wonderful! Buddha bless you, and the animals love you, and I love you. [Q: I also love You.] Thank you for being vegan, and thank you for listening, Miss Baigaimaa. Im glad that my spiritual diary notes have helped you and some other people. I just hope that everyone can live in harmony, peace, and loving kindness with animals and all nature around us. I hope that people will stop mistakenly thinking that animals are food, skin, fur, or mere economic resource or cosmetic substance, but to receive the full blessings that they so freely give. And by doing all this benevolent change into a vegan diet, we will really save the planet and all lives on Earth. Thank you for your question. Most compassionate, beautiful Master, we are blessed and elevated beyond words by Your loving answers. On behalf of the Mongolians, wed like to ask: What would You like to advise and what would You like to share with us about how will we prevent the zud and disaster in the harsh cold winter, and what would make it more peaceful and heavenly, our country? And thats on behalf of Mongolia, generally. Everyone loves their country, and the Mongolians, of course, the same, and mostly all of us want to save this beautiful planet and help our beautiful country to develop more in peace, harmony, prosperity and happiness. I understand this very well. Even if Im not Mongolian, I feel very sorry for the people in times of trouble and disaster. I wish I could do more to help all and each, every being on this planet. But I need help from everyone. Everybody, help a little bit, just a small change to vegan diet. Instead of that piece of meat, we put in another piece of vegetable protein, which is more nutritious, less disease-laden, brings us more health, more happiness, more prosperity, more protection, more blessing; and that will save all the suffering and trouble for Mongolia and the world. Very easy: Just be vegan and do good deeds. Yes, Master. Thank You. We will do our best. Dear Master, we feel this precious and live moment is really a blessed chance for us to convey our most precious yearning this is to extend our most sincere invitation to our beloved and enlightened Master to visit Mongolia, country of a blue sky where heavenly hearts live. Master, we hope You would consider our invitation, according to Your loving grace. We will pray heaven to make our wish come true. Thank You, Master. Thank you for your invitation. Lets see how things are going in the future. Thank you so much and I love Mongolia. I love your people. Very good people, very good people. Very talented, very virtuous. We can feel Your love across the oceans and mountains. Thank You ever so much for all the work Youve done for us, including todays joyful occasion. We love You very, very much, Master.
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Its so wonderful to have You with us, Supreme Master, and such a surprise. Thank You very much for coming. Im sorry if I jump in like this, but we had a little situation here. So please allow me to be a little early. I hope you dont mind. All of you dont mind? We dont mind at all, Master. We love You. And we thank You for taking the time to come and see us. Thank you. Thank all of you for such a wonderful arrangement, and so much loving and so much enthusiasm and so much willingness, and so much romantic atmosphere in the air. I really truly wish I could be there physically. Thank you, MCs. Thanks all the people whore being kind to let me jump the queue like this. We cant do this in the supermarket, okay? [Master and audience laugh.] Just here. Just today I had a little situation here; its not convenient to tell you. And I have to leave earlier, okay? Please forgive me, alright? [MC: Yes, Master.] Thank you very much. Ive never done this before. You know, right? I always very obediently wait until my turn. I was always humbly waiting in the background and wait. Just today, please, let me start a little early and have to go early, okay? If theres a chance, I will explain. But if I explain now, it will take longer and your program will be more delayed. So its okay like that? Everybody okay? [Audience: Yes, it is. Yes.] Thank you so much. You are so kind. Thank you, so kind. Yes, lets give Master a warm applause. We are really happy and honored to see Her. I am honored. Alright, thank you also, all of you. My goodness. So many people and so much love. Maybe because we celebrate love today. Thats why. Do you feel more love today than usual, or just? [Audience: Yes!] Yes, after reading the poetry, you should feel more love to your partners, right? Your families and your pets, and your friends, and your neighbors, especially to God. We never forget God. And our teachers, and our Masters, those who teach us spiritual way of life; anyone who teach us. And also the teachers who have taught us how to read, how to write, and other poets who have inspired us. So that we love poetry and then we also wish to express poetry the way they do. We have to thank them all and love, love them all. And we love all beings on this planet of course, thats why were doing what we do. We would like You to share with us Your inspiration for The Love of Centuries, and a comment on the current state at this time. Alright. Thank you, darling. You look better every time I see you. Why is that? What did you do? Whats the secret? [MC: Well, Im vegan, I meditate, and we have wonderful make-up artist here.] [Master and audience laugh.] Oh, wow, wow, lucky people! I have to do everything myself, including my hair. [MC: But You look always beautiful.] Thank you, darling. I just throw some color on quickly. Its lovely that you have come together to celebrate love, and my book. The Love of Centuries is just a catalyst for you, to remind us that we are love incarnate. And poetry, like a novel, is not always about our own personal feeling. It could be a touch of nostalgia in the air that inspires the moment. It could be a waft of fragrance from the garden that stirs up memories from the long forgotten past. So we can never explain that feeling of first sight or second lingering glance from and to another person, or an animal, a house or a place, or some special scenery that whirls up surges of emotional waves in our heart. Or something in the air that catches our open soul by
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surprise. Well, like I did today to you! And that surprise lures us into a distant mood of some remote past, maybe romance, maybe some emotion, special sentiment, and then a poem springs to life through this journey. Then it will be superb, beautiful, and spontaneous, like the breeze from the ocean, like the sky in autumn. We dont make poetry, in my opinion. We draw it from the air, from the atmosphere. We discover it in our heart, and we cannot help but exclaim it into prose and verses. And the world around us reverberates, transports this marvel into the distance, beyond our paper and pen. So we share the joy, we partake the sadness of the whole human race. Thats how poetry is born. And it belongs to all on Earth as well as in heaven. Surprise again. Poetry is also enjoyed by heavens. Because we are oneness, have always been and will ever be. Heaven and Earth, humans and deities and animals. So my poems are yours, my feelings also are yours, because we share this magnificent Earth home, and we live under the same sky. And whatever affects one would affect others, or all of us. So we strive to bring goodness into our world, while its still even in the infancy of perfection. We nurture and care, we protect and share all the pain and sorrow that still exists on our planet, sadly. But we also have happiness and joy here. Thats how poetry is born. Everywhere people love poetry because its the bridge to all our humans knowledge and emotion, the link between our souls. Only love, even at a personal level, would remind us all that we are from the same essence, that is love. We could share the same feelings, the same hope, the same sorrow, but also the same aspiration. You see, thats why love poetry is similar everywhere. People, they write love songs, they write love poems, all about emotions, all about love, happiness, and sometimes disappointment, but thats the price we pay for love. So hence, it reminds us to sympathize, to love one another, as we love our dearest, and as we love ourselves. Love is vital. And love poetry is vital, because it will bring us closer together as a planetary community, as siblings of the same family. Love, love, love, love, love. Love is really all that we need to have on this planet in order to have peace, to bring heaven onto our Earth. Please, enjoy more love poems, literature, or songs wherever you have a chance, and express more love to close ones, to your pets, your neighbors, your families, to the world at large. We can never have too much love in this physical domain, dont you think so? [Audience: Yes! Yes!] I think so. I also agree with you. So we should enjoy whenever we get it. And we do share whenever we have it. And we do express freely whenever we have the urge to write it down, because for this world, the best thing is love. Just like how much we enjoy our romance or our sentiments when we are in love, or when we have the love of our family members or our pets, the same: Our world needs this kind of love. More love, love, love. Lots of love. I thank you for this precious arrangement with lots love, love, love. All my love! Thank you so much for all your caring, meticulous details in order to bring this beautiful gathering into fruition. Thank you, thank you! All the artists, all the arrangers, all the organizers, all the script writers, all the special speakers, all of the technicians, cameramen, camerawomen, all people that I even forget to mention. Thank you so much. I enjoy your presence, so many people. Thank you. Thank you for your blessing. God bless us all. Yes, I am done, my speech. You know, Im not so lucky like you, even or world leaders that can have people write speeches for them. I have to write the speech myself. So thats all you have. Thank you! MC. It was a wonderful speech. I especially appreciate that You called all of nature, our planetary siblings. We never think of that. Thank You so much for reminding us. [M: You know it all. Thanks.] Master, its such a surprise to have You come in a little bit earlier
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today. And we thank You very much, and we all love You very much. [M: Same here, baby, same.] Can we have our question-and-answer session now with You, Supreme Master? [M: Yes, maam. Please, go ahead.] Question number one is from Janice Belson. Q. Supreme Master, hallo. [M: Hi, beauty.] Throughout tonights beautiful, beautiful launch of Your book of brilliant poetry, I was so moved by the love, all the love You have, and Im very, very curious about Your love for the sun, the moon, the stars, and where does this special affinity that You have for the elements come from? And how can we develop our inspirational love to spread Your words? Thank You and I love You. I love you, too. You know, Im sure you have the same love as I do. When you look up into the sky at night, its just that we dont have an instrument to measure my love is bigger than yours or not, I think its the same. We all have too poor vocabulary to praise them and express our love and gratitude. I mean, even if you say so, I dont feel that I have expressed enough my love and gratitude for the sky that we see every day. If you perceive their loving blessing, you will write maybe a better poem even than mine. Meanwhile, just enjoy their presence in the sky while the day is so glorious. I had to meditate long hours now, at least 13 hours every day, if I can make it. Today after meditation, the sun is still in the sky. In the morning the sun wasnt there, and the afternoon, the sun came out. I said to the sun, You truly make this world glorious. What would we do if Youre not there? I truly appreciate it so much, so much. Im sure you have these moments also. And if you concentrate sincerely, you will discover more miracles, and you can talk to them. You see, love will attract love, thats the law, and thats the secret. I love everything so much. I love the sky. I love the stars. In the night, sometimes its cold. If winter, its so cold and its damp also. It might not be so good for the health, for my health to sit outside, but I try to sit as long as I can with the sleeping bag, wrapped around me and covered up like Eskimo people. Just because I love to see the sky so much. I love to feel the cold air; even cold air is also a blessing for me, I feel. So much blessing in the air and from the stars and from the moon. So you cannot help but to feel love and to feel grateful. Thats the only secret: Because I love them, and I feel their love, thats why. Thank you for your very, very wonderful question, Janice. MC. Thank You so much, Supreme Master, for the inspiring answer! [M: Try.] Since You say we share the same love, then we will now ponder on the sky, the sun, the moon and the stars with a new appreciation. Thank You so much for Your answer. Yes, keep looking! Just keep looking and enjoying, then you will see so much things coming, so much information come your way, so much vision, heavenly vision, love, wisdom. You know what? Let me tell you a secret, a very special secret that nobody has probably ever told you. If a person, good at heart, and does no harm to no one, not necessary that he does good to anyone, but just does no harm, and if he follows a vegan diet even starting from old age, I dont care when and if every day he just looks up to the sun and asks for blessing, asks for upliftment spiritually, he will attain a very high spiritual level, possible the Fifth Level even. [MC: Wow, wow!] Thats very high! [MC: Thank You, thank You! We appreciate.] If a person is not a vegan and still looks in the sun and asks for blessing, asks for upliftment spiritually, then he gets only Third Level. Im sorry to say that. Thats a big difference. Thats two levels difference. Its not just two levels different, its just that the Fifth Level is the ultimate of liberation for humankind who are born on this planet. And the thing is, its not that the sun discriminates between what you eat, the sun doesnt really care. The sun is there
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without judgment, just to bless people, just to make people happy, just to make things grow and to make the planet happy. But if we are vegan, that means we have less burden and our God nature is less covered. And thats why its easier for the sun to lift us up to the Fifth Level. Understand? [MC: Understand.] Good, good. When we are on this planet, the sun is the only one that could do this. For example, if all beings are blessing us, I have mentioned already in other lectures, I dont want to tell you now, but all beings are blessing us, including animals, trees, rocks, mountains, rivers, lakes and seas. But for example, if a person who is vegan, and you sit on the beach every day and look into the sea or bathe into the sea, maybe half an hour every day, and ask for the sea to bless him or to uplift him spiritually, then that person will attain Third Level only. So the sun is great, great, great. [MC: Thank You, Master, for Your secrets and insights always.] The only thing is that the sun can only bless you one person, for that person only. Its not like the Quan Yin practicing that you can have also many of your past or present or future generations being uplifted and blessed by the power of the highest kingdom. [MC: Thank You, Master. Thank You very much.] Why are you laughing? [MC: Were happy.] Im very happy. [MC: Filled with joy!] Im happy because I could meditate long hours now, even though its not as long, long enough as I wanted. If I could meditate much longer, it would be better for the world, of course. But you know, we can only do our best, all of us, including myself. Because I have tons of things that wait for me, tons of people who are nagging around me. Okay, love, next question, if any. MC. Q. The next question is from Brian James Lucas, also known as Chef BeLive. Mr. Lucas is a renowned award-winning raw vegan chef. Hallo, Supreme Master, how are You? [M: Hi, chef.] We talked at the fourth anniversary, and I asked You a question about raw foods. [M: Yes, I remember.] This time, Im going to go a little bit more in depth, because I truly believe myself that we are one human family, and so I wrote down this question, its a little more complex, so I had to write it down, so bear with me. [M: Please, tell me.] The social unrest that started in Tunisia is expanding across the Arab world, and even into Europe, Asia and the United States. As people risk their livelihoods, well-being, and even their lives to fight for human rights, democracy, freedom of the press, better jobs and wages and affordable food, it is so painful for me to watch the responses of some governments, while it is absolutely inspiring to witness the responses of others. Supreme Master, can You help to put these events into perspective? Does it all happen because love is lacking in the leadership of these countries or in the world in general? If so, how can we change this? What can we do as individuals to foster a more loving atmosphere for our planet? How can we introduce, influence, or talk to policy makers to integrate love into their daily work and the policy process, so that they implement noble and Earth-saving strategies for our future planet and for all of us human beings? Thank You so much. Well, you know, honey, its not just the leaders lack of love, its our world and humanity in general. But because the leaders, they have power, you see, and many or some of them got spoiled by this power. And sometimes its very easy to be misled, to go astray from the original ideal that they had before they came into power. I feel very sorry all the time, as I told you many times. Im very sorry for the leaders of the world, or any leader, or any famous person. Many of them dont fare very well. Its very easy even not to be a leader its very easy to go astray, if you dont always introspect ourselves and ask ourselves the question, whether what we have done today is right or not right, and correct it. If everything we know is wrong, we have to shake our head immediately the moment the idea comes. Shake it, shake it out. And throw it out. Just imagine its gone,
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you dont want to listen to that. Otherwise, one wrong idea leads to another wrong idea, and then it will never stop. And thats how leaders go wrong. And the people around them, its a big help to make them go even more wrong, for some maybe selfish reason or for fear of retribution, or for some gain, position, et cetera. Leaders are always in danger. I think the leaders should always write something on the mirror, just warn themselves, always have to be vigilant, because they are in extreme danger. We always criticize the leaders, but nobody understands their position. They are in danger, always in danger of being misled, of being flattered to spoiled-rotten, and then they will lose their original purpose. So if any leaders go wrong, I beg the world to forgive them. Also they have not been taught the right thing and have not been kept in the right path until theyre strong enough to be leader. Thats why in Asia, we say, first you have to cultivate your spiritual and moral standard strongly before you can marry and take care of a family. And then after that, maybe you can take care of the affairs of the state, and then you can make peace in the world. Moral standard, spiritual foundation is very important for anyone who has to be in a position of leader. Otherwise, they are in danger. Theyre in danger to lose their moral standards, moral strength, and then they endanger their lives as well as their family and the close associates with them as well. Its a very, very pitiful situation. But we have a solution. If we want to have good leaders, do not blame if we have bad leaders, we must also have a good standard ourselves. As I always said, Peace begins on our plate, on our table. We have to stop the cause of war. The ignorance of universal law and the lack of love in the human world in general are the causes, the reason that we have conflicts and war. We should stop being a part of war. We know its hard to bear all the so-called injustice, but let God be the judge. Otherwise, if we do the same to our so-called enemies, then we become the others, we become the enemies, we are the same as them, those who have the quality that we hate and seek to destroy. So, at the end, we will go with empty hands anyway. Take the example of Alexander the Great. Before he died, he instructed to let his hands show outside the coffin, so that people know, when they saw it, that he went with empty hands, the way we all come and go. So people who cling to power and make war are not always to be blamed. The people who make war, they are a part of our incorrect social system and moral foundation. They are a part of it, theyre part of us. So if we do not take care of the problems at the root, then we will always have war. People make war because theyre not well-advised in right and wrong. They have been brought-up with wrong concepts of heroism or with mistaken interpretations of religious doctrine even. So its not one person to be blamed, its not one leader or two leaders. Its time for all involved in conflict to reflect as to what contributes to peace and what contributes to their personal development as well. There is nothing logical about, like a vengeful God, or a brutal God who wants to kill Hiers own children and wants Hiers children to kill each other in Hiers name, for example, and make a martyr out of anyone who kills, no matter for what reason. Think about that, all involved in war and conflict. Please, reflect and think about it. We still have heaven after we die. Its not just this world; its temporary. We make sure whatever we do here will carry us to heaven. Otherwise, it will be too late to regret. God is great, merciful and kind, for what I know. Otherwise, if Hes is not merciful, not kind, not compassionate, not loving, then Hes is not the God that we worship, but Hes is the ruler of hell. The one who wants to kill our children, our loved ones, and we dont want a God like that, do we? Thank you. I know its not easy. Its difficult for people to understand the hardships that they have gone through, thats why they make conflict, due to whatever life-created situations. But vengeance is never the answer. Vengeance will create more suffering in the long run. When God declared that Vengeance belongs to me, Hes meant that, do not take matters into your hands. Let the universal law take care of it. Just like in our physical life, in the nation, there is law. Somebody maybe was mistaken or wrongfully killed your relatives. And the police would tell you, Dont take the matter into your hand, because the law will take care of it. The
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which is free of charge on our television anyway. Its called www.SupremeMasterTV.com. We have all kinds of information, fact-checked, proofed. So you can print them out and give it to the people and inform them. You never know how many lives you save and you never know that your effort will save the planet as well. Thank you very much for doing what youre doing and for your question. MC. Thank You, Supreme Master, for that wonderful and inspiring and heartfelt answer, for we know that we should be examples of the things that we are talking about that will alleviate global warming. The next question is from Ms. Stephanie Redcross, vegan and managing director of Vegan Mainstream. Hi, Supreme Master. [M: Hi, beauty.] Thank You. [M: Where you from?] Im from San Diego. So right down the street. [M: Ah, okay, my neighbor.] Absolutely. My question today is about the theme of Your book launch is Glorifying Love through Art, Poetry, Dance and Life. Can You expound more on that? As well as, why is love so essential to human life and all human beings? What must we do to develop our love to be more loving like You, Supreme Master? Like me? How do you know? [Q: We try.] Sweetheart. You know, love is very, very important to you, just ask your boyfriend or your husband, hell tell you it is important, and your children. Yes, your loved ones, your parents. These are the love that we need all the time in order to feel good. Even animals, I read a book, I think its called, Chicken Soup, oh sadly, Chick Soup for the Pet Lovers Soul. How can a pet lover eat chicken soup? But I guess its just a metaphor. That was an experiment in love. And that book is wonderful, you should read it. Its full of sentiment and made me cry some. Now, there was a lady who took a walk and then discovered there were a bunch of kittens abandoned on the street-side, so she brought them home. And theyre all doing very well, and she likes one of them very much. She has one favorite, so that favorite one is growing fast and lively and adorable. So that one was adopted immediately, and now the rest, some more are to be adopted. Because she already has three cats and two dogs and her husband is not very keen on having a zoo in the home. Hes already very burdened with work and other animals already. So she promises him that she will give them all for adoption and said dont worry. But then the first one was adopted, and then the rest are still there. There was one kitten, the smallest one, the ugliest one, and the most slow and dull, and it doesnt seem to be interested in life or anything at all and hes always at the bottom when they come to drinking milk or feeding or something. Hes always laying at the bottom and everybody else is on top of him. And now this lady, she wanted to make an experiment in love. So she was wondering whether love will change him. So she especially picks him up and gives him a name, and every day talks to him and carries him around, and even washes dishes and all that with him. And then he picked up, then he grows fast, and hes more lively and answers to his name, and now he doesnt stay at the bottom anymore, but whenever she calls him or whenever she came near, he climbs on top of everybody else, of all the four kittens, he climbs on top of them, so that to climb onto her, and he became so loving and so intelligent and he understood every word that she said. So now, every other kittens have already been adopted, one after another, this ones left. And every day she carries, she talks to him, and she feeds him love and attention and teaches him a lot of things, talking to him, and he understood absolutely everything. And then there comes the day her husband came home, announced that somebody wants to adopt him. That was a heart-break for her, but she already promised him that she will give away all these kittens. So she had to keep her promise, even though heartbroken. And then she wrote a note to the adopter person like, This kitten is handThe Quan Yin Method The Key of Immediate Enlightenment and Eternal Liberation
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raised with lot of love and attention and he understood everything, and hes very gentle, very kind, very intelligent and he can go on the car. He is absolutely very, very obedient and good. Make sure you give him the great love because that is what he will give you. And she was crying inside, of course. But then the husband, reading that note, knowing how much the kitten meant to her, even then shes still big enough to give him away. So he agreed to let the kitten stay with her. That was Christmas and he put a red ribbon on the kitten and handed it back to her. That was a very, very interesting story, dont you think? [Audience: Yes.] [MC: Thank You.] And love is essential to babies even, they have experiments with babies as well. They experiment with some baby. Like some babies are fed only, but not touched, not loved, not talked to, not picked up, not paid attention to. Then they have become very dull and almost like lifeless and not interested, lack of intelligence and life expression even. Compared to the group that has received a lot of love and care, those babies grow faster and look more intelligent and happy and more responsive. How love is important. And you know it yourself, if you have been heartbroken once, you know what it means, love is important to you. All right, even pets, if you dont touch them, dont love them, they behave like wild, theyre colder and indifferent to humans. I have personal experience myself with adopted dogs and birds. They changed completely after a period of time, with lot of care, love and attention. Theyre more friendly now, loving, more endearing and trusting humans. Like for example, Zolo before. Hes not good with humans. Whoever goes near, he will growl or he even bit them. He even bit me when he first came. And so whenever I have guests or visitors I trained him slowly and then he trusted me already. He wont bite me anymore. It was beginning, because I took the veggie bone from him, and then he did not really mean to bite, just accident. Now, when the visitor came, I have to put a lot of veggie bones in that visitors pocket, and tell him to give to Zolo whenever he goes near, immediately just keep giving. So slowly like that, he became very friendly, and now we dont need any veggie bones for him to behave. Whoever comes to visit, he just comes and plays with him immediately and expects them to rub his tum tum and play with him and everything. Its just like a hand-raised puppy. He completely changed 360 degrees. You can ask some of the people who know him before and you will know how he changed. And even the people they dont know, like some visitors, never came to my house before, they came and then all my dogs just surround them, jump on them, kiss them all over, and bring toys to them and all kinds of things. They never did that before when they first came. So love is very, very essential. Try it, then you know. Thank you. Thank you. MC. M. Q. Thank You. Thank You. Supreme Master, Billie Dean, our guest speaker and vegan telepathic animal communicator, has a question, Ms. Dean. The magical person. Thank You very much. Supreme Master, I really wish that this wonderful book of Yours, The Love of Centuries, can inspire all humans to see animals and everything that surrounds us with more love. Do You think that in the near future humans will reach this level where everything we do is motivated by love, as well as expanding our love to all beings, including, of course, our animal friends? Dr. Dolittle, thank you for your question. Not too near future I do not think. But lets pray for that to happen, and soon. We all meditate on it and believe that it will come true. If enough people believe in love power, exercise their love power, love will become permanent in our world. Other planets have succeeded; possibly we too can have love that rules this world. For other people, if you want to have more love in your life, then
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just have to act in love. Be vegan to start with. And in any situation, think of, What would Jesus do? What would Buddha do? Then you will slowly re-activate the love that is inside you. We all have this inside us, its just that we dont exercise it, and then it will not become alive, it will just stay dormant. But if we exercise the love in every situation, then the love will come again. Meditate, meditate. Thank you, Dr. Dolittle. [Q: Thank You so much.] Mrs. Dr. Dolittle. MC. Thank You, Supreme Master, for that insightful answer because we have dealt with all kinds of power but we forgot to use enough love power. Thank You for reminding us. [M: Very good.] Our next question is from Ms. Erica Oshun, a raw vegan commercial print fashion model based in Los Angeles. Thank you. Hi, Supreme Master, how are You? [M: How are you, love? Wow, you have a beautiful dress on! Look at you.] Thank You. My question for You is: If love is the panacea for the environmental crisis thats facing our planet, how can we approach people that we love, our government leaders, our co-workers and people of everyday life who normally approach their everyday thinking on a rational and logical basis instead? Yes, yes, yes. Its not easy, beautiful girl, but its doable. We just try a little bit at a time. We all have to learn, humans must learn through the wise doctrine from teachers of the past and present to march toward a love-filled lifestyle. To learn through a longer timespan with painful lessons is not as good as we learn now; wait until we became socalled grown up in love with personal sorrow, then we suffer too much already. So people from all planets have to sooner learn this lesson of love in order to evolve, or face extinction due to the screening process as in our worldly schools. Either we learn well, we pass the exam, or stay behind, or ultimately we are out. Thank you for your concern. Thank You, Supreme Master, for such a wise, enlightening answer. And thank you, Ms. Erica, for asking such an important question. We have another question, Supreme Master, and its the last question that we have. And its from Daya Hamwi, a vegan celebrity lawyer. Thank you. [M: Wow, a lawyer of love.] Yes, indeed. [M: Hi, hi.] Hi, Supreme Master. [M: Lovely to know a lawyer who is vegan! Wow! You make my day. And youre beautiful as well, so shining with big aura.] Thank You, Supreme Master. My question to You is: In Your book of poetry, The Love of Centuries, many of the poems appear to portray the love for a single person that spans many lifetimes, and sometimes the love is not easy or smooth. [M: Is it ever?] Supreme Master, can You tell us why the soul chooses this path? Is it to develop unconditional love? Would You say that true love is unique? And is it always the same lover that we meet life after life? If so, how come there is such a strong affinity? Supreme Master, do You think its possible to share with us the love of centuries of Yours? Thank You, I love You and I appreciate You. I love you, too. What makes you think that I wrote it for the lover of my century? So if I wrote about a puppys feeling, then you think Im a puppy as well, the dog? Or the poem about the pig in my poetry book, then you think Im the pig as well? I told you, poetry is not always expressing the personal feeling. But now, to your question. Its not that we have to go through that in order to learn about unconditional love. Its just the karmic attraction. And its not always the same lovers that we meet life after life, although we do. Sometimes there are several even, sometimes just pure enemies from the past existence. Youll be surprised. Those who are enemies from past lives must smooth out
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together in this life through love. Thats why they meet each other again and even fell in love. But its hard for humans to distinguish, to differentiate who is who, because both encounters of past lovers and past enemies will give us equally strong forceful attraction, that we might possibly choose the wrong ones, like the past enemy, to be life partner. In fact, the attraction between enemies is even stronger than lovers, sometimes. Thats why love at first sight is not always long-lasting or happy ending. You know that. In the case of the enemy, it is for us to iron out past mistakes that we did to the other person, or the other person to us. Put balm on the injured part of our relationship memories, so that love will heal all past sorrow and correct vengeful inclination. Thats how the souls make peace with each other, evolve to a higher spiritual level, and redeem the negative traces on their path and add more everlasting energy to the planet. It all hangs together. Now, youll be surprised but our surrounding people, for example, like family members, friends, acquaintances, lovers, are varied in Friend Quality. I call that FQ then, for easy to identify. There are people with more FQ, means Friendly Quality, Friend Quality, or more EQ, Enemy Quality. But we can change that, of course. It takes long time. It takes some times, it takes love to change from EQ to FQ, from enemy to friends. But we have to cooperate. We have to try our best, both sides, in order to change enemy to friends. It needs a cooperation of both persons. So its very difficult to know who is friend, who is enemy, at the beginning. It takes a long time and keen observation to verify it. It could be a very painful process; often we realize it too late. Because enemies people are often capable of making us believe that they are helpful and friend-like. In small ways, they are, and then wait until some real important events happen to you, then you will see their true nature. They either make trouble for you, disturb you so that you cannot reach your goal or you cannot fulfill your business, things like that, or make trouble in your family. Even Masters disciples are not all with FQ. Quite an astonishing number that follow any Masters are with EQ, means Enemy Quality. These are either there to cause trouble from within, or to bring troubles into the Masters life, or to come back to enter the Masters circle in order to redeem their past sin, that they have harmed the Masters or someone in the past life and now they came back to redeem their mistake. But even then, if they came back to redeem their mistake, the Master has suffered a lot, must suffer a lot in order to carry the burden of bad karma of this person. Especially if that person has harmed the Master in the past life, the bad karma is very, very, very heavy, very difficult, and no one else can rescue this person except the Master because they have done harm to this Master in the past life. But its very difficult to deal with this kind of EQ disciple. Its also hard on their part, even though they try, the disciple always gets entangled in the past bad karma, and being pulled into the darkness and in the negative action again and again and again in different ways, but similar to the past life action. Its just maybe less intensity. Most true Masters suffer or die because of these EQ disciples. Sometimes even die under their hands. If any Masters who are lucky and do not have EQ disciples, they would never have to suffer at all! Even Buddha has been tried assassination several times. Some Masters have about 60% of EQ disciples, some Masters have about 30% or 40% disciples, as average in their lives. If theyre lucky, they would have 50-50. But even if the Master knows that these or those disciples are the EQ incarnate, they rarely refuse them because of compassion, because they are the only ones who can help them. So we have, for example, in the history of Christianity, we have Judas for Jesus and Devadatta for Buddha, for example. And there was a story in the kingdom of China. Theres a book called The Three Kingdoms of China, one of the Chinese great literatures. These EQ disciples or people, they dont have to do things deliberately in this lifetime. They could just harm the Master invisibly even, making them ill, making them sick or doing things that are making
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trouble. Maybe even with the law or with the peace in the house, or the Masters wellbeing, or interfere, or obstruct Masters mission in this lifetime. Even they dont do it on purpose, they just do it, because the habit of the bad karma force. It keeps pulling them and its very strong, and if they are not strong enough, if they dont practice well and dont listen to the Masters instruction, then they will be always like what you say, The pebble in the shoes of the Master. And the same with the family members. Thats why many families are not happy. We go back to China. There is a story in the Three Kingdoms. There was a very wise person named Kongming. He is a great assistant to the king, and because his job was not done, the king still needed him, so he wanted to extend his life for another 12 years in order to help the younger king. So he prepared a ritual for that, there are some rituals you can prepare to extend your life. It could be true. I have not tried. So these are called white magic or black magic stuff. Now, so he prepared like 12 lamps to symbolize the 12 years extension. But before he finished meditation on this course, one of his assistants came in and clumsily extinguished the lamps, one of it. So that symbolized Kongmings life extension is also extinguished with it. So he knew that he cannot stay longer, and then he prepared for his passing. Kongming, this Master, he knew this man is bad for him. He knew it long, long ago already, he knew it from beginning already. But because he still needed him to do things, and at the last moment, this man came in and he cant avoid that, so he died soon after. Now, to answer your question concerning my love of centuries, even if I have one, what is the use of telling you? Who is going to believe me anyway? Most humans in this world are all covered up by the dust of forgetfulness. So, alright. Dont think Im a puppy anyway, or the pig, or the chicken in my poem, because Im not. [Master laughs.] Okay, love, are you happy? Do you want to ask any more questions? [MC: Thank You, Supreme Master.] Youre welcome, all of you. MC We have a question that we would like to ask. Many of us have watched Supreme Master Television this past week, and we heard something that raised the question in our hearts. So we would like to ask You permission to ask You the question. [M: Okay. Please.] So that question had to do with the excerpt from one of Your great poems, The Real Love, the new poem. [M: You like it?] Yes! We love it. Yes! Alright. Its for peace that I wrote. For peace in this world that I wrote, from my heart. So what about it? [MC: It moved us so much, we would like to know if we could hear the rest of it, and then You can share with us what its about.] One of the musicians wanted to put it into a song soon, so is okay if I read it now, or should you wait? [MC: Yes, please! Supreme Master, we have time, so please, please, any time for You.] Yes, okay. Let me check. Okay, it goes like this. Alright. Thank you. But other people, do they want to hear also or just two of you, because its their time also. [MC: Everybody, do you want to hear Masters poem?] [Audience: We love You! Yes!] [MC: Master, it looks like everybody wants to hear it!] Alright. Its good. I know, I know. I know you are very curious people. Alright, you cant wait, I know that. Some people already keep asking me before you. Alright, so lets have it done with. After you hear this poem, please do whatever you can to bring peace onto this planet, okay? [Audience: Yes!] Promise? [MC: Yes. We promise, Supreme Master.] Good. Alright. Alright, here comes: 'The real love They said: The world is small
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But it aint that small! Theres plenty room For you and me and all... So why this bickering with our neighbor? For a few meters more Even a few kilometers Or say another mountain and river! Dont you feel rather small? At the end of our sojourn What do we get after all? One squeezy square meter If we are lucky! To lie down forever Lets share the splendid Earth And do everything to make it better Even the worms dont rival With the butterflies or the birds Why do we humans try so mightily? Against each other Make life a real misery And even shorter! What will we tell at the Buddhas gate Or to Saint Peter? All the stuff we did on Earth To bring pain and to suffer... Oh dear man! Let me tell you something Just go hang... Yourself on the hammock Between the shadowing coconut Graceful tall trees! Enjoy some cake and tea Feel the gentle breeze That cools all folly There there! You see! Ah!... Tons of things We can do our heart to please Some small and great pleasure Let it all be Lets make life more simple Let our demands be little Then youll know Happiness ever more and more! Then we dont have to go on snatching land Nor have we to hurry on converting man:
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Its not how many in a belief system Its what become of them! Its not the name of a religious order Its what we make of the name! Its not how crowded a religion Its how much into world peace their contribution Its not our words Its rather louder our actions What is going to be our legend In the long history of humans? Will it be right and just Will it be noble and benevolent? Or just a grim picture Soaked in anguished bloody paint! Why always boast about our heavenly root: Oh! Almighty Gods beloved children! While our life is tainted with all evils While our survival Is the cost of others extinction! What is the mark of the chosen? Is it just the bloodstain on your hands? Be it from animals or mans! Oh my dear brothers I wanted to write you a long loving letter With thousands more questioning words But I am dumbfounded Watching the madness Of it all Tell me: When or will we ever Represent heaven on Earth?' Thank you. [MC: That was beautiful, Master, that was beautiful. Thank You.] Thank you, youre gracious. You like, yes? [MC: Yes, yes! Did you like it?] [Audience: Yes, yes!] You like it because we all like peace. Thats why. We all love peace on Earth, thats why. Thats why you like it. Thank you for being so gracious. Now please continue your program. Enjoy it. MC. Thank You, Master. Thank You so much for sharing such a beautiful poem, and thank You for sharing Your presence with us. [M: I thank you.] And thank You for the surprise. God bless You! Thank you. God bless you more. God bless us all. Thank you. Thank you. [MC: We love You, Master!] I must go, but I love you. I love you so much. You dont know what I have to go through to be here tonight. Truly, I cant tell you, but I love you so much. I have to go now. Thank you so much. God loves you. [MC: Thank You, Supreme Master, thank You so much. Lots of love to You.] Im glad I made it. Im glad I made it. I was worried I cannot. Thank you. Bye! Love you. [MC: We love You! We love You!] I love you. Love God. Love you.
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MC. Most compassionate and beautiful Master, we are blessed beyond words to be graced by Your loving presence as we start off the auspicious Year of the Rabbit with You. We thank You from our hearts for being with us today, especially knowing that this takes precious time away from Your retreat, which is so crucial in saving the world at this time. Master, may this conference in turn bring likewise immense benefit to the world through the divine information we hope You will graciously share with us as we ask You some questions about breatharianism. Yes, sure. I am privileged to answer you, because if you have questions, I have to answer. [MC: Thank You, Master.] I am still in the retreat area. [MC: I see] So thats why its not very convenient about internet and all that. This is a great honor for us, Master, and we appreciate very much Your efforts. [M: Okay, youre welcome.] Thank You. Master, the first question is: Why are we made in the image of God? The bible mentioned that. [MC: Thats right.] Do you know why? [Audience: No, Master.] Any one of you know? [MC: Wed like to hear it from You.] No, but do you know? My guess is that because we are from God. But Id like to hear more about it, and Id like to know if thats correct. We are from God, but everythings from God. The trees are from God, the animals are from God. Why we are made in the image of God and not others? So you dont know? [MC: No, Master. Please tell us.] Ill pretend to be a wise person and tell you something. [Laughter] The reason why it is said that we are made in the image of God: Because we have 100% God Quality; you can call it GQ. Up to now, we have many Qs: IQ, LQ, HQ And what else? [MC: Noble Quality.] Yes, NQ. And now, we have one more and its GQ. We humans have a lot of Qs. [MC: Yes, seems like it.] We are cute. [Laughter] So why is it that we have 100% God Quality? That is because God imparted to us. There are different degrees of GQ within the creation. For example, human has 100% and animals have how much percent. Insects have how much percent, for example. It depends on the necessity of the use. Its like the electricity is the same. But sometimes the bulbs are different. Like, okay, there is a light bulb with a 100-watt, very bright. And there are some with 50 watts, and 25 watts, 5 watts, et cetera, et cetera. So the inner source is the same, the electricity is the same, like the God Quality is the same, just the degree is different. We humans have 100% of God Light. Thats why we can practice the Quan Yin method, and then we can see the Light and hear the Sound of God. Animals have not this privilege. How much God Quality do animals have? It depends on which animals. Let me look into my diary, see if I can find something for you. Which animals you want to know first, for example?
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How about dogs? Dog! The dog is one of the highest GQ in the creation. Humans have been endowed with 100% GQ. And the highest in the animal kingdom is 65%. We have 100%. The highest in the animal kingdom is 65% and dogs have them. And insects, for example, the highest percent would be 10%, and the lowest of insects would be 2%. I even have how much is what, what, what. Anything else you want to know about the animals? Do You have any more animal examples, about specific animals? All the animals? Okay, well, is that surprising to you to know that dogs are highest in the kingdom? [Audience: Yes, Master! Yes.] Well, not because God has discriminated; its just probably dogs need to be closer to humans, so dog needs more GQ in order to serve humans, to help humans, no? Yes. I wonder where do I have the animals... Okay, the average is like that. For example, horse is 61% of GQ. And I have here I dont have all of them, but I check it out if I have it all or not, if I have these percentages written down or not. I have like top 12. You want to know which ones are the top 12? [Audience: Sure. Yes, Master! Wed love to hear it.] Im also surprised. During the meditation when I check out some information, which I have forgotten, Im also surprised sometimes. Okay, for example, the highest in the animal kingdom are dogs. And the second are whales. Surprised, yes? [Audience: Yes, Master.] You thought the bigger size, the bigger GQ. Its not necessarily. It depends on the need, you know? For example, in the living room you need a bright light, so maybe you put a 100-watt bulb in the living room. But in the corridor, maybe just for walking, you put maybe 50-watt, and in the library you even have more. More, maybe two of the 100-watt bulbs. But at nighttime, sometimes you have like a sleeping light? You have, right? In the bedroom, yes? Or in just the walkway, then you put just maybe a 5-watt, yes? Very dim light. The electricity is the same, its just the usage is different. I guess because dogs are nearer to humans and are protective of humans, therefore he needs to be more Godlike, more protective, loving and loyal. You see how dogs are. Actually, theres no surprise. All right, so, dogs number one, whales second, third dolphin. Number four, birds, like parrots. Not all birds are the same. Of course I can go into details forever, like how many big parrots, how much are small parrots, but we dont have to do that, okay? Number five, you know which one? Guess. [Audience: Elephant?] No. Pigeons. Its pigeons. Number six, guess again? [Audience: Pig?] No. Rabbit. Number seven, cow. Moo! Yes. [Laughter] Number eight, deer. Number nine have a guess. [MC: Pigs.] No. Tortoise. Very surprising. Number ten? Have a guess again? [MC: Horses?] No. Penguin. [Audience: Interesting!] Eleven? No. Yes, not what you think. Im surprised also. Number eleven is peacock. Number twelve are the seals. There are some equal to these, yes, but dogs are number one. These are just groupswise, you know? Yes, so pigs would be number 13. I only have number, like, top 12, you know? So top 10 stop with penguin. All right. My God. Do you know the penguins, they stand guarding their eggs for two months or something, standing in the freezing and blistering cold and waiting for the female to come back? Yes, not moving, because they [MC: They dont even eat.] You know, right? [Audience: Yes, Master.] No wonder. Okay. Right. The thing is, between the first and the second or the third, there are not very big gaps of GQ difference. For example, the dog is 65% GQ, but the horses 61%. So the dogs have a lot of GQs. But, for example, if a dolphin, its also paired with other animals. Its not like the dolphin alone that is on the top 12. Or, like the rabbit may be paired with the horse; something like that, you got it? And other animals in the same category, yes?
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manifests as Light and Sound, then we will recover our GQ gradually until the GQ is completely revealed again. Animals also have the same problem in this respect. Like, for example, not all dogs have 65% GQ, because they are fed with different, other, kinds of animals meat that build up a kind of wall, so to speak, which invades and covers part of their GQ consciousness. Thats why we see some human do not behave like human and some dogs dont behave like dogs. And dogs that have less and less GQ consciousness, because of the meat diet, dont behave like dogs, and they have lower consciousness, and they could be trained to hunt, to fight each other, or to kill at command. Humans, of course, have all the more chance to regain more GQ even, by being vegan, as we have more of the chance than animals to decide, to choose what we eat. But of course, the ultimate recovery would be to be reconnected with the God Self by the Light and Sound, through initiation, by initiation, with the reconnection with the Light and Sound, which is God Quality manifested through initiation by competent guidance. MC. M. Why is it that humans have 100% GQ but there are still wars and other problems? That is because the majority of humans still live on spiritual poverty, namely 80% of our population have been degraded or have degraded ourselves into the level of around 50% GQ only. Because every time we take an action that harms others, be it humans or animals, or even needlessly destroying the environment, and then we go to lower consciousness, toward the spiritual poverty level, and we are more separated from the lifeline, which is our capital, GQ. What is the highest GQ any person can have on this Earth? The highest GQ that humans on this planet can obtain is 87% GQ. How about the lowest? The lowest would be 40% GQ. Only 2% of the humanity has the highest, of 87% GQ I mean the humans who were born in here and who came here, also and about 5% of humans, for example, have 65% GQ, and the rest are miscellaneous. No wonder we love animals more easily. We love dogs, birds, easily, more easily than we love other humans, you know, love thy neighbors. You see, perfect humans truly live on the Eighth Level upward. Even on the Fifth Level, the highest GQ percentage over there, that man can obtain, is 96%. Originally, we have all 100%, but because as we descend into the lower scale of creation, our GQ decreases like that. Mixed with matter. So will humankind, as we practice the Quan Yin method, be able to climb up a little bit more and more on GQ? Sure, sure. Thats the only thing we can do. I mean, apart from being vegan and all that. Of course, being vegan is a little slower and if were vegan and practice Quan Yin method, or breatharian and practice Quan Yin method, then its faster. Every time we do something good to others, or protect other lives, then our GQ will be revealed more, because one block of the wall has been broken. You see, thats why humans here could not even love each other, because of the degraded state of GQ. We hope Master will uplift mankind with more GQ so we can truly have peace on this planet in this lifetime.
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because they think they have strong will, but sometimes they fail. Its only when you have love for God strongly, then youll be able to succeed and sustain it long. Q. Why do some people feel a calling to be a breatharian? [M: Well, why not?] One of the breatharians featured on Supreme Master Television said that hunger pangs are our body trying to detox instead of actually telling us that we are hungry for food. By interpreting as being hungry and therefore feeding ourselves, we are not letting the body have a chance to detox. Is that correct, Master? Yes, it is correct in some way, but you cannot just rely on that. You have to have special guidance in order to do it correctly; otherwise you might harm yourself bodily or mentally. Many breatharians, like the qigong Master, Liao Feng Sheng, Elitom ben Yisrael, and Isabelle Hercelin demonstrated Tai Chi or a similar form of practice to viewers. How does this help with the transition to the food-free process? Is it very essential to do that kind of exercise? Yes, it is. Breatharian is not just only breathing. You have to do exercise to keep your muscle tone, and the body functioning well. Yes, like everything else, you have to work constantly. I heard that if a few days you dont work, maybe your muscles become weak, and you weigh less and you lose weight, and things like that. So its a keeping up process. Canadian pranarian Reine-Claire recommended the drinking of water if someone wants to maintain their body form through the food-free transition process. How crucial is it to have water when we are in the food-free state? Do we need to drink water at all in order to become food free? Well, everyone is different, you know? Some people prefer to drink water or tea; some people just quit everything no food, no drink. But exercise. According to Brazilian breatharian Oberom C. Silva, he regards himself as a pranarian rather than a breatharian. Is there some difference between a breatharian and a pranarian? I dont think its much different, but its probably different in concept, you know? Like when people mention prana, then they think of the life force that sustains the body and the creation. And when people say breatharian, then they probably think immediately of air, just relying on air. But otherwise, I dont know much difference between the two. We heard of some people who tried to be breatharian and who failed, sometimes even in dramatic conditions. Would You say that it was their mind that prevented them from being breatharian and that their mind was obstructing the whole process? Or is it because breatharianism is not for everyone? I guess the mind also, and the difficulty of quitting the habit, which has been with them for lifelong, but otherwise, its for everyone. Everyone can be breatharian, I believe. Its not that difficult, and they just have to change the concept. And know that without food you could live; you wont die. And even if you die, its your time to die. Its not the breatharian process that makes you die. And the thing is, of course a breatharian aspirant, the student of breatharianism, when he begins the process or wants to begin, has to adhere to all the rules. Just like everything else, there are rules for success, and
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for sustaining this state of success. Its not like just you do it once and then its finished. Its not like that; its a lifelong process. Yes, work. Go in the field, exercise, walk in the forest, breathe the fresh air, barefoot, Tai Chi Chuan and qigong, whatnot, okay? Not like you lucky guys, just sit there and sunbathing, and close the eyes and sleep, relax. [Q: Its so easy like that, Master. We love it. Master, thank You.] I know. Youre welcome. And you can even eat and drink, vegan. Q. How does karma work for the food-free process? When someone is ready for breatharianism, however, his karma doesnt allow him to go through with it, then the person would have to stay with his normal diet? Is there a way to pay for the eating karma in another form so that we can achieve the food-free state? No, no, no. You just try again, and once youve overcome it, then your karma is free anyway. Because you get out of the karmic system, of the give-and-take system. Try again or do it gradually. Like, some people go through the 21-day process or just 7-day process, whatever way they choose to do, or quit cold turkey, like I did, but the sustaining process, is longer, is lifelong. So maybe you can quit cold turkey like that, or you do it 21 days or you do gradually after 21 days; or you do it gradually until you quit, like first you go raw and then eat less and less all the time, and then eat fruits and then less and less, and then drink fruit juice and then drink less and less, and then drink water and then less and less, and then quit. Im just saying that, but Im not guiding you, okay? Im not a breatharian teacher. I dont intend to be. Im here to save the world. So whatever little food you eat is fine, or not, up to you. There are plenty of teachers who teach you. Do it properly with guidance, all right? Among billions of human beings, only a few of them become breatharian. Does a breatharian person have any extra special system in their body, such as extra chakras, extra DNA strings in their body, in order to have the ability to receive energy from the universe, or they just have strong will to change their eating habit? The strong will also need it. And after a while, the angels and the divinity on the Third Level will help you maybe give you a tube, inserting an invisible tube into your body, something like that first to clean you and then to feed you with that. After three, four days it happens. But then does the DNA change also? Yes, it does change somehow. The system changes a little bit to adapt to the new way of life. You will feel very light, very happy and light. Yes, light-footed, yes. Is it wrong to eat when you are not hungry and just eat out of habit or stress release? No, its not wrong, but its just not good for your body when you eat together with the stress instead of just food. When you eat you should be concentrating on the divine force, through the food thats nourishing you. Its not the food thats nourishing you, its the divine force that goes through the food, because were used to it. So you have to eat in that kind of state of mind, with gratefulness and enjoyment, not when you are stressful or upset, because you will carry that with your food with you and then its not good for the body. You might get sick or get fat for nothing. Is eating habit related to ego? Does being a breatharian help cut our ego?
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No. It might increase your ego, because you think youre doing something great and that not many people can do. Its possible to inflate your ego with that. If we still like to eat food, does it mean breatharianism is not suitable for us? No. If you like to eat, you eat, but you still can be breatharian if you want to be. Of course, everybody likes to eat food because its a habit to eat it. And also, like, a social kind of joy to be together with friends, and it is a good memory. Thats why people like to eat food. And then it tastes good and then you become used to some kind of food. But if you want to quit, you can do it, gradually. The people who became breatharian, doesnt mean that they did not like food, or they had an aversion to food therefore they quit no, no. They were also like you: They love food, but they just want to quit, because they want to nourish themselves with prana, with the life force, instead of with the material food. Is being breatharian or solarian a common practice on other planets in our galaxy? Yes, in some galaxies, but its not a common practice. It depends on what planet. Many planets still use food like we do, just a different way, or maybe less, maybe different food. Has Supreme Master Television helped some viewers on other planets to stop eating animal products and become vegan or even breatharian? Yes, yes. Did help. Did help some. A lot, a lot. Yes. Be happy! We hear beings in higher spiritual levels drink heavenly nectar and eat divine food. Are some higher beings breatharian and thus do not do this? If they are not in the body, if they dont have the body, then they dont need to do that. They dont need to eat food. And some beings dont eat food also, just like breatharian people down here. Were animals originally also breatharians like humans until they started tasting food matter, and continued from there? No. Its not like that. They dont start it by breatharian. If humans evolve to become breatharians, will animals also become breatharians? Some will, not all. Are there any animals on our planet that are currently breatharian? Not that I know of, except when they hibernate and they dont eat for many months. Or, like, they stay food-free for many months. So they hibernate; then they are also breatharian at that time. Also, like the penguin, they stand guard on their eggs and they dont go out to eat. In the series of The Key of Immediate Enlightenment, Master explained about the human body having two systems, the motor system and the life force system. Does it mean that the breatharian person has the ability to shut down the motor system?
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their life is in danger. Either persecution or some disease that they have to die. Probably they have forgotten to leave some for themselves, like I did, leave some minimum spiritual points to protect yourself while youre working. You should not give everything like what I did, because that is too dangerous. I just cannot bear to see what happens all over the world, so I did what I could. But now that I can earn faster, so I always keep a little bit. A minimum. Q. M. Q. M. Was there a negotiation to bring peace and stability to the two Venuses that were saved? No, no. That was their merit. They earned it. The same with us here. If humans change, they will earn the merit of heaven and I dont have to do anything anymore. From the last conference during New Year, Master looked up the percentage of how close You are to God. Would You kindly share with us Your percentage, Master? I am still 100% close to God. If thats what you want to know, 100%, yes. Thats all I have in life nothing else I live for. Not because I think of God every day that Im 100% closer to God, but because heaven knows that I am 100% devoting my life to help others. Thats why Im closer to God. Thats what it was. Its not because every day I stick around God and think of God, beg God, or hug God or grace God all day long. Its not like that. But because God is pleased, heavens are pleased that I am very devoted to Gods creation, and thats why Im closer to God. Thats why God feels very close to me. [Q: Thank You, Master. Thank You for Your love, Master.] No, no, I cant be any otherwise. Just like the fire is hot. The fire cannot be cold, like water. Its just natural like that. In our last conference You mentioned that the mission of a Fifth Level and a Ninth Level Master is different. A Ninth Level Master can heal the world, bless the world and redeem all souls, even the worst criminals. Are You able to share with us whether You are a Ninth Level Master? You have to ask your own intuition or your vision inside. What does your intuition tell you? [Audience: Well, yes, Master.] All of you, same intuition? Yes! Yes, definitely, Master. I know that You are a Ninth Level Master because of everything that weve witnessed You doing, physically and spiritually; its always for others and so I just know deep down in my heart that You are a Ninth Level Master. Yes, I wont tell you anything like that. [Laughter] Its not my job to tell you all these things. Its your job to find out. My job is to help people and animals. I can meditate forever and give forever because the world suffers so much. Every time I see animals in the movies or on the screen suffering, I see humans suffering, my hearts like broken into pieces. I cannot do otherwise but loving and giving. Theres no other choice for me. It doesnt matter, the important thing is that I can help, that I am allowed to help by heaven and allowed to negotiate with the lord of karma and heaven and all that. So thats important, that people get helped. You see, the Plan B is very pleasing to me meaning anyone who dies from climate change, because of climate change, related to climate change, can go straight to heaven and never go to hell. Im very happy about that. And you see, if we die now, then its also connected with climate change anyway, so I have excuses to save these souls. There are food shortages and then he dies; water shortage, he dies; water
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contaminated, then he dies, even if he did not die because of water contamination, its also a part of it. Part of the air contamination that shortens his life as well and makes him sick, for example. Im very happy because such a good excuse. [Master and audience laugh.] Its a loophole. Theres a loophole in the law of karma. Im so happy, yes. [Q: We know that Youre from the Ninth Level, so thank You so much for everything, Master.] How about the next question? You embarrass me, thank You all the time, like that. Q. There has been mass dying of animals reported in the United States and other parts of the world during the past few months for reasons not completely explained, such as the two million dead fish in Maryland, United States of America; 4,000 to 5,000 birds falling from the sky in Arkansas, United States of America; hundreds of dead birds in Italy; and 40,000 crabs on the beaches of England. A Chinese animal telepathic communicator spoke to one of the birds in Arkansas, United States of America, who said that day the animal had sought permission from God to sacrifice themselves in that way and that they were doing it to awaken humans to the sad state of the environment. Master, is it true? And has it been impactful? Yes, its true, and its so sad, so sad. But the impact is not even enough; humans are still asleep in their habitual ways of life. That is the sad thing. Even if they cannot explain why the birds die, the fish die, theyre still thinking of something else instead of spiritual way, instead of asking themselves about their way of life, they will be blaming on something else. Theyll be blaming on something else. Im so sorry for these animals, but even then, they die like this, its still better than those who are raised in factory farming and die every day, slowly. Or being harassed or being tortured all their life. This is terrible, I cannot Every time I see something bad treatment for animals or humans on the screen, I just cannot bear it. I just sat there and speechless, or screamed or just paralyzed. My heart just just cannot even scream. I cannot understand. When I see something like that, I just cry so much, and I cannot believe that I am living in this kind of world, that humans are torturing, killing, harassing each other, and then torturing, killing, and harassing animals also. I cannot believe this is the world I live in. I cannot believe such a world exists, and that I have to witness this. It seems unreal to me. It seems incredibly unreal, and incomprehensible. It seems beyond imagination that we, as humans, the children of God, can be so blind to reality, and so suppressing our own compassionate nature that we could even degrade ourselves into doing such kind of things and feeling okay about it. Its not okay at all. We are not civilized enough. Please, ask me another question, other questions, if you have. Yes, tell me. As Master may have already known, there are currently big changes in some of the Arab countries; people are calling for change. This is the first time in Egypts history that Christians and Muslims are helping each other like they are now. Master, do these changes correspond to a spiritual change? Yes, somehow they do, yes, I hope it goes beyond that, so that humans can have peace with each other at last, and freedom. Whatever freedom they ask for, they should have it, because humans deserve freedom: Freedom of speech, freedom to transport themselves from one place to another, freedom to travel, freedom of religious practice, freedom of saying what they want and choosing whomever they like to govern their own country; basic human freedom. For that, I also gave a lot of zillions of spiritual points, and I hope it works. That is hundreds of thousands of zillions of zillions of zillions of zillions. [Q: Thank You, Master.] Yes, without freedom people cannot breathe, without freedom people cannot have dignity. Without freedom people cannot develop their potentials and they cannot, first, serve their nation or serve the world. Thus, they cannot
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serve the family or their country and, lastly, the world to the fullest of their capacity. So freedom is very essential to humans evolution, to the wellness of the world, to peace on our planet. Thats their birthright to have freedom, because they are children of God. They have to have the freedom to govern their own life, to decide what they want to do, to move around as they please, and to believe in whomever God they like to believe, as long as they dont harm others. They should have all this basic freedom to earn a living, to have a decent life. Just basic human freedom. And they are right to have it, and theyre right to demand it if they dont have. This is the problem with people, with anyone, when you have power. Thats why theres a saying that, Beware of what youre wishing for, because sometimes you wish to have power, to have prestige in the society, position in the government, but as soon as you have power, things change, you change. People have to realize also its not the fault of one president or one prime minister or one government; its the problem of the position. The higher the position, the more responsibility, and the more temptation and the more traps. People will surround you with all kinds of untrue stories, flattery, making you fall very easily. People are so easy to succumb to your power and to do anything you wish, even when its wrong; and nobody would dare to tell you when its wrong, and nobody would dare to tell you when its right. And at that time, youll be more and more powerful, and then you dont even want to listen to people when its right or when its wrong, and then slowly, slowly, the power will consume this person and make him change into another person. It is a very dangerous position to be in. To be in power is to be in danger. So, every leader deserves also to be forgiven, not always to be condemned. This is the problem with being in power. So thats why, even spiritual power, also we have to be careful, because when we practice spiritually, we have such a power that our wish will come true. Thats why we have to be careful of what we wish for. Only wish for what is beneficial to others, to humankind, and to ourselves, and not the selfish wish, and not this grabby, greedy and very ignoble kind of wish. Because even then, it will come true, too, but at what cost? Thats why before initiation, I even advise all the people, all of you, to consider the five precepts first, to build up the moral base, like the basement for the spiritual house that you are going to build in the future. If we have spiritual power without moral equipment, then well be in trouble. We will become opposite to what we want to be. Its like any leader in the world, they have their ideal, they want to rule the nation, they want to help their people, but as they climb into power, people around them will worship them too much, will do anything they want, so that they will realize that they have such a power that they can do anything they want, right or wrong, and then its very easy to fall. Another thing concerning leaders, in any field or in any more powerful position than the ordinary folks, is that of course they have to have people to work for them, but the subordinates, the people who work for them, dont always listen to what the leaders want. They sometimes go zig-zig zag-zag to protect their interest, or to make more power or more profit for themselves. But, of course, when anything happens the people tend to blame everything more on the shoulders of the leaders than just a small subordinate, and that is the problem also. And another problem is with the karma. When everyone comes back into this world, or comes down to this world, we bring along our so-called former associates, relatives, or enemies even, and sometimes the enemies also come inside the circle of the leaders. And then, apparently, they look very obedient and very cooperative and very helpful and very respectful, but slowly, gradually, or, even subconsciously, they will do something or lead the leaders astray, and make
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mended and connected now? Will these world centers with SBLs become safe houses for retreats should anything serious happen nearby? Thank You, Master. M. MC. Oh, my God! Such a long question. Can we divide it into two questions? The first one is how many SBLs in the world, right? Yes, the first question is: How did You repair them and connect them to create more SBLs, because You have given us this list recently and You had added many more SBLs to that. This I cannot tell you. Even if I tell you, you wont understand. Its counting. Its counting still, and I cannot tell you, either. And the second question is? The second one is: How many have been mended and connected now? I told you: I cant tell you; its counting. The last question? The last, if there is some sort of, I guess, anything to go wrong like a natural disaster or catastrophe, would these Centers Would they be a safe house, the Centers with SBLs? No. The safe house is within yourselves. These Spiritual Blessing Lines, wherever they might be that you have the luck to meditate with it, will give you more spiritual points than you normally would earn in any other places. And faster and stronger spiritual points. Not the Center that will protect you, but the more points you have, the more protection youll also have for yourself. So these Centers will offer you more points and faster. Fast. Yes, hundred times, thousand times, faster. Depends on how big the Spiritual Blessing Line is. Most of them very useful, very, very good. Master, that actually is all the questions we have today, but as You mentioned earlier, You said at the end You would like to share Your spiritual notes with us. You remember Jesus told that, Ill never leave you nor forsake you until the end of the world? That is a kind of promise that a Fifth Level Quan Yin Master can promise to the disciples. A pure, enlightened, at least Fifth Level, Master. A Ninth Level, of course, is even much better. Dont even have to be Her disciple, She can also help you. But the Quan Yin method is a sure way to liberation, and offers a lot more faster enlightenment, faster spiritual elevation. Now, I can tell you how many total Light and Sound practitioners attained Fifth Level. But this is included all other Quan Yin practitioners. Since the last 70 years, the total Light and Sound practitioners that attained Fifth Level of consciousness is 2,000 persons. And for our group of Quan Yin practitioners, ever since I took over this business, is 402 persons on the Fifth Level. So the whole sum of 70 years of other Quan Yin practitioners is 1,598 persons, and for us since I came into this office about 30 years, right? its 402. Now, in the last 70 years, only 13 persons who practiced breatharian attained Fifth Level, but you have to also bear in mind that they are few in number. Another one is that a breatharian of Fifth Level cant save souls. He can teach people to save himself, but even if he attained Fifth Level, he cant save people. He could save some, but not on a large scale like a Quan Yin Master. Because the connection is different. The spiritual line is different. Its just more powerful, more allowance of that Master to bring
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some spiritual merit with Her before She was born, to bring it down to this world. Shes allowed to bring some. And then here, She continues to earn more, then She can give more as well. But the Quan Yin practitioner and breatharian as well, more difficult to save others also. Because no give and take. But he could still save some, because before hes initiated hes already taken food from this world so he can save those, that connected with him before he became breatharian. But hes assured of the up-to-ninegeneration liberation, because that is the condition of the initiation. Yes, as he goes along he could save his relatives and friends because he practices Quan Yin method, not because he is breatharian. As of the 7th of February, 2011, 402 Quan Yin practitioners in our group attained Fifth Level, and thats permanent; its not fluctuating. Thats why I dont tell you whos who anymore because I worry youll spoil them and then their level drops down. Yes, its not that easy when youve just attained the level. Youre still shaky, and if people flatter you and spoil you rotten, then you lose it. MC. M. Is it possible to have more than 100% GQ, and how much GQ does Master have? No. No. 100% GQ is good enough, is enough. There is no over it. GQ youre always so nosy about my stuff. Would it help you to say that I am 100% GQ? Would it help you in any way? You should trust your instinct, your intuition, your feeling, or your inner vision when you meditate about me or about anyone. You dont always have to ask me or believe whatever I say. You have to check whether its correct, or whatever I teach you, whether its logical or not logical, all right? And check with your inner vision and your inner intuition. And if you know already, you dont have to ask me. I am embarrassed to tell you about myself. You told me there were no more questions, and that was the last question? You just thought about that question, right? Spontaneously, right? [MC: We were just curious, Master.] Yes, youre curious. [MC: Just love to know.] So do you know or you not know? [MC: Yes, Master, we know. Its just that our curious human minds want to hear it from You directly, but deep inside, we do know already.] Okay, then its good for you. Its good for you to know that your friend, your guide, and your Teacher is sure-footed. Of course, yes, its probably good. Maybe its good to know. Right or not? Its good. Yes, thats why when Jesus was alive, He was not a boastful person or, like, arrogant or anything. But when people asked Him, or the disciples probably wanted to know, He had to tell them that, Im the Light of the world as long as I am in the world, and No one goes to the Father/Mother except through me. I guess He had to reassure His disciples that, Okay, youre following the right Teacher and Im really a good guide for you. I guess He had to, otherwise He could not be telling about Himself that much if it wasnt necessary. This is the problem: You have to be humble but you have to tell the truth at the same time. Now, any more questions or anything else I can do for you? MC. M. MC. M. I think that wraps up the conference, Master. Okay, good. So you are happy? You know everything? Is there anything else you want to ask, by the way, sideway, or? Master, everyone looks very happy. They do. Good, all right then. Then, can I say good-night now?
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M. MC. Happy New Year, guys! Love you. Happy New Year, Master! Hallo, Master, it's such a blessing to see You. What an immense honor it is for us and the world to ring in the New Year with You tonight. We thank You ever so much for being with us. We are overjoyed to see You again, Master. Master, there's a New Year tradition when people make resolutions on how they will improve themselves in the coming year. As we are about to begin our celebration, we'd like to share this amusing prayer that took place on one New Year's morning: 'Dear Lord, so far this year, I've done well. I haven't gossiped. I haven't lost my temper. I haven't been greedy, grumpy, nasty, selfish, or overindulgent. I'm very thankful for that. But in a few minutes, Lord, I'm going to get out of bed, and from then, I'm probably going to need a lot more help. Amen.' [Laughter] Master, we have just about one minute left before midnight. This is so exciting to be ringing in 2011 with You, Master. Master, we've prepared some non-alcoholic vegan drinks to toast to You. [M: Yes, okay.] And now we would like to invite You to join us in the count down to the New Year. [M: That's good, I have it here.] 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1... Happy New Year! Happy New Year! Wow. What is that? To the world! To our planet! And to us! All lucky! Happy New Year, Master! Happy New Year! Happy New Year, Master! Happy New Year! Happy New Year! We are lucky! Yes, Master. Yes, we're lucky. So lucky. Thank You so much. We're lucky people. Yes! You're all very beautiful. Master, You are beautiful. You're wonderful in this vegan fur. Thank you. Yes, vegan fur is beautiful. [MC: Yes, Master, especially on You.] Crueltyfree.
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We love it, Master. Master, at this time we would like to invite You to share a New Year's message with the wonderful global viewers out there who are celebrating with us live on Supreme Master Television. Happy New Year! Be Veg, Go Green 2 Save the Planet! [Audience: Yes!] Everyone knows already what to do, so I don't know what else to say anymore, so we just help. Just wish everybody 'Happy New Year!' Happy Vegan New Year to You, Master! [M: Thank you, thank you. To all of us.] Thank You for Your loving wishes, Master. [M: Welcome.] With all the saints, angels, and celestial beings present with us tonight, as well as galactic Supreme Master Television viewers who are watching now, from all our heart, we wish You, most Beloved Master, a New Year in which Your dream of a vegan paradise on Earth will come true. [M: Thank you, thank you.] Now it would be our honor, Master, to read our New Year's card for Master. [M: Please.] Master, it's entitled 'A New Year's Wish for Our Beloved Master.' 'Like a child being tucked into a soft cozy bed Like Your tender love poems just re-read Like the winter wilds You've bountifully fed And lost souls to shore You've mercifully led Could this feeling You give of bliss Be the heaven that we've so missed? For planet Earth and our brethren to stay For humans to be the heroes of today For ourselves to grow in selfless ways And New Year's deeds to touch heaven, we pray May Health, Beauty, Happiness and Peace Belong to Master, forever increase Happy New Year, Most Wonderful Master Mom!' From Supreme Master Television staff.
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You ask for someone else or for yourself? Because you are already connected. [MC: For someone else, Master, because of course, we know.] Yes, of course, for the viewers. To be connected with God, each of us has to find our own way. Either deep, deep, deep sincere, genuine, profound longing prayers or through meditation, or the quickest way is through the direct connection with God, through somebody who has already connection with God. And we can have immediate connection and then continue nourishing that connection until we have a complete understanding and be one with God. We have to experience Gods love in order to know God, I mean, to know for sure that God exists. Beautiful Master, are we all able to achieve I and my Mother/Father are one? Would You say that for most it would take many lifetimes of spiritual practice to achieve this state? Yes. Most people who do not practice any meditation, or who are not connected with the inner Mother/Father, yes, it takes many lifetimes. But for the Quan Yin meditator, its possible in one lifetime. Or even after a short time like a few years or even a few months. I talk from my own experience and you know from many experiences from our Association members. Plenty. What could we do to reach that level? Is there some guideline or is there an important quality that we need? First, we have to be connected by means of an enlightened guide, or the guide who is already connected, and then strengthen it by meditation as I have mentioned above, with continuous yearning and sincere longing for God, to be one with God. Only you can do that, yourself. The guidelines or the Master only helps to connect you to the inner divine and stand by in case you need any help during your progress. Does an ascetic lifestyle make us closer to God? And would You say that its enough? Yes and no. First of all, its not recommended for everybody. Because everyone is different. And then the ascetic lifestyle is definitely not enough to be closer to God because outer austerity serves little to bring us there. Its a motive, not the outer action alone. The inner sincere longing does bring us closer to God. But, coupled with that, if you have a direct connection with God through like Quan Yin meditation, and then if we give up things, also because of God, then that can help us to achieve the closeness to God. The practitioner can enhance the progress, or quicken the progress, by giving up something, for a normal Quan Yin practitioner. But lower level is also a hindrance to some of our practitioners progress. I will maybe consult my spiritual notes later on for you to see what else you can do, like what kind of ascetic, for example, okay? The universal law is to be unconditional with boundless love. What is it so difficult for humans to grasp this notion? You cannot blame humans. The life as it is on our planet, in our world, it is very, very difficult for anybody at all to even remember God, truly, truly remember God. You see, because survival and self-absorption bring us a lot of obstacles. We have to fight to survive, we have to fight in order to get ahead in the society, and the society teaches us that we have to be someone, we have to be successful materially, et cetera, et cetera. So we have hardly any time to think of God. Does having a husband or a wife or a boyfriend or girlfriend make us further from God?
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youre angry with them, the more theyre making trouble for you. And I never understand why either, except the bad karmic connection. Just unfortunate. It takes a lot of patience, determination to reach our goal, to overstep all these hindrances and trouble thats around us when were working with many people. Patience. Endurance. Calm. Think of a bigger goal and forget the small problem. Okay, love? [Q: Thank You for Your advice.] Because, you know, sometimes I also dont feel its easy to work in this world with anybody, or not easy to deal with many situations. But because of the world, because of the love for peace and for God, I go on. So you do the same. Q. M. How far does eating meat take us away from God? Too far, too far. Much too far. We are eating ourselves up bit by bit till we become smaller and smaller in spiritual evolution, and then we might regress very far, go back lower into the evolutionary scale. And after leaving the body, we will realize all these mistakes: By eating other beings as if we are eating ourselves. So we will return to the physical again and again and again to redo our past misunderstandings. But we will be overwhelmed again by new situations and the pressure of this world again and then we fail again, et cetera, et cetera, and each time we fail, the obstacle will be even bigger than the last. Meat is a no-no for anybody at all, even not a practitioner. You know very well it doesnt bring physical wellness even, not to talk about spiritual progress, not to talk about being closer to God. How can we be close to God if we kill parts of Gods creation? How can we be close to God when we cut a part of the love from God away from ourselves? So meat is a no-no. Is it true that if we pray with utmost sincerity and devotion for Masters mission and for Her health that we can be close to God in one second? Yes. Only that second! So continue with many seconds. Then it lasts forever. Is there a specific prayer or form of prayer that can get us close to God? Or is maybe just sincerity and devotion enough to get us close to God? I know we had asked something similar earlier. Never mind. I have to answer you until youre satisfied. Its like this: Praying with utmost sincerity does help individually or a small group, but not for the whole world. For example, if one of your friends or family members are sick, and you pray with all your might to help that person to recover, lessen the pain. Or a group of your friends having trouble, maybe many people sit together and pray, then get these persons out of danger, et cetera, or minimize their danger, for example, then it works. But it doesnt work for the whole world. Im so sorry. Is there a specific prayer or form of praying? No, no. You just have to be sincere and specific in your prayers. For example, I want my friend, Mr. John, to get well. And sometimes it would be good your prayer would have almost immediate effect if you give your spiritual points to that specific request. Even to your dogs and your cats, if theyre sick and you want them to be more comfortable, you have to give like a couple or several millions of spiritual points. Prayers alone not always work. Depends on how grave the situation is. Yes, its not always cheap. Nothing free in this world, baby. Why did we choose to be away from God? Was it our mind or our real self who made the decision to behave ungodly?
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physical domain. Its not heaven here so its not all free here. Hence, the price to pay is heavy so that we have to struggle hard, while trying to do good, to be good here, or trying to help ourselves to progress spiritually. I hope youre happy, and understood my answer. Q. M. So, Master, what happens if we are not able to overcome the shortcomings? Will it hinder our return to heaven? Sure. Every time we come down again, the troubles multiply, and it will be a hindrance for us if we want to go back to heaven. We could be overwhelmed by all this trouble, and maybe even stay forever in the physical domain or even sink lower in the existence of evolution. So thats why the Masters are here. God always sends some Master to come to uplift us and to help us to remember when it is too hard for us to cope with all this by ourselves. Lucky us. [Q: Thank You, Master, for being with us.] Youre welcome, my love. I do what I can. For some people or spiritual practitioners, does God let them be poor or oppressed so that they can be closer to God? Or did the person choose this destiny? Its not really, maybe, chosen, but its because of bad karma. Not God. Doesnt put you down here to be poor or punish you or anything like that so that you can be close to God. But in some cases, this kind of situation does bring us closer to God, because we pray harder, and we really need help and we ask heaven and Earth to help us. In that case, it does help us. If someone is rich with a lot of houses and properties, are they further from God? Is there any way for them to be closer to God even with all their wealth? Some people also did choose to be rich or to be poor. The rich, yes, but they can also be close to God if they are, in their heart, not attached to the possession that they have. But still, theres still a little price to pay. Again, I will read you maybe my spiritual diary later, then you can know the price of some things that we have to pay in this world. Also, Master, through seeing Your work and Your interviews in Cancun, I got a better idea of how You give very incredible care to detail, like Your deep thought and care for others, and Your perseverance to do everything to perfection. It just really made an impression on me. And You once mentioned that we are perfection and that we should do everything to perfection or else our conscience wont forgive us. Master, why is it so important to be perfect when it takes so much effort? And why is it so difficult to listen to our conscience and to do things the right way? First of all, ego. Second of all, distraction around us and in this world. Third of all, habit. Laziness also plays some role in it. We tend to choose the easy way even though its not a successful way. Not every success comes from easy way. Although some do. Now, each one is different, and you must know your reasons and correct all these undesirable traces accordingly. If we know its a right thing, then we should do it, no matter what. If we know its wrong, then we should stop, even if its easier to be lazy or to do it in a wrong way. We know that its most important for us to perfect ourselves, but we tend to look at others instead. We judge them or we pay so much attention that we copy their bad habits. How can we learn not to look at others weaknesses?
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You have to try to turn your eyes away from others and turn it to yourself. Always try. Try again, again, and again. Because you know already if you pay attention to other peoples shortcomings, you copy that. You know it already so no need for me to say anything anymore. Just try to stop looking at others. Thats why in the bible, it says, Dont judge. Dont judge. Its hard, just try. What else can I say? Every time, remember God. Every time you want to judge other people or criticize others, try to remember God, and be happy that you dont have such an undesirable habit that you are looking at from the others. Be happy that you are perfect, or more perfect. [Q: Yes, Master. Thank You, Master.] Thank God for that. How can we be more inward and introspective? I told you already: Remember God, recite the Holy Names. Does our level drop when we pay too much attention, especially to the bad qualities of others, Master? Yes, of course it drops. What do you think, it goes up? [Q: No.] No. Whatever heavy goes down, you know that. Its the law. And whatever you think is bad from others, that means the heavy quality, heavy energy, dont hang on to it, because you will drop down with it. Regain your hardworking spiritual merit by always mind your own business. Always recite the Holy Names, remember God. Whenever you want to criticize somebody, please pray that you refrain from it. And if you already did, please pray for forgiveness and pray that you wont do it again, and apologize to that person personally I mean, outwardly or inwardly. At least, inwardly. Otherwise, we have to pay with our hard-earned spiritual merit points, which you are very afraid of. Im not scaring you, its true like that. Youve once said before that the ego is the only thing that separates us from God and is the worst enemy of our spiritual practice. But its such a subtle thing. Its so hard to detect it in ourselves until maybe its too late and we make a grave mistake, or even some time afterwards we still dont recognize that it is our ego at work, even if others point it out. And sometimes when we are in a test, although everyone else can see it, we ourselves who are in it do not see that we are not in tune with God. Master, do You have any tips for us on how to cut our ego so we can do things according to Gods will and not the mind or ego? This is a very general question. But in general, if you know its a good thing to do this and that and its a correct thing, and its whats requested of you, then just do that. And if you think there are other ways better, and the other person may be mistaken, then you talk to that person first to see, Oh, in my opinion, dont you think we should do this better? Dont you think we should do that better? And then you do it in harmony. Instead of going ahead, doing it in your own way and ruining the whole groups effort or delaying a spiritual mission. How do we know when we are in a test or if we are not connected with You, Master? I dont know. [Laughter] I dont know when youre in a test. For example, tell me. Tell me an example, then I maybe can tell you. Say we are distracted with a mundane pleasure, how do we know if its a test and we are not connected with You?
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Nobody is testing you. We are always in temptation if we live in this world. So its up to you to give in to it or go against it, overcome it. Its very difficult, and its up to you to make up your mind in which way you really want to go. If you want to be one with God, just continue that way, no matter what distracts, and say, I dont need this. I dont need that. Thats not what I want, et cetera, et cetera. And its difficult because when we are in this physical body, we have all kinds of hindrances already programmed in it through genetic inheritance, through social condition or habit, or peer pressure, and hormone pressure as well. So its not that anybody could point any finger at anybody and say, Youre wrong, youre bad, or anything. Its just very darn hard! Forgive yourself if you can. Continue with your goal, or not continue with your goal. Its your life. You do what you want, exactly what you want, and pay for whatever you want. Okay, you are young and Im happy that youre still there. [Q: Thank You, Master. Im very happy to be here.] Im proud of all of you. Im proud, and I understand the difficulty as well, and I love you very much for trying very hard. All of you. [Q: Thank You, Master. We love You very much.] You cannot be always connected with the Master power or Masters physical affection or God even. Because we are distracted in this world a lot, and even when were working, we also concentrate on the work a lot also. But if you concentrate on the work for God meaning to save the world then youre also with God. Even if at that time you dont think that, God, God, God, Im with God, or God is with me. Please be with me, but you are doing for God and youre with God in the spirit of working to better the life of Gods children. At the beginning of initiation, I felt that I was very pure and sincere, and I thought that Im perfect in a lot of ways. I thought I was very diligent, and felt my love for Master was the highest in my life. [M: I am sure it is.] But through the years, I realize I dont even have all these qualities at all and the love I have for the Master is only a small percentage, because when it comes to tests or personal struggles, the love for Master is as light as a feather, and the struggles that I deal with is mountains tall. Master, we want to keep that sincerity and humility, and gratitude and always feel this blessed privilege, knowing that out of zillions, trillions of lifetimes, only a few of us are blessed to follow this precious Quan Yin method given to us, and especially to have a chance to work with You for this noble mission to save the planet. So the question is: How do we keep ourselves from feeling robotic and not progressing? How can we learn to be grateful, selfless, sincere, humble, and to love Master and others unconditionally? You are too hard on yourself. You know, in this world, its like marriage, even the most in-love couple, after some time over the years as you said, the love also wanes like the moon after the middle of the month. But the love is still there, simmering. And on some occasion it will surge again anew. So do not worry about it. Im very proud of you, that even if what you are saying is true, like youre not grateful anymore or youre not appreciative of your work and your privilege and your chance to work for the world anymore, its still there. Thats why youre still there. Even if you are not appreciative and all that, I am happy that youre still there. At least you try your best, and your best is only what you can. Its the only thing you can, is to try your best. And of course, every day we work and then we encounter problems, technical problems, a little bit of conflict with the colleagues, with your working mates there, or room mates, and a lot of frustration, and there are sometimes time pressure. I understand all this. And youre only human; you do what you can. And Im very, very proud of you, and very happy that you are what you are. Do not expect too much from yourselves. Just do what you can, and if you cannot, then its also okay. You are welcome also to go back to where you were before and do what you wanted better. I appreciate it when you do it here, and if you go out, do something else, its also okay.
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The thing is, its up to you to refresh your enthusiasm. And thats why we have group meditation, tapes, supporting brothers and sisters, retreat, et cetera, et cetera, now and then, to renew experiences, and thus renewing our faith as well. Thats why sometimes I let you, the Supreme Master Television staff, take turns to come and see me. If you want you still can. If you have time, each of you can come, or maybe after this year, all right? Just be patient. Things always change. And if you cannot, then okay, not patient. Im very, very proud of all of you. I told you already. And I love you so much, for all the sacrifice and all the struggles that you are going through. And of course a lot of karmic influences, when we want to rescue others, when we want to save the planet. Be proud of yourself, celebrate, and dont listen to your mind, and think, Youre bad, youre not good. You are good, you are excellent, all of you. Q. You always taught us that we are our own judge and theres no God that judges us, and its so true because sometimes when we feel or we do something against our conscience, we feel guilty even though someone forgives us. And at times this guilt makes us feel very far from God. You also advised us to just forgive ourselves, but sometimes this is hard to do, because our wrongdoing just stays in our mind. Is there something concrete You can share with us to help us better overcome this thinking and keep God on our mind? And how do we always remember God and do good so we dont go against our conscience in the first place? Thank You, Master. Youre asking for the moon! Again, again, youre asking a lot of yourselves, which is good, to be introspective of ourselves instead of others. Okay, but go slow or you die fast. We also have a human body and a human mind so please be gentle with yourself. What you are doing is phenomenal already. Lets face it: None of us here, including myself, are professional journalists, and we are doing a very good job. You're doing an excellent job. I'm always with you, you know that, right? Every day I'm with you, through different ways, you know that. Through correspondence, through messages, whatever, okay? Every day I'm with you. Many programs, I'm also with you, helping, creating, perfecting, or improving. You are not alone. But you are working very, very hard, and that's why sometimes you're also feeling oppressed and the mind rebels. But it's okay. It's okay. Just hang on in there. Hang on in there, all right? You are doing good, you're doing good. If you think you did something terribly wrong, just repent and don't do it again, and time will heal. Time will heal. Its not always your fault. It's sometimes karmic pulling, it's sometimes the collective bad karma of the whole planet. So you're pouring all this emotion on New Year on me. My God! Don't worry. You are doing fine. You're so good, you cant do anything that bad. The thing is, we are good people, you are good people, so whenever a little bit of something you think is wrong, then you feel very heavy burden on your conscience. But compared to many others, you are perfect. Every little speck of dirt will show on a white dress, but if its black, nobody sees it. Youre trying your best to work day and night to help, to elevate the consciousness of the planet, helping my work, helping my mission, trying to save the world. You are a very good example. Please, be gentle with yourself. And even if youre not perfect as the way you wanted, I love you anyway. God loves you, all the animals love you, and the world loves you. You are doing great. Q. Thank You for Your love and blessings. When were near Master or a righteous person with high virtues, we tend to be a little bit fearful. Is it because subconsciously or consciously we are doing things that are not righteous in our heart? Is that why were scared? And how do we overcome this fearful feeling and be true to ourselves? How can we always act in a manner that is genuine and true to our hearts so that we dont deceive ourselves? Thank You, Master.
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Youre welcome for nothing, [laughter] because I dont know how to answer this question. I truly dont have this experience, ever, and I have met many so-called virtuous masters and highly positioned in the society. I dont know this feeling so I cant help you. I cant even answer this question. I cannot cheat you. I dont really know. I dont know why you have this feeling. So please, try to calm yourself. Thats all I can tell you. Calm yourself, and know that youre worthy in the eyes of God, knowing that maybe any shortcoming you think you have, its maybe because of the price you have to pay to come down here, as I have explained to you already. And any virtuous person would love you. God loves you no matter what. So just put away the fear and do what you want, and see whomever you like, naturally. Just be natural. You explained before about the slow vibrations and the fast vibrations and how the Buddhas just move at faster vibrations, therefore theyre omnipresent. So if were slow in our thoughts and our actions, does this mean that were still at a low level, Master? And if so, how can we speed ourselves up so that we can [M: How do you know if you are in the lower vibration? What do you mean by that?] No, I mean, like, when you do something slow, like your action is slow, and your thoughts are slow. Does that mean that youre still at a low level and your vibration is not as high as? Maybe you are tired, thats what I think, you know, at that time. Maybe you didnt sleep enough so you are slow. [Master laughs.] Or maybe youre habitually slow. Doing things fast doesnt always mean that you have a fast vibration. Its just fast reaction because of training, or because of habit or because of lack of time and that you are used to working in very short periods and, therefore, youre always working fast. Working fast and having a fast vibration are two different things. Dont blame yourself too much all the time. Try to be faster next time. Drink coffee or something, or sleep better, first. [Q: It feels like You spoil us a lot. It feels like we put so little out there, but You embrace us and make us feel like we did a lot of things, and I truly feel like Im not I really dont deserve this.] Oh, really? Just pay more attention then. Study what you want to understand. Pay more attention to your work. Sometimes it takes us a longer time to understand the meaning of Masters message to us that helps us grow. So how can we realize faster so that we can be one with God more quickly? Its the mind that assimilates things not always the way we want. It interprets it differently than the true meaning. What do you think? Thats why the world does not always understand the bible, even though its so plain, clear, like my nose on the television here. Its just that its very difficult for the mind sometimes to understand something that is new or newly imparted. In the school, nobody taught you the way I teach you. With your parents, in the family, nobody taught you the way I teach you, so these things are new new to your brain, new to your mind. So sometimes it takes a little longer to assimilate and understand. Just try to understand as much as you can. Also because you are busy, working in your job right now, at the Supreme Master Television, so you have not enough time to ponder over the deeper meaning or to even remember what I said. So its all right. Its all right. I complain sometimes, because of time, because of delaying of work, but dont worry, I love you. I forgive you all the time. You are doing your best already, and whatever you do is perfect. As I told you guys, none of us are professional in anything at all, not even cameramen. We train ourselves, we train each other to be doing what were doing, and were doing good already, I am very happy. It could be worse, dont you think? [Q: Thank You for Your patience, Master. Thank You so much.] Yes, we are not worse off than anybody
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else. Were okay. Were okay. Just maybe Im not patient. Im not patient because the world [Q: You are, Master, Youre very patient with us.] No, I mean the world is in danger and we are in this urgent time, so sometimes maybe I dont show enough patience because of that. But its not your fault. Its the fault of the situation that we are in. Its the fault of the period of the world that we are in. Otherwise, you dont even need to work there and you dont have to have time pressure and things like that. [Q: But I do appreciate it. Because of that, I think, spiritually, it helps us a lot in a spiritual way that, You know, being able to work here, being able to contribute to Gods works and] It does. It does. [Q: On a positive side] I told you how much you gain already. Q. We have heard in the Buddhist sutras that if one was to even just encourage or support someone to be a renunciate, then we will gain a tremendous amount of merit, and if we obstruct the path of a person trying to practice spiritually, we will create a lot of bad karma for ourselves. So, Master, how do females make sure that we are not flirtatious or being seductive so that we dont distract the opposite gender and we can be more focused on God? How do we get rid of our habit of trying to attract the attention of others and to develop our own inner beauty, to be more perfect and pure like You, Master? Like me? [Audience: Yes, Master.] Im not sure if Im as perfect as you are. [Q: No, You are perfect.] Okay, at least, you recognize your habit. The thing is, when we are wearing the womans body, that is the way they do. The way women do, just to try to get attention from the men. And in the workplace, as closely-knit, and close space as you are doing, it is inevitable that the habit pops up any time. You see, there is a survival DNA thats imparted within our system physical system and emotional system that is to ensure the survival of the human race. Thats why most people grow up and have to listen to this instinct and then go marry and have children, et cetera, et cetera. So in any case, if you dont want this kind of habit to distract you from your work or distract you from your pure devotion to God, then please control it. Every time you have this trait pop up, you just control it and dont do it. Just stay away from it and be strict to yourself. Turn away from the man that you want to attract, for example. I dont mean you. I mean the females that you are asking for, I mean, for everyone else. I dont mean you personally. It takes determination, practice. Just make up your mind to do what you think is good and what is better for your spiritual practice, as well as the spiritual practice of your brothers. In the Buddhas time, the Buddha advised the monks not to look upon any woman, except as a mother. And even a female who is 70-something years old already, and sick, and lying desperately on the floor already, dying, still should not look at. So if you want to be a monk like that status, then you have to continue not looking at the men, even if theyre 70 years old and lie dying on the floor. [Master and audience laugh.] As it is such, I did not expect you to be a monk or a nun of any kind. You did not come there to wow to be a nun in any way. Its just that if you think your beauty or your flirtatious attitude or the habit within you causes distraction to other males, then please try to control it. From now on, dont do it. Dont look at them, dont smile at him or dont try to do anything that might make a misunderstanding. Falling in love is something, but trying to get attention is another thing. And if many women together, sometimes there is also a rival instinct, but this is the instinct that is for the survival of the human race, to make the human race always populate. And if you dont want to play that game, then just dont. Determine to do that. You think I always feel easy to work in my situation or anywhere I go? I just have to put up with it
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because for the higher goal. For the higher goal, I try to just concentrate on that goal, and whatever else is just by the way, passing by, and it will be gone in no time. Again, concerning the flirtatious attitude in the question, it is better that we keep our dignity and safety calm. Its not just for women, its for men also. We should always keep our honesty and sincerity, and dignity, not selling them for cheap feel or bribing, or using affection to bribe for favors or whatever purposes. Its one thing to fall helplessly in love, and another thing to disturb others tranquility with our insincere attention, fake affection and rivalry attitude or purposes. I think you know whats the right thing to do. Its not easy. You are not alone, but try again, again, and again. Q. Weve learned so, so much from You. Even when You are under so much pressure, or when You face unpleasant situations, You always keep such an optimistic attitude, You still bring happiness to others no matter what. Regardless of what Youre personally facing, Your humor still brings smiles to others. In one of our conferences with You, You told us that You have a very positive feeling for the world to become vegan and You told us to keep this positive vision. Weve all read from the bible that, Except you become a child, you cannot enter the kingdom of God, and Youve said how when were happy, we create that heaven for ourselves. So how do we train ourselves to always be positive and happy like You, to become like pure, innocent children again and not let our habitual, negative thinking deter us from the path of returning to God? As I said before, a different question, we just have to try. And we have to think that things happen for some reason. And its not easy to work in such a situation when everybody is rubbing elbows together like that, and under sometimes technical pressure or time pressure, to keep always your cool. So just never mind. Everybody understands when youre a little short of patience. Everyone is the same so dont worry too much about that. Just concentrate on your positive traits of the goal that you are trying to fulfill. Then youll be fine. You just think everything is in Gods hands and try your best. And what is a child that you should be in order to enter the kingdom of God as the bible said? A child is someone who is so pure, so positive, innocent, no judgment, always loving and kind and wants to be loved, and never wants to harm anything or anybody. If we all just be like that, then well have world peace and well have the kingdom of God at hand. Try. Im sure this question everybody asks as well out there, and thanks for asking for their sake. Okay, Choco, Chocolate? Thank You, Master. When Master told us stories about how simple a task is and how people around Master cannot do it right, it does sound very easy, but when it actually comes to our turn, we make the same silly mistakes. How can we be fully conscious and do the work out of wisdom and purity and not out of ego or impulsiveness when we are in Your presence? Okay, Im used to it, all this, already. When the negative power cannot get me, they try to get people around me. This is always, since times immemorial with all the Masters and their attendants; its a famous story. I dont know why it is so complicated, but all my advice is very simple: Just do what is asked, not what you think the Master needs, or the Master should need or should want. All this happens because of our ego, our habitual thinking, and it is the negative power also, which surrounds us and triggers some of the negative traits that exist within us, then coupled with the ego and bad habits. Thats how it happens. Just pay more attention. Be pure, be simple, then its easier.
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But never mind, never mind. Its okay also. Whatever it is, Im used to it already. It doesnt matter that much. If its for personal things, then it doesnt matter that much. Its just sometimes when its connected with the world or other peoples comfort, then it is a little bit uncomfortable. But we try our best. We try our best, all of us. Wow, you have a lot of questions! Q. You gave us the most wonderful, divine meditation method and share with us the most amazing tips on how we can speed up our spiritual progress; but what about the people who do not practice the Light and Sound meditation? What would be Your advice to them so they can recognize God and be the God who they truly are? Well, I have told many things already during lectures, and also through the Supreme Master Television. I dont know what else, advice, to give them, except that they should be aware of all the blessing around them. As I have told already in Cancun, that we are so precious, precious. All the whole universe are blessing us, and we should not waste this blessing. And be aware, be thankful. And I have another tip that they can try. When they feel stressed or when they remember, just breathe in and think or imagine or be aware that they breathe in the best, the highest blessing from all around them and from the divinity, and then breathe out to bring that divinity and blessing into the surroundings and the world. They can try that anytime theyre free or remember, and after a while, maybe they become better, they think clearer, and become a more gentle person, more worthwhile within themselves. Breathe in all the best from the universe, and breathe out to spread that blessing and positive power around them and into the world. In, the best; out, the blessing. And of course, of course, eat no meat. Vegan! Then it helps. Because if youre vegan, then you have a higher percentage of blessing, because you elevate yourself into a higher dimension, and then youll get higher blessing, more power. We were happy and amazed to hear that many Spiritual Blessing Lines have been lengthened and/or completed (meaning the ends have merged). Could Master share with us how this happened in such a short time? I think maybe someone has tried hard to fix them. And gods and goddesses are helping to do that so just thank heaven for it. Because its good for us. At this time, have many more Spiritual Blessing Lines been lengthened that Earth is no longer in such a precarious situation? Could Master help us understand how lengthening, thickening, and joining the Spiritual Blessing Lines helps protect Earths inhabitants better? Does it help to dissolve some of the negativity and afford us more physical time to help the planet? Yes, yes, its like that. It just keeps the negative destruction pattern on hold for a longer time, just helps to hold the planet in balance to buy time. But Earthlings must change to a more benevolent lifestyle, must be more grateful for all the blessing they get, and refilling their blessing power so that all we want, like peace, harmony, safety, and plentiful for the whole planets inhabitants will come true. Because to be a human is very precious already, very lucky already, and if you are famous, then you must know that in the past life, you have earned so much spiritual points. And if youre beautiful or handsome, then you know in the past life you had plenty, plenty of spiritual merits. And now, in order to continue to keep this status and more spiritual elevation, we have to refill our bank account, by being more benevolent, by being loving and kind and by praying or practicing meditation, and avail ourselves of all the blessing that we can get from the sun, the moon, the stars, the trees, the plants, the animals, the wild animals,
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the pet animals, et cetera, et cetera. Everything blesses us mountain, forest, tree, river, ocean we have blessing all the time. We are the Masters of the universe. All are blessing us so we should behave the way a Master should behave, and then we get more and more blessing and support from everyone and everything all the time. Its not like we will have less support if we dont behave. Its just we dont get as much support and blessing when we do not behave as a Master. We obstruct ourselves by our bad habits, undesirable, unbenevolent quality. The more benevolent, the more virtuous, the more noble, the more blessing we can absorb and assimilate, and the more elevated we are spiritually. Q. In the Mexico conference, You were explaining how a Ninth Level Master blesses disciples 30,000% daily, and the higher one is, the more blessings we can receive. What can we do to elevate ourselves so that we can maximize the boundless blessings that Master graces us with? I already told many times, in maybe some other places. Maybe you be patient, and when you get these tapes, there will be a lot of revelations as well. I dont want to keep repeating the same things all the time. But, generally speaking, avail yourselves of all the blessing around you as much as you can. Being a vegetarian, you are already blessed a lot. Youve already received a lot more blessing from the animals and others around you, and sun, moon and all that. But, of course, you meditate more and do more selfless service or renunciation of worldly desire that will also enhance your spiritual practice and speed up your progress. But do what you can; everyone is different. We can only do our best, according to our capability. Beloved Master, You revealed the immense benefits of the sun in one of the previous conferences, and we thank You very much for the amazing tip to speed up our spiritual practice. Master, can we get blessing from the sun even by just thinking about the sun? If so, how much difference in blessing is there if one thinks about the sun compared to sitting under the sun, Master? Big difference: You dont feel as hot! [Laughter] The blessing when sitting under the sunlight, even with cover, with a thin cloth or something, or within the suns shining spot, and thinking of the sun, is different. The difference is 90%. When youre in the sun, you have more. For example, if youre in the sun, you get 100% blessing. If you just think of the sun, of course you have blessing too, but less. Only 10%, more or less. So go in the sun whenever you can, but cover yourself. How about for those countries that dont have much sun? Can they get blessings from the sun on a cloudy day, or perhaps from the rain? Yes, yes, yes. Yes, the rain also blesses us, yes. Its different. And a less sunny country sorry, less blessing from the sun. But we have other sources of blessing, as I told you, from the sea, from the water, from the river, from the trees, from the plants in your gardens, from your dogs, your cats, from the wild animals surrounding your area, or flying over your houses, the birds in the gardens, the fox, the tigers, the lions. Even if theyre not around you, they are far away from you, but if you request their blessing, they will be sending it your way. They are very gracious. Animals are very gracious. When were in a state of remembering God, do we earn spiritual blessing points? If yes, how much is the percentage compared to the suns blessing?
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angels we have. Could You please tell us what are some of the specific things we can do to have more angels to protect us? M. Just basic, like be good, be selfless, help others in your capacity, as much as you can. Keep the five precepts as a basic of having a good human life, like, do not kill, do not lie, do not steal, do not lust after other peoples partners, do not take intoxication, and help all, regardless of race and creeds. Love all, regardless, as well. Behave like a great God who loves all and forgives all and serves all. Very simple: Do good, be good, be veg. For those who do work like Supreme Master Television or Loving Hut and other Gods works, do we have more angels around us? Yes. They do all the work just as good or better. Angels always help people who are good and who are helping others, who are good to others. We cannot bribe the angels. We cannot buy the angels. We can just be good and they will come automatically by their own accord to help us. And how do we call upon these angels for help when we are doing Gods work so that it can go smoothly and successfully? Just tell them, ask them, just like youre asking me. Inside or outside. Speak to them verbally or in your heart. They do it. They do what you want all the time. Are these angels specialized in certain tasks, or they just bless us all around? They do bless us all around whenever possible, or whenever necessary also, but they are also specialized in different fields. Who do you think is helping you to do the camera work so good? Who do you think helps you to know, to learn, about special effects so quick? Who do you think that is helping with all the situations when you feel that its hopeless or you feel its so difficult? Who? Who do you think is working with you, even without you asking? You think you did it all? [Audience: No, Master.] No, no. That hurts your ego? [Laughter] No? You think you did it all, right? Up to now, yes. Despite Master's busy, busy schedule, You set aside a number of weeks to grace Cancun with Your presence during the United Nations' climate talks. And we thank You also for the extra special news we were able to air through Your notes while attending the conference, one of which was a news of the Mexican President Felipe Calderon emphasizing that the highly potent methane gas emissions from animal agriculture and fertilizers must be reduced. The question, Master: Was there something particularly special about this COP16 conference, or this time period in Cancun, that merited Master's presence? Thank You, Master. I, of course, do what I can to help the world, to encourage the world leaders to save our planet. That's why I was there. Besides, I went there because I was invited by the kind, gentle government of Mexico. On the two previous occasions, last year once, and this year, before Cancun, like the World Mayors' Summit, I had to cancel one conference last year. And this year, when the World Mayors' Summit, just before Cancun's world climate change conference, I also had to refuse due to some physical obstruction, and I felt very bad. So, at least this time I had to go in any case. Because the government of Cancun is very, very, very kind, very respectful, and I would have felt bad if I did not go, even if I did not want to go. But I did want to go and I was glad I was able to go. [Q: We
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thank You for Your blessings You gave us while You were there, and all the time.] Thank you, my love. If I have any blessing, I am always glad to give. Q. It seems like the Mexican media was very receptive of Your visit and wisdom. Is it because the world's consciousness has been more awakened? Does Your past affinity with Mexico through previous videoconferences help the country to better understand Your messages? Partly, yes, but partly because the Mexican people as a whole is a race of friendly, hospitable and pure-hearted people. I have always liked them very much. I told you many times, and a long time before Cancun. You know that. I like them very much, Mexican people. They're very blessed, very, very blessed. Very kind, very gentle people. Yes, Master, they are very kind. My second question: In Cancun You revealed how animals bless us and help us to earn more spiritual merits. This helps us also to better understand the book of Genesis in the bible about animals being our helpers. [M: Friends, yes.] But, Master, with climate change, so many of them are dying now at a very alarming rate. How detrimental is it to Earth every time a species becomes extinct? That means we have less love, less loving power to protect us, and to keep the Earth's atmosphere in balance. We are more vulnerable to attack from negative power because we have less positive power from the blessing of the animals. That's what it is. You know it well. I'm very sad. I can't describe ever enough how sad I felt. Now, not even so much for animals but for humanity, because no matter how the animals suffer physically, it's a temporal moment, and they will go straight to heavens where they deserve a high place amongst other highly spiritual beings, and being loved and praised by God for their sacrifice and their help on this planet. But the humans, by having harmed the animals, we are harming ourselves so much, so much. If only humans know what are the consequences, I think they will stop abusing animals, and immediately, and will feel very, very repentant and very sorry for what we have done to our animal friends and helpers and blessed beings, blessing source of love and protection. Maybe soon everybody will realize that. I hope. [Q: Yes, we hope so, too. Thank You, Master. Thank You so much for Your help, Master, and Your blessing. Thank You.] You're welcome. Thank God. In this holiday season, we also think about the people who suffered during the year 2010, and there have been a lot of weather events, like the floods in Pakistan or the drought in Russia. There are more and more reports about how severe droughts are spreading everywhere. For example, the world's largest rainforest, the Amazon, is undergoing an exceptional drought in large areas, which is worse than the extreme drought category. What are Master's thoughts about the worsening drought situation? As you know already from scientific news reports, we have tens of thousands of people hungry due to the Amazon drought. Drinking water is contaminated by the millions of fishes that die also, not just from our fertilizer runoff or animal waste runoff. Also, such a severe, they call 'mega-drought,' usually occurs only once in many decades, or century. Now, the latest one is only several years ago, five years ago, scientists say that droughts related to global warming are very different from normal droughts. They are more permanent, more severe, and irreversible, and characterized by very hot weather, or even cold weather, extreme. Trees die, not only the oldest ones, but of all ages, even the young ones, and all sizes. Regions most vulnerable are the United States Southwest, Southeast Asia, Eastern South America, Western Australia, Southern
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Europe, Southern Africa, and Northern Africa. And if we continue to live our lives the way most people do right now, it will get worse and worse. I am not sure what else will happen. Karma changes so fast because we create new patterns of karma all the time and that, in turn, affects the weather, and the weather affects us, of course. And all this biodiversity loss and all the people lives lost are due to the consequences of the way we live our lives. Not benevolent enough. I am not sure anymore what will wake humans up. I have just finished working on Plan B right now and I am glad it's a success. Thanks to all the deities' help, to all the divinities that lent hands at this time. That's all I can tell you. Plan B is already done, in case. Q. Again, we just wanted to thank You so much for being in Cancun, and just being there for the climate change conference. It was just really touching to see all the delegates' warm reception for You, Master. And it seems that the vegan circle is growing every day, yet it also seems that it's not fast enough. Would heaven have any tips for us at this time to speed up this evolution? Thank You, Master. Yes. Yes. Heaven has a tip for us. That is the necessity of precious donation of spiritual merit points, namely one million zillions of spiritual merit points in order to rescue the situation. I'm working on it still. Hope I have enough time as well, and favorable condition, in order to continue this job, this Plan C. One million zillion of zillion, can you count that? Spiritual points. This lifetime, the physical life, is not enough; something more precious, spiritual points, must be given. That's the negotiation. Like in this life, people have negotiation for many things, and spiritual dimension, we also need negotiation and spiritual deal. Sometimes the Master dies for the world. Sometimes physical death is not enough. Physical death is not the worst thing that happens to anyone. Spiritual loss is. Would You agree to share with us what is Plan B and what is Plan C? Plan B is in case we cannot rescue the physical lives on the planet, or rescue the planet because humans dont change their way of life, then to rescue the souls when they depart from this world so that they will stay away from hell even the worst criminals. That is Plan B. And I have enough spiritual merit to save, aside, whatever I have earned up to now. Because other merit, I have spent it all for different reasons already, and right now it's reserved for the souls if they die from this world before they've had a chance to redeem their mistakes. Then they could go to heaven instead of hell. And for that, well, I cannot count a zillion, zillion, zillion, zillion, zillions of zillions and that's enough right now to have the redemption of ten billion people. [MC: Thank You so much, Master!] That is the whole world and the future. Because we're nearly nine billion soon. That's Plan B. So right now it's just enough for Plan B. Plan C is to save the planet physically and Plan D as well but I have not even had time to begin Plan C yet; just the beginning. I just hope I have enough favorable condition, not like the condition I had in these past years, in order to concentrate on my task. I just hope I have enough better condition, like favorable condition, and time and physical wellness to continue Plan C, and then Plan D. [MC: Thats our wish, Master. Thats our wish also.] But sometimes if you have Plan B ready, and then Plan C is done, then Plan D also has great effect together. Still... but each one is different. Theyre together, but different: Demand different price, different negotiation, different deal. And takes time to get all the points, if I even have time. Any more questions, my love?
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Yes, Master. You just mentioned also the Plan D. Would You share with us what is D? Would heaven allow? Yes, its allowed, but I have not started yet, so I dont know. Its a complete peace on this planet, that no one will kill no one any longer, even animals. Thats the Plan D. [MC: Yes, Master. We love that, Master.] You are very, very inquisitive, very inquisitive. Concerning that, Master, we will pray and maybe meditate more also to give I dont know if we can help in any way. It helps always to send positive, loving, kind thoughts. Supportive, you see. Its a supportive atmosphere. [MC: We support You, Master. We support You.] Help me to thank all the deities, gods and goddesses, who have been very, very supportive, very, very helpful to remind me about things, to remind me where things are, and what to be done. And they always lend their utmost blessing and support. Help me to thank them. [MC: Yes, Master.] I thank them all the time, all the time, every day, many times a day, whenever I remember, whenever I have time. [MC: Thank You.] Without them, I could not do much. Okay, any more questions? Master has said in Dubai that leaders who approve or pass plant-based nutrition will gain thousands of zillions of points and go straight to heaven after this life. What about leaders who still eat meat but promote more organic plant-based nutrition? They approve it but they still eat meat, right? Then they have 50/50. Yes, 50 blessing from the approving of the plant-based diet, and have some deduction because of the karmic price they have to pay for taking lives indirectly or directly from the creation on this planet. Maybe lower heaven; but still better than hell. You are selflessly giving everything to save beings on this planet, even to the detriment of Your own health. What does Master mean in Mexico conference lecture when You said that with Masters current merit points You can only help about half of the worlds souls? Master, could You please help further explain how You are rescuing them? Is it purely spiritually or also helping them in this physical realm? Some cases, both, yes, but that was an old report. I have just told you already: I have enough for ten billion people, including the worst criminals. But people have to change, otherwise they will go to lower heaven instead of higher heaven, and they will regret very much. This is more spiritual. Plan B is in case we cannot save the planet and cannot save many physical lives on this planet, then we save their souls when they depart from this world en masse, for example just the worst scenario and I have to save the spiritual merit for that case. In case humans have not enough time to repent and the planet has no spiritual merit to sustain in order to exist, then thats Plan B. Otherwise, in some cases, also physical as well as spiritual. So in case I dont see you, I dont talk to you a lot or anybody a lot or dont go out a lot, dont see any of our members a lot, you must know that I am in intensive retreat, somewhere, in order to speed up the spiritual bank account for some use. So, please, please, anyone, disciples out there, dont keep pulling me out. Dont keep praying to see Master and all that stuff. Please, please give me some time so that I can do something.
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You continued to stay with disciples and singing songs and sharing Your love. And, actually, we noticed one of the Greenest Heroes honorees, Dr. Will Turtle, he also stayed until the very end to bid You farewell, among the crowd. And the next day, before he left Cancun, he was saying, I know it was late and my mind was telling me to go, but my heart was telling me to stay because it was such a precious opportunity to be in Supreme Masters presence, and She was beautiful, and thats what he said. And Cary Brown, the three-time Emmy winner, who was also one of the Greenest Heroes, he acted in the Santa skit for Supreme Master Television and he had shared with his wife, who was not at the gala, about how You are like the perfect Earth Mother. Thats what he said. And when he heard Your voice on the television from another room in our studio, he smiled and he goes, I know whose voice that is. Its Supreme! And, actually, just today he called in the middle of his vacation to wish You Happy New Year, and he said to please send his love to Supreme Master Ching Hai. [M: Please, likewise. Likewise.] Thank You, Master, Ill tell him. Master, it seems sometimes that non-initiates have an even closer connection with You. Why are they able to be like that even without being initiated? M. I dont know. [Master and audience laugh.] I dont know how, I dont know why. I can only tell you that whomever I met outside our circle are very, very, very kind and very loving. They are very attentive and very loving, and they just love me so much and it feels as if they are family members or best of friends, and I love them no end. For example, sometimes I just pass by some children on the street and theyre playing together and I feel so much love for them, I want to hug them, kiss them, and give them presents, and sometimes I do that, but I tell the parents first, I ask the parents permission and I let the parents give it instead of from me directly. And I tell the child that never receive anything from strangers, except when the parents permission is there, or direct from the parents, so that they dont get the habit of taking things from anybody and maybe sometimes its not favorable for them. Sometimes even I see some taxi drivers, whom Ive never met they are just standing on the street and talking with each other, and I pass by with my car and I feel so much love for them, I dont know why. I even want to stop the car and hug them and tell them I love them. But, of course, I dont do that. [Laughter] So I dont know. No reason. I just love people a lot, and they love me a lot. Everywhere I go, I cannot complain. People are so loving, so loving. [Q: I think its because they respond to Your love and they really feel Your love. So thank You, Master.] Perhaps, I dont know. Its so inspiring to see the politicians and the artists really listening to the spiritual revelations You gave in the gala in Cancun. And one artist, Melba Moore, even mentioned how they loved Your poems and lyrics and how it uplifted them singing them. Master, would You say that enlightenment and arts in general could convey Your message more easily and help to awaken in humans the veg solution to climate change? And if so, what would You think about a sequel to The King & Co. and more events like the gala? Right now I dont think I can afford it. I must concentrate more on Plan C and Plan D. Time is urgent. There is no time for entertainment even though that helps people. First, we must save the planet. First, important is to save the souls and then save the planet and have peace on Earth, and then maybe we have time for any other things that we enjoy. Gods will, maybe. Right now I have other plans. As Ive said, it takes a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot of almost infinite points, so I just hope I have enough time to do all that. I dont have time to write anything right now.
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possible that youll be closer to God than before you renounced things. But only if youre sincere and profoundly dedicated to God. Here comes some renunciation if you want to hear, if you think [MC: Yes, Master. We want to hear, Master.] Okay, for example, if you renounce one dog, if you have a dog and you renounce it because you want to be free to be devoted to God Please dont renounce your dog. I know all that, but I dont renounce my dogs, either. But even then, I keep all my dogs, I still am very close to God. I am very happy. Even if I give the spiritual merit and I still keep the dogs and everything, but I still am very close to God. Im revealed like that, okay? Im not boasting or anything. Im just telling you all the truth as a report. Now, if you renounce one dog, you have like 1% closer to God. Some smaller dog, then you have less. And if you dont have any birds, for example you renounce the bird then you have 0.5% closer to God. If you have no sexual partner, or you renounce your partner because you really want God, then you cut, and youll be closer 10% to God. And if you have no I mean, kind of pleasuring yourself, then youre closer to God 4%. Each time you pleasure yourself without a sexual partner, youve lost 4% closeness to God. And now, in case you think not enough, you want more ascetic, then you can renounce the food, and you will have 5% closer to God. If you renounce the drink and you have another, like, maybe 0.5% or 1% closer to God. And if you dont have any house, for example, or you renounce your house for the sake of God, then you have, like, 1% to 3% closer to God the house, like three bedrooms, for example. And if you dont have even an apartment, you renounce even your apartment and youll be closer to God similarly, maybe 0.5%, something like that. So if you renounce everything at all, then youll be closer and closer to God, but Im not recommending it. Im just telling you because you asked me. Its no recommendation, like this. And even as I told you before, it all depends on the heart as well. Even you renounce everything but your heart is not with God, theres no use. But even if you have everything in this world, but your heart is always with God and God is all you want, then you can have all that and still be closer to God. That I know for sure. Now, for example, something that reduces our closeness to God, like even if you have water, one bottle a day, you will lose, like, 0.1% of closeness to God. And if you have a natural tap, then you lose only 0.05% of closeness to God. And now, if you have fruit only, like three times a day, but the fruit fell to the ground and you consume it, instead of plucked from the trees fell to the ground then you have 0% reduction from closeness to God. But if you eat the fruits that are plucked from the trees, like three times a day, then its different. If you have nuts also, natural from the tree, that fell from the tree as well, then you have also 0% of hindrance to the closeness to God. So I advise you: Just sit under the fruit trees and the nut trees and wait. [Laughter] Pick up those, eat them, then youre always close to God even though you eat all day. Now even all kinds of melons, you also lose 0.2%, and all mushrooms, cucumbers, pumpkins and all the like, also you lose closeness to God, but very little, like 0%, 0.2%, 0.3%, 0.5%, like that. These fruits are too close to the earth in any case and the fruits that fell from the trees are better in comparison. But thats by no means recommended, that you eat just fruits from the trees. You eat what you want. Just a report. Now, if you dont want to lose any closeness to God, then you stay on fruit and coconut. For example, fruits that fell to the ground. You can have apples, 0%; orange, 0%; coconut, 0%, but they have to be like falling from the trees to the ground before you eat; not plucked. If you pluck, then you lose 0.1%, 0.2%, 0.3%, 0.4% depends on the fruit. Even bread and noodle, each portion we eat, we lose 1.3% or 1.4%; rice as well, white rice; brown rice, similar. Even sesame, everything, brown rice, ready-made tofu, but these are very little, like 0.03%, 0.006%, 0.01%, for example. Soya sauce please dont
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very minimal. So heaven says that world peace needs a negotiation, a spiritual loss, or donation, of one million zillion of zillions of spiritual merit points. You know it takes long time to earn that. You understand now? [Audience: Yes, Master.] Negotiation. Spiritual negotiation is similar to physical or financial negotiation in this world. Everything we want in this world, we have to pay. Not by fighting back, not by praying even, but by our spiritual merit. Imagine if the whole world practiced meditation and yearning for God, and give up violence, give up harassing, abusing other beings such as animals, then we will have this in no time. But never mind, heaven would allow an alternative. Actually, world peace is already partially visible, right? [Audience: Yes, Master.] But it needs a lot more zillions. I just hope I have enough time. It takes some time. Takes a lot of time, a lot of effort, but it's not impossible. All right, any other questions, sweethearts? Lovely people? MC. Master, thank You so much for sharing the spiritual diary with us, and thank You also for telling us about Plan B, Plan C and Plan D. It really gives us hope that the planet can be saved. Thank You so much, Master. [M: Okay, I also hope so.] Most magnanimous Master, we thank You so much for celebrating this blessed New Year with us and for sharing Your precious insights to help elevate humanity's consciousness. In this New Year, with all the wisdom and love You have graced us today, we sincerely resolve to first change to improve ourselves in working for the betterment of the world. We pray that we'll be good tools to truly express our deep gratitude and be deserving of Your special love for us. Thank you, thank you for having me. Thank you for believing me. Thank you for letting me be your friend and your helper, your assistant, all these years and still continue. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Thanks for your trust. God bless you all. And I thank you and I love you so much for all you do, all your dedication, and all your sacrifice. Thank You so much, Master. Master, I just want to thank You for such a happy beginning for 2011. Beginning the New Year immersed in Your love and benevolence, we are so filled with hope, as I was telling You before, for the Plan B, Plan C, Plan D. Thank You ever so much! Yes. We all have to have hope, because that's all we have right now. [MC: Master, may this be the year the whole planet becomes vegan.] Yes, I am working on it. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Oh, yes. That's what I mean. It's included in Plan C. [MC: In Plan C.] Yes, so that the world becomes vegan and to save the planet. Plan C. I am working on it. Pray for me. We will, Master. If I may, I'd like to share another New Year's joke that is also quite relevant to the spiritual points You have been sharing with us through the recent conferences, Master. On New Year's Day, a man dies and goes to heaven. Saint Peter meets him at the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter says, 'Here's how it works. You need 100 points to make it into heaven. You tell me all the good things you've done, and I give you a certain number of points for each deed, depending on how good it was. If you reach 100 points, you get in.' 'Okay,' the man says, 'I attended church every Sunday.' 'That's good,' says Saint Peter, 'That's worth two points.' 'Two points?' he exclaims. 'Well, I gave 10% of all my earnings to the church.' 'Well, let's see,' answers Peter. 'That's worth another two points. Did you do anything else?' 'Two points! Gosh. How about this: I started a soup chicken in my city and worked in a shelter for homeless veterans.' 'Fantastic, that's certainly worth one point,' Saint Peter replies. [Laughter] The man says, 'Hmmm... I was married to the same woman for 50 years and never cheated on her, even in my heart.' 'That's wonderful!' says Saint Peter, 'That's worth three
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MC. Now, we are connected with the author of The Love of Centuries, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Lets welcome Her with the warmest applause! Hallo, Master! Greetings to Supreme Master Ching Hai! [M: Hallo, everyone!] Hallo, Master! [M: Happy New Year!] Happy New Year! We are so happy to see You, Master. Thank You. Master, we are very honored to have You for todays videoconference. We have many friends from very far away some are from central and southern Formosa, some from Shanghai, China! Wow, wow, wow. It is my honor. Please sit down, everyone. Thank you, thank you. Happy New Year again. Did you have a happy celebration yesterday? [MC: Yes. We had a very beautiful fireworks show near here for the celebration of Formosas centennial.] Yes, yes. Congratulations! Happy centennial. [MC: Thank You.] I wish you continuous prosperity and happiness. May God bless your country. Todays book launch party is Your best gift to us, so everyone can greet this new year with blessings for our spirit. Thank You for Your gift, Master. Thank you, everyone. Thank you very much. Thank you. Thanks to all the distinguished guests. All of you sitting there are the distinguished guests small-sized VIPs, mediumsized VIPs, big VIPs, kid VIPs. Thank you for your support. Thanks to Formosan initiates and all your families and friends for your support and hard work that we can have todays event. We hope you will enjoy my writings from my youthful days. Master, You are so beautiful today, so we all forgot to speak. Thank you, thank you. This is not real fur; it is faux fur, artificial fur. Is it warm over there?
Videoconference with the Chinese people at the premiere of the Chinese edition of poetry book The Love of Centuries by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Taipei, Formosa, January 1st, 2011 (Originally in Chinese).
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Actually, it has been very cold these days, about 10 degrees Celsius. No wonder youre all wearing so much. Do you want to borrow my shawl? Let me hug you. Hug hug! Thank You! We feel very warm now. Okay, thank you. Thank you for your love. I hope that later when you read my poems you will feel delighted and will be reminded of the moments when you were in love or when you felt love for your pets or family members, and so on. Yes, you will be reminded of all this, because what I wrote is the same as what you feel; there is no difference. Its all human emotion. There are many kinds of human emotions. We love our family, our pets, our relatives, our lovers, and ultimately, we love heaven and God. To love God is to love our original self, our original quality that is the most noble and spiritual. We all love poetry, songs, and expressions of emotions. For example, when we were young, we loved our parents, our pets, and our classmates, and so on. When we grow up, we love our partner. Then, when we get even older, we start to miss God, who represents our best quality. Every one of us likes that kind of romantic quality. Why is that? It is because its a reflection. It signifies the highest love, the most original love within. So, actually, sometimes spiritual practitioners also write love poetry. They dont really describe romantic love between two persons; they describe the love and longing for God. Therefore, through these romantic poems or love songs, they express their innermost longing for God and heaven. It is because when we dont know heavens love or when we dont remember the divine love, we use worldly love to represent it. For humans, worldly romantic love is the most profound kind of love. We all understand this worldly love. We know how it feels when we are in love. We know these are the happiest, the most magical moments. So its very similar to heavens love. It reminds us of heavens love. Thats why everyone likes romantic songs and everyone likes to be in love. These are the reasons. The longing described in love poetry is very similar to spiritual practitioners love and longing for heaven. Therefore, love poetry is not necessarily written for a lover. Sometimes it seems so, but actually, it comes from our deepest love within. Sometimes we dont see God and its not easy to communicate with God, even if we are connected with God, we dont necessarily know how to express our love or our longing for God, so we can only use romantic poetry to express our spiritual yearning within. Sometimes we write love poetry, not because we have emotions or feelings for someone. We have the inspiration because when we go to certain places, our soul remembers that at that place, we had loved someone in our previous life. Its not the brain that remembers but the soul. Or, we remember that our past life lover lived in that place, so when we pass by there, the loving atmosphere will touch our heart and spark our memory. Then we would like to be in love, or we would fall in love with the person. However, that person doesnt necessarily remember, or maybe both persons dont remember that they had been in love in their past lives. This is one scenario. Here is another scenario: Some people write love poetry but not to express his own love experiences. Its just that when he visits a certain place, or when he is at home, the romantic atmosphere comes from nowhere and inspires him. He takes hold of the feeling and puts it into words. So at that time, he writes in a trance-like state. He may not be able to write like this again; he may not even know why he could write like that. So love poetry is not always real love poetry. However, it is also an expression of the most genuine feeling of love. Its because in our memory, we deeply remember the moments when we were in love. Therefore, love poetry is magical. Dont you think so? Yes? Those who have written poetry would understand, right? Those who have written love poetry would definitely understand what I am talking about. Its like when some
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people write novels, they create many characters and scenarios; however, the author didnt necessarily witness all this. He just writes from his imagination, or he is inspired by a certain place. Love poetry is also the same. Of course, most love poetry is created when one is in love, but its not always like this. From my own experiences, you dont always need to be in love to write. But, of course, it is possible. Anyway, as long as you enjoy it, Im happy. Our book editing group wanted to publish this book for everyone to enjoy. I also feel very honored and happy that it is published on New Years Day, coinciding with Formosas centennial. Our love for our country is also a kind of very deep feeling. Our love for our country or our family is also very beautiful, right? [MC: Yes.] Then, a higher level of love is our love for God, which is similar to the worldly love between a couple, but its more beautiful, more comforting, more lasting, and its perfect. We all want to have a lover because we love God too much, but God is intangible so we just grab a person and give him or her all our love. If that person doesnt like us, or doesnt reciprocate our deepest love, we will feel hurt and sad. But you dont need to feel sad; we just have to find another person. However, the best is to find God, okay? Congratulations on Formosas centennial. Its a beautiful, small island, but your people have a great spirit. The Formosan people are very loving, very hospitable, very generous. You are very loving and protective to people in need in any country. If I were a Formosan citizen, I would feel very honored and happy, and Id be so patriotic. Congratulations to everyone. Congratulations. Congratulations to the Formosan people. Congratulations. MC. M. Thank You, Master, for Your best wishes. We are really glad that we are born in Formosa. I know, I know. It will get better and better. Now the Formosan people can get landing visa when you visit the United Kingdom; you dont need to apply for it in advance and you can stay up to six months! My God! Congratulations. It means that the international society respects and trusts the Formosan people more and more. Isnt that worth congratulating? Yes? Thank You, Master. Master, also, we want to tell You that Mr. Eugene Chien, our former Minister of the Environment Protection Bureau, just told us that in 2009, the United Nations announced the top-10 most vulnerable countries to global warming, and Formosa is ranked number two. However, we feel very lucky because although there were many disasters these two years, especially this year, we are very safe. So we are very happy and grateful to God. Yes, Im also very grateful to God. I thank God for you. The more we practice spiritually, the better our country becomes. Dont worry too much, okay? Dont worry too much. Big disasters will be reduced in scale, and small disasters will stop, so we will have a zero number of them. Practice spiritually more and be virtuous. Protect Formosas loving spirit and continue to take care of others. Take care of the needy in your own countries and in other countries, if possible. Formosan government contributes a lot. The Formosan people contribute a lot. You help everywhere. When other countries are stricken by disasters and they need help, you always make contributions. Sometimes the government helps quietly and does not announce it to the public. However, you should know that your country is very compassionate and generous. Continue to protect this spirit, continue to pray, continue to do virtuous deeds. Avoid bad deeds and do good deeds as much as possible. Then the country will be peaceful and safe. Dont
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worry, okay? There are many spiritual practitioners in Formosa. Its okay to follow different religious paths; the most important thing is to be vegan and pray. Do more virtuous deeds and your country will be safe for sure. [MC: Yes. Thank You, Master, for Your guidance and speech. Thank You.] Also, now when you visit Europe, you dont need a visa anymore. [MC: Yes.] Its terrific. You also dont need a visa if you go to Canada. You are so lucky and so blessed. Congratulations! Congratulations! [MC: Thank You. Thanks for Gods grace that has been bestowed upon Formosa. Thank You.] I also thank God. MC. Master, we know that You have to attend another videoconference soon, so You dont have much time for us. Now, wed like to invite all the distinguished guests to come to the stage so we can take a picture with Master and this large model of the book. Lets take a picture as a souvenir. At this moment, wed like to invite all the honored guests to come to the stage. Its a rare opportunity. Supreme Master Ching Hai has a very tight schedule. [M: Thank you all.] Master, can You see us? [M: Yes, very clearly.] We are taking a photo with You. [M: Okay, if possible. Im sorry that Im not there, but my heart is with you. I can see all of you. Many of you are wearing a hat. Its very cold.] But we all feel very warm and feel that theres lots of love. Lets count one, two, three, show your most beautiful smile and take the picture with Supreme Master Ching Hai. One, two, three! Thank you. Thank you, everyone. [M: Thank you.] Here, at this venue, we wish the new book launch party of The Love of Centuries a success. We also hope our Earth will become a vegan planet soon so that it can last forever and all humans, animals, and plants can enjoy Gods love and live happily together on this beautiful planet called Earth. [M: Yes.] Best wishes to all in finding our Love of Centuries in the universe. Next we will start our The Love of Centuries new book release party. To celebrate the new book release party, we have prepared many wonderful gifts. We have audio books on CD which is a collection of Masters poems. We also have postcards for people to write their greetings for their friends, and we will send out the cards for our guests. We have a mailbox here. Today we will also make a new book release party photo sticker for our guests. In other words, we will take a picture for you, and then we will make a photo sticker and email it to you so that you can share it with your friends right away. Everyone can also get a cup of coffee filled with love. There is another piece of good news I want to share with you. We are very grateful to Supreme Master Ching Hai for giving us another gift, another new book, the Chinese edition of From Crisis to Peace: The Organic Vegan Way is the Answer. Its officially available on the internet as of today. As a gift for all Chinese readers in the world, people can read this new book by Supreme Master Ching Hai on the internet free of charge. Lets thank the author, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for giving such a wonderful gift to all Chinese people in the world. Thank You, Master. [M: Its free.] Yes, its free. [M: You must read the book. Its very important, very important. Those who want to protect their country should read it.] Yes, yes. We wish all book lovers abundant spiritual blessings on this New Year Day and have a wonderful New Year filled with love. We thank Supreme Master Ching Hai for giving us so many blessings. Master, we have many friends and book lovers at the conference, and we will start our new book release party soon. Could Master share a few words with us? Then we will start our new book release party programs. I wish you success. I hope you will like the book. Thank you. Thank you for reading my book. Thank you. I wish everyone a Happy New Year. I wish your country peace, and happy centennial. Enjoy my poems because I wrote these poems for you I mean I wrote them for you before. All my best wishes and Happy New Year. Bye-bye. I love you! I love you! Love you, love you! [MC: Master, we love You, too.] Thank you, Formosa. God bless you. Bye-bye.
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Thank you the great teachers on the left, on the right. You go home and try this and you will feel better and better all the time, every day. Yes, if possible, do this in the sun, in the open air, on the beach, when you are swimming in the water. Think about the consciousness that the teacher has just mentioned. And if you eat less meat, then you have more benefit from what he teaches. Yes, because if we eat meat, then we have to share our spiritual bank account with the animals, so we have less. Reduction, you know? Yes. And you will feel better, better, better, better. Because we are the children of God; animals, also children of God. We dont eat each other in the same family. And the planet, Mother Earth, needs us now. Remember what he has just taught you, what she has just taught you. Try to benefit from their energy now and take home and continue to make more, building up from this capital that you have today, the capital of energy that they have shared with you from their bank account, and practice that. The best you do is in the sun. We have plenty of sun in Cancun and Mexico, and we have a lot of fresh air. The air is very beneficial to us. Everything is beneficial to us. The animals are beneficial to us; they give us blessing, blessing to add to our spiritual bank account. I have told about, like, how much the dog gives you every day, how much a bird gives you every day. Even chickens give you 4% of spiritual bank account. If you breathe like what they have taught you and you love animals, you sit in the sun, in the air, or next to the sea or in the sea, on the sand, or the earth, next to the trees, theyre all blessing, blessing you, giving so much more merit, more heavenly love and power. The Earth gives us so much, at least 15% to 50% of spiritual power. The trees give us up to 10% power, spiritual points. The dogs will give you up to 8%, 10% spiritual points. Spiritual points is like money. Its easier for you to accumulate these spiritual blessings if you meditate. Breathe in all the blessing and breathe out to spread that blessing and positive power into the world. In, the best; out, the blessing. This is very simple; you can do anytime, anywhere. Just take more benefit. If you meditate like this, you get more benefit from the sun, because your level of consciousness is higher, and the higher you go, the better blessing we get. Without the vegan diet and without meditation, we have very little; we have less. But if we are more clean and no animal energy were more clean and we breathe, meditate, then your level of consciousness is higher, and then you get higher blessing. The higher the consciousness, the better the blessing, the more pure blessing, and then you will feel much, much better, much better. More clear here, more peace in the heart, more healthy, and more understanding about many things that you did not understand before. And after that, you read the bible, you will understand different than you think you understand before. Sometimes, if you dont meditate or you dont eat vegetarian, then when you read the bible, we feel like we dont understand. But if we eat more vegetables instead, and keep breathing like this every day whenever you can, you will feel a big difference in your mental clarity, physical stamina, psychological power, and even psychic power. You can see more in the future, you can understand your past. Whenever you encounter an animal, please know that he is blessing you. Remember to take it in. Breathe it in. He will absorb it for you and he will give you the positive energy. You will feel much better after that. Any animals, they do this for you. Thats why in the bible its written that God made the animals to be our friends, to be our helpers. And the air you breathe, just breathing it in, the air blesses you 15%. The trees bless you, even the plants bless you, the flowers in the garden bless you, the sand on the beach blesses you. Even the flies bless you. The bees the bees bzzzzzz! bless you. They dont only work to help you to pollinate the fruits and the vegetables, they also give you their spiritual power. Meditate the way they have just taught you, or any other method you want. You follow whatever meditation you feel is good for you, suitable for you, and just do
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it; but keep breathing, incorporating in this. This breathing is very good for you. Even if you choose another method of meditation, you breathe. All the good information is in the air you breathe in, you assimilate information. And if you are pure, purified by vegetable diet, then the information, the body will automatically choose the good information and discard the bad information, and the higher your level of consciousness, the purer the information. Even if we sit in the same room, but if youre higher in consciousness, you breathe in, you have better information than the person sitting next to you who doesnt meditate, who doesnt have a higher consciousness; same air, different quality of blessing. Even if we sit together in the same place, breathe the same air, but if your consciousness is higher, youll get a purer blessing and a bigger spiritual bank account. And if we are very high, we dont use all of the spiritual bank account, we can give it to the world give, give. We can bless whomever we want. Just like a millionaire, a billionaire, he couldnt use all of his money, he saves, he gives some to the poor people. But whatever meditation you choose, please do the breathing. Very good for your health, at least your mental clarity. Even if you dont eat so much vegetables, you still eat meat a little bit, its still very good to do the breathing. Its just that the purer you are, the better for your mentality, spiritually everything. Please, remember, everywhere you walk, go, everything you do, just remember everything is blessing you. Take it all in, and thank the universe. Thank the trees, thank the animals. Even the wild animals, they bless you, no end. They are born to bless humans. All, the whole universe, are blessing us. We are very lucky. Please, just be conscious. Try to be conscious and remember and feel it. Feel it. If you keep breathing the way they have taught you, and conscious of taking in the blessing and breathing out the blessing I also tell people the same and also less meat, after a few weeks you will feel like a different person. Yes, try and prove it to yourself. Try it. And if it doesnt work, he gives the money back. Did you pay him anything? No. So its okay. You will lose nothing. Just try. If you need protection and you are worried, if you see some vision or something, just ask Jesus to protect you, or ask Buddha to protect you. Or if you follow him, ask your guru to protect you. If hes too busy, then you can also ask me to help you inside, you know, in here. I dont mind. Or when hes too high and youre too low, because you eat something that is not helpful to your elevation of consciousness. I am always here. So dont worry, okay? Try it. You also have angels all the time with you. Do you see any around here now? Anybody sees anything? Angels? Or the Light around people here? You saw it? Raise your hand. [Several audience members raised their hands.] Bravo! Look at that! Congratulations! You see? You can really see it. Angels are real, gods and goddesses are real. The purer you are the more angels protection. And if you dont kill anything, you dont steal anything, you dont take intoxication, you dont tell lies, and youre faithful to your marriage partner, or your boyfriend, girlfriend, and you have five angels each of the principle, five angels running around you, helping you, protecting you. Yes. You know why sometimes people say, I am praying and God doesnt listen. God does listen. The angels do listen, but we push them away with our heavy energy. And we cannot hear well, because of our heavy energy, like animals killing energy. Even if we dont kill, but we eat, its indirect killing. And before the animals die, they suffer, they lament, so when we take in this energy, we build walls around us, we chain ourselves. Like attracts like. We should be angel-like in order to have the cooperation of the angels. Yes, so when we are vegan, we practice purification, breathing, then we elevate ourselves, at least to angels level and then when we pray, it happens. Yes, thats why people say miracles happen. Why? It does happen. It does. When we are very sincere and deep inside ourselves, we pray deep inside, then we awaken the highest self, or the God within us. Yes? And when we purify ourselves, also we are closer to the God within us; then miracles can happen. So, do you want to build walls around you? Yes or no? [Audience: No.] No! We break the wall by leaving animal products. Leave it leave. Dead energies are building blocks of walls, because very dense, very thick. Life and loving energies are closer to heaven. So we can
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contact heaven if we dont have walls. Yes, because if we have walls, we imprison ourselves and our goodness cannot shine through to bless the world. And heaven cannot enter to help us to solve our problem, to uplift our consciousness. So what do we do? Shall we break the walls? Yes or no? Yes! Very smart! Anyway, scientifically speaking, vegetables, fruits always healthy for us. A vegetable has both protein and fiber at the same time. And if you can see it with your spiritual eye, you see that when the animals are dead, they dont have light, but the vegetables still have light. We eat light, we dont eat dead corpses. The protein is to build your body supposed to, yes the fiber is to clean the stomach and the intestines, so you have protein and cleansing at the same time by eating vegetables and fruits. Meat very heavy, and doesnt brush out. Vegetables act like a brush clean. Like we use a broom to brush the floor, vegetables brush our stomach and intestines, to clean it, and dont leave the residues which rot and make us sick. Imagine you put some meat in a cup, a glass, and leave it there for a few days and then you take the meat out. The residues stay there and stink inside the cup. Even if you throw the meat out, the cup still smells and still has some moldy mushroom around the walls of the cup. Same thing in the stomach. If that cup is not washed well, it smells forever and gets worse. So if we eat meat and it stays there, nothing to push out, then it stays inside and rotten inside, and thats why we become very sick. But if we eat vegetables, it is the broomstick itself; it just brushes itself out, cleans all the roads inside. So its very logical, okay? Besides, being compassionate dont want to kill the helpless and defenseless animals it is scientifically good for us. And, most important of all, we save our planet by eating vegetables. I tell you why. Ill make it short. Because so much information, its difficult to tell you all, but Ill make it simple, short, because Im a simple woman. According to the latest report, all the gases that warm the planet, at least 51% came from animal production. So now, if we want our planet to stay cool, we take away the animal production. Then how much percent do we cool the planet? How much? Tell me. 51%? Yes? Okay, half! More than half already. One more thing: If we use all the tillable land, you know, plantable land, on the planet, then we will eliminate 40% of carbon dioxide which heats up the planet. Because the organic farming method will absorb the carbon dioxide only organic farming. Normal farming makes more carbon dioxide. So if we use all the land to cultivate organic, we eliminate how much percent of global warming? How much? Tell me. [Audience: 40%.] 40%! God. A medal for him, and for him, and for him. So from now, are we going to be vegetarian? Yes? [Audience: Yes!] Why? Why vegetarian? Save the planet? [Audience: Yes!] Bravo! Youre my heroes. My respectful salute for saving the planet. Now, I tell you how to get the vegetarian food. Now, look on the internet www.SupremeMasterTV.com. We list all the vegan food distributors. Its in your book, or in the flyer. Either in the book, inside, you look for www.SupremeMasterTV.com, or any of the flyers, or the vegetarian recipe book, you have it. And in Cancun, any vegetable is good for you anyway. But in case you miss meat, shrimp, fish, calamari, chicken, we have vegan beefsteak, vegan hamburger, vegan sausages, vegan chicken, vegan shrimp, vegan calamari, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera. Tastes delicious. Yes. So dont worry! Thank you. I know you love me. I know you love me, yes. Now in Cancun, there is a restaurant called Gopals, pure vegan, and they have a big refrigerator, deep freeze, that has a lot of food like just I told you vegan chicken, vegan ham, vegan fish yes, you buy, you cook, and you eat. Tastes just beautiful. After 10 days, two weeks, of going on this diet and doing the breathing, you will feel, Its wonderful! I feel good! I feel light! I feel happier, and my pain gone, my trouble gone, depression gone even cancer maybe gone also. Heart disease gone, cholesterol blockage gone, stomach ulcer gone youre brand new!
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[The audience welcomes Supreme Master Ching Hai by singing in Spanish: God is here. As sure as the air I breathe. As sure as the morning will come. As sure as I speak to you and you can hear me.] M. Are you all right, guys? [Audience: Yes.] Thank you so much for being all right. Oh, cake! Thank you. So you are still here? Till tomorrow? I think no questions tonight, but if you want to, you can ask me and I answer or not, thats another question. [Laughter] Anyway, first of all, I want to thank you guys. I love you and thank you for all your dedication. This morning, I went to a far village, visited some poor families, and I have prepared some money, not a lot, maybe USD6,000 USD7,000, and the candies and cakes is extra. But still not enough so I have borrowed some money from some of you. Please report to return the money to you. I dont remember who gave me how much. Because I didnt have enough, I just said, Do you have some? Here, here, take it. Give it to the children. And because they dont see us often, so I want to give generously, not just USD10. What can you buy with USD10 nowadays? Just some chips or one cookie. All right, loving. Master, we are so happy to have You with us here in Cancun, Mexico. [M: I am also very happy, believe me.] There are no words in the human language that could express our gratitude to You. [M: Thank you.] Actually, thank You, Master, so much for once again taking Your precious time to come here, be with us, share Your insights to help us better understand what is going on and what we can do to improve ourselves and the world. Master, recently Youve been sharing with us a lot of new information Actually, its almost kind of turned us, a lot of us, on our heads. Its very, very interesting. [M: Really? I have more.] Yes, well, thats what we wanted to ask You about. [M: Go ahead, come. Tell me.] Actually, this new knowledge has raised in our minds more questions about additional topics. So with Your gracious permission, Master, we would like to ask You to share with us some of Your vast wisdom on these topics, and we would be most honored if You would share with us, Master. [M: Sure, sure, I do what I can.] Im just going to ask the audience: Would you like Master to share some of Her wisdom with us? [Audience: Yes!] So lets begin with the first question, and actually, Master, I have a question. [M: Please.] Master, in previous conferences, Youve mentioned that when we meditate, we gain spiritual points, and it seems so little compared to how much we need to become a healthy human, which was 9.2 zillion points, or even to be a human. So how did we accrue all these spiritual points? And are there other ways aside from meditating or doing good works that have helped us to gain so many points? Or is it from maybe billions of lifetimes? No. If you are here already as a human being, and youre healthy now, that means you already have it. Im just listing how much it costs for each item. But you already have health that means you already had that zillions of zillions, and if you are already good
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You want to earn more money this time? [Audience: Yes, Master.] Yes, its the same, honey, same, meditation, meditation. And if youre lucky, you meditate under the Spiritual Blessing Line, or at the Spiritual Blessing Line, then you have more. You get the most is you sit in the sun between the 10 and 3 oclock, and at the Spiritual Blessing Lines, and next to the sea, and put your feet inside the water [Laughter] and your bottom on the sand, and around you should have forest and mountains, and at night, you continue sitting, because daytime the sun blesses you, at night like that. So you have everything. And the best is your Master is also sitting next to you, for example. [Audience: Yes, yes.] No, together, for example like that. Then you earn fast. But I tell you what, we have to compromise. I dont think we have everything in this life the way we want. We wish. Even I dont have. For example, if I go here, all day Im busy, from morning till night, I dont have time to even meditate a lot. At night, I come home, Im very exhausted, even I meditate, and I dont meditate very well. When youre too tired, tea and coffee dont work. By the time it works, youre already asleep. Youre not aware of the coffees influence. Thats all I can tell you. Youre lucky, because the Quan Yin practitioners draw the most blessing among all the practitioners of all faiths, of all kinds of meditations. Yes, Im not saying that because I teach this to you. If I knew something better, I would teach it to you; Id teach myself as well. So this is the best for now, because its direct contact. The Light and Sound is the essence of God, of our real self. So if we contact with that, thats that. Dont worry if you dont meditate and go into samadhi, because you still have the points, but less only. The reason why less, because for example, if you take a shower but you just run here and there all the time, then youre wet a little bit, but not so quick, and rinse it all. And if you run too fast, too far away from the shower, then you dont get wet at all. So, similarly, the spiritual blessing assimilates better when you quiet down, and then you store it. For example, if this glass is here, I want to put something in it but it keeps moving, so then, maybe a little bit, or maybe none. But if it keeps still, then you feel it, and then you can use it as much as you want, or as little as you want. But if you keep moving all the time, even though the water is still running, it doesnt come in, or it comes in very little, and then you cant use much. Similarly, thats why we have to sit still and meditate so that we can accumulate, we can concentrate, all the blessing to store it. And then when we go out into the world, we lose some, we give some, we protect some, we help some; its in a concentrated quantity. So thats why we meditate. But dont worry, if you sit in the sun, for example, or in the open air. In the open air, when you meditate, you get 59% more than when you sit in a closed building. The thicker the building, the less a little less the concentration of the blessing. I dont know why. I guess the air will get stalled. For example, if we have karma, when we sit in the open air, then it will be recycled and runs around and all dissipates a little bit here and there. But if we sit in one room and all that concentration is still there. Just like when you sit in the car and you dont open the car window, then the smell is different than when you open the car window, and all the fresh air keeps coming and going. Same in the room like that. So 59% more if you sit outside. You can more or less count your spiritual points according to the list that I gave you. Like one hour in the sun, how much. And the air also blesses you. Let me check Did I say that at the gala, how much percent, I did? I didnt, but it has percentage. Even if you sit in a tent, those small tents, the plastic tent you have, you get more spiritual blessing points than sitting in a room. But please dont do that on the street when we dont have any yard or anything; those condos, they build right on the street? The river water blesses you, the earth blesses you, so thats why I say sit with your bottom on the sand and your feet in the water, so you have both; and hold onto a tree, [Master and audience laugh.] and under the sun. And so, you say, I have wind, sun, tree, mountain, earth bottom and water at the feet, for example.
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The fact that youve grown up until this age and still live and still healthy and goodlooking, thats a lot of merit already. Because, you know what, when youre first born, when you are a baby, all kinds of elements, radicals, free radicals, already attacking your skin. If you dont have, like, mothers breast milk, for example, to protect it, or some other thing to protect you, then you might be already gone when you were just born. You were vulnerable to attack from all kinds of things in the air: The bacteria, the virus, the things that are surrounding us, and we adults, were sometimes strong, more immune, but the babies, their delicate skin is immediately attacked by radical or elements theyre called free radicals in the air. But they say the mothers milk will protect against that, even. So everybody encourages people to feed the baby with the mothers milk. Its a miracle that you and I still sit here. Yes! Every day you have to think its a miracle. And you know why some people smoke and eat meat and theyre still alive? With all the poisons they should have been dead long ago. Why theyre alive? They earn the merit to live long from last life. They just shorten it by eating meat now, and they damage their body, make themselves sick, otherwise they would never have had any problem. But this is the problem with the illusion of this world. When I say maya, please dont be offended, the Mexicans. I dont mean the Maya here. I dont mean the Maya civilization. I mean the maya in Sanskrit. That means the king of illusion. Everybodys so deluded in this world, so difficult to stay, so whenever I see you, I feel you are miracles. Youre still alive and you look good and youre working and healthy and running around invincible! I feel you are a miracle. So, to have some kind of thing and another kind is different. He has earned to be a president, but he hasnt earned other things, not enough. And besides, I told you, also affinity. For example, good looking is not always because of points, but you must also have points. And then together with maybe praising a Buddha, then its together, makes you beautiful. Or you offer some flower to the Buddha, praise the Buddha, and then of course you have more spiritual points as well, then that together it makes your appearance more strikingly charming than otherwise. Q. You look beautiful! [M: I do? Thank you.] You previously have mentioned that some presidents have very low Noble Quality, but how can they accumulate so many zillions of points to become leaders of nations? They have accumulated that before their Noble Quality becomes low. Now, what I mean is, in the former life maybe they have meditated, maybe they have done something good, or even maybe offering something to a great Master, and they earn that much merit to be a president, but no further. So I tell you, to accumulate merit is not always a blessing. I told you that. To earn any worldly merit is not always good for us, because once you earn merit enough to become a president, then what? You have power, and then you dont know what to do with it, then everybody can use you to use your power to manipulate other things that may be out of your control. And youll be swayed by this persuasion, by all this talking, and then you use your power for bad purposes, or that you let people do it. Or sometimes youre too tired of arguing, you just let it go, and then they use your power to make war. But you are also responsible because even though you dont like it, you are the commander-in-chief. And then from then you create a new bad karma and then the cycle begins again and again. Then next life you wont be president again, or youll be something else, or youll still be president, but go to war all the time. Its very, very risky to be in a high position. Thats why Confucius said that you must first cultivate your own spiritual power; then you can take care of your household, and then you can take care of your nation, and then you can pacify the world. Otherwise, like youre standing in the air, you dont have anything underneath to support you. Its a very risky and shaky situation. I feel sorry sometimes for the leaders. They
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work so hard, but they dont have enough, sometimes, not enough rest, not enough wisdom to take care of the right thing. Everybody expects something from them, but they cannot always fulfill it. First, maybe they dont have enough power. Second, they dont have enough wisdom. Third, they are swayed by the surrounding situation. And other people, who have interest inside these kinds of wars, the people who make weapons, the people who want to feel power or look powerful, the people who are racist, the people who want to make money out of it, everything, can put the president in trouble. Its very difficult, very difficult. I wouldnt envy. I wouldnt want to be a president. Anybody wants? [Audience: No. No, Master.] No. I can give you some points so you can [MC: No.] [Master and audience laugh.] support you. [Q: No, Master. No, thank You.] I will vote for you with points. Were having some signs of peace already. If you watch television, you know. Were having a little glimpse of peace, maybe over there, maybe over there. Its getting in there. Q. M. During the gala dinner, You mentioned just very fast about the points of working in Loving Hut and Supreme Master Television, and You didnt finish talking about it. Yes, because it wasnt for them. [Q: I know.] It wasnt for the public. They dont need to know these things. I was telling them for their benefit that day only, so theyre not working in Loving Hut, are they? [Q: No.] The COP16, any of them work in Loving Hut? No. They go and eat in Loving Hut maybe. I check it out where I put it, okay? Because you always ask me, How much, how much, how much? so I have to look into it. Im looking. I dont know where I put it, but its somewhere. Ill find it. Be patient. Working in Loving Hut, there! 6% to 7% plus. Work for Supreme Master Television, did I say? Work for Supreme Master, like in a household, get 40% to 90% plus, spiritual points, for like personal, like office, for birds, for dogs, driving, et cetera, et cetera, plus 300%, more or less, because near a Master; up to 300% plus, apart from 40% to 90% plus. Clean the dogs, feed the birds, clean the house. Why pay less? The initiate has blessings. Pay less. Master power gives 90% more, something like that. But the nonvegetarian people benefit very little even for all the nature blessing us. The Quan Yin practitioners benefit because we are vegan. Of all the blessing, you get 60%. Then they get almost nothing, maybe 1%, 2%, 3%. The more you earn the more extra spiritual points you have. Its like a bank interest. Q. M. Q. M. Do we have to have enough points to have Supreme Master Television? No. Thats from my account. You dont have to have anything. From my account. Same with money, from my account too; you dont have to pay anything. How many points did we need to become a disciple of a Ninth Level Master like You? Like me? I say if a Ninth Level Master stays here, its like Jesus, Buddhas status, then they bless people that much, that much, okay? Sometimes you dont have to have a lot of spiritual points in order to be a disciple of a Master. Maybe you were the enemy of the Master, even. Thats why She came to rescue you, because nobody else can. The Master has a variety of work and blessing and ways of contact with people. You dont always have to earn a lot to be a disciple. Last life, just even a glance is enough to free you, for example; or to come back as a disciple, or a highly developed person; or, you have been robbing Her houses, beating Her up. No, Im not kidding, not kidding. Im not joking. They became disciples and sometimes very near. What did we do in our previous lives to get this merit?
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example like that. I wish I could fix it immediately. I want to; but its not the way. Its not the mandate of heaven. I have to work with the whole universe, not just with this world. Q. Is there such thing as collective spiritual power points? [M: Like many people sit together and get it?] I mean the planet as a whole, we have our planetary collective spiritual points? [M: Do have, also.] Im sorry. It sounds so trivial, but how many points does the planet have now, and how many more do we need to retain this beautiful planet? Its very difficult to count now. We just leave it, like almost infinite. A lot, a lot of zillions. A lot, a lot, a lot, a lot, lot, lot, lot, lot, lot, lot, lot of zillions. And how many more? Lots, lots, lots, lots also more. Whatever, yes. For you, if you dont have this planet, you go to other planets. Were saving it for other people. If we can, its fine. If we cannot, also let it go. Let it be. The reason I wanted to save the planet not just because to save the physical planet, but to save the peoples consciousness, that they should rise up, that they should consider the environment, for the future lives generations, for the animals. They should have compassion. Saving the planet is just a catalyst to wake them up. Because, lets face it, even the physical life is short here anyway. So if they lose it, they lose it. But the point is to save souls. Right now I have enough merit to save half of the planets souls already. I mean, if I dont have to give anything, then I would have saved the whole planet as well. But because of war, because of karma, because of animals karma, a lot of things have to fix. Like the house, not just that door broken, the bathroom is also leaking, the roof is leaking, and the yard is overgrown, so it takes time and energy to fix different things at different times. You guys, it is good enough that you take care of yourself already, that you meditate. And that is helping also. Because you bring also the peaceful atmosphere wherever you go. And you make good examples. Its also helping me in a way. You are helpful, very, very helpful. I am very proud of you. Even when you dance and all that, Im very proud, like a grandma looking at grandkid, Looking at all that! I was very proud. Knowing that you could even cook and you could hand flyers, and then you could feed the people, feed the police and you could dance as well, and sing. You dont have to, but whoever can do that, its also extra maybe a lot of points in the past life, to dance. Can bad karma be erased by Your spiritual points, if yes, to which extent? Or, our bad karma can be erased or cleansed only by the inner Sound? No, no, no, no, no. At the time of initiation, whatever karma you had in the store done. Youre a free soul. But you had a little bit of karma left so that you can exist on this planet, or until youre gone. That bad karma we cannot erase, because if we erase, you die; you die before you reach the Third Level or Second Level, or the Fourth Level. So the purpose of leaving a little karma here is to endure a little so that you have time to go up to the Fifth, the Fourth. Now, but we cannot erase, but like minimize the bad karma. I told you already at the time of initiation. Like, for example, youre supposed to have a very bad, bad accident you have it in a dream, or you have a smaller accident. You have accident, for example, but youre not injured too much. Or you recover very fast and the doctors surprised. For example like that. But if completely erased this fixed karma for your lifetime, then you have to go immediately means good-bye! So you stay for a while to raise your level. Because to practice in this world is very good, very fast, very meritorious, better than other planets, or other levels of consciousness. You know why? Because, for example, if you go even to astral level only, remember many people who died, like clinically dead, and they came back and they told how nice and beautiful heaven was similar to here but more beautiful and people become young even though when they died they were old. This is just astral level. And they love it so
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much, that they dont want to come back here. And when they come here, they cry and cry and cry. So, for example, if you are in that astral level, youre so happy already, you dont want to meditate, nothing. Theres no motivation, no pushing force behind your meditation. Here, sometimes you feel fed up with family, youre heart-broken because of a love affair, or you see people suffer, animal suffer, and your heart is touched and you wish to do something to erase your sorrow, not just from yourself but from the things that you see around you, or to give them some comfort by your spiritual blessing wish. So that is the motivation to do it. In heaven, everybody is so happy, you cant even remember what day it is, and youre just too busy enjoying. Theres nothing to remind you of why you have to go anywhere else. But the astral level is not long-lasting. They dont know that. Well, even if they know, they dont care. See how we suffer in this world, but nobody cares about thinking of the future. Even then, if you are happy in the astral level for example, you dont want to practice, nothing, very difficult to practice there. You think in this world its difficult to practice because youre busy, because of so much sorrow, you should go to heaven, astral level, youll see how more difficult it is. Because theres no point, no motive to do that. Q. It seems with every conference, in the recent conferences, that humans are getting more and more opportunity to get more blessing, and also the blessing seems to be stronger and more powerful. Is this correct, Master? Yes, it is correct also. But it cannot go on forever like this, because if humans are so stubborn and dont wake up, then you know Yes, right. That is to help humans to get more strength to wake up and to do things to save themselves, save the planet. But if they dont, then they lose everything. It seems that the universe is blessing a lot more and has opened up to more blessings? No, it has always been the same, but its just perhaps stronger now, because we need it, thats all. And so thats an opportunity for ourselves and for the planet to save ourselves at this time. Yes! Because its urgent so heaven also helps. I pray for them to help also. I say, Humans are pitiful, not to condemn but to help. Because theyre truly pitiful. First, theyre not well-informed; second, the ones who know dont want to inform, because of financial gain, prestige gain, and political gain anything at all. Anybody thinks for themselves and doesnt realize that if we lose the planet, also them, gone, but very difficult to talk to the human mind. You were saying that Quan Yin practitioners receive more blessings from, for example, angels, [M: Anywhere, yes.] plants, wind and air. Do we need to be aware of these blessings to receive them? No, no, no. Just remember to thank them. You are not aware, but you feel it sometimes. Thats why you dont know it, but when you say you go in the forest and sit, you feel very good. You blame it on oxygen. Its not always oxygen. And if you go, immerge yourself in the sea and you feel so good, so relaxed, and you blame it on the water. It is the water, but its more than just physical. People love to go to the mountain, walk around. Why? Whats the difference between a mountain and the flat land? Its just
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more difficult to walk. But they feel better there. Blessing power. So dont say you are not aware, you just dont think its a blessing. And when you go into a fresh air area, less crowded with people and less polluted area, you breathe out, breathe out, you feel so good, because of the pure air that blesses you. And when you sit in the sun, you feel suddenly more ideas come, or even more relaxed, and more easy to meditate also, when the sun is warm not too hot, of course. That is a blessing. But because we are born in this physical body, which is so coarse, so rough, that even so powerful a blessing we feel just like, Im just relaxed, or Im just sleepy. So people who were born or live in a very bright, sunny country, theyre a little bit relaxed, more relaxed, and we say theyre lazy. Its not like that. [Laughter] Theyre just relaxed, too relaxed, dont care too much about material gain, thats why. They could not think too much in that direction. But theyre blessed that way. Rather poor and happy, than rich and worried. A lot of rich people, they worry so much and theyre cranky all day. Number one: Because they worry about their money, where the stock is doing down or up. Number two: They worry people come and steal it, or eyeing on their property or maybe something bother maybe something wrong. Or in business somebody might try to get them down, finding some fault with their business or something like that. They worry all the time. And, another thing is, other people are bugging them because they have money. So they always come and bothering so they have to always hide or avoid people. So their life is not all natural all the time. They always have to avoid certain people. Not like the poor people who have nothing to lose, theyre always happy-go-lucky. And, another one, because theyre rich, they have to keep the appearance, so they need a driver, they need a butler, they need a housekeeper, they need a cleaner, they need a babysitter, they need all kinds of things, and they have to rely on all these people in order to look rich and high societies, to look prestigious. And to be dependent on anyone, even your servant, is a pain in the you-know-where. Its not good. We are not born to be dependent. Thats why most of us are born alone and die alone, because God wants us to be independent. But if youre rich, you mostly have to be dependent. You are not used to washing your own clothes, you dont iron, and then afterward, you forget. But the way the rich people are is like that, you dont iron your own clothes, you dont clean your own house, you have to rely on people. Thats normal. The more servants you have, the more headache, because two people dont ever sync together, no. No telepathy; dont go very well together. Have to always tell people what to do, and they dont always do it the way you want, and then you always dont feel well: Feel angry, feel frustrated. And if you scold the servants, they might sue you. [Laughter] Its not a very good position to be rich and famous. Do not earn any points for that. I am just telling that so that people know, okay, if they are famous, because they have earned it, should try to keep it; or if they are pretty, because they have earned it. If they dont continue, they might deplete their spiritual bank account. Just to encourage them to think more inside, to meditate more, to think or to thank for all the blessings they have, and calm down, not get too much excited and not too grabby about material things. Thats the reason I tell people. Not to encourage you to earn a hundred zillion so that you can be a president of the United States. [Laughter] You are aware, especially the Quan Yin practitioners. Even if you think youre not aware, but you are aware. Its just that you dont think about it, thats all. Its better to be aware also, be conscious. Every time you breathe in, you are conscious that you are blessed. Thank the air. Whenever you can, you thank. Or you thank, in the morning, and again in the evening, before you meditate, before you sleep, or after you meditate, after you sleep whatever, okay? Just remember to thank. The more you thank, the more you have. The more you are grateful, the more you get. The more you are conscious, the better you feel. Its just like if you have money but you dont feel like you
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The earth blesses you a lot. Everything blesses you. We are born to be blessed. We are blessed children. Every day, we should feel happy even if we dont have money. To be human, to be healthy, to have something, that is such a blessing already. And if you have a good Master, good method to practice, thats extra blessing. And now you know the sun blessing, the moon blessing Oh God, you are spoiled, so spoiled. Its logical. You dont have to believe me because I am a Master. Not because I am the Master that you should believe me. You see, when the sun comes out or the suns sunny, you feel good, no? [Audience: Yes.] Thats a blessing. Even if you dont know spiritually, you know its good for you. The moon, people just gaze at the moon all the time, and when the moon comes out, they love it. They like to sit on the balcony, look at the moon. Just one little round thing, why keep looking? Why like to look at it? Wait for the moon to come up and looking and drinking tea, and looking at the moon all day, all night. Why? They dont even know why, but I told you why. So its logical. Not because Im a Master that you should believe me. Just check it out. Actually, I also did not think of telling you all this. I thought youd all know. But then, I asked the moon if you know, they said, They dont know. I asked the sun if my disciples now anything about They dont know. Okay, then I tell them. Q. Master mentioned that wild animals, such as beavers and squirrels, bless us, but do we need to be close to them or near them in person in order to receive this blessing or can we receive it psychologically or on the same Remote control. If they have a remote control, they can bless you. [Laughter] Like television, you know? Of course, the nearer is better. But the thing is, everywhere you have wild animals, except if you live in a big city too bad but then you have the air, the sun. Thats why God makes animals everywhere so that in every village, every city is supposed to have different animals to bless you in that area, so you dont have to travel from here to New York to get blessing from the beaver, for example. But we destroy everything to build big houses, and we kill all the wild animals. Were killing ourselves. Just look at our world now: The more we kill, the more we deplete it, and the more we are in danger now, and still dont listen. You know we do our best, but if they listen, they do. If they dont, they dont. I dont have any more expectation. I truly could not expect any more. Whatever. After this period, weve done our best, then we just concentrate more on meditation. I dont really want you to sacrifice too much; you have to meditate for yourself. And give some to the world if you want to. I also need to meditate. If Im not here, I meditate a lot, a lot, a lot. Points, zillions, so that I can give. Israel is having hope now. Afghanistan, at least, everything hopeful, you see? You look, watch television, you know it? At least the Supreme Master Television, we report here and there all the time. Even Israel and Palestines Prime Ministers talk together now, saying, We will help each other. Because last time Palestine helped them with the fire, and now Israel and Palestine say, We will make a pact. We will help each other now. Isnt that nice? [Audience: Yes.] It has to start somewhere. And now the aid can come into Palestine already, for example. Q. The blessing that the animals give us, do they bless us automatically, or is there something that we humans can do to help them? Or do they withhold their blessings, like how Master said, that Your dogs do not give blessings to everyone? Do, but less, less than to me. Its just automatic. Theres a portion of automatic, that they do give anyway, generally, but theres a portion they give more, extra, to someone they love or someone who loves them, or takes care of them. Just like you help maybe some orphans in the world, or children, poor country, but you take care extra with your
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children. Its natural. Natural. My dogs bless me more also because theyre vegan, they have more power, and also because they love me so much. Birds also bless more than usual, more than other birds, and more than other birds to other people, and more than my birds to other people. But they do bless, the ones who help take care of them, they do bless. Q. M. Do each of us have blessings to give? Or is there a minimum amount of spiritual points that we have to have in order to give blessings to others? You mean the disciples or you mean outside? [Q: To everyone, to anyone.] Normal people have no blessing to give anybody. If they dont take it, youre lucky already. It is a pity. They have power inside to bless, but they dont awaken it. They cover it by doing the opposite direction of their nature: Killing, warring, partaking indirectly in killing, like eating meat or supporting war, for example like that. They cover themselves. So a human rarely can bless any human, except physical help. But you, the Quan Yin spiritual practitioner, more or less, you help; depends on your level, of course. If you are Second Level, you bless less than when you are Third Level. You have to have certain points to go to Third Level already anyway. So we dont need to count that. And if you are Fourth Level, you bless more. Thats why I say, Please, hurry up, low-fat people! more blessing bigger, you know? When we give blessings to others, do we lose spiritual points? Unfortunately, yes. Its like money, you cant give and keep at the same time. But you have to consciously do it. Otherwise, normally, its also automatically some points deduction because we share this planet. We walk the same road. Like a pot, everybody puts a little bit in. Its just automatic. For example, like I sit here, I dont give you anything particularly, physically or obviously or materially, but you like it so much. You love me. Its just automatic. The same, when you practice, like Quan Yin practitioners, or the higher you are, everywhere you go, you just bless people. People just feel comfortable with you. And they cannot help but have some points from you, even though you dont give. But there are portions you give also consensually, by consent. That is different. Like, for example, if I want to give some region, some leaders, so that they start to alter their pattern of karma, the structure of karma inside them, so that they can think peace, they can get out of the cycle of violence. I had to consent, say, I do give. The whole universe must know that. And the god, the deity who oversees my spiritual bank account just like a bank manager must know it. I must tell him, Yes, I do give. I want to. Its not like anybody just can take it from you. Its not like that. No. A little bit, yes. For example, you put money in the bank, the bank invests it for you, but from your money they also do something with it without you even having to say anything. But at the same time, they make interest for you too. But they also have to invest your money in other projects. The part automatic and the part not. And from your money, if you want to give to charity, you have to write a cheque, or you take out money and give, by your consent. Spiritual point is like that also. Nothing is complicated in the universe. Its always the same. Ive been curious about stories in the bible and other religions related to hair. There are stories of Samson who had a lot of strength to protect his country as long as he didnt cut his hair. And even the Sikhs dont cut their hair. So Im curious as to Is there any significance? Yes, hair blesses you also 5% long hair, about my length, you get 5% more spiritual points, extra. Yes, I forgot to tell the delegates, but I dont think theyre going to grow
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their hair long to go to the COP17, no? The bald guy, feel sorry. Dont worry, you wear a wig! [Master laughs.] Q. M. Youve actually already answered my question, the first question, which was the golden recipe for how to maximize our Yes, told you. Get the mountain with the sea in front of it, hold onto the two trees and breathe and see the sun. And at night go out, see the moon, the stars. [Q: With Master sitting beside us.] Yes, Master sitting next to you, hold hands. You wish. So many disciples, I would have trouble holding hands; no wonder Quan Yin Bodhisattva has a thousand hands, but then not enough still. A thousand is nothing. A thousand hands, a thousand eyes, is nothing, right? Im so glad to see You here. [M: Im sure you are.] [Laughter] It seems like before the sun did not give us as much blessing as it does now. Did You and heaven work out some sort of agreement where the sun can give us more blessing? No, its the same, honey. Why? Did I say before the sun blesses you less? You felt less, before? [Q: No, no. Im just curious.] No, no, no. If you felt less blessing before, it was because you were on the lower level, not connected too well with the natural universal energy of blessing. See, the more you practice, the more sensitive you become to this higher vibration. Before, we were on the lower vibration, we were more covered and more coarse, so we just received the coarse energy. The higher you go, the more refined the energy. Then you feel more blessing or more elated because youre higher. Not because the sun changed. The sun has not changed; nothing has changed. We have changed. How many spiritual points are needed to extend a Spiritual Blessing Line? That depends on which Spiritual Blessing Line. Depends on where and how big and how broken it was, or how thin it is. So theres no fixed definition. The thicker it becomes, the longer it becomes, the better. The more connected the two ends, the better. I think Youve already answered this one too, about the karmic structure, with how You fixed it for peace in the world. The question was if there was anything we could do to help? You are helping by being good, by being selfless, by being dedicated to the cause of the planet, the cause of the world, and by being good yourself. You create a peaceful atmosphere, at least to some extent. And if all people are like this, then peace will last forever. Peace will be immediately. Its just longer. Because even though I fixed, for example, or any Master fixed, it takes longer because the atmosphere keeps polluting it. We want peace, but we do violence. We want life, but we keep killing man and animal. So heaven has a different signal, says, My children want war. If we keep killing animals, that is a signal of violence, a signal of war. We are the children of heaven; heaven wants what we want, even bad or good. We have the free will. Were the children of God. Were the Master of the universe: Whatever we want, shall be done. If we want war, there shall be war. So if we want peace, the planet has to rise up as the whole humanity. We have to show the sign of peace. We have to show the action that we want peace. We cant go north and expect to be in the south. We cant keep killing animals and say, I want peace, I want peace, because killing is war! Even if its just a one-sided war. And we war against the animals. The animals never war against us, not
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even defense. War normally is both sides. Well, sometimes one side also, if the country is stronger, just overwhelms the other country, makes war. And here we make constant war every day with billions of animals, and we expect peace? How? Heaven reads our signals. All the deities obey our command. If we want peace, we have to signal peace, have to do it to show that we really want peace, that were peaceful, we love peace. We cant just want peace and go on doing this war stuff, even with animals. Like attracts like. Its just that, just some peace is better than nothing. To have complete peace still takes a little effort from everybody. Thats why I ask everybody, Please help by being good, by being vegan, as a sign of peace for heaven to know that we truly want peace. Thats the way we want our life. The lifestyle we want. Then peace will come, without signing, without arguing, without anything. No condition. A signal is what heaven needs from us, not prayers. Prayer is just talk, talk, talk. MC. You said something in the videoconference in Dubai that I really dont understand. You said something like, You give Your points away to create peace on Earth and that I understand but You said, In case I give everything, I tell you honestly, I will not be able to go to heaven. I dont understand that. [M: Why not?] How can someone as selfless and divine as You not go to heaven? How can Jesus die on the cross when He only does good things? If you give all your money away, wont you become poor? Even if youre a billionaire, you give all your money away, what would you have? Zero. And youll be homeless, no? [MC: Yes.] Same? Same. If in case I have to give everything away Ill try to save some, but in case if I have to I will do that. Its lucky that I dont go to hell already, not to talk about not going to heaven. Is there anything we can do to help You to complete Your mission? You are helping already. Its not much about being in your hands. Not everything in our hands. Its the whole human consciousness, will want to make heaven on Earth. Its not that easy because we dont have the cooperation of everybody. The governments are just stuck there. I go every time theres a (COP16) meeting, wherever I can. All they talk about is money, planning to get money in order to give money, or to take money from, in order to mitigate climate change. But the one thing easy to mitigate now, just to stop animal products, nobody talks about that. Rarely. The (Mexican) president mentioned a little, and somebody mentioned a little bit only, but not for discussion, just mentioned it, but did not say, Okay, are we going to do this or not? Will you do the vegan stuff or not? Not like that. Up to now, I dont hear. I could have missed one or two meetings, because of other engagements, but wherever I can attend, I dont hear that. Every country just begs for more money. The underdeveloped or developing countries beg for more money. And the developing countries plan to get money from the carbon-emitting producers, like taxing how much for carbon. It doesnt help the planet if you tax more because some people can afford it. Some rich country, rich company, they dont care how much they pay. Its nothing to them. Meanwhile, we still suffer from the climate heating up and the upheavals and storms and earthquakes and everything else, you name it. And people are still hungry, dying. Children still have no medical care, no food, no water even. I dont know how much money we can fix the water shortage in Saudi Arabia or in other countries, for example. I dont know how much money we can buy the water. If we dont have, we dont have. And you have a big diamond like this, you walk around in the desert, selling to whom, to the sand dunes? You would die with the diamond in your hand. Useless. How come nobody sees this? Its so difficult. Just take care of yourself. After weve done our best already, there is a limited time we do things, then we just go back, retreat I mean, retreat into your own home, your center,
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whatever. Meditate. Profit from the time that God gives you on Earth, profit from the sun, the moon, the stars, the wind, the air; wherever you live, profit from whatever you have there, and go to high heaven. You know what? Even if I give everything and everybody goes to heaven, Im alone here, so what? Im only one. Nobody bugs me anymore. I dont need to give anything anymore. I dont have to go anywhere. Im okay alone on the planet. I dont care. MC. We were actually hoping that You might share some new and important information. We were wondering if there is anything that we didnt ask that we should have asked? Is there anything that Youd like to share with us? Maybe next time. Dont worry. You need time to digest things. You cant just eat everything at once. Besides, the timing, if I give you so much food, you can only eat so much. Slowly. Wasnt that not new enough for you, all these things? Are they not new? [MC: That was lots of information. Were just greedy. I mean, what can I say? Were not perfect yet. So greedy!] No, its fine. Of course, of course, but the thing is, practice what you know, okay? Not just knowing and just for curiosity. They are precious information. It takes also my time and research to do it, and my love put into it. Also, it depends on the time. Like your children, when they grow up, how big, then you give them what. [MC: I just wanted to thank You.] But its good up to now that even though I dont tell you that much, I just tell you be compassionate, and then you just listen to me and you become vegan and you do help others, thats even better than when you know why you should do it. And that was very good of you. So, all of this time, and now you earn this information. Maybe you do something more, who knows, and then you earn more information. Or maybe thats enough already. What else do you want to know? What for? You have everything: Sun, moon, stars, and you have your so-called Master, and you have each other. You know what? Its a pity. You can bless each other and you can bless other human beings, but most other human beings cannot bless each other. Im so sad. Animals can bless us. We cant even bless each other, and we have the potential. We have the vast power of the universe within us. Were Gods children and God dwells within us, and if we dont practice spiritually, we cant even bless anybody. Isnt that a sad thing? Have money and dont use for yourself and for your relatives, your friends, your country, nothing. Its the same you have a lot of money in the bank and you just dont use it, even for yourself, and you live every day like a poor person, a beggar even. Understand me? Same. The unspiritual person has the vast potential of blessing power within him or herself, untouched. Even pray, heaven doesnt listen, because they dont pray with the whole heart, they just pray because its a ritual, tradition, but they dont really pray with their heart. Sometimes people are sincere, even outside people you saw it. They pray sincerely for their relatives or the sick person. Miracles did happen because at that time they were really sincere and they raised themselves up to meet heaven at that time. The connection is there, pluck! a little bit. Just like electricity sometimes, its kaput, but put in a bit, poof! a little bit, and then kaput again, because its kaput. But its a flash, a little while, like that. But the people who practice, like Quan Yin practitioners for example, the power is always on standby. MC. Can I ask one about Spiritual Blessing Lines? [M: Sure, sure.] You actually said that it would be a good idea if we sat on them, [M: Sat on, no.] but I dont know where they are. Does Canada have any? Yes, I told you we have some but not always nearby you or not where you expect it to be. Wherever concerning us, I already told you guys. Here in Cancun, we have three. I
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told you? [Audience: Yes.] Cancun is so small, has three Spiritual Blessing Lines. No wonder people all come here and feel happy. Yes, just like in Monaco, so small and everybody happy because for small size, it has a lot of Spiritual Blessing Lines, that people all go there and like it, happy. Here in Cancun, there is one hotel that one Spiritual Blessing Line goes through it, only in one room. Because it goes through that room. Only because I went here before you came and I stayed in that hotel, so I knew it, otherwise I also did not know. Its called Omni Hotel, on the 9th level. I forgot the room. [Master and audience laugh.] Of course, I dont remember the room. I could check it out, but why? My God. And youd all go there. [Laughter] You have a lot already. You have Master power blessing, which is more than any Spiritual Blessing Line can combine, you have more than the sun, and you have the sun, you have the moon, you have the stars. You know everything now. Just make use of it. Every time you meditate, every time you remember, just: Thank you. Please bless me. Thanks for your blessing. And take it in. Thank you, all of you. All of you all the trees, the plants, the Earth, the air, the sun, the moon, the stars, all the deities that bless you, the angels, the UFO people visible, invisible and all the animals, wild animals, even the flies that eat your honey, he blesses you 0.5%. Fly, and the bee 1%, remember? If you want to go near wild animals, dont try to go near the tiger or lion or something, will you? They do bless you; 2% tiger, 1% lion. I dont know why the difference. I dont know why tiger blesses more. They both are predators. But you can see the more flesh-eating animals, the less blessing. Elephants bless you more, for example, and even birds, the small bird, like my parrot, 8%. And the tiger, lion, only 1%, 2%, because they eat meat, they kill. See? Not that they wanted to, they are just born to do that. But the owners of animals who eat vegetarian turn all tigers, lions to do that. They have vegetarian system in them also. Its scientifically found that they also have this dormant vegetarian intestine, things like that, in them. They can turn it any time. Isnt that a wonderful thing that we dont know much about anything? So everything is a wonder to us. This universe is a wonder. So we are on this planet, we treasure this planet, we try to save it, because we love the trees, we love the Earth, we love the animals, and we love the humans on it. Not because we are attached to this beautiful planet but because we are grateful. So this planet has nourished us, loving us so far, and everything has blessed us and loved us so much, so we love back and we want to protect it, thats all. Now, thank you so much. No more questions, love? You can ask if you want, dont be shy. But if you dont, then we meditate. MC. Can I ask just another little one? [M: Sure, sure, sure, any questions, go ahead.] Im fascinated by Bob Dean. He was talking about the UFOs, and I just wondered: Are there a lot of beings here with us right now, from other planets? You dont see any? [MC: I see Tom here, but he kind of looks like he belongs here] Maybe, maybe he is. Maybe that guy is. [Laughter] Sometimes they make themselves invisible and you dont see them, but we certainly have a lot of angels and deities hanging around. Yes, especially when we gather like this, they also like to see us, bless us also, happy with us. They like it like this. They like this peaceful atmosphere attracts them more than war atmosphere. You have a nice meditation hall here. Respected Master, I am very glad to see You today. I would like to ask about the five precepts. Each precept has five angels to take care, so if a person accidentally violates a precept, then do the angels of that precept disappear or they continue Disappear. Disappear. Not allowed to protect that person.
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Especially, I thought, especially if people who are in the leader position, they should read all this book, I think. MC. M. Master, we interviewed Heherson Alvarez yesterday and gave him one of Your books, and he wants You to open a vegan restaurant in Manila. He said hed help You. Yes, hes a nice guy. He and his wife have gone vegan, gone vegetarian. Hes an advisor of the president about climate change. Okay, anything else? [MC: I think thats it.] Meditate. Just meditate, okay? We can turn off the light and meditate together. So thank You very much, very much, for Your time this evening. [M: Its all right.] We wish You much happiness and good health. So thank You very much, Master. Welcome! Please meditate now. [Applause] Now you get 60,000 points, two times! [Master laughs.] All right, we meditate, guys? One more thing: Be selfless all the time, always unconditional. Never want to profit from any situation for yourself, then youll get more than you expect. Always selfless, always unconditional, thats the way of the working of the universe. If you want the sun to bless you, then remember the sun quality. He gives all the time and never asks anything from you. The moon, the stars, the trees, the air always ask nothing. Thats the way we raise our consciousness and thats how we can bless others, if we can be unconditional and selfless. There is no I to give, no I to take. Thats the best. If you still want to take even my blessing, you boo, low. Low level. Just let it be. Naturally whats yours will come. What naturally comes to you, then keep. Dont try to grab anything. It is very uncomfortable for the person that you want to grab, and its bad for you, very bad. I mean, character-wise already, dont have to talk about spiritual blessing or level. Just be natural, be wise, be unconditional all the time, like the sun, the moon, the sky. Be big, be grand, be limitless, then you are that. Dont ask me to bless you. Bless yourself. Bless yourself with all these noble qualities, with the limitless power of love. Dont be small. Dont be a beggar. Because you will be blessed. You are blessed all the time, 24 hours, 25 hours. Never worry you dont get blessing. Even if you dont see the Master, you get blessed because the Master knows what you are doing. Dont try to push, dont try to always exhibit yourself in front of the Master so as to get more blessing. Youre wrong. You dont get it that way. Or even if you do, very little compared to what you will get if you dont do that, if you just do your job. We are all here for one purpose, right? To help the world and to do our job together. But if you just try to get something for yourself, then it is out of our group already, out of our principle. For example, if youre assigned to do something, then just do that. We are noble, we are God, we dont do this stuff. Get me? Not because I am strict, but I want you to be the God that you are. I dont want you to be this kind of petty thief or beggar, even for spiritual blessing. You are blessed in any way, especially when you dont grab it. Told you, youre blessed all the time, by remote control, by the sun, by everything. Even if you are not blessed, so what? You have Quan Yin method already. You bless yourself. We are one. We are one. We dont beg anything. You are one. You are me. Whats mine is yours. I told you already, you know what to expect. And you know me very well. I dont want the unGod. I expect you to be the perfection, because I know you are the perfection. I only want Gods around me. God female, God male, gay God, lesbian God, [laughter] big God, small God, fat God, skinny God, I dont care. Have to be God, okay? I love all types of Gods, but must be God. We have to work together. You drive four wheels. I always say this. Four wheels have to drive together in the same direction. If one wheel wants to drive south, and the other three have to go north, you think it will do? [Audience: No.] No. We have to be like one system. You have to do your job, I do my job. When we have time, were together like this. Its excellent. Work is different. When we work, we have to do the job, and then
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we will have reward after, or not reward, who cares. You have to wake up. Its not the time to play baby anymore. We have to grow up now, be a man, woman, be the protectors of the planet and work together with me, not work for me, not work because of me, not work because want to see me or bless from me. No, no, none of all that rubbish. Got it? We are born with blessing power already. No need to ask anything more. Just meditate, do your noble job, thats the big blessing to yourself, because that means youre grown up, means youre noble, youre a saint. You dont ask for any reward. How bigger a saint can it be? I mean, how bigger a saint compared to that? How can any saint be bigger than that? Then you congratulate yourself. And I will love you forever. And whenever I see you, Ill say, Come here, please. Come, come see me. Yes, I do that, no? If you work for others unconditionally, I love you so much. Believe that. Even if I dont see you, I love you, and you will feel it, right? But if you want to grab me and try to use any job or position just to get my attention or nose into my stuff or try to eat me alive, you get nothing. Be a [Audience: God.] God. Okay, now, turn off the light, we meditate. Thanks to all the blessings that you have. Love you guys. [Audience: We love You, Master.]
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Video. Supreme Master Ching Hai is a world-renowned spiritual Teacher, artist and humanitarian whose loving assistance extends across cultures. Born in central Au Lac, Supreme Master Ching Hai studied in Europe and worked there for the Red Cross. She
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soon realized that suffering exists in all corners of the globe, and Her yearning to find a remedy became the foremost goal in Her life. She then embarked on a journey in search of spiritual enlightenment. Eventually, in the Himalayas in India, She received from a true Master the divine transmission of the inner Light and Sound, which She later called the Quan Yin method. After a period of diligent practice, She attained the Great Enlightenment. Soon after Her return from the Himalayas, at the earnest request of those around Her, Supreme Master Ching Hai shared the Quan Yin method with others, encouraging them to look within to find their own divine greatness. Before long, invitations arrived from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa for Supreme Master Ching Hai to give lectures. Supreme Master Ching Hais compassionate heart has also been reflected in Her meticulous care for the less fortunate in different circumstances. The funding generated from Her artistic creations has enabled the support of Her mission of comforting Gods children in times of need. More recently, Supreme Master Ching Hai has authored books that have become number one international bestsellers, namely The Birds in My Life, The Dogs in My Life, and The Noble Wilds. These volumes, now translated into several languages, reveal many insights into the deep emotions and thoughts of our treasured animal co-inhabitants, highlighting their gracious spirit and unconditional love. Wishing to acknowledge others for their actions and influence toward developments of goodness in the world, Supreme Master Ching Hai founded the Shining World Leadership Award in March 2006. Since then, She has also established other awards, such as the Shining World Compassion Award, Shining World Hero and Heroine Awards, Shining World Honesty Award, Shining World Protection Award, Shining World Intelligence Award, and Shining World Inventor Award. This honor is presented to individuals, nations, and organizations such as the second President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Janez Drnovsek, renowned British primatologist, Dr. Jane Goodall, and US-based nonprofit Save the Children whose exemplary works have significantly contributed to the harmony, beauty, and sustainability of our Earth. Supreme Master Ching Hai has given much to our world, both spiritually and materially. Although She does not seek acknowledgement, in recognition of Her selfless contribution, government representatives and private organizations worldwide have presented Supreme Master Ching Hai with prestigious awards on numerous occasions. Among these were the Gusi Peace Prize (2006), First-place Silver for the 27th Annual Telly Awards (2006), Los Angeles Music Week Certificate of Commendation (2002), the World Spiritual Leadership Award (1994), and the World Citizen Humanitarian Award (1994). In addition, February 22 and October 25 have been proclaimed by government officials in the United States as The Supreme Master Ching Hai Day. Her dedicated aid to the world continues till this day, with millions of grateful hearts among leaders and their co-citizens alike. Supreme Master Ching Hai is among notable pioneers in our society today who wisely and courageously express concern about climate change. In fact, for more than 20 years, She has strongly advocated preserving the environment. She initiated the Alternative Living and SOS global warming campaigns to promote a benevolent lifestyle without animal products. Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet is now a well-known motto that originated from Supreme Master Ching Hai. In our era, Supreme Master Ching Hai is truly a selflessly dedicated individual, tirelessly helping world citizens create a bright future for our beloved planet.
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any region of the globe, like for instance, the Middle East, to see how the climate change has affected our people, our world, our animals, our environment. Now, if you allow me, we shall go through some of the important events concerning your beautiful regions. 1. Climate change and environmental issues in the United Arab Emirates The Arab region is one of the worlds most vulnerable to climate change. Im very sorry to know this, and Im sorry to have to tell you. [Master is busting into tears.] Its not a very pleasant thing to inform your friends that their house is in danger, that their life is in danger. It could break your heart. Now, scientists have already reported on sea level rise in Egypt, desertification and climate refugees in Syria, dust storms in Iraq, floods in Yemen, et cetera, et cetera. Pardon me, pardon me. Im just too emotional when lives are concerned. You are all my friends even though we havent met each other. [Master is crying.] I have so much love for this world and for the people of this world, because Ive met many of you, and youre so nice, so nice, so nice. And you dont deserve to suffer at all. None of us deserve any of this suffering, either from disease or from climate change. Now, since we are in the United Arab Emirates, we will focus on the major environmental issues your country is facing. 2. Water shortage Climate change has brought hotter temperatures and reduced and erratic rainfall to the Middle East, including in the United Arab Emirates. Making the situation worse now is the fact that current consumption rates of water are unsustainable. Even with several desalinization plants in place, suppose there was an emergency and more water could not be produced, then your country, the United Arab Emirates, only has about four days of fresh water supply for her people, or even less than that. Abu Dhabis groundwater supplies have been reduced by almost one-fifth, just since 2003. I think you know that. Do you? MC. Yes, Supreme Master, they are now getting new information, because we live in an illusion that the water is going to be there, but thank You for sharing these statistics with us. Then I will continue to share more with you. You will be more surprised. Im sorry, I wish I could bring you more pleasant news, but friends have to tell each other the truth, right? If you allow me. Now we go to number three section, which is groundwater depletion. Groundwater depletion We could have other kinds of water, but if groundwater is depleted and we are in deep trouble. Im sure you understand this. Because of prolonged drought, coupled with higher use, its quickly depleting groundwater throughout the Emirates, especially in Abu Dhabi, where this source is relied upon for 71% of the total supply, especially for agriculture. However, water consumption is noted to be 24 times higher than the lands ability to recharge and replenish the water the natural way, and unusable saltwater is now found at shallow depths even. They are shrinking. All kinds of water, not just sweet water, even salty water is sinking. Instead of reaching water at a depth of six meters, as
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they did in the past in order to dig the well, now the well diggers currently have to go as deep as 100 meters below the ground before finding it, or in some cases, not even be able to find any water at all, after 100 times deep, digging. 4. Food insecurity Agriculture is already difficult due to the shrinking water supply. Now we have extreme heat and increasingly salty soil, and salty soil we cannot cultivate. Im sure you know that. 5. Desalinization of water: Unsustainable very unsustainable Meanwhile, Dubais water is primarily human-made, Im sure you all know that, through desalinization. The United Arab Emirates is the second largest user of desalinated water in the whole world, but desalinization plants use a lot, a lot, a lot of energy and emit a lot, a lot of carbon dioxide on top of that. There are also other side effects. Im going to tell you. They will spew enormous quantities of hot brine and chemicals into the sea. This pollution accelerates the warming of the water while increasing its salinity. In fact, the Gulfs salt concentration level increased by 40% in 30 years, creating an imbalance that threatens local flora and fauna. The general salt increase has another adverse effect, which is to make the desalinization plants work harder and harder and use more and more energy to purify the water. So it is an unfortunate cycle, you can see. Being dependent on desalinization also creates a water security risk, because it only takes one oil spill, one toxic algae bloom, or one big cyclone to have to halt the process immediately. That means we will have no water, and God knows for how long. Now we go to number six section, which is marine pollution. 6. Marine pollution The Persian Gulf is a contained environment where pollutants can accumulate, some of which take many years to disperse. These include more than one million barrels of oil spilled each year from oil leaks and accidents and were drinking all that in! includes sewage discharge from other use, the households; includes harmful chemicals, including pesticides and phosphorous, heavy metals, such as mercury, copper and nickel, arsenic, lead, and many others. You see how we have to take all this, even though we are not aware? Now, number seven, which is overfishing. 7. Overfishing Commercially-fished species in the United Arab Emirates have declined an alarming 80% in 30 years! That means we have 80% less fish in your sea the last 30 years. Only within 30 years, we deplete fish supply, the fish population, 80%. My goodness. Any of you know this? MC. I think we werent really aware of this particular issue at hand because, as I shared with You, we live in a kind of an illusion, that just because we just get ample amount of seafood, or when we go swimming the water does not seem polluted so we just believe everything is fine. Yes. You see, the problem is much of these chemicals or pollutants that run into our water are not colorful, not specially significant so that we can even know what it is, or we can even see what it is. And even the chemicals or the pollutant or the poison, even
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mercury for example, that goes into the fish that the people consume, theyre colorless, tasteless. So people dont even know what theyre eating until theyre fallen ill or die. Now, these include many more that are unique to the region, many more marine life. Fish, you know? Like, we dont have anywhere else in the world, except in your region we have this. Like, such as hamour, kingfish, sea bream, and emperor fish. In addition, you see, they are all kind of diminishing or maybe extinct already. These fish we cannot find anywhere else except in your sea. Now they are going, gone. In addition, the sheer excess of fishing vessels and fishing gear also lead to a huge by-catch and damage to even more species. This is part of the global decline of marine life due to overfishing. Its everywhere, not just in your country. Everywhere marine life is declining, extinct, or going to be soon, sooner than we can imagine. Even if you love fish, I am not sure how much longer you are going to have fish on your table. So please be prepared to have vegetarian food. That would be a very wise choice. MC. 8. M. Well said, Supreme Master. Coral reef and other marine habitat destruction Im sorry I have more news for you. We go to number eight issue, which is coral reef and other marine habitat destruction. Now, one-third of the fish in the Persian Gulf are supported by its coral reefs; however, the Persian Gulf coral reefs are now among the most endangered in the world. About 35% might have been already lost due to bleaching pollution from desalinization plants. And it will not stop if we continue to have desalinization plants. It will just increase the damage, you see? But without desalinization plants, we have no water in your country. So you see the trouble. Effects from past wars in the region also add onto this problem. And also ongoing mega-construction projects, though they look beautiful, though they are an attraction to the locals as well as the tourists, they do cause a lot of damage for the environment. Now, for example, the building of large artificial islands in Dubai, which is really a masterpiece of architecture I also am very impressed by it but it has hugely damaged the Gulfs coral reefs, mangrove trees, and sea grass ecosystems. Please forgive me for stating the true facts, because you need to know now. 9. Air pollution Number nine, we go to air pollution. Many of us now live in the cities and we cannot avoid the pollution, like the ozone smog, which takes away our health and sometimes even our previous lives. One in five Emirati children has asthma, and hundreds in the country lose their lives to pollution-related problems every year. 10. Meat consumption Number ten, we go to discuss the topic which is in your heart today and which is the major theme of your congress. That is meat consumption, the subject that not many people want to talk about, even at the United Nations summit. Ill tell you what, yesterday, I was at the meeting and the President of Mexico he was the advocate for lessening methane and he said methane is caused by livestock raising. He knows all that and he advocates for reducing it, even through animal industry section. So hes well aware and hes not covering up anything like that, but he has a long speech. I dont want to repeat his speech here. If you want, you can log onto the United Nations website and find out what he said. Im just saying just one little thing that I have
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consume it? Allah would not be very pleased with this, I imagine. And the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, when He was alive, tried to save a little lamb at one time. I am sure He saved many other animals whenever the opportunity arrived, but not all are recorded in the Hadith or in the Quran. Enormous quantities of meat are also imported, especially from Brazil, India, Australia, also Sudan, Kazakhstan, et cetera, et cetera. All of these exporting countries mentioned above have environmental and even economic struggles due to livestock overgrazing meaning that the meat habit worsens drought and desertification in many other countries as well. So the piece of meat that we put in our mouth is responsible for many disasters around the world. I am so sorry that you are not well-informed. MC. M. We can see now how it is connected. I mean, we could see the connection even when we heard Your topic, so All right. Maybe it will come back later, with Allah blessing, yes? If Allah wills. It will come back. Thank you! Plus, on top of all this, the raising of livestock animals such as sheep, goats, and cattle generates huge amounts of methane and other greenhouse gases, which in turn cause and accelerate global warming. Im sure you can see the logic. In fact, livestock raising for meat production is known to be a significant factor in global warming, with scientists now saying that it is, the livestock sector is the number one cause of global warming. Im sorry again if you are not well-informed. Were you informed, delegates, about this? That its the major cause of global warming? [Audience: Yes.] Excellent. Thank you. Maybe some of them know. Maybe some. [MC: I was not. I thought maybe petrol emission and all those gases, or whatever that might be, the major cause than actually livestock farming.] Livestock farming is the major cause. Its more than all the transportation combined, more than all the ships, the aeroplanes, the cars, the railway, whatever transportation, you name it, its nothing compared to livestock raising, in pollution rate. Now you know it. You can log onto all kinds of scientific facts or the United Nations Livestocks Long Shadow website to see all this. I am not making it up. Its the fact, 100% accurate. Conservatively, the pollution is more than stated. More. And its getting more and more each day. So the people of the United Arab Emirates could accomplish the most effective green change by removing all animal products. I know Im asking for the moon, but you have the power to do it. You have to. You must. We all must. All countries must do this. Otherwise, we will suffer too much, too much. Very soon. I am not a psychic. I am not predicting the future from clairvoyance or from the crystal ball in front of me. No, no. I dont need that. The scientific finding, research facts, is enough to scare all of us. Even suppose I am a meat-lover, even if I am, I would immediately drop that meat like a hot potato and run away from it. MC. M. Thats true. Thats well said, Supreme Master. Yes. This could help revive barren lands in many other countries, as well as yours. In addition to stopping climate change globally, we could have a lush planet again, because we will have no more deforestation. Instead we will reforest. And who knows, we can even reforest the United Arab Emirates. Im sure we will have time to do that after we save the planet by stopping all kinds of poisonous gases from the livestock industry. And it is crucial to stop eating fish as well for the seas to survive, as I have
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mentioned before the reason why. The United Arab Emirates has had the good fortune to prosper, and is blessed with peace, abundant sun precious, the sun is precious and talented people. The discovery of abundant oil reserves has allowed your residents to enjoy a high standard of living in a short time. It was your wise and visionary leader, the nations founder, the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. He was the one who reminded us that the ancestors survived in this environment, on land and sea, because they knew they had to conserve it. They had to take care of it in order to continue the survival rate. And he also said we should take only what we need, and no more, to conserve the environment. Your government indeed has been looking ahead to the future, since a long time. Not just recently. Not just now. By planting so many trees and green areas to block desertification well, we could do more of course when we have more time building solar energy, promoting organic farming, and developing clean, alternative energy technologies such as through the world-famous Masder City project. Im sure you know. [MC: Guys, you know?] Yes. [MC: The audience is aware of it.] Yes, thats a miracle that your government is creating. I applaud them. Yes. And Im sure many other countries are looking to the United Arab Emirates as a pioneer and a role model, and a shining example in this environmental protection endeavor. [MC: Excellent. This is a very good initiative that can be.] Yes. Yes, maam, it is. It is an excellent initiative. Your government is very wise. Now you have to support your government to go one more step further, that is, to support the vegan alternative to save the United Arab Emirates, as well as the world. The United Arab Emirates has been for many years a provider of abundant energy for the world. At the same time, the government of the United Arab Emirates is generous in charitable giving, all the time, all the time. If you dont know about it we have a list of recent charitable deeds from the United Arab Emirates on the Supreme Master Television. You can log onto www.SupremeMasterTV.com. Every month we list all the charitable countries and people in the whole world. And you can always look backward to the older broadcast to find anything you want, ever since our television exists. And today, the country would be able to make a historic philanthropic contribution to save the world if we go one step further: That is to support the organic vegan solution, because thats the only one we have right now in this urgent situation. And other technologies we can slowly develop when we have time. The thing is, green technology takes time to develop and takes time to implement all over the world. Also, we cannot be too sure because these are new technologies, have not ever been tested. So at least we are safe if we go on the vegan lifestyle to save huge, dangerous amounts of methane gases and other gases, which speed up our global warming danger. So as your country has already thought of her future beyond fossil fuels, which are nonsustainable and polluting anyway. Theres a more beneficial way, as you know, is to provide for humanity through sustainable, peaceful means meaning obtaining our energy from limitless sources like wind power, sun power and plant-based food. I think this is more befitting the United Arab Emirates royal race of people the people with talents, the people with technological intelligence, and God blessing. I think its more befitting that we change to a compassionate, Gods creature-loving lifestyle, such as vegan diet. And, Ill tell you a secret, before I forget. This is a little part of my spiritual diary. When I meditate, visions or wisdom or information come through to me, myself. Sometimes I share it with my Association members. Sometimes I share it with the world. This secret, I have not told; I tell you today. Suppose you promote organic plant-based food, now, whoever, the government, whoever decided to approve this plant-based diet solution, just approve it only, he will earn, my God, thousands of zillions of spiritual merit points. And we need a lot of points to go back to heaven. Whoever approves this even, just one
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time, enough for him to fly to heaven already, after he leaves this world. He doesnt even need any more pilgrimage, doesnt even need to do anything else even. Whoever approved of that, and whoever makes sure that its carried out, will obtain the same spiritual merit points, that heaven will bestow upon it. For example, just like financial merit in this world, if we have spiritual merit points in our bank account, it multiplies, multiplies. This is the thing. And the more we have, the more interest rate we earn. This is a very good thing. I was smiling alone by myself in the tent when I knew this. And I was asking heaven recently that if I could tell people of the world, and I have the permission. Not everything I am allowed to tell, but when I asked for the permission, and I could tell, I was so happy, I was so happy. When you are happy, and you have some good news, you want to spread it all over, right? All of us, right? [Audience: Yes.] Yes. [MC: Sure.] Yes. So promoting organic, plant-based food is, of course, the most urgent because we need to stop global warming in order to save ourselves, in the near term, by reducing the methane and other, yes, also toxic gases even, to poison us even, not just only global warming, but it will poison our atmosphere. Maybe if its too much, we cannot bear, because these poisonous gases will speed up the global warming. Many. Nitrous oxide, which is about 300 times more potent to warm the climate than the carbon dioxide that we talk about from the cars and from the aeroplanes and so on. And methane is 72 times more dangerous, more potent in warming the climate than carbon dioxide. So even if we have more carbon dioxide than methane, its not equivalent in the degree of danger. Therefore, I said we still can have the cars; we still can use the fossil fuel for a while until we develop enough green technology to replace it; we still can fly an aeroplane, we still can use the car, the train, the buses, whatever transportation you choose. Of course, the less, the better. But carbon dioxide is not as dangerous as methane or nitrous oxide, for example. And there are more gases, more dangerous and poisonous gases, coming from animals, livestock, because they emit these through their waste. They put lagoons after lagoons of animals waste out there in the open. These gases, they are short-lived compared to carbon dioxide. So if we stop these short-lived gases, our planet cools fast, faster than stopping carbon dioxide, because carbon dioxide will stay in the atmosphere for 1,000 years. Something like that. But methane and other gases, methanes short-lived, maybe 12 years only. So if we stop the methane, in a short decade, a few, maybe even shorter, we have the planet cooling, and not warming more. So all governments must stop all animal raising and animal products, first of all. They will not only cut the greenhouse gases drastically and at a very low cost, they will also save a lot of the water used globally for growing the fodder for animals, the way it is. But also in the long term, you see all this food we can feed the world, double times over. Also, in the long term, organic vegan agriculture will sustain your country and the world. The United Arab Emirates government is currently working to increase the countrys food security, to be less dependent and more self-sufficient, which is laudable. So they have been buying farmland in other countries to grow food supplies. Good idea. But more importantly, they are investing in technology to grow, say, like fruits and vegetables in the better way. Thank you so much, the government of the United Arab Emirates, for such intelligent approach. MC. No, no, thank You so much, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Thank You for Your profound insights and words of wisdom and sharing Your research with us as well. Some of the delegates were already aware of it, and some were new information to us, but thank You for making it clear and I personally wanted to thank You for letting us know whats the direct stairway to heaven. All those million, billion points that we can go straight to heaven if we start doing all this goodness, and sharing that secret with us. I wanted to thank You especially for that.
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Your government is going to heaven for sure. For example, recently the United Arab Emirates government opened a state-of-the-art farm even, that uses hydroponics meaning no soil is needed while saving up to 70% of irrigation water. Your government is really trying hard to be up to date in the climate change fighting, yes, and they succeeded in growing all kinds of vegetables. Isnt that a good news? Yes. The main crops of the country are dates, fruits, and vegetables of all kinds, and this is wonderful, wonderful, because this is everything we need to have a complete, healthy nutrition. And the number of organic farms is growing all the time. Your country has 13 organic farms as of March 2010 and will have 23 more by June 2011, for a total of 40 registered cleaner, eco-friendly farms. Yes, go ahead, go ahead clapping them, clapping the government. I also applaud them. At the same time, I hope and encourage the farmers; they hope, I hope, the government encourages the farmers to forgo the cattle and poultry raising, to be vegan, organic vegan. Because, for one, it is still much more costly in terms of food, energy, water uses to raise animals. Whereas, it costs less and less to have organic farming, especially the hydroponics that your government is progressing to promote. We need every help right now in this emergency situation, urgent time, to save our planet. The Abu Dhabi government, for example, is doing a good job to support the farmers, to encourage them to choose the most profitable, as well as ecological, chemical-minimizing, water-saving crops. This kind of government is also my government. I hope our government will guide the agriculture sector to the organic vegan path, and also use their knowledge and talents to share these good techniques with other countries, because the world is interdependent and can cooperate together for a sustainable future. Again and finally, we must change our lifestyle, whether we like it or not. We should like it, because we save lives. We should be as noble and compassionate as that. Otherwise soon we will not even be able to enjoy this lifestyle, or any other kind of lifestyle at all. We should live more simply, sustaining ourselves on the best diet, and the economy, ecology diet that is organic vegan. And we should also live more contented, not only with money or material possessions, but with spiritual inner strength as well. Thank you for your open-mindedness in seeking new information and for your courage to change your life and to speak up for these new, noble lifestyles. Thank you. Thank you for paving the way by helping others as well to be vegan, be greener, healthier, happier, and more loving. Thank you very much, and you can, of course, ask me any questions you want now. Allah is great. [MC: Right, right.] May Allah bless us all.
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the United Arab Emirates, but the whole world has to change to the more sustainable diet, not to talk about compassionate diet. As the scientists have told us and as you mentioned, we are already seeing the impacts worldwide. Even as we speak, the whole Middle East region is suffering from unusually extreme hot weather and drought, even a worst-ever forest fire in Israel, for example. Heat waves, dust storms, and flash floods have been occurring with increased intensity and damage. Im sure you are already aware that the Middle East contains 13, one-three, of the 19, one-nine, driest countries on the globe. Now you see? The water available per person in the past 50 years has become 62% less. Meaning in the past, before 50 years, for example, if they have 100 liters per day, now they have only 38 liters, per person. 38, yes, that is 62% less. Now its getting worse and worse. In just five years ahead, one Arab person will have to survive on less than one-tenth the amount of water available to the average person in the world, in comparison, Mr. Ellis. See? Leaders across the region are worried about how they will provide adequate water. I think you all know this. You know? The water is less and less now. Christians, Muslims, and Jews in the Holy Land are praying for rain, and the Jordanian government is even pleading to the people to hold prayers for rain after five years of unusually dry conditions. The desert is spreading relentlessly in Northern Africa. Massive sandstorms in Iraq have become much more frequent, more severe. Ancient irrigation systems in Syria have collapsed. There are Egyptian farmers so desperate for water they dangerously use untreated sewage liquid to try to irrigate their crops. And, in the Persian Gulf, groundwater sources dont have time to replenish and are being infiltrated by salty water from the rising sea rising seas, not just one, no. The Arab worlds legendary Jordan River, you know, the Dead Sea, and the River Nile are shrinking so fast, so fast shrinking. One visitor to the Dead Sea noted that it now requires half an hour to walk to the beach to reach the water shoreline, which was just a few steps from what used to be the seaside hotels before. The hotels there used to have water at their feet, at their gate, and now you have to walk half an hour in order to reach the water shoreline. My goodness. Food production is also going down drastically in some locations. The Fertile Crescent that fed all the farmed civilizations in Iraq until now is a permanent cracked desert already. 500,000 climate refugees are on the move in Syria. These are people like a farmer named Ahmed Abdullah, you know, real example, real people. He used to provide for his wife and 12 children from his farm of 400-acre field of golden wheat, and now he lives with them in a tent imagine? as he has no job, no money and no support from anyone at all. He not only has no money, he lost his dignity as the breadwinner of the house, as the provider for the family. Imagine how he feels. Imagine how wed feel if we are Ahmed Abdullah, the poor farmer who lost everything, because of climate change. Overnight, who knows, we could be the Ahmeds family neighbor if the whole worlds population does not change in time to save us. So first we must stop the urgent climate change by adopting the vegan lifestyle, and fast, fast, fast, before the despair and tragedy get even more out of control. Second, we can also do a lot to help to ease the food and water shortages in the Arab world. For example, we can choose the best farming or irrigating methods that are water-saving. This could maximize efficient use of the precious resource, since 85% of all the freshwater in the Arab region is currently used for agriculture, mainly for livestock raising. It could even free up all this water for more sustainable uses instead if we stop the livestock raising. So halting livestock grazing, which goes hand-in-hand with the vegan lifestyle, would also hugely lessen the desert conditions. So countries like Syria and Iraq could once again be prosperous and proud exporters of grain. I pray we wont wait until its too late to change. Thank you, Mr. Ellis.
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country and decide to go into war for some reason and losing their store of spiritual points or either they are in the critical time of shortage of spiritual points, just like we are in the critical time of shortage of water, or sometimes we are short of money. So the one who has more must give so that he can change the pattern of his karmic structure, yes, the karmic structure, the karmic pattern meaning that whatever you have done in other lifetimes before you come here, or in this lifetime, will determine your actions and continue further in the same route if they fall into a certain karmic pattern, then just stuck there, cannot get out. You see? So they need spiritual fuel, power, in order to get out of that situation, of the structure of the karmic fixed pattern, that they are trapped into you see what I mean? just like we give money to some people in time of need. The people who are into war are to be pitied, to be prayed for, not to be condemned and criticized. We have to help them. We have to pray for them not just by word of mouth but by our spiritual strength and our spiritual merit. We must share with the whole world, and in order to share we must have first. The peace a size of Afghanistan and Israel costs zillions of zillions of spiritual points to ease, and I call upon all humanity to wake up. Please wake up. Please live the way you are intended to live. You are the children of God. You are the future, the children of the Buddha. We must live befittingly as the royal members. Please be veg, that earns you merit enough to help the whole world and to restore peace on the planet. If you are virtuous, everything will become virtuous. Thank you very much. MC. Q. Thank You, Supreme Master. We really appreciate that Youve given us so much time from Your busy schedule. So Sandhya has one question. Honorable Supreme Master Ching Hai. Thank You so much for joining us at the first Middle East Veg Congress today. [M: Yes, Im privileged. The first ever and I am here with you.] And You are at the Conference of Parties right across the world in Cancun, Mexico, and its a great honor for us that You can offer a message to all these delegates here, right across the ocean. You earlier asked that why people dont discuss meat as an issue, and if there is anybody who can answer. So Id like to add a point there, that, I think change is difficult, change for anybody, when they look at changing themselves. Please go around changing the world very easily so as to say. [M: Yes, I know.] But changing oneself, I think, is very difficult. [M: I know.] So maybe thats why. Youre right, youre right. But the thing is, if your house is on fire, you dont sit there and argue. You jump out, no? [Q: Absolutely.] The thing is, people do not realize the danger, but if they do, they would change. Yes. Thats why we have to implement the information, like the way she is making the congress today, shes trying to give people information. [Q: Sure.] This is a great thing that shes doing. [Q: Sure.] Yes. At this congress we would like to also probably, since theres so much positive energy right now, right here, with Your permission and blessings, can we do in our own small way, a minute of silence, connecting all of us right here. That would be just so wonderful. [M: Yes, okay, we do that.] Yes, please, all of us just close our eyes. Thank you, everybody. Thank you! I was going to do it at the end and you so fast! Thank you. [Master and audience laugh.] You are just so to the point in raising each one of the points for us here about the dangers of water, especially in the Middle East. Very, very pertinent point. And if there is one urgent action which should be carried out immediately to protect all our lives on this planet, what would that one action be? Thats the only question I have.
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Thank you for the honor to be with you and for your noble question. Yes, its just one action: Vegan. Only one. Youre right. Just one action. Supreme Master Ching Hai, we have a lovely young person with us who would like to ask a question. [M: Please.] Leena Abbas is a vegan and an owner of an organic beauty salon in Dubai, and she has the last question. Thank you for being with us today, Leena. Hallo, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Its a great honor for me to be able to ask You a question. Could You give us some insights into the existence of animals on our planet? Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, taught us to be kind to animals. What roles and significance do animals have in our spiritual, mental and physical wellbeing? Thank You! Good question. Yesterday, among the distinguished delegates of the COP16 in Cancun, I have revealed a little bit of my spiritual diary, just like I revealed a little bit today for you. I have told them that animals are here to bless us. Each animal will give you many spiritual points to add up to your spiritual power. If you refer to that talk again, yesterday maybe it will be coming out soon, because yesterday was live, but probably they will broadcast it very soon again with multi-language subtitles. Please, refer to that, but Ill be brief. Like, for example, if you earn every day like 100 points of spiritual merit, then the dolphins or the whales will give you 40 points more or 50 points more, even. Or the dogs in your house will give you 8 points more on top of whatever you earn. And the more you earn, the more it multiplies. And the birds in your life will give you also spiritual points. That little bird there, budgies even, give you 4 points. Yes. Even the flies give you spiritual points. Everything in this world you see, or not see, are helping us, blessing us all day long. And the animals are always blessing us unconditionally, okay? They give and give and give and give. Despite however we treat them, they give us blessing all the time. In fact, without the animals balancing blessing power, probably we would have died earlier, all of us, or the planet would have been destroyed. Thats how powerful the animals presence on this planet is. Thank you, love! Thank You, Supreme Master. This has been really an enlightening experience for all of us. So thank You for answering all the questions with Your patience and with Your wisdom. Its really a beautiful thought that how we can make actually a heaven or a paradise right here on the Earth, where all human beings live in such harmony and love. Love and compassion are not just to us, amongst us human beings, but also amongst animals and other creatures, as You said, that they give us their blessings as well. I would request just a few minutes more of Your time, [M: No problem.] because Id like to share a very interesting thing here, ladies and gentlemen: We are honored to announce the Arabic edition release of the international bestselling book, The Birds in My Life, or as its said in Arabic, Al Toyoor Fee Hayaty, and that is what we are going to launch right here today. In these beautifully presented pages of this book, Supreme Master invites us to experience how She sees the beautiful birds in this world, giving us an account of the inner lives and the important messages these creatures have for us. We take them for granted. We see them flying all around us. We never think from a certain point of view as to how to give them the proper respect, the love that there is. So The Birds in My Life is a journey told through pictures, photographs, deep personal experiences, and Im sure that youll be transformed into another world altogether where these compassionate, co-inhabitant, intelligent beings, they all are living in harmony. And the awareness can go much beyond our imagination. So what inspired You to write this book, Supreme Master?
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MC. For two decades, Supreme Master Ching Hai has been raising awareness about climate change, and the vegan solution. She has launched international global warming awareness campaigns, and She has participated in over 27 climate change conferences in 13 countries. She is also the guiding Light behind Supreme Master Television, a constructive television station airing from 14 satellite platforms and reaching hundreds of millions of households around the world. This global television station offers programs with subtitles in 42 different languages, and features current news on climate change as well as its solution, the organic vegan diet. To give people the opportunity to experience for themselves how delicious the plant-based diet can be, Supreme Master Ching Hai has inspired Loving Hut, the fastest growing chain of vegan restaurants in the world. And now, this evening Supreme Master Ching Hai is releasing Her latest book, I love the title of this book, From Crisis to Peace: The Organic Vegan Way is the Answer, which represents the culmination of many, many of these efforts to share this crucial message. Her new book presents clear, concise scientific evidence, showing how raising livestock is a primary cause of climate change, and how the vegan lifestyle, free from any animal products, is the solution. Supreme Master Ching Hai, we thank You so much for Your efforts and for Your devotion in preparing this very important book. We pray that this life-changing book meets with the same outstanding success as Your three previous works, and that Your message about the organic vegan solution spreads quickly throughout the world. Would You do us the honor, Supreme Master Ching Hai, of coming to the stage to share a few words about this new and critical book?
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thing that I told before. Now, even the moon blesses you 40%. The stars bless you 40%, the visible one will bless you 40%. The invisible one, means the faraway stars, bless you also, but less. You just make calculation. Now, there are some bonuses of blessing here, my God. You see how blessed we are. We live in blessing, we breathe in the blessings, we walk on the blessing, we swim even the sea blesses you. How much percent? Probably I didnt bring it here. The sea blesses you so much, so much, the sea water, yes? And the sun. The river water, the wind, the air blesses you also, like 10%, 15%. We are swimming in blessing. We are walking in blessing. We are looking everywhere, its a blessing. Please, be conscious, so that you get more blessing, so that you can live your life more in peace and make a better decision for you and for all of us, for everyone. Please, just be conscious. And when youre very busy working in the office, sometimes you feel very stressed, very tired, just take deep breath like this and then out, a couple of times. Do this any time. It will give you more energy, strength to go on. That costs nothing. Costs just not even a second to do that. Or exercise, you know. Do something on the chair and just kick around from the chair. Do something, yes? And take in deep breath. Be conscious, be aware that all the blessing that youre taking in. Breathe in all the best from the universe, and breathe out to spread that blessing and positive power into the world. In, the best; out, the blessing. There is some extra here, extra blessing for you. For example, if you meditate, normal meditation, it doesnt have to be my method, my method gets more. Its not because I advertise, but because I tell the truth. If you meditate on Light, for example, om mani padme hum or breath, on the breathing, Vipassana, Hatha, Raja Yoga, you get 5% more spiritual blessing point. If you are a breatharian, and you meditate, you get 30% to 70% spiritual point. Do you know what a breatharian is? No? The one who lives by air, and by love of God alone. No food, no drink, all his life. We have a show every week about these people. Some are already passed away, some are still alive, walking among us. Now, if you are a vegan, we talk about vegan, no more vegetarian. I dont like cruelty to cows. Now, if we are vegan, for example, and eat only one meal a day, vegan, then we get like 40% more spiritual points. Suppose you earn 100 points, if you are a vegan and eat one meal a day, you earn 40 spiritual points more. And if you eat twice a day, you earn 20% more. If you eat three times a day, vegan, you earn 10% more. Average, Quan Yin practitioner. Well, its not for you, but you want to know? You want to know? Its my Association member. For an average Quan Yin practitioner means our Association member who meditates every day, you have 30% to 40% more extra, apart from vegan meal and all that. I think we can go on forever. Even fox blesses you. Squirrels bless you, beaver blesses you, ducks bless you, swan blesses you, even shark, you know. Sharks bless you, geese bless you 15%, bee, even bee, you know, the bumble bee bless you 1%. My God, so small, the bee! Not only he gives you honey, he blesses you 1%! Little one! Please take care of the bee. Even a butterfly blesses you 1%. Even a fly blesses you 0.5%. Wild birds bless you. Seagulls bless you 8%. Crocodiles, even, bless you 2%. A wild hog blesses you 8%. Turtles bless you 15%. A wild cat 6%, 2% to 6%. A fox even 4%. We can go on forever. No wonder, the Lord in the bible says that, I created all the animals to be your helpers. Now we understand? Okay, Im done. Is that 20 minutes or 20 hours? [Laughter] You should have put the calendar in front of me so I know when to stop. Thank you very much, and I love you all. You are my brothers and sisters, and you are doing a great job. I count on you to save the planet. Its urgent situation. We all have to rescue our home. If its not for you, because some of us maybe dont care about life and death anyway, but for the future generation. Imagine how many billions you rescue if the planet is still alive. Can you imagine how much merit you earn? If you save a life of a chicken, you earn a lot of merit. If you save a life of humans, even more so. I know youre very busy, busy, but please remember, you are the number one person. You
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have to first take care of yourself. So you have to save time, 20, 30 minutes a day, to quiet down, to try to assimilate all the blessing that I have told you about. The less meat, the less disease, the more blessing, more happiness. You try it for a while, maybe 10 days, 15 days, with this conscious feeling of blessing and breathing in whenever you feel too stressed, and anytime, you just breathe. You will feel elated. You can prove it to yourself that blessing really exists. And if you go on with it and sincerely, you will see vision of Jesus, Buddha, or Prophet Muhammad, whoever the Master, or even the present Master somewhere in this planet, will come and teach you more than my words can tell. Please try. Prove it! Prove it! Peace comes with price. Peace comes when we elevate all the whole world consciousness. So dont point finger at this and that leader or this and that group. The whole world shares happiness and sorrow all together. I mean we are all to be blamed and we are all to be cherished, we are all to be respected, and we are all to be loved. We all share this home together. Please, I need all of your points put together for peace sake and for the planets sake. Please help. Share. Meditate, vegan, and automatically well give. Please help! Everybody meditates, vegan, please help, okay? Not just help yourself, help the world!
ORGANIC VEGAN DIET: THE SOLUTION TO EARTH'S 'CIVILIZATION BUSTERS' 21

Hallo. My highest salute and most respectful greeting to the Divine within you. Your Excellencies, distinguished decision makers of the great United Kingdom, and welcome guests, courageous ladies and gentlemen, it is with deep honor that I join you in your respected company in this urgent meeting. As you are well aware, there are multiple global dangers facing all lives on Earth. Experts often highlight six major threats as the most pressing, urgent, of our time, namely: Climate change, water shortage, food scarcity, deforestation, ocean collapse, and biodiversity loss. Although each threat on its own might cause enough damage to become a so-called civilization buster, their occurrence together would result in a global collapse, and all lives on the planet could be destroyed. Like many of you, I ask myself, day and night, how we can stop going in this calamitous direction. But Im afraid the reality now is already too urgent. Scientists say that water security for about 80% of the worlds people is threatened due to drying and polluted river systems, shrinking glaciers from South America to the Himalayas, and groundwater levels that fall lower and lower each year. In 2009, for the first time, the number of people suffering from hunger exceeded one billion, while disasters threatened the food security of many more. Each year, tropical forests the size of New York State are burned to the ground, releasing 17% of the worlds total carbon dioxide emissions more than all transportation combined. Over 70% of our fish species are fully depleted, and the rest could be gone within a few ten years. A recent study by the United Nations found that plants and animals are now disappearing at up to 1,000 times the natural background rate of extinction, with vital lifesupporting ecosystems that could soon be irreversibly damaged. And youre right, we have global warming. Even with strict greenhouse gas emission limits, the Earths temperature is still expected to rise another 3.5 degree Celsius within a few decades, which would result in the death of the Amazon rainforest, massive hurricanes smashing coastal cities, vast runaway release of methane from melting permafrost, and ultimately, mass extinction. Already we see that disasters have become more frequent, prolonged and deadlier. Thus, if these six factors are not stopped fast, we risk losing everything. I mean everything! So please consider what is
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really at stake now, what is really our foremost, urgent priority at the present time. Its not just political reputation or economy its the lives, real lives of all inhabitants on Earth: Humans, animals, plants, trees, et cetera. Now, despite the overwhelmingly frightening situation at hand, esteemed researchers have identified one key cause of all these troubles, and theres even a solution to solve them. The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 2006 stated that: The livestock sector emerges as one of the top two or three most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global, namely, biodiversity loss, deforestation, land degradation, pollution, climate change, overfishing, and others. So it is not surprising that in June 2010, a report released by the United Nations Environment Program and the European Commission concluded that: A substantial reduction of environmental impacts would only be possible with a substantial worldwide change of diet, away from all animal products. Now, lets check out one civilization buster at a time, to see how each is driven by meat consumption. You may never look at a piece of meat in the same way again. 1. Climate change is a civilization buster, and its primary cause is livestock raising I guess you know already. The United Nations FAOs 2006 report, Livestocks Long Shadow, was followed by related research in 2009, which found that livestock and their by-products account for at least 51% of human-caused greenhouse gas emissions and I know that it is 80% or even more. Newer findings published by the United States National Academy of Sciences and Germanys Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research also point to the livestock industrys huge impact on global warming. Furthermore, livestock production occupies a full 70% of all agricultural land and nearly one-third of all the planets land surface. We have come to a point when climate scientists are now so extremely worried that they are even thinking of resorting to emergency ways to manipulate nature on a large scale through risky geoengineering. But if we simply return these lands to nature again, like forest and grassland, then it would easily absorb a lot of emissions in the near future. Please also note that animal industry is the largest human-made source of methane and nitrous oxide, which are the greenhouse gases that are 72 times and 300 times more potent, respectively, than CO2. And methane, though being much worse than carbon dioxide, disappears many times faster, in about 12 years as opposed to centuries for CO2. Therefore, eliminating livestock production would cool the planet quickly, which is needed urgently if we think about the climate tipping points that are getting nearer. Moreover, as the Rodale Institute in the United States of America determined, if the worlds tillable land were organically cultivated, then 40% of the atmospheric CO2 would automatically be absorbed by the soil. Also, one German study found that an organic vegan diet could reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions, up to 94%. Wow, think about that. Now, to briefly mention about financial cost. Dutch scientists have calculated that the powerful dietary change to the healthy vegan diet would not only dramatically reduce global warming, it would also save 80% in climate mitigation costs by 2050. 2. Water scarcity Besides being a major water polluter, livestock consumes vast amounts of this precious resource, with as much as 200,000 liters required for each kilogram of beef, whereas only a tiny fraction of that, or 2,000 liters, is needed per kilogram of soya beans, for example. Put another way, eating four hamburgers costs a person the water equivalent of a years daily showers. Wow, think of that again. And, while 1.1 billion people dont
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have access to safe water, including 6,000 children who die every day from drinking polluted water (and) that is on our conscience, yes? Some one trillion cubic meters of clean water is wasted on raising livestock. Are we really robbing our children of precious resources such as water for merely a poisonous disease-laden, disease-causing but easily replaced piece of meat? Im sure you all agree, ladies and gentlemen, this is not acceptable. 3. Food crisis To meet the needs of a growing population, more and more scientists and other experts are affirming the logic and efficiency of reducing livestock so that food can be delivered to people directly. But, today, livestock are bred and fattened on nearly half of the worlds grain supply, while almost 11 million children, who mostly live in those countries where these feed grains are grown, die, ironically, of hunger each year. On the other hand, directly supplied grain could easily feed more than the entire worlds population. 4. Deforestation Lord Stern of Brentford, United Kingdom, lead author of the Stern Review on the Economics of Climate Change, proposed the avoidance of deforestation as the most economic method of managing greenhouse gas emissions. Well, 91% of the cleared Amazonian rainforest since 1970, the lungs of our Earth, can be directly or indirectly attributed to cattle raising. And, in fact, the United Nations FAO stated that the livestock sector is the major driver of global deforestation. 5. World ocean collapse The main cause here, again, is animal products. The United Nations recently reported that continued fishing could deplete the oceans of all marine stocks within just a few decades. But the problem is not only fish consumption, the problem is also meat consumption, because as much as 50% of the fish killed each year, or tens of millions of tons of marine lives, are fed to livestock, not humans. Pigs and chickens consume six times more the amount of seafood than the entire American population, and twice as much as the whole Japanese. Think about that! So if we stop all animal products fish, egg, meat, and dairy we will save the oceans, save the climate; and as we find out next, we could halt also biodiversity loss. 6. Biodiversity loss The livestock industry is the leading cause of an alarming decline in wild species. In a new October 2010 study, Dutch researchers found that protecting natural areas is not sufficient to stop these fast extinctions of flora and fauna; rather, one of the most effective policies is changing to a no-animal diet, meaning plant-based food. Now, some of us might question: Can our world really eliminate the global meat industry and become all vegan? The facts tell us: Yes, we can, and our humanitys survival instinct tells us, We must. As the respected United States economist Jeremy Rifkin wrote in 2002, The worlds wealthier consumers favor eating at the highest point on the global food chain while their fellow human beings starve. We are long overdue for a global discussion on how best to promote a diversified, high-protein vegan diet for the human race. Former United States Vice President Al Gore and NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies Director Dr. James Hansen both referred to eliminating meat as the single most effective thing we can do to reduce our carbon footprint. Climate Chief Lord
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Stern likewise publicly stated that: A vegetarian diet is better. Former World Bank Advisor Dr. Goodland called the improved diets the overlooked climate solution. And Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said, A major shift toward plant-based diets is imperative if we are to have even a chance of preventing catastrophe. In terms of immediacy of action reducing meat consumption clearly is the most attractive opportunity. Truly, the new opportunities for the food industry, consumers, and governments are bright. There are many stories of success from people who joined the vegan food industry, as well as farmers who switched from livestock raising to organic vegan farming. Research also tells us that plant-based alternatives to animal products are not only healthy, they use less fossil fuel energy, create more sustainable jobs, and are growing in popularity because of their quality, which also includes good taste. We all love good taste, dont we? Analysts also say that meat and dairy prices are set to rise steeply due to high climate risks, peak oil, and extreme environmental costs, while the livestock industry, which is heavily dependent on subsidies to survive already, is becoming obsolete. And we know that animal industry workers even suffer, also, some of the worst physical, emotional, psychological and mental conditions now. Its high time that we advance to better ways as a society, a nobler way as a society. And governments could use their subsidies for peoples greatest benefit, by supporting the Earth-saving, organic vegan farming practices and promoting a healthy, sustainable, resource-efficient food industry. The way we are going with our consumption rate, the World Wildlife Fund researchers said that wed need a second planet. If world governments stop supporting livestock and fishing, and instead wisely support organic vegan food production, they will save four-fifths of climate mitigation costs, save a lot of water pollution costs, and save health costs of about USD1 trillion due to meat-related diseases like cancer, heart disease, diabetes, obesity, food poisoning, et cetera, to name a few. Now we can prevent more than 20 million meat-related deaths worldwide per year if we turn to the vegan diet. No more suffering for loved ones, no more early separations, no more anguish for ourselves and others; and we will enjoy naturally longer, healthier, lovelier, happier lives. Even without the civilization busters threatening our planets survival, an organic vegan diet would immensely improve the quality of our lives; spiritually also. It can curb the water and food crises and restore natures life-support systems. It also happens to be the most rapid, cost-effective, and the only feasible climate solution, one that every nation can easily implement. In sum, only with the organic vegan solution can we still save our planet. Respected and honorable ladies and gentlemen, I beseech you and all the leaders to please, help our world, please save our planet. I would like very much to not lose my hope, and everyone elses hope, because humans are caring, are clever, are courageous, and are the children of God. I can only add my heartfelt prayers to yours, that together we will do everything possible and truly effective to save our planet for our childrens sake. Thank you so much for your trust and attentive spirit. Wishing you forever wise, loving and blessed by the Divine. Love, love.
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REVELATIONS ON THE MAGNANIMOUS SUN AND THE UNIVERSE 22

MC. Master, since the previous fascinating videoconferences with You about Mars and Venus in which You unveiled many secrets of the universe, we realize that there is still so much about outer space that eludes human knowledge. So today we would be very grateful, Master, if You could kindly shed some light on some of our queries and share with us more of Your divine wisdom and insights about this topic. Sure. I do what I can. You said once, Master, that the sun is a Fifth Level being. Could You further explain about it? Is it like humans in the way that it had to progress through the First, then the Second Level, until it reached the Fifth Level? Do planets evolve like this as well? Planets yes, but the sun didnt. The sun were pure Fifth Level beings who didnt have to be evolved like human beings. These are the Fifth Level beings who, out of love for all beings on this planet and the nearby, manifest themselves as a sun to help us. They did not have to evolve; they came directly, purely from the Fifth Level. Planets do evolve, yes. How is the sun good or beneficial to humans and life on this planet, Master? First of all, physically speaking, without the sun, wed be dying, or dead or gone already. Many things cannot grow, humans cannot grow there is no food, no circulation of the waters, purification of the air, et cetera, et cetera. The sun has a lot of benefits: The sun cures many diseases. For example, in the old time, they did not have tuberculosis medicine yet, they would put the patient in a sunny room, or sunny area, and open a window, let the sun come in to cure the TB. Of course, when its too heavy, maybe they cannot, but maybe in the initial stage, then they can cure like that. Also they put the patient in the sun a lot, a lot, a lot whenever they can to cure tuberculosis. Thats in the old days. Nowadays they have medicine that takes maybe six months, nine months, one year, two years, then its done. The sun cures your aches and pain, it eliminates toxins through sweat when its hot, you sweat and also it cures some of the diseases or other ailments. The sun gives benefits to all, bad or good. The sun would glorify the whole Earth that we live on and it gives life to all beings: Plants, minerals, animals, et cetera. The sun gives also people happiness, carefree feeling. The sun is necessary for all on Earth. No sun, wed probably all die. You see how people are happy when they go on vacation in the sunny area? For example, the Italian people, why they are happier than other countries? Why? Because they have a lot of sun, a lot of sun. The Spanish, Italian they are just more relaxed and they care a little less about material things than the people who have less sun. The sun gives them too much contentment so they feel like they dont need much material comfort. For example like that. And I myself love the sun. I adore the sun. I could stay in the sun all day, and if it is too hot I just cover a little bit with the cloth. I could look at the sun, midday even; it doesnt hurt me. It doesnt hurt me. It regulates, or it screens a little bit so that my eyes wont hurt. The sun is a beautiful being. I love the sun forever. I love the sun a lot, and the sun loves us forever. Remember I told you how I feel better in a tent than in a big house? I still do. Why? Because more contact with the sun, more shining through and less restriction. Because the tent is very small, when you
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sit in the tent, even if you are not outside in the sun, the sun shines through. You feel happier. I think thats why. The house is big and heavy, the sun doesnt filter through. I still do that so I feel less restricted and more free, more breathe-y. Similarly, I feel better in a cave than a big house, because its more close to the outside space. I guess thats what it is. We need protection, but a house is also a restriction. Q. The sun is the home of the Fifth Level beings. In the spiritual levels, we also have the Fifth Level. So is the sun the home of all spiritual practitioners who have reached the Fifth Level, Master? Oh, no, no, no. Not all. I have told you, sun beings came directly from the Fifth Level, undiluted, unchanged, unprogressed, and they volunteer to do this job, as sun beings. So its not like all the people who are on the Fifth Level will fly direct to the sun and sunbathe all day long. [Laughter] Dont dream about that. Its not your job. If it is your job, maybe. If you are Fifth Level and its your job, maybe, but I am not sure theyll let you. They love their job. The sun is occupied, sorry. But there are many other suns and maybe other planets. Maybe they will accept lesser sunny people, like we are. As the sun is a Fifth Level being, is the suns brightness or intensity the same as what we would experience on the Fifth Level? On the Fifth Level, we experience more than the sun. If the sun were to have all the intensity from their beings, the beings on Earth wed die dead, dead, dead, we are so dead, we have no time for conference. [Laughter] The Fifth Level beings, as the sun, they regulate their brightness so that we can bear it. If they go full gas, you and I goodbye! Some planets have two suns. So does that mean they are more spiritually advanced? And are all suns Fifth Level beings, Master? Yes, yes, all suns are Fifth Level beings. And if we have more, two suns, that means they need it more, or theyre more deserving. Master has mentioned that the sun is full of love and happiness. Could You tell us about the benefits of sun-gazing? Are there health or spiritual benefits of doing so? Sun-gazing, yes. If you gaze into the sun about 10 or so minutes in the morning, early morning, when the sun just rises, and 10 or so minutes more or less more, not less in the evening, when the sun sets. Some people do that so they dont have to eat anymore. And health benefits, you know already; I told you. If we go sunbathing, it cures many illnesses and even cures our psychological misalignment and also depression and all that. Some countries with less sun, they feel less happy than the countries with a lot of sun. Is that not so? [Q: Yes. Right, Master.] Then, you know already. When we practice Light meditation, its like seeing thousands of suns. So would sungazing help a Quan Yin practitioner to progress, Master? No need gazing. If you sit in the sun to meditate, its very, very, very good for your spiritual progress. It could increase hundreds of thousands or millions of spiritual points if you concentrate well, if you deserve it. I told you, meditate from 10am to 3pm is the good time. Why? Because the sun is at the highest. When you meditate in the sun, your meditation merit multiplies. Even the people who dont practice Quan Yin method, if they just practice Zen or something like that even Let me see if I have it somewhere for
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you. The people who meditate on Quan Yin method benefit the most from the sun. Other practitioners benefit also a lot, but not as much as the Quan Yin method. I just dont know why. Thats just the way I have researched, I have been told, and I know about that. Let me see. For example, Quan Yin and vegan practitioners, if are well-practicing and go into samadhi, even just the Third Level Light and Sound practitioners, can get up to 30 millions an hour in the sun. But cover yourself, or you sit in the shade and with the sun nearby, is shining in, also good enough. Dont sit all day in the sun. It will burn you also and have cancer and all that. Its no good. For example, the sun shines through and you sit on the nearby the line of the sunshine, the sunshine square, on the line of it. Or sit a while only and come back in that shade. Direct under the sun, and then go in the shade, or under the sun and cover yourself, like canvas or something, like those awnings, the awning through your window? Thats also okay. You dont have to sit directly in the sun in the hottest time of the day. Its not good for you. The sun will cure a lot of things, even psychological depression and all that. You know that. I heard that some of the cold countries, or foggy countries or rainy countries, many people have to take anti-depression medicine. In the sunny areas, like Italy, Spain, they dont do it. Thats why you see Spanish people, they make festivals all the time. Any reason will do. Today they carry Lady Madonna all over the town, and then they dance all over on the street. Tomorrow, another saints festival, and they carry that saints statue all over town and dancing all over the planet. For example like that. Sometimes they close the whole two, three weeks or the whole month. It depends on how big is the saint, or how big is the town, or how big is their happiness. Italian people, they also midday, they dont work. Normally, siesta is two hours enough. No! They close from 12pm to 3:30pm, 4:30pm, and sometimes they close until 5pm. Who cares? Of if they dont like, they just close altogether and come back tomorrow. I think they are very friendly; they are very happy people. They just care a little less about material possessions. Their cities are clean, their houses are neat and tidy, their people are smiling, their governments are okay; they protect animals and all that. The Spanish is protecting more and more animals now so you see no more bullfighting in many places, and soon they dont want to chase the bulls either. [Q: Yes, Im very happy about that.] If the bulls are chased it seems more humane, but its also not too good because they confuse the poor animals, scare them and then run them until theyre exhausted, and they dont know what to do, and sometimes they kill humans by sheer exhaustion and confusion. They dont know where to go. People are all over them and they have to find a way to go out, and so sometimes they gore people, not knowing what to do even. Anything to do against nature is no good, especially harassing animals of any kind is not fun for the animals. Sometimes a lot of humans being killed for that also, because theyre trampled upon or theyre gored by the bull. Its not fun, is it? Health benefits, finished? Anything else? Spiritual benefits! Yes, of course. I told you: If you meditate under the sun, you get much, much more; depends on the time of the day, of course, and also the place of the sun. But you could get up to 30 millions an hour doing Light and Sound method by my lineage. Other lineage, its a little bit different, but also a lot of benefit. Light and Sound practitioners have a lot of benefit from the sun, if they sit under the sunlight, or nearby the sun area, or under the canvas even. Or just sit even in the house where its sunny, also benefit, but less, less. Sun-gazing helps a Quan Yin practitioner, but should not have to gaze into the sun. Anything in the sun or even gazing sun is okay too, but dont gaze when its too hot. Sun-gazing, no need. Just sit in the sun, or where the sun is shining through or where the sun is shining on you. Even when its too hot with the canvas, or inside a tent or with a thin cloth, white cloth, or whatever cloth, accordingly according to the
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lost people. Like you are lost, you dont find your own sun and your own glory, so the physical sun is there to help you, to guide you, to speed your journey speed it up. Like, if you sit in the sun, and also even have Spiritual Blessing Line, its like a highway in America. Highway, baby. We need it hot here. Just dont abuse the sun. In this physical world, everything is the same. Electricity is good for you, but if you put it directly on your body, I wouldnt even have time to say goodbye. Physical world needs physical thing, and physical thing is never as perfect. Q. A solar flare is a natural phenomenon in which parts of the suns atmosphere explode and release a powerful amount of magnetic energy. Scientists have informed us of the potential physical risks and effects of a powerful solar flare. Just last month, at the beginning of August, Earth experienced the result of a solar flare, but fortunately, it was not a major one with devastating effects. Master mentioned that the sun, of course, is a Fifth Level being, so do these solar flares have any spiritual meaning or effect on humans spirituality, Master? If it has devastating effects, then what do you think? What will happen? What do the scientists say? If the flare was bigger and has very big effect, then what would happen? Do you know? [Q: No.] Fine. It could be worse; you know already. We have been fortunate because other planetary beings those you call aliens have tried to help us. It could have been worse. Thats why its not so bad. The Fifth Level beings are only there to give us spiritual benefit and upliftment and happiness, but unfortunately, we sometimes abuse it. We are not making ourselves worthy of all this help. So we have all this violent atmosphere because of war, because of hatred, because of mass murdering of animals, et cetera, et cetera, and abusing the environment. We are killing too much so we attract this kind of flare. Its us, the humans, who attract it, the flare. And if we continue, it could be worse than that. Its just a warning only. Just a warning. It could be worse. I always tell everybody: Please, pay more attention to moral standard. Please be more compassionate. Please be more virtuous. Love each other. Peace. No war. No killing. Vegan. that is to protect everybody. But do they listen? Im not sure how many. Of course, many more are listening now. Many more are listening. We aired the Stop Cruelty to Animals, many millions of people stopped eating meat because of that some permanently, some for a long time, and some less meat. Now we just hope it will continue to get better and better; otherwise, not just the flare, there will be more explosions, for example, like what the bible says, the fire will come from the sky, et cetera, et cetera, and destroy the planet and the people. Im so sorry, I have to tell you the truth; but Im worried. I think day and night, What more can I do to help the planet, to help the people to awaken to the more spiritual and moral standard? I think day and night, and every time I can find some solution, for example, like the suns benefit, I tell you right away, or the Spiritual Blessing Line. By the way, Spiritual Blessing Lines, we used to have tons of them and they were all connected. Then the planet will be more in peace. But if all are broken like this now, some of them only a few kilometers, some of them only a few meters left, and thin as my little finger, or some only reduced to a point, like I told you, like in New Jersey Center a point like this, not a line even. We need at least 500 Spiritual Blessing Lines to be all completed means connected, two ends connected then well be safer. Be safe from disaster, from sun flare, or whatever phenomena that might attack us, from so-called natural disaster. But I havent got it yet. I was trying to lengthen some by meditating intensively, in some of the Spiritual Blessing Line, but then something would happen. So I work in a very difficult situation. Whatever I can do, I do. I dont know how much longer I can find another Spiritual Blessing Line in order to lengthen, to thicken it. The last time I found one, I meditated only two weeks, and its lengthened like hundreds of kilometers
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more and thickened four meters more, all directions. The diameter lengthened, widened until six meters long. It used to be only like my lower leg, my ankles, nearby my ankles size, and in two weeks its lengthened. It was only like 30 meters long, and its lengthened, becoming hundreds of kilometers, and thickened six meters; and the other one is about four meters. I had two. Im trying to lengthen and thicken two of them, respectively. Everybody in heaven many are trying to help us, helping me also. But the negative power is also very strong here. Its their domain. If we are not tuned into the divine power of the spiritual domain, then we are under their influence, in their mercy. And if the majority and mass of the people are like that, then its very difficult to erase and to improve. Q. Its sort of related to also solar flare; its a bigger vision, its a super solar storm which NASA has projected that possibly would come to Earth in 2012 or later, and its from the eruption of sun spots and they say it could wipe out the Earths power grid and disrupt satellite communication. They also say that the last big solar storm occurred in 1859. Can Master please provide insight about NASAs prediction? Oh my God. How can I predict anything? What I mean is, it could be even worse. It will not wipe out, maybe not just electric grid or power or communication, it could wipe out the whole planet. Thats why urgently we make television. What do you think? I do not have as much money as Bill Gates or anybody, less than Bill Gates. I dont have that much money. I put it all out for Supreme Master Television and the like, because its so urgent. Not because I wanted to save money; because I was worried we dont even have enough, but I still do it. And then just keep earning it by the way. Sorry, thats why you dont have enough as good equipment as I would have wanted you to have. Thats why, sorry, you dont have as good a place as I wanted you to have, and sorry then you dont have as enough comfort as I would like you to have, as befitting such grand journalists, people like you are. [Q: Were fine, Master. Were fine. Thank You for everything You have given us.] Yes, not as good as I would like to have for you. But never mind, you have more spiritual blessings than you can ask for. Please bear with it, all right? And we work until we cannot anymore. Yes, Im not complaining that I dont have money, I just wish I had more. But as you know, I am earning and giving and paying at the same time, mostly alone, 99.9% alone, and if anybody helps at all, its just a little bit and I dont even know about it. Maybe help, maybe not. Because I dont want to take anything from anybody. I could apply with the World Bank, but I dont even want that, because I dont know where the money comes from. And its below your dignity to even ask for anything, even though to invest with our own money and get it afterward, but I dont want it. I dont want to rely on anything, because I dont know where the money comes from. My money, I know is honest, is hard-working its pure and its unconditional. Thats why we can use it. Any other lesser than that, finance is not ideal. I dont even take it from disciples, why would I take it from the World Bank or anybody? So, sorry if theres not enough comfort for you, not enough food for you, not enough big room or something like that. Often we hear in the news of objects in space that almost hit Earth, but luckily there was no impact. Is there a certain force that can divert their course in space? Is there a way for us to increase the chances of these diversions? Yes, if we increase our moral standards and meditation practice, and a vegan diet. Like attracts like. Theres no doubt. So if we are morally high, spiritually elevated, then of course only good things will come our way. Otherwise, even I myself, alone, I cant do
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much more to universal law. I am doing my best already, many times I almost lost my life. The reason Im still alive because some of you prayed so that I stay, and then my will to live longer also, so that I can help the planet. Who else can do it at this time? Everybody is for themselves, mostly. Its okay if they are for themselves, but in the right direction: Morally fit, vegan, compassionate. Now, the reason why we have avoided many disasters and comets: Because, first of all, we are progressing in spiritual practice as the human race. We are progressing. I dont mean we we are complete. As you know, the majority of the people are not practicing Quan Yin method or any other meditation. Any other meditation is also very good, just have to be compassionate and vegan to avoid suffering for other beings, and we have to stop the war. Can you imagine? If its you who live in the war zone, suddenly your familys all gone: Your babys born, all gone; your children, gone. And you lost all your limbs, or lost worse things even. Imagine its you. But many people do cause this kind of suffering to others, human beings even, not to talk about animals. Imagine you are human, and then some other bigger race, more powerful and more able, come and put you in a cage, toss you around, poke you all over, cut your throat or just skin you alive. Imagine its you. And we do that to many animals. I have no more tears to cry. Now I dont even feel sorry for animals anymore, because, okay, they suffer, they lose their lives, but they go to heaven. All the animals that have been harassed, have been molested, they will go direct to heaven. Now Im so sorry for the humans who do all this and related to this kind of criminal, excuse me, murderous act just to earn money or to have a luxury life or style, I dont know. We could replace all animal products with simple, synthetic bought products, natural products. Nowadays, we are very advanced, we can do everything. Theres no need to kill animals for fur or to warm ourselves. In the old times, maybe in the Stone Age perhaps, theres an excuse because they didnt have anything to wear. Imagine, we have everything now we still want to kill animals for fur, to look beautiful. How can it be beautiful when somebody suffered for it? And we have a lot of food to eat nowadays. We dont have to kill animals to eat, and in such a fashion while theyre living. We torture them more than hell, not just killing them to eat; but the way they live their life My God! How can our conscience ever forgive us? I have no idea how. Are you happy with my answer? [Q: Yes, I am, Master. Thank You. We all are.] Insight about NASAs prediction, I have none. I can only tell you that we have avoided many disasters due to many morally enlightened people. Of course, the more the better, and we have more and more spiritual practitioners all over the world not as many as we want and vegan people increasing all over the world not as many as we want but these energies do help, that our planet is still hanging on in there, that we still can hang on in there, and that is the good news. And more and more people joining in, then we can avoid many disasters, man-made or natural, comet or sun flare or sun spot or sun storm, or earthquake or tsunami, or hurricane or typhoon, et cetera, et cetera. If we didnt have as many spiritual, morally beautiful people as we have now, we would have had more disasters. Maybe our planet would have already been destroyed otherwise. So lucky were still here. How long? Dont ask me. Ask the human race: What are they doing to their own home and their own soul? Q. Astronomers suggest that super massive black holes may exist at the center of galaxies. Could Master please tell us about black holes? What are they and what is the purpose of their existence in the universe?
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garbage as possible for my corpse, for my dead body, whenever its dead. When its dead, its dead. Q. M. How do aliens feel about us doing this? They feel its very unacceptable. And they dont understand us humans, and why we would do such things, littering our own firmament park. You dont litter your own back yard, you dont litter your own front yard; you manicure your grass, you trim the trees, you pick the garbage up so that your yards will be beautiful. Why do you do that on the space yard? Its our yard. Whenever we look up, we see the yard, right? Its a park for everybody, not for a few, so we should never litter space, as much as we can help it. The material body, for example, belongs to the material world. We are made from earth. If you dont believe me, you dont bathe for a few weeks and you rub your body and you see what comes out of it. [Q: I believe you, Master.] Dirt. Yes, believe thank you very much but you can always experience so that you know Master doesnt tell lie, no? You cant just believe me in everything. If you dont wash your hair for a while, its also dirt all over on your scalp. So dirt should belong to dirt; the max is we could bury it or cremate it. And recycle it if we can. If not, bury the ash to save space also, and then the ash will also become soil again, to nourish other plants or trees. That will be the last charitable act that we do. Or donate the organs. Some books and websites talk about how our ancestors came from a star system called Pleiades, commonly known as the Seven Sisters, which is located in the constellation of Taurus. They discovered our planet Earth at around 225,000 BC and decided to create a society on Earth. Could You help to verify this and share with us more about our physical origin? How did they find this planet, and what was their intention, Master? Oh my God! Well, why dont you ask them, the people who told you, or the people who wrote about it? Ask them. I dont write such a book. I only tell you that you originally came from heaven, and thats where you will go back. Any other physical thing I dont care where the physical body drops down here from, okay? I know that we came here longer than that the physical existence. I think we came longer than that, according to many historical findings. Forget about other planets. Do they also meditate on the Light and Sound, and do they know about You, Master? Will we meet them in our lifetime? [M: Who?] The people from the Pleiades. Yes, they all know about me everybody knows, the whole universe knows. The whole universe knows me, yes. Not just these people they all know, okay? And are we going to meet them in our lifetime? Not that I know of, but maybe, who knows? Not just on this planet, but maybe other planetary people will also see us, if we are fit, okay? Dont worry whom we will see or whom we will not see; worry about if we are worthy enough or not for other beings to see us, or to like us, to be attracted to us; worry about if we could even keep this planet so that they can even come to visit should they feel like to visit us, okay? Hi, Master. [M: Hallo, Choco. Are you still sweet like chocolate?] [Laughter] Im trying to be. How big is the universe? How do I measure it for you? [Laughter] Do we have any instrument even if I could measure it for you? How would I tell you? How many trillion, zillion limitless zeros would I tell you so that you know how big it is?
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place more contentment, more happiness for all beings, like many of the planets in the universe. Q. The further away a planet is from the sun, the less light it receives. Does it mean that the beings on those planets receive less love and less blessing also? [M: Yes, they are less.] Are the beings on those planets on lower levels since they are in more physical darkness? What do you think? [Q: I think so. It would be logical. I think they do have less.] Lower level? [Q: Yes.] Okay, you are right. I have to just say youre so wise and I agree with you. What else can I do? [Q: Its all from what You said previously, Master.] You are getting better all the time anyway. One time You mentioned that a space object which was seen by scientists was actually a super being. Could You please explain a little more about these super beings and such things as how they develop and what is their purpose in the universe? How do they develop? Either they are from pure, spiritual realms to come around to help us and to bless some of those who can see them, or scientists to detect them, just to let us know that they are there for some purpose, so we can have more hope, more blessing, more aspiration for higher realms. Either they came from pure realms or they develop like humans and then came to the pure realms and manifest again and again like this to help others who are not yet so developed spiritually like them. Blessing, blessing. They want to give blessing. Thats wonderful. We need it. Are these super beings anything like the Pure Tranquil Ocean Bodhisattvas that You have spoken of previously, whose job You said is to take good care of the universe? Yes, some of them are like that. Some have other slightly different jobs, or some are just there to bless you, to bless the physical beings, to give more blessing so that we can develop more quickly. Or to help to keep the planet a little bit longer in balance, to wait for all beings to develop more spiritually so that we can help ourselves, so that we dont be completely destroyed, and so quickly. Is there some entity that rules the planetary system, like a super government or something like that? [M: Yes, something like that.] Could You tell us a little bit more about it? What should I say? There is a president voted every four years or five years, something like that, and if he is not powerful enough to gather enough votes, then maybe he will be kicked out of the pink house [Laughter] and another being becomes president of the universe. If he has more votes, then he can stay longer. If not, then goodbye. What do you want me to tell? Just suppose there is a president of the universe, okay? His job is to make sure everything goes according to order, by different departments. Different divine departments, or less divine departments, have their job to do to run the universe so that nothing too dramatic happens. And if it happens, they try to find a way to help to mend it. If cannot at all, and if any planets or galaxy is too bad to mend, then they will just annihilate it, per order of the president, for example, to keep all the planets not to be infected. Yes, we are at the brink of it. Do pray more. In greater developed planets, do they also communicate with different planets, maybe do business or exchange tips, something like that?
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How could we improve our techniques to travel further and discover more parts of the universe? Improve first moral standard and spiritual levels, and then all will come. Just like in the bible, it says, Seek you first the kingdom of God, and all the things shall be added unto you. Right now our planet as a whole is not really morally high and spiritually high, and still we have developed many incredible technologies. Imagine if we are using more of our intelligence, IQ. Right now we use 5%, 6%, 9% the max, yes? Because if were more developed spiritually, our intelligence will also grow along with it, and then we will develop more incredible things. Do aliens from other planets also practice the Quan Yin method? How much more spiritually advanced are they than human beings? Some are more spiritually and technologically developed than ours. Some are less. Not all are more than us. Some are equally with us. The equally planets, they look similar to us. All the planets, spiritually more developed, look similar more beautiful, more radiant. All the planets that are spiritually half-baked like us, they look similar to us. So if you see the Earth, you see other similar planets. And if you are more developed spiritually, you already see all the more beautiful planets, more spiritually elevated. Too many to tell you anyway. Some of them do practice the Quan Yin method, some of them dont. I dont call them aliens all the brothers and sisters, all the beings, they are not aliens. They are us. We are the aliens! We alienate ourselves from our real self, from our souls. We are the aliens. They do practice Quan Yin method means the Light and Sound. Its a universal meditation practice which benefits all beings, and many beings know about this. Many planets people know about this, and if its possible, always a Master comes and teaches them. Only some of the planets are so bad, so bad that no Master is allowed to go there. First, because they are not worthy. Second, because that Master will die in seconds, the moment they find out. You see Jesus? You see Prophet Bahaullah, you see the Sikhs Masters, you see other religious prophets. See? How they did fare? The more famous Master or the less famous Master or the un-famous Master, how did they fare? Not too good, is it? Did they? Because our planet is not as benevolent as we should be as a human race, so we be patient to wait for that day. Lately there seems to be many more UFO sightings. Is there a reason why they seem to be more prevalent in some countries than others? Do the aliens have a reason to choose these countries over others?
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everything your family, everybody or maim them or disable you and your family members, and suffering so much. And in some zones, they dont even have doctors nearby. They have to travel many days or many hours, at least, to go to a doctor, and they might not even survive and meanwhile they suffer so much. Imagine. Just imagine its you. I ask people who try to make war, or compete with each other in war: Please imagine if its you. Q. M. Have UFOs carried out any other activities on Earth that we dont know about? What are those activities? Yes. Too many to count. But theyre all good intentions. One of it is to help to promote peace and stop war. They also stop comets from hitting us, et cetera, et cetera. So you see many times we heard that the comet almost hit the Earth and then it veered to the other direction into space, harmless space, and so it didnt harm the Earth. They also help heal many sick people wherever they can, whenever they happen to have a chance to do that. And they also soften war-like aggression and trying to induce people into a more peaceful state of mind. So their activities are so many, so many. We have to thank them immensely. Thank God that they even exist, that God even sent them, that God even allowed them to come and help us, that we even have enough luck to be helped by such highly developed beings. I thank all beings all the time, I thank them all the time. I thank heaven all the time. I thank whatever, whoever can help us; I thank them all the time in the name of all human beings and all other beings on this planet. Every day I am thankful. Every day Im on my knees to thank about many things that other beings are doing for us and we dont even know to say even thank you. I have to thank them for all humans sake, for all beings, for the sake of all beings on this planet. I thank them all the time, [Q: Were thankful for You.] not just the aliens but the divine beings, the invisible beings as well. You help me to thank them every day before you meditate or after you meditate, or whatever you remember. Just thank. [Q: Sure, we will do that.] You dont have to be on your knees. I just do it, just to show my gratitude, my humble gratitude to all beings, some even lower spiritually than I am, but I just want to show them that I really appreciate it. Im really appreciative. Sometimes, they say, No, no, no, no, Master. Dont do this! Dont do this to us! I said, Never mind, never mind, I also have to make an example. And Im really thankful, Im really thankful. Its just a gesture to show my gratitude. I could be lower than the low, why not? If you do something good for other beings, I could be thankful forever. I could even be on my knees forever. Its just that I need to get up to work. They love me so much. Okay, thank them, and I love them. [Q: We love You too, Master.] Thank you. I do hope so. Even if you dont, I love you. Thats enough. Its always 100% so you dont need to add on anything. Its normally like a couple, they love 50-50, so you put together, its 100%. I take all of the 100% so to make sure. [Audience: Thank You, Master!] To make sure, in case you dont give 50%, or you dont give at all, I take all the 100%. How about that? I love you all the same. Q. Supreme Master Television recently interviewed Robert Orel Dean. Hes a retired Command Sergeant Major of the US Army, [M: Yes, I heard of him.] and an expert Ufologist. In 1964, he was given the clearance to view a cosmic top-secret document called An Assessment, initiated by NATO in 1961, and it detailed UFO and extraterrestrial life on Earth. The government study concluded that there were four different groups of the extraterrestrials, and all are humanoids, but there was one group who looked exactly like us, and that none of them appeared to be harmful to us at all. And he also said that many more advanced races have formed an organization to
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after the life on this planet. [M: True.] Could You please comment on this? Is our planet truly the most beautiful and perhaps the most blessed in this galaxy? M. Yes. Its true what he said, what he has said above; what you have just told me is true. Our planet is not the most or the only beautiful and blessed in this galaxy. Although, I also agree with Mr. Dean, because our home is always the most beautiful, our children are always the most beautiful, our dogs are always the most beautiful and most intelligent. Whatever is ours is the most precious in any case, right? But practically speaking, fairly speaking, we are just one of the kinds of those most beautiful planets. There are more beautiful planets than ours, Im sorry to say to your envy, but the truth has to be told. Although planets as beautiful as ours are not numerous. Not numerous; not many. So we can be very proud and, at the same time, worry that we might lose it. What made our planet so special, and what merit do we have to have this planet? The merit of the inhabitants of this planet that they brought with them from past lives, which weave a carpet of positive energies that made this beautiful planet as it is. But because were spending our merit so fast, so fast, we are also losing many aspects of the planet as fast. Too fast! I hope we can save it. Japans new First Lady Miyuki Hatoyama mentioned that she eats the sun every morning with her husband, the Prime Minister of Japan. I thought that was very interesting, that such high profile individuals are sharing their spiritual practice and experiences. She has written a book entitled, Most Bizarre Things Ive Encountered, where she revealed her travel to Venus. And she mentioned in interviews that her spirit flew on a triangular-shaped UFO to Venus. It was an extremely beautiful place and was very green. Is there a purpose that certain individuals have these travels and share about them? Yes. There is a purpose so that she can share. What do you think? Because they pick some individuals who either can share it to the large audience, so that were more used to it with the UFO and outer-space people, so that we are not scared should they have to land on an emergency basis, or we are more used to them and that we dont kill them when they come to help us, so that we even let them help us in case they have to help us, emergency-wise or any other wise. Some are more open than others; some can share more than others and some have a higher merit store for the planet. And Im very glad that First Lady courageously does this, because coming from her, people might believe it more than coming from, you, for example. [Laughter] Maybe people believe you, but less than coming from the First Lady of Japan. Dont you think so? Its high time, if you ask me, that she talks about the sun even. They are the children of the sun, they are the so-called children of the sun Japan, Rih Ben, beings from the sun. Yes, thats it, originating from the sun. So its high time she talks about some spiritual practice concerning the sun. Its good for her and for her husband. I hope shes vegetarian as well, vegan. Maybe she doesnt want to disclose that. Shes blessed. One time You told us how long it took for You to come from the highest level to Earth. Apart from getting used to the coarse energy of Earth, is it also because of space travel so it takes time? You mean I travel through space? Thats why I fly through? [Master laughs.] No, honey. Thats just materially speaking. No, I dont fly through space. Its not physical. Its not like I fly physically from the other levels down here, no, no. Its spiritually arranged and not like actual planets that exist where your eyes can see, and that I fly through. I dont
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even have a UFO. I dont do that. Spiritually its different. But thank you for worrying about my long journey. Most Masters, when they want to come here or any Master, high teacher they have to come here like everyone else or they come in spirit and borrow a body of some future humans, like a baby is going to be born and its arranged that after the babys born, that Master will take over the body. Mostly when the baby is in the womb, the souls dont always stay there. Its too dark and too confined. They come either just before birth or after birth. Its easy to arrange within the spiritual realms that any higher beings can take over that body. In my case, its similar. But before that, its not the birth, its not the physical body, its not the most difficult part: The difficult part is the journey. Have to go through many arrangements, many procedures. Even here, for example, you go from one country to the next, you have to first take a taxi or a car or the bus or train or tram, and then you have to go to the airport to check-in your luggage, screening, scanning everything. Then you have to go into the airplane, and sometimes earaches because of different atmospheric influence, headaches. Sometimes you cant even hear yourself, sometimes your ears are blocked for many days, or at least temporarily while you are on the airplane, or just descending, et cetera, et cetera. Sometimes you vomit on the airplane, because you are not used to it with the high altitude, et cetera, and your stomach goes from the lower abdomen up to your throat or something like that, and then all the things from the stomach also go out from the throat. So, in the airplane, they provide all for your comfort: In case you dont have oxygen, they have oxygen mask; in case you throw up, they already prepare vomit bags for you; and belt, fasten seat belt, and all kinds of things they arrange. Even in this physical body, its just a few thousand meters higher and you experience so much discomfort, not to talk about spiritual, high-level beings who come into this coarse planet. So then you can imagine, or not imagine. Even then, for example, if you go down in the earth Recently they have developed a new technique to cure people, like burying you deep under the ground and you breathe only through the tubes that stick out into the air from under the earth where you are buried alive. And some people panic they couldnt bear it. Even they still can breathe, but its just so different so dark and helpless, and pressurized, from the earth. But they do put it in a different pressurized point. Dont try to do it. Please dont bury yourself. Has to be done by experts, if you even want to bury yourself. Because they have to put earth in different weight, in different pressure points, so that the body will get healed, or energy points. Something like that. Its like acupuncture: You have to put the needle into different energy body points. Please dont try. If you die, dont come back and tell me that youre dead! [Laughter] Even if you go diving into the water of the ocean or river, if you dive too deep and youre not equipped well, you feel very uncomfortable you could even lose your life there. And even if we dive not too deep, but if youre not used to the enclosure and the restriction of time and movement, you will also panic. And if you come up too quickly, you could even endanger yourself. When they come up, they have to have a special apparatus to recover. They have to lie into some kind of deep machine to recover, because of the effect of the deep ocean, of the pressure of the water, the immense volumes of water pressure, on your body. This is just the physical world, and we are just a few meters deep, for example, and we feel like that already. Just burying maybe a meter deep in the earth, not even, and you feel already very, very difficult to accept, not to talk about the highly spiritually beings who are not in the physical body and have to go down, step by step down into the physical body, and through different levels. You can imagine. Q. What is the connection between astrological signs and our lives? How can astrological patterns affect our lives? For example, is it true that if a person is a Monkey in Chinese
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Sometimes I thought I dont have hope any more. [Q: We always have hope because we know Youre here with us.] Yes, spiritually, yes. Soully, yes. Planetary, not so sure. If we keep breaking Spiritual Blessing Lines and not making new ones, or lengthen or widen them, I dont know if we have hope. Because, we could be in danger on all sides, not just rising sea levels, not just heated planet, not just the dying species, not just typhoons, floods, and short of water and short of everything. But even from the sun we could attract the sun flares to come to us if we are not morally fit, and many other things. We can be vulnerable on all sides, thats the thing, if were not morally fit. If we dont change our lives to more compassionate, more benevolent, likened to heaven, then we are vulnerable to all kinds of dark happenings. Lets just continue doing our best. Meditate, pray. I have told you before that even normal people pray in the sun, they also have more spiritual points, and all together we can make more spiritual points to strengthen the defense of our planet. Then maybe less disasters, or the disasters become smaller, or zero. I dont know if we have enough time still, if people dont change. Its not much that all the group can do compared to the multitude. The whole planet is ready. The population, most of them, are ready. Its just the leaders have to tell them not just government leaders, but spiritual leaders, religious leaders. We all have to work together to tell people, to let people know that its time to change. They themselves have to change also, to make examples, and courageously declare it openly so that people learn from their examples, and learn that its really urgent and learn that there is a solution to help. We alone, even a big group, we can help but people have to change. People have to change, to be worthy of the help even. Otherwise, the more we meditate, if people dont change, of course we help ourselves more, but they dont benefit much if they dont change. If two people dont walk in the same direction, how can you help each other in times of need? How can you help to carry luggage or pick each other up when you fall down? Two people have to go in the same direction. Even if one is very strong and the other one is less strong, but they go in the opposite direction, or different direction, the strong cannot help the weak. So the people on the planet have to go in the same direction, like the spiritual practitioners, so that the spiritual practitioners can help them more. Better than just like remote, because no matter how much you love your friend he is weak and you want to help him but you can only talk on the phone if he calls for help: Oh, Im with you. Im so sorry, I will pray for you. But thats all you can do. You cant pick him up if he falls on the road. Q. You mentioned some of our Centers that have Spiritual Blessing Lines. Are there any other Centers around the world that rest on a Spiritual Blessing Line? And if so, could Master share with us where? Apart from the ones I told you, there are none. I wish I could tell you that all the Centers have the Spiritual Blessing Lines. I wish I could, so I can be proud and tell people to go meditate there all the time. Dont have! And some Spiritual Blessing Lines are so high in the sky, in the middle of some cities that you could not even approach or go there and sit, and you cant even mention it to that government they will laugh at you or put you in a mental home. Some places in Europe I knew there are a couple Spiritual Blessing Lines. Some are very high, like 30 meters above the ground and in the middle of a square, some Golden Square, somewhat like that, or Diamond Square, name it. And I know it, and I tried hard to be there and meditate there, but sooner or later I had to go. So, the thing is, we are alone. Rely on yourself. Whatever we can do, we do it. If whatever we cannot do, so its just the fate of humankind. And I cant even explain it to
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the people. Who would believe me? Who? [Q: Not many.] Only you guys. You guys and maybe the Light and Sound practitioners outside or some spiritual, other groups people, they might believe it and they will benefit from what I told them. What I told you now, about the sun, about the peak hours of meditation, about the Spiritual Blessing Line. Maybe they can feel it, maybe some, one or six, people can see it, and tell each other. Otherwise, I dont care to tell anybody. The reason I told all this is so that, apart from you, in case anyone else believes me, they would benefit themselves and in turn benefit the whole planet, in some ways, in some parts. And if enough people believe, maybe it would be of more benefit. For others even, who dont even meditate. But, of course, if they dont meditate, and they are not vegan, they benefit less, and maybe none. If they go there none. At least the people who believe me, or who are spiritual, they benefit from it. And Im happy already if they believe and do it for themselves. I will not see them, I will not ask for some commission, I will not even get a thanks from them. I am sorry that, apart from the Centers that Ive told you last time, none of the Centers even have it, not to talk about resting on top of the Spiritual Blessing Lines. Not even rest under. I wish I could tell you more. But at least Miaoli Center, the one I bought, has three. [Q: Wow! Thats wonderful!] One in Lien Wa Shan, one in Tai Yin Shan, and one on the Baowu Ting in front of my cave. I was meditating there, trying to lengthen it. But I told you, somebody told me that they read an article somewhere that people dont like good people, because they make them feel guilty. Theyd rather bad people. So remember when Jesus was captured and whoever was in power at that time, Pilate, asked the people who they wanted to be spared the criminal here or Jesus there? and they wanted to save the criminal instead and nailed Jesus, in his place. Do you remember? And since times immemorial, Masters have always had troubled teaching, helping, blessing this planet. Its still the same. Its still the same now. Its probably not crucifixion, but in different ways mentally, psychologically, I cant name it. Any more questions, my love? Q. MC. M. No, thats all from me. Thank You so much, Master, for all the sacrifices You make for us. Master, that was the last question of our conference. [M: Was it?] It was the last question that we had. I am glad that we can see each other today through conference. I wish you all the best in your spiritual practice and other aspects, and maybe we can see each other again, or contact each other. [MC: Thank You, Master, so much for Your patience in answering our questions.] No, no, no. No question about patience. I love doing it for the sake of everyone. And your intelligent questions please me. Youre good, youre good. Because of your questions many people also benefit. I was dying to tell everybody about whatever benefits them, whenever I can. Very good that you ask. Thank you for your questions. [Audience: Thank You, Master.] Now I say, So long, farewell, be blessed, be loved, and be progressed. God bless you, God loves you, and I love you. [MC: Thank You, Master. We love You too, Master.] Im sure also that many people love you. The viewers love you, the animals love you. Be blessed, my love, be blessed. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Love, love, love, love, love. We love You, Master. Love You, Master.
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Oh! Wow, wow! What an honor! [ER: Oh, thank You!] Im your fan, how is your sister doing? Shes wonderful, thanks for asking. And how many babies Julia has now? She has three; two twins and an extra. [Laughter] Wow, wow! Congratulations to her, my God. Ill pass it on her, thank You. Beautiful. How are you? How about you, tell me. Im as happy as a man can be. I have a wonderful wife. I have a wonderful daughter, I have two wonderful sisters. And I know You! Wow! [Master laughs.] Thank you for coming. Thank you for honoring us this way. All my love and respect, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Thank you, sweetheart. [Lisa Bloom, vegan CNN/CBS legal analyst.] Hallo, Supreme Master Ching Hai, this is Lisa Bloom and John Salley. Hi, all the loving people. I am so glad to have the opportunity to talk to you. How is everybody? I guess youre alright, enjoying the good time? Where I am right now, we dont have high tech, so I can only phone you, but you cannot see my face. But I think you all know what I look like. I look still the same like you saw me last. Anyway, at least I can phone you, right? Imagine some far remote decades ago, we cannot even do this. Contacting each other in this way was a wild dream. And now its a common thing, daily life practice. Just pick up the phone and call anybody, no matter how far away. In the future, if humans act more in loving kindness, as the children of God would do, then we will be able to develop more incredible technology that we could not imagine right now. So, in order to make up for this, youre welcome to ask me any questions you want, either on the spot, or you can write it down and give it to my people, and I will surely answer you personally. Thank you for coming and I really hope you have a good time. You do, right? Yes. [John Salley, vegan and 4-time US basketball NBA champion.] Well, Supreme Master Ching Hai, I find it fascinating that You have been all over the world to give lectures and on all kinds of topics, like peace. And the concert today is called Gifting Peace. And some of us have been talking, peace is something that everyone talks about, [M: Right.] but how do we really have a peaceful world? So we were wondering today if we would be honored with a chance to interact a little bit. I ask You that question, How do we get peace for this world? Alright, alright, love. I will try. This is like asking for the moon, isnt it? [Laughter] Yes. We have to hope for peace, we have to work for it. There is no other choice because if
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we dont, then you can see already the consequences, yes? [LB: Yes.] Yes, its like a chain effect even, its like a domino effect, and so much suffering already. But I think we are having like a glimpse of hope about peace. It seems like that way, dont you think? [JS: Yes, I agree with You.] How do we stop war? It only stops when all of us contributes to peace in our action, speech and thought. And of course, we have to also advise our government that peace is the only thing we want. And we do not want war at all. Because deep down in our heart, everyones heart, everyone just loves peace, so that they can go around in their business and the actors can have peace of mind and time to entertain people and the husband will be staying home to love his wife, and the father would be there for the children. I dont know why we ever even think of war at all. Because from all we know since times immemorial, war has not brought much happiness or any good things to humankind. Yes. So we should have learned from the history, and we should never start the war in any case. Alright, thats how we do it, just dont start the war. Dont start at all. LB. Master Ching Hai, I have a question for You on a little bit different subject. And this is Lisa Bloom. I work in American television frequently and often the messages are negative, and theyre on topics that are not important. And Im so impressed that Your network focuses on positive, inspirational, constructive stories. Why did You choose to do that? Why did You choose to focus Your network on the positive and constructive stories? Oh, I see. Because thats what people want, no? And not too many people do it, so someone has to do it. If I didnt do it, maybe you would have done it. And we have to do some positive, constructive news so that we can bring as much as possible positive energy into the world to counter the dark energy that we are having all over. Dark energy, negative thinking, negative feeling, negative talk, negative event is what contributes to bad energy. And thats why we have war, we have disaster, we have all kinds of trouble in the world. So we have to do something to counter it. We must do what we can. Thats what, okay. We have to contribute something better for the world, instead of just sitting here, and I would sit here and tell everybody, Oh, its all negative, all negative, then we do something positive instead. Thats what it is. Are you happy? I am. Im very impressed that Youve been able to launch an entire network that focuses on positive, constructive stories, and things that are important like climate change. And along that line, if you dont mind my asking the question, [JS: Go ahead.] Master Ching Hai, why is it that so much of Your network focuses on animal and vegetarian issues? Why is that important to You? Okay, like this, darling. Our planet has been going not into a very positive direction for a long, long time now. And we have been killing too many animals and making them suffer. Not just killing but torturing and making them untold suffering. And if anyone sees all this truth behind that piece of meat, or behind some cosmetic product, we will just cannot bear, we just cannot bear. And I cry so much over the animals suffering, and just had to do something, I just had to do something in order to rescue the animals and hence, rescue us, the humans. Because if we continue this way, if we continue in our violent and abusive manner to the less defensive beings, then the disaster will be upon us. And thats why were having a lot of trouble right now. And even we can see it with the naked eyes, theres no need to talk about bad karma or retribution or heaven blessing or hell punishment, nothing. We can see already everywhere because of the raising of the animals for meat, and thats why were short of water, were short of food. We are bringing our planet into a climate emergency right now. And thats why we have
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to change this; we must change it in order to save ourselves. Even not to talk about the animals, we have to save our planet for us, for the children. And thats why were doing this. First of all, because of love. Second, because we have to save the planet in this emergency situation. Thank you for your question. JS. Q. M. Is there anyone else that has a question? Yes, I was wondering if You could talk briefly about why You feel its important to be loving and kind? Yes, sure. Because that will bring luck and happiness into our lives and that will bring peace into the world. Because loving kindness is our nature and anything we do against this, against our own nature will bring trouble to us, will bring disaster into the world. And we can see evidence everywhere. We often heard that God is love, yes? We can say also God is kind. Fine. God is love, God is kindness. So because we are God, we are the children of God, therefore we are God, even though some of us dont know it, but we are God. So in any case, if we want to be God-like or near God, nearer to Godhood, we must be loving and kind because we are nearer to the God quality. And why we have to be nearer to God quality? Because love is the principle of the universe. Its the building block to anything that exists, now or in the future. If we are full of love, then we are more near to God. The more love, the nearer to God we are, the more protected we are. Because God is mighty. And if we are nearer to God, then we are more mighty. And mightier and mightier as we go on, more loving and kinder. And if we are less God-like, then we are in trouble; we are subject to more suffering, more lower quality of intelligence and compassion and anything else that you do not like to have. If we have love, that means we are nearer to God or we are in control of our God quality. Then everywhere we go, we bless people and we protect ourselves and all the good things will come our way. And thats why we have to be loving and kind, not just because it benefits others, but first of all, it will benefit ourselves. Because if we are God, then we are protected and we are the blessing. Because we are in this very dense energy and if we are not God-like, then we will fall into the other side of nature, the negative side and then we will suffer so much. Its an abstract kind of concept. Its not easy to explain, but I hope you are happy with my answer. [Audience: Yes. Very much so.] Alright, thank you. I think we have one more question or two more questions. Alright, love. Hallo, Supreme Master Ching Hai, this is Spice Williams-Crosby, and thank You so much. [M: Oh, hallo angel.] Thank You so much for being here with us and even over the phone, we can feel Your love and Your spiritual energy, so thank You. Supreme Master Ching Hai, Ive been asked this question, but I would really like to hear You answer it, for You teach meditation as a way of peace, that is through inner peace. And many people agree that meditation is good, its a good thing, but why is it important to meditate on the Light and Sound, which is what You teach; can it be any other method? Any method of meditation, if its based on loving and kindness, and the yearning to know God, sooner or later, mostly will lead us to the Light and the Sound, which is the original energy of God, which is within ourselves. And the more we have this Light and this Sound within us, the more we connect with it, the more we are connected with ourselves or with God-selves. And the Light and the Sound method that I have the honor to transmit to people, is the most direct way, thats why. Thats why its better, its quicker.
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For example, you could talk to my people, at Supreme Master Television and ask how I am and maybe delegate a question to them and then they can ask me for you. But right now, you are asking me directly, you see? [Q: Yes.] So, yes. So the Light and Sound, so-called method is like that. Many people meditate their whole lifetime or many, many long years and having ascetic lifestyle and doing all kinds of penance, and then now and then, they might be able to have a glimpse of Light, means God-self or listen or hear the music of the sphere. That means God also manifested in that. But the Quan Yin method, for example, for the moment you want initiation, the moment you sit down with me or one of my representatives, you will enter into the Light and the Sound immediately. You see what I mean? And thats why I emphasize that. Otherwise, if any method would lead you to the Light and Sound, the sooner the better, then its also alright. It doesnt have to be Quan Yin method. It doesnt have to be the Light and the Sound method, but its just quicker. Its just more direct, thats all. Because its the Word of God that will teach us directly. The Sound is the Word of God, its the teaching of God, which his melodious, which we can hear inside and the Light we can see with the inner vision. These are the two manifestations of God, the highest frequency, the highest form of God manifestation that we could realize inside and that essence is God. And that essence is also within us because we are part of God, were the children of God. And if we dont have these things, if we are not awakening them, then we are less than God and maybe we are nothing. And we just exist and then we are at the mercy of the negative power in this world, and then we will suffer a lot now and hereafter as well. Thats why we must make the connection with our self, with God. The sooner, the better. You know, to be able, to be strong, to be mighty, to be ourselves again. Thats what it is. Q. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, I appreciate Your love for animals. As a Native American, theyre very close to me. But in this case, I have a question about a recent human rights incident. [M: Alright, love.] A woman of age 43 was accused of adultery, and now faces the punishment by law of being stoned to death. [M: Oh, dear.] The Brazilian president has asked for her asylum in Brazil. Supreme Master, what is Your opinion of this? Yes. Oh, God. Oh, dear. I have also heard something like that on TV, and its really a very heartbreaking story. I join the president of Brazil to beg for her life. And we all join to beg the government of Iran, give her a second chance to life, because if you ask my opinion, my opinion is forgiveness. Yes. Because God is love and forgiveness. When Jesus was challenged about a person in his lifetime who also so-called committed adultery and people want to stone her to death as well. Do you remember that story in the bible? [Q: Yes, we do. We remember.] Okay, you remember. Okay, fine. And what did Jesus say? Yes, Let he who is without sin cast the first stone. Yes. Let the one who doesnt sin at all ever cast the first stone. Who in the human race doesnt commit some mistakes, some so-called sin sometimes? But in my opinion, adultery is a mistake that any of the human can sometimes commit. But in my opinion, its not a grave sin; its just a betrayal of trust between two people in private. Its not an act against a nation or against a countrys security or anything that merits too much like a death penalty. Suppose that woman is in love, we sometimes are, and she cant help it. You cannot punish, you cannot give a woman death penalty for being in love. Maybe she has been arranged to marry this man, this husband, and she wasnt in love with the husband. Maybe she was too young, she was not in love. She just married like everybody else. Maybe shes not happy in her marriage. Maybe this man was her love before. Or maybe theyre destined to meet and love each other in this lifetime. Only God knows why it happened. So, in my humble opinion, we should
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never punish this woman, or anyone who commits adultery because its just a mistake and can change. It can happen to anyone at any time even into old age. And you cannot tell your heart what to do. And if its just a fleeting affair, then it might not even last, it might be maybe for a few weeks or a few days even. Who knows, maybe shes not happy in her marriage. Or it could be the husband also has some share in the failing marriage. And theres one more thing, very important, is that even for any gravest sin, so-called sin, like a crime, there is always a doubt whether it has been truly committed or it has been wrongly accused. So in many countries right now, the death penalty has been abolished. I hope the whole world soon will do that. Yes. Lets hope so. One, because once we kill somebody, we cannot make her alive again. So we better always take a chance to wait, to check all the proof if even suspected. Because there was one man in America, recently on the news that he walked out of prison after 27 years because finally he has been proved innocent, you remember? [Q: Yes.] Just recently, last week or something. 27 years long in prison for nothing, for the crime he never committed. So who knows? We should always give the suspected a chance, a chance in case it is wrong. Or another case is to give them a second chance to change, to redeem their sin if that was really a sin that they have committed. Dont you think so, all of you? [Audience: Yes, we do. We do.] Give people a chance, yes. Q. M. Q. Hi, my name is Brian Lucas, Im also a raw vegan chef, I go by the name of Chef BeLive. Thank you for coming, chef. What is your question? Thank you for having me. Basically Im a gourmet raw living vegan chef, and I know that Youre really big on the vegan foods and cuisine. And many years ago, I had a vision that I would be one of the ones to bring gourmet raw living vegan food to the masses. And since Youre bringing the vegan awareness to the world in such a way I just am asking if You have any advice with how us fellow raw foodists, raw vegans can bring our consciousness to the world? How can we spread raw vegan consciousness, living foods? Because every different country is different, and I know that You are across the oceans and Im here in America, Ive only experienced it here. So I just want to have Your opinion, please, Your advice. Raw is definitely good. Raw vegan, organic vegan, is definitely good for peoples health and its lighter for the mind. Its just that its not so easy to bring this concept into the world as fast as you would like to make it. Im also sorry that you have been trying hard and the result is not as fast as you want, right? Its all divine, You know I dont have any time frame on it myself, I just do what I can. I see. Well, we just try to bring it on TV, on the radio, on the media mainstream, and then people will accept it slowly, becase everything, anything new takes time. We also have a raw vegan on our television. Yes. I have asked them to show it. But people are different and I tell you honestly, I would be very happy if people become just vegan first. And then we will bring them into raw later. How about that? [Q: Great! Thank You so much.] You try your best, I try my best, and whoever listens to us, then we thank God. We have our one more question from Patrick Kilpatrick, great actor, director. And hes bald like me. [Laughter]
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and then we are obliged to kill again, and then we degrade ourselves further, because we cut a big chunk of love out of our existence. That means we are less and less and less God-like now. And for the less God-like, he, she cannot mix with the more God-like person, cannot be one with God because hes not complete. So he has to go down in the lower scale of evolution. And thats why we must always forgive, must always love, must always love thy enemy. Everybody reads that, but nobody thinks of practicing. I know its hard, but thats the only way we can become a higher being and become closer and closer to God. Q. M. So its just by a natural course, what Youre saying is tyranny would dissipate itself, if you just infused it with love. Yes, sir. And even if we lose this body, we will have another because, In the House of my Father, there are many mansions, why do we worry so much about this physical body or even this physical existence here, when we have a real Home waiting for us? And, of course, its difficult to do than to say it. But if we are enlightened, if we truly can see the Home of Heavens while being alive during meditation, then we will not fear of losing anything. Thats why the bible says, Whoever loves life will lose it. Life means the physical existence here and the Truth Home is for us elsewhere in Heaven. And even if we dont go to heaven yet, and we lose the war or we dont fight, even if we lose this body, we can be re-born again into a different planet. There are plenty planets in the universe for us to choose. To lose a body is just like to lose a shirt, yes, or to change it into a different outfit, sometimes even better. If we all know this, we will not fear and we will not fight. I dont make it so clear, do I? Very clear. Thank You very much. Thank You very much, Supreme Master Ching Hai. The thing is, my love, when Im alone, and I meditate, everything is very clear to me inside. But when I bring it into this frigid and cold language of the human world, its a little bit difficult for me to express. No. Youve expressed Yourself beautifully today, Supreme Master Ching Hai. On behalf of everyone here, I want to thank You so much for taking the time to speak with us today, to answer the questions and to share Your beautiful insights with us. Thank You so much. Thank you, love. I thank you. I have to thank you. I have to thank you, all of you so much, for your precious time and happy presence. Its very good of you to forsake even Sunday BBQ [Laughter] to come and grace this event. And by the way, its a very wise decision, you know, the food there is good? Yes. Were eating very well. Thank You. Thank You so much. Yes. And you will get the VIP treatment, and you get to meet nice, famous, good looking people, [LB: Like John!] [Laughter] yes. And this food is delicious. [LB: Yes, it is.] Thank you for spreading peace by your actions every day in your life, bless you so much. Thank You. Thank You so much. And now Id like to invite to the stage, the Honorable Mike Davis (MD), California State Assembly Member for the 48th Assembly District. And on behalf of President Barack Obama, he will present the US Presidents Volunteer Service Award to Supreme Master Ching Hai.
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MC. Most gracious and beautiful Master, we are so honored to have You grace us with this conference. Thank You ever so much for setting aside time in Your very busy schedule to be with us. Every moment with You is a precious and special time cherished in our hearts. Today we have some questions regarding the practice of meditation, holy sites, and other spiritual topics. We would be most grateful if You can help clarify through Your enlightened wisdom. Sure. Ill do what I can. I know you want to ask me something because, like last time, you have asked me how to multiply your spiritual practice and all that. I said, Okay, lets see what can do. Today I am going to tell you the top secret of all the secrets. All right? Because you guys are good, thats why. Why do we need to meditate? Why? Should we not meditate? I ask you back: Could you go living without meditation, now? Yes or no? No? [Audience: No, Master!] No. See? That is very obvious already now. Once we know the pleasure, the blissful feeling and the relaxing and the elevating benefit through the Light and Sound meditation, we could not really go without. So thats what it is. The more we meditate, the more we know, through the meditation, the knowledge of the divine and all the more exquisite, secret knowledge thats revealed to us through the Light and Sound meditation the more we know about it, the more we want to meditate. Yes, we must, you see? We must, anyhow, even without knowing all that knowledge of the divine. We must recharge with our meditation, with the higher vibration of the Light and Sound, because the Light and Sound is God, and we are a part of God: We are God. Without the Light and Sound, we are almost like we are no God, we are nobody and we will be very, very suffering of different kind and more, more blindly suffocated in this negative atmosphere. So a divine blessing power is what we need for our soul as much as like we need the air to breathe. Poor the people who dont know how to meditate on the Light and Sound. Thats why. So many other thousand reasons but it boils down to that we need it. We need that just like we need the air to breathe. More than we need the air to breathe. Because even if we dont have the air, we die physically only, but as you know, many people, near-death experience, come back, will tell you that we have other bodies anyway. But without the Light and Sound meditation, we are dying; we are dead while living. Thats why Jesus told us, Let the dead bury the dead. Even the living people go into the cemetery burying the dead person, Jesus would also tell them that they are also dead; because without the Light and Sound, we are zero. Without connecting with ourselves, without connecting with the big divine, we are nothing. We are just like carrion, walking around like robots. Dont let me talk the whole bible out here, and the Buddhist sutra and the Quran and the Sikhs Guru Granth Sahib and whatnot. You look into the scroll that I have requested to prepare for other people, but also for you. You look into the scroll and then you know how important it is, the meditation practice. Does it make a difference if we meditate at certain times of the day, for example, in the morning or in the evening?
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It does matter when we meditate. But of course, because everybody is different. Everybody meditates in a different timing because they have to work, et cetera. You know that, right? They have to work in different timing and so most of the Masters, including myself, would advise people to meditate before you go to work means early in the morning and after you work to recharge yourself, at least before you go to bed. But, youd be surprised whats the best time to meditate. Could you guess? [Audience: Early in the morning.] Early morning? Anybody else, the clever heads out there? [MC: Early morning, Master?] Early morning? Both of you early morning? Oh, come on, youre too polite to a lady, thats what. I have told you women are clever and very special in the creation of humans, but you dont always have to listen to her. [Master and audience laugh.] You listen to this woman here, okay? [MC: Yes, Master.] Sorry, another woman here. Surprise, surprise! The best time for meditation is from 10am to 3pm. But as you see, sadly, this is the time that everybody has to toil for a living. The second best is from 9am to 10am. You know, its still plowing time. Toiling time, yes. And, let me see. Another best, the third best time, for you would be from 5am to 6am. Let me run it down. I note it down sometimes in the dark, but I dont have a kind of order, but the thing is the best for everybody, to get the best benefit and the most spiritual points for your bank account is top 10: That is 10am to 3pm. For that time, for me, for example, in a good place I would earn maybe 60 millions per hour. Only if Im that lucky to sit in that place, in a nice place a good quiet and good place, supportive place and for that time of period. So this is the way of working of this world. Thats why I told you I feel very sorry for humankind, because its the best time of their life, the best time of their day, from 10am to 3pm; that is the time they toil the most. And you know whats the lowest time? [MC: When, Master?] Surprise again! Because most people think meditate at night is good, of course, if you meditate all night, yes? But I told you already. The lowest point is from 11pm to 12 midnight. Thats the midnight time. Thats the lowest of all the lows. I could give you a list if you want. You want a whole list of 24 hours? [Audience: Yes, Master!] But its not like in alphabetical order. Ill just read the way I had it. Top: 10am to 3pm. Second top: 9am to 10am. For the rest is like this: From 8am to 9am is okay; its not too bad already, 8am to 9am. Thats still morning. And also, 7am to 8am, also good. Its not the topmost, but still have a lot of spiritual benefit. For me, for example, if I sit between 10am to 3pm, I get like 60 millions per hour. If I sit from Okay, I talk about myself. Its easier because this is the thing I wrote for myself, so you can also compare with you or anyone else doesnt matter but this, I wrote for me, then you have a little idea of what kind of time and what kind of benefit. Suppose I find the best spot in the world and I meditate from 10am to 3pm, I would get, during that time, all this time, all this 10am to 3pm, all these five hours I would get 60 millions per hour, every, each hour. And if I sit before that, like from 9am I go from high to low from 9am to 10am and in the best place and nobody disturbs me, et cetera, and I go into samadhi, et cetera, then I could get 40 millions an hour. Now, between 8am and 9am, I will get about 30 millions per hour. Between 7am and 8am, I get 25 millions an hour. You see how it goes down? Now, from 6am to 7am, I get 20 millions per hour. From 5am to 6am, I get 18 millions per hour. Its still good. And then, from 4am to 5am, I get about 10 millions per hour. Now, from 3am to 4am, I will get 9 millions per hour. From 2am to 3am, I will get 8 million points per hour. From 1am to 2am, I will get about 7 millions per hour. Now, from 12 midnight to 1am, I get about 6 million points per hour. But thats not the worst. Here comes the worst: From 11pm to 12 midnight, I get about 5 million points per hour. You see, thats the worst one. When its close to midnight and one hour after midnight, these are the worst. 11pm to 12 midnight, thats the worst. And now, from 10pm to 11pm, thats nighttime, I get 7 million points per hour. From 9pm to
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how long you are in that state, you are in that state. You are in the divine power so theres no limit to what you have at that time. But, sadly, most people they cannot stay in that state too long. Its also when you go to the higher dimension, it erases also lots of your karmic burden and raises your high level much higher, therefore you feel more elevated, of course. And the more of this kind of blessing, blissful state you acquire, the better for you. And so, when you come back to this world, even though the burden is still there and you will feel a little suffering here and there with everybody else, but your level of practice is already elevated higher. Your life will become smoother and smoother, and your knowledge of the divine will be wider and wider, and the wisdom will get growing higher and youll know many more things that you dont know before, intuitively or practically or real, truly. Q. Master has said that the wisdom eye is the connection between the physical body and heaven. Why was this point designated as the divine passageway? And also, I heard that the pineal gland is connected to the wisdom eye. Could You please explain to us how something physical like this can have spiritual attributes also? Its very simple. Its just like your house, you have many doors, right? One main door and the side door or the back door so that you can connect with the whole society outside. Similarly, in our body, its like the temple and there are specific points in the body that are connected with the divine. And there are several points or one point connected together: The whole system of the body corresponds with different levels of consciousness, like even the sole of the feet and the solar plexus in the abdomen, the heart chakra, the throat chakra, et cetera, et cetera. They are all connected. But the higher the level, the better connected with the divine, so we choose the wisdom eye, which is the highest seat in the body for spiritual connection. Thats what it is. A door of the temple. Now we open our door at home, we will go outside and be connected with the whole physical world. And we open the spiritual door, we will be connected, we will walk out into the whole spiritual, divine world. What is the difference between our Buddha nature leaving the body during meditation and those who have a near-death experience where they leave the body and can still see their physical body lying there? This is common for most people who are not doing anything wicked in this life. When they leave their body finally, its just like the way they have left their body during neardeath experience. They will go to astral level and meet their relatives and friends and all that, et cetera, et cetera. Or during near-death experience, they can still hang around because they are not supposed to be gone yet, thats why they still can see their physical body. But in the final moment, they will just leave and go to the astral body for a long time. Now, the difference between when you meditate and go and the near-death experience is that you go to a higher dimension; you dont just go to the astral level. Thats why you dont have to use your astral body to run around or looking at your physical body. Because one is to go to the higher level of self, of consciousness, and of God, Godliness, and the other is just to leave the physical body to enter into the astral body, which is at the border of our physical body. But its good, even already, its good, because people see it like heaven. Its very much similar to our world here, and the body that you are in at that time, its very much similar to our physical body because the physical body and the astral body, theyre at the border, like neighbors. The physical and the astral world are neighbors, therefore, when you leave and go to the astral body, you still can see the physical here. But if you leave during spiritual practice, samadhi, its
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different; youll go to a higher dimension, higher consciousness. You could even leave all the bodies together, so you become just Light, just original self, the Light of God. Q. Master has said, Due to the change of the internal vibrations while we are practicing Quan Yin, new ideas will come up and new cells will grow. At that time, it is as if we were reborn. Master, does meditation affect our DNA? Yes. Sure, it does. Because normally DNA is just the fixed one, and theyre burdened with all kinds of karmic information from the previous lives and from the parents. Thats why in the bible it even told us that we carry our ancestors sins, remember? [Audience: Yes, Master.] Thats what it means. So what we do is during the Light and Sound meditation, the Light and the Sound will feed the DNA with more divine, more true information about who we really are: Its not the flesh that we inherit from the parents and not all the karmic-burden connection and record that we had in a former life, through the connection with the physical DNA of the parents, for example. The Light and Sound will tell DNA that You are not that, no, no, no. The real inheritance of the DNA, the real owner of the DNA, is God, for example like that, and keep feeding it with more true information. Therefore, the DNA becomes different, has more information, and then slowly, slowly, the divine message, the true revelation, will replace all those garbage and dark imprints on the DNA about the past, burdensome, karmic consciousness. It gives better information all the time and gives more positive, divine, full of love, bliss, happiness The cells will get recharged and renewed and even new cells are born again and again because we are eternal normally. We normally could live forever if we want. So the new cells will be reborn to replace the bad ones, negative one will be replaced with the positive ones, et cetera, et cetera. And then, even whatevers left, the cells will be infused with limitless wisdom, light, love, youth, and happiness and bliss, et cetera. Thats what it is. Is this why we notice that after initiation the person looks different, even physically? How does it work? Yes. Because the cells change, I told you. The cells are infused with more positive energy, more Light, more wisdom and more youthful information, more youthful energy. Everything is created with energy. After initiation or after meditation, the Light will replace the darkness in the cells, and the Light will re-invigorate again, renew and be filled with true information. Its lively energy, youthful energy, eternal energy. Thats how it works, baby. Anybody else wants to grill me? Yes, Master. We do. In a recent Between Master and Disciples lecture, You told a story about a leader who was practicing the Quan Yin method. How would it improve a government if the leaders were meditating? It would improve a great deal. In the old times, only enlightened persons are voted or recommended or revered as the king or queen or leader of the nation. Thats why in Confucian wisdom it is stated that you must first cultivate yourself, and then you can regulate your own household and your own personal affair. And then, third, you can govern a country, and fourth, you can even pacify the whole world. That is normally the case, that the king or the leader must first cultivate himself, must get in touch with the kingdom of God, must know the wisdom of it first, and then use that wisdom to govern the nation. Isnt that not logical? [Audience: It is.] But many dont do that. Thats why you can see the person is not even happy with himself, is not full of virtue and wisdom, and then his family are not in harmony because he doesnt even know what to do with his wife, or her husband, for example, and then they fight and they quarrel and unhappy
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marriage and then, of course, if that person governs the country, then you can imagine its a bigger family and then more egos in the government and then it will be more chaotic and dont talk about pacifying the world either. Thats why we dont ask for world peace anymore. But we will have it. We will have it. We will have it, finally, someday. Finally. Looks like we are getting there. Q. M. Q. M. Then You would recommend that all leaders should meditate, no matter what religion they are already following? Yes, they should. Meditation is recommended in all the religions. Can meditation help to avoid war on Earth? Of course it can. If everybody meditates and respects the Five Commandments or the Ten Commandments of God, do you think they will go out and fight with each other? Or they could even bother to want anything from anybody else? [Audience: No, Master.] Meditation brings peace and happiness within oneself, because one finds ones true self again, and the divine blessing and the bliss and the happiness even money cannot buy. If youre really happy through meditation, you dont care what you wear, you dont really care what you eat or not eat. It is truly like that. And its a pity that some people in the world do not know this state. They think money will bring them happiness. They think winning the war will make them powerful. Oh, no, no, no. The more they do that, the more they war with each other, the more they win, the more they lose. They lose big time and they will degrade themselves to hell. [Q: So we should have peace and happiness.] Peace and happiness comes from knowing our heavenly self, and that is through meditation. If more people meditate, we will have more peace, honey. Be patient. Be patient. Were getting in there. People are learning. The leaders of the nations are learning fast, because wars dont bring anything, just damaging everywhere, physically, emotionally, spiritually. And whoever leads people into the war, my God, I feel very, very sorry for that person. I feel truly sorry for him or her because he or she doesnt know what hell is awaiting them. My God, I feel too sorry to even talk. Oh my God! If anybody knows that war will bring them the worst of all hell, retribution, then they would never dare to even dream about it. Even they would let people kill them, but they would never raise war against enemy. Thats why the bible says, Love your enemies, and the Buddha said, Forgive enemies so that the cycle of violence will break. But we read it and we think, Oh, Buddha talked a lot. Jesus, what is He talking about? Its not like that. And even people, sometimes they misunderstand the Prophet as well. What about Islam, then? [M: What about that you want to ask?] Does Islam teach the same thing about peace being the way to go and not causing wars? Yes. Normally Islam is a religion of peace. But during the time of Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, the government and the power of that time harassed Him no end, and harassed His disciples, and sometimes they even killed the disciples, and the Master had to hide and all that, and many disciples also died during the course of running, or maybe defending. What can they defend anyway? They have no weapons. They have only their body and their faith. But sometimes they have to use it in order to shield their other brothers and sisters or their families, or shield even the Prophet. So the Prophet would say, Whoever dies to protect the Truth, meaning Islam at that time when the Masters still alive, will go to heaven. And that is absolutely correct. But the Prophet never taught anyone to go out taking sword or any physical power to inflict violence or suffering on any other human beings. So some of the Islam people, although they have a strong belief in the Prophet, but they have misunderstood dearly. A Prophet
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who has so much love, even for little animals, like Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, would never advise anybody or encourage anybody to raise a sword to cause, inflict, or harm anybody at all. Thats what it is, and many of the religious people misunderstand their founder. Even Christians, some people misunderstand, so sometimes they fight against each other, or maybe other religions that we dont know of, or we do know of. Sometimes for the love of ideology, they fight against each other. The love is okay, but the fight is not. None of the prophets encourage or promote any violence or any war in all the scriptures that we know. Q. Thanks to the scroll that You kindly advised us to air on Supreme Master Television about meditation, we realize that meditation on the Light and Sound has been in almost every religious order. How come nowadays most of them have lost this tradition? Yes, because there is no enlightened Master to tell them anymore. During all of these religious discourses, the Master was still alive, or the Master was expounding on this same Truth and teaching the disciples to realize this Truth also in reality, practically, not just theory. And after the Master is gone, theres no enlightenment with the people who read these scriptures, and they just interpret the way they can understand, the best they understand. So theres a lot of misunderstanding. And the tradition normally, the Light and Sound, has to be imparted through a living Master. You know that, right? Its not through any written theory or hundreds of thousands of scriptures or books anywhere at all, but it has to be through the Master. So now, if the Master is not there, and he has no disciples to succeed him, then the tradition from that lineage is lost. But there is always another tradition, lineage, somewhere else that springs up. But then, the people keep following just the doctrine left over, and dont go and look for the Master elsewhere. So they keep bowing to the wooden statues or the past Master and asking for blessing, while the living Master is elsewhere or maybe next door, or maybe in their house; they dont even want to know about it. They could not believe that a Buddha is living still next to them even! Or Christ has come back in another form, or Prophet Muhammad is alive in another bodily frame. So people keep bowing to these scriptures or reading these empty theories without realizing the true meaning of it. Just like, for example, I go out lecture a lot and I tell people a lot about Light and Sound and God and heaven and all that, but that doesnt mean that they see it, they know it. But if I impart them the initiation then they see it and they know it together. So my lecture is not everything. Of course, during the lecture sometimes people get blessing and they see the Light and hear the Sound then, but it is not permanent; its just for them. If they dont continue, its gone. Its just a gift for the moment, at the moment, and then if they get initiation, it continues forever, and uplifting them and making them become Buddha also or Master also. I remember some people could hear the Sound or see the Light when they are praying, not meditating, and they hadnt been initiated either. Would You say that praying is enough and how come they could see the Light without meditating? In some lecture, I also said that the Light, or Sound even, you can get it through initiation, or during the time of deep, deep sincere prayer. Remember I said that? Now, to be in deep prayer is excellent already: You are one with God, you are one with the divine at that moment, and thats why you see the Light and you hear the Sound. But you dont have that all the time. And most people cannot have deep prayer and sincerity all the time, unless they are in deep, deep trouble, then they pray truly with their whole heart. So during that wholehearted prayer, they will get a glimpse of Light. It might not be a very higher level; sometimes it can be. And also maybe this person has been practicing in the past life, or maybe this person, apart from deep prayers, has seen the
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Master somewhere on the street, or one of the Masters disciples, and the blessing rubs off on him, so when he prays, he sees the Light as well. Sometimes people just sit in my lecture and see the Light also they dont even pray anything. So blessing power can come from different places, different persons, or different times, and therefore you see the Light anyway. But initiation is the permanent freedom for the soul. After initiation, youre a free person, and you can see the Light and hear the Sound, mostly all the time. It depends on your concentration, of course, but the lineage is there, the connection is there. Theyre very pure. These people, when they meditate so much, they are pure, pure, pure, and thats why, also, during that time. I told you the story about Saint Kabir, remember? When somebody from far away came, wanting to see Saint Kabir, and he was not home, and his wife told the guest that Saint Kabir is by the cemetery because hes attending a funeral procession. Before he went, he said, But how do I recognize Kabir among all these people? She said, Dont worry. You will see the halo of Light around his head. And then the person went there and then he came back to his wife and said, I cannot recognize him because everybody has the halo of Light around their head, all the time, during the burying process. So the wife said to him, Dont worry. You wait until the ceremony is over and everybodys going home, and on the way home, you will see Kabir is the only one who would have still retained the halo of Light on his head. So the person went again to the cemetery and waited, and when the burying process is finished, everybody was going home they left the cemetery they were thinking of drinking and eating, because they would be having a party. Normally after the burying of the dead, they would have a party at home, waiting for everybody I mean, maybe not the happy dancing party, disco, but a party of food. So the person waits. When everybody is going, on the way home, theyre all thinking of food and drink waiting for them, and Kabir is the only one that doesnt think about that. And hes still with God, thinking of God, so his head is still having the halo, so that is how he knows thats Kabir. So he comes and greets him and asks him spiritual questions, et cetera, et cetera. Q. M. Do You have any tips for better concentration during meditation? How does one shut off their mind? There are a couple of things to do, like you do a little bit light exercise before. Take a long walk or a short walk, depends, or do normal housework, like mopping the floor, cleaning the furniture sweat yourself out wash the clothes by hand, and wash the pots and all that voluntarily and clean up the windowsill and all that; exercise. And then before you sit, you clean yourself up wash yourself, cool yourself off with a water cloth or something, clean yourself up a little bit and then listen to the tapes before meditation or during meditation, and pray earnestly for blessing, for Master power so that you can have a good, peaceful meditation. Sometimes food will give us also some obstruction. You want me to tell you all that or not? [Audience: Yes, Master. Definitely. Please.] Because food is a taboo stuff everybody likes to eat and now Im telling you something, maybe, not like fruit to your ears. Food is also obstructive to spiritual practice. And even if we are vegan, we eat a lot, and also a lot of combination of food, confusing the stomach also, or eat too much, its also obstructive to meditation practice. Even sometimes you cant sleep if you eat that much. Now, I run down a list. This is for everybody. For example, animal diet, of course, is a no-no. Thats the number one obstruction for spiritual practice. You could even get sick if you meditate and on an animal diet. Now, number two obstruction is vegetarian. Well, Im sorry, but its like that. Some people are vegetarian, but they eat eggs even.
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There are some places that have spiritual blessings, because Mecca, for example, or Medina, thats where the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, has been there. So people in the time when the Prophet was still alive, they came to visit Him, of course, to get His blessing, to get initiated and to get spiritual guidance, and to sit with Him, because they love Him. And after the Master died, the direct disciples, of course, still visited the place. But after long, long many hundred, thousand, years already, then the blessing would wear out a little. The Masters blessing wears out. But if a lot of people go there and think positive and pray, then of course there is still the positive energy over there. Its still better than many other karmic-burden areas or war zones or other bad areas, slaughter zone, things like that. Of course its good. If you go there, maybe you feel like you meditate better because everybody there is concentrated on praying and believing in that place. Maybe you go there, youll feel good also. It depends on people. At these sites are there different spiritual vibrations? Yes, there are different, maybe, uplifting energy. If all the people go there are positive and also clean in themselves, then the atmosphere is clean and uplifting. Otherwise, its not. Its not the place, its the people. Because when after the Master has left already, the physical body, the Masters blessing would wear out after like two, three hundred years. And now the disciples maybe give blessing power to that place because they keep coming to visit. But the later generation, theyre not direct descendents of the disciples of the Master even, anymore. They come there to hope for spiritual blessing. Maybe they get it if theyre sincere. Theyre sincere, if they get it also in the church or elsewhere. In prayer, remember? Not everybody prays and sees the Light and hears the Sound. Remember in those so-called holy places or the gathering holy site? If some people even just sit in any venues, listening to my lecture, and they also see the Light and hear the Sound, remember? [Audience: Yes, Master.] So its not necessarily that place. If you have a living Master, you have a holy site anywhere anywhere She is. And in your heart also, when youre connected, when youre sincerely, deeply, profoundly connected with the Master inside, then you are instantly at the place of the Master, wherever that Master is. And you become the holy site. What else, honey, Choco? How many special places like this are there on Earth, these holy blessing sites? How many blessing sites were there before compared to now? Did it get reduced? The truly spiritual blessing sites, there are. There are some truly, specially, spiritual blessing not necessarily where the Master used to be. It will be in some very unlikely places and surprising places. I call that Spiritual Blessing Lines, SBL. Its a different holy site, a true holy site. Real spiritual blessing you get is from these Spiritual Blessing Lines. Why lines? Because theres just a line. Its not just a place, its a line. Like, for example, theres a mountain and then theres a line of spiritual blessing, full of energy of even the Fifth Level. And it goes in a line, from that mountain, for example, all the way to the ocean in the front, for example. It depends on how long the line is. There were many more before, and theyre reduced. Thats correct. And now we have only about 700 Spiritual Blessing Lines in the world right now. Before, there were many, many more many thousands more. Now, a lot of them are lost, disappeared, because humanity has done too many horrendous bad deeds and the Spiritual Blessing Lines disappeared or got thinner, or got shorter, or got into just a point. And now, if a spiritual practitioner of the Light and Sound continues to meditate, and if they happen to be near this Spiritual Blessing Line, or not too far, then they could lengthen this Spiritual Blessing Line. Line, like a clothesline, okay? Like electric line, Spiritual Blessing Lines,
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because its only a line. The thickest would be like 40 centimeters thickest, across. Otherwise, a line is not flat; its like a round line, a rope. But big and shiny. Now, for example, in the last 10 years alone, we have lost 10 of these Spiritual Blessing Lines. No new one ever has been reborn again. But due to the practitioners of the Light and Sound, not just our group, but the Light and Sound practitioners around the world we could lengthen some, about 100 of them. We lengthened and thickened 100 of them. The last 20 years alone, we lost 30 lines. That is a sad thing. We have only 700 Spiritual Blessing Line left. Q. M. Why did they get reduced, Master? Because humanity has done bad things. But its not like one year, two years, or 100 years even to be able to affect it, its 1,000 years of humanitys action, which is not spiritual, which is not kind and generous, which is not loving and compassionate, and thats why they get reduced or disappear. It takes thousands of years and hundreds or millions of people to commit all these kinds of acts of unspiritual, inhumane in order to make a Spiritual Blessing Line thinner, or disappear. Takes thousands, hundreds of thousands of people and thousands of years to do that. So when it finally disappears, that doesnt mean that just yesterday somebody did it. No, its been thousands of years before that, and it takes a thousand, hundreds of thousands, millions of people to get this collective bad energy, in order to damage or to minimize or to lose a Spiritual Blessing Line. And the Spiritual Blessing Lines is not necessarily where the Master used to be. It could be, but its not necessarily. You could find them in very unlikely places and unexpected places. Im also surprised. Which countries have these Spiritual Blessing Lines? For example, does the United States have any? And how about Germany? Why? Why the United States? Why Germany? Why not anywhere else? Are you German? [Q: Yes.] Okay, thats why, of course. Of course, you ask for your country and you stay in the United States, of course you ask for these countries, of course. If you want to know, I tell you also some other countries, okay? [Audience: Yes, please, Master.] Of course we have some in the United States. I tell you where they are. Okay, 700 Spiritual Blessing Lines left. My God! So little and such a big planet! And theyre spread all over on the five continents. Its not specially for America or Germany or any other country, but theyre spread all over the five continents. I can tell you some examples only. I cannot sit here and tell you forever, okay? I also cannot remember the countries name, and I have to search in my mind, where. So I just tell you what is right in front of my eyes. For example, we have different numbers in different countries. You asked about the United States. The United States of America my God! has 5 Spiritual Blessing Lines, SBL, and Germany has 8; Italy has 6; France has 4; Austria, 4; Greece, 4; Slovenia, 2; United Kingdom, 6; Ireland, 2; Scotland, 4; Hungary, 6; Spain, 6; Colombia, 10; Paraguay, 20; Thailand, 8; Au Lac, 10; Dominican Republic, 40; Cameroon, 40; Outer Mongolia, 10; Sweden, 10; Holland, 4; Switzerland, 10; Monaco, 3; South Korea, 5; North Korea, 3; China, 40; India, 30; Old Tibet, 14; for example. And how do we recognize these Spiritual Blessing Lines? We have heard of some famous holy sites, but how do we recognize the less known places? The famous holy sites do not necessarily have this Spiritual Blessing Line. Theyre just famous, theyre not necessarily there for anything at all, for you. It might have some at that time because of some special thing happened, but doesnt And how you
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recognize it, right? You dont. You dont know unless heaven discloses it to you if you merit it. Also, most of the people are too busy to know more about spiritual knowledge anyway. Its very different for anybody to even know about it. In the whole world, there are only six people who recognize it, six people, not including myself. Im included, then becomes seven. And the six people, theyre spread all over the planet even. Look, for example, let me see Not everybody can recognize it, not even spiritual Master recognizes it. For example, in the whole history of mankind, in tens of thousands of years ago, only two Masters recognized these places. And right now, only six people recognize these places, and they are not Masters. Theyre just ordinary people who practice yoga, for example. I am the only Master, so-called Master, that recognizes these places. I told you, heaven discloses it to you, then you know; otherwise, you dont. Now there are six people in the world, and theyre concentrated in the United States of America. The United States of America has three people. One black skin and two white skin. Because in America you have all different skins so I have to tell you like that only. And one in South Africa; this is a white person. I can only tell you that much, because to have to tell you where and who, it takes mass amounts of research. I am not going to do that. I cant. I cant. Anyway, Im not allowed to even do research on that, and I dont think if I could do research on that, unless I go there, that particular place, and then know it. And in Asia, one person, Chinese. Hes a Taoist, hes in Hong Kong. The whole Asia, only Hong Kong has it. And in Australia, theres one black person; Australia, one black guy who knows it, whom they are revealed to. So only six persons in the world. Seven, including me, of course. Everybodys too busy to know much more things. They think they know all there is to it already, but they dont. There are always something more, you can always learn forever. Youre happy Germany has eight? Q. M. Q. M. Yes, Master. How long ago have these Spiritual Blessing Lines been there? It has been there for thousands, thousands, thousands of years. Where do they come from, Master? They come from the purity, the purest essence of the Light and Sound, from the divine power to bless the planet and to keep the planet in balance. And the people who practice Light and Sound can strengthen it and can lengthen it or even thicken it. You mentioned that it takes thousands of years to destroy a Spiritual Blessing Line. Does it take that long to have more as well? Yes. Even longer. For example, its the same like in the physical world: It takes longer to plant a tree, but it takes quicker to destroy it. Would You happen to know how many Spiritual Blessing Lines there are in Formosa? In Formosa, we have some, yes, of course. It is an extraordinary blessing in order to recognize a place or to have one place anywhere. Dont worry, Formosa has. I just want to check how many. Formosa has 12 Spiritual Blessing Lines. How come small places like Dominican Republic has 40 and large countries like the United States has only five? It seems that the size of a country doesnt matter. Could You tell us more about this? It doesnt matter, of course. I told you already. You will find it in very unlikely places. Monaco, for example, three. Monaco is just about three square kilometers and it has
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three Spiritual Blessing Lines. And United States I dont know why, honey. I dont know why, perhaps too much war or something. Q. You mentioned that places where people think of as holy sites dont have Spiritual Blessing Lines. Could You tell us about where Jesus was born? Is there a Spiritual Blessing Line there? Bethlehem. Let me ask. Let me see. Yes, there used to be, but it doesnt have anymore. Disappeared. And what about where Buddha was born in Nepal? And what about where Master was born? I think its better you ask about the present, where its more beneficial to you; but Ill look. I dont know where I was born, I wasnt there. [Master laughs.] I told you I borrowed the body when the body was two years old. Anyway, let me see. If you want to know but this is just curiosity; it doesnt help you at all. I dont even remember where Im born. My parents are dead already. Let me think. Yes, it has one. Its still there. Yes, let me check. Yes, the Buddhas place, birthplace, had one, but its gone. Thousands of them upon thousands upon thousands of Spiritual Blessing Lines broken and gone. Can we bring the blessing from these Spiritual Blessing Lines to another place, or move these Spiritual Blessing Lines, for example, to our home or our Center? Up to now there is only one person who can borrow it from that one Spiritual Blessing Line place to another: That is your Master. And the two Masters before, ten thousands of years ago is also your Master, previous incarnations. You cannot borrow it unless you have permission from the god who oversees that Spiritual Blessing Line. There is a god who oversees all the Spiritual Blessing Lines in the world, and you have to ask permission to borrow. The Spiritual Blessing Line itself has no soul. Its just a divine energy, pure, in the purest form. Its like that of the Fifth Level. So its very concealed and secretive so most people cannot even see it. I told you only six people in the world see it, and me is seven. Even though its shining like the sun, but it conceals itself. You cannot even see it, even though it stretches for many kilometers long. The whole line like that, and as thick as my body. Still, people dont see it. They live there, they dont ever see it. They own the place, but they dont even see anything, and they dont get any spiritual benefit from it. Maybe they feel a little happy living in there, but they dont even know why. And for example, if a disciple sits in that place, he gets maybe four million points per hour or more. But the person who eats meat, drinks wine and all that, the person who doesnt practice anything, he can sit right in the middle of it and he doesnt get anything, because this is only for the person who is worthwhile. You cannot borrow it for a long time. Even I can borrow it only for 24 hours, if I want to. If I can. First, I have to be in that place in order to borrow it. And have to have permission to borrow it. I mean, it has to be fair. The whole universe doesnt exclude anybody. Now, I can borrow, for example, I can borrow, but maximum 24 hours and only a short piece of it. For example, like half a meter, and the maximum is 24 hours. And it takes time for the Spiritual Blessing Line to reintegrate and to recharge again until the next borrow. But I would lengthen it also. If I have to borrow. But the thing is, not just anybody can borrow. I dont know why I am allowed to borrow. If I borrow, for example, then it is safe maybe only for like nine or ten kilometers way from it only. The distance. Because the further away, it doesnt work anymore. And after 24 hours, it doesnt work
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anymore. For example like that. Like, if you borrow for six hours, then okay, it will recharge immediately. But if you borrow more than six hours, ten hours, then it takes like half an hour to recharge again; or 24 hours, then it takes many hours to recharge back to normal, back to the whole powerful self again. So you cant move it to somewhere else if you want. Its not like that. You have to be worthy of it, and even then, it has limits. Its not like Master power. Its just a concentration of some essence, the purest essence, that still lingers in the atmosphere, the energy, and it concentrates in that place only and not elsewhere. For example like that. And you would not expect that kind of place, because it is not like a holy place, not a famous holy site, or any saints had been there that anybody even knows. It does like that to protect itself also so that only worthy people be able to be there. Q. M. How about these Spiritual Blessing Lines in comparison to our Centers? What are the differences in blessing power? Centers always have more blessing power than elsewhere, but these Spiritual Blessing Lines even more powerful. If you have it in your Center, then its even more powerful. Let me see. Its next to the blessing of a Masters power. Next to it. Yes. Second to the Masters blessing power. Its an extraordinary merit to get the line and to be there. For example, if you sit in a Center, anywhere else you sit, then you will get like 200,000 points. And if you happen to sit in the middle of this Spiritual Blessing Line, then you get maybe, as a disciple, you may get maybe five millions, four millions, per hour, instead of only 200,000 per hour. And even if you just sit there, lie there, you get more spiritual merit than when you meditate elsewhere. Are there any Centers right now that are near or on a Spiritual Blessing Line? Yes. There are some. Some Centers have, some Centers dont. Okay, I check it out. We begin in the United States. In New Jersey, we have one Spiritual Point point only, not line. Sorry, its reduced. Its in my bedroom. Its about the size of my wrist. Just a point. Any other Centers in America, I dont see any yet. And now in Costa Rica, theres one Line over there. And other Centers in China, dont have. In Au Lac, dont have; all the Centers, dont have, but any Center would have more blessing than at home. The minimum blessing in any Center is about 20% more than at home. Maximum could be 70% more spiritual blessing points than at home. And if you sit with a Spiritual Blessing Line, then the minimum you have more than in the Center is 10% minimum and maximum is 60% more than in the normal. In the Center, we already have blessing, but if its a Spiritual Blessing Line, then you have 10% or 60% more, from 10% to 60% more. Now we have some in Miaoli. In Miaoli, we have three Spiritual Blessing Lines. One in front of my cave, the other one is in another cave. No, I didnt have a cave that time, but on the back mountain where I used to have a wood house. And there is another one also on another back mountain; they call it Lien Wa Shan and Tai Yin Shan. Both mountains have two Spiritual Blessing Lines in different places, and one is in front of my cave. Some Spiritual Blessing Lines are only like a point. And some would be long, like many kilometers, many tens of kilometers. The longest is about 50 kilometers long, and the biggest would be about 40 centimeters in diameter. In the middle of the round line, its about 40 centimeters. Thats the thickest one in the world. Its about 40 centimeters in diameter. Like almost half a meter. Its about. And as long as 50 kilometers; and the smallest is the small point in New Jersey in my bedroom. Thats the smallest one. We have it in Ping Tong Center, we have one Spiritual Blessing Line. In Hao Cha where I used to meditate Hao Cha is a wild mountain. In the cave where I used to stay is also like one Spiritual Blessing Line. I cannot check everything. So thats just about it. For example only.
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go to heaven. Its not possible that He would ever say such thing. Its not possible that the Prophet would ever encourage people to go to war, even to defend themselves. For people who eat meat and kill animals, I told you about the law already. And also, when people reincarnate again as people, after all that, they forget again and they eat meat again because the bad karma is too strong like attracts like again and they will be drawn back into the circle again. So they get trouble again and again, and again. Thats why I have told you not to eat meat, not to hurt animals, even not just for compassionate reason. Just to love yourself. You have to be enlightened to get out of that circle and become a free soul, and no more karma, then. Q. M. Is there a reason why people are caught in the whirlwind of astral love? Like, this love, this physical astral love is so strong, even stronger than their love for God? Yes, understand. This is because of karma. Thats the karma. Karma that binds people. Just like people who have that kind of karma, that they go to hell, they cant jump out. If even that they want to, they know its suffering, but they cant jump out theres no way. At least in this physical world, you can have a choice, you can make a choice. You can jump out of anything you dont like. Most of the time, most of the time. If youre already in jail, then please dont jump, okay? [Laughter] But, you know, physical personal relationship is a kind of jail, too. Remember the song Im Coming Home, Ive Done My Time? Yes, and at the end, it says something like, Im still in prison and my love, she holds the key. Okay, baby, you make your choice. Dont blame the inside Master, outside Master. Outside Master wants what you want. I only give you the guidance, but you, you choose. The inside Master also wants what you want. Just like you ask me what I recommend for food, I say I give you all the choices, and you choose. I give you the guidelines and then you know which one good for you, which one you can take, which one you can train yourself to take or not. So if someone is stuck in this situation, does meditation and prayer help them? Like how do they overcome these obstacles? They can pray. The best thing is you worry about your soul, please, and meditate and do some good work so that your souls will be elevated. In that case and even if youre not together, you can even help to elevate the one you love. You know that. But if you both sinking together, then nobody can help you. Can Master please explain more about the invisible actions, actions that one carries out without being consciously aware of? How can we prevent our invisible actions from harming others? Just have to recite the Protection all the time. It not only protects you, it protects others around you. Recite the Protection and meditate and pray. And whenever you think of something bad, at least turn it back to the good, positive side. The invisible action maybe you cant help it, then I also cannot say anything. Its just the past bad karma that they carry with them. But even if they come in and meditate already, then they already know it before they come here, that they should do it to redeem themselves. So if they cannot help it invisibly, then we forgive them also. But the thing is, they dont understand. They are so burdened by bad karma that they cannot even see the real things behind anything. So like that, also maybe they even invisibly think negatively and to harm the Master, but they cannot help themselves. So thats why if people are angry with me or something or hate me, I also say, Well, if I did something wrong to you, then
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even if I dont know it and something not to your liking, please just forgive me. And if I dont do anything, then please forgive yourself. Thats it, very simple. Q. There have been numerous stories in the media of elderly raw vegan people who are extremely active and healthy. For example, a 90 year old American man who still runs two miles a day. Was the human body originally designed to last forever or a very long time if cared for in the right conditions? And what are ways to lengthen our stay on the physical planet to get the most out of spiritual practice? Then, go raw vegan, honey. Go raw. You see such an evidence, why you ask me still? Now, to lengthen your stay on our physical planet, you know already, there are plenty of evidence and information on the Supreme Master Television. Vegan, raw vegan, fruitarian, breatharian they all lengthen lives. And then you can meditate more. Originally the body was designed to last forever? Not forever forever, but a long, long time. Many thousands of years, could be even. But because we are damaging it and damaging it, generation after generation, and the DNA has become so bent and so distorted that we have conditions that we have right now. But never mind. I dont know if anybody wants to live for thousands of years. What about your teeth and your hair? We can live forever and we can be young forever. That is the truth. So you can activate this ability if you want, and focus on that. If you want to live forever, then focus on that. If you want to be young forever, then focus on that. I dont care about all these things. I focus on spiritual practice. Meditation. Uplifting of the soul. But you can do all that. You can live longer, you can live forever even I mean, not forever, forever, but forever. Do good exercise. Do normal work in the house, eat healthy. Choose whats the best for the combination of good, for example, or what food that suits you. Eat not too much. Eat whats the best for you, or dont eat. Whatevers suitable for you, whatever works for you. And do it with precaution, and do it with expert guidance. In Sikhism, Guru Gobind Singh affirmed that the Guru Granth Sahib would be his successor. Master, could You clarify on that? How come the Master doesnt tell clearly to his disciples to go seek the next torchbearer when he passes away? And why were they told to worship the Guru Granth Sahib? I understand you. You study a lot. Im impressed. Now I tell you why. In the Sikh lineage, do you remember, mostly they stay in the family. Father and son, and son and grandson. At that time, Master Gobind Singh has no more sons left because theyve been killed by the government, the power, at that time. So no successor. Thats one thing. Second thing is, he doesnt see that the disciples any more worthwhile. To have anything else at that time up to his time is already a little bit waning. Why only in the family lineage? Because one time, this one Sikh guru, he was meditating and then one of the legs of his bed was broken. And his daughter sat next to it, used her hand to hold the side of the broken leg, so that the bed stayed level and still, so the Master continued to meditate. But the nail from the bed was punching into her hand. Even then, she continued to sit like that, because the Master was in samadhi and she didnt want the Master to be disturbed. So she sat there for long hours like that, and when the Master woke up, he was very, very touched. He asked her if she wanted any boon, he would grant it to her, and she said she wanted the spiritual lineage, the Master lineage, to stay in the family. [Q: Thats sad.] Because she had a son at that time. And the Master was very, very aghast with this not very unselfish wish of hers. Because he foresees that because of her selfish wish, there will be bloodshed in the lineage, and then the
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mastership will end with Master Gobind Singh. But he cannot tell too much about that, the future and the things that he knows because, of course, the Master cannot always disclose everything. So now, from then on, the mastership of the Sikhism always stayed in the family. And now, when it went to Master Gobind Singh, his sons were all killed. Thats the thing. And another thing is that even though theres no successor that he has seen at that time, even then, at that time, the Granth Sahib is still the fresh teaching of all the Sikh Masters. Very fresh, very new still and still full of blessing power. And also Master Gobind Singh, hes the direct descendant from all the Masters, and the disciples are his direct disciples. So even without any successor, if they just every day study the Granth Sahib and remember all the Masters teachings, still fresh with blessing, then its okay. But the people long after these direct descendants and direct disciples generation may not derive that direct benefit anymore except remembering all the good teaching and doing good. And that is not too bad either. I hope you are happy. [Q: I understand much more now. Thank You, Master.] For example, remember one of the conferences somewhere, maybe in Thailand, some dignitary asked me, How about spiritual practice? How about spirituality? or something like that. So, of course I cannot right there teach everybody Quan Yin method. Also, theyre not ready anyway. And so I also told him that, Okay, I only teach people directly whoever comes to me. For everyone else I say vegetarian or veganism is spiritual enough for me. Because for this urgent situation of the planet, I cannot sit here and long-winded talking about heaven and hell and all that stuff. I have to save people and the planet first. And even if they want to learn, then theyll find the way to come to me or any other teacher to learn Light and Sound method. Initiation. I mean, direct, soul-tosoul impart initiation. Its not the method really, actually. Without the Master, it doesnt work anyway. No matter if you write it all down in ten thousand books, its the same. But if people dont understand, they will think, Oh, Master Ching Hai teaches only veganism. And then go read all the vegan cookbooks and that will be spiritual enough its not like that. This is a different situation. If people turned to veganism this time, its because to save the planet. That means to save lives, not only animals lives, but the Earths life and the humans lives, billions of us. In this case, their merit is immense, you see? So even if they dont study with me, its okay with me. If they save the world, they save millions of lives through their effort, then they will be saved also their soul. Then I can also help them directly also. But if people just hear that, they say, Master Ching Hai Chinghai-ism, okay, veganism. You got it? Its not like that. Q. M. Q. M. Q. Master, thats all of our questions for today. Thank God. Thank God that you ask also so that other disciples also know, your fellow practitioners also know what time to meditate and all that stuff. Its also good for them. Yes, Master. Were so thankful for this very special time to be with You. Good that you ask. Its okay. Every time we have the privilege to have our questions clarified through Your profound words, it is an invaluable gift that continues to rejuvenate all of our spirits and renew our determination in our practice. [M: Oh, girl, you are sweet.] Your unconditional love, Your countless sacrifices and Your divine presence have been guiding our world into an elevated state of harmony and compassion. We respectfully wish You the greatest of heath and the best of safety. We sincerely join You in praying and working for a planet filled with kindness among all beings. With You here, we know that anything is possible.
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MC. M. MC. Most beloved Master, its such an honor and joy to be with You today via teleconference. Youre welcome. I also like. I also like. We feel extra blessed and incredibly pampered, and were so grateful that Youre taking the time to talk with us again, knowing that You have a full schedule. So we really thank You, Master. I thank you also for having me. Thank you. Thank you. Since our last conference a few weeks ago, weve had a lot to think about merit, and since then more questions have arisen. We would be so privileged today if we could ask You some more questions for further understanding. Question, question, question! Yes, typical journalist! Okay, go ahead. If I know, Ill be glad to answer you. How come physical activities like going out shopping or watching movies, we would lose our spiritual merit as opposed to losing our physical merit points instead? The reason we lose spiritual merit is because when your attention is focused on the outside events or beauties, or something thats attractive, you forget God at that time. Thats one thing. That means you are not earning anything, and then you are connecting with that, whatever events or whatever attracts you, and then your spiritual merit will seep onto that object. And, of course, at that time when you are too engrossed in these kinds of attraction, then you forget the five protective shields. Thats what it is. Anything in this world attracts our attention makes us lose our inward connection. Can we lose merit points in our dreams, for example, if we have dreams where we do a lot of low level things from outside life? And if so, how many points do we lose and what is the best way to stop these dreams? We do lose some. As we sleep, often we are not in control of what we do or what we see or where the soul goes, so thats why the ancient practitioners, they meditate all the night. And many times I read you some stories from other Masters, they always tell you, be awake, stay awake. But since its not always possible, at least meditate before bedtime to minimize those bad nightmares, bad dreams, or to clean up the past bad karma so that it doesnt go and grab you in the dream, and also to maybe lead you into a more pleasant road, a less troublesome road. At the time of initiation, I told you already that we should meditate before we sleep. Thats the reason. How many merit points will be lost for 10 minutes of chatting nonsense to other people, for example?
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Let me see. It depends, of course, also. Just like the dream, it depends on what you dream and what you do, and it depends on what kind of topics you are chatting about; gossip or something, then in that case, if we talk bad about other people, then we might lose like 500 points. And if its just talking about the weather or anything no harming or no bad intention to anybody, then maybe 200 points. I sometimes gossip also. [Master and audience laugh.] I sometimes gossip also, not because I like to gossip but because I want to send some cleaning to the person that Im gossiping about. For example, if I talk to you about some bad guy because the bad guy is not here for me to clean, I talk to you about him then in that case he gets some cleaning from my positive energy, and I lose maybe 500 points. So the 500 points You lose, he gains them automatically, or is it less than No, he gains more than 500 points. He gains maybe 10,000 points for that. Yes, to clean up the bad things that he did, some of the bad karma. Well, if you can afford to lose 500 points every time you gossip, then go ahead. [Master and audience laugh.] I dont know if we can afford that, Master. Its better we save it. But I have a hard job to do, you know? I have a difficult job. Sometimes I have to do things that I told you not to do. Yes, so please forgive me if I gossip, okay? All right, my love. Anything else, sweetheart? From our last conference, I received the impression that when one gets angry and has negative feelings, like hateful feelings, that we lose a lot of merits. Could You please tell us more about what exactly happens when we get angry and we have hateful feelings towards others? When we are angry or we have hateful feelings towards others, its also the same as when we have loving feelings towards others. But when we have a loving feeling, both feel comfortable and you dont lose so much merit. But when you have a hateful feeling or are angry, it is a very strong emotion. Its like a locomotive, it will send the positive energy toward that person; it will be leaking from you, from your side, because youre connected with it. Thats why you lose a lot of merit. Just like if were connected with divine heavens while we are reciting the Divine Name or we meditate, then we get that heaven quality because were connected. Just like youre connected with water, you get water; youre connected with electricity, you get electricity. So if were connected with bad quality, opposite quality, then we get that bad quality as well, and that person gets good quality from us, if we have any. Otherwise, we will also give him the bad quality from us. And just like a telephone line, or television, radio channels, you switch on to which channels, you get that kind of program. But the reason why we lose a lot of merit when we hate somebody or get angry with somebody is because that person somehow emits badness, negative energy, that makes you feel irritated. Or maybe you met a bad quality about this person, thats why you hate him or her. So if we think of negative, that is negative in any case. So because we think of that negative quality or remember negative things, that will stay with us or come to us, at least for a while. And so, instead of getting more merit, you lose it because at that time when youre hating people, you dont remember God, you are not earning any good merit. Instead, youre losing your merit for cleaning up the negative influence. Whenever theres some negative that comes to us, our positive power will try to clean it, so we lose it: It will go toward that person some, and some to clean us. Thats why we lose the merit. Its just like using water to clean the dirt.
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Could You tell us exactly how many merit points we lose when we get angry or have hateful feelings? It depends on how strong you hate that person, how much you are angry. You could lose up to 10,000 points. Now, remember every time youre angry or have hatred toward somebody, you recite the Holy Names. One thing: Take a deep breath or walk out somewhere, or different scenery, or read a book or watch television or talk to somebody about something nice, or remember something pleasant, and forgive that person. Thats why Jesus or every other Master told us we have to forgive the enemies. Even if the enemies are not easy to forgive, but if we forgive them, we are benevolent to ourselves. Thats the first thing. Because if we hate somebody, we are losing our goodness and spiritual, hard-earned, points. In Au Lac, we say, if you love somebody, its like you would send love to yourself; if you hate somebody, its like youre giving them fertilizer or nourishment. So that person is growing and youre losing.
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We hear that a lot in Your teachings, as well as in the scriptures, about how whatever we send out to others, we receive it promptly. Because sometimes its difficult to recite the Holy Names or to even remember to recite the Holy Names. Just remember one thing: Change. Change, okay? Change. One word Change. Change the situation, change the subject, change the room, change the environment, change the event. Quickly, you go grab a book or look at something pleasant, or tell somebody something pleasant or think of somebody that you love so much or something thats very nice somebody did something nice to you last time something like that. Change quick. Try that, honey. Really, it works. You must change. Just remember one word: Change. Change. Because if we are sticking in that situation, then it just gets worse. Gets worse. Like, somebody mistakenly ignites the fire in your kitchen. Immediately, if you can, you grab a fire extinguisher and extinguish it. Or get a bucket of water. Get out, get a bucket of water. And if you cannot, then just get out. Save yourself, okay? All right, Im so sorry. Its not all your fault. Its not all your fault. Its just sometimes, even angry, sometimes comes from love. Like, you like that person so much, but that person Why have so much ego? Always contradicting you and doesnt see the right things, and even though sees the right things, doesnt do it, messes up the work, delaying the mission and all kinds of things that could make you angry. So if you cannot forgive that person, at least forgive yourself. Just remember one word: Change. And then go out and then come back and try it again. If not, ask somebody to try it for you. For example, you tell one of your colleagues to do this and he or she doesnt really want to do it, or tries to delay or just tries to make trouble, and you are so angry at that moment, so you just walk out; calm yourself first, save yourself first. And if you cannot come back and talk to that person yourself then ask somebody else to relay the message. Just as long as the work is done. Im sorry, working is not easy. Its not like going to the supermarket, buying clothes, or watching movies. Yes, we feel that its such an occasion to grow actually. Its really an opportunity to grow faster. Yes, thats correct. But you must be courageous and patient. Then you will have the reward manyfold later. I hope it works. I will try it.
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I have heard that if somebody is angry with us, we also get bad karma. How does that work? No. Its not always get bad karma from that person. No, no, no. Its not true. Of course, the negative feeling is uncomfortable, but you also have your protection. And if that person is angry with you and he has any merit, he is giving it to you for free. How about if they dont have any merit? Well, then, bad luck for you! Then you have to pray for that person so that he or she will get merit soon. If we have non-initiated family members that are involved in the four killers business meat, cigarettes, drug, alcohol and since we are related to them, we would be affected too. Is there anything we can do to protect ourselves, as spiritual practitioners, from the bad karma of those businesses? First, you try to be independent, like, you dont have to rely on them for a living. Of course you try to tell them about all the bad things about it. If you cannot, you just print out all the harmful effects from the Supreme Master Television and then you give it to them, and maybe theyll read it, maybe theyll not. First, if you want to protect yourself, then you have to get out of that business. You have to get an independent job to work on. And then, theres not much you can help them, unless you have a lot of merit, and of course you can share it with them. Or pray for them. For example like that. Then they will get merit. You give them all the information quietly, secretly, as if you forgot it at home when you visit them, and then, of course, you do the merit stuff and you can share with them. Meditate more and do good deeds and then they also will get benefit. And, of course, because you are practicing Quan Yin method, and the higher you go, the better for them. In the previous conference, Master mentioned that a garbage man earns about 100,000 to 200,000 merit points per year. Does this also apply to all cleaning jobs, big or small? Yes, but cleaning small, then you have small merit. How about for an oil company. They provide the power for all kinds of transportation and also electricity, heat, et cetera to all people, but at the same time, it is also a source of air, soil, and water pollution and also sea pollution, especially when we learned about how much damage it causes by the recent disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. So, is working for an oil company a meritorious job, Master, or is it more of a problem? Yes and no. Of course, they are providing a lot of comfort for humankind, then they have merit for that, but also, at the same time, their merits have a deduction because of the side effects of oil pollution, et cetera. It goes both ways. [Q: So they give and they take.] Yes. They have more merit than deduction. Its not their fault that we are addicted to oil and petrol. True. We all help create the bad karma, I guess. Yes. So we all share also their bad karma. Thats why their bad karma is less than their merit. Everything has to be logical. Im not telling you, asking you, to have blind faith in what I say.
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Yes, it all makes sense, Master. Well, it does to me. It does make sense to me. Today, on Supreme Master Television, there is a Fly-in News about how new information could help end the war in Afghanistan. So, Master, more generally, why does war happen? Is it sometimes destiny for war to happen? It is because they have made bad killing karma with each other in a former life. Yes. So it is kind of avenging karma, avenging energy that draws them toward each other again and again. In the Buddhas time, there were two small countries making war with each other, and the disciples came and begged the Buddha to stop the war, and Buddha said, No, I cant, because they will not listen. And then one of His disciples who had magical power, he made some magical effect so that the two countries were put together into his begging bowl. But then, when they opened it the next day, they saw they were fighting inside there, and he saw the begging bowl became all bloody inside anyway. Even in the small area, they fight. So the thing is, peoples consciousness has to be raised up, and when the energy of the world changes, then people will also change. And the concept about war and peace has to be ingrained in peoples understanding. We have to teach peace and morals and neighborly love to children when they are at a very young age already. Then maybe that will help. Otherwise, the vengeance energy is very strong; people cannot help but draw toward each other and fight and kill, and from then it continues again and again. Its like a devils circle. And next life they come back, they do the same thing again, if not even more so.
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So the leaders who make war, are they always reacting to the negative energy around them or could it be like one persons personal bad karma? Both, but mostly reactive. Because if its just one personal bad karma, then the war will not be big, but its also together with the collective bad karma. Then he becomes one with this collective group and then it becomes more violent and the negative energy, the killing energy, will become stronger when theyre grouped together. You mentioned that the leaders have to pay for going to war, by suffering. But sometimes do their citizens have to pay, even if the war was against their will, for example, they might suffer a disease epidemic or a natural disaster? Yes. The leader pays, but the people also have to pay because of collective bad karma, because of the connection. Anybody who was born into one country, that means they have connection with each other anyway. So whatever the leader does will affect the people. So not just the leaders. We are all connected, and we all become affected. Master has said that killing is never right, but when it comes to war, people always justify the killing for various reasons. So, is war or killing ever justified, Master? No, no, no. Its never justified because when we see somebody coming toward us and kill us and all that, and we think, Oh, that person is bad, but who knows, maybe in the past life we have been bad and killed that person or injured them. Anyway, even if it is justified, but then only in the material world, in the physical sense, but killing always, always, always goes against the universal principle of love. Anything that destroys life goes against the principle of life and love, and life should be love and love is life. So if we do anything against that principle of the universal love, then it will never be right; it will bounce back to us like a boomerang. And because we dont see the real family connection, so we make war and we create hatred and boundary and borders. Otherwise, if we see the real family connection between all the people in this world or even in the universe, then we would never raise our hand to kill anyone. We could not. Its just like, if you can see it clearly, you see everybody is connected with each other, even animals and trees and minerals connected to us. Just like if you can see well, if you are not a blind person, then you can see well that your hands belong to you, your feet belong to you. Would you ever take a knife on purpose and then cut one of your fingers or your hands or your feet? Yes or no? [Audience: No, Master.] No! So that is the reason: We are all connected like that in the big body of the universal spiritual existence. But because we do not see these real family connections, so we can make war, we can harm others, we can kill other people; otherwise never, never. So ignorance is the real enemy. We have to kill ignorance by being enlightened, by searching for enlightenment. We cannot kill anybody at all, or animals or anything, even for a justifiable reason, because it will harm us. So, Master, if a country happens to be awakened and decides to forgive and just stop the fighting, wont they be vulnerable? You mean other people will come and take their country? [Q: Yes, Master.] Let them! Whose country? Whose country, anyway? Let them. And we should never fear because we have God. We have God. So, even if one country is the only one out of all the countries who decides to maybe abolish their army and not go to war, and theyre vulnerable, but its what they should do, Master?
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Yes! Look, how many countries abolished their army and weapons are they all dead already? Are they all invaded? No. No, they are probably doing even better because they have the resources to use in more constructive ways. Yes. And look around you, look around your American countries, how many countries are at war with any country and are they vulnerable? They are in peace, okay? And like Switzerland, they are not at war with anybody at all. Are they vulnerable? [Audience: No.] Now you know, all right? We have God. Its only when we forget God, then we think, I must do this. We must do that. We must kill that person. We must defend for this group. No. We just let God do things. [Q: Yes, Master. That would be wonderful.] You see, even the people who are making war against some other people, theyre also doing it out of this so-called love, physical love maybe the love for their country or the love for their group, the love for their religion. They are just missing some point, thats all. For example, if they fight to protect Islam, they should know Islam or Christianity or Buddhism all belong to God. Let God decide, okay? Besides, whatever you believe is inside your heart; nobody can take it away anyway. If you believe in God, you dont even need the church, you dont even need the symbol of the church or any religion to believe in God. God knows. If God doesnt know you belong to Islam or if God doesnt know you worship Hirm through Christianity or through Buddhism, then Hes is not a God, is Hes? [Audience: No, Master.] Yes. So what I mean is, for whatever reason, we should think in terms of a broader sense of universal brotherhood and not think in terms of our family, our country, our religion, or our group, or our continent even. Its time that people have to think in at least in the whole world sense, not in terms of country and border and a tight little corner of the globe anymore. We have to live in the universal law that is the principle of love. We have to act, live, speak always in this principle, then nothing can go wrong at all because only love should be preached, should be upheld, should be worshipped, nothing else. No country, no religion, really. What is the use of having the greatest religion in the world and conquer everybody and force everybody to believe in your faith and your religion, using violence to do it, or against the peoples willingness in the heart? Any religion should represent love, nothing else; and if thats lacking, nothing really justifies anything.
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There was a king and he was so virtuous and his country was so peaceful and rich, and everybody loved him. And then the neighbor king was very envious because the king had so many precious things, so he wanted to take over his country, the virtuous kings country. And the virtuous king, because of wanting to avoid the suffering for the people at war, so he gave up his kingdom to the new king and he just left; he went into the forest. And later on what happened? That king somehow heard about the story and then he changed his heart, and then he returned the kingdom to him, and even accepted him as his teacher or something like that. Remember? [Audience: Yes, Master.] We just always have to act in the principle of love, nothing else matters because listen: Today I can sit on the throne, tomorrow Ill be gone. Today I have my country, tomorrow I might not, but love will always prevail. And if we live in love, we act in love, we die in love, we will always incarnate in love. And then, if we dont have this country, we will have another country; if we dont have this body, we will have another body. And we have a better body, we have a better country all the time. If not here, then in heaven. Yes, I repeat again: Killing is never right, neither humans nor animals. And war is never, never right. Q. M. We just pray that the countries and leaders and people will be awakened to this wisdom You have just shared with us. Thank You. Good prayer, yes. Because the leaders if they are so attached to their position and their opinion, and they cause suffering to anybody of any kind, then their bad karma is too heavy, too heavy. I mean, even if you gain the whole kingdom, even if you are king of the biggest nation, how long can you keep it? But the bad karma will be with you forever. And when you die, my God, nobody there will help you, except your bad karma you have to pay, except your terrible retributions are waiting for you. The leaders, if they realize that, they would never raise a finger against any neighbor country. Even the enemy country, they will find a way to negotiate, to dialog so that things will become ironed out and better and peaceful for both countries, because war will always cost lives lives of the people, the elderly, the innocent, the women, not just the men. Not just the enemy, the innocent people, the one who is caught in between, the one who does nothing wrong against anybody. They just go around their business, taking care of their family and then they just die because the bomb drops on their head, because the cannon destroys their village, and things like that. War is never lucrative. War is never good, never justified. Master said that when we gossip and when we talk nonsense, we lose merit, but what happens when we talk about God or recite the Holy Names. Thats good. Thats good. Yes, of course! Thats what I told you always to do. You see, you earn merit for yourself, and you bless the people and the environment around you. Does it in any way reverse the effect of like, lets say we gossip and then we try to revert our focus to God. Understand. Of course it helps. It helps to clean up somehow. It helps, but you still lost what you have lost. If you can afford it, go ahead. I told you I gossip sometimes. Forgive me. Also regarding killing, this thought came to my mind that sometimes when you have animal companions and Sorry. [The sister is crying.] Sometimes they [M: I understand. Thats theres no cure for the animals and they euthanize them, right?] Right! Thank You.
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Okay, then you have to talk to the doctor, and then you be with the animals to the last second and tell him that you have to do this, its for his own good because hes in too much pain and theres nothing much to cure him. And pray for him, talk to him, love him, tell him that you love him, and pray for him. Then its going to be okay. Do we still have to take some bad karma for that? Yes. But you didnt do it from the bad or violent intention. You do it out of love, then its the very minimum. The bad karma is very minimum. [Q: Understand. Thats what I thought.] The thing is, your dog will understand you. For example, your dog will understand you and love you and forgive you and heaven forgives you. The point is you forgive yourself in your heart. All right. Thank You. I think that will help a lot of people to know that. And then onto my next question: Should we make an effort and try to be raw or breatharian even if it doesnt feel easy for us? Would it still be good and necessary? Yes, it would be good, but you cannot kill yourself. If you want to go raw or breatharian, then there are people who teach you how to do it. It would be easier if you have a coach to accompany you all the way and you try to see how long you can go. And if you cannot, then you cannot. Do what you can for health and environment, with caution and good guidance. Of course, anything less burdensome is good for us. But its not the ultimate goal, please make no mistake. Meditation on the divine Light and Sound connects you to your highest self and leads you to higher realms than just being breatharian alone. Being breatharian alone or raw alone is not the ultimate goal that you must reach, and it doesnt enable you to go to the Fifth Level by being breatharian alone. You have to meditate. I dont mean meditation as meditation, I mean the connection with heaven through the Light and the Sound at the time of initiation that connection you must have. And then you have to strengthen it every day by meditation. Meditation is not the sitting cross-legged. It is not sitting just to be still but its the connection every day that we must have. Just like every day we must earn some money to live, every day we must breathe, every day we must do something to nourish the body, every day we must meditate to get nourishment for the soul. We have to be connected to heaven, to our divine selves, otherwise well be burdened, well be lost in this world, well be overwhelmed by the negative power, by the heavy atmosphere of this world, and then we cannot go to Home again. So, breatharian, raw, waterian, whatever you do, if you feel fine with it, please do it, but dont forget to meditate on the Light and the Sound because that is your self, that is the connection with your highest self. You have to keep the connection. I have to be concrete. For example, a person who doesnt do any meditation on the Light and Sound or anything, just becomes breatharian, then he will not reach the Fifth Level. Maximum is about the Fourth, if he does some other meditation as well, but breatharian alone wont get you anywhere above the Third Level. So do what you like, its your life, but be connected with your original self, with the Light and the Sound that is Godself, that is your self. Are there any other qualities such as Noble Quality, Loving Quality, Human Quality, and Deep Quality that You could share with us? Are the qualities related to each other? Yes, they are related to some degree. For example, if a person has a good DQ (Deep Quality), then chances are he or she also has high LQ (Loving Quality), NQ (Noble Quality). If there are any other Qs, I will tell you later. Right now, I am queuing for many jobs and we already have many Qs so we must need to improve them already. [Q: Wed love to hear if theres any more.] If theres any more Q, I will also dig it out and tell you.
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But I am sure if we have a good Deep Quality, like positive quality inside, and very good goodness inside, and we have Loving Quality and we have Noble Quality, then that should be enough already. Q. Also, You have mentioned that for these qualities as humans, we have the opportunity to raise the percentages. From Your previous conferences with us, it seems like the best way to gain spiritual merit and be liberated is through meditation. But for the qualities, it seems like its more through physical actions that we can improve, like doing good work or being benevolent or acting in a noble way. Is this a correct understanding, Master? Or are there any other ways to improve our qualities? Both. Together with devoted, correct concept and meditation method, you will be able to correct and raise your quality to a higher standard. So its just constantly trying to improve ourselves and Yes, try to always lean to the goodness side, to the noble side, then you wont go wrong. And is there any way that we can tell what level our qualities are? Or if you are improving in them at all? If you meditate well you can see it. But if not, at least you can check yourself in your heart. If you do something good and you dont feel regret about whatever you do you can face yourself in the mirror then you know you are on the right track and you know that all your qualities are in balance. And what about the animals? We know that they also have all these qualities, do they have a chance at all in this world to elevate themselves, like consciously, or is it just through the grace of God that they get elevated? The animals, they do have a chance sometimes to elevate their quality as well. Like dogs, they go out rescue people or they rescue their family, et cetera, et cetera, these are the chances that they have. But the animals dont have that many chances as we humans do. We humans can choose to have chances, even. But animals, its not easy for them to choose any chance to do that. So as long as we have a human body we should choose to do good. So as humans we can actually help animals by giving them a chance to serve like that? No, we have a chance to rescue ourselves, to save ourselves, to elevate ourselves. And the animals, of course, if they have a chance, then let them, if they dont How many dogs can you give a chance to go rescue people, tell me. Do these different qualities still affect the soul when we are not in the physical world anymore? Yes, it does. They do affect us. Thats why we have to be good while we are still in this physical body, because we bring them with us for review at the time of death. And we will know everything that we did even though nobody else knows, and that will affect us. Nobody will judge us, but we, ourselves, because we are God, we are fairness, we are goodness. So if we know we did something wrong, we will judge ourselves. We will be in suffering because of that. Reincarnate or not, where and what being, et cetera, et
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cetera, we will create all that so that we can improve, so that we can make up for the things that we have done, the bad things that we have done. But its very difficult to reincarnate and then do the good things again because when we come back, the bad karma is even heavier. So its better to do it now. Whatever we can do, do it now in this lifetime. Q. M. How much Loving Quality do some of the Supreme Master Television staff have here? Now, the lowest of you guys there would be 20% of Loving Quality and the highest one of you there would be 70% inside headquarters or outside. Not just there outside also, the people who work for Supreme Master Television outside. What about the average Master? The average is between 70% and 20% so you level it out how much. On a Between Master and Disciples show that aired recently on Supreme Master Television, you said that Master Mahavir had the most Loving Quality compared to any other Master that had been on Earth. Master, how much Loving Quality do You have in this present lifetime? You really want to know? [Audience: Yes!] Its embarrassing to talk about myself. [Audience: Please, Master. Yes, wed like to know, Master. Please tell us.] Lets ask heaven if I can disclose to you, or how much. Just one second. Wow, my God. [Laughter] Its about some 40 millions. Thats according to heaven report. I have no idea. Its too many, many zeros. Are you happy with that now? Happy? Yes! Is it like You explained, Master, that Masters could have some more Loving Quality but they sacrifice it to help humans so that they can develop more easily? Yes, it probably depends on the need at that time. Because, for example, at that time, if the situation is difficult and the Master cannot deliver many people or cannot do his teaching activities openly or easily, then his Loving Quality, he will not bring too much down or he will not use much, therefore he doesnt have much. Could You talk a little bit more about that, Master? They have the ability to bring it down or leave it in heaven? Yes, of course. Also they bring it down according to need. Like, for example, they use it to how much and then they will bring more and more all the time. Just like money in the bank. You dont take all the whole account with you even if you have a billion dollars in there, you just take how much; you use it. So some billionaires, they just take like $100 or $10,000 in their pocket all the time just to use like change and pocket money, and thats all they use every day or every month. But some billionaires, they do charity, they help the poor and the needy so they bring their money from the bank out a lot and a lot all the time. Have You sacrificed Your status and gone slower to help us more? I did go slow, but Im still fast. Im still fast so that I keep afloat at least. Because if Im not afloat, then I cannot help anybody. I dont mind being sick or being dead even, but if I need to be afloat, then I have to keep a little balance, or else. Like, even the billionaires, they still need some money in their bank account so that they continue to do
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their business, investment, and also to generate more money so that they can help more in the future. Q. M. Q. M. Then can You tell us how high Master is in other qualities, such as Noble Quality, Human Quality, and IQ? You asked about everything! Typical reporters! [Laughter] Many of us are really curious and want to know, so please, can You share with us? Please! Please! Please, please, and please! Let me ask heaven. God. Heaven told me that, Okay, might as well tell you, because you know why? Otherwise you will keep asking in your head and dont do anything else. And I think now you ask me, Im sure other outside people also asked about it. Do they? [Q: Yes, many people, Master.] Okay, my God. Nosy, nosy. It would be best if you check yourself out and know how much IQ, HQ, and NQ you have, instead of checking me out. [Q: No, its amazing how You just say that You have 40 million LQ. Thats super cool!] Well, we need it at this time, no? So that I can take care of many people. The world is big, no? We are doing it like, broadcasting now, you see what I mean? Its different than when the time of Jesus or Buddha They just have a handful of disciples, or just in Their own country. Now its a little bit more international and we need a little bit more, a fatter bank account of love. Okay, lets see how much. I can ask heaven how much NQ, how much IQ. What do you want to know? NQ? What? [Q: All, Master.] Oh, like what? [Q: Noble Quality, Human Quality, IQ?] IQ, intelligence as well? You cannot tell? You have to ask? I thought you can tell. Okay, never mind. Ill ask. Okay, because you ask, I can tell you. If you dont ask, I wont tell you, because I have to ask heaven, whether its good for the world to know. Typical reporters! Okay, NQ Oh my God, some lots of billions. I dont know. Too many zeros. Too many zeros. Okay, now, IQ Concerning IQ, I dont have IQ like the IQ you have here. We call it wisdom, we dont call it IQ, because its a spiritual matter. Im sure I will have some IQ as well, let me think IQ, how much IQ? About 600%. [Audience: Oh my God! Wow!] And the wisdom normally we count wisdom, we dont count IQ; what can I do with my IQ here anyway, no matter how much I have? Also another lots of billions, lots of billions. I cant count, so, oh God Q. M. Can You give us the exact number, Master? Oh, I cant. After the nine zeros, Im lost. I can only know after nine... Nine is billion, right? And after that many. I dont know, forget it. Never mind. Well, its enough to have some billions, right? Youre happy enough, right? [Audience: Yes, Master!] Okay, what else did you ask? Human Quality. HQ? I dont have HQ, only Hea-Q. Hea-Q means Heaven Quality. How much Heaven Quality do You have? Well, Heaven Quality Dont ask, let me think, let me ask. Heaven Quality, oh my God, I dont think we count it up there. Okay, a lot, a lot, a lot a lot of zeros again. Im dizzy, okay? Dizzy. Never mind, as long as Im good enough for you, thats fine. No need
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numbers. Always numbers, numbers, were not mathematic. [Q: Number is cool, Master.] Yes, but a lot of zeros, I dont know. Im lost already, okay? Q. M. Does that mean Master has only Heaven Quality? How about Human Quality? Human beings must have Human Quality in order to be born as humans. I dont have Human Quality, and as a Master, I have no Human Quality and I cant pick defects, like bad qualities, yes? Yes, I cant pick them. A spiritual teacher can, but a Master cannot. No, dont have to. I guess I have enough karma of human beings, I dont even need to pick any bad qualities. So because I dont have Human Quality So do humans have Heaven Quality, Master? Some have, yes. Many have, yes, but more Heaven Quality or less Heaven Quality, yes. Does that mean like Masters Well, to my understanding it seems like Youre the only one thats been having all these amazing qualities and I think Youre the only person or Master to have all these amazing qualities and are You, I think, the only and the first thats graced this planet? In the past, have also. But at this time, its a little different because I have to borrow a body to come because I dont have Human Quality. I borrowed the physical form of my parents middle daughter. After this noble soul has left her body, I can use the body. The body was already morbid, completely cold and hard already, according to what my parents told me. It was already dead when I entered. But that body was inhabited by a Fifth Level soul and then This is the arrangement of heaven that that body, that soul of the Fifth Level came in and purified the body first and then I borrowed it afterwards. Wow! I think were so so fortunate to be here with You and to be able to work with You, Master. I thank God for billions and trillions of times for giving us that chance and honor. Thank you for the compliment. Thank you for trusting me. Thank You for giving us a chance. Just please be diligent in your meditation, thats it. And dont fall into the habit of being tired and then go to sleep, because its also a habit. Otherwise, you see, like the giraffe, they dont even have soya milk like you have, they dont even have tofu or any powerful things like that, they dont even have vitamins and they eat only leaves from the tree and they sleep only a couple of hours a day. So its just habit. But, of course, they stay in a better environment, maybe. Okay, good excuse. Continue to sleep and dont meditate, whatever, and lose spiritual points. Try your best, okay? Since Master is at such a high level, do the Holy Names affect Master? For example, can the Holy Names help protect Master? To some degree. But if I recite the Holy Names all the time, then the people dont have too much benefit because Im protected. For example, tonight I sit with you and talk, I will lose approximately five million points. But you will gain 5,000 each, per minute. But if I recite the Holy Names, which I cannot do all the time while talking anyway, then I would lose only one million, but you will gain less. You will gain like 2,000 per minute. And now, for example, if I look through a meditation hall to everybody, then I will lose
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like 200,000 points per minute. If I look through the meditation hall, just look, not particularly focused on anybody, then Ill lose like 200,000 points per minute, and the disciples will gain 50,000 points. And now, if I look through like that and I recite the Protection all the time, and I will lose only 50,000 points per minute, but the disciples gain only like 10,000. And while Im talking to people on television through teleconference, I cannot recite the Holy Names all the time. And that will lose me a lot, a lot, a lot of points, and that I cannot gain back. For example, you put a new video on television the world has never watched it before and they watch it then I will lose 10 million points per minute, while people, the viewers, regardless of being disciple or not, they will gain 10,000 points per minute. Thats the viewing of a new video. If its an old video, then I will still lose three million points per minute. And they will gain again 5,000 points, if they watch it again and again, per minute. So if I recite the Holy Names, of course I will lose less but people also benefit less. Besides, when Im talking, its more difficult to recite the Holy Names or the Protection. Q. M. Did You come into this world with all the points already or did they accumulate during Your stay here? What points? Spiritual points? [Q: Yes, spiritual points, Master.] Yes. I came down here many lifetimes and I accumulated, and Im also allowed to bring some from my abode, from heaven; but I cannot bring too much. Its not allowed. When I come here, I have to earn it with you, and I spend fast, fast, fast now. Thats why sometimes I got sick. Sometimes a lot of sickness, sometimes a little sickness, depends. I dont mind being sick, I dont mind even death, but if Im too out of balance then I cannot even help you, I mean, the world. So I have to keep in balance sometimes. I have to hold back a little bit so that I can have more interest, like a trust fund. Like, you have to give some, like even billionaires, they give some but they keep some in their bank so that they continue to generate income through interest or through other investments. Its not like they are selfish, they keep for themselves why dont they give the whole thing? Why do they give only half? Why they have 100 billions and they give only 50 billions or 70 billions or only one-third or half of it? Why dont they give the whole thing? They need to keep some so that they can have more to help. You once said in a lecture in Sweden, Everything that happens happen right now and happens at the same time. Just because we are deluded by the time and space of this planet so we dont see different things happening at the same time. Master, is this the same as what is called in quantum physics as parallel universes? [M: Yes, its similar.] If so, what is the role of the soul in this case? The soul is to, for example, coming here to help the world, and you can choose to come here to this bad area or can choose to stay in a better environment, a better heaven. But sometimes because of the karma or something we did bad in the past life, we have to come back here to correct. So the soul is here to take different bodies in order to help the world or to iron out past mistakes. So can one soul exist and be attached to many different bodies at the same time? Sure, of course. But you see, a soul is not allowed to contact with the other bodies if he is too burdened in a lower level. Meditation is the way to connect with your higher self. Thats why you must meditate. Because the higher self is connected with the Original Greatness, the Self, the Love, God. If we are not connected with the higher self, then weve lost also the connection with God; or the connection is not very good. Thats why
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we have to go higher and higher to connect to the higher self. The higher we go, the stronger the connection with the divine, with the wisdom and love. Q. M. How does Master gain all the spiritual points back when You are here losing the points? I have to meditate like you guys. I have to earn it just like everybody else. Because even if I bring the whole love down here, people are still too many and the bad karma is too great. Thats one thing. Another thing is the law in the physical world is that, I come down here, Im like everybody else I have the power, but inside only. Outside, I have to earn it. So whatever I have from the past lives, and whatever Im allowed to bring a little bit from heaven I spend it on the world. If I dont have any more, then I have to continue to meditate diligently; but I earn quicker than ordinary Quan Yin practitioners. I earn quicker, but I spend quicker also. Yes, like you earn only for yourself, your family, five generations perhaps, your friends and dogs and cats. I have to earn it for the whole world, at least the whole world, this world. So I spend very fast, very fast. And sometimes if Im not fast enough, then I get sick. Serious or not, depends. But I earn it back quick, I earn it back. I just have to take care that Im a little bit more balanced now than before. Before I was driving myself crazy, and its a little bit imbalanced sometimes meaning giving too much and the body cannot bear. Giving too much, the body also cannot bear, because that means I have to take a lot of power. And the body is not always capable to house so much, or giving too much and dont have much in the house also. I want to thank You for blessing us again with a conference so soon and for all that You give us. [M: Its okay!] [The sister is crying.] Im sorry! I know we cant even comprehend how much You give to us. How does one become zero bad and limitless good, Master? Thank You, Master. As I mentioned before, I guess that some Master has to bring some down. And as for you, even if you have, like five points bad and 70% good, you can always work it up until it becomes zero zero bad and a lot, a lot more good. But to be limitless good, it is a different category. Its a category of a Master. Besides, you dont need all that to work at Supreme Master Television, do you? [Q: Every little bit helps.] You go up is enough 100% or 120%, 200%, that you can do. Thats enough. The reason you still have some bad points, for example I dont mean you but anyone because in a past life they didnt do well there, and this lifetime they come down here and they have to fix that point. But its difficult. Once you are born again, you forget. You forget your promise, your purpose even. Lets say, for example, you have a boyfriend example only. In this lifetime, he is not faithful to you: He jumps from one girl to another and it may not be physically, but any girl in sight he gives his heart to her, for example like that and meanwhile, he is not very concentrated on your relationship or to nourish the love between you and him, because he squanders all his affections elsewhere, for two, three girls outside, or whoever girl he fancies. He still stays with you, or he still maybe hugs you sometimes or does something with you, but his heart is not completely with you. And if you check his DQ, then you will see maybe he has like 10% bad and 50% good. So he has to work on this 10% bad. The 10% bad, it happens to fall into the category of the unfaithfulness. And he has to work on that in this lifetime, only if he knows, only if he makes effort. Otherwise, its easier just to fall into this kind of flirtation. For example, if you guys have a little quarrel at home, then he just goes and finds these girls and chats around, or fancies them in his heart instead of trying to make up with you or trying to find out what the problem is between you two and to improve his skills or improve the relationship. Instead, he just chooses the lousy, easy way: He goes out or
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he goes next door or something, finds an easier solution, talks to the girls, neighbors or the colleagues or whatever, and doesnt try to make up with you. Then he thinks its cool like that, its good, Why bother with the grumpy woman at home? But its bad for him. And the more he does like that, the colder your relationship gets; and the colder, the more he does; and finally you break up, and he doesnt change anything. He doesnt improve his 10% badness that he comes here to improve, and then he has to come back again. And next time, it will be 20% or 30% because the interest mounts up. So if we have some bad quality, this is the time we change. For example, if you know in your heart that you are very envious of better people, or jealous of the beautiful girl or jealous of somebody who has a favored position, then you know that is your bad point. That is the point that you have to come down here to level out. And not to choose the easy, but lousy and bad, way, like forget it or go do something else or just continue with jealousy who cares? Nobody knows your heart anyway, and nobody knows what you do secretly to harm that person or to degrade that person anyway. No, everybody knows everybody. Nothing is secret. Nothing is in the dark. Its all transparent in the universe. I dont mean you. Im just talking, Im just telling you. Because you asked, I answer you only. [Q: I understand.] Maybe you have a better boyfriend, I dont know. Tell him Im sorry, I dont mean him. Q. M. Its okay, Youre enough, Master. How can we be sure that the decision weve made is out of 100% pure goodness, from love and not from the ego, Master? If you do it, you would know it, baby. You would know it. If you truly do it, because the work has to be done, because you know this is a good work and you want nothing for yourself in reward, whether anybody knows it or not know it, or you dont even think of heavenly award, then it is a pure love, pure goodness. You know it in your heart. Just like when you face a clean mirror theres no mistake about this if you really look in the mirror, youll see your face. Why do I sometimes feel regretful from the decision I made? Can You help me like change that? [M: Like what decision for example?] For example, like coming to Supreme Master Television instead of go to Thailand before. Like, I was supposed to go to Thailand but I decided to come here and not go to Thailand and I feel like, well, I feel regretful. [M: Because?] Because of the missing of the Gift that was given to everyone else and I feel I should have gone to Thailand. Of course, this is a natural reaction and youre okay to feel regret. Yes, of course. But youve done it already. Too bad. But the thing is, it depends on why you wanted to stay in Supreme Master Television. For example, at that time, if you feel, Thailands so boring. Its the same. Its the heat and the mosquitoes and flies, and over-queue toilet. What for should I go there? Ill stay at Supreme Master Television air-con is better. Then its not a selfless decision. Its not a sacrifice and a dedication. But if at that moment, before you even know about the Gift, you think, Its because we need people to work here at Supreme Master Television and my presence would be more helpful here, even though I miss to see Master, but I rather stay here to do the work because nobody else is here, then it is very meritorious and very rewarding later on in heaven. So only you know. And if you miss out on the Gift, and now you have other gifts. You work in Supreme Master Television and everything. Its good. The gift is that you are a hero. The gift is that you are a noble person: That is gift enough already. Its clear, right? Everything I told you is all clear, right? [Q: Its very clear, Master.] Any answer is not clear, you have to ask me again, because sometimes during the spontaneous talks, I might miss out the point or I dont clarify enough.
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For example, last time we were talking and sometimes I said I lose 5,000 points, sometimes I said you gain 300, sometimes other gains 200. Of course Im talking just like the way I watch television now something comes up, now some other thing comes up. Like I talk about different shirts. I have many shirts. Okay, This is purple, the other one is red. The other one $10, this one $30, and I just keep talking on, but it is all correct. Its just I did not explain enough because you did not ask. For example, if I talk about meditation, but gaining-losing different points, it was because its a different situation. Like I remember, okay, when I concentrate very well, then its how much, and the people gain how much. Like today, I clear it better with you. Like if I recite the Holy Names, then how much people will gain, how much I lose. But its the same. Same meditation. Its not that I contradict myself or I forget. Its just that, like if I recite the Holy Names, its different. If I dont recite the Holy Names, its different. But last time I did not think of explaining, or I talked too fast or something. And then, of course theres something missing. If something you dont understand you ask me again. But everything I say, it is correct, even though sometimes the number is different. Q. Before, most people have the impression that when a soul is born in animal form, it is due to bad karmic retribution for past actions, but from hearing Your experiences with animals and through our interactions with the animal telepathic communicators that we show on Supreme Master Television, it seems as though there are a lot of animals that are perhaps on a high level. Theyre high level beings that purposely chose to come into this world in animal form to help humans. And so, I was wondering, is this true, Master? And were the animals consciousness recently elevated this time due to Your grace? Yes, both. Both humans also elevate, animals also elevate. But some animals are lower level, thats correct, and some are not even humans. Look at humans: Some are very highly developed and highly noble, and some are not so highly noble, some not highly developed. Some animals are leaders in their field, or some are very highly developed beings coming down deliberately to help humans and other beings; and you can see that. So we cannot always say that animals are low or high. Depends. But all in all, the animals are more gentle than us in any case, right? For example, even animals that are like, we say vicious or bad, like tiger or something, but they only eat when theyre hungry. They dont kill out of sadism, or they dont kill because they like war or because they want to get power or something like that, or to invade another territory of other animals. And they even eat vegetarian when they can. Some of the examples of animals they refuse the meat outright. They wont eat it even nobody teaches them before, they just do it. Remember the cat that we have seen on television sometimes, on our television, yes? He just doesnt eat meat. Youve mentioned that animals have before in lectures and now they have very little to no ego and that they live simply by the grace of God. Why is it that the humans were created with this ego and it seems to be the largest obstacle to reaching and remembering God and to remember the glory of our origin? Does the ego serve any positive purpose? Could You offer us any tips to get rid of the ego? The ego, even though is ugly, but is needed, in some cases, or when we are not in a higher level of consciousness. For example, the ego helps you to strive to be more inventive, have better service, better business in competition, et cetera, et cetera. Therefore, also it helps you to feel like you have an identity. Like, I am a good engineer, I am a good mechanic, et cetera, et cetera, that helps you to boost your confidence and help you to live a happier life until you know a better spiritual level of happiness.
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So ego is the last to go; but its a knife with two edges, so if we dont handle it well, sometimes it can flare up problems, thats all. And if its too much ego, then it can cause us conflict with other people as well, and stop us from spiritual elevation. So, therefore, we have to meditate more and we have to serve others more. Then, we can go higher. And whenever we go higher, the ego will have to leave because the ego is on the lower level of consciousness. When we achieve a better shield to make us feel good, feel confident and happy, like our spiritual elevation and vision get higher and better, then we feel happy and confident in any case, and we are in a higher mood. So at that time, the ego will leave leave sooner or later, leave gradually. One step at a time, the ego will leave, layer by layer. Here, in a lower level of physical consciousness, ego also acts as a motivator, as a shield, for striving for betterment. So then, its helpful. But if its too heavy ego, then of course its more hindrance, like a tree overgrown in a path or in your garden, it needs trimming. Q. The more I learn about animals, the more I feel touched, humbled, and grateful for their love. We are sharing the planet with them, but we do not really see them. We dont know who they are and do not fully appreciate their Loving Quality. How can we be more in tune with them and develop our Loving Quality, Master? We have to meditate more. Be more in tune with our divine selves, and then we will have more Loving Quality. Because our divine self is love. And, of course, being vegetarian, it helps; it lessens our aggressiveness and our blindness, lessens these lower qualities. Then this Loving Quality will come. The more we are in tune with the divine and the longer we are vegetarian, the more we become more sensitive and more connected with all beings in the world not just animals, but even with trees. I told you some time before that trees even tell me that there are some danger for me, something like that. Its like that. The plants also they will try. Theyre always trying to tell you something, but its just you who dont listen. Because we are too coarse, we are too burdened with so many things, and if we are lighter in our consciousness, then we can be in tune with animals easily, intuitively, or even telepathically. And even the trees and the plants will talk to you when necessary, and then you will feel their love and you will appreciate their beauty more, like you have never seen them before. Suddenly you feel the trees are so beautiful, or the animals are so lovely, lovely. Before, you see them like you dont see, of course. But most humans, theyre too busy with other things. They forget to be in tune with themselves, not to talk about being in tune with animals or nature. Thats a pity. Thats our loss. So thats why I have to tell people, Do meditate, be veg, and things like that. These are serving this purpose so that we are more connected with all things in the universe, which is part of ourselves. How many hours should we meditate, the ones here at Supreme Master Television? For the staff, whoever works to help the world, we have to meditate four hours. Should we try to meditate all night? Do your best. Yes, if you can, yes, of course. Or try to meditate whenever you can. And only work and meditate, thats it. Save a lot of time for all that, instead of go talking or do something else just work and then no work meditate. Whenever you dont work, just meditate even two minutes, five minutes and meditate when in the night, for example. Go to the cooler area. Dont sit in bed, then youll be too comfortable and then youll sleep right away. Dont lie down. Sit at the beds foot and continue to meditate until you cannot and then you meditate again. You sleep a little, you meditate again, and you wake up, you meditate again. Sometimes you sleep you fall asleep and then
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you wake up, and then you meditate again, and then if you fall asleep again and you wake up, you meditate again. And wash your face and walk around a little bit, and go back to meditate again. Q. According to what Ive heard, a human beings aura changes every moment. It depends on ones thoughts. If these thoughts are about God, the aura is bright; [M: Right!] if these thoughts wander to mundane life, negative thoughts, or angry emotions, the aura is dark. Is this true, Master? [M: Right. Correct. Yes.] And do all beings including the animals have auras? [M: Yes. Even plants have auras.] And what is Masters aura like all the time? You dont see it? [Q: Its very bright.] Oh, you can see. Then its good. Why ask me then? [Q: I would just like to know more.] Its for you to find out. Okay, youre correct, very bright light. How many of you can see it there? Tell me. What I mean is, whenever you see me or when you see me on the video perhaps [Q: We always see a very bright light, we do.] Very bright, thats correct. Its more important you see your own aura. You were asking like if anyone sees Your aura, but if I see Your aura in the dream, does that count, Master? [M: It counts.] I saw Your aura, its very bright and yellow color, but very bright, like almost yellow and white. Golden, but very bright. Like the whole body. Yes, that is because you are at like Third Level. And also because I am here in the physical level, its affected sometimes by other peoples karma. Otherwise, if you see a higher level, then you cannot even look; its too bright. Well, at least you see it, so you dont think I am making it up. Thats why I asked. Its for me to know, and for you to see, to find out. What I mean is, its more important for you to know your own aura; and if its dark or have a spot, then please dont tell people. [Laughter] Try to improve it. No, I dont mean you, I mean everyone. Okay, just a joke. It was just a joke. As long as you concentrate on your work and have dedication and love in your heart, your aura will be bright. Jesus said whatever two persons ask in His name, it shall be done. Master, we prayed for You to be healthy and we wonder how come its not working. Its working. It does help a little bit. Every prayer does work a little bit. It depends on the person who prays and it depends on the person who receives the prayers as well; but praying with sincerity always helps. Now, Jesus said that mostly its for the disciples, not for the Master. Therefore, He still had to be nailed on the cross, you see it? The Master is there to take suffering so that the disciples are comfortable and whatever their prayers will come true for them and for the other people whom they pray for. For me, your prayers helped. I feel it. I feel your prayers and thank you very much. But the worlds population is large and the bad karma is heavy. If Im all well, then the bad karma cannot work out too much. Remember, I told you if I recite the Protection, then the people receive less? So if I dont recite the Protection, then I give a lot; but then I have to earn back a lot. We have to balance. Its like we have to breathe in and we have to breathe out as well. So the garbage man must remove some garbage so that your house becomes clean and smells nice. Before he deposits it somewhere else to eliminate the garbage, he has to take it with him in his car and then his body will also smell somehow. But sometimes hes overloaded, then he is very, very smelly and dirty, and if he works all day, then he doesnt have time to go home and wash yet, so he has to wait until appropriate time and he goes clean. Cleaning he must. Not because he is a garbage man he has to do it day and night, day and night, and then all the garbage is
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always on him and then he doesnt wash he has to. Not because hes a garbage man he doesnt have to wash. He has to. So sometimes the garbage man is overloaded, and so you can see hes smelly or sometimes he got sick even from the infection of the garbage. Thank you anyway for your prayers and all the good disciples prayers. Thank you very much. I do feel the love. I do feel your love and your prayers and it does help. At least it helps to know that somebody cares for you. [Q: Okay, Master, we will keep praying.] Please take care of yourselves. [Q: Well try also, Master.] And meditate. Thank you very much. Q. M. Q. You said last time that You have to work in a limited fashion. Master, what does it mean and why, Master? Oh, well, I am still not very well. I do what I can. Its good enough that Im still here, alive in the world. As I told you already about the garbage man. Master, please, could You please stay with us on this planet for a long, long time and be healthy and without suffering too much? Like Jesus, for example; Jesus stayed 120 years, for instance. I could stay longer than that, but we have to see. We have to see whats heavens mandate and how the world improves. These two will decide. The worlds improvement and heavens mandate, they go hand in hand. If the world improves, then my work is also easier and I could be healthier or whatever less suffering but I have to also balance. I have to try to balance; I have to clean up a little bit also, like the garbage man. He loves his job, the garbage man, but he has to clean, he has to rest sometimes so that he can continue. I want to tell You something, Master, about the Syrians. We have new Syrian initiates, but they use to be with another master, and they got a vision and their master asked them to follow You. Its about more than 50 persons. Yes, we work together with that master. So its up to them. Yes, their master can tell them, but its up to them to decide. Congratulations! Master, in the past, Youve been a business person, kings, queens and so forth. How do You help others spiritually in these professions? I do whatever I can. Whatever position, we can always help people in various ways, according to the higher plan. Its not always easy, but its doable. Its not always necessary to know more about the past lives if we have a lot to do in the present life already. Because if I continue to tell you about past life, we can write many books. No time. What were some of the purposes to be born in such a position? Was it, for instance, to steer away from wars and increase peace in that region? Yes. Not just that, but that would be the outcome of the peoples elevation into higher consciousness. If the Master stays in some country or some area, and then begins to raise the peoples consciousness, or people will come to get initiation and raise their own consciousness as well, then of course, war will be minimized and peace will be more evident.
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humans, then I cannot help too many people. I can help a selected few, the elite, but I cannot help the large numbers. Q. We will never fully understand how difficult Your work must be in this world, and we thank You every day for Your loving compassion that You have bestowed upon us and on our planet. In our world today, we have a small group of people controlling the wealth, and therefore, we see that the same people are influencing politics, media, education and just about everything we do in this world oftentimes it causes ordinary people to be uninformed in their thinking, and in turn causes a lot of worldly problems and suffering. [M: Right.] Did humanity as a whole, in our collective bad karma, create these powerful people? Yes. Also, yes. We cannot blame these powerful people or groups or anybody alone. We, as humans, as a whole, also are responsible as a collective group, collective bad karma. But, of course, these powerful people can also change if they want to, if they try to search into their heart and look for a way to enlighten themselves more, then they can change their way of life and the way of dealing with the karma. Otherwise, even though, if, we created the bad karma as a collective whole, these people are the main characters; they will bear very heavy consequences upon themselves, either in this lifetime suffering a little bit, suffering a lot, or the next, waiting for them behind the threshold of life. It is a sad thing, but we can change also our created pattern or make a new one to cover that, or instead exchange for that place by being benevolent and good, by going in the opposite direction of whats not working to where we know to be better and correct and functioning. We must know the Truth, the universal principal of love, to stay in the right path. If everybody acts in accordance with the principle of love, then everything can change, overnight even. Its just peoples concept has to change, and the will to change. But, of course, you see leaders and organization heads have a big responsibility and a big role to play, because they can help people to elevate or they can hinder people. They can control and corner people so that they cannot rise up. It is bad bad for humanity as a whole. Right now, humanity is ready, actually. They are ready in their consciousness to be better, to jump into a higher level of evolution. Its just some leaders, theyre just stamping their feet there, holding onto power and do not help people, do not let people free to act the way they want. But as I say, people have freedom to choose inside, within their walls of the house nobody can interfere. Its just the people at large have to be courageous, have to be smart, have to be informed themselves and not to be too busy with survival only. But it is difficult. Its difficult. Oh God, everything in this world makes people busy and on top of that, the systems political system, the government system, society, tradition just keep holding on holding tight onto them and dont let them move very well. Its a pity. And whoever tries to help people to see the Light, to see the Truth, is often being harassed and suppressed. Its very difficult to work since times immemorial not just Jesus time only, even at this time. Q. There are a lot of theories, conspiracy theories, going around that theres a group of people, like families, they own about half of the worlds total wealth, and they work through the banking system and have all sorts of relationships, and they buy politicians and things like that. Are these people working with the lord of the physical world in this world, I mean, are they consciously aware of this thing or is it just sub-consciously? No, no. They are not consciously aware of it. The thing about power and might and fame is that it also holds as a grip, like a chain, on peoples neck as well. So whoever this group, or whoevers in power, its very difficult to walk out of this grip and act
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according to righteousness and goodness. Its very difficult to be a leader, to be pampered, to be spoilt, to be worshipped, to be feared, and to be virtuous and right and courageous at the same time very difficult. For all this, you need courage and humility. But to be a leader, maybe have courage, but humility is difficult to have. So its very difficult for them to turn around. But as I said to you already, if peoples consciousness change and people are courageous to see where the right thing is to do, then even bad governments turn to good, bad leaders turn to good or will be replaced, automatically. Yes, not revolution or coup detat, nothing like that just automatically. Its just like when the sun comes out, darkness disappears. Yes, the day will come. You sound like a football team there! [Laughter] Q. M. Do these people have they been on other planets and played the same role? Is this happening on other planets? Yes. It does happen on other planets as well, yes. Some planets are even worse than our planet. But the thing is, its a pity that our planet, the people are ready to elevate into a higher level of consciousness and to be in line with other more developed and spiritually elevated and civilized planets. Its just that some small things, small groups and small leaders, are holding them back. So now is also up to people to rise up not as a revolutionary group or coup detat, but to rise up in consciousness, to change the concept and to think for themselves and to act the way they think is right. Like being vegetarian and being spiritual and thats regardless of what governments. What significant role could COP16 play in December 2010 in Cancun, Mexico? Does Master have a special message for the leaders and the world regarding this meeting? We already have a lot of messages, no? Lets pray that they will be enlightened and do the right thing. Because right now, the leaders must change themselves also, and then in turn change our social system so that it becomes more free and more spiritual, more morally high. Because they carry with them this responsibility its heavy if they do not act with heavens merciful nature and progressive plan, and if they then do not act according to the principle of the universe. The first principle, the most important, that is the principle of love. Anything they do according to this principle, then its good. I mean, good for other people. Progress for people and protection for all and respect for all life that is according to the principle of love. Anything else against that is bound to bring disaster for themselves and for their countries, or the planet as a whole. There have been more reports and information reaching leaders about the unsustainability and the threat of meat production to the planet. Does Master feel that the world leaders are responding and changing fast enough? I feel that the leaders are listening and responding. Fast enough? No. No. I guess they also have their problems because they have other things to deal with. But the thing is, the leader should know what is priority. Whats the use of worrying about war or about position or about anything else when the planet is going to be ruined? Thats the thing. So right now, all the leaders must concentrate on saving our planet and must concentrate on spreading information and making new laws for people to live a more benevolent life. Theres no need even laws, but just, the law is maybe better, just more concrete; otherwise, people are ready. Just the governments have to implement some more rules and reminding people to be good, to be virtuous, to adhere to the law of love, like not killing animals, not eating animals, and not doing anything harmful to animals or other humans or even the environment. Theyre responding but not fast enough. Of course, because we are in an urgent situation now and theyre still talking
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around the round table. Its not enough yet. And have to be more efficient. And it has to be more concrete and more dynamic action. First, all wars must stop. Money and goods must be only to sustain and nourish all beings have to distribute all the goods of the planet to all. For example, even if no war, the related money could feed the whole world, free of charge, for many decades, and continue so. All killing and torturing humans or animals must stop. All deforestation, harming the environment and destroying the trees all that has to stop. And leaders will only bring into law whats beneficial, peaceful, if possible spiritual as well, for all, if possible like protecting true spiritual groups, the harmless but beneficial groups. Share wealth among all, distribute enough food and clothing for needy humans and animals. Building protective areas for all, for humans and animals protect all lives. Rebuild forests, clean up rivers, lakes, oceans and protect them; award to green and animal care groups. Clean up alcohol and drugs, meat, and animal products. Laboratory tests involving cruelty to animals must stop. Clear away animal factory farms. Make inmates, or soldiers as well, to go help people, plant vegetables or do productive works. Promote and help organic vegetable farming. Give subsidies for education, health-related areas. And weapon production business must decrease to zero. Clean up our society of all shady and detrimental products and activities. Provide security and comfort to all, so no one would commit offenses for lack of basic necessity and education. Erase borders and provide all the same status and respect of citizenship. If they even have to keep any armies, then they have to retrain them for helping people in disaster in urgent cases and to rebuild homes wherever necessary, and helping people in their time of need. All these have to be done and more even. Anything that helps other people, helps the citizen, and helps the animals and environment, all the governments, the leaders have to try their best to implement the actions for that, and they have to do it now already. Thank you. You make me become like a politician now! Q. M. Thank You very much. Those were very beautiful words. Thank You very much, Master. Youre welcome. I hope it helps. Well, it does help. It does help. As we are talking, the vibration of our energy will spread all over the world and probably will fall on some good ears. And it also creates some good energy. The thing is how much? Because the world is overwhelmingly trapped in some negative pattern. You said that the reward hereafter will be great for leaders who do courageous, noble things to save the planet. For those leaders who are not ready, who are holding back people, perhaps if they knew a glimpse of it, of the reward, maybe it would help them to spur them faster to action. Could You possible describe what this reward is, Master? To describe is different from the real experience. If these leaders try and go into more spiritual aspect to find their real self, they will know that theyre so glorious, so benevolent, so loving, so kind, so wise, and so Godlike. Then they will see the reward themselves. That would be the best. Because for me to describe cakes is different from when you are eating it. But it depends on how great their help to humankind or animals and the environment, and how much is their sincerity. Then, if they try their best to help the world, and the number of people that are helped by them, and their sincerity, is great, it is of course the glorious heaven that will be awaiting them, accordingly. God knows our heart and deeds. Could You tell us how many people are vegetarian now? How many people? Around 1.5 billion veg. Not a lot, is it? Not even one-third of the world.
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and fridge, kitchen stove, on your computer, et cetera, et cetera. Do anything that helps. Maybe that will help you. Q. Our heart is always yearning to express this love for God and all our fellow Earth beings through service, but is often overwhelmed by the ego, selfishness, and our own karma. How can we overcome these hindrances that have been with us life after life in order to become a better tool for God? How do we deeply understand that we are all one when our meditation doesnt allow us to see God? Yes, that is the price to live in this world and to work for God. Theres nothing for free, I told you. But as long as we work for God, its still better than not working for God, no? Even if we dont see the unity of all, at least intuitively we know its true, and we have to trust the past and present Masters. When they say so it is so. And we trust other spiritual practitioners who can see these visions, whether past or present, telling us this. So meditation is a must, working for humankind unity and to save the planet is a must. Because without that, we will be even in a worse situation we will fall even lower, and then we could not even meditate. We could not even pray then, at that time, and then our intuition even will leave us. So we have to stick to the teachings of the past, present Masters and believe their words, because they have no reason to tell us the untrue. And besides, its logical, and we could even prove it, I mean, intellectually, yes. So at least we have to believe them. Do what they say, do what they suggest, do what they instruct be good, do good. Be noble. Practice what they teach as much as we can in our situation and in our time. Meditate more to erase bad traces and bad hindrances. Serve others in the name of God all the time, selflessly, and then bit by bit we will be more clear. Theres no free breakfast. Regarding multiple bodies, You said we should practice so that we can connect with our higher self. Master, is there another body of me that is in the suffering world? You mean in the physical world? No, you have one physical body and then youre connected with the Astral, the Second, the Third, the Fourth, et cetera. Youre going up. Right, as you go up, you will shed the lower body. But right now you have to come up and down only in order to stay in the physical world, you have a connecting cord. But when you leave this world, that cord will be severed. And depending on how much you rise up in this lifetime, you will be connected to the higher, whatever level body you have. For example, in this lifetime, youre always connected with the Third Level, thats all, you stop there, so when you die, you go to the Third World. The higher you go, the better. About over a year ago, I had a dream, and during my meditation You told me that I had only two weeks to live. So I prepared myself. [M: Youre still here. Yes, youre still here, yes?] Yes, Master. Thank You so much. [M: See, told you. Thats why dont ask about prophecy; sometimes it changes quick and then you say Im not correct.] I think that because I work here at Supreme Master Television therefore I have changed my fate and have paid my karma in a different way. [M: Right.] And thats why I didnt die. [M: Right.] After You told me that I have two weeks to live, but it didnt happen, but then, I was severely sick for about one month. Do You think thats the way I paid my karma instead of dying I just got sick and then got better again? Yes. Because when we do something good, our destiny changes. Remember, there is a Buddhist story about a monk, a small young monk. He stayed with a Master, Buddhist Master, and that Buddhist Master knew that he was going to die in a week. So he sent that little monk to go home to see his parents before he died. But during the time on the
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journey, he saved a lot of ants ants that were drowning or something he saved them. And then after one week he was still there and he was not dying. So the Master looked and saw that he had saved the ants. Thats why his life was prolonged. Remember that story, more or less like that? [Q: Yes.] Even just to save the ants only ants are very small and they look even insignificant, but he saved some of them and then his life was prolonged. How much more that you are saving the world or the planet and people and animals by working at Supreme Master Television? See what I mean? Logical? [Q: Yes. Thank You, Master. Thank You for clarifying that.] No, youre welcome. And you also bless yourself by doing good things. So I always told you, whatever you do is for yourself, bad or good. I told everybody, whatever you do, you do for yourself, not for me even and not for the world even, but nobody even understands that. You see, because you work to save lives, so yours prolongs. Even just now or any time you see on television, you see the research that says even people who are vegetarian, they prolong their life up to 15 years, remember? Yes, you see, and become healthier. Thats normal. Its the law of cause and retribution. Yes, just follow me and then youll be okay! [Master is singing.] Follow me, love only me! [Q: Very nice, Master. Yes, we will follow You.] Follow my teaching and my instruction; not follow this old woman, no, no. [Q: Youre beautiful, Master.] Thank you. Yes, even if Im not, I am beautiful inside. I told you, everything I tell you is the truth. Follow my instruction, your life will be good and everything will be good for you. Its true like that. I will not do anything bad to anyone, least of all to you, and I will not teach you anything bad, least of all to you. Everything I do its just work. Its just love in action. Its just like a doctor who operates on a patient. Its not his fault that he uses his knife on you; its your fault that you have not taken care of your health. And then the doctor is using his knife because of love he wants to save your life. But in a spiritual way, people dont see that, so its a little bit more difficult to work as a spiritual Master than a doctor. Because with a doctor you can use medicine and knife and stitches and people get well, and they see the evidence. The spiritual way is more difficult to prove. Sometimes can prove, but not all the time. Q. M. Q. M. Actually, I can feel Your blessing and Your grace because it has changed my life a lot. Oh, its good. Its good. Thanks to yourself that you trust me. Thanks to yourself. Yes, smart girl. Is there any spiritual benefit to playing instruments like guitar or piano since these sounds try to replicate the heavenly sounds? No, not much. We just do the inside music. We contemplate and listen to the inner Sound and see the inner Light. That is our Godly nature; its more beneficial. Outer music is also helpful somehow to most of the people when they dont even meditate. Its relaxing peoples mind; also sometimes relaxing your mind. Its good. Its good. But inner music will liberate the soul. Its a different thing. The benefit of the people, like musicians and all that, they do have. They earn their merit for helping people to relax, but nothing compared to the meditation on the Light and the Sound of God, your own original glorious nature. Its different. In Caodaism, a religion of Au Lac, the scripture mentions that whoever couldnt make it through this filtering period has to go into a bleak dimension and stay there until the plants and rocks on this planet Earth become human; only then they are allowed to come back here to join and continue to evolve. Is this why we must try with all our might to awaken people before its too late?
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care of himself. And then we can go drink tea around it and meditate around it as long as we want. Q. Does Mother Earth also learn from You, Master? [M: Learn like what?] As a being, You once said that Mother Earth is a being. So does she learn from You, as a Master? [M: You mean learn meditation or what?] Spiritual, uplifting things that You teach us. No need. We are connected. No need, like, so graphically because she will evolve with special blessing anyway, with the natural rhythm and with the merit that she earns by being loving, giving and enduring and tolerant, and protecting all the creatures on this planet. So right now shes already at the highest Fourth Level. So it wont be long until she steps over the border and reaches the Fifth Level, or the lower level of the Fifth yet but will. But then, at least its the Fifth still the Fifth. You guys ask about everything Earth and Sun and Moon, whatnot. I think you will ask about sun and moon soon, no? Q. I do have some questions about the sun and the moon. [M: Oh, you do? Look at that!] Yes, I do! Why is that the sun is a spiritual being yet we can see with our physical eyes? Is it because it has a physical form also? So how about other stars in the universe that we can see, are they also being created within the Five Worlds? Is that why we can still see them? The sun is not a physical being; a Fifth Level, but you mean the Chief of the Sun? The Sun God, He manifests into physical form, just like the Earth. Its not the Earth its just a manifestation of a God so that we can live on it. The sun also, the sun is a high Fifth Level being, very benevolent and kind and loving; but the sun manifests as a physical form in order to help the planet. But what we see with our eyes is not the real sun; its just a manifestation of the sun for the purpose of helping this world. The sun is glorious, beautiful, and giant oh, God. Its not like that. Just like a Master manifests into the physical bodies in order to help mankind and other beings. But the Master is not the physical body. And all the things that you can see here, of course, are created within the Five Worlds. Are there any planets that we can see that belong to the Sixth Level and above? No, you cant. These planets, which are above the Fifth Level, you cannot see with our eyes, because their vibration frequency is too fast. If you look at it, you will turn into cinder. You will turn into dust anyway more than dust. Worse than dust become zero, nothing. Venus, Mars and Earth all have humanoids, and You mentioned earlier that theres also other Earth-like planets. Its very fascinating to know, but what about other planets in our solar system, like are there beings on Jupiter or Saturn? Are they also spiritual beings? Yes, there are some. And depends on which planet, they are higher level or lower level, spiritual being or not spiritual being. If I remember correctly, in Your recent conference with us, You mentioned at the end that You wrote some new poems about animals. Could You share a sneak preview with us? Was there an incident or event that moved You to write these new poems?
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yelled sometimes, you dont know. I yelled at them sometimes and said, Is that what you do? Is that all you can do? Lousy! Silly! Something like that. Cut it! Cut it! Cut it! Cut it off! Change it all! [Master and audience laugh.] [Q: The result is wonderful.] Well, it was hard work, on all of us because we have many other things to do as well. We are not movie stars, producers and directors. We are spiritual practitioners, were supposed to sit with cross-legs, 24 hours, and munching on heavenly nectars, and then we have to save the world at the same time Fly-in News and SOS. And then I have to write a drama and do characters. Oh my God! Really, I dont know of any group like us, [laughter] working so hard [Q: Its truly amazing.] Working so hard, baby. I am proud of you. Im proud of all of you. Q. M. Is there a specific reason why its in Aulacese and not English? What do you think? So that I dont have to look for dictionary, no? [Laughter] [Q: Its true, yes.] I am not born English. As I told you, I wrote mostly in the dark at night with small flashlight. Because I dont want to wake my dogs up. And so if I write it in Aulacese, its more simple for me. [Q: Understand, Master.] See, I trust these Aulacese because they are funny also, and they love this kind of things. And somehow they are more dedicated in this direction. And they love me so much, deeply, so they will do it. The Aulacese sisters here, theyd say that its much more rich than what you can translate into English. So the Aulacese can actually enjoy it way more than anyone else. [M: Thats right.] Its an extra blessing for them. If you are Vietnamese meaning Aulacese and if you are an English, you are missing out some, because the Aulacese language, I can express more easily and theyre more diverse, more rich. Okay, never mind. Good luck for the Aulacese. Good for them. Thank You so much again, and we are soon looking forward to the remaining parts. Yes, me too, even though I know everything already. [Laughter] Its not the same when I watch it privately, and directing and correcting. Its not the same than when I watch it officially on television. It is more fun. Because when Im doing it for editing purpose, I have to concentrate on the details to edit, and to add on this and that, and I miss out a lot I miss out on the fun. [Q: Right. Its time for You to enjoy it now.] And now, when Im sitting on my sofa and watch on television, thats different. I am an audience, I am a viewer, and I enjoy. [Q: And You deserve it very much, Master.] Thank you. I do! I do! [Q: Thank You so very much again.] I thank you. Thank also the team, the group, the Ginger Group. Because of their love that they put into it. They love it, because I wrote it so they love to do it, thats why. If somebody else wrote it, I am not sure if theyd love to do it that much. [Q: Agreed. Its perfect this way. Thank You, Master.] I am glad you guys like it. I am sure the viewers like it as well. I am sure they do. We received a lot of Heartlines about it. Master, thats all the questions we have so far. Thank God. Thank God. Thank God. Wonderful. Master, thank You so much for spending such a precious time with us, and it was truly an amazing discussion. We learnt so much about You and about Your huge sacrifice for all of us. Were so grateful to You for this gift. [M: You are very welcome.] Master, all of us, we pray for and we wish You an abundance of health. We wish You to stay eternally
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beautiful and may we soon celebrate with You a vegan world where all beings remember God. And we have faith that Your pure loving wishes for the Earth and her citizens will come true. Thank You ever so much for Your love and insights. We love You, Master. We love You. M. Thank you. That was beautifully said. The last two expressions were very beautiful. I hope its like that. We wish it becomes like that. Yes, who knows. Thank you also for being with me and trusting me. Yes, well talk again some other time. Its fun to talk with you. I do love you. [Audience: We love You, Master.] I know. I love you, too. Because of the world we live in, there are time and space, thats the problem. But I always love you and I always am very, very proud of you. [MC: We feel Your love, Master. Thank You so much.] Right. God bless now, and my love to all of you. All my love. All my love. All my love. [MC: Thank You. We love You, Master.] Bye. Bye. All my love.
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Q. M. Q. M. Q. M. Q. Hallo, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Its so good to speak to You again. Good to see You again. Yes, thats what I wanted to say. Youre too fast! [Master laughs.] I was saying, Wow, Louise. What a nice thing. How are You? Oh, Im alive today. [Master laughs.] Alive and good today. Well, You look beautiful today. Yes, I feel beautiful. Supreme Master, You have written many, many books about animals, including The Dogs in My Life and The Birds in My Life, which is an international bestseller. From Your books, its very clear about Your remarkable relationship that You have with Your animals. Can You tell us what inspired You to write a book about dogs, and what ways we can best interact with our animal companions to make sure that their lives are as happy, enjoyable, and satisfying as possible? My dogs themselves were the inspiration. I was talking to them, I said, Okay, we have to do something for the animals, for other dogs, and they okayed right away. They gave me permission and encouragement and inspiration to write that little book. I wish I could write more books about dogs because its an endless treasure, its endless pleasure; and the love and the joy that the dogs bring to my life is really indescribable. And it never ends; they always have something new to surprise me and to make me happy. That really comes across in the books. I love those books, absolutely love them. The pictures of You and Your dogs and the different scenarios are fantastic.
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Because you love dogs also, because you had a similar situation so you can identify and love it. Well, thats why were doing the Irish Dog Journal now. Its to encourage peoples relationship with their dogs, whether they work with them, whether theyre pampered pooches, or just general activities, to get out and about with their dogs, to just sort of encourage that relationship between man and dog in any way possible. We can never talk enough about dogs. You can write many books. If we want to make them happy, its very simple. Very simple. Just love them and enjoy their love. My dogs are very happy to be the co-writers of the books that they think will bring some happiness and smiles to humans through some of their little funny and heartrending stories, and they hope to help people understand a little more about dogs and other animals through this book. So the key to good interactions or relationships with our animal companions is the same as with our human relationships. Its all about love, isnt it, Louise? [Q: It sure is.] Love. [Q: Definitely.] Yes, love and respect I think that really comes across in Your books because when I see parts of the books, I know some of the dogs came from animal shelters and Ive been to many, many animal shelters, and as You said, the stories are theyre sore; they really are painful to watch. But to see those dogs so alive across the pages, just shows the difference of the healing thats taken place. Because as You said: The love, good care and the love. But Master, is there any scientific evidence to prove that the vegan diet is better for animals our animal friends, and why would You recommend a vegan diet over a vegetarian diet? Yes, because the vegan diet is better for your animal friend. And even for us humans also. There is both scientific evidence and abundant personal accounts that all speak to the goodness of the vegan diet for our animal companions. Benefits include increased vitality, longevity, reduced incidence of disease, healthier appearance such as shining eyes and shining coat. In fact, the vegan diet is becoming known now, more and more as an effective treatment to relieve the suffering of, like, skin allergies experienced by dogs. One of the British vets, Dr. Andrew Knight, has also found that canine diseases such as arthritis and diabetes improve with vegan diets for dogs. And some of the longest living dogs on record have been vegan. Proved it! Including a 27-year-old Labrador from the United Kingdom. [Q: How old?] 27, madam. 27? Well, thats the oldest dog Ive ever heard of. But I spoke to You before, Supreme Master, about my own dog. Remember I told You she had cancer, and she, at the time, was given weeks to live. And it was only through I wasnt vegetarian at the time and neither was she, and by research, the research that I did was unbelievable and I just took her off all meat completely, and used herbs, used various other supplements and she lasted for another year, year and a half longer. But it wasnt just her length of life, it was her quality of life in that time was just unbelievable. She got cancer three times, [M: Oh my God.] and they said there was absolutely no way, but she did. And to me that proved it, just as I said, taking her off the meat. [M: Yes, I remember.] And even though she was a dog that was on a meat diet her whole life prior to me changing it, [M: Yes, just a short time she changed.] she didnt look for it. She genuinely didnt look for it. I just used other things like garlic and other herbs and things to sort of make her food tasty and she loved it. So that really proved it. Yes, and besides dogs, other animal companions that also thrive on the vegan diet include birds, rabbits, pigs, hamsters, and guinea pigs. Even cats can be vegan, with
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the most famous example being the female lion named Little Tyke who refused meat since birth. As an adult, she had many animal friends including the baby sheep Becky. So this was a lion who literally did lie down peacefully with the lamb. In contrast to the vitality provided by a wholesome vegan diet, the meat-based formulas for animal companions contain high levels of contaminants. The meat has often already or from diseased and disabled animals, as well as body parts such as baby birds beaks and feathers. To make sure the meat is not illegally sold for human consumption, it is treated with highly toxic chemicals. It can be then legally sold to dog and cat food manufacturers, with these poisonous substances to be ingested by our animal companions. Not only that, even animals killed from shelters are made into so-called food, with the lethal drug that was used to end their lives still present in the meat. Is it any wonder that cancers and other diseases have been on the rise in our precious animal friends? It turns out that, these days, dogs are even more likely to fall ill with cancer than humans! Specifically, they have twice the incidence of leukemia, eight times higher rates of bone cancer, and are 35 times more likely to get skin cancer. One veterinarian, Dr. Armaiti May, of California, United States, reports that this rise in diseases has led more people to seek alternative diets for their animal companions. Surely anyone who has come to know the love and blessing of a cherished coinhabitant animal friend would do anything to preserve their lives. Louise, you had such an experience, you know, right? When your beloved animal companion was so ill with cancer, you decided to switch her diet to meat-free, you were able to enjoy her company much longer than what the doctors had predicted. It seems that veganism in dogs, and organic vegan even better, is very effective in preventing cancer. A study conducted in the United States and Canada found that dog health is directly related to the length of time being vegan. In fact, all the lifelong vegan dogs in the study were in good health, and those who had been vegan for more than five years were also entirely cancer-free. And I also have nine dogs, normally ten, one passed away sadly. But hes in heaven and happy. So now, I have nine dogs still that I feed a complete vegan diet to, who are all healthy and happy. So why should we choose a vegan diet over a vegetarian diet for our animal companions? The reason is very simple, Louise. We give our loved ones the best, no less than what we would give ourselves. Thus, we recommend organic vegan for our animal companions because we already know it is the most healthy and compassionate way to live. In fact, dairy and eggs are produced with the same cruel killing practices used in the meat industry, with babies taken from mother cows and tiny innocent baby chicks ground alive. My God! By the millions. Isnt that horrible? [Master is crying.] Every time I talk about it, I just I just cant bear it. Both sets of babies are then processed to be eaten, one as veal and the other as pet food. Imagine! So you see, Louise, there is massive killing in all aspects of the meat and dairy, egg industries. We are only free of this heartless cycle when we step out altogether and turn to the organic vegan diet for our animal friends. And these days there are many vegan foods available, such as Lively Doggie, a 100% vegan dog food that can be found online at www.TheCelestialShop.com. Other vegan animal foods can also be found online at www.VeggiePets.com. So, please, join in to be part of the Be Veg solution for your beloved animals and for the world. Thank all of you for doing that. Q. Supreme Master, can I ask, is the vegetarian or the vegan diet beneficial for humans also?
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see it, yes? So the renowned Irish playwright and Nobel Laureate George Bernard Shaw had said, I do not want to make my stomach a graveyard of dead animals. You see, the ones who are aware, they dont touch meat. Just like when we are aware, we switch completely. When people understand the gruesome truth behind animal farming and the innocence of all the animals who sacrifice their lives, it is easy to see that eating the dead flesh of another being is not only unnecessary, it leaves us with a trail of bloody footprints. Dairy is included together with meat because the cruelty and torture is the same, and the ending result is a horrible death for the poor animals. After just a couple of years of non-stop pregnancy and milking, dairy cows are killed for meat as well. Their babies are sold also, and killed for veal. So there is no mercy in the dairy industry either. Here are some facts about animal products. If you allow me, I will report to your readers: 1. Animal products are less healthy. Plant-based foods offer the same level of vital minerals like calcium and, in many cases, are nutritionally superior to their meatand dairy-based counterparts. In fact, animal protein can remove nutrients such as calcium during digestion thats what we have not been told. We have been told the opposite, which is not the case in vegan diets. Eating meat is a sure way to shorten our life. Studies have found that meat consumption literally removes years from ones life. Along the way are innumerable chronic conditions and diseases, like heart attacks, high blood pressure, stroke, cancer, to name a few. Vegans, on the other hand, have been known to live virtually disease-free, and much longer. Animal products originate from filthy environments. Slaughterhouses are filled with blood, feces, and urine. There is nothing clean about the massacre of thousands and thousands of livestock a day. The animals in their terror often defecate as they die. This is how bacteria can also easily be spread because it can stay on their flesh when they are processed as meat. Thats why we have diseases when we eat meat. Meat and dairy are the source of nearly all food-borne diseases. Some of the most widespread bacteria that originate from meat and dairy are Salmonella and E.coli. Many people dont realize this. These cause intestinal distress and can result in kidney failure. More rare, but always deadly, is mad cow disease. And a recent study found that handling the raw meat before cooking can leave bacteria on work surface, even after cleaning. This is very dangerous for us, as it only takes a few cells of E.coli to cause severe illness or even death. Eating meat is the biggest cruelty one can ever commit, even to ourselves. Im sorry to say it this way, but it is the truth. Even if we dont kill the animals ourselves, we are still responsible for their deaths. Because, if nobody wants meat, then the animals get to live, the large-scale, unnatural breeding practices to make them multiply will stop, and the slaughterhouses will also close down.
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and grains, soy, that are fed to the animals. This is even more staggering than when we consider the epic pollution levels inflicted by animal production on our water resources, such as Irelands own rivers, lakes, and groundwater. Your countrys Environmental Protection Agency reported that one of the top contributors to water pollution is agricultural run-off, which is the discharge of nitrogen and phosphorus. A huge portion of nitrates, for example, comes from animal manure. In fact, the Agency further expressed concern because of the presence of the highly deadly E.coli bacteria in the groundwater, due to agricultural run-off. E.coli is always originally from an animal source, and its found in livestock fecal material, which can also be distributed through waterways to contaminate plant-based food even. The large scale of this health risk can be seen if we consider the fact that livestock produces 130 times more waste than humans. So as pigs produce three times as much excrement as humans do, the 1.8 million pigs in your country, Ireland, generate more waste than the whole countrys entire population of 4.2 million! This is not to mention the 21 times of human waste that each cow produces, and the huge amount from poultry that over 70 million birds produce. As the land cannot absorb it all, much of the excess runs into our rivers and soil. We are talking about a horrific amount of toxic material that poses an appalling set of problems, including poisonous gases like hydrogen sulfide, and ammonia, residues of pesticides, hormones, antibiotics, and bacteria like E.coli that could, and do, cause food poisoning and also death. Cities worldwide, including Dublin Dublin, in your country are already struggling with water shortages. Even in your country, in Dublin. [Q: Yes.] But all the while, livestock production is hazardously wasting and polluting any remaining water supply. If we really want to conserve our clean, safe water for ourselves and our children, we must stop livestock production and adopt the plant-based diet. Thank you, Louise. [Q: Youre welcome.] You know all this, you just ask for the audience, I guess, for your readers. A very sad fact in Ireland. Q. Supreme Master, another question I wanted to ask is: Is it true that there are links between industrial farming of animals and global warming? And, what are the actual effects of climate change? Yes, absolutely, Louise. The link from the livestock industry to global warming has been clearly established. In fact, earlier this year the Irish government even considered creating a cow tax in order to meet the European Unions new strict climate goals. Irelands Environmental Protection Agency has stated in a report that the agricultural sector is the largest producer of greenhouse gases in the country. With livestock production accounting for 93% of Irelands agriculture sector, Louise livestock production in your country accounting for 93% of Irelands agriculture sector it is crucial that the animal raising sector is addressed to stop global warming. The worlds scientists fear that if we pass certain tipping points, the next stages of climate change would not only be fast but irreversible and catastrophic, Louise. So there are already signs of this dangerous time approaching, through observations of lakes and elsewhere bubbling with methane gas that used to be stored safely below a frozen layer of the Earth. No one knows when the day might be that enormous amounts are uncontrollably released, causing a sudden spike in temperature that could then catalyse runaway warming. That would be catastrophic for us, Louise. Other devastating effects of climate change have already been occurring: The heatreflecting Arctic ice is on its way to completely vanishing in a very near summer; rising sea levels and dozens of submerged or threatened islands; oceanic regions that are
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lifeless with dead zones are becoming too acidic to be livable due to excessive levels of CO2; more frequent deadly wildfire; entire wildlife species going extinct 100 times faster than normal; more intense and destructive storms; disease-carrying mosquitoes spread by warming regions; disappearance of the worlds glaciers; drying or disappeared lakes and rivers by the tens of thousands and the spreading of deserts. And as a consequence of these environmental impacts, two billion people are facing water shortages, and 20 million people are in a desperate state like refugees except with no official protection. Very sad things. All these situations are getting worse and worse and wont stop until we really change the way we live our life. So whats to be done? The solution is quite easy: SIMPLY STOP EATING MEAT. Simply stop eating meat that is the best solution. This is imperative now because of the perilous state of our planet and our limited time. Stopping meat production will lower greenhouse gas emissions in the fastest possible way and halt the unspeakable environmental damages, ranging from climate change to land and water misuse, pollution, loss of wildlife and threats to human health. Each new scientific study finds that livestock production, this killing of animals for meat, bears increasingly more responsibility for the climate change crisis of our planet. In fact, the most recent calculations have concluded that livestock emits at least 51% of the greenhouse gases responsible for global warming. And soon after this new report, researchers from NASA just announced that methane, the potent, greenhouse gas whose largest human-created source is the livestock industry, traps 100 times more heat than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period. This is an astonishing increased update from the previous number of 72 times. Until now most studies used the fact that methane is 23 times more heat trapping than CO2, over 100 years, which gives a less accurate picture about methane in its actual life span. Therefore, the powerful methane is actually a greater cause of the warming than previously estimated. The good news is that methane dissipates from the atmosphere in approximately 12 years, whereas it takes carbon dioxide thousands of years to disappear. So if we want to make a rapid, effective difference now, we must stop the methane generation at its largest, original source: That is, the livestock industry. The livestock industry is also the top source of another, major greenhouse gas nitrous oxide. 65% of all human-made nitrous oxide is found in the manure and fertilizer for feed crops, which traps a hugely damaging 289 times more heat over a 20-year period. Next, the livestock sector is the single largest human use of land, and the top driving force behind rainforest destruction. In the Amazon alone, over 90% of the deforested land since 1970 was for livestock. Trees are vital to help absorb greenhouse gases, but trees, when they are burned, also release, rather than absorb, greenhouse gases, thus making the problem worse. Forest burning for making pasture is also a major source of black carbon, which is soot, particles capable of trapping 2,000 times more heat than CO2. Oh, God! Believe this? The super hot particles end up on the worlds ice caps and accelerate their melting. The livestock industry causes a large part of the worlds soil erosion. It is a leading driver of desertification, biodiversity loss, and water waste, and water pollution despite water becoming scarcer each day due to global warming. Moreover, livestock sector inefficiently drains our fossil fuel and food grain resources. In short, we throw away 12 times more grain, at least 10 times more water, and 8 times more fossil fuel energy to produce a portion of beef compared to a nutritionally similar or even greater amount of vegan food. By the way, fishing is also horrendously wasteful and murderous. A major study predicts that all fished animals will be 90% gone by 2050 due to overfishing and over-wasting by
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catch. It means those fish and other marine lives that they dont need, but while catching other fish, they kill them as well, by the billions. Moreover, it is such an alarming picture when we think about the billions of animals killed each year for socalled food. 55 billion, which is not even counting fish and other species! That is eight times more innocent beings murdered each year than there are people on the Earth. How can our planet and our conscience support such unsustainable, damaging, and criminal practice? And all for a piece of dead flesh every day, which we now know isnt even healthy and, in fact, kills us. I pray that our worlds leaders will take swift actions to ban the destructive meat production and, instead, use subsidies for organic vegan farming which helps absorbs emissions. Then, we can have an immediate effect on climate change and have more time to develop and perfect our green technology to address CO2. I call upon the media to help as well, and thank you and the Irish Dog Journal for their part. And most important, individuals must turn to the planet-saving, organic vegan lifestyle, because the dangers are mounting and time is urgent. If every one of us would only switch now, we would ensure a future for our children and generations to come. I hope I have made it clear, but if you would like more details, please visit our website at www.SupremeMasterTV.com/SOS. Q. Supreme Master, here in Ireland, we are very concerned about our beautiful world and sincerely strive to do our bit to conserve it, and indeed to preserve the planet. What do You feel are the best ways that we can go about doing this, on an individual basis? Its like everywhere, Louise. But first of all, I commend Ireland for her leadership in improving our world, as the first country in Europe to implement a smoking ban in workplaces, and the Irish government is working hard to promote organic farming. Bravo. A lot of work must be done still to have a beautiful and healthy planet. We have to stop the planetary climate change, stop depleting our water supplies, stop deforestation, desertification, ocean pollution, river pollution, species extinction, et cetera, et cetera. But all these can be accomplished to a vast degree and very quickly by individuals changing to an organic vegan diet. And the leading voices in global warming, like former United States Vice President and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Mr. Al Gore and United Kingdom climate expert and economist Lord Nicholas Stern have also made statements that being vegetarian for the environment is important. As an individual, by choosing the organic vegan diet, we will save 1.5 tons of carbon emissions per year, which is more than the savings from driving a hybrid car for the whole year; we will save five to ten times the amount grains, and by not eating just one pound of beef, we save more water than by not showering daily for six months to a whole year! Imagine! Yes. So, as a whole, we can shift our food system to organic not to an organic animal system. My God, they use organic for everything. We have to switch to organic vegan diet because the organic animal system could even cause more emissions than the conventional way. For example, the Rodale Institute has found that 40% of the CO2 in the air can be absorbed if all the tillable land on the planet were organic vegan. So, in fact, one study calculated that the organic vegan diet saves 94%, Louise, of the greenhouse gas emissions per person per year! Thats all we have to do, switch to organic vegan, 94% is saved per person and the little 6% nature can eat it up in no time, because nature is also made to protect us. But we just overload nature. Moreover, if all the people in the world are veg, it would preserve the lives of over a billion fellow human beings suffering hunger. There would be no more climate refugees, Louise. The Earth would heal itself and there would be more than enough for all the children to grow in health and safety. I am sure that this day will come, Louise, very soon, as humankind
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joins hands to make it happen, just like we do now. Please have hope, Louise, and pray. Q. M. I do. Supreme Master, what about swine flu? Do You think that there are links to our dietary choices? You mean all the pandemics and stuff? [Q: The pandemic, yes.] Yes, there is, Louise. We know from scientific data that the swine flu for example, or the H1N1 virus, was originally transferred from pigs to humans. And according to the World Health Organization, viruses like the swine flu and even the deadly avian flu are transmitted most readily in environments where people have close contact with infected animals. This includes factory farm and slaughterhouse workers, as well as people preparing contaminated meat. The earliest cases of the current pandemic have been traced to a small town in Mexico near a factory farm for pigs that slaughters up to one million animals each year. Since the initial discovery, the virus has not only tragically spread among humans worldwide, it has also been detected in other pig herds as well as birds in Chile, and United States officials reported the finding of swine flu in a cat even. In a cat! So the danger of these mutations going back and forth between animals and humans is that they can change to become more deadly. Avian or bird flu is another virus that has spread to humans from contact with poultry. This virus is fatal more than 50% of the time. So lets say if 100 people caught it, more than 50 people would die. If the avian flu virus combines with the swine flu, can you imagine the lethal result? Such a fatal pandemic did sweep across the world in 1918, as you know, which killed 100 million people. And in July of this year, the World Health Organization warned that the current pandemic is now so widespread, it is unstoppable. Worldwide, the official tally of death is as many as 12,700. In fact, it is reported that the number is much higher and still climbing daily. The conditions for transmitting such diseases as bird or swine flu are so appalling it is difficult to describe. In countless livestock situations, the animals are kept so confined that they can barely move, much less sleep. Moreover, they are typically forced to stand in their own filth. Such highly stressful and filthy environments often lead to illnesses. So it is really no surprise that such viruses and bacteria arise and are present in the animals sent to be murdered so their flesh can go onto the humans tables. And this is not all, Louise. Not just swine flu, but nearly every infectious disease that affects us today originates from animals being consumed by humans for meat. Even the illness commonly known as chickenpox chickenpox even first came from milking cows, believe it or not. Yes? [Q: I didnt know that.] Yes, nobody knew. Me neither. The more research we do, the more terrifying surprises we get. So when we say livestock or meat, it means all animal products: Cows, pigs, chickens, fish, milk, eggs, cheese, et cetera. Lets look at just a few of the livestock-related illnesses besides swine flu that affect humans: 1. Avian flu: Currently, Southeast Asia and some Middle Eastern countries, like Egypt, have had the biggest occurrences of bird flu, which almost always infects livestock workers or people who have eaten the meat of diseased birds. This virus has cost millions of birds lives as well, which are killed in an attempt to contain outbreaks. And because of its genetic structure, avian flu can be transmitted from different animals, with at least 10 mutations that have been seen so far. Most recently, this virus has been noted to pass from horses to dogs. It never ends, Louise. A widespread danger to humans thus still exists. Can you imagine if you are with dogs and the dogs get it, then you get it?
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Human mad cow disease: Mad cow disease originally spread when the meat of diseased cows was fed to cattle because it was cheaper than feeding them soy. So the illness is transmitted to humans who consume the diseased cows meat, with the saddest thing being that its always fatal. Anyone whos caught this mad cow disease, there will be no chance to live. MRSA: Multi-Drug Resistant Streptococus Aureus, or MRSA, is a dangerous bacterial infection that does not respond to antibiotic treatment. Its also called a superbug. Superbugs infect humans because of the excessive antibiotics given to livestock animals to artificially stimulate their growth. It is estimated that at least 70% of the antibiotics in the United States go to livestock. Can you believe this, Louise? 70% of all the antibiotics go to the livestock! What are we eating? Were eating antibiotics, and you know how harmful it is to our health. [Q: Its quite shocking, isnt it?] Yes, it is. Well, the more we do research the more Im also appalled at what humans do to themselves, not to talk about being cruel to the animals. We are being cruel to ourselves by just eating meat. Were just eating all kinds of harmful substances, poisonous stuff, and pay for it pay for suffering, pay for poison. And in just one instance of this disease, 5,000 people in the United States became seriously ill after eating chicken contaminated with antibiotic-resident Campylobacter. They were sickened by the same medicine that was given to the poultry to supposedly keep them well. You see that? Ironic? It is estimated that there are more deaths per year in the United States from MRSA than from AIDS. Everybody cries foul about AIDS, but its not a bigger killer than MRSA, which comes from animal consumption.
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Food-borne bacterial infections, commonly known as food poisoning. Some of the most prevalent are E.coli, Salmonella, and Campylobacter. All of these bacteria originate from animal waste that contaminates the meat, and in their most severe form, can result in death. A report from Irelands Food Safety Authority in 2002 even stated that livestock are the most important reservoir for most E.coli O157:H7, with both dairy and beef cattle being the principal source. It went on to note that the contamination came from the transfer of fecal material into milk, Louise, milk! And then onto vegetables, or onto the slaughtered animals themselves.
A previous report also noted that there had been a sharp increase in the disease and reminded that outbreaks in other parts of the world should be a word of warning to the Irish public as well. So we can see that your own government very intelligently and consistently has cautioned of the meat- and dairy-related risks of disease. And this is the connection to the dietary choice that was originally asked in your question. If we did not kill animals for meat, there would be no breeding ground for such fatal diseases. So we can see this as an opportunity to extend our love to our fellow humankind and all animals. Why limit our care just to dogs and cats? We should call for these meatproducing operations to be shut down immediately. [Q: The chain has to break.] Yes. If we spare the animals, we can spare our animal companions and our family members as well. All it takes is a different choice of what to put on our plate. So please, everyone, again: Forego the disease-ridden animal products and join instead in adopting the lifesaving, healthy, compassionate, life-giving vegan diet. Everyone will be much healthier and happier for it, and the animals will rejoice with you and bless you.
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Well, well move onto something a little bit different. Many of us have animal companions and are aware that animals have their own individual personalities and ways of thinking, just as humans do. [M: Right.] Supreme Master, could You please tell us more the level of sentience and intelligence of animals? Yes. Sure, Louise. Many of us already know and have been amazed by the intelligence of our animal companion dogs and cats. What may surprise us, however, is that the very animals people eat are just as smart, or in some cases, even smarter. Same with their sentience, or their emotions. They are, in fact, as emotional and feeling as humans are, sometimes even more so. They have personalities, as documented in fish and chickens even. Cows are compared to dogs in intelligence. Two signs of cows advanced mental abilities are their understanding of cause-and-effect relationships and their capacity to benefit from social learning. For example, if just one cow in a herd is shocked by an electrical fence, the entire herd will learn and know how to avoid that fence automatically. We heard about the pigs who know their names, play video games, and adjust the air conditioner on and off to be comfortable. We heard about the chickens that solve math problems, or the sheep who can recognize photos of the faces of 50 fellow sheep. I couldnt. [Master and Ms. Louise Kings laugh.] I dont think I could recognize the face of 50 fellow sheep or 50 fellow people, by their photos for a long, long time, Louise. And there are hundreds of studies about the intelligence of fish. They can use tools and have a memory over a time of, at least, many months. The intuitive or telepathic ability of animals is also often highly developed, more than many of us. [Q: Yes, I think some of the animals are actually clairsentient, where they pick up on our emotions. I know since I was a kid, all different animals, not just cats or dogs, if I was upset, or if I was whatever, Id turn around and thered be some animal there, and it was like they knew. They were there to cheer you up or there to get you to focus on something else.] Right, right. [Q: I totally agree.] They do that. [Q: Yes.] Yes, they do that. But animals are more than just wonderfully intelligent, Louise. They are selfless, loving, and devoted friends, as well as parents and spouses. So if a goose is sick, for example, or shot down from a V-formation, several others will drop down and stay behind to tend to him. Weve heard that elephants mourn the loss of their loved ones, but so do cows and pigs. There are countless touching stories of how these animals lay down their own lives to rescue others, even those of other species, including humans. For example, a Philippine man whose boat was overturned at sea, was helped by about 30 dolphins who came to his aid, helping him through rough waters to the shore, while two 10-meter-long whales guarded him on either side. In another story, Lulu the potbellied pig, saw her caregivers mother having a heart attack, and immediately ran out and lay in the middle of the busy street, until finally she could get someones attention to follow her to the house and provide help for caregivers mother. Imagine that? Who teaches her that? No one can. So regarding their sentience, there are many touching and incredible stories, Im sure you know many of them. We have heard of reports about cows who bravely escaped from slaughter and ran away. These incidents of individual cows make headlines in the news, and people are touched and cheer for them when they are brought to a sanctuary to live the rest of their lives. In another story, a mother sheep was about to be killed at a restaurant in China. She was with her son, a small lamb, and she was licking the tears from his face because he knew she was going to be killed. The waiter picked up the lamb and was shocked to find that he had been hiding the butchers knife underneath himself to save his mothers life, hoping [Master is choking with emotions.] I cry all the
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time, Louise, over this kind of story, I can cry forever when thinking of these beautiful animals. [Master is crying.] I dont know how we can eat them. I dont know how anybody can kill such beautiful, loving beings. When the restaurant owner heard what happened, he was so moved that he spared the life of mother and child and quit his business. We dont even have to be telepathic to know how intelligent, sentient and living our animal friends are. We just need to take time to find out a little more about them, or interact with these beautiful souls for even a short while and then we would be even more humble and respectful, because frankly, many of them, including the cows, sheep, pigs, dolphins, and chickens mentioned above, have even more developed noble and loving qualities than many of us humans. Q. M. Well, that is amazing to hear, Supreme Master. In that case, are there other animals who, like our beloved dogs, make good companions for ourselves and for families? Sure, sure, Louise. There are many good companions for people. For example, many people also love having pigs, goats, sheep, and even geese or chickens as family members. Pigs are highly intelligent, affectionate, and playful. They love being close to humans, learn to do many things, and are very clean. One famous pig companion was Max, a 300-pound potbellied pig who lived with the Hollywood actor George Clooney. Birds are very intelligent and sensitive, and extremely loyal. Singing and dancing, they can make you laugh and smile to no end. Some people adopt horses, guinea pigs, fish, and even so-called farm animals like cows, turkeys, and chickens as well. People who have companion chickens say that each one is full of unique personality. They are friendly, faithful, and with love and tenderness, can learn to do many things. Families who keep a cow or ox cherish them as family members. There is an ox in China who even saved the life of his familys young daughter. He stopped her from falling into a well by pushing himself almost into the well. No matter what species, even those that people tend to look down upon as just food animals, if you give them love and respect, they will love and protect and help you in so many ways, both visibly, and invisibly. But first, before adopting, we should research everything about the animal species or breed we are interested in. We make sure we can care for them properly so that both the animal companion and you would be happy. Because different animals have different energy levels, maintenance levels, or special diets to be healthy. Also, some are more social than others, while others need quieter homes, or more undivided attention from their caregivers. We should find the animal type that may be suitable for your lifestyle or home environment. So please, do consider all these physical and emotional commitments. It is very important to be prepared to be their companions, as well, for their entire lifetime, because they do see you as their trusted family member. You will have from them unconditional love, as well as support, comfort, inspiration, and much, much more. Have fun and happiness with your animal companions, whichever species that comes your way or whichever you choose to be your loving, extended family member. Q. M. Supreme Master Television has featured many animal communicators. Can You tell us more about who the communicators are and what they do? I will tell you, of course. We introduce all these animal communicators we call them animal psychic communicators, or telepathic communicators, because they are able to communicate in silence through an inner connection with our animal co-inhabitants. Many of them offer their gift to help other people better understand their animal companions. So if you could not discover why your animal companion is behaving in
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some unusual way or seems unwell, for example, then an animal telepathic communicator could find out if it is due to their diet or an environmental problem or an injury, or sometimes some emotional setback. Sometimes the animals take on the sickness or stress to direct it away from their human companions. Animal telepathic communicators often dont need to be in the physical presence of the animal. Isnt that amazing? But its natural, actually. We all have it, just we dont have time to remember. These communicators can speak through long distance, so some of them are also able to help people locate and find their companions who get lost even. Apart from these very beneficial, practical services, the communicators may be able to tell you about your animal friends feelings towards you and their deep unconditional love or loyalty to you, as well as what their mission is in life. In many cases, the animals came to help their caregiver develop spiritually in his or her life. Many animals, both in the wild and domesticated, are very psychic and know everything about you about your past life, your present and future life but they never judge you. These noble beings only want humans to remember our own love, dignity, and divinity. And the communicators help us to see what a real blessing the animals provide in our lives; and not just the domestic animals but all of them. If you want to try and contact these professionals, you can go to www.SupremeMasterTV.com/Constructive-Scrolls for a free list of worldwide animal communicators. Anyone can also watch past interviews with some of these good communicators on the Animal World: Our Co-Inhabitants program at same: www.SupremeMasterTV/com/AW. Because we dont have time to tell it all here, but people can download them free of charge. Thank you, Louise. Q. Youre welcome. I think its safe to say that all animal lovers would like to better communicate with their animal friends. Is it possible for us also to learn to communicate better with our animals? Yes, Louise, it is very possible to develop or regain this ability. Its just that, due to our busy minds and hectic lifestyles, most of us have lost this inherent gift of communication. We could communicate with each other also, telepathically even. But we can re-learn it with practice and, of course, a cruelty-free diet meaning no animal products does help tremendously. To communicate telepathically with animals, we use the universal language of love, again, yes? Anyone can try at nighttime to quiet their mind so that the atmosphere has a gentle and tranquil vibration, and then gently pet their animal companions while sending loving thoughts. Gradually, they might sense a heightened intuition within themselves that can perceive their feelings. And they can also try asking them, the animals, questions inside, and eventually, they will be able to hear the companions answers clearly. Their inner voices might tell of the most beautiful secrets of the universe. Also, we can try forming a picture in our mind, visualizing what you are thinking. Then, your companion will understand more easily and immediately. Once we are able to communicate with the animal friends, they could open doors for us to communicate with other animals as well and open doors to many other wonders, knowledge, of the universe. Some animal telepathic communicators can also help; they even offer instructional classes. In one of the Supreme Master Televisions program, a lady sought the assistance of an animal communicator, and after that she was able to activate her own telepathic ability and communicate with her own rabbit. It does take some patience, quietude, time and practice, but the main instrument, of course, is love, Louise. Love is everything. Whether we can communicate telepathically or not, the inner world of animals is one of heart-to-heart understanding. Animals do not feel the need to talk a lot, yet they understand so much more. So it is always good to offer our true friendship
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and enjoy their presence. Then, we will certainly feel a wonderful, inner connection with our beloved animals, naturally. Q. M. What role do animals play on the planet? And can You tell us about the Noble Qualities of dogs and other animals? Sure. The animals come to this planet with a special role. Many of them are able to bring down the divine power from heaven, or love, just through their presence because they are very connected with the Divine at all times. Some, like horses and rabbits, can protect their human caregivers from negative influences, or boost them with good health, good luck, even material fortune, joy, or spiritual upliftment. They watch out for us quietly and humbly send blessings our way. Some of them are from higher levels of consciousness; they only came down in animal form to help humankind or other beings on Earth. Of course, animals also have very noble, vital roles in the physical realm. In the oceans, fish play an important role in quickly recycling nutrients in the ecosystem, which helps to sustain all the marine life. Some animals, like zebras, monkeys, and wild parrots, help to disperse the seeds, while bees and other insects help to pollinate crops and other plants, and others maintain the health of the forests and oceans. Animals directly help humans as well. We notice that dogs are extremely altruistic and courageous. They are the heroic rescuers who dive into rubble to free the victims, keep an injured person warm and alive in the snow until help arrives, or patiently serve the blind. They also provide comfort to prison inmates even, as well as happiness and therapeutic effects for the elderly and hospital patients. These are all well-known facts. Similarly, in the wild, we can gauge the Noble Qualities of other animals, such as geese, the squirrels, the ducks, et cetera, even, also by observing how they treat their own kind and others with dignity and respect for life. Actually, some experienced animal telepathic communicators have given us messages from the animals. For example, the seals have conveyed that it is important for them to be allowed to stay on Earth not for themselves, but so they can continue doing their job, which is to keep the Earth in balance with love. You see, the seals and the whales emanate an incredible, great power of divine love, an unconditional love that could be likened to that between a mother and her child. They anchor and distribute this wave of love across our planet. Because of humankinds lack of love and kindness, animals like seals and whales have been born to help fill in this missing void. And it is this love that is sustaining our planet and keeping it from destruction up to now. So we should never ever hurt and kill these noble, gracious helpers of humankind and the planet. We also were informed, Louise, about the message from the livestock animals who are so miserably trapped in the factory farms. Well, there was no clear message, but more of a feeling of constant terror and panic and oppression, because such dreadful conditions are enough to make them forget their original mission in coming to Earth. It would be enough to make us forget anything as well, if we were in their place. Its very sad how humans deny not only their life and every natural instinct, but also their beneficial purpose of existence. It is we who lose terribly by seeing these great creatures as mere objects and flesh to be eaten. Through meditation I have discovered that the Noble Quality or NQ of different species can be measured as a percentage to show how they embody the qualities of compassion and selflessness. Dogs and pigs, for example, each have an impressive NQ of 30%. Cows have an NQ of 40%. In contrast, animals with more violent or flesheating tendencies have lower NQs. Lions, for example, have an NQ of 3% and tigers, 4%. And as for humans, while some of us have you know, general break down
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some of us have NQs of 10%, many of us have just a 3% Noble Quality. Humans can learn from these examples of Noble Quality in our co-inhabitants. We can develop our own NQ at any time, basically by never harming any living beings, always doing good to others in any situation, and by keeping the loving veg diet. With these simple steps, we can even help elevate the people and animals we come in contact with just as the noble animals assist in uplifting us and our world. That is the privilege of being human. See, we can change. We can be greater. Animals, although they have great NQ, Noble Quality, they often stay that way. For example, if they have 30% NQ, they often stay that way. But we, even if we have like 3%, 4% NQ, we have a chance and opportunities to develop way past that of animals even. Q. For those among us who wish to welcome an animal companion into our lives, or who are seeking to adopt a further companion, what advice would You give? And also, is it better to adopt an animal friend from a rescue center or sanctuary, or from a breeder? Yes, Louise. As many experts have recommended, adoption from an animal shelter is the most humane and loving option for bringing an animal into our life. According to the Humane Society of the United States, four million cats and dogs, or approximately one animal every eight seconds, are killed annually in shelters in the United States alone. It is a terrible fate for these innocent, beautiful animals, many of whom were once beloved home companions. See, usually the previous caregivers obtained their companions when they were not fully ready to commit the time and energy, either physically or mentally. So, in order not to make the same mistake, anyone considering to adopt a new family member should first be prepared to provide for their physical as well as emotional needs. Its good to do a lot of research beforehand about the responsibilities involved. Animal rescue websites often help to list out all the things we should consider before adopting a new companion, such as our financial stability, suitable home environment, and consideration for other children or animals in the home. If there is already an animal companion at home, we should first find out whether they can be compatible living together. Once we adopt the new member, we should show our love for them equally through our words and actions. Also, we should make sure the animal shelter is a nonkill shelter, to support the non-violent way. Adopting from sanctuary is also possible and good, but the non-kill shelters are the most desperately in need of homes. It is advised not to try to buy a pet from a breeder and especially the pet shop, because the way they get the puppies is just too often terribly inhumane, like the mother and father dogs being treated like machines to bear puppies until they are driven exhausted and insane, get crippled, or die. They and the puppies are miserably kept in tiny, filthy cages indoors or outdoors, exposed to the elements. We mustnt support this practice. Q. Supreme Master, there are many puppy mills and puppy farms in Ireland and its actually something that, as a magazine, we feel its important, that we will be, and are, investigating. [M: Wonderful!] But some of the things that people are coming back to us and saying is that, a farmer who would make, say maybe 100, 150 from a sheep, should make 650 from a puppy. He doesnt have to put it in a field. He only has to feed it, the puppys mother, a very small amount. Basically, its just a financial arrangement. So I can understand where You are coming from because theyre everywhere, puppy mills, puppy farms. [M: Thats right.] And, unfortunately, its the more expensive breeds that are really paying the price bad breeding practices. So its not even the inhumane way that these dogs are being looked after but the breeding practices are beyond ridiculous where they are ruining the particular breed. And the puppies that are coming from these
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There is like, for example, one touching story of an elderly woman who was trapped beneath a collapsed building after the big China earthquake true story, yes. The two dogs who found her not only barked to get the rescue teams attention, but over the eight days she was trapped, they brought her food, Louise, pushing it through the cracks for her to eat. They licked her face and leaned on her to comfort and give her strength and warmth to survive. Can you imagine? Nobody taught them to do that. They dont even know the woman. For these noble heroes, I give them not only the award, but also gifts of love, even financial tip, and delicious veggie foods and treats, and high quality clothes. I see that it makes you cry too. We are both the same. Yes, and beds that I designed for the animals. We also show their stories on Supreme Master Television to remind people that animals are like our guardian angels in physical form. There is an African Grey Parrot in Japan named Yosuke, who got lost, Louise. And because he remembered to say his full name and address at the right occasion, among the many other words he learned, he was able to return to his home. So there is also the Shining World Intelligence Award also for that kind. So cutie! In addition, we have the Shining World Loving Award. The first recipient was Maran Hen, the chicken from the United Kingdom. Would somebody give Louise a tissue, please? [Q: No, Im fine, honestly.] She adopted three abandoned duck eggs, Louise, the chicken hen adopted three abandoned duck eggs that she found, and stayed with them until they hatched. Now they are living happily ever after interspecies family. For this pure example of loving harmony, along with the award, Maran Hen also received a pretty little scarf with the word Hero on it, and lots of tasty, nutritious grains for her and her adopted family to enjoy. All these awards are to show us that animals are love in action. So we should not kill them or eat them, but we should respect them more and even emulate their selflessness and loving kindness. Thank you, Louise, for crying with me. [Master and Ms. Louise Kings laugh.] Q. We laugh now. One last question now, Supreme Master: His Holiness Pope John Paul II declared in 1990 that animals possess a soul and also said that we must love and feel solidarity with our smaller brethren. Do all animals possess a soul and how important is it for our spiritual development to have love and respect for animals? Not only the animals but insects even have souls. Plants have souls. Trees have souls. They could speak to me and to you the trees, the plants the mountains the flowers. First of all, I respectfully thank His Holiness the Pope for his true caring statement. He must have been a very, very enlightened Pope to know this. His caring statement about our animal brothers and sisters, Im very grateful for that. They are really just like us, only appearing in different physical forms to color our life and beautify our world. Just like there are different shades and shapes of flowers, or different types and sizes of trees, yet all have the same essence. Just like us humans, we are sometimes of different shapes and colors but we have the same essence. The animals are just equipped with finer faculties and other kinds of intelligence than ours; or at least they retain this divine gift which we have forgotten or neglected. So yes, Louise, animals do have souls, like us. Definitely. If we look into their eyes or observe their loving nature, we can see it. His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI also spoke about our animal coinhabitants, and said that animals are given into our care. This reflects the Catholic catechism, which states that: Animals are Gods creatures. Hes surrounds them with Hiers providential care. By their mere existence they bless Hirm and give Hirm glory. Thus men owe them kindness. We should recall the gentleness with which saints, like St. Francis of Assisi or St. Philip Neri, treated animals.
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And another part of the catechism says that: It is contrary to human dignity to cause animals to suffer or die needlessly. So even if we dont believe that animals have souls, its already established and well known that they have feelings, and that they experience love, fear, happiness, and physical pain and suffering exactly like we do. If we consider ourselves higher beings, then we should carry out higher nobler acts protect the weak and the innocent, and not abuse our power by harming our friends, especially since they do us no harm. We should listen to the great wise religious leaders of the past and present, and regard our animal friends as sacred, cherished creations of God. And as a very basic gesture of dignity, respect and kindness, we should be vegan. When we love and respect the animals, we will develop our own spirituality. When we are able to expand this love to all other beings of the universe, including the animals who are our co-inhabitants, we ourselves expand and become greater spiritually. A peaceful relationship with the animals, with no more killing, would attract to us an abundance of divine blessings. And with the whole world extending such compassion to animals and attracting such immense blessings from the animals, our planets atmosphere, of course, would stabilize and even change to a more heavenly-like, permeated with feelings of peace and love. Amen, Louise. [Q: Amen.] Amen. So be it. Q. Supreme Master, thank You so much. I really enjoyed that today. I know a lot of what You said is kind of hard to hear but its the truth, and I think its something we all need to wake up to, to break that chain. So thank You so, so much. I thank you, Louise, for doing all this, which is tremendously beneficial to humans and animals alike. May heaven bless you, your loved ones and your good work, Louise. [Q: And You.] I mean it. Thank you. [Master is crying.] I wish for so many more journalists like you who really do the good job, like reporting the real, good, constructive, beneficial information for the public, you know? Not just for getting famous or being paid just for the sake of a job, but truly dedicate their lives like you do for humans sake, for animals sake and for the sake of our planet. I humbly thank you, Louise, and all your staff, your mother, and whoever supports and works with you. God bless you. [Q: God bless You and thank You so much.] God bless you. Bye for now. [Q: Goodbye for now, well talk soon.] All the best of luck to you, your magazine. [Q: Thank You.] Bye.
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MC. Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, we are very grateful and privileged to welcome our special guest of honor, Supreme Master Ching Hai. A world-renowned spiritual Teacher, bestselling author, highly lauded artist and dedicated humanitarian, Supreme Master Ching Hai has been fully devoting Her time, energy and resources to protecting our world from global warming. She is one of the most caring and leading voices globally in the race to save our planet. Supreme Master Ching Hai has been requested by many concerned media to share Her knowledge and insight. She has lent Her support in humanitys efforts to curb global warming by gracing various climate change conferences around the world. Please join us now to watch a special documentary entitled For Our Beloved Planet, a brief biography about Supreme Master Ching Hai. Let us watch it now.
Video. Supreme Master Ching Hai is a world-renowned spiritual Teacher, artist, and humanitarian whose loving assistance extends across cultures. Born in central Au Lac (Vietnam), Supreme Master Ching Hai studied in Europe and worked there for the Red
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Cross. She soon realized that suffering exists in all corners of the globe, and Her yearning to find a remedy became the foremost goal in Her life. She then embarked on a journey in search of spiritual enlightenment. Eventually, in the Himalayas in India, She received from a true Master the divine transmission of the inner Light and Sound, which She later called the Quan Yin method. After a period of diligent practice, She attained the Great Enlightenment. Soon after Her return from the Himalayas, at the earnest request of those around Her, Supreme Master Ching Hai shared the Quan Yin method with others, encouraging them to look within to find their own divine greatness. Before long, invitations arrived from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa for Supreme Master Ching Hai to give lectures. Supreme Master Ching Hais compassionate heart has also been reflected in Her merticulous care for the less fortunate in different circumstances. The funding generated from Her artistic creations has enabled the support of Her mission of comforting Gods children in times of need. More recently, Supreme Master Ching Hai has authored books that have become number one international bestsellers, namely The Birds in My Life, The Dogs in My Life, and The Noble Wilds. These volumes, now translated into several languages, reveal many insights into the deep emotions and thoughts of our treasured animal coinhabitants, highlighting their gracious spirit and unconditional love. Wishing to acknowledge others for their actions and influence toward developments of goodness in the world, Supreme Master Ching Hai founded the Shining World Leadership Award in March 2006. Since then, She has also established other awards, such as the Shining World Compassion Award, Shining World Hero and Heroine Awards, Shining World Honesty Award, Shining World Protection Award, Shining World Intelligence Award, and Shining World Inventor Award. This honor is presented to individuals, nations, and organizations such as the second President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Janez Drnovsek, renowned British primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall and US-based non-profit Save the Children whose exemplary works have significantly contributed to the harmony, beauty, and sustainability of our Earth. Supreme Master Ching Hai has given much to our world, both spiritually and materially. Although She does not seek acknowledgment, in recognition of Her selfless contribution, government representatives and private organizations worldwide have presented Supreme Master Ching Hai with prestigious awards on numerous occasions. Among these were the Gusi Peace Prize (2006), First-place Silver for the 27th Annual Telly Awards (2006), Los Angeles Music Week Certificate of Commendation (2002), the World Spiritual Leadership Award (1994), and the World Citizen Humanitarian Award (1994). In addition, February 22 and October 25 have been proclaimed by government officials in the United States as The Supreme Master Ching Hai Day. Her dedicated aid to the world continues till this day, with millions of grateful hearts among leaders and their co-citizens alike. Supreme Master Ching Hai is among notable pioneers in our society today who wisely and courageously express concern about climate change. In fact, for more than 20 years, She has strongly advocated preserving the environment. She initiated the Alternative Living and SOS global warming campaigns to promote a benevolent lifestyle without animal products. Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet is now well-known motto that originated from Supreme Master Ching Hai. In our era, Supreme Master Ching Hai
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is truly a selflessly dedicated individual, tirelessly helping world citizens create a bright future for our beloved planet. MC. Just recently on October 29, 2009, Supreme Master Ching Hai was the honored guest speaker at the Association of Mexican Magistrates Pro Environmental Justice in Mexico City. Her video message clearly discussed the causes of global warming, how it is impacting Mexico in particular, and the one effective solution: The organic vegan diet. Today is the fourth time the Mexican government has invited Supreme Master Ching Hai to address the urgent issue of global warming via videoconference. Esteemed guests, ladies and gentlemen, lets give a warm round of applause for the most generous Supreme Master Ching Hai. Hallo, Supreme Master Ching Hai! Welcome to Mexico. M. MC. M. MC. M. MC. M. MC. M. MC. M. MC. M. MC. Thank you. Thank you so much for inviting me. Thank you. Hallo, Supreme Master Ching Hai! You look great in purple. This, how you call it? Vegan fur vegan fur. Its really beautiful. I want to match your suit. Thats why. They are vegan. Its not animal fur. And it still looks beautiful, right? You like it? Yes. Its completely beautiful. Everybody likes it, yes? Thank you. Thank you. Its perfect for the weather here. Is it cold there? It gets a little bit chilly in the evening, yes. Yes. Also, its winter, everywhere is cold. Its better than heating the planet. No? [MC: Yes.] But, I hope you are warm. The audience is warm? Yes, we are, Master. Thank You very much. [M: Good.] Thank You once again for Your kind acceptance to share Your extremely precious time with us. I am glad to be able to. Im glad. Im very glad. I love the Mexicans. I love your country. And we love You. Supreme Master Ching Hai, earlier in the program our distinguished speakers have presented their expertise and their perspectives on the current global crisis. And our experts, they have talked about many sectors of their expertise, such as those of society, political, educational, environmental, and social, and their knowledge has been very instructive and very important to us. So Master, we would be so grateful if You could now share with us Your thoughts and views about the global warming situation.
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Supreme Master Ching Hai, some of our speakers and guests have prepared some questions and would very much like to take this opportunity to receive Your wise and loving insight. M. MC. I will share with you what I can and what I know. Please, go ahead. Thank You, Master. Thank You very much. First, the Honorable Mr. Alonso Dominguez Ferraez, General Coordinator of the Environment for the State of Veracruz has two questions he would like to ask You. Hallo, Master Ching Hai. Its a pleasure for me to meet You again by this technology. You propose vegetarianism as a solution to stop livestock breeding and the generation of methane gas. In that sense, how can we, as parents, influence our children to change their dietary habits? The second question: Mexico is a country that is dependant on the oil industry. How can we switch from the use of hydrocarbons as an energy source to other types that will leap to a change in our consuming habits? We think its difficult because our economy depends on oil. Thank You for Your answer. Hallo, Senor Ferraez. Thanks for inviting me again and for coordinating this beautiful event. How are you, sir? [Q: Fine, and You?] Me too, me too, yes. [Q: You look good.] Thank you. Thank you for your caring question. The first question is how do we as parents influence our children, yes? Senor Ferraez, by example, senor, by example, yes. Influencing our children, especially toward something that will help the world, is much easier than influencing many adults. We adults are more difficult to change into something new or to accept some new concept; but the children, they are still young, flexible, and very open to new ideas, and theyre purer at heart, yes. So we hear about children who remember being in heaven before they came to this life, or even ones who remember their previous life. It is on the newspapers and in the media, they report about these things. They are thus not attached to the things of this world as much as we, the adult people, do. In fact, children normally do not even care for the taste of meat. They just learn to eat it from their parents first, just like we learnt to eat it from our parents. Even in school, studies have found that when given a choice, the young students preferred fresh fruits and vegetables by themselves. Nobody even influenced them. So from a young age, children naturally gravitate toward compassion and health. All you need to do, Senor Ferraez Im sure you ask this not for yourself, or not just for yourself, but for all the parents in the world and so, all we have to do is be a good example, yes. Remember, parents are the first ever teachers of their children. So we become vegan and show them and explain to the children. Then we can show them the way. We will explain to them why we are vegan and when they are very young, they will try to eat whatever you serve them in any way. And when they are older, we can explain that this way of life, first of all, is helping the planet, saving lives, and it is also helping themselves. So vegans are healthier, happier, more intelligent, and live longer. Another thing we can do for our children, and any of their friends who want to join in, is to go visit, like, a farm sanctuary. This is a place where the animals live safely and well taken care of without fear of being killed. There, the children can come close to the animals and even touch them, communicate with them. We have heard children say once they make friends with the cow or the sensitive pig, that they cannot eat them anymore.
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As parents, we should do everything possible to help our children make the connection between these loving, beautiful, noble living beings and the piece of dead, rotting flesh that people eat. We should also explain about the suffering of the animals, which is so immense that we cannot even imagine. Its too much, too much for us to watch if we know about it. We can share another part of the animals truth, which is that the tender young babies are taken away from their mothers and killed in a horrible way, and let the children know that the mothers then have to endure the pain of being hooked up forcibly every day to machines for milking milk that should have gone to their babies and then they are killed. All of this is a sad, but true, story. There, of course, are many more gruesome, utterly cruel and inhumane acts involved in animal industry. We, as parents, can also help young childrens veg lifestyle by going to school and explaining to the teacher and the food service staff that your child is a vegan. You can even offer to help with cooking classes so that they more fully understand. There are many studies now that show the benefits of a healthy school lunch and snacks program. Children are even known to concentrate better when they are eating more fresh fruits and vegetables. The Americans First Lady now always introduces fresh fruits and vegetables to the children of America. And if we help the school to understand these benefits, they may also adopt them more widely themselves. I know it feels like hard work, but we just have to do, somehow, if we want to save our home. But nowadays, many schools and parents even plant vegetables in the schools or in the home gardens with the children, and the children love these activities as well, as theyre eating more vegetables which they grew themselves! So finally, we can also tell our children that by being vegan, they are directly helping to heal and save our planet, and helping the parents, helping themselves and all that lives in this world. Children are very loving at heart. So if they know that by being vegan, they can save many lives, they would be very, very willing to do it. We want to be able to leave a world for the children, a world of green and lush beauty, a world of humans and animals peacefully coexisting together. They will love to help to make this happen. Thank you, Senor Ferraez. Thank you for being so good. The second question: You ask such intelligent and really practical question. I understand your concern about making the switch toward other forms of energy and away from oil, Senor Ferraez. It may relieve you to hear that we dont have to do this right away, because the oil industry is not the biggest of our planetary problems. Scientists have pointed out most recently that global warming does not arise primarily from oil-based technologies not cars, not planes, not trains, not ships, not even coal power plants. But the livestock that you mentioned in the first part of your question, that is the number one source of global warming worldwide; and methane is the primary greenhouse gas generated by livestock. One study in Mexico found that livestock was responsible for 97% of the countrys agricultural methane! So I repeat: The number one source of global warming is from our consumption killing of all the cows, pigs, chickens, sheep, eggs, dairy. This, along with the killing of billions of beautiful fish for food, is what causes the most climate-related trouble for our planet. Researchers in the United States came up with a simple comparison. According to calculations they performed, they concluded that eating a vegan diet for a year is more effective at cooling the planet than driving a hybrid vehicle for the same period of time. So we can see that putting down the meat is more important than forgoing a gas-powered car. Another good news about this simple dietary solution is that methane, as a greenhouse gas, also dissipates quickly from the atmosphere. In fact, methane is now estimated to be 100 times more heat-trapping than
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carbon dioxide; but this gas also disappears out of the atmosphere in around 12 years, or less, while CO2 can remain for thousands of years. So eliminating livestock production as this major source of methane is thus one of the fastest ways to cool our planet. This doesnt mean we forget about the problem of the oil industry. Its just a slight shift of focus to address the most urgent situation first. Once we have done that, then we can continue to develop green alternatives to things like oil. But first, to get a sense of the lethal impact that livestock raising has on our world, lets take a look at a few of the details. Some of the global warming effects that we hear about are a continued rise in the Earths atmospheric temperature, warming of the ocean, along with acidification, more frequent and stronger storms, prolonged droughts and intensified heat waves, soil desertification, plant and animal extinctions, and even melting of permafrost, which could trigger massive releases of more methane gas! That would be catastrophic beyond an unthinkable scale. Mexico and your neighboring nations have already suffered from some of these effects. Besides the drought that has stricken parts of Mexico for over a decade now, other countries like Guatemala have been facing extreme shortages, with over 550 fatalities and more than 400,000 families who have been in need of food and water assistance. In Ecuador, officials have started rotating electricity outages due to low water levels in the nations hydroelectric dams. Venezuela is also beginning to ration out water as she suffers from the worst drought since 1947, with June and October 2009 being the driest months in over 100 years. How is livestock production connected to these damaging effects? you will ask. There are so many ways that Im sure I dont have enough time to tell all of them, but we can list the activities that are associated with meat production that are causing some of the biggest problems for us. These include deforestation; soil erosion; and desertification; excessive use of precious resources; land and water waste and pollution; and animal, plant and human disease or disappearance. Now, to highlight, lets zoom in on two of these problems and how they are affecting your country and the countries in the region. 1. Deforestation In Brazil, 90% of the land deforested since 1970 has gone toward livestock pasture or feed. And in the southern part of Mexico, tropical forests that once covered almost half of the State of Tabasco have been reduced to less than 10% their original size. At the same time, Senor Ferraez, pastureland for livestock has increased to 60% of the states total area. I repeat: Pastureland for livestock has increased to 60% of the total of your states area, with scientists reporting similar conditions in other parts of the nation. In countries like Brazil, Argentina and now Paraguay, more and more forests are felled for both livestock and soy crops. Argentina has lost 70% of her original forests. Imagine: 70% of Argentinas forests have disappeared due to livestock. Now, in Paraguay, the widespread planting of genetically modified soy for livestock feed has caused so much devastation to both the people and the environment that several international groups are making a documentary to try to raise the awareness for change. 2. Soil erosion and desertification The clearing of land for livestock has created instability and serious soil degradation across the country of Mexico. In the northern regions of Mexico nearly two-thirds of the land is classified as being in a total or accelerated state of
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erosion. In these regions, which are highly vulnerable to desertification, researchers have found that the soil condition is made worse by livestock grazing. So when the livestock eats all the vegetation and tramples the land, what is left behind is cement-like ground, unable to grow anything. This worsens global warming because more carbon is released from the dying plants and bare soil. The soil then becomes hotter and overloads the atmosphere with even more heattrapping carbon. And this is on top of the methane generated by the livestock itself. So actually, the livestock industry generates more methane than what we can even calculate because of the related effects. Such extensive damage makes it difficult to revive, and continued livestock raising in this case obviously leaves little hope for recovery. In a magazine interview over a decade ago, the President of the National Cattlemens Confederation of Mexico spoke of your nations prolonged drought and its adverse effect on the cattle industry. Already then there were such distinct signs of global warming effects. But what he did not realize then is that the cattle industry is causing the drought. So its easy to see that if we stopped this raising of animals for meat, the weather patterns would be quickly restored, along with the land. In the interview, the President of the Cattlemens Confederation also mentioned the need for more government subsidies for cattle raising. But what we actually need are subsidies for life-giving practices, not the ones that take the life away from the animals, take away life from us and take away life from our future generations and take the life from our one and only planet. The government could easily subsidize organic farming instead, which would provide abundant benefits for all the people of Mexico and even would remove 40% of the atmospheric carbon if all tillable land on Earth were organically farmed. So the solution is very simple, sir. We just have to turn away from the animal products. We stop eating meat, dairy, eggs, fish. If everyone does this, we will have a transformed world in no time. It really is that easy just one bite at a time. Removing methane from the atmosphere will remove the majority of the global warming effect. And then we can have time to find greener power for our world rather than oil, after we save the planet. Also, the vegan diet will bring more clarity and creativity for everyone. So we will be able to develop all the necessary resources in time. Its just that we need to make the switch to the animal-free lifestyle now. Then everything will improve, life will be easier, and we can rest knowing that our children will have a future to look forward to. Thank you for your very heartfelt concern, Mr. Ferraez. For yourself and your children, please ask everyone: Be veg, go green and save the planet. God bless you. Thank you. MC. Many, many thanks, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your most loving answer. Thank you, Honorable Mr. Alonso Dominguez Ferraez for these important questions. We appreciate you being here. Our next question is from Ms. Griselda Espinoza, a vegan and the Cultural Coordinator at the Institute of Higher Studies. Thank you. What specific programs or quick actions can governments undertake to help their countries switch to an organic vegan lifestyle? What can we do to help people make a smooth and fast transition? Hallo, Ms. Espinoza. Your question has a sense of eagerness. I understand and I also wish that change will happen more quickly, like yesterday already. Im sure you want the
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same everybody wants the same. But the governments have the power to make this urgent transition to the organic vegan diet. First, they should ban all animal products, informing people about the facts of animal products, explaining that because its poisoning their co-citizens and pilling up far more costs than any gains, economically and environmentally, and because its eating up our planet. And if the planet goes, we all go, the power of the government also goes. So whatever economic value is seen in the livestock industry will mean nothing. And it has been an illusion anyway because it costs our planet too much, too much. It costs us too much. We have to save the planet first and immediately. Ban all the animal products and exploitations. Next, the governments can help the agriculture sector transition to being an organic vegan sector to sustain the human population with products they can consume directly instead of giving them to the animals. Organic vegan farming is a good solution to the food crisis. The cost of subsidizing organic vegetable farming is very small compared to the subsidies needed to keep the animal farms afloat meaning just to keep them from losing money and going bankrupt. The Mexican government also imports meat a lot: In 2008, USD2.1 billion worth of beef, pork, and lamb from the United States were bought by your government. Instead of draining so much money into unsustainable, unhealthy products, the government could invest in producing good wholesome crops for the people of Mexico and the world. So we should support the farmers financially, technically, and train them to become organic vegan farmers, wherever it is possible to cultivate the land. Its quite easy according to our research and results. Organic vegan farming is sustainable, healthy, profitable, and in-demand right now because people are more aware of the healthy diet, of organic farming. First, it will help the world be veg easily, thus eliminating more than half of the greenhouse gas emissions which are heating up our planet and endangering our lives; and second, the high-quality organic soil will absorb much of the rest of the greenhouse gas emissions and it will also help to save our planet. Organic vegan farming can save governments a lot, a lot of money, 80% of it. Imagine all the tax money coming back to us or going toward building something better. For example, the cost of trying to mitigate a significant portion of the greenhouse gases, it preserves natural forests, biodiversity, and soil quality as well. A study on small farmers in Latin America who switched to organic vegetable farming found that they earned higher revenues than before. According to respected Dutch scientists, tens of trillions of US dollars can be saved by world governments if all the world becomes vegan. In addition, the governments of the world have the power to make the veg trend an exciting movement for everyone toward a healthier lifestyle. If we compare the trend to tobacco, which is another killer substance like meat, only after 1950, when the first major research came out showing that tobacco causes lung cancer, the government started to implement smoking bans, gradually more and more until today more than 80 countries have some kind of public smoking ban. And bravo, Mexico, also, for explaining to a nationwide smoking ban in 2008. So just to compare: Studies show that the smoking bans actually helped people to quit smoking, and the quitters were happier because of the ban, because they know that their habit was bad for them. Similarly, a ban on meat, which we all now know from the studies, is a very bad habit which kills us and our children, our loved ones, and is killing our planet. So a ban of meat will be a strong current to carry the trend toward a vegan world. Because a good leader stops what is bad for the people and facilitates what is good for them. They can facilitate, namely, through public campaigns, using the media, and through schools to inform about the benefits of the healthy, life-saving, planet-saving way of life.
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And Im praying to all heavenly beings to help as well, to further accelerate the trend that we need, by manifesting themselves physically I mean, even just for a short while because they cant stay long in our very rough atmosphere but to come for a while, at least, everywhere to come and manifest themselves on our planet to awaken the leaders, the media, the influential and ordinary citizens alike so that our planet wont look like Mars in the near future. So, prayers, combined with the efforts of citizens, and the governments and medias powerful support, this formula could bring the fastest and smoothest transition to a stable planet. Thank you, Ms. Espinoza. We shall be patient and meanwhile keep trying your best and pray with me. Thank you for being a part of the vegan trend. Thank you for loving the animals. God bless you and your loved ones. MC. Thank You, Master, for Your understanding of governments and how they can help us. We appreciate You teaching us. [M: Youre welcome.] Thank You so much for Your compassionate answer. And thank you, Ms. Griselda Espinoza, for your very good question. Next, we welcome back, Ms. Annette Bodier, marine biologist and founder of Perros en Puerto the first animal welfare organization in Oaxaca, Mexico. Good evening. Hallo. Nice to meet You finally. [M: Nice to meet you.] Its basically people care about what affects them personally or their immediate families. Saving the planet seems to be an abstract concept and it feels as if we almost have to wait for disasters to happen to wake people up. Short of that happening, what can we do to give greater encouragement to people to think beyond themselves? Good question. Good evening, Ms. Bodier. Thank you for your very important question, and I truly understand what you mean, that saving the planet could seem an abstract idea, yes. But even though some of the signs of the global warming are more subtle, like species becoming extinct in places you and I cannot see, there are other signs, many that are really very real and, sadly, much easier to measure. Some that have been predicted with certainty by scientists, including increased heat waves, droughts, storms, and the spread of human illness all of these are occurring to different degrees across the globe. But to address your concern more directly, we can discuss the effect on Mexico now because we are in Mexico only. So one of the worst and most immediately relevant conditions is drought in your country. Mexico Citys Mayor Marcelo Ebrard recently stated that climate change is the cause of these prolonged dry conditions, with experts saying that this drought is the worst your country has seen in 50 years. Potentially, 70% of the Mexican people are now facing a great risk of water shortage. In 10 Mexico City boroughs, plus 11 other surrounding municipalities, families are being subjected to water rationing as the dams supplying the areas water are at their lowest level in 60 years. Meanwhile, your countrys growers are reporting crop losses of over USD1 billion, with some saying that this could lead to a food crisis. These are without a doubt very real and direct impacts on the lives of individuals and families. And by the way, though it is unfortunate to be personally affected, the only good thing might be that it is effective in awakening us to take action. Speaking of disasters in particular, the rising intensity and frequency of storms comes from the warming of the ocean which changes weather patterns. This past decade saw several such devastating events, like Hurricane Mitch in 1998, which took the lives of nearly 20,000 Central American brethren, as well as Mexican fellow citizens. The following year, Tabasco State in the south of your country suffered from flash flooding
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that caused over 600 fatalities. In 2007, the southern region once again endured storms and flooding with hundreds of lives lost and hundreds of thousands affected. So climate change is not an abstract concept at all. It is here and now, affecting our neighbors, affecting us, and more and more. Next, children will suffer. Mothers and fathers will suffer upon suddenly losing their livelihoods, losing their loved ones, losing their dignity and happiness, and all might vanish overnight. Mexico has also been particularly affected by desertification, which you know is due in part to her arid climate, as well as what experts report is the effect of excessive cattle-raising and associated irrigation. In 2003, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan noted that 70% of the land in Mexico was already vulnerable to desertification, a situation that he said was causing up to 900,000 of your fellow countrymen to have to leave their homes every year. I repeat: It causes up to 900,000 of your fellow countrymen to have to leave their homes every year, with many going to seek better livelihoods in the United States if they can find it. This astonishing number of nearly one million Mexican people per year came from a Mexican government report. Im not making it up. It comes from your government report, which stated that soil conditions were too parched for citizens to support themselves and their families. Another study conducted last year found additional desertification, particularly in Oaxaca State. So it could really be said, very regrettably, that your people are among the many today who must cope with the real and harsh status of climate refugee. These are just a few examples of how climate change is already taking its toll on the Mexican people. Its real, madam, its intensifying; its not abstract. And please remember, the number one cause behind it all is animal agriculture. People have to be informed fast. Besides the adverse effects that livestock production has on the planet, the consumption of meat is also destructive to our health. We can nowadays look up on the internet and find all this information easily available. If not, we have our website: www.SupremeMasterTV.com. Its all free of charge, all the information we collect for people to inform themselves. We are talking about the health of individuals and their loved ones. Another personal way that lives are affected: Meat and dairy consumption are known to lead to obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure, strokes, cancer, and et cetera, et cetera. These diseases are also far more prevalent among meat eaters, leading to inevitable suffering and early death. Furthermore, the cruelty of the meat industry brings another type of disease: Food-borne bacterial infections. Due to the extremely filthy, unhygienic conditions of the meat processing plants, the excrement of the animals is not cleaned and remains on the flesh through processing. This results in potentially deadly diseases such as by E.coli, Salmonella, and Campylobacter, as have been reported worldwide. And another health crisis that has been born through livestock is swine flu as you know it, affecting countless of your citizens. This pandemic is having a relentless, lethal impact on worldwide citizens, with more infections, more hospitalizations, more lost loved ones. As many as 12,000 have died since April, according to official reports. And out of these, Im sorry to say, that Mexico has lost more than 450 people, the fifth highest fatalities in the world. And the trend continues. This is very sad, madam. Scientists have explained that the swine flu virus was bred and then mutated to a human transmissible form in livestock facilities. Their atrociously filthy, dark, cramped, damp conditions make them more like breeding farms for flu viruses, not a farm for animals. Sorry, its very sad.
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Therefore, it is the livestock industry that causes pandemics and, as we already said, is the major cause of global warming. The more pig and poultry farms that exist, the higher their numbers and concentration, the sooner the arrival of the next deadly pandemic, and the next one might make the present swine flu seem like nothing in comparison. So there is no question that livestock production is breaking up our society, killing our people and the planet, and terrifying our families. How are we swallowing all this pain and grief? Its hard to fathom. So we can see, Ms. Bodier, that the picture of our plight is not abstract at all, but its our very, very life experiences at stake: Our health, livelihoods, homes, education, even the peace with our neighbors can cave in to conflict when things like water or land becomes scarce. These are already happening around us. However, the good news is that the way to end all this is truly even more real and quickly manifested than the problem itself, because each and every person can do something significant to stop global warming. And you know already what that is, right? Yes, the vegan diet. And here I say vegan rather than vegetarian because we also need to eliminate the eggs, dairy and fish industry. These products are all part of the inhumane cruelty to the animals, and the greenhouse gas production of the livestock industry that is destroying our planet. We can inform the people of all this. The government should inform people of all this so that they can see that their lives and the lives of their loved ones are on the line due to climate change and livestock production. So even if they can only think for themselves and their loved ones, they still need to take fast, preventive actions now to protect their children and families by turning to the vegan diet. But you see, we are not just victims. We are also the rescuers and part of the solution. If we stop the meat eating, we stop the animal consumption. We must all be vegan theres no other solution, Im sorry. And the more people do so, the more it becomes like a popular trend. So in that way, its also easier for people to think beyond themselves when they see the positive results of changing. Youre welcome, like everyone else, to go to www.SupremeMasterTV.com/SOS for more details all free of charge and free of conditions. All the information there is available for you and anyone to share. The main thing is: Switch away from meat, eggs, dairy, fish, meal by meal, day by day, and we will be living in a vegan paradise in no time. Thank you, Ms. Bodier, and God bless your efforts and for you being a vegetarian. MC. Many thanks, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for reminding us that we are not distant from the global warming, that its affecting each of us intimately and personally, and thank You for reminding us that we can be stopping part of the problem and immediately start being part of the solution. And thank you, Ms. Bodier, for your gentle question. Next, we have questions from Mr. Edgar Espinoza Cisneros, a vegetarian and environmental geographer, also specializing in bioethics, particularly the relationship between humans and non-human animals. Its a pleasure to meet You, even if it is via videoconference. [M: The pleasure is mine.] Thank You. My first question is: How do You think that we can face up to the big corporate interests involved in the meat industry which are usually against what You have said is true, and which also have a lot of resources for lobbying? And my second question is: In some cases, just spreading the message of the need to adopt a vegan diet is not enough to change peoples dietary habits, so what do You think is the most effective way to reach out to people to become vegans and why? Thank You. Good question. Good evening, Mr. Espinoza Cisneros. It is true, it is true what you said. Its correct what you said. Its true that the big companies and lobbyists are powerful.
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But we are more powerful! We are more than them. We are more in number. It has been well hidden from our view, the truth about the cruelty and damages of animal raising to our health and our planet. And the products that come out of the factories destroy our health in many ways, like Type 2 diabetes which, by the way, is the number one cause of death in Mexico obesity, cancer, et cetera, et cetera. The list goes on. But, even though the corporate entities are politically powerful, we have many effective tools to achieve what we need: That is, animal-free food production and animal-free consumption. And no one can prevent us from doing whats right for our lives and that of our planet. We just stop using, eating, buying animal products, then these corporations will just disappear, in no time. So the power is in our hands. Some people might think that we should sue the livestock companies. A New York Times journalist once wrote that people should sue, because there is scientific evidence that meat causes death. Actually, every year there are many families who sue meat companies because their children were killed or got extremely ill or paralysed due to E.coli and other food-borne illnesses from eating hamburgers, for example. And one group of obese people who had eaten fast food for many years also made a lawsuit against fast food companies for knowingly serving harmful food, like meat. Similarly, tobacco companies were also sued for causing the deaths of their customers, and they won. But, I dont advise. I dont condone this practice. We dont want to take the time to go to court. We dont have time also. We are running out of time. We just stop using animal products that is sufficient. And please, please, bear in mind, to be fair and honest, that also the meat companies themselves might not even be aware of the meats harm on humans and the planet. They might not be aware. Besides, we, the ordinary consumers, exercise the most powerful vote simply by boycotting meat, and all the animal products, and becoming vegans. There would be no need to continue the life-threatening practice of animal raising if we all became vegan. To give an example of how powerful consumers are, the pork industry in the United States has lost USD5.4 billion since 2007. Company after major company is declaring bankruptcy right now, so theyre asking for help from the government, which ended up buying their unwanted pork products from the farmers for USD105 million in 2009, for example. The reasons that the powerful pork industry is struggling are, number one, high costs of feed grains, and number two, the consumers are not buying their products as much anymore since the swine flu outbreak. Imagine if no one eats meat, no one would ever kill these animals for a living. That would be more powerful than the companies lobbying. Dont you think so? Yes or no? [Q: Yes.] Everybody yes? Yes? Right. Thank you. [Q: Thank You.] Yes, we have the power. The animal companies only have power because we give them the power! We share our power with them. We buy their products, so they have the power. But if we stop buying it, theyre gone. See that? How powerful we can be, the ordinary people. Now, another way we can win over the animal industry is to promote organic vegan farming to replace animal agriculture. Mr. Howard Lyman, who was a 4th-generation cattle rancher, was one of the first to develop his ranch into a factory farm business. But after seeing the huge damages to the environment, the animal cruelty, and his own lifethreatening health problems due to meat consumption, he quit. He changed. He became vegan, lost 130 pounds and thus saved his life, and has become a high-energy, charismatic advocate for organic vegan farming and the vegan diet himself. He calls himself a hardcore vegan who knows that no animal has to die for him to live. Hes a very, very inspiring individual. There is another farmer, who had a concentrated pig farm, and his business wasnt even doing well at all. After rediscovering his true love for
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the intelligent, loving pigs that he had been suppressing in his heart since childhood, he quit his farm. He quit his animal farm; he switched to growing organic vegetables and did much better financially than before when he was still selling pigs. And as a hobby, he brought his now-pet pigs to schools to show children how wonderful the pigs are. And yet we have another former pig farmer who now runs his own delivery company of organic vegetables. These are just a few examples of livestock farmers who chose to go into the vegan or organic vegan business, from the United States to Iran to Au Lac to Formosa. They changed because they had gotten new information, sometimes from other people, that there are better ways to be a farmer, a true farmer, who grows life-sustaining products and works in harmony with the land. We, too, can be the ones who inform, who talk to the animal farmers, one by one, about the harms of meat and the benefits of organic vegan. We can do that. Some of them may already want to change to organic vegan farming, but maybe they dont know how, as the international demand is growing now for organic vegan food. I myself heard that a comprehensive national organic program has been developed in Mexico, in your country. I am also happy to hear of these newly-turned, compassionate farmers, because if they remained meat farmers, in the afterlife they would not be in a good place at all. They will be in a very terrible, horrible, frightening place, which we might call hell. So I hope the people in the meat industry know this, and save their souls. But please, Mr. Cisneros, we have the reason to be encouraged. You see, there is a growing, mighty league of people and organizations who are campaigning for the interests of all humans and the animals in their own diverse ways. Some of these advocates whether for health, for the planet, for compassion, or for all these are, for example, bestselling authors John Robbins. Dr. T. Colin Campbell, and Kathy Freston. These are famous, successful people: Hollywood actor James Cromwell and Daryl Hannah; famed Beatles founder Sir Paul McCartney; the famous scientist Dr. Jane Goodall; Chair of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Rajendra Pachauri; government leaders like European Parliament Vice President Mr. Edward McMillan-Scott, Maneka Gandhi of Indias Parliament, Dennis Kucinich of the United States Congress; active organizations like Physicians Committee of Responsible Medicine in the United States, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), Humane Society of the United States, and so on. As ones who have helped to awaken countless people to the reality so that they can change their lifestyle for the better, these are the true pioneers of their fields and rightful stars and heroes of our time. Finally, everyone should also know that climate change will spare no one. If we dont change, we wont have a planet left, that everyone, from the rich and powerful to the poor, leaders to citizens, humans to animals, all will be gone. Disappear. Do we want this state for our planet? Please tell me yes or no. [Q: No. No, we do not.] No. Thank you. Me neither, I dont want it. I want to save my planet. No safe-box full of money, no big bank, nor all the lobbying in the world can save anyone at all if the planets gone. So this isnt for the interest of myself or any particular group. This is in the best interest of our humankind and the whole planets survival. I want you to have a big applause for all the heroes that I have listed above to thank them and help them to continue, encourage them to continue.
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Now, your second question. Please, be informed that there are many successful ways to encourage or assist people to adopt the vegan lifestyle. Aside from spreading flyers about all the benefits of the vegan diet be it health, environmental, and spiritual benefits there are other effective ways. As the saying goes, The way to a persons heart is through the belly. So many people nowadays are very interested in becoming vegetarian or vegan, but they dont know how because theyve never cooked them before. But, actually its very simple: Replace a piece of meat with a piece of vegetarian protein, and its the same, cook the same like before. But we can show them, you see, by teaching people how to cook vegan dishes. Or, open more vegan restaurants to make money for yourself and to help people adopt the new diet, and make it convenient for people to change. Since a long time ago, I have also encouraged our Association members to offer veggie cooking classes to the public to show people that vegan dishes are superb in taste, excellent in nutrition, and satisfying to the stomach. And, of course, it does wonders for our conscience. More recently, as time is really running out, I asked my people to go all out as much as possible to spread the benefits and the know-how of the vegan diet, like opening vegan restaurants. I also had the idea of a chain of vegan restaurants that would serve fast, tasty, nutritious vegan dishes, called Loving Hut; and it did come to fruition. There are many of them now. More than 90, in many different countries, Loving Hut restaurants are opened, from Formosa to France to the United States to Australia. They open in busy places like shopping centers and main intersections. People can open vegan restaurants also, everyone. And every time a new location opens, customers are also happy and say that if they could eat this kind of food every day, they would be vegan in no time, no problem. Families like it, parents like it, their children like it and because its healthy. Business people like it because its tasty and convenient. Students love it because its affordable and gives them energy, et cetera. They dont go for it necessarily because its vegan, but because they really think its just normal great food, or as the customers, young and old, report: Even better than meat! So by making vegan cuisine and products more accessible to people, it becomes a real alternative. We can open vegan shops, vegan restaurants, et cetera. And many of our Association members also set up vegan product companies, vegan cafs, vegan trailers, vegan food carts, and I also suggested that they could sell simple vegan foods daily, or on the weekends, on the street or near schools to spread the trend. And these have had a lot of success. Even the small-scale enterprises were successful meaning they simply cook a big patch of vegetable buns or sushi, for example on the weekend, and go out and sell them, and they sell more and more all the time. People love it, saying they cant believe its meat-free, yet so delicious. So the more familiar and positive people feel about vegan food eating, the more easily they could switch to this lifestyle. We can help make it easy for others: Introduce them to the veggie meat protein food alternatives and tell them where they can buy them. We have all information on the internet, on our website also, www.SupremeMasterTV.com. For example, at their local supermarket nowadays, there are many choices of all kinds of veggie beef, pork, shrimp or tuna, soy milk, soy ice cream, vegan mayonnaise even! Even tofu can be so flavorful and versatile if you know the right tips on how to cook it. So to help people transition to the vegan diet, I also made a short and easy program they can follow. Its called How to Veg 4 Starters. And its very simple: 1. Veg before you shop means eating vegan food before you shop, so you dont feel hungry when you are in the supermarket;
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Isnt that a nice lifestyle? So we make it a positive and fun new trend for people. Show them the great food, tell them all the countless and immediate benefits for their health and happiness and to save the planet for their children. And many of them will welcome these approaches. Thank you, Mr. Cisneros, for caring, and doing your part as a vegetarian. God bless you, and I wish you all the success in this endeavor to introduce veg to others. MC. Many, many thanks, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your most loving answer. And thank you, Mr. Edgar Espinoza, for your insightful question. Next, we will read a question that has been forwarded from Peru by Mr. Pedro Allemant vegan, musician and animal activist. Mr. Allemant writes: People enjoy time with dogs and cats, and they always talk about respecting them. However, people eat other animals. What is Your opinion about this? Hallo, Mr. Allemant. First, thank you for being vegan. I would like also to know how people can have the heart to eat the moving, living, sentient, intelligent, loving creatures. Cows, pigs, chickens, fish, et cetera, are no different from our beloved animal companions. Perhaps people would do differently if they could just see their piece of meat for what it is, as real beings who had a strong will to live in dignity but had to die in anguish. There are many stories in the news about cows who ran away to escape being slaughtered. They even ran to the police station for refuge! You know that. There was once such case of a cow who was seen in the streets of New York City even, because he escaped, and one of the animal control staff was so moved by the cows plight that she said until now shed never made the connection that this sweet, innocent cow, with a face, with a will to live, would become her ground beef or her beefsteak. She said this realization hurt her heart and she wowed that she and her family will be saving some more lives, like this cows life. She became vegetarian on the spot. This cow was no different, nor special, compared to the rest of the thousands of her kind murdered every day for meat; but just by seeing her as an individual, that she is a living, breathing, feeling creature, a persons heart could change. So all it takes is a change in the way we see these animals, and for many of us, our compassion would awaken naturally. Its just that mostly all the farms, the animals, the suffering, the agony, are hidden from our view. We only see the neatly packaged products that dont resemble who it originally was or where it has originally come from. If people can just understand other animals as being exactly the same as our dogs and cats and horses and birds, they will change. The so-called farm animals are the same
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as our so-called pet animals: Same in emotions, same in intelligence or more even same in loving quality, same in attachment and loyalty, same in playfulness and love of life. For example, many researchers say that pigs are more intelligent than dogs in some ways, and more intelligent than a three-year-old human child. Can you imagine killing a three-year-old human child with intelligence and feeling, to eat? The pigs are more intelligent than a three-year-old human child we cannot kill the pigs to eat. Thats very cruel, very gross, very unacceptable. But because people are so misinformed, thats why we do what we do. But from now on, if we are informed and if we want to save the planet, we have to stop killing any animals at all. People who live with chickens often report that each one has a distinct personality. Dr. Lesley Rogers and Dr. Chris Evans of Australia each separately found that chickens are not only very socially complex, but they are as mentally capable as monkeys! And monkeys are very intelligent, we all know that. Both chickens and sheep can recognize and remember the faces of dozens of others of their kind just by seeing pictures of their faces. Even fish are incredibly intelligent and sensitive. Israel scientists taught some fish to get food from listening to a particular sound, and after five months they still remembered what they learned. Imagine? And this is not to talk about the tremendous invisible benefits these animals could bring to humans lives and homes, even the fish. Mother cows, when their babies are sold off to another farm, are known to go through all odds to break out of their own farms and travel sometimes 30 miles in unfamiliar land to be reunited with their child. And we eat the cow who has such a love, such intelligence? If we know this, we cant. Its just because we did not know. People can find out more about the animals they eat if they dare to open their hearts, by books, or by visiting animal sanctuary, or they can watch our program on www.SupremeMasterTV.com/AW for Animal World: Our Co-Inhabitants which has many interesting programs that re-introduces us to our fellow animal friends. You can tell people all this so they will change themselves. We have lived so long with them on this planet, its about time that we should get to know them, make friends with them for the wonderful, respected and noble beings that they are. Thank you for being concerned. God bless you. MC. Thank You, Master, so much for Your wonderful answer, full of love. And Mr. Pedro Allemant in Peru, we appreciate your caring question. And the last question is from Mr. Mauro Alberto Torres Valadez, a vegan and distributor of cultural books in Mexico City. Good afternoon, Master. [M: Good afternoon.] Im very honored to greet You. Master, when we become more and more spiritual and understand that all beings are children of God, we can communicate with them. Some souls are fortunate enough to communicate with animals and plants. Can we also communicate with the forces of nature, and if so, how can we develop the ability to talk to the water, earth, wind, fire, et cetera? Also, can we talk to tornadoes and hurricanes to stop them? Can we also talk to the souls of meat eaters on a spiritual level and ask them to change? Very interesting question, Mr. Torres Valadez. How are you, sir? [Q: Good, Master. Im very honored to greet You.] Very good. Good question. You are right, sir. We can communicate with other beings through developing our spiritual connection with the universe. The elements of nature are not lifeless, inert things. Many of the forms in nature are manifestations of great divine consciousness, such as the mountains, the seas, the rivers, the planets, the sun, the stars, et cetera. They are emanating love and benevolent quality to benefit all the creatures on this planet. We can talk with them and hear them speak to us, if our level of consciousness is developed enough. Actually, we are all connected with every being in the universe. So everything we do, say, and think
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affects the atmosphere and those around us. We are already talking through the vibration that we send out every day, the positive or negative energy that we emit because we are also made of vibrations and energy. A very simple example is that we know our mind affects our bodys health. If we think too many negative thoughts or have an angry or worrying attitude, we get headaches, high blood pressure, sometimes pain in the neck, we say, and ulcers in the stomach. Now, some scientists have discovered that our mind can also influence others physical health as well. Imagine that? So, for example, there are many studies on hospital patients with heart disease or AIDS, et cetera. Some people were asked to pray for a group of these hospital patients without the patients knowing and researchers call it healing intentions and the health of the patients who were prayed for improved much more than the group of patients who were not prayed for. All the studies found this effect also on plants and biochemicals in test tubes; they physically responded differently to peoples thoughts. Thats why the Buddhist teachings say to keep pure thoughts, speech, and actions. Thats why Jesus Christ said, Do not judge so that you may not be judged. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you, because our intention alone provokes a reaction. As you suggested, it would be nice to talk to the souls of meat eaters and ask them to change. However, as pure as the human soul is, it has been covered by too much dust, that is, our habits and misinformation that weve collected over our lifetime or over many lifetimes actually, if we can see back to the past lives. In fact, under some special circumstances or hypnotism, people can see their past lives as well and prove it. On top of that, we eat meat, a heavy, violent, suffering-filled substance that has blocked our ability to communicate with each other telepathically, with each other even, from human to human. That is why we still need to provide physical information and use spoken words and written language for people to process the truth. People mostly are good people, its just that they are too busy to even stop and think about where their food comes from and how it affects them and the planet, much less think about how the meat-producing process is endangering their lives and their only planet. So we can pray inside that the people will change, but it is also important for us to translate our noble intention into tangible actions, to change peoples minds and their hearts. As for talking with tornadoes and hurricanes, we must understand that such natural disasters are the consequence of the negative energy in our atmosphere. And this negative energy in our atmosphere is created by our feelings, our thoughts, and actions of either hatred, violence, and of killing so many humans and innocent animals lives. Even if we managed to talk to one of them and stop one storm, how can we stop the next and the next? If we dont change our disaster-breeding, provoking way, then disasters will never end. I am also in tears whenever there is a natural disaster anywhere in the world. My heart aches for the suffering of the people. I feel what they feel, and I am very, very much saddened. But we can only stop the disaster once and for all by tackling the root problem, that is, by stopping the killing of human, and mass murdering of innocent, animal lives. Only when we walk in peace and love on this Earth will the Earth and nature respond peacefully to us. As we sow so shall we reap, thats what it says in the bible. Only when we are compassionate and vegan meaning we dont harm any other creature can we be protected from harm. If we protect others, we will be protected. And as more of us become vegan, the spiritual consciousness of humankind can be elevated higher; the doors of communicating with the other beings of nature might be opened at that time, as you would like. But first, lets continue striving to touch peoples hearts and minds, to change to a vegan lifestyle and to love the precious animals and our respected planet. Then, the changes in our world could happen in more
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surprising speed than you think! Thank you, Mr. Torres Valadez. God bless you for being a vegan. MC. Thank You so much, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your profound answer. And thank you, Mr. Alberto Torres, for your thought-provoking question. We would like to thank you, our distinguished speakers and guests, for your very important questions concerning this urgent issue. Our most profound appreciation, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your illuminating responses during the question-and-answer period. Everyones collaboration is so important in this urgent time. [M: Right.] We can reverse global warming and save the planet by adopting a vegan diet. We pray that every heart and every soul on this planet awakens to Earthlings collective noble mission, and together we can move forward into a glorious and bright future. [M: So be it.] Before closing the conference, Supreme Master Ching Hai, would You like to share a concluding remark with us? I would be honored to. [Extended applause.] I love your audience. Such a patient, peaceful people in such a hot congregation and still sitting patiently, interested because they love their children, they love their planet. So I would be glad to share my final thoughts with people for today and I have to say that I am reluctant to leave you, such beautiful audience and wonderful people. Ladies and gentlemen, I thank you once again for the opportunity to be with you today. My appreciation goes to all the respected government officials, esteemed speakers, the good media, and distinguished guests. A special thanks as well to the conference organizers. They must have been working very hard for many weeks. As the December summit on climate change in Copenhagen quickly approaches, many of the worlds citizens are praying for action. Please pray with us more fervently than ever before so that the leaders of the world will choose the correct action, including and foremost, the vegan lifestyle, to save our planet. And I have seen that your countrys president, His Excellency Felipe Calderon, and honorable magistrates, the mayors of different cities representing the dedicated government of Mexico are striving to receive the best information for the wisest actions. I laud these heartening signs and wish that the time today can serve as another step in your confident strides forward, to do what is right for your country and the world. The most important is to, please, choose to be vegan. The vegan diet is not an option anymore. It is a must. It is an obligation if we want to save our only planet. Vegan is also not a lower priority or even a secondary priority task. It is the first task that is, if we want to save our children, and we can all do it. I promise you, as one so honored to have your trust, that vegan first, then all else will have time to develop, like time and protection these we will have. We will have more incredible inventions to beautify and upgrade our planet in the future, if we all become vegan and save our planet. Because the compassionate energy will generate much more incredible miracles and intelligence than we could imagine. And if you believe in miracles, we will also definitely have the miracle of a compassionate, heavenly-like vegan world. Tell me that we can do it! Tell me that we can be vegan! [MC: We can do it!] Yes. Yes? [Audience: Yes.] Yes. Thank you. MC. Thank You so much, Supreme Master Ching Hai. From all of us, we respectfully wish You the greatest of health as You continue Your noble work to uplift our Earth and all co-inhabitants. You are as beautiful inside as You are outside. From todays event, it is clear that we can still save the planet. And its not only rescuing our beautiful home, but
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moving into an age of peace and enlightenment where all lives are valued, where each being is accorded freedom and dignity. We can have a truly Golden Era that we have only dreamed of heaven on Earth. The way to reach it? Simply by adopting the compassionate, Earth-saving, and healthful vegan diet. At this point, let us resolve to be veg, go green to save the planet. Shall we say that together? Ready? Be Veg! Go Green! And Save the Planet! M. MC. Thank you very much. God bless you all. God bless Mexico. Many thanks to all of you. Thank You, Master. Thank You so much. We extend our most sincere gratitude to the Honorable Mr. Alonso Dominguez Ferraez, the City of Orizaba, and the State of Veracruz for co-hosting this meaningful conference. And wed like to thank you, all the participants, for contributing your love and full support to our joint efforts to protect and preserve our planet. May each individual throughout the entire world be blessed and adopt a resource-saving, Earth-saving, and life-saving vegan diet.
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MC. In just a few moments, our beloved special guest of honor, Supreme Master Ching Hai a world-renowned humanitarian, artist, author, and spiritual Teacher will share Her wisdom and vision with us. Supreme Master Ching Hai has dedicated Her life to serving and uplifting all beings, especially those in need. The following video will introduce this beloved Teacher.
Video. LOVE IN ACTION: Truth, virtue and beauty are universal values and form the fundamental qualities of any inspiring individual. Great arts are inevitably inspired by great love. Each and every one of us has the innate source of love which can be translated into action. We can paint our canvas of life with kind deeds. Kindness has been considered the core values of human civilization since its origin. Throughout history, planet Earth has been graced by many enlightened beings, whose lives were examples of love in action. And many others have inspired humanity to evolve into a more advanced species, with higher consciousness and a greater capacity for love. They have shared their lives and their love with all those around them, helping to create a better world. One of the current examples of love in action is Supreme Master Ching Hai, a worldrenowned humanitarian, artist, and spiritual Teacher. Like many great saintly beings, Supreme Master Ching Hai has shown Her great innate compassion towards all forms of life since childhood. It was natural for Her to seek a spiritual journey and dedicate Her entire life to helping others obtain enlightenment and liberation from their sufferings: Whatever we can share, begin with sharing. And then well feel a subtle change in ourselves more love will be pouring into our consciousness, and we will be aware of something. That is the beginning. We are here to learn, to learn to grow as well as to learn to use our power, our limitless power of love and creativity in order to make a better world wherever we happen to be incarnated. Supreme Master Ching Hais love and assistance have extended beyond all cultural and racial boundaries to millions of people around the world: She is the Light of a great person, an angel of mercy for all of us. (Former Mayor Fasi of Honolulu, Hawaii, United
28. Videoconference with the American people at the Humanitys Leap to the Golden Era: Washington, D.C., Climate Change Conference, Washington, D.C., USA, November 8th, 2009 (Originally in English). * Note: This conference is recorded verbatim only the question-and-answer session with Supreme Master Ching Hai.
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States of America). She was, because you know the presence. You can feel You dont have to have studied it to know. The people that have it just have to walk in the room, and in Her case everyone gets it. You dont have to be a believer of the same denomination to know the special people, that theres a Moses, a Jesus, a Muhammad, and not deny their speciality. You dont expect one to go with the other, but they all unanimously go oh, they bow to the specialness, when its present. And it was present that night, you could everyone felt it. (Bill Conti, Legendary Oscar and Emmy AwardWinning, Composer and Conductor, United States of America). Although She does not seek acknowledgement of any kind, in recognition of Her selfless assistance, Supreme Master Ching Hai has been given awards worldwide by government officials and private organizations on numerous occasions. They include the World Peace Award, the World Spiritual Leadership Award, Award for Promotion of Human Rights, World Citizen Humanitarian Award, Award for Outstanding Public Service to Mankind, 2006 Gusi Peace Prize, Los Angeles Music Week Certificate of Commendation, 2006 First Place Silver for the 27th Annual Telly Awards, and the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award from the 43rd President of the United States, George W. Bush. In addition, October 25th and February 22nd have been proclaimed as the Supreme Master Ching Hai Day in the United States. Congratulatory messages were sent to the Chicago ceremony by many government officials worldwide, including Presidents Clinton, Bush and Reagan. To commend virtuous actions and encourage others to be inspired by their examples, Supreme Master Ching Hai has created a series of Shining World Awards. Through these prestigious awards, She has recognized deserving humans and animals for their exceptional heroism, compassion, leadership, bravery, or intelligence. Supreme Master Ching Hai is also the source of inspiration to Supreme Master Television, a global station which airs constructive programs with subtitles in over 40 languages. The station encourages harmony, greater understanding and compassion for all beings. It also promotes an organic vegan lifestyle as the most effective and fastest solution to climate change. Through Her tireless dedication to improve the lives of all beings on Earth, Supreme Master Ching Hai has set a true example of love in action. Supreme Master Ching Hai is one of the truly dedicated people of this era helping others find and create a beautiful vision of our future. Many great people in history have had a dream, and in Her own words, so does Supreme Master Ching Hai: I dream that all the world will become peaceful. I dream that all the killing will stop. I dream that all the children will walk in peace and harmony. I dream that all the nations shake hands with each other, protect each other and help each other. I dream that our beautiful planet will not be destroyed. It takes billions, billions, trillions of years to produce this planet and its so beautiful, so wonderful. I dream that it will continue, but in peace, beauty and love. MC. And now comes the moment we have all been waiting for, the moment when we get to greet our special guest of honor, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Hallo, Supreme Master Ching Hai. You look so beautiful! Hallo, my love. Hallo, everyone. Thank you. We are extremely grateful that You could join us here in Washington, D.C.. Supreme Master Ching Hai, we have been discussing the urgency of climate change and the solutions to many of our problems, and that a vegan diet offers a solution. We also have
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been talking about the dawn of a new Golden Era here on Earth. We have many guests with us here this evening, as well as our worldwide viewers, who would like to ask You some questions. But before we begin the question-and-answer session, is there anything You would like to say to our guests and viewers? M. Yes, I would like. I would like to thank all the beautiful people for coming. And I am very honored to be with them once again in the company of the great, goodhearted, intelligent people of America, including the distinguished guests, dignitaries, and illustrious speakers who are leaders in their fields of government, science, environment, and health. I have been listening quietly. Well, I have been in your country, the United States, many times, including the magnificent nations capital, Washington, D.C., and I have always been welcomed so much, so much, no matter where I go. For this, I am always grateful and I have a special place in my heart for the United States of America and her citizens as shining examples of the democratic spirit. I am always impressed by this young, selfmade nation that has excelled in strength and leadership through her peoples sheer determination, sincerity and faith. And I believe that the courageous actions needed at this urgent time would be led by Americans. Your high standards of integrity and deep love for your families and country will bring about the crucial steps needed to save our precious planet, our home, and the one we want for our children and grandchildren. May this important event be fruitful and beneficial to the participants and the world. Thank you all for being here. God loves us all. God blesses you all. Thanks a lot. MC. M. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your insightful words and for Your beautiful dress today. You look absolutely gorgeous. Thank you. This is vegan fur. [Laughter] Vegan fur, its not real fur. [Laughter] I designed it. Also the jewelry. You know, right? Look at how beautiful You dont have to wear real fur. Its beautiful. [MC: Its much more beautiful.] Yes. And you feel so light wearing it because you dont have a bad conscience. And so warm, so warm. I have something better inside. I also designed it. [Laughter and applause.] Look at this. See? Look: Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet. [Master laughs.] [MC: Master, You look like a queen.] Thanks a lot. Yes. I am the queen of hearts! [Master laughs and sings: To the queen of heart is the ace of beauty!] All right, lets get down to business because all of you are busy. Well, we have several questions that our guests this evening would like to ask You. Our first questioner is a software developer named Jerry Pelletier. Hi, my name is, like they said, Jerry Pelletier. My mother, Chanmo was a devoted follower of Your teachings for many, many years. [M: Oh, I know her.] Yes, I knew. [M: Shes a Buddhist nun.] Yes. [M: Yes, and shes a very, very beautiful woman.] Yes. This world we share and made up of many countries, and the activities of one country affect the health and wellbeing of other countries. Its kind of the analogy I can make is the smoking and non-smoking sections of a restaurant. So right now, I think the world is theres more smokers than non-smokers. So what can we do? Is it just one person at a time? Is it a country at a time? What can we do to get everybody on the same sheet of music to change the way we live to save this world we live in? Yes, what can we do? We have to change ourselves first. It begins with us. Since times immemorial, evolution always begins with the individual. If we want to change the world,
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we change ourselves first. Now, even if the government forbids smoking or drinking or drug, but if people individually continue, then we have not made much difference. So now, we have to change. For example, we change a little bit, our habit, just a very little bit. Like, we put down that piece of meat, and then we replace it with tofu or some other vegetarian protein. Just a little change, very little change, and then the world will change, and then we will continue to live here, and then we can have a better world. Everything will change for the better. Just a little change like that. Q. Sometimes it takes an impending catastrophe to make us change and become much greater than we were before. Is this whats happening with climate change? Is it, in fact, an opportunity for us to make an unprecedented leap in evolution? Good question, sir, good question. You see, we should not have waited until we have a catastrophe like this, or impending catastrophe, to change. But, nevertheless, youre right. Its possible that when were faced with such a great upheaval, then we will change and well make a leap into the next level. Especially now, we still have a little time to change; its just that we need to act now, you see, to profit from this so-called catastrophic future awaiting us. We have to act now for all of humanity. Because along with our own survival and health, there is an entire planet that is in trouble, and everyone needs to be vegan to save it. Its a very simple solution that we might overlook. Because if we all change to vegan, put down the animal products, then we would have a dream world that I promise. Because like begets like. We forget that the bible told us that as we sow so shall we reap. That means if we create peace, compassion and harmony, then thats what we will get. Now, the impending catastrophe that you mention, it might be motivating us to change, the whole humanity. But to benefit from this opportunity, more people must act now. All of us must. We face a very dangerous future if global warming continues. In fact, distinguished scientists and other United Nations members have been meeting throughout this year in preparation for the December Copenhagen summit, where they hope to reach agreement on a treaty to replace the Kyoto Protocol. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was just here in Washington, D.C., making an historic address to the United States Congress, and asked the United States to help to lead in halting climate change. I would ask the same even though I am not a Chancellor. Im sure many of you are aware of the increasing number of global warming effects noted worldwide, so I will share just a few from the world and from the United States. 1. In the Arctic, North Pole, so much ice has already melted that scientists are forecasting an ice-free summer within as little as three to six years, which would be the first time in one million years first time in one million years! Meanwhile, Greenland is shedding 85 million tons of icebergs each day due to warming, and at a rate that is increasing by 7% each year. The West Antarctic Ice Shelf is also melting, with 3.3 meter sea level rises forecast that would threaten cities like your country, New York, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. And if all of Antarctica and Greenland were to melt meaning the ice then the sea levels could rise to as much as 70 meters, which would be deadly or disastrous to most lives on Earth. Glaciers across the globe are shrinking more quickly than researchers ever expected, leaving rivers and lakes gone, disappearing or drying, with no water for crops and billions who face food shortages due to water shortages, as well.
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previously understood and it traps 100 times the atmospheric heat over 20 years. And the largest source of methane is? You know Livestock! Now, facts such as these have caused people like esteemed climate expert Lord Stern of the United Kingdom to state in an interview that: Meat is a wasteful use of water and creates a lot of greenhouse gases. It puts enormous pressure on the worlds resources. A vegetarian diet is better. So I quote exactly what he said. Now, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization reported that livestock raising is the single largest human use of land, the biggest source of water pollution, the number one cause of biodiversity loss, and the top producer of human-caused methane and nitrous oxide. In fact, the United Nations has named livestock as one of the biggest environmental problems of our time with 90% of the destruction of the Amazon rainforest since 1970 being for cattle and growing animal feed. Lush forests are being turned into barren fields at a rate of 36 football fields per minute 36 football fields per minute! of rainforest are being destroyed as we are speaking. If you can imagine how big that is, how detrimental that is to our world The rainforest is the lung of our planet; its the health of our co-citizens. And as the trees are felled and plants become more exposed and dry, they even emit carbon dioxide rather than absorb it. This is another danger that is attacking us. Next, meat consumption is a very serious threat to human health. You ask any scientist, theyll tell you this. You ask all the responsible doctors, theyll tell you this. In fact, one of the doctors is sitting there; Dr. Greger, I saw him there. Now, bacterial infections from food-borne illnesses originate largely in animal products, causing widespread illnesses, disability and even death for thousands of American each year. The top four bacteria are E.coli, Salmonella, Campylobacter, and Listeriosis. Studies have shown that bacteria from contaminated raw meat can remain even after washing a working surface. And it only takes a few cells of E.coli, for example, to kill a young child. Just a few cells of E.coli to kill a young child, a young, little, tender child. Imagine that, just a few cells. Add to that, the leading causes of death in the United States, like from heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity. Every year, heart disease kills 632,000 Americans; cancer kills 560,000 Americans; stroke kills another 130,000 Americans; diabetes kills 72,000 Americans just from meat eating. And we cry over war-related deaths. Who cries for these hundreds of thousands of Americans who die because of that piece of meat? Who cries for those young, helpless, innocent, little children who die just because of meat-related E.coli, just a few cells of it? So, ladies and gentlemen, meat is the worse killer than any war, dont you agree? Yes or no? [Audience: Yes.] Thank you! Thank you! Then there are more diseases related to the production of the meat, like swine flu, which Dr. Michael Greger just explained very clearly, originates from animal farms. And the next pandemic, which could emerge any day now, any minute, could be worse for us, could be worse than swine flu. So, sir, to solve this, we do need to move quickly, and of course we know what to do, right? Yes? Be vegan. You know, yes or no? [Audience: Yes, we know.] Thank you. Wonderful people. Wonderful! You make my day. There is an advantage of time here, because one aspect of methane is that it dissipates in around 12 years time, whereas carbon dioxide, CO2, stays in the atmosphere for up to thousands of years. So we remove the livestock-generated methane, and the planet cools fast! You see the logic? Yes. From many scientific studies, the health benefits of the vegan lifestyle are already clear. And there are entire communities such as Village of Peace in Israel, where
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thousands of vegan residents are free of diseases, such as high blood pressure, diabetes and even cancer. In the country of Ghana, there is a similar program where after becoming vegan for more than 20 years now, the villagers, the entire village, dont have malaria anymore; and you know how malaria attacks those countries in Africa. And the previous high infant mortality rate went down to zero. Before, high infant mortality rate zero. I also applaud this program. So, please, pray with me, Mr. Pelletier, that everyone does wake up in time. Pray. I pray day and night that the Divine manifests in the physical realm and wakes up the leaders of our nations, wakes up the religious heads, wakes up everybody in time so that they understand the urgency of our situation, and that they understand the solution of solving this dangerous crisis that is facing us. That is, we have to turn back to our caring and compassionate nature inside our heart. Thats very simple. We are that. We are compassion. We are merciful. We are caring. So we just have been cheated. We have been misinformed up to now, so we did not know it. Being vegan worldwide is the advancement of compassion that will uplift and unify all cultures, bringing tranquillity to humans and animals alike. The inner peace that comes from replacing killing with respect for all life will spread like a wave across the globe, elevate human hearts, and create a harmonious Eden on Earth. That will bring us all to a lasting Golden Era. Bless you. [Extended applause.] Thank you. I am positive we will do it. Yes? [Audience: Yes!] We can make it just a little change, just a little change. Just a little piece of animal meat change to vegetable protein. We have plenty nowadays. We have vegetarian sausages, we have vegetarian all kinds of chicken, shrimp look-alike taste better! [Master laughs.] Thank you. I love Washington, D.C.! I love Washington people, you are so elite! Thank you! MC. Our next questioner is Mr. Bob Lebensold, producer and radio host of a program called Environmentally Sound on WVOX Radio in New York. In fact, Mr. Lebensold and Supreme Master Ching Hai know each other, because hes recently interviewed Her on his program. Hi, Master! [M: Hi, Bob!] Its good to see You again. Good to be with You again. [M: How are you, Bob?] Im great. Its very nice to be here. Im glad Your people invited me. You have a great crew here, great staff. Good audience. They are so good. [Q: Yes, very good. And very pretty.] I feel such a loving and supportive atmosphere. Okay, go ahead, Bob. I still dont quite understand what You mean by Leap to the Golden Era. What does the term leap actually mean? What makes it happen? And what does the Golden Era mean to us here on Earth? You dont know leap, Bob? [Master laughs.] I am sure you know. You just ask so that you can have some interesting things to talk on your radio show, right? Leap. Well, actually, I asked that because I would like to understand what this is about. Its called Humanitys Leap to the Golden Era. And I would like to know just how You see it what it means in Your terms because You are the inspirational spark for this whole gathering. All right, sir. Aye, aye, sir. I will comply. [Laughter] [Q: Thank You.] Thank you for your question. Very thought-provoking. I shall try my best to explain what is meant by
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Humanitys Leap to the Golden Era. The leap is the big jump that could bring humankind from one incorrect way of life to a better way of life, to the next, higher level in a short time. You see, one small step from everyone in the right direction can result in a big leap in our evolution as a human race. And that small step is very simple. Its just: No killing. Abiding by the principle of live and let live, adhering to the universal law where we grant life to beget life. Because like attracts like; that, we all know. This, of course, includes adopting a vegan diet. Humans are naturally more generous and peaceful in their heart; its just that we all have been misinformed, misunderstood for a long, long, long time. We thought meat was good for us, we thought dairy was good for us, we thought fish was good for us, we thought eggs were good for us Its all wrong. Its all the opposite. It all has been proven that these things that we have been told that are good for us like meat, fish, dairy, eggs, whatever animal products are good for us is all wrong. Its the opposite of what is good. It has been bringing us suffering, sickness and tremendous loss of finances from tax payers, for curing diseases and related businesses. So we have been misled for a long, long time. Now, we have to do research. We have to listen to the wise doctors and scientists. We have to see the result of their research: That meat and animal products are really, really poisonous for us. We have to stop now, especially stop for our childrens sake. We cant keep poisoning our children anymore; they are helpless. The poor children, they rely on us, they think we know better, but its not our fault either. We just need to turn around. Why its not our fault? Because we have also been taught that way. And our grandparents, our great-grandparents have also been taught that way. And for being too busy, too busy for daily survival, working, we have no time to do research, so we did not know that these things are truly poisonous to us. And above all, it is eating up our planet. Its not just killing people, its not just killing animals, its killing our planet. And we have to stop it in order to save our world. We just turn around, thats it. Just walk the opposite way, the right way without causing any more suffering; no taking more lives, but loving and protecting all creatures. Thats the leap that all humanity needs. Thank you. We will feel completely different after we make this leap. We will feel evolved to the higher level of consciousness automatically. Just imagine we are big, strong, intelligent and able. We are able to plant all kinds of stuff to eat, and we should not use our might, our intelligence, our capability, to harass, to molest, to torture, to cause suffering and to murder those little, helpless, innocent animals who have never done us any harm. According to the law, they are innocent. And if we kill innocent beings, we are the ones who should be punished. I am sorry if I offend you, but this is the truth. And I am sure you understand it. Thank you. Through our leap in this evolution, we can leave this existence of want and fear, toward a true life of peace and love and enlightenment from the vicious cycle of killing, suffering, and violence to a circle of loving kindness, protection, and happiness. Can we imagine a world where the meek ones never have to fear the strong? Where there is no more violence, no fighting among neighbors, near or far, and no child has to die of hunger, thirst or illness every few seconds, every day, while their mother watches, completely helpless with her heart drowning in sorrow. As I am speaking, many children are dying somewhere. Every few seconds, a child dies of hunger. We cannot keep doing this. We cannot wait longer. We have to save these lives not just the lives of animals, but the lives of our children, even if its not our children other peoples children.
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Meat causes so much suffering because it causes hunger and war. We use up all our cereals, grain, soy and good resources, and land and water to support the meat industry, and therefore the world is short of food and water. So in order to save lives we have to stop the meat industry. The way we are living right now is a deeply degraded condition of what we really are. We are the children of God, which is all loving and kindness. We are the heirs of heaven. Weve just forgotten. Can you imagine a God who comes here to Earth and kills everything in sight to eat? Sorry, if there is a God like that, I dont want to be Hiers child. Would you like to be the children of that kind of God? Tell me yes or no? [Audience: No!] Okay, no. Thank you. Youre so kind. Now, if God is all merciful, all compassion, all loving, and we are the children of God, then dont you think we should walk like Gods children on Earth? We have to walk the way of love and compassion. We have to represent our Father/Mother if we want to glorify Hiers name. We always pray every day, Hallowed be thy name in heaven as well as on Earth, but what do we do to hallow Hiers name? We have to represent Hirm. We always pray to God because we believe God is merciful, protective, compassionate and loving. And we are the children of God, we must represent these qualities. We are those qualities: We are loving and kindness. We have just been misled, misinformed, and we have forgotten. So please just remember. These qualities are deep inside us, so we know there must be something better than what we see around us. We do have examples through our history of human beings whose lives were so uplifting that they continue to shine until today not only spiritual teachers, but philosophers like Plato, statesmen like Socrates, the mathematician Pythagoras, and the poet Ralph Waldo Emerson of America. They were all vegetarian. Are you surprised? No, you are not. You dont look surprised to me. So you knew all that. All the great people, they are vegetarian or vegan. So if we study them carefully, we will see that at the basic core of the civilized life they taught is the vegan diet. The vegan diet is one of the first single greatest acts of compassion, of not harming another life, and not damaging the environment even. If we compare a meat-based diet to a vegan diet, it takes around 14 times as much water, 6 times as much grain, 10 times as much energy, and over 20 times as much land, while often destroying precious rainforest. Being vegan is good business in terms of virtuous merit, as well as preserving the only home we have. The less damage and harm we inflict upon the planet and her inhabitants, the less we have to pay. We are paying dearly now, and we will pay much dearer if we dont stop the meat/animal industry. The more we exert our loving kindness and protection towards all beings, the greater we will be in the world, the greater will be the feeling in our heart as well as in the kingdom of heaven. Thats why great Masters and other illuminated souls of the past all taught us, one and the same, that if we dont wish to be harmed, we must not impose harm on others. You look in all religions, all say the same this sentence, this same meaning. Whatever is good for us, we should do for others; that whatever we sow, we will reap, without fail. Thats why they did teach us not to eat animals and to be vegan. If we make this leap, a very small change in the diet. Instead of meat, instead of animal protein, we choose vegetable protein, which is first class anyway. Animal protein is second class, why? Because they have eaten the first class vegetable and fruit and then we eat their flesh. That is second class. We are humans, why do we choose the second class stuff? It doesnt befit us. So we have to make this leap. Thank you. My God! Youre so kind. We have to make this leap, ladies and gentlemen, because if we do, the Golden Era will be here in no time heralding a time of peaceful living, without the perpetual loss of lives early deaths in the tens of billions each year! My God! Tortured and murdered for our
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Like now, Im speaking to you, I dont have any instrument and nobody is playing any harp around here, but I can hear the heavenly music at the same time. The inside melody, this music, is the real music, is the real inspiration behind all the greatest compositions on this planet. I know it because I myself experienced it. In ancient times, the spiritual practitioners who are connected to heaven, at times tried to replicate the mesmerizing, wonderful music of the celestial abode by creating instruments. So many of the instruments we have like the harp, the piano, the violin, the flute, the Scottish bagpipes, et cetera they all correlate with the sounds of real heavenly realms, except the real ones are much more incredibly uplifting, for this matter. I know it because I can compare, because I hear the inner music and I can hear your outside music or other artists music so I can compare. Though the paints and the gold and precious gems can never be as brilliant as the ones in Gods kingdom, they also still help to remind people of their glorious, divine nature, or awaken to something beyond the ordinary world. So all artists help to awaken the noble qualities within humans. So you are right to say that the beauty of art does remind us of our real Home. Its not just the aesthetic pleasure, but it resonates with our origin. The beauties we adore so much, are us. The nobility, love, and compassion, are us. Therefore, we are grateful to the artists, such as yourself, who have enriched our lives through their beautiful contributions. Lets continue working together until we create our own spiritual world paradise, Alex. Thank you. Heaven bless you. [Q: Thank You.] Continue with your music. MC. And we thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your words are actually artistic to our souls. Theyre music. Its heavenly and we are moved with the compassion and passion of what Your wisdom is all about. So thank You once again. Our next questioner is also a musician. He goes by the pen name DiVinci and is renowned for his dynamic form of hip hop. He is most notable for doing many things simultaneously, and can even play music with his feet and face. Thank you. Im here with my group, Solillaquists of Sound, and weve dedicated our lives as both people and musicians to inspire everyone to recognize the power that they have as individuals. And it feels really great to be among so many other people that have dedicated their lives to the same thing, so thanks to everyone here, as well as Supreme Master Ching Hai. Can You comment on the children that are being born these days? Children like Akiane, they seem to be born with great gifts and maturity, and wisdom thats well beyond their years. What is their role in this time? Yes, Id be glad to inform you. You just remember, there was one little beautiful girl, Akiane Kramarik. She is one of the, what we call, Indigo children or Crystal children. Theyre born from a different dimension, from a higher dimension, but unlike us they have the ability to retain their divinity, or at least some part of it, so that they can bring to this world some different gifts for us. We are all born from different dimensions, Mr. DiVinci. We are all divine. We are all born from a higher level of consciousness, from what I know. Its just that we have been degraded, we have come to this world and we have been confused, and the negative force of this realm has been deluding us and making us into what we have not willed to be. We should have been much better than what we are. Thats why we are never satisfied with ourselves, no matter how much money we have, no matter how successful big house, big car something inside us always makes us feel somethings missing. Something we dont know what. That is our divine origin trying to wake us up.
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Indigo children are the children who have exceptional talent for their age. They know more, way beyond their years. And people who have studied or spent time with these special, gifted children have told us about them. These are the youth who are born from higher dimensions and can retain some part of their intelligence, their wisdom and their talent, their quality of the higher dimension. Many children, dont have to be Indigo children, from the time of their birth until about three, four years of age, many of the children still can remember heaven. Sometimes they talk with each other about heaven. Sometimes they told their parents about heaven, but the parents would not listen, would not understand, because the parents have already forgotten. After three, four years of age we have forgotten our origin. So the Indigo children are the ones who still continue to remember after four or five years of age. Lucky for them. Perhaps its heavens will to let these children come and remember their divine quality so that we have hope, so to remind us that we could attain like that. We could be like them, or perhaps we were like them. Yes, we are like them, Mr. DiVinci. Through my meditation, through my search of heaven and Earth, I know we are all divine, Mr. DiVinci. If only I can show it to you. If only I can let you know what I know. If only I can remove all the obstructive substances that many of us have been misled about and put into this temple, the divine temple, and blurred our consciousness. Thats the reason we have forgotten our Godly origin. Thats the reason why we forgot that we are truly the children of God. Weve all heard that were children of God but we dont know it. We dont really know it because we obstructed ourselves, because the negative force in this world is too heavy: They kind of surround us, they kind of suppress us so that we could not struggle to fight against it. And then we succumb to this negative force and degrade ourselves more and more every day. Thats why many Masters came to this planet since times immemorial to try to lift us up, to try to remind us. But the thing is, its not that easy because we have been sleeping too long. Now, were talking about the children, that they have retained some part of their divinity. Theyve come because theyve found that the atmosphere, perhaps, on our planet has become more suitable, more refined and brighter for them. Our planet has been changing recently for the better, you see, as more and more people are doing virtuous deeds, practice deep meditation, spiritual disciplines, and adopting the compassionate, vegan lifestyle. Nowadays, because the communication is so advanced, so the vegan lifestyle or spiritual lifestyle spreads very easily, unlike the time of Jesus. So nowadays, we dont have those harassments from misunderstanding like the time of Jesus or the time of Prophet Muhammad. Also, our human evolution has benefited from the spiritual Masters who have been gracing our Earth throughout history to bless us. So the atmosphere of our world today has become more purified, despite the setbacks that we have also, at the same time, due to the uncompassionate way that we have been misled into living. Nevertheless, the part that can be purified, it has been purified, so our planet atmosphere has been receptive, uplifted to these higher dimensional levels. So some higher dimensional beings can come here perhaps more in the future. These so-called Indigo or Crystal children have come to join us; as we continue to purify our world, well have more and more of them. They serve as innocent inspiration and reminder towards our own innate higher qualities, as we see their good energy, creativity, intelligence, wisdom and love put into practice. For some of us who may not know much about these young people, Ill explain a little more. These children, they are born with many talents, including both the artistic and technological, way beyond their tender age. Their faith in the Divine gives them a simple
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the friends, we can see like the whales, the seals but we dont recognize. But the enemies we dont see but we listen to. That is the force of evil, the force of the negative in this world. We dont see the force, we dont see that power, we dont see it manifested, personified, but we listen to it daily. So we do many wrong things that we regret. Or, at the time of death, we regret because at that time we can see whatever wrong things we do, just like watching cinemas, and we feel very sorry that we have done such things due to not knowing, due to being misled. So these animals, they are really our friends, they are our benefactors; but many of us kill them. If we can contact some of the best animal communicators, they will tell you that whales are the greatest love. They house the greatest love of the Divine for our planet; seals also. In one of the conferences last time, I have told the audience about the different quality of love of different animals, and whales and seals are one of the few number ones in loving power. Now, thats not me who says that. It is through meditation and I have been informed like that. So if we kill these beings, were really killing ourselves. We take out the balance that is greatly needed at this time, especially at this time, in our dire situation. Now, if we let them live, then they will be able to bring back to Earth the powerful, unconditional love, like that of the mother for her child; and they do their noble mission knowingly. They knowingly do it. Second question: Do the roles and relationships of animals with human beings deeply connect us further? Yes, of course, sir, of course, because the animals are very pure. They are already connected with the higher source of the Divine, so we can learn so much from them. The animal does not have to be large. It could be an ant, which is noted scientifically for his intelligence, or a rabbit. A rabbit is also a powerhouse of love; almost next to the whales, for example. Or even a chicken you may be surprised. There was a Finnish painter who told us that when he was feeling down because his day didnt go well, the chickens in his backyard came and sat in front of him, and just by looking at them he got a sudden energy boost and felt better. Yes, try it yourself. Rescue some chickens from the battery farm, and then try looking at them. Thank you. Now, some people also report remarkable experiences with marine mammals, like the dolphins, saying that just contacting them once in a while lifted them out of their depression, or nervous breakdown even. And some researchers have even noted a shift in peoples brain waves for the better, more positive, following dolphin encounters. So this has been proven, with lasting changes that include more creativity and even a strengthened immune system. Imagine that? Just contact them once in a while. So how is it that animals are helping us to reach the Golden Era? It is through their unconditional benevolent love and merciful nature, Mr. Canther Im sure you know this, or at least you feel it and their absolute forgiveness, no matter what humanity has done to them. You see, for example the whales, in Au Lac, the big whales that rescue the fishermen in Au Lac, they do know that these are fishermen. They do know that they kill fish for a living, but they still rescue them at sea when the fishermen are in danger. You see? Absolutely unconditional, non-judgemental. This is the love that we humans also house in our heart, but we have suppressed it, because the substances that we took into our body dont help us to develop more of our divinity, but on the contrary, destroy it, or at least suppress it, damage it. So now, we have to reclaim it again. Speaking of the quality, the unconditional love, I must say something about honoring this love from the animals. For all the generosity of
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spirit and blessing that they bring into our lives, how do we have the heart to kill them, and eat them, to enjoy their suffering? You must know this, Mr. Canther, since you are already vegetarian. I appreciate that. God bless you. Thank you. For anyone who is not yet a vegetarian, or who has not understood why, please inform yourself of the unimaginable, utterly cruel and utmost inhumane treatment involved in meat and dairy production, or fishing even, as well as lab experiments or the animal fur industry. If we really connect with the animals, or if we really dont shut down our innate feeling, we will also feel their suffering, which is caused almost exclusively by humans. So please, I ask you, go and find out what really happens to the animals in those slaughterhouses I will call it massmurder house. If you do, its likely that they will no longer end up on your plate. The unimaginable horrendous treatment of the babies baby cows even, baby seals, baby chicks will make you shudder with horror. Even the egg industry has blood on its hands. If you would like more information, there is a show on the Supreme Master Television called Stop Animal Cruelty, a program on Supreme Master Television at www.SupremeMasterTV.com/Stop-Animal-Cruelty as well as other information concerning humans, animals and saving our planet, et cetera. We dont like to think of ourselves as cruel, much less brutal, especially for something like a hamburger or a piece of bacon, but these are the facts. Animals are utterly, cruelly mistreated day in and day out to feed the very industry that supplies all the meat consumed by humans. In news just a few days ago, an undercover video sponsored by the Humane Society of the United States recorded the treatment of baby calves, some barely a few days old. As these animals were being led to their murder, many of them were so weakened by the bad treatment and the condition they lived in that they could not walk or they were too young to walk they were kicked, beaten repeatedly while laying down, and they were doused with water to increase the pain of the electrical shock, and even skinned alive. Can you imagine that we do these things? [Master is crying.] It may surprise you to know that this was a certified organic facility its not just an ordinary animal farm. So now, we know that even the animal products you think are somehow more healthy or eco-friendly, this is not the case at all. Please dont eat meat, its too cruel. In another discovery, undercover recording, baby male chicks were being sent by the thousands down a conveyor belt to a giant meat grinder alive! Can you imagine? Little chicks like this, so beautiful, so cute? And they do this. [Master is crying.] We, humans, do this to them. In this factory alone, over 150,000 of the tiny baby chicks are ground up are ground up, alive, every day for dog meat or whatever meat. All because the male chicks cannot lay eggs. So dont make profit for the industry so they grind them alive. Can you imagine? If anyone does not believe in hell, please go and see these places; then you will know hell exists right here on our planet. These factories also supply the so-called free-range eggs. Some people think that eggs do not require the loss of life, but they do, very much so. And then there are the horrifying conditions of the pigs, which are extremely clean animals, by the way, scientifically proven. But these intelligent, sensitive beings are locked in crates so small they cant even turn around all their miserable lives. But the worst is their actual death process. You see Oh God, I have to tell you, but its heart-wrenching. First, the pigs are stunned, often unsuccessfully, leaving them still conscious when they are hung by the feet and cut open with a knife. In fact, they are still alive when they are next put into a vat of boiling water, with videos that have shown them still twisting in pain. Imagine if its us. Imagine if its our loved one. Imagine if it is human. All this for a piece of meat, dead flesh that often causes even more diseases to humans, not like it
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even helps us in any way. Is it really worth it? Tell me, please, is it worth it? [Audience: No.] Its not. Its not, youre right. How can we degrade ourselves into such an inhumane, heartless state of being, by supporting these cruel, heart-wrenching practices? I ask myself, How can we justify causing that much suffering to another being, when the alternative is so easy, affordable and at hand and healthy? I hope it is clear that the best, and really the only way, is to be vegan. This lifts the immense burden of suffering and murdering of the innocents from our heart. It can enhance our connection with animals also. The human caregivers at a New Zealand animal sanctuary say that the naturally vegetarian donkeys the donkeys, theyre vegetarian, yes and there, they make friends with vegetarian human visitors faster than with the meat eaters because they feel safer without the smell of meat. So the animals they do know. My dogs for example, my dogs, I have even a Rottweiler a Rottweiler, you know Rottweiler reputation, right? Whenever I took him to our group meditation places you can see it on video also, Im not making up a story to glorify my dog. His name is Goody. When I adopted him I said, Goody, your race is a Rottweiler and I heard that you dont have good reputation as a race of dogs, so I name you Goody and youre going to be a very good dog so that you can redeem the reputation of the Rottweiler race. Its okay? So I named him Goody and hes very good ever since. Whenever I bring him to our group meditation you know our group is all vegetarian, all vegan, and meditation and all that; supposed to be good, and no killing, no drinking, no gambling, no adultery, no stealing, no lying you know that. So whenever he goes into this group of people, no matter thousands or hundreds, he runs around them, licking them all over and asking them to hold his hand or hug him, or jump on them, whatever. He does that to numerous people whoever man, woman, children, and old and young alike, because he feels good, safe there, I reckon. Now, you dont have to be an animal communicator to see this, that he feels good within our group. Now, when I took him out sometimes to the restaurant, which is a nonvegetarian restaurant it is difficult to find always in my travels a vegetarian restaurant, but I go in there to eat vegetarian, and I sometimes encourage my people to go into a non-vegetarian restaurant to eat vegetarian food to remind them to keep cooking more and more vegetarian for more people, because vegetarian restaurants, they already know. So I go often to a non-vegetarian restaurant if I have to go out. Then sometimes I bring my dog, whatever dog I bring. Okay, now, we talk about Rottweiler, we talk about that race. Hes been so good with hundreds of thousands of my Association members whenever hes among them. But I brought him out just to a non-vegetarian restaurant, and the owner of the restaurant, because he knew me, he came and talked to me. He just came, just like two meters near me only, he jumped right in the middle, between me and the owner of the restaurant the owner is still alive; if you want I can ask him. He jumped right in the middle and sat up straight and looked at him and growled at him already growling only. I said, No, no, dont do that. So the Rottweiler was quiet. Then the man thought he could approach me a little further. He just took one more step and he stood up, the Rottweiler stood up, and said, Grrr, no more! He protects me that much. But among hundreds or thousands of my people, he never does anything to them. He goes and licks them all over and, pawing them and hugging them. My God, you have to see it to believe. Well, all my people are still alive. You can ask them. The animals do know. I know that from my dogs. All the dogs are the same. All the dogs are the same. Now, one of the other dogs, called Hermit, hes an Australian Shepherd. Hes also very protective. Now, when he goes among our group, all the vegetarians, he also lets
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them hes normally very shy; he only knows family members, but when he goes out hes very shy. But when he goes to our group, if I tell him, Hermit, never mind, go, let people touch you because they love you and then he goes. He goes around and lets people touch him, and then he comes back and sits next to me. Yes, fine. But, if I go outside and take this dog with me, even to a bank, hes not growling like that; hes shy. But the bank people see him so beautiful blue eyes and a very beautiful dog so they want to touch and he doesnt want them to touch. He hides behind me immediately. Whenever that person approaches, he just runs behind my back and hides. He doesnt want to be aggressive because I told him not to, but he doesnt want to be touched by the meat eater. Im sorry if I offend anyone. But in my group he lets everybody touch him. These are true stories. And now, we must know that animals really understand who is who. So if we know all this, we cannot support further the meat industry because thats mass murder. In our society, we only kill someone when he has done something wrong. And nowadays, many countries have already abolished the death penalty. And even a death-sentenced prisoner, they have their own cell and they have clean food, clean water. They are not treated the way we treat our animal friends. This is really not humane at all. Please, stop all this. Please tell everybody else to stop all this. Thank you so much, thank you. MC. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for reminding us how noble our animal friends are and how they contribute to the loving balance of this world. Our next question comes from Marysol Verela, a freelance journalist with the Examiner newspaper in Orlando, Florida. A vegetarian herself, she is an advocate of the vegetarian lifestyle and has written many articles to encourage people to embrace it. Yes, good evening, Supreme Master. Im very happy to be here and to have been invited to this event, and to have the opportunity to go back home and inform everyone who didnt have the same opportunity as me about all the benefits that come from living in this healthy lifestyle. With that in mind, I have a question for You. I recently noticed that there is more and more positive and constructive media happening around the world. [M: Thats right.] And there are websites that provide only the good news, and television stations as well. So with that in mind, can You please share with us Your thoughts on the role of the media in transforming society? Thank You. Of course they are powerful, Ms. Verela. The media has a very important role in our society, everybody knows that. The printed words are very powerful. People are too busy with their daily activities, so they look to the media for informing and reporting relevant events, important matters, and all necessary information for their lives. So the media is a useful tool to awaken one another at this crucial time, a time when our planet and the lives on it are in danger. Thats why Im so glad to see many television and radio channels starting to broadcast about the urgent situation of our planet, and even the solution of the vegan diet, which is the switch, you know, that we have to make, very small change: Piece of meat out, vegetarian protein in. Thats it just a small change, everyone can afford. And its cheaper, healthier. And Supreme Master Television is there as well to contribute and to inform the people in this endeavor. Just recently, Lord Stern in the United Kingdom made a statement that the vegetarian diet is better than a meat diet for halting climate change, and the world media came to discuss the topic more actively, almost on every station. And then, the Australian and American television channels interviewed former United States Vice President and Nobel Prize Laureate Mr. Al Gore. You know, right? Our hero, you know him. Everybody knows him by now. They asked him, the journalists, the reporters,
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asked Mr. Al Gore to talk about the vegetarian solution as a means to halt global warming, which he recognized as important in curbing global warming, he recognizes that. He said that he cut back on the animal diet very sharply, and he said that the vegetarian diet definitely is a solution to curb global warming. So the media helps a lot to point people in the direction of the solution. In fact, the most urgent role of the media right now is to become vegan themselves compassionate, noble, and doing good deeds and to inform people of this urgent action. They should be an example, the media. Now, we also see that the public is responding with enthusiasm to spiritual topics like meditation, yoga, alternative living, vegetarianism. They want to know more about science and spirituality. We are, as a race, the whole humanity, becoming more spiritually-minded and reaching beyond just the limited, ephemeral, physical realm for something greater, nobler, and higher. Im so glad we are in this trend. And the media is a huge, huge help in reminding people to go in this upward direction. But, still, our evolution has been a bit too slow, dont you think? [Audience: Yes.] Its too slow. [Audience: Yes.] So I also look for hope in the good media people such as yourself, Ms. Beautiful. And if I may humbly urge you to encourage people through your work to become vegan, to save human lives, animal lives, and the environment. Because the vegan diet, though simple, is the giant stepping stone that would bring us higher in our evolution. Besides, time is running out for our planet. We must act fast to save lives. So the media has a very great, heroic, noble role to save the world at this moment in our history. And while saving lives, the media can also save the loving, noble quality in human hearts as well. Do you see how great and noble the role of the media is? [Q: Yes.] Thank you, Ms. Verela, for being a vegetarian yourself. God bless you and your company. MC. Thank You, Master Ching Hai, for the scope of Your vision and for Your pioneering role in the creation of Supreme Master Television. Our next questioner is the owner of Paradise Found, LLC, a company that delivers vegan produce to an ever expanding market in Ohio. Mr. Randall T. Ball has a question he would like to ask Supreme Master Ching Hai. Hallo, Supreme Master. Thank You. Im honored to come. A lot of people dont know this, Cincinnati is known as Porkopolis. We got our start as the pig capital of the Midwest. So my question is really a very important question, I think, one that Ive been asking myself for years, and that relates to the political leadership of this country. And to be able to ask You this in Washington, D.C., seems really important. So I wanted to preface by saying, Im almost half a century old. When I was growing up, American was known as the land of the free and the leader of the free world, and a beacon of light to the world. And now weve become the leading consumer. The American people have demonstrated their compassion and their power, since the beginning, in overcoming many forces of evil. So right now, how do we, as citizens of America, the ones that are literally consuming the planet, encourage and support greater nobility in ourselves, in our fellow American citizens, and in our government leaders? Thank You. Mr. Ball, good question, sir. Thank you for trusting me with such a great responsibility. I admire the American people very much, sir, you know that, for their faith and openminded, courageous spirit. And right now, the government leaders need our faith and encouragement more, because we really need their leadership to bring about the widescale change. We must help provide the government with information about the true cost of the animal diet. Sometimes the government are busy, putting priority elsewhere,
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you know, sir? Not that they dont like the change, but maybe they are not completely informed. So we have to inform them: Write to them, talk to them, do whatever it takes to inform them of the true cost of the animal diet. Not just costing life, it costs billions of US dollars every year just for the meat-related sicknesses, not to talk about how it kills our planet. You can gather and print it all this information, and send to your political leaders. If you want, you can go to www.SupremeMasterTV.com/SOS. We have all the information up to date that we have gathered reliable and ready material collected there for you. I myself have also written and sent letters and information to the secular and religious leaders of the world, hoping they have time to read. I dont send a lot of books, just short, condensed information. If you want you can enquire, the condensed one that I sent to the leaders of the world. And if they want to know more, or if you want to know more, or your people want to know more, can always log onto www.SupremeMasterTV.com/SOS. Thats it. Or, just log onto www.SupremeMasterTV.com and ask for any subject you want. They are all free of charge and ready anytime. And should the leaders take some positive steps, then we should write to thank them also and encourage them, not always criticize and dont thank them when they do the right thing. We should have positive encouragement, you see? We have to encourage them when they do some right things and so they go further in that direction, or even better, improve. As for the way that the meat industry is destroying the environment, our health, and the health and future of our children, and the planet eventually, the numbers, the sheer numbers, should be more than enough to shock any of us into action. Allow me to report to you a few shocking facts from the United States, your country, alone United States alone. 1. Waste of land Now, in the United States, an area more than nine times the size of California nine times Californias size! is used either for growing farm animal feed or grazing livestock. Its all about animals, nothing about us. Thats about one billion acres, or 80% of all agricultural land in the United States, and about half of all United States land being used for meat production. By contrast, less than three million acres is used to grow all the vegetables in the country. Imagine that! 2. Waste of water Half of water in the United States is wasted on the production of meat. Just for comparison, 100,000 liters of water are needed to produce one kilogram of beef, while less than 1% of this amount, or 900 liters only, is required to harvest a kilogram of wheat. 3. Waste of food 90% of all soy, 80% of all corn, and 70% of all grain grown in the United States are fed to fatten livestock, while this could feed at least 800 million hungry people, sir. We have hungry people; we have children dying every few seconds because we use too much land, too much water, too much food for livestock instead of on humans.
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this planet. I repeat: We must stop animal products right now and at all cost if we want to keep this planet. I have always looked to the American people and their great government leaders as one of the best living examples of democracy and freedom, integrity, of our world. However, I must tell you truthfully that the meat industry is unbefitting to the greatness of your country and of the great American citizen. Dont you agree, sir? [Audience: Yes.] Thank you. Great people deserve great things. Great people lead great lifestyles. So we have to do away with the un-great things and we have to begin the great things, for the great people, great country like America. I pray, sir, that the ones who are aware and want to save the children will do something about it, and fast, to stop this horrendous criminal system that is killing us and destroying our planet, and that we must not allow any longer. Thank you and God bless your faith in the Divine, in your leaders, and yourselves. God bless America! MC. Q. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for sharing Your illuminating wisdom with us. Next, we have Mr. Tom Vennum, a clinical bodyworker and a vegan. Its so nice to see You, Supreme Master Ching Hai. This is quite an honor. Im quite intrigued by the idea of this Humanitys Leap to the Golden Era and the idea of a Golden Era being here on planet Earth. It seems as time has gone on, weve evolved to a system where weve had to work to provide for our basic survival needs. [M: Right.] How will this system change as we grow into the new era? Will it be more servicebased, where neighbors simply provide for one another out of the kindness of their hearts? Thank You. That would be great. That would be great, sir. Yes, thatd be great. That would be our dream world. It might happen still. Yes. Its nice to meet you, sir. You are correct. You are correct. There are systems like that exist without money, based on what I have seen in more highly developed societies in the universe, such as on other planets. You see, our planet is not ready yet for this system. Its not the system, this or that. Its the people, the concept of life, the concept of the society has to change first, the peoples concept. Once they make a switch to change into a more sociable, more neighborly, more global family-like, then that kind of exchanging system will automatically come to realization. I have seen in other planets: Only the people who are more evolved, or the concept has evolved in that direction, more like a community, global community direction, more spiritually, then they would use that exchange system with no money that you mentioned. These planets, they are inhabited by beings similar to us, but theyre more beautiful. Im sorry. [Master laughs.] Maybe because they are more relaxed. And they are vegetarian relaxed, happy, and light conscience. So many of these civilizations are much more advanced than we are, even spiritually, even technologically, mainly because they have developed morally and spiritually to a higher level than ours. As a result, they do everything in a more effective and peaceful way. In our world, we have to earn a living because of the need for physical survival, so we even feel bored at work in many cases. Many people, they work but they dont love their job, they are not interested, because they feel forced to do the job just to earn the money. Often because of that we are forced into some job that we dont even like or not interested or not even capable to do. So often our precious talents and gifts, natural gifts, time and freedom, are all lost in the office or in the factory, or at best, put on hold
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for many, many decades until were retired. And then were tired to even realize our dream anymore. Or, we are too sick from the whole life long of service and being poisoned by being misled into eating meat, cigarettes, or whatever. So when were retired, were really tired, so all our talent, ability, energy, are lost just for maybe a few dollars an hour. And we are the children of God. And we have talent. Many people who have talent, ability, bury their life into some other mundane, laborious job until they die, unfulfilled. You know that. Yes. Its a pity. However, in these more developed places in the universe, everyone in secure and has enough, just like your dream world that you have mentioned. They work, but are able to choose which talents and abilities to share and contribute to the society. Because they do that so they do their best, because they do what they love to; they have choices, see? Instead of working for money, they produce for the honor and pleasure of contributing. They bring the fruits of their labor, or their talents, like their harvests or their services, to a place where they can exchange them with one another for the goods they need. This could be a goal that our world could look forward to. These people in those societies, they can enjoy a lot of time for their leisure, and developing their hobbies and their talents, et cetera, et cetera, and discover their dormant capabilities as well. So therefore, in such a society, there are many wonderful inventions have been born. And many wonderful things happen because people are relaxed and do what they do best. No one ever worries about lacking physical necessities, so their lives are full of freedom and happiness. Doesnt that sound wonderful, sir? [Q: Yes.] Sound wonderful to anybody? At least we can dream on, dream on. Because American people say: Youve got to have a dream. If you dont have a dream, how would you have a dream come true? Right? So right now we dream that our planet first be saved by a vegan diet, and then we can dream of this dream world in which everyone exercises their talents and their love for their work and creativity, instead of working hard, back broken just for money. Now, wouldnt it be nice to have this kind of free and happy society? [Audience: Yes.] Well, if I might add, all such societies are also vegan, I told you. Their concept of life is very clear very clear, very selfless, unconditional, very intelligent. I have not seen a single civilization so advanced and happy, joyful, that is not a vegan society. According to precedent, non-violence is, in fact, vegan, a requirement for advancing to the next levels of civilization. In those societies they only take what they need and their needs are so few. Because once we change our concept, we live a freer life. Our souls are less burdened, our hearts are more open, our minds are so happy. We need very little in life to feel contented because were not burdened by the guilt of murdering innocent animals. We are not burdened by the obligation to earn a living, to pay tax, to pay electricity, to pay whatever all the basic necessities they should be free for everyone. Now, in those societies, they dont have this burden, so theyre free to develop, and they develop so much. And so theyre happy. When youre happy you dont need much. You really dont need much, because youre spiritually also fed, emotionally also satisfied. And as you notice yourself, when were happy emotionally, or physically or mentally, we hardly need anything. Remember when you fall in love, you hold hands all day; you dont even want to go to eat anything lay in bed all day talking nonsense together, and youre not hungry. Youre happy: You feel you dont need anything. You feel you just need that place, that little room, thats enough.
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Now, the taking of another beings precious life, including the life of an animal, no matter how small, certainly never happens in an intelligent and civilized society, as I have seen it. Members of such a true civilization would never oppress, torture, or murder the weak, defenseless and innocent animals that have never done anything wrong to them; but, on the contrary, treat all life with utmost respect and protection, like they would their own life. Furthermore, they dont take up their planets resources needlessly to try to breed and raise animals for the pleasure of their fleeting enjoyment of the palate. They are frugal and sensible. Perhaps, we can someday join the ranks of the highly developed planets. Maybe we can even learn from them and exchange goods with them. There is much we could look forward to on our own planet and beyond. But first we have to save it, by being vegan thats the only solution right now. We dont have time for anything else. Thank you, Mr. Good-Heart for being with us, and for doing your part. God bless you. MC. We are so grateful for Your fascinating vision and elevating wisdom, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Next, we have a question from Mr. Steve Ma, the founder, president and GEO of the organization Live Green, and he also is a devoted vegan. The letters GEO stand for Green Executive Officer. [Laughter and applause.] Oh, yes? GEO, not CEO? Wonderful. Hallo, Supreme Master. [M: Hallo, GEO! [Laughter] Good invention! Thats a new word.] One of the things that we do as an organization is encourage people to go to green businesses and support the business owners who are doing it right. So first Id like to invite You to come to D.C. and we will go out to a nice vegan meal together at one of the restaurants. [M: Wow! Itd be my honor. God willing. Thank you.] One of the things we really like to do is point out people who are doing it right, people who are succeeding in helping us live a more sustainable way. And thankfully, there are many recent examples of people, communities, coming together to live a more sustainable way. And for instance, right here in D.C., Mrs. Michelle Obama has created an organic community garden, a vegetable garden. [M: Right.] And school children from nearby schools come by to help maintain that garden. [M: Yes, Ive heard about that.] So I want to know from You specific examples of things that we can do together as communities to really bring about a sustainable planet? Right! Good question! Yes, bravo to Americas First Lady Michelle Obama. She is my First Lady. Wonderful. That is a true First Lady. She has taken the lead by example. You know, in our old system of kings and queens in China and Au Lac, we call the queen, Mother of the Nation. So Mrs. Michelle Obama is worthy to be called that. She has taken the lead by example. She even said that her family feels more energetic and healthier from eating the organic vegetables, local-grown. Imagine if every neighborhood in the United States had an organic veggie garden like that, for sharing fresh, healthy, vegetables with everyone. There are reports about organic vegetable farming that it is quite profitable, and the demand for organic vegan foods now is growing faster and faster around the world. So one thing we can do is to encourage more organic vegan farmers markets. Farmers markets are more and more popular in the United States now because its fresh, its quality, and its local, so there is less transportation pollution. But, interestingly, studies show that eating locally is not as good as eating vegan. For example, scientists at Carnegie Mellon University calculated that a vegan diet reduced over seven times the emissions compared to a 100% local meat diet. So you see? Eat vegan is better than
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eat local even, loco meat. In Spanish, loco means crazy [Laughter] we dont eat loco meat. Now, in another study, Foodwatch in Germany found that switching from a meat diet to an organic meat diet saved only 8% of emissions, but switching to a non-organic vegan diet, even non-organic vegan diet, reduced 86% of emissions. So we save the planet by being vegan. Even non-organic! So actually, organic is good, local is wonderful, but the first step is at least being vegan, organic or not. Organic, of course, is the best, because when we plant all the tillable acres on our planet organically, then the CO2, the carbon dioxide, which exists already in our atmosphere will be absorbed 40%. And the other 60%, we take care by being vegan. Then were happy. Our planet will definitely survive. Now, the vegan lifestyle is the greenest lifestyle. Right or not? [Audience: Yes!] Thank you. Thank you, good children of God. Because even organic meat is actually not ecofriendly at all; it requires even more land, and more energy than the non-organic meat in meat farming. Can you believe that? So it doesnt even help to try to raise animals organically. The so-called sustainable, free-range, organic poultry, for example, needs 20% more energy and has a 20% higher, bigger impact on global warming than nonorganic poultry farms. Think about that. So weve been misled all the time. This is a terrible thing about this negative power in this world. It makes us believe things that are not good for us at all. From now on, we have to try to do research and believe only whats good for us. And we have to research until we really find that this news, this information, is truly reliable and believable by example, by proof. Otherwise, just dont listen to anything anybody else says if they dont prove it. Similarly, organic eggs were found to have a 14% higher carbon footprint than nonorganic eggs. So there we are. And even though you dont use fertilizers, the benefit could be cancelled out because of the increased land use. Therefore, only the vegan lifestyle is truly sustainable. Now, once we become vegan and urge others to join through grassroots seminars, flyer distribution, letters, emails, whatever, we could practice sustainability in other ways. As I have suggested before, we could plant organic vegetables and trees. Better still are those fruit trees and nut trees, and those vegetables or legumes like beans and stuff that need little water. That, we can do research to know which ones need less water, because right now were short of water as well. Were short of everything right now. So we should be frugal not to waste precious energy and water, use our own shopping bags even. We encourage sustainable energy development. And we can write or talk to the government and the media, and the farmers even, because we really do need all the help from the government, from the media, to accelerate the trend. Another good way to quicken our movement to a sustainable planet is to generate more positive energy: Do good deeds and be loving and kind. Expand our loving quality. This is what will create a shield, invincible, to protect us and the planet. Finally, we can pray that divine power manifests on Earth to awaken leaders, media, influential people, and all the world citizens to take the right steps to preserve our planet, and fast fast before its too late. Because at this point, we do need heavens intervention to save our planet. Not to pray to them to protect us; just to pray so that they awaken everybody to the solution of the vegan diet, because that is the solution that will save our planet. If we can do these things, starting with being veg, we would realize not just a sustainable planet, but a real paradise of peace in our lifetime. Thank you and heaven bless you for being a vegetarian, a handsome vegetarian. MC. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for sharing Your most wonderful and insightful answers to these thought-provoking questions. Our final question for today comes from
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four. There was a very touching story, a true story; a mother told the story of her two children talking to each other. One child is a girl, shes four years old, and the other is one year old, laying in the crib still. And the four-year-old girl asked her younger sibling, Please, can you tell me what God is like, what God looks like? I began to forget already. That made me cry so much when I first heard about it. Please tell me what God is like, I began to forget already, the four-year-old tells the one-year-old. And now, we come back to Earth. We have to teach the children to be protective and loving to the innocent lives, like the animals, the helpless, the defenseless, the innocent. The blessing, actually, to our planet, are the animals. This gives them a close affinity with animals since a young age. We have to teach them the value of loving kindness to others, especially to the animals. It is up to us to not suppress or deny them their love for the animals. When we feed our children animals meat, the children, of course, become anxious and restless, because it goes against their natural instinct. We put violence into their tender body when we should teach them the best example of loving kindness and compassion. Its not just the physical, but subconsciously, in being given meat, they learn something very conflicting with their own care for the animals and love in their own heart, and clashing with everything else they are taught about being loving, being kind, not harming others, not killing others if we ourselves dont want to be harmed or to be killed, treated badly in the same way. We teach our children to be kind, to be loving, to be non-violent, but we feed them the very symbol of unkindness, of violence. That is the piece of animal flesh that we force into their tender body, by force sometimes. If you notice many little babies, when you feed them meat they often spit it out, and then we take it back, forcing them again, again, and again until they get used to it and cannot do without. And then they grow up teaching their children the same way. Isnt that a pity? Very sad affair. But its not really the parents or the teachers fault; its not our fault, because we ourselves were taught the same, as I have told you, from generation to generation, one leading the next, because we have no time to do the research on the reality of the harm of the animal diet and the benefit of the vegetarian lifestyle. See? Now, we must take time to do it. This is truly a tragic education that has been passing on to us and we have been passing on to our children. We shut off our sensitivity to the suffering of the animals and let ourselves forget that we are degrading ourselves, our true God-like, compassionate and innocent selves. We damage our body, our intelligence and we are killing the planet. Now, all it takes is a noble teacher, a parent one noble role model to nurture in our children what they were born knowing: That we love and care for all living beings as we would ourselves. That is the only philosophy. And that is the only true, noble way of living our lives. If we cannot teach that all life has inherent, precious value, then we may wonder what is worth teaching. Jesus said that above all else, we must love one another as ourselves. The Talmud said, The greatest wisdom is kindness. The Buddha taught us to uphold compassion, and the Quran reminds us to show mercy to all creatures. The Prophet in the Quran had stated that: Allah will not give mercy to anyone, except the ones who give mercy to other creatures. Its very clear. Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, also told His cousin, Oh Ali, dont eat meat, dont eat that. So since human history began, we have been reminded by the great and compassionate teachers, like Mahavira, Jesus Christ, Moses, Buddha, Prophet Muhammad, Guru Nanak, et cetera, et cetera, and many other great teachers who have helped to uplift us already, time and again, to a more civilized way of living with one
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another. And if we study carefully their message, and their own practice even, at the basic core of the civilized life they taught is the peace-loving vegan diet. Thats the beginning of everything else: Thats the beginning of the moral building block; thats the beginning of spiritual upliftment; thats the beginning of a peaceful society. If we can provide this same most basic spiritual and moral foundation for our children, then we are doing our part in noble, loving education that you mentioned, and it is certain that we will usher in a Golden Era. Thank you and all heavens love you for being vegan! And your husband. God bless you. Thank you! MC. M. And thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your answer. And we want to say that You are one of the most inspiring teachers in this world! Thank you. Thank you. Thank God for blessing me with such privilege. I really thank heaven every day that Im in the position to be able to contribute some humble goodness to the society. And thank you for being a good audience, thank you for your good questions. That completes our formal question-and-answer session. Supreme Master Ching Hai, is there anything else You would like to tell us? A few words of thanks and goodbye. You see, I am grateful also for the questioners because their questions are very, very thought-provoking, very enlightened, very concerned, very loving. Their enlightened questions, their sincere attention, support and love for the planet give me the inspiration to give a good answer. They said good answer is because of good question. And most of all, I appreciate all of your willingness to join hands in helping ensure the future, for our world. If we act now and together, while we still have a chance, and we still have some time, we can step into a world of our most splendid dreams, and beyond. Thank you for the good questions. I would like to thank again all the inspirational speakers, dignitaries, and participating guests for your many and valued contributions to the world. I also send my appreciation to the organizers for making this conference possible and successful. I can imagine how much hard work, dedication, and loving kindness has been put into this conference in order to make it as beautiful as it is. And because of that we have all the beautiful supportive, lively, good-looking audience. Thank you. And I salute the gracious hosting nation, America, as well as the capital of the great nation Washington, D.C.. As the speakers have said today in so many ways, we must all rise to what is needed by the planet now, and to what we know we can be. The time has come for us to change, evolve, grow and stand tall as the rightful crown of creation, the benevolent rulers and protectors, and heavens children on Earth. I pray that each of us may walk away from this important event much more encouraged, much more knowledgeable, and readier than before to go forth in the direction of righteousness, justice and love. Together, let us make the unprecedented leap to the Golden Era, to the time of compassion, harmony, kindness and true peace that awaits us. I know that we can do it. Yes, we can, right? Yes, we can. [Audience: Yes, we can!] I am positive that we can do it and I believe the Americans will be standing as one, blazing the trail to our shared wondrous destination. God bless us all. God bless America. God bless our world. Love you. [Extended applause.] Splendid people. Wonderful people, thank you so much. Thank you so much. Im also standing for you. Thank you so much. Please be seated. MC. Supreme Master Ching Hai, we have a special presentation for You from Mr. Ly Kien Truc (LKT), President of the Vietnamese American Media and Artist Association, Orange County, California.
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Greetings, honorable magistrates, esteemed judges, respected assistants, noble ladies and gentlemen. I am deeply honored and humbled by the invitation to participate in this special occasion, inaugurating your new program, the Diploma Participation in Environmental Rights. As a fellow concerned citizen of this world, I offer my congratulations and gratitude for this sincere endeavor that demonstrates your high degree of care and dedication to the environment and our world. May it strengthen your ability to carry out what is most just for all beings on this planet. Today, I am very honored to offer my humble contribution toward your wise rulings by sharing some of the newest scientific evidence about climate change and its most urgent cause. Climate effects and threats We have signs of imminent crisis that are evident in all corners of the world. First, storms have nearly doubled in intensity over the past five years, as we can see in Mexicos own recent hurricanes and floods, which left damage, trauma and grieving families. Meanwhile, sea levels are rising and at a faster pace, with at least 18 island nations that have completely disappeared and many more coastal areas continually threatened. Once towering glaciers are receding so fast that over two billion people are already short of water and food. Many more suffer shortage as tens of thousands of rivers and waters are gone or drying. Mexico herself is currently undergoing the worst drought in nearly 70 years. With 300,000 fellow human beings now dying each year due to climate change, more than 20 million have been displaced as climate refugees. Scientists also worry about the billions of tons of methane sitting beneath the nowmelting Arctic permafrost and the ever-warming oceans. Just a fraction released from either one could trigger mass extinctions. The cause What causes these damaging changes? Its not cars, ships or planes. It is not coal plants, and its not even all the smoke-spewing industries in our world. The number one cause of global warming is: Livestock. Recent research tells us that livestock raising is responsible for more than 50% of the worlds greenhouse gas emissions. Livestock is the single largest source of human-generated methane, a greenhouse gas that traps at least 72 times more heat than CO2, as measured over a 20-year period. The good news about this heat-trapping methane is that this gas is also more short-lived than CO2 and disappears very quickly by comparison. CO2 (carbon dioxide) stays in the atmosphere for thousands of years, while the lifetime of methane in the atmosphere is only about 12 years. In other words, methane does much more damage in the short run but if we stop it, we will be able to reverse the trend of global warming very fast. Therefore, to rapidly halt global warming, to halt the emission of methane, we must stop its number one source: That is, livestock breeding.
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Livestock Now, we talk about livestock. Livestock raising is responsible for countless adverse environmental effects, each of which further aggravates global warming. According to the United Nations and other studies, livestock raising is known to cause the following devastating effects: Deforestation Livestock raising is the single largest human use of land, and the main reason for deforestation. Since 1970, livestock production has been responsible for 90% of the Amazon deforestation, to clear land for pasture and grow animal feed crops. A rainforest area the size of a football field is destroyed every second to produce just 250 hamburgers. Scientists warn that if we continue on this damaging path, the Earths forests will soon stop absorbing greenhouse gases, and instead will start to release huge quantities of carbon dioxide. Moreover, deforestation for livestock activities also produces black carbon. Black carbon is a greenhouse particle that is 680 times as heat-trapping as CO2, and causes the ice sheets and glaciers around the world to melt even faster. Up to 40% of black carbon emissions come from burning forests for livestock. Soil erosion and desertification Over 50% of the worlds soil erosion is caused by livestock, which along with deforestation leads to desertification. Biodiversity loss Livestock is the leading cause of animal and plant extinction due to land degradation and other habitat-destroying effects. The livestock industry is killing off our beautiful wildlife, including Mexicos own. Deadly pollution Of all sectors, the meat industry is the biggest source of water pollution. Excessive and unregulated animal waste, chemical fertilizers, pesticides, antibiotics, and other livestock-related contaminants choke our waterways and create oceanic dead zones, such as the massive one in the Gulf of Mexico. Disease Over 65% of human infectious diseases are known to be transmitted by animals. The filthy and inhumane conditions of factory farming harbor lethal bacteria and viruses such as avian and swine flu, which we all know is a pandemic continuing its global deadly toll. Food waste Livestock uses up to 12 times the amount of grain as the same amount of vegetable protein. About 730 million tons of the worlds grain harvests are used to produce animal protein. This could feed all the hungry people, numbering one billion in the world, and many times over.
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Water waste It takes over 1,200 gallons of water to grow one serving of beef, but only 98 gallons of water for one complete, nutritionally balanced vegan meal. While 1.1 billion people lack access to safe drinking water, we waste 3.8 trillion tons of precious clean water each year for livestock production. Energy and resource waste Animal products require eight times as much fossil fuel energy to be produced, compared to vegetable products. A study found that meat and dairy production in Mexico use the most agricultural supplies and resources in the country, and this is reflected elsewhere around the world as well. All the evidence speaks so loud and clear. If these resources land, water, and grain were turned instead towards the direct support of human life instead of livestock, what a different world we would have. Respected climate scientists including Dr. James Hansen of NASA, Dr. Carlos Nobre of Brazils National Institute for Space Research, and Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change all have stated that reducing meat consumption or becoming vegetarian would be an effective solution to global warming. That is, we have to live an animal-free lifestyle, a compassionate lifestyle. Now, I will present just some of the many benefits of a vegan organic diet. Veg benefits First, the land for grazing and feed-growing could become forests that help reduce global warming. In addition, if all tillable land were turned into organic vegetable farmland, not only would people be fully fed, but up to 40% of all the greenhouse gases in the atmosphere could be absorbed. This is in addition to the elimination of over 50% of emissions caused by livestock raising. Therefore, in sum, we eliminate most of the human-made greenhouse gases by simply adopting the animal-free vegan organic lifestyle. This also leads to considerable financial savings for world governments. It has been calculated that by shifting to a vegan diet, the worlds governments would save USD32 trillion by 2050, or a full 80% of total climate mitigation costs. Finally, of course, there are the excellent health benefits of the vegan diet, which has been shown to prevent cancer significantly. It prevents and reverses heart disease and diabetes. It boosts the immune system, extends longevity, and preserves the health, intelligence, and calmness of the adults and children alike. In closing, honorable sirs and madams, the great country of Mexico has always looked toward advancement in her environmental actions, and are planning to be at the forefront to combat climate change and protect the world. The Mexican Constitution even states that all persons have the right to an environment appropriate for their development and well-being. Bravo. At this most urgent time for the planet, I beseech your honorable graces to please help your country and our world spare lives from the impending global warming calamity. If you dont, there will be too massive a catastrophe, too immense a suffering upon people, families, the children, that our conscience might never be able to bear it. I can only honor you with the truth when I say that we must become vegan to save our planet. We cannot wait for the sustainable energy and green technology to be available and used by everyone. It would be too late. I call upon the courage of all counsel present, with the authority
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MC. So many people, both dedicated professionals and volunteers, have been involved in the preparation of this event. Many of us are aware of what climate change means to our beloved country through the significant impact it is already having on our daily lives. Recent occurrences of earthquakes and mudslides in Indonesia and neighboring countries show the seriousness of this problem. Scientists are also providing confirming evidence of the unstable and dangerous situation in which our planet finds herself. Next on our program is the highlight of todays seminar, a videoconference with our most beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai! We are sure that Her honorable presence in this seminar will help to elevate the consciousness of the people in Indonesia and of viewers around the world. Supreme Master Ching Hai is a renowned humanitarian, spiritual Teacher, poet, composer and highly accomplished artist. For over two decades, She has devoted Herself to helping people in need around the world and to promote an ecological and compassionate lifestyle. For Her tremendous philanthropic contributions, in 2006 She received the prestigious Gusi Peace Prize Award, which is equivalent to the Nobel Peace Prize of the East just one example of countless awards She has received for Her worldwide humanitarian works. A more recently, Supreme Master Ching Hai has provided support to the victims of many of the natural disasters occurring with greater frequency around the world. Indonesia has always had a special place in Masters heart. Whenever there was a disaster in Indonesia be it a tsunami, a typhoon, an earthquake, or a flood Supreme Master Ching Hai has always sent an immediate donation and relief team to ease the suffering of our Indonesian people. Supreme Master Ching Hai has been invited to many international conferences to discuss global warming with scientists, politicians, journalists, and many leaders from around the world. She has shared with them, and the public, the easiest and the most effective way to solve global warming, which has been supported by the United Nations and many other authorities and scientists as well. Supreme Master Ching Hai has been invited as guest of honor to attend this most meaningful event, and we are very, extremely, happy and honored that She can join us today through a videoconference. Ladies and gentlemen, lets now welcome Supreme Master Ching Hai with a warm round of applause! Hi, Master, how are You? You look lovely today! M. MC. Hallo, everyone! Yes. Hi! Thank You for joining us today!
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Thanks for having me. Thank you. God bless you. God bless all of you. God bless Indonesia. Thank You, Master! Supreme Master Ching Hai, before we begin our question-andanswer session, would You like to share some of Your thoughts about climate change with us? Id be honored to join you today. And Im sure all of us already know, through the distinguished guest speakers, through their contribution of knowledge to our dire situation of the planet, but Ill be glad and honored to share a few thoughts. I hope everyone is okay. How are you? Are you okay? Feel good? [MC: Were really good, thank you, Master.] Splendid. Splendid. I will try some Indonesian, like Senang bertemu Anda! (Nice to see you!). [Laughter and applause.] [MC: Thats really good, Master! Nice to meet You too, Supreme Master!] Im very honored to be here today and meet the beautiful people of Indonesia again, since a long time. And, of course, my heart would like to give the best of thanks to all the distinguished guest speakers, dignitaries and audience members, as well as the media, for your participation and support. Indonesia, your country, is an amazing nation of many islands, beautiful, beautiful, with a variety of ethnic cultures that are harmonized through your national motto: Unity in Diversity. Beautiful motto. Yes, beautiful. Your land is also richly endowed with natural wonders, and a myriad of colorful living beings who live in the forest and beneath the seas around you. I was so sorry to know of the earthquake disaster recently that struck your communities. I had conveyed my humble prayers and some humble emergency support, and Ill continue to pray for the safety of your people, as I do for the rest of the people of the world. On this shared island in space we call Earth, we have been abundantly given everything we need, but we must care for it while we still have the chance. Specifically, it is time to protect Indonesia. Protect her oceans and lush forest the largest of all in Asia, is in Indonesia. I pray that through this important event, all of us will be further motivated to preserve the beautiful country of Indonesia as one of the jewels of our planet. So I convey my best wishes for a successful conference today. In just a few days, scientists from the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will be meeting in Bali. Thats another beautiful place in your country. I have been there. May this gathering, significant in its own way, serve as a push for genuine concern for the momentum that we need to save our planet in time. May Allah bless you all. May Allah bless Indonesia. Thank you ever so much!
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Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your insightful words. And we would like to thank You for all the humanitarian work that You have done for Indonesia, for so many people in so many places. We now begin todays question-and-answer session with Supreme Master Ching Hai. Now, our first question is coming from Mr. Budiharto, a wildlife activist at Cikananga Sanctuary. He is also a Shining World Compassion Award recipient for his compassionate work with animals. Dear Supreme Master Ching Hai, good afternoon. [M: Good afternoon.] Honored Master, most of my daily meals are vegetables, although in fact I have not yet become a pure vegetarian. I do not eat meat because I am an activist in the wildlife rescue center and so automatically I am an animal lover. After reading books and magazines given by You through Your Association members in Indonesia, and also after I received one of Your awards, the Shining World Compassion Award, I understand more why people must be vegetarian to save the world. Respected Master, please share ideas with us
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here on how to make the vegan lifestyle become more and more popular in our society and to become a new positive trend for all levels of society. Or, in other words, how can the vegan lifestyle become more widely accepted in Indonesian society? Because I feel that the vegan lifestyle is still only being adopted by certain communities. Thank You. M. Thank you, Mr. Budiharto. Budi included Budiharto your name means you have Buddha in you. Budi is a Buddha. [Master and audience laugh.] You look like a Buddha also! First of all, thank you for your caring work on behalf of the wild animals. God bless you for that. Im glad to be able to tell you that with all the available foods and recipes nowadays, its very easy to be vegan. You can do it; Im sure of that, now that you know why. Like most of the people of the world, you are not informed about the reason and the cruelty behind that harmless looking piece of meat that we consume. Its just another step in expressing your love for the animals, to be veg, which I can see is already very great. Your question is how to make the vegan lifestyle become more and more popular, as a positive trend for everybody in the society. Yes, that is surely the ideal, the goal, Mr. Budiharto. This is what we are working to do, through Supreme Master Television and the efforts of our Association members, airing programs and news about global warming and the vegan solution to benefit the people and the planet, as well as the distribution of information to reach the media and government representatives. If the governments recommend the vegan diet to halt global warming, you can imagine the level of response! But we cant afford to wait for the government or anyone else to create the trend. So we start it now, first, by becoming vegan ourselves, individually, and then letting everyone else know how easy and beneficial it is. Do you know some of the vegan advantages, Mr. Budiharto? Okay, Ill tell you. There are really so many, I hardly know where to start. But I will list here just a few, for you and the audience. 1. Fitness: A study in India conducted using a cardiovascular fitness test on both vegetarian and non-vegetarian teenagers, found that the vegetarians had greater endurance and fitness than the non-vegetarians. Performance: Vegan United States ironman tri-athlete, Brendan Brazier very famous made a mix from the veg ingredients of hemp, dried pea and lentil powders, thats all with all the necessary amino acids to make a complete protein. Brenda says these simple ingredients provide energy that has sustained him through many medal-winnings, with quick muscle recovery between the events. Strength: A Belgian study measuring athletic ability found that vegetarians could complete a weight-lifting exercise 69 times, while the meat eaters averaged only 38 times. Almost half. In Denmark, scientists compared the exercise stamina of three different diets, discovering that those who ate meat, milk and eggs, fish were only able to last 57 minutes. Those who consume meat and vegetables were able to continue for 114 minutes. Thats better already, yes? But, the vegan diet, a person who consumes only vegan diet, consisting of grains, vegetables and fruits, increased stamina to 167 minutes! Endurance: A test at Yale University in the United States compared the endurance of meat-eating athletes and vegetarians who normally did not even do any exercise at all, a normal person. Each person was given tests such as seeing how long they could hold out their arms like this. Only 13% of the meat eaters, 13% could hold their arms out for more than 15 minutes, and none of them reached 30
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There are other simple joys to the vegan lifestyle, such as not having to worry about elevated cholesterol and, in many cases, we can even forget about heart disease and cancer. So once we are successful in being vegan ourselves, with organic vegan being even better by the way, we can start inviting others to join us. Ask your friends and colleagues over for dinner and lunch, and introduce them to vegan dishes along the way. They can see for themselves how tasty and healthy it is. We can also pass out flyers that show the health and environmental advantages of being vegan, complete with all the famous, smart, beautiful and strong examples of vegan, like movie stars, athletes, fitness training gurus, et cetera, et cetera. Meanwhile, you also can write to the government, schools and other important organizations to let them know the urgency of our climate, and the importance of being veg, with any materials you need freely available from www.SupremeMasterTV.com. Or, please ask our Association members to help you. Besides the positive motivation for being vegan, you are helping address a very real need in our world at this time, Mr. Budiharto. This is because our entire Earth is continuing to heat up from global warming, which scientists say is primarily caused by greenhouse gases emitted by the animal farms for the livestock industry. This activity of killing animals for meat has grown to vast proportions in many parts of the world, outside of our eyes, causing immense suffering for countless animals, causing sickness to us humans, especially the children and the elderly, along with land and water pollution, massive deforestation, loss of habitat for wildlife, which you try to protect, and human diseases that include bird and swine flu, mad cow disease, et cetera, et cetera. Meat production also meaning fishing. After billions of these underwater animals have been snatched from their homes and killed en masse, our oceans are now gravely imbalanced. The cumulative impact of all these destructive activities is really beyond measure, and experts such as the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are continually revising their forecasts as they realize the Earths decline from global warming is occurring much, much faster than anyone previously thought or predicted. Stopping meat and dairy consumption and fishing, poultry all the animal products is the fastest and most effective way to cool our planet and halt these dangerous changes. And now that we also understand the immeasurable benefits for the organic vegan diet, we can simply step forward and implement this solution which offers not only better personal health, but literally can save the entire planet, the entire world. This is how we continue to make the vegan lifestyle more popular. So please join us, Mr. Budiharto,
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and become part of the trend to save our world. You can always ask for our assistance from different centers. MC. Thank You, Master, for Your wise answer. Our next question, Master, comes from Ms. Hira Jamtani. She is a policy analyst and a writer on sustainable development and environmental issues. She is also a consultant for the Special Assistant to the Indonesian Minister of Environment. Dear Supreme Master Ching Hai, what is the farmers role, especially small farmers in poor countries, in this entire spiritual and ecological movement concerning the vegan society? Can we help them so that their life will be more prosperous through this movement? Thank You. Thank you, madam, for your time and your concern. Good day to you. Yes, the small farmers have an important role to play. Youre right to be concerned and want to help them, especially during this urgent time and in the future. They have a role in the veg trend to feed the world with nutritious and sustainable plant-based food. And wherever possible, all farmers should become organic vegan farmers to help restore the planet to a healthy balance, while improving peoples health and helping to stop the suffering of both humans and animals. I pray this will be the multifold, noble role of all the farmers of the world. The climate scientists are advising us that we must cut our meat consumption if we want to save the planet. Because the animal farms are too inefficient, too costly, depleting natural resources, polluting the environment, creating huge medical costs, water shortage, world hunger, and conflicts. In contrast to animal raising, growing organic vegetables, fruits and legumes yields more and better nutrition, is harmonious for humans, animals, and the environment, and is more profitable. Organically farmed soil is also healthy and even absorbs a lot of the greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. In fact, if tillable land was globally used for organic farming, it would absorb 40% of all greenhouse gases at least. Can you imagine? 40% would be absorbed by the organic farming method, then we have another 50% that would be cut off by abolishing the animal industry. Then our planet will be healthy. Very simple, logical, scientific and quick. Contrary to some beliefs, organic farming is quite profitable, and especially for small farmers. We have examples everywhere and we have shown some of these examples on Supreme Master Television, where the farmers, just sprinkle the seeds on the land, thats it. No water needed, no fertilizer needed, not much work to do even. They just sit there and wait for the rain to come, or even not rain much, then they will harvest, and harvest in abundance. Now, we have also multiple studies in the United States, India, and New Zealand. They all have confirmed this, that some of the reasons for the greater profits are that the production costs are lower than conventional farming. There are more crop varieties that could be rotated, such as corn, soybean and alfalfa. Also, the organic system is naturally more resistant to drought than conventional farm systems. In the United States, crop yields were at least the same and even up to three times higher than normal after the switch to organic, vegetable farming. Can you imagine? We harvest three times more, on the same piece of land if we do organic farming. At the same time, the environment is more protected, the produce is healthier and tastier. The good news is more and more people are realizing the many benefits of organic, vegan products, making it a trend in many countries and many cities, including Indonesia. Besides, we
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are facing a food shortage with high food prices. Small farmers can help us develop our economies in a better direction that is no longer dominated and hampered by the meat industry. The United Nations announced that as of 2009 the world is now seeing the highest number of hungry people in four decades. To be exact, there are 1.02 billion people with not enough food in the world. Hungry. 1.02 billion people are hungry in the world right now. That is one in every six persons, including children, the elderly women. While we are sitting here in safety and comfort, and have sufficient food for ourselves and our family, our neighboring people, our world co-citizens, more than one billion of them, are living in poverty, in hunger, in thirst. No sufficient water, no clean water, no food to eat. Children are dying every few seconds. Statistically, every five seconds one child dies of hunger. Im sorry to inform you of all this bad news, but I guess some of you already know and the truth has to be told. Organic vegan farming is also part of the solution to solve hunger. Small farmers have a spiritual role in veganism as well. The vegan diet itself is a spiritual movement because it is the single most effective way to expand our human compassion, and noble quality, and loving quality. It can reverse the cycle of violence and bad karmic retribution, As we sow so shall we reap. And it places us within a circle of love, protection, and mercy from any negative happenings in the physical realm. So the vegan organic farmer supports countless others to have this great merit by providing them with food that has minimal, or is free of violence, and through that he surely gains many spiritual merits himself. In many cases, organic farming is not different at all from conventional methods. Not much. So besides some labor, the technologies to become organic vegan dont require a lot of investment. But in case the farmers need help, the government can provide, because the government subsidizes the meat farmers anyway. So instead of subsidizing the meat industry, we subsidize the organic farming industry. So the government can give them vegetable seeds and training on better ways to farm without using chemical fertilizers, because sometimes the farmers are just not well informed about the harms of livestock raising, or the chemicals or the fertilizers or insecticides. They are not informed about a better way to grow vegetables and make more profit. The government can help them implement the measures to conserve the land and improve the quality of their products so that their buyers will trust in them, et cetera. The government can also set up a certification and quality standardization system to further promote the organic vegan industry. Now, regarding your question on how we can help the small farmers, we can ask the government to support them in becoming organic vegan, by letting them know that this is what the citizens want, and this will save the world. We can encourage our supermarkets, our schools, our companies, et cetera, as well as consider this healthier, more practical way of nourishing people. Ultimately, as consumers, we, the ordinary citizens, have a lot of power in our hands, and its up to us to create the demand for the right foods and boycott the wrong ones the harmful foods, the dangerous foods to us and to our children, the foods that are leading our planetary home to destruction. Instead, we should choose to buy organic vegetable and fruit products to save our lives and those of our families, save the animals and the planet. Even if organic vegan is not yet possible or available to you, the most important first step is to stop buying and eating meat, fish, eggs, dairy, and any animal products for you and for your familys sake, for the natural resources sake, and to plant the seeds for a better agriculture system for everyone. In this way, not only can all the farmers prosper we help them in this way but everyone will prosper and enjoy a long and thriving life. Thank you, Ms. Jamtani, for your very considerate question.
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Thank You, Master, very much for Your answer. And now, we have a question from Mr. Haji Chaerudin, well known by his nickname Bang Idin. He is a farmer and founder of Sangga Buana Environmental Farmers Group. Thank you. Respected and beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai, my name is Bang Idin. I am from the farmers group, Sangga Buana Environmental Farmers Group. Our philosophy sangga means poles, buana means universal life. Every day I work in the river. I clean the river, convert the waste to organic fertilizer for our plants for almost 15 years in the conservation forest region of Pesanggrahan River. That is my work. And my friends and I, 15 years ago, decided to use organic fertilizer for 60,000 plants in the herbs area, the endangered plants area, and the birds area. Respected Supreme Master Ching Hai, the philosophy in our famers groups struggle is that nature is not inherited but is our legacy for our great grandchildren. But, even though I am not a vegan farmer, I already do something as part of the vegan movement. We dont eat the fish in the river but we maintain them by working together within our groups. But, how is the solution to be understood when my group consists of poorly educated people such as myself, people within limited insight? Because my parents told me: Clever men dont always understand, the one who understands is not always clever. What is the best solution so that my farmers can be part of the high economic society, while still having a philosophy that loves nature? Thank You. Good afternoon. Hallo, Mr. Bang Idin. Thanks for your presence today. And thanks for being organic farmers. Thats great. Its great to know that someone is doing it. Mr. Bang Idin, as you are fondly called, bravo for your hard work in restoring the balance of your countrys natural resources. And also for your time with young people, helping them to be good stewards of the Earth. I appreciate your diligent efforts. God bless you, Allah bless you. I, too, have been sadden at times to see how the environment is treated, especially our animal co-inhabitants. It is better if we remember that land is not like a possession, or something that we just do anything we please with. The land is part of the great being we call Mother Earth which, in a higher sense, belongs to God. In fact, many religious beliefs describe the role of the humans as the stewards or caretakers of the planet. For example, in the Native American tradition there is a saying, We do not inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children. Just like you have said that. The Christian bible also mentions that, The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to till and keep it. To till and keep it, means to farm and keep it, like what youre doing. When God put the man in Eden to till and keep the Garden of Eden, I dont think God told him to put chemical fertilizer into the land that God has made because God has made it perfect already. Its we who have been destroying the natural resources and underestimate the blessing of Allah, who has made everything perfect already for our use. We have no need for any artificial chemicals to feed our crops. I dont hear any mention of chemical fertilizer in the bible or in the Quran or in any other religious scriptures, regardless of what religions we belong to. And the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, has taught us like this. He said, The world is green and beautiful, and Allah has appointed you Hiers guardian over it. So we should tend to the environment carefully the way our Prophet has taught us, as I know you have been doing. The way you have been doing, sir, is great, is according to Allahs will. Because of the critical state of the planet, if we dont act quickly there may be nothing left at all for us to even want to protect. At that time it might be too late. We cannot continue the trend like this forever, and stop whenever we want to save the planet. Im sorry to say we have a limited time. According to all the scientific evidence and all the
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physical evidence up to date, we dont have much time. Even later on, if we want to save the planet, it wont be successful. So we must do it now while we still have a chance. The threats imposed by global warming are more than imminent; they are already here, as you can see through many disasters, upheavals, climate refugees, phenomena around the world. Now, according to expert scientists, the atmospheric temperatures are rising so steeply that we do not have much time left to change. We do not have much time left to change. And that is just what they have predicted up to date. But they always predicted and telling us that every time they updated something, it was always getting worse and always faster than they had predicted or they had expected, so we cannot sit here and wait. Even with not much time left to change, we cannot even rely on that. There may be even less time than not much. The effects of climate change can be seen in so many ways, with increased flooding, droughts, fires and even earthquakes everywhere in the world. One of the most tragic disasters of our time was the tsunami that struck your country in 2004, that brought so much sorrow for the Indonesian people and the people of the world. We still feel very sad remembering this, its like just yesterday. Because the people who are affected, they do not forget yet what happened to their children, their loved ones, their houses, their ancestral heritage. Many things have gone away with the tsunami. Its not just material, its not just the loss of life. [Master is crying.] Its the heartbreaks that affect people in the aftermath. Its the living who have to live with the tragedy, with the memories of their loved ones, and everything thats gone with it. Im so sorry, it should not have happened because Indonesian people are God-fearing people, very good people, hospitable, lovely people. I have been to your country many times and had the chance to experience the love of your countrymen. This should not have happened. [Master is crying.] Its just the collective bad karma of the whole world. And it has to happen somewhere somewhere that is more vulnerable than the rest, and most often its the poor people who are in a vulnerable situation, who suffer the most. Im so sorry. Im sure you feel the same and your people still feel the pain of this tsunami even after all this time. The inside wound of the heart doesnt heal too fast. Maybe we can build them houses and give them money, give them food, but we cannot truly heal the pain in the peoples heart. Can we? No. Not really, right? We can only pray to Allah to give them strength to continue. Since then, more than 60 Indonesian islands have become submerged. 60 islands from your countrys islands have become submerged, gone, disappeared, underwater. Since 2004, since the tsunami, 60 islands have already gone, disappeared forever. And your government is forecasting that 2,000 more islands may sink below the sea over the next decade also, due to global warming. It could be faster. Prediction doesnt always correspond to the natural phenomena or the things that happen due to retribution, due to our careless actions. So the rising sea levels going to submerge, maybe faster than a decade, another 2,000 of your beautiful, beautiful, irreplaceable jewel islands. Most recently, your country endured another earthquake. This is also another pain and heartache for the people of Indonesia and the world. But this one, thankfully, not as devastating; but still with the sorrowful loss of many lives. It was painful for me to hear of the human loss and the suffering, [Master is crying.] so I did what I could. Of course, like everybody else, I sent some humble contribution and sent some of our Association members, blessed be their good heart, to try to offer comfort to those most in need. However humble the aid, it contains my shared sorrow and prayers for your people in time of need. I wish of course I could do much more, much, much more. [Master is crying.] So sorry. There have also been several quakes since. And scientists have discovered that earthquakes are linked to global warming. Because, as the ice melts at the poles North and South poles
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beneath Greenland, pressure shifts on the Earths plates that could trigger movement to cause earthquakes. How do we stop these alarming changes, Mr. Chaerudin? We have to halt the meat consumption and the livestock raising, where animals live so briefly and then are brutally murdered en masse, just for a few seconds of pleasure of the consumers. The greenhouse gases released from the animals, from their waste, agricultural runoff, and the activities related to these massive operations have been identified as the primary, the number one cause of global warming. Such facilities, which are known to be utterly inhumane, horribly filthy and extremely overcrowded, have been built in Mexico, in the United States, and in Europe, with one also maybe more even in your country on the island of Bulan that contains 250,000 pigs. Thats on the island of Bulan in your country. As the harmful emissions of these and other animal raising operations cause atmospheric temperatures to get hotter around the world, especially at the Arctic, the destructive effects are too many to count. They include disturbances to birds migration patterns; homelessness of Arctic animals, such as seals and penguins and polar bears, because the ice is nearly gone; ruined wildlife habitat from Amazonian deforestation for cattle pasture and feed; the release of even more carbon dioxide and heat-trapping methane from thawing regions of permafrost; global sea level rise that is forcing people from their homes. Its not just the earthquake, its not just the tsunami, its not just the typhoon, its not just the cyclone, its the rising sea levels as well that force people to lose their home, their ancestral home, to go begging elsewhere; losing also their dignity, the power of taking care of their own family; losing their grace; losing their status as the caretaker of the family; losing everything, not just physical possessions, but losing their loved ones as well. And such extreme weather patterns that include extensive flooding along with prolonged droughts. Its easy to see the many forms of environmental harm that are linked to this killing industry, which we call meat consumerism: The mass murder of billions, billions of innocent animals lives. Even wild animals, such as the beautiful Indonesian monkeys and the highly endangered Sumatran orangutans, are known also to be hunted and sold for meat. Mr. Chaerudin, in the Quran, Allah forbids killing. Allah tells us to be merciful to all creatures. Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, told us to be merciful to all creatures. He told even His cousin not to eat meat. Please read the Quran again and tell me if Im right. In our society, ladies and gentlemen, all the powerful people in the world, in our society, the law only punishes someone who has done something wrong to the society. The animals, they have never done us any wrong. They live their life quietly, theyre eating whatever God provides them, they dont harm us in any way. Even if in some cases they do, because we destroy their habitats, because they have nowhere to live, they have no more food in nature for them to eat, so they have to come to us, trusting that we would share with them some food, because we took away their habitat. In our society if we took away something from someone, we pay back something. So the animals trusted that we would pay them back with some food. But, in any case, we always kill them, if they come too near. Now, I dont know if there is any law that says that human beings have the right to disturb the wild habitats of the animals. Is there any law from God, from Allah, or from our physical law stating that we have the right to destroy the habitat of the wild, and then kill them if they come near, or dont even come near, like the wild monkeys of Indonesia and the orangutans, and many other wild animals that some noble organizations try desperately to help to preserve? But they dont have enough power
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sometimes, because the ones who have power do not care. Please forgive me if I offend anyone; the truth is always the truth. Say it or not say it. Mr. Chaerudin, I hope you and the audience can agree that the legacy to our children should include our promise, our vow, our law, to refrain from killing animals or making them suffer in any way, if we want to call ourselves a civilized human race, we must protect the animals lives, which are linked to ours. We have to protect them because they are us because if we dont protect them, we are vulnerable because heaven will not forgive us, if we treat other co-inhabitants unkindly. Also because now we are at the point where we must change while there is still time, otherwise we will face disastrous consequences and we might lose the whole world, our lives altogether. If we want to receive the mercy of heaven for our life here on Earth, we must first be merciful in granting in the same dignity and freedom of life to the animals. I hope you agree. Only then can we have a return of the environmental balance that I know you also seek to protect, Mr. Chaerudin. Thats why you are doing what you do. If everyone does this, our world will be transformed. So please, everyone, plant veg, be veg and we can go green later when weve already saved the planet. Save our planet, please. I wish you the best, sir. God bless you. MC. Thank You, Master. The next question is from Ms. Harini Bambang Wahono, a member of the Society of Activist Care for the Environment, and the recipient of the National Champion in Nature Conservation and Planting Award, as well as the Kalpataru Award. Thank you for this opportunity. Respected Supreme Master Ching Hai, I was raised the child of farmers. I have a close relationship and friendship with animals and nature around me. I like nature very much. I also love the green environment at my fathers farm, and right now I am feeling and knowing that life on Earth is in great danger because of climate change. I already try to do as much as I can to spread the information to the society in my neighborhood so that the people will take good care of the environment and make the neighborhood a more comfortable place to live, and to live in harmony with animals. What should be our roles and also all the roles of the citizens of this country to save our world from destruction? Thats my question. Thank You very much. Yes, thank you for your very loving, concerned question, and the willingness to save the planet. Thank you also for your love towards all beings on this planet. Thank you for your love for nature and the animals which, of course, you inherited from your childhood life, being a farmers daughter. And congratulations on the awards that you received which you so much deserve, such as the National Champion in Nature Conservation and Planting Award. It is reported that the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, has said, Whoever plants a tree and diligently looks after it until it matures and bears fruit will be rewarded. Correct me if I am wrong. I understand your sorrow about the plight of the lives on our Earth. I feel the same, madam. Already we have lost countless, precious human lives and animals and lifesupporting plants due to climate change. Every year, at least 150,000 people die due to climate change, including in Indonesia. Also every year, 325 million people are seriously affected by climate change, also including Indonesia of course. That is more than the whole population of your country who are suffering each year due to climate change. Imagine if the whole population of your country suffers due to climate change and in the whole world, 325 million people. Thats more than your whole countrys population suffering due to climate change. Scientists calculated the annual number of flood events
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has tripled since the 1980s, and tropical storms and similar events have nearly doubled, madam. Furthermore, the United Nations Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, John Holmes, stated that 99% of the people who lose their lives due to natural disasters are in Asia, including Indonesia. And how many more are we bound to lose if we dont change in time? What are we waiting for? Fortunately, we still have hope, madam. If we still really want to stop all this loss and suffering, we must all become vegans to save the world. Very simple solution. A little change in the diet, thats all. One piece of meat, put one piece of tofu instead. There are varieties of vegetarian diets, not just tofu. Im just saying that, because nowadays they make vegan beefsteak or vegan hamburger look exactly like the meat product. It tastes even better, healthier, and is more sustainable. So its just a little change in our diet. Thats all. One piece of meat eliminate, and one piece of meatless protein. Its the same, just better, healthier. Because animal consumption is killing our world. The war is nothing compared to it. The terrorism what we call terrorism is nothing compared to it. Anything is nothing compared to the meat industry. It is really killing our people and our planet. One example is fishing. The United States-based Pew Commission found that overfishing is the greatest threat to marine ecosystems, followed by agricultural runoff, including livestock manure means waste and fertilizers used on animal feed crops. In your country, Indonesia, where overfishing is common in the precious coral reef areas, one report has put it this way, I quote exactly from that report: Overfishing is causing more damage to the coral reefs than earthquakes or tsunamis. Can you imagine this, madam? And we thought earthquakes and tsunamis were already devastating enough, were already causing too much heartache and sorrow. But overfishing, even just in Indonesia alone, is causing more damage than earthquakes and tsunamis. My God. Overfishing has caused the remaining fish to be smaller, so the mesh size of the nets has been decreased to capture smaller fish, resulting in other fish being caught as well. The other fish that the fishermen dont need are also being caught there. So it destroys even more marine ecosystems and destroys more fish life. These are either ground up as animal feed, used as fertilizer, or thrown back into the ocean as dead fish. I have seen one documentary film from Greenpeace Brazil. Actually, we aired it yesterday on Supreme Master Television. You can see that the dead fish are covering the whole entire surface of water. You dont see water. You only see dead fish floating on top. Its a horrible sight to witness. Now, for example, for every one ton of prawns caught, three tons of other fish are also killed and thrown away. For one ton of prawns, three other tons of other so-called useless fish to the fishermen, commercially useless, are being thrown away. Can you imagine how much damage weve done to the sea? The Indonesian government also acknowledged the devastated oceans due to fishing, and also said that 94% of Indonesias coral reefs are dying just in your country alone. Its very devastating to the environment. The coral reefs are there to protect us. If they are dying, well be dying. Its just we dont see the effect immediately so we think it doesnt concern us. It does concern us. In addition, every year, Indonesia imports 70,000 tons of beef from Australia and New Zealand. It takes 15,000 tons of water to produce one ton of beef. So in total, the imported beef production alone, which doesnt even reflect the full amount of beef consumed in Indonesia, causes the waste of almost 1.2 billion tons of water each year. Thats why we are short of water in the world. Sadly, madam, while this waste is going on right now, 1.1 billion people have no access to clean safe water 1.1 billion. And 1.8 million children die every year due to sickness from contaminated water. So you can see the animal diet, the animal industry is killing
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our people, killing our water, killing our planet, killing marine life, killing our sea, killing coral reefs, killing all that is important and protective to us just for the sake of immediate profit, were killing our world and we are killing ourselves. If we truly wish to see real harmony born between humans and animals and nature and heaven, we must be the harmony, we must live in harmony, and act also in harmony, which includes the act of eating harmoniously each time we come to the table. Peace, compassion, mercy begin on our plate. We cannot truly call ourselves harmonious if every meal is the result of filling our hands with the blood of the innocent and harming the environment and killing our planet on which we live. We must protect the environment and the animals because we have to protect ourselves. They are linked to our safety, comfort and longevity and the life of the planet. If we want to have a home for our children, we must protect the animals. How can we call a dinner of fish harmonious, when slow and painful deaths by mass suffocation had to take place to bring the fish there onto our plate? All the scriptures told us that we receive what we grant, or we reap what we sow. The Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, said, Allah will not give mercy to anyone, except to those who give mercy to other creatures. Thats stated in the Quran. We need your help, Madam Wahono. We need everybodys help as well. Its not just our animals and trees, but human lives that need help saving. And by being vegan, we are not just ensuring everyones survival, but this is also our chance to have a new, harmonious, noble, peaceful relationship with other species on our planet. We have to live, befitting the children of Allah. Can you imagine? Suppose Allah would come to our planet, what would Hes do? Imagine Allah comes here and kills every living creature to eat, just to keep Hiers body alive for a hundred years, more or less. Would Allah ever do that? Would Hes, madam? [Audience: No, Master.] No. We cannot imagine God, or almighty Allah, would come here and kill every little, innocent, helpless, defenseless loving creature to eat. So we are the children of God. All the Prophets tell us that. Jesus Christ told us that. Buddha told us that. Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon Him, told us that. We are the children of a merciful Father/Mother. We have to be like our Mother/Father. This is very logical. That would please the Mother/Father that we are like Hirm, that we are merciful, that we have compassion, that we are in harmony with each other. All the fathers/mothers would love their children to be like that. So in order to be worthy of Allahs children, of Gods children, we must live the way our Mother/Father would like us to live. This is the stepping stone that would even stop war among humans and bring heaven to Earth, in no time. If we stop the killing, heaven will be here. God would be among us, and we can feel Hirm. We may be able to even see Hirm, not just in vision of meditative prayer, but maybe just like normal. In addition, we should do good deeds to further strengthen the loving, positive atmosphere of our planet. You see, just like when we walk into a room, some people are quarreling with each other or even fighting with each other, we feel very frightened and uncomfortable. Yes? That is the atmosphere of the fighting, argument, discord, that makes us feel we want to step away, we want to run, because we are scared; we feel very uncomfortable. But if we walk into a room where people are sitting together, having a happy party or a wedding, well feel so happy, blissful, because the atmosphere is happy. So that is what I mean by atmosphere. We have to create a happy, loving atmosphere for our planet, then we can live in that atmosphere, be protected and be happy. This is very scientific. We dont need even to believe in any religions to understand this: We create our atmosphere. Just like at home, if youre in harmony with your wife, your husband, your children, youll feel so nice and happy. But when you are not happy with each other
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population, also as one of the consequences of increased living standards. How should we human beings develop? Is there or will there be a limit for this development? How should the society be built? Thank You, Master. M. Thank you, sir. It is true that we must be careful of our way of life, and try to be more frugal and protective of our precious resources. We should not lose ourselves in the material aspects of life without paying attention to our moral standards and spiritual development as well. This is important also, even more important than material development. Or else, we will be in trouble sooner or later. We might even lose everything, including our material development, our lives and our planet, like we are, in fact, facing now. I am glad to see that you walk the talk because you are a vegan. Thank you. The animals thank you. And you look so handsome and healthy. Can you stand up and let everybody look at you? Turn around. He really looks handsome, yes. Look at him. Please dont be shy, you must save the animals at all cost. Now, if we, the human race, develop as a vegan society, and better yet, a spiritual vegan society, there will be no limit to our material development. Because then, sir, we will have the wisdom and the love to propel us on a balanced, straight course for the future, bright future, for our planet and our children. If we have the spiritual eye, we will find that past civilizations, both on Earth and other planets, sometimes developed too quickly in the technological sense. But the spiritual development, their store of love, was low or empty. And what do we see? We see the pattern is that no society can last long if they refuse to sustain the lives of their own members and fellow beings; I mean, including all the beings, like animals and trees. Or, if they destroy the environment they live in, then that society cannot live long. We can see that also in historical records. Just like the proverb that says, The frog does not drink up all the water in the pond in which he lives. Because he needs the water, you see? So we cannot destroy the environment and live in it as well. It is not the rapid increase in global population that is the problem, sir. It might contribute, but a little bit; we have enough to sustain everybody, more than that. We have enough food to feed the world twice over, right now even, if we dont feed all the food to the animals. Yes, you know that. The real problem is our meat consumption, the tendency of mass killing that we have made a part of our lives, and we look at it as a normal life. It is not normal. It is not normal that we cause suffering to others who have feelings and who shed red blood, and call that food or earning a living. We cannot earn a living or sustain a living by death. Meat consumption is the way of not just cruelty but of waste on an unimaginable, gross scale. To illustrate, lets compare a meat eater to a vegan. One meat eater requires two hectares thats four acres of land to support him. But that same two hectares, or four acres of land, could support the healthy lifestyle of 80 vegans. Compare that. Now, lets look at water. A meat eater uses up 15,000 liters of water per day, because of the meat diet, which is 15 times as much water as a vegan would use. Because we use a lot of water to raise cattle and to wash them, to clean them, et cetera, and to water the crops that feed the animals as well, so we use a lot of water, just one piece of meat. Now, there is also a dramatic difference in terms of emissions from the diet. The meatbased diets emissions is equivalent to driving a car 4,758 kilometers that is 17 times the emissions of an organic vegan diet, which is equivalent to only 281 kilometers. In other words, an organic vegan diet produces 94% less emissions than a meat-based diet 94% less emissions! So if we just choose the vegan diet, we will save the world in no time. 94% less pollution emission from a vegan diet, compared to meat diet. Now, vegans also save immeasurable pollution costs, energy costs, resource costs, disease
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If we are vegan, Indonesias coral reefs, known as the Amazon of the Seas for their thousands of marine species, will be left in peace and beauty, and will protect us. The coral reel is a protector of our lives, of the sea. Right now, it is endangered, the coral reef, due to overfishing, which includes a destructive form that uses gruesome methods like cyanide poisoning and blasting the fish with bombs and dynamite. My God. The World Resources Institute stated that these types of fishing only bring short-term profit and will cost the Indonesian economy more than USD600 million in losses over 20 years. Moreover, around the world, countless enormous ocean dead zones will have a chance to return to life, because the rivers and the lakes that were polluted by manure and toxic fertilizers for animal feed will be left alone to purify themselves and recover. Also, when we stop vacuuming all the poor fish out of the sea, they will have a chance to restore the balance in the oceans. We desperately need the fish in the sea to balance the ocean; otherwise our lives will be in danger. God puts them there for a reason. By the way, at least one-third of all the worlds fish caught and murdered today is fed to livestock not to us humans even. On land, millions of hectares will be spared livestocks serious effects of soil erosion, deforestation, poisonous water pollution, and displacement of wildlife, if all turn to vegan. Scientists found that forests are resilient and can grow back if given a chance very fast. We have seen that evidence in some parts of the world. The scientists also observed that when the ocean is healthy again, even the dead coral reefs will revive themselves. Imagine! Nature is miraculous and incredible. But in order to witness natures recovery, we must not let our current way of life continue. We cannot continue this way, or else we will pass the point of no return and then we will have a runaway planetary crisis; then we might lose the whole planet or the life on the planet. Another factor to consider is, sir: The vegan solution is the fastest and most effective because any other solution such as sustainable technologies will take too long to perfect and use. For example, in Indonesia, your precious forests are being cut down to grow palm oil to be used as biofuel energy, and we thought that will help to minimize the CO2. We are wrong. Its a failure, causing more destruction and more greenhouse gas emissions than it saves. In fact, its releasing the worlds third largest amount of carbon emissions, because of biofuel in the wrong way. You see, the green technology is not always reliable. This is particularly very tragic because Indonesia has the worlds third biggest rainforest, only behind the Amazon and the Congo. Yet, your rainforest is being lost at an alarming rate of one football field per minute. Every minute, Indonesia losses one football-field-size of rainforest. God. And the United Nations says that 98% of the whole forest could gone in just 15 years your forest, 15 years, sir, the year of your newborn child to grow up as a teenager. 98% so why dont we just say 100% will be gone? Whats the difference two more percents makes to us anymore? Actually, not all of this palm oil product is used as biofuel even. Part of the palm oil products goes to make livestock feed. Imagine, everything goes to the animals! In the name of biofuel even, it will also go there to feed the livestock. Everything goes to the animals. Everything to the animal industry and we dont have much. So we can see how many activities are linked to this destructive practice of animal raising. Fortunately, we have the solution ready at hand, sir, which is the organic vegan solution. Its so simple, so easy, we might overlook it. We might not believe it. But if we look into all the scientific and the physical evidence so far, we have to accept this organic vegan solution as the one and only to save our planet right now. Instead of spending more money on new technology, we even save money from having to buy meat and subsidize meat with our tax dollars. We simply cannot depend on green technology alone, sir. Now, there is also an invisible aspect to the reversal in the
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destruction. A compassionate person harms no one and, therefore, brings no harm upon himself. That is why in Buddhism, they say that the moment we drop the butchers knife, then we are protected, then we can become the Buddha, the saint. Its really like that. We hear real stories about hospital patients who had a terminal sickness like cancer, turned vegetarian or vegan, and then the tumor disappeared, so operations were cancelled and doctors were very astonished. So people turned vegans and the terminal cancer situation was gone and operations cancelled and the doctors were very surprised. Because the vegan diet protects us from inside out, starting immediately, so that all kinds of calamities will avoid us, stay away from us. And on a bigger scale, our planet will also be healed. Just like an individual being healed by turning to a compassionate diet like attracts like. The good, loving, compassionate energy will ward off the darkness that is looming toward us, that is next to us right now. We will, in short, have a paradise on Earth. If you have ever wondered what that might be like, we may soon live to see the day when all beings will truly live by your nations motto, that is Unity in Diversity in oneness, understanding, caring, faith, and happiness. I invite everyone to share the hopeful vision that we will save the planet, and will make it a heaven one. Thank you for your open-minded question, Mr. Sukadana. God bless you. MC. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai. It is a great blessing for all of us here in Indonesia and for all humanity throughout the world. Thank You, Master. [M: Thank you. Thank you, all of you. Thank you, Indonesia.] Supreme Master Ching Hai, we have some good news to share with You and everyone. [M: Thats good.] Supreme Master Ching Hais international bestselling book The Birds in My Life, Indonesian version, has just been officially launched to coincide with this seminar. [M: Oh, thank you. Thank you. Very kind. Very kind of you.] The book is about how diverse and beautiful our animal friends are. Were all very happy to have Your book with the Indonesian people here and we hope the love in the book prevails all around, and peoples loving mind can be awakened more. Congratulations, Supreme Master Ching Hai! Congratulations, Master! [M: Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much.] We also sincerely thank the publishing company, PT. Gramedia, for the book launch and for their efforts to be green and environment-friendly. [M: Thank you. Good for the animals, good for us. Thank you so much.] Thank You again, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for giving us the gift of Your delightful book in Indonesian! [M: Hope you enjoy.] Supreme Master Ching Hai, before we close our seminar, would You like to have a closing speech for us? Yes. I would like to thank the people. I would like to have more thanks to the people, to express my appreciation to all the caring presences and your devotion at this important meeting. I am very honored to be invited and be among all the precious guests who have made this occasion special with your sincere, beautiful, enthusiastic presence and very supportive atmosphere. And this, including the Minister of the Environment, Mr. Rachmat Witoelar. Thank you, sir. And also all the dignitaries and engaged audience members. My appreciation also for the gracious and hardworking organizers and the beautiful dancers. We are indeed standing at a pivotal time in our history on the planet, with the choice still available to make mighty steps in the constructive direction of our evolution. I pray that this conference has spoken to your compassionate heart, to change the world, to your vision of a bright new vegan future, a new compassionate world, and to your determination to help create this vision: A survived, thriving planet of peace, health, and happiness for all to enjoy. May heaven give us all the strength. May
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First of all, I would like to say hallo to all the beautiful people of Formosa or Taiwan on this richly historic island. Im extremely honored to be with you again, among your great presence, feeling your shining, genuine spirit, very loving spirit. Even over long distance, I never forget the people of Formosa, how hospitable they are, how hospitable they have been to me, and how hospitable they always will be because that is their nature. The nature of the Formosan people is very hospitable, very pure, very genuine. I can go on forever but I will get too emotional. I miss Taiwan. I miss Taiwai. [Master is getting emotional.] I would like to thank you all also, the esteemed government officials, distinguished speakers, the media, the gracious ones who share video messages with us, and all concerned citizens. Thank you for making the time to come to this important meeting during your busy schedules. We especially thank the Honorable Mayor Amelita Navarro of Santiago, who came all the way from the Philippines and setting aside her precious schedule to participate in this conference. Heaven bless you all, precious guests. And such an example of commitment to this noble cause shows us that governmental leaders and influential personages are sincere and ready to act to save this Earth. Perhaps today you will find the new insights and strength to help inform them and support the leaders on this important and urgent mission. The conference location of Formosa is both fond and familiar to me, as it is a place I have previously stayed many years in the company of her pure-hearted, loving, hospitable people. The Formosan people have a special place in my heart, and today, we would like to place our faith in them, perhaps to help humankind awaken. I pray that we all join hands together, with new courage, new determination. Because in acting quickly, we still have time to save the world. We still have time to save the world if we act now, if we be veg now. Thank you so much. Heaven bless Formosa. MC. Master, we have special guests here with us who have questions for You. Now, lets begin our question-and-answer session with Supreme Master Ching Hai. First, we have Dr. Liu Shaw-Chen, the Director of Research Center for Environmental Changes, Academia Sinica. Supreme Master Ching Hai, what specific actions have You suggested to reduce the greenhouse gases? And are these actions effective? Thank You. Hallo, Dr. Liu. You are a distinguished scientist and Im honored to be of some service. Im glad to meet you. Thank you for raising this very important question on behalf of the audience, because perhaps you are already aware of the answer. Dr. Liu, in order to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions, we must stop the source of greenhouse gas emissions. The source of greenhouse gas emission is 50% from animal raising, animal products, and we have to stop that source as soon as before yesterday. We must stop further raising and reproduction of animals for meat or any other use. We dont need animals dead, suffering products to stay alive. I even wear fake fur. This, I designed it artificial fur. Doesnt it look beautiful? [MCs: Yes, very beautiful. Lovely color.] Yes. We dont need to kill to live. That is a very simple philosophy to understand. All the wise sages of old have told us that, and we would be wise too to listen to their counsel. Coming back to our modern day, countless humans and animals have proven thus. Stop the animal industry, then we will stop greenhouse gas emissions. According to a new study, the livestock industry is responsible for more than 50%. This is a new
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research, new conclusion. Because before that, the United Nations estimated that its only 18% one eight. And now, the scientists have discovered that it is more than 50% of all greenhouse gas emissions comes from livestock raising, comes from the animal industry. But I am sure there is more than that; we will get more and more updates all the time. The more updates we get, the sadder, the more grim the picture that we get. This is according to a new calculation, an update since the calculation of 18% which was announced in 2006. Now, three years later, we discover that it is more than 50% by the scientists. So if the globe changes to a vegan diet and stops the livestock industry from continuing, then 50% of greenhouse gases can start to go down and quickly because the majority of the livestock emissions is methane, not carbon dioxide. You are very aware of this, Dr. Liu. Within a 20-year period, kilo per kilo meaning for every kilo of methane emitted, it has 72 times more of the heating capacity than from one kilo of CO2, means carbon dioxide. That is why the livestock sector is responsible for so much of the global warming. At least more than 50% of it. So, in addition, the good news is that methane is a very short-lived gas. Carbon dioxide takes many decades to leave our atmosphere, but methane has a lifetime of about 12 years only. So thats why scientists, including NASA researcher Dr. Gavin Schmidt, even said that, It may be more cost-efficient to reduce methane in the atmosphere than it is to reduce carbon dioxide. I quoted him exactly. Therefore, its more effective and smart for us to focus on methane first, and to do that we have to stop its number one source, the meat industry. And for that, we must change our diet. Scientists also found that if we change our diet to a vegan diet, we can release vast amounts of land from producing grains for animal feed and return it to forest or feeding humans. Even you have said so, Dr. Liu, in an interview on the Supreme Master Television, that these forests would then be natural carbon sinks, or areas that absorb and remove a lot of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. According to researchers in the Netherlands, the forests would be so effective at absorbing carbon dioxide that we would save a lot of money and energy from trying to develop expensive technologies to do what the trees can do better. World governments could save tens of trillions of US dollars, tens of trillions of US dollars I leave you to calculate how much over just a few decades if everyone be veg and plant organic. When we plant organic farming, the organic farming will also absorb another 40%, at least, of the carbon dioxide in the air already. So you see, 50% less from no more animal industry, 40% less carbon dioxide from organic farming, then we will be singing, our world will be saved. Our children will continue to live in this home forever. Right now, one-third of the entire Earths land surface is used either for grazing animals or growing feed for the animals, not for humans. We humans use very little of this agriculture section. Is that an efficient way to use the land? [Audience: No.] Its not, yes, its not. In the Amazon, the worlds largest rainforest, 91% of the land that was deforested since 1970 is used for livestock pasture. Imagine, the lung of the Earth being barren just for livestock pasture, 91% of it. This is a devastating way to make a cheap profit at the cost of our planets and our peoples survival. We are eating our planet by consuming meat.
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So without the needless animal industry, not only will we gain forests, we can also have organic vegan farmlands to grow real, decent food for humans, and like the forests, these farmlands can also absorb a lot of heat, a lot of heat from the atmosphere. I repeat again, the organic farming absorbs a lot of heat from the atmosphere. And a global shift to organic vegan practices could mean 40% of all greenhouse gases absorbed as well, apart from the 50 plus percent that we eliminate through the terminating of the animal raising practice. See? So we see here, if we really want to get to the bottom line to find the most effective solution to climate change, we cannot, we absolutely cannot go on ignoring the most urgent, serious cause that is the animal consumption and the like because it is heating up our Earth at a dangerous speed, causing catastrophic disasters everywhere; causing suffering to our sweet, defenseless, blessing, loving animals; causing suffering to hundreds of millions of our humans co-existence through meat-related diseases. Losing loved ones, losing homes, losing lives, losing hopes. One-sixth of the population is starving. Children die every few seconds from hunger. Right now, as we are speaking, Bangladesh is only half the size of what it used to be decades ago. The list never ends if we continute to partake in this killing phenomena, massacring tradegy called animal industry. We can replace this with hundreds more varieties of nutritious, healthy, life-saving food substances. We have info for this, free to download and disseminate, at www.SupremeMasterTV.com. Please help us to inform people before its too late. Thank you, Dr. Liu. Thank you for your precious time and your wonderful question. MC. Q. Thank You, Master, for Your wise answer for us. Next, we have Mr. Huang Mu-Lang, an environment-caring artist. My name is Mu-Lang Huang. Thank You very much that I have the chance to enjoy being here, and to meet You. Today I learn from You about LOHAS, organic, vegan, eco. This is our life and the goal. When I read Your book The Noble Wilds, I wondered how the NQ (Noble Quality) of the animals was determined. NQ is mentioned on the first page of Your book. I am very surprised to see that humans NQ is less than that of many other animals listed in Your book. Please tell us that if peoples NQ is so much lower, what can people do to remedy it, and how can people adopt a world view of coexistence with nature? Supreme Master, You have achieved the level of being one with all creation, I greatly admire Your boundless love. However, in the time of global climate change, frequent disasters, and global crisis, in order to avoid total destruction, do You have more concrete instructions and directions, besides Your loving lectures, to the worldly people? Thank You! M. Mr. Huang, thank you for participating in this forum. So you are an environmentally caring artist. Im very, very happy that you are doing that. I hope you are fine. You look good. And you look like an artist, thats for sure. [Master laughs.] To answer your first question, sir, I was also surprised myself, surprised to discover the differences in NQ meaning Noble Quality among the races, between the animals, different animals, and between animals and humans. For those in the audience who may not know, NQ refers to our Noble Quality and the Noble Quality in all beings. In the book, The Noble Wilds, I have listed some of the NQ percentages. For example, cows have 40% Noble Quality; pigs have 30% NQ, means Noble Quality; dog, 30% NQ;
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geese, 20%; duck, 8% NQ, meaning Noble Quality, et cetera, et cetera. Whereas for humans, there are lots of us who have an average NQ of 10%, and many other humans who have an NQ of just 3%. Its very sad for me to discover that as well. As much as Im surprised, I was sad. For comparison, lions also have 3% NQ and tigers have 4% NQ. So why do some animals have a higher NQ? I asked them and they said its because they have more unconditional love. And I checked up with the responsible divine power and confirmed the same, that the reason why some animals have high NQ is because they have unconditional love, they radiate compassion, they dont harm other co-inhabitants. Except the few that we have mentioned, like tigers and lions. They may even protect them, with selfless disregard for their own safety. You, and the people in the audience, probably would have the chance to observe this in the wild or in your own backyard or in your own household with your pets, your dogs, et cetera. Whereas us humans, although we are equipped with a higher intellect, we often do the opposite. For example: We hunt for fun; we fish for fun on weekends; we dont care about other people suffering from hunger; we wage war en mass, destroy en mass; promote wars, promote destruction, promote the killing of other people, selling and producing weapons for that reason, and promoting wars for that reason. So actually, it is not surprising if we come to think about it deeply that many humans have the NQ similar to the lions, or just 3%. But even then, the lion only kills when hes hungry; he doesnt kill for fun. And when the lion kills some animals, he asks the permission from that animal. He asks the agreement from that animal, and they both have a mutual agreement before the lion or the tiger kills the other species for food. If you have the telepathic communication ability awakened, which we all have anyway, then you will know this as well. Its not only I who say this but anybody who can communicate with animals will understand this fact, that any animal who kills another animal for food, they ask permission, and they only choose the weak, the old, the incapable, to kill for food so that they will preserve the strong and the thriving reproduction of that species. So they only kill when they are hungry, the tigers and the lions. Humans, we never have a need to kill another to survive. We have a lot of choices of food in the fruit and vegetable kingdoms. We have more than enough. We are allowed to defend for our own life, but even then, we will still enter the cycle of never-ending revenge. If we kill others, we will get killed in return. And then, in return, we will kill the relatives or loved ones of that person in return. And so it goes on forever. So there are three ways to raise our Noble Quality, and they are: First, never harm any living being. The one simple rule of all time, of all religions, of all the great Masters since times immemorial. Second, always do good to others in any situation. Follow our heart and intuition, and if anyone needs help at any time, we must help them. Think of the dog who doesnt hesitate one second to jump into harms way to defend his human companion, or into a collapsed building to rescue a trapped stranger. The dogs have 30% Noble Quality, because they dont hesitate to sacrifice for others. Noble Quality means we put others before ourselves; were ready to sacrifice anytime for a good cause. Were ready to help any time other people need us, depends on our capacity. Many other things we can do, we would do if we possess a high Noble Quality. So anything good, anything that is noble, that means it comes from Noble Quality or NQ. Yes. Or, we think of the water buffalo in China who pushed himself into a well and got stuck, just in time before the familys little daughter almost fell in. He had 40% Noble Quality. Thats no wonder. Keep the loving veg diet. Thats number three. If we cannot do much else, like charity or helping someone, just do this, just be veg.
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Because the veg diet alone saves hundreds of animal lives from entering your graveyard stomach, and avoid making ourselves into a graveyard, of course. And there will be incredible positive loving energy from your being and transforming every cell, elevating all around us. The people, the animals that come in contact with us, we elevate them into a higher level of consciousness. In the bible, God said, I have no pleasure in the blood of bulls and lambs and goats. Your hands are full of blood. Stop killing the innocent! Otherwise, I will not listen to your prayers. In the Buddhist sutra, it also says very clearly, Eating meat destroys the seeds of compassion, and a meat eaters every action will terrify all beings due to their bodily scent of meat. Its very simple: To murder a life is not a noble way of living, including indirect murder of ordering the death, or enjoying the death of an animal for food. So we must keep the loving veg diet to protect our precious noble self. So as well as all these, we can improve our Noble Quality by loving action. Always remind ourselves to be noble, to do good deeds to help those who need, and help animals whenever we can. They will in turn help to elevate our NQ. We have a lot of information about this on www.SupremeMasterTV.com, feel free to download and print them, as well as many programs you can download and learn many good tips on being veg, planting organic foods, and there are even plenty of shows about a variety of good deeds to inspire you. Mr. Huang, regarding the concrete instruction and guidance to avoid the planets destruction, its again: Be veg, go green, do good deeds and be loving. Thats the loving way to live, thats the noble way to live. Plant organic vegetables as our food, wherever possible, in your backyard, in your balcony. We must develop our innate noble qualities, because after all, we are humane beings. And its the only way we can save the planet from destruction. Mr. Huang, you still want to hear some more other quality? Instead of NQ? We have another called LQ, I have just discovered yesterday, because of your telepathic questions sending to my brain wave, I have discovered another kind of quality. Do you have time to hear some more? Or the audience would like to hear some more? [Audience: Yes! Yes!] Good. If you did not question this, I would not have looked into the other corner of the library of the universe, or I would not have asked other divine beings or animals for more information, because I probably did not need it. So now, in addition to NQ which means Noble Quality we have another to be endowed within us, that is LQ. LQ means Loving Quality or Godly Quality we call it LQ for Loving Quality. Loving Quality, this is an unconditional loving quality. Its even beyond the love between husband and wife, beyond the love of the mother and child. Because this unconditional Loving Quality meaning we have love for all beings, not just our relatives and friends were ready to sacrifice or help anyone who is in need, be it our kin or just total stranger, be it our benefactor, or even our enemy, which Jesus has mentioned, Love thy enemy. This is the Loving Quality that we should cultivate. Many animals have higher LQ than humans. Im sorry again. Im also very sad to discover this. And also, size doesnt matter, I just discovered as well. For example, for domestic animals, LQ ranges from high, as high as 300% to low of 80%. Thats for domestic animals. The following are some examples to give you an idea of animals average LQ. For example, the dogs that you have at home, they have 110% LQ, that means more than 100%; pigs, surprise, 120% LQ; ducks, the little ducks that
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living pumps to use the water to give fruits, and prevent erosion, et cetera. They use these water-conserving techniques in dry parts of Africa and India and, as a result, the water level rises more than they take out from their wells. And the villagers in the Alwar District of Rajasthan, India, where one Indian village was able to guide the water enough that it brought back to life five flowing rivers five flowing rivers that had been dead before, been dried up before due to withdrawing too much water. Now they bring back to life five flowing, abundant rivers, five, which had been dried up before. You see? Because of withdrawing too much water and deforestation. So now the Indian villagers, they have organized and they have done their best to revive these five dead rivers. We could learn from them as well. But even these water losses pale in comparison to the incredible amount of water that is wasted for animal production. It takes approximately 4,664 liters of water to produce just one serving of beef, but an entire vegan meal can be produced with only 371 liters of water. The livestock sector is probably the worlds biggest source of water pollution as well, Mr. Lai. I am sure you know all this, being an environmentalist. Excessive animal waste, chemical fertilizers, and pesticides degrade waterways, killing aquatic organisms by creating algae blooms, which in turn chokes the oxygen from water systems and help form these oceanic dead zones. The number of oxygen-depleted oceanic dead zones has increased from only 49 in the 1960s to 405 in 2008. And I am sure there are more now, there are much more sea dead zones right now. The dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico is one of the largest in the world. It is 22,000 square kilometres and was created mainly from agriculture runoff, including food raised for livestock and manure. Around 212,000 metric tons of fish are estimated to die in the Gulf of Mexicos dead zones every year, Mr. Lai. Im sure you know this, I am just saying all this for the knowledge of the audience. However sad it is, we must be informed of the fact. Mr. Lai, in addition to these useful farming programs, we try our best to inform people of the numerous, contaminated drying or disappeared dead rivers and lakes all over the world. There are tens of thousands of rivers and lakes dying all over the world. People are dying from droughts, people are leaving their villages, their hometowns because they dont have any more water to drink. Just because we Formosan still have water, just because where I am sitting, I am lucky to still have water, doesnt mean tens of millions of other people are as lucky. Some die on the road because of starvation; some die on the road looking for water. This is very, very tragic, Mr. Lai. I hope we all wake up and wake up quick to save our people, to save our home. We have listed some on www.SupremeMasterTV.com for your reference. Please copy at no cost and send it to all other people who you can come in touch with by mail, by email, by post, leaflets, poster, whatever may be suitable to you. I also encourage the audience to do the same. Please help. Please help each other, please help us. Because many of our world co-citizens are not aware that many of our other co-citizens are dying because of lack of water, and lack of water means lack of food, lack of security. Water means everything to our existence. We must conserve the water; we must do everything we can. And the first step to begin is to be vegan. Because animal industry uses 70 more percent of our clean water of our planet! Thank you, Mr. Lai. Thank you for doing what you do and thank you for your questions. MC. Thank You very much, Master, for Your very valuable and useful information. Next, we have Ms. Tan Ai-Chen, animal lover, well-known movie and TV actress, and a vegetarian cooking show host.
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Supreme Master Ching Hai, we are all very confident. Please dont feel too sad. Master, You look so beautiful today. Is Your dress specially designed for todays conference? [M: Yes, thank you. Its a Chinese cheongsam.] Yes, 19 years ago, I read a report that while You were practicing in the mountains in Miaoli, You lived a simple life. You had told people that they could be very happy by surviving on white rice, nori seaweed and black sesame. Id like to ask You that if we eat a vegetarian diet, how can we keep our diet simple and keep our body energized with a beautiful complexion just like You? Thank You. Hallo, Ms. Tan. Thank you for coming here. You also look beautiful and healthy. [Q: Thank You.] You are also beautiful, and very, very healthy yourself. You are a good example of being a vegan. Twenty-plus years ago, its true that I was eating black sesame. No seaweed, no luxury like that. Sesame and brown rice and clean water and salt, or sometimes soy sauce. Now, that was when I was on a retreat. I sit in retreat, meditation alone for three months and, of course, I didnt want to bother people bringing food to me every day. First, its bothering to the busy, ordinary people. Second, they will be disturbing me every time knocking at the door for food, so I just made simple sesame in a big pot and easy to eat anytime I wish. The thing is, thats also enough nutrition. Because there was a monk in Formosa, hes teaching qigong; hes very, very strong. He could bend metal like you bend noodles. Big metal stick like my thumb, he would bend it like you bend noodles. And if you put a knife to his throat, he would just bend it by his own chi power means the vital energy of his body. He just makes the knife spring away or bend it useless, you cant kill him. And if you stab him on the back, the knife also springs back. If you broke a glass bottle on his body, it would just break into pieces; it never harms or injures his body. And he eats only black sesame, brown rice, and water. Why black sesame? Because black sesame is cheaper, thats all. [Master laughs.] White sesame also has good quality. But I dont advise everybody to just eat that. All right? That is for people who have no time or who would prefer to live very frugal and simple, like a monk or a retreat person. I am not always eating black sesame and brown rice, Ms. Tan. [Master laughs.] But I do very, very often, because of my busy schedule, you understand, Ms. Tan? But whenever I am not busy, I also do a little cooking show for people to let people know that vegetarian is very tasty, just the way you do. Yes, Im going the same direction as you are. And I dont advise everybody just to eat brown rice and sesame, even though its healthy, but its not that palatable all the time. Although when I eat it, I feel very, very good. Tasty, yes? Anything was tasty. But the thing is, not everybody likes this. Yes? So please, dont advise your audience on television to just eat brown rice and sesame. Even though, according to Oshawa, the Japanese nutritionist, he was very healthy and very, very famous, he wrote a book about nutrition and how to cure cancer and all kinds of incurable diseases by brown rice and sesame. If we want to cure our disease, we have to eat according to the instruction, not just blindly sesame and brown rice. Not just that, but people who eat vegetarian, they also cure many diseases. You know that yourself. You want to have brown rice, sesame, all the time? Can do. Can do. Can do. The monk, hes still living, he stays in Formosa. He lives in a place called Ling Shan Lecture Hall. You can go and learn qigong with him and you know how hes very, very strong. You cannot defeat him with anything. I am also a living example. I eat brown
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rice, sesame, a lot, a lot of times whenever Im too busy, cant even cook or I dont want to bother my assistants to cook because they are also busy. Then, we, all of us, eat brown rice, sesame. And even my dogs, you know, during those times, they also eat brown rice, sesame, and theyre very healthy. No problem with any of us at all. It is a problem when we eat a lot more rich food. Sometimes I feel sorry for them and I give them a little vegan butter and vegan cheese and all that, and then they get fat and the doctor says, Oh, please, put Your dogs on diet. Something like that. Otherwise, even just brown rice and sesame, for me, it was enough. I had never experienced any health problems when I was on brown rice, sesame, and a water diet. Its just that, of course Im going out a lot also, and whenever Im out, people cook vegetarian and I just eat them. But during the brown rice, sesame period, I never experienced any discomfort of any kind. Now, we will have a lot of energy and health from the vegetarian diet. The one that youre teaching is very nutritious already. But not all have to eat brown rice sesame, please. We have tons of nutritious, appealing, tasty food from the vegetables, fruits, legume kingdom, which can be enjoyed raw, liquid, or cooked. They are delectable, healthy, and give us an abundance of energy inside and make us young, vigorous outside. We will feel happy, happy and very energetic. You know it yourself. And your audience of your cooking show would know that; they would tell you that. They would give you feedback on that. People, even, just to eat vegetables for two weeks, they feel a big difference already. And thanks, by the way, for what youre doing to help bring this vital information to the public on your veggie show. Youre doing a great job. When people see just how beautiful and healthy and energetic you are, they will be convinced. Im sure countless people have become vegetarian because of your show. God bless you. God bless you. We also have a lot of international shows and healthy lifestyle advices and cooking shows from experts, medical professionals, yogis from all over the world to offer peole knowledge of a better lifestyle, the vegetarian lifestyle. All people can log onto our website www.SupremeMasterTV.com for a rich wealth of veggie info. The myth that vegetarians are undernourished is just a myth, nothing else. To prove it, we can point to so many beautiful, healthy vegetarians and successful vegans out there. You know we have all of them on television. Some of them are very famous, like in Formosa, even, look at your fellow celebrity Big S, also known as Barbie Hsu internationally, who is a lovely vegetarian singer and actress. There are movie stars like Tobey Maguire who played Spiderman; Kareena Kapoor from India; Yogi Cameron, the former super male model, the most expensive male model who became an acclaimed Ayurveda and yoga therapist; American vegan basketball stars James Donaldson and John Salley; Brendan Brazier, the professional Ironman tri-athlete and vegan; Olympic athletes, et cetera. In fact, many of the best athletes and supermodels choose to be vegetarian or vegan so that they can maintain top healthy condition to do their job; thats why theyre the best in their field. Just log onto our website www.SupremeMasterTV.com/Alternative-Living. You can download a free flyer that has some of these veggie elite people, and the benefits of a veg diet. Many more unsung vegan and vegetarian heroes who walk among us, of all ages and all professions from doctors, to actresses, to singers, to athletes, to fitness trainers. They are healthy, their eyes are shining, and skin is glowing. They often have a brighter face and attitude. And its been proven that they live longer. It is the meat eating population who suffer 3, 4, 5, 7 times the rate of cancer, heart disease, diabetes, et cetera.
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In Formosa, a study found that the vegetarian diet protects men from getting prostate cancer even, and thats the most dangerous for men prostate cancer; men are very afraid of that. Another study found that Formosan post-menopausal women who were vegetarian had a much lower blood pressure than women who were not vegetarian. There are countless studies such as these, and about children as well. Children who are born and raised vegetarian seldom get sick like their non-vegetarian peers who come to school with the flu or get skin disease and allergies and obesity and all kinds of unbearable afflictions at a tender age. So its not fair to the children to feed them meat. Its time to look after our family health in a better way. Even the United States First Lady, Michelle Obama, she shared with her people through personal experiences that fresh vegetables and fruits daily give herself and her family more energy and better health. And shes going to appear on some of the Sesame Street TV shows to teach children about how beneficial vegetables and fruits are. You see? Its good news. Many doctors in the United States advise people to be veg. They treat their patients with veg diet, and they go out a healthier, medicinefree, longer life-expectancy person. These are respected and even famous doctors like Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Dr. Neal Barnard, and Dr. John McDougall to name a few, who are all vegans themselves, by the way. It is said that Dr. McDougall even joked that he nearly went bankrupt because he lost his patients. They all get healthy and didnt need a doctor anymore! They dont come back. [Master laughs.] Some of these experts and vegan health information were featured on Supreme Master Television. We have them all and more on www.SupremeMasterTV.com. Free to download and print out and give it to your people whenever you need. Thank you, Ms. Tan, for your noble role as an example and a show host in helping people. MC. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Now, were joined by Mr. Chen Tien-Wen, the Deputy Speaker of Taichung City Council, who will share with us some very good news about community vegan solutions to climate change. Lets welcome Mr. Chen. Im the Deputy Speaker of Taichung City Council, Chen Tien-Wen. Today, Im very glad to have this chance to join the climate change conference. Every member of our council knows very well about the harmful effects of global warming on Earth. From the research of experts, we have learned that the livestock industry is the major factor causing global warming. [M: Yes.] The livestock industry consumes a large amount of resources such as land, water, food and crops, causing severe damage to the ecological balance. For example, the Amazon forest is diminishing at an alarming rate. Everywhere there is a food crisis. And a large amount of poisonous greenhouse gases have been produced such as methane and carbon dioxide. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and other researchers and experts from both Formosa and overseas have pointed out one common solution, which is the plantbased diet as a method to mitigate climate change. To answer the call of the Environmental Protection Administration for daily carbon reduction by one kilogram, our council held an ad hoc meeting in September and proposed a bill to provide one day of only vegan meals every week to the students of all public schools in Taichung. The Education Department of our city government also sent letters to public school students, encouraging them to eat vegetarian meals one day a week. [M: Bravo.] For the sustainability and survival of the Earth, we all should contribute our effort, and being veg is something each person can do. Eating vegetarian meals one day a week is just a beginning. I hope with everyones effort and the blessing
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of the Supreme Master, there will be more and more vegetarians, and then our Earth will become a better place. This is my opinion. Thank you. M. God bless. God bless. God bless. Wonderful! Wonderful news, Mr. Chen! Wonderful news! Thank you and thanks your enlightened government and your people who support it. Very good. We should do that everywhere and more. Wonderful city. A good step. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Good government. Thank you so much, Deputy Speaker of Taichung City Council, Mr. Chen. And we have now Mr. Lin-Hsu Wen-Er, the Chief Editor of Persimmon Books and the CEO of website www.VegePlanet.com. I am a little over 40 years old now and I got to know You about 27 or 28 years ago when I was about 15 or 16 years old. One day, in a phone booth, I saw a few booklets of The Key of Immediate Enlightenment. So I already read Your book at that time. So I am very happy to have the chance today to talk to You face to face. Next, Id like to ask You a more practical question. We mentioned the problem of the livestock industry, but the truth is that because there is demand, there is killing. However, both vegetarians and meat eaters face the same consequence of raising livestock, such as poor air quality and polluted environment. Vegetarians still have to share all the consequences even though they dont eat meat. It seems very unfair. [M: Yes.] So some people suggested to tax meat products so that meat eaters have to pay more, and in this way we can reduce the demand of meat products. But, it is actually very difficult to implement. So I have an idea. Before, there used to be the issue of cigarette smoking. Now, smoke addicts have to go outside the buildings to smoke. I think this is a very good outcome of the Tobacco Control Act. So is it possible that we also pass a legislation on meat products like the Tobacco Control Act, so that meat shoppers at least see some warning labels on the meat products? Something like, Animal protein is harmful to your health. Meat eating increases the carbon emission that contributes to global warming. Through legislation, we can make a meat eater see the label that reminds him that the steak or shrimp in front of him is costing a big price that we all have to pay. I wonder what You think about this idea, and are there other more practical means that can more quickly improve the Earths global warming situation? Thank You. M. Thank you. Thank you. Very good! Very good! Very good, Mr. Lin-Hsu. I am very impressed to see that you are both chief editor of a big book publishing company, as well as the head of a vegetarian website. Very young, and very, very enthusiastic, very compassionate. Thank you. For being in such a position, you must be a very busy man. I understand. But you look so healthy! And handsome! And as a media leader in the veg world, you still continue doing your job and still look good! So the vegetarian diet clearly helps you look good and healthy and intelligent to do all your jobs. Bravo for your positive effects already, for being a walking example. And yes, your proposal is a very, very good idea. Yes, thats right! Give him an applause! Bravo! Doesnt he look handsome and young? Yes. And very enthusiastic and smart. I am sure your wife would say that every day. [Master laughs.] Now, we should be warning people all about the products containing meat, and milk and egg also, fish even. Anything to do with animal products we should, as you said, put a warning label on them. This is because these products bring many of the same health
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problems and involve the same animal cruelty, and they are destroying our home. The egg industry, for example, routinely disposes of male chicks at a very young age by throwing them into a grinder gosh!!! [Master sighs.] where they are crushed into socalled meat while they are still alive. Oh God! [Master is crying.] How can we ever do this? How can we ever do this? Imagine if it were our own defenseless children who were treated thus? Imagine if its ourselves who were thrown into a grinder and made to suffer while still alive? My God! Is there any hell more horrible than this? Mr. Lin-Hsu, besides being horrifically inhumane, even just to think about it, even just to mention it, it wrenches our hearts. How can we imagine anybody would do this? I did not know this before either, I did not even know this. The more we go into this information, the more we know about this terrible treatment to [Master is crying.] the helpless and innocent little chickens and animals. I cant imagine that we do this. I cant imagine anyone would do this. Gosh!!!... These activities are carried out in completely unhygienic conditions, making them a breeding ground for deadly bacteria like E. coli and viruses such as swine flu and in turn killing humans, making people suffer, a lot of people suffer not by death, but by the separation, the loss of loved ones. Even young children who die by swine flu and leaving parents painful, suffering so much. The damaging health effects of meat and dairy are now well documented for everyone to see. Besides being directly linked to increased risk of such fatal diseases as colon cancer, links have also been made to many other cancers, heart disease, stroke, diabetes, infertility in women and even mercury poisoning found in fish. Another type of meat poisoning can come from arsenic, which is often fed to poultry to make them grow faster and, in turn, we feed ourselves with this poultry. Of course, then we poison ourselves as well. But nobody would tell us about this. So we are feeding ourselves with poisons every day, not just from poultry, but from cows and pigs, ducks, geese, and not to talk about the cruelty beyond imagination that we are not even allowed to know and to see. If everybody sees how the chickens are treated, how pigs are treated, and how little tiny chickens [Master is crying.] are treated, grind alive like that, I dont think they would want to ever eat chicken meat again. But we are not even allowed to see this. Most of the farms are hidden away from us, hidden away from our conscience. And we, for not knowing, contribute to all this cruelty. And we, for not knowing, feed poison to our tender, young, helpless, innocent children and wonder why theyre sick, theyre ill and have to make them suffer for medicines, injections, operations, and cause so much pain to us, the parents. If only all people know this. Were trying to inform them, please help us to inform everybody. This is beyond hell. One United States study that looked at all sources of arsenic acid arsenic, you know, a poison substance said that among the highest are seafood and poultry. Seafood and poultry poultry means chickens, ducks and all that they contain the most arsenic. And you know arsenic is poison. Not only that, chronic arsenic exposure has been associated with all forms of cancers in Formosa. Please look into the research and see it for yourself. In other research, 164 samples of ready-to-serve prepared meat foods from a scientific center in Formosa means Taiwan, in Taiwan were evaluated, with up to almost 30% found to contain some form of bacteria contamination, including the potentially, deadly, lethal E. coli. Finally, in one of the worst animal disease outbreaks to hit the island of Formosa, the virus called hoof-and-mouth disease was transmitted from one pig that came to the
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island in early 1997. Within just six weeks, 6,000 farms had been stricken, resulting in the tragic slaughter, massacring 3.8 million pigs. Although in that case there are no reported human infections, this gives you some idea of how quickly animal-borne diseases can spread, causing devastation for themselves and humans alike. And these are just a few examples. So you can see, Mr. Lin-Hsu, the best is to abolish meat altogether. Because unlike tobacco, drug and alcohol, animal consumption is eating up our planet, is killing us humans, and destroying our only home that soon we might not even have a planet to live on, for our children to continue to live on. We have no time to waste now as in the case of the other three poisonous sustances, namely drug, alcohol and tobacco. Even if we put label or warning on meat packaging, its not sufficient. Now, we can see meat is everywhere, legally killing us and our children, legally killing our planet, killing the environment on massive scales! We must stop animal production now and at all costs if we want to keep this planet called home. The governments give subsidies to animal industry anyway. So these subsidies can also be used instead to turn meat and related businesses into wholesome vegan businesses. Good for the people, good for the business, good for the planet. Doing this we only gain hugely. Not just immediately, but for the long, long run, and we can keep this planet forever and make it into a paradise by just throwing that meat away and stop the animal industry. So please, Mr. Lin-Hsu, use your media power, join us in informing people of this harm so that they simply stop eating meat. Its too cruel. Its too unwise. Its too insufficient. Its too unsustainable, and its killing our people and our planet legally killing. If somebody goes out and kills somebody, we put him in jail. Meat is murder! Meat is killing billions of people, killing our planet, our only home! We have to do something about this crime. Its really simple to be veg, and it is the only way to a future for ourselves and all beings in this world. Thank you, Mr. Lin-Hsu, for being veg and doing what you are doing to help to save the planet and save us from being the cruelest beings in the universe. Wishing you all the best, and God bless your efforts, sir. MC. Thank You, Master, for strongly advising us. We really should stop eating meat. Next, we have Mr. Lin Hung-Rui, the President of Suiis, the first website promoting vegetarianism in Formosa. Supreme Master Ching Hai, we have been promoting vegetarianism on the internet, and Id like to ask You what we can do or what changes we can make in the areas of promoting vegetarianism to help roll back global warming through the use of social network analysis, such as Facebook, Twitter, and Plurk? Thank You. Sure, sure. Sure, Mr. Lin, welcome. And Im glad to see youre a vegetarian as well, hopefully a vegan, huh? Congratulations for your noble initiative in being the first to establish a vegetarian website in Formosa. Formosa means Taiwan, you know, right? I hope. I like the name Formosa because it depicts your island meaning beautiful. So that is truly an accomplishment! So you are already leading the way in using modern technology to reach the public. Everybody could do like what you do. Youre right. They should emulate you and do the same to spread this information about the beneficial vegetarian diet to all corners of the world. Every corner of the world, everybody should know this by modern technology, by internet.
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You asked about what the social networking sites can also do assist in efforts to halt global warming through the vegan diet. I say vegan because as explained earlier, this really is the way we need to go to stop the greenhouse gases and the animal suffering. All the websites should help to promote this, but we cant force them, we can only plead with them, can only inform them and everyone should decide. Please decide soon, otherwise we might have no time. We might not have anything to save when we do want to save. It might be too late then. Please do it soon now! So promoting the planet-cooling vegan diet through social network is surely good, yes! You can surely use them to spread the veg idea, veg benefits, veg planet-saving, and the websites themselves should do it also. We should inform people whats good for them because its also good for us. We are living on the same planet. We should also inform people about the terrible harms and costs to our environment and the health of people and children, as well as the life and death matter of our world and related data. We have to inform them all. Almost all people can do this, passing on the true information, the true cost of the animal diet. These can be effective because they use the most modern technology to reach the public. So yes, Mr. Lin, please spread the be veg message and get the word out to as many people as possible. Help people to wake up, because time is running out on us. Thank you for your dedication to this noble cause, and I wish you all the best in heroically helping to save our world. God bless you. Buddha bless you. MC. M. Q. Thank You, Master, for Your very insightful and useful advice. Next, we have Mr. Luo Hon-Xian, an ex-pig farmer turned vegetarian. Thank you, Mr. Luo. Congratulations! Dear Master, Im so happy to see You! I used to be a pig farmer. A conflict arose inside me, so I decided to give up raising pigs and became a vegetarian. Thank You! I remember, once a pig dealer came to get pigs from me, and I dragged a pig out with the help of the pig dealer. While we were dragging the pig out, other pigs started to panic. They were really frightened, so they started to run around. That scene had a great impact on me, and I can still feel it now. That night for some reason I couldnt fall asleep, and I kept thinking about this matter. The next day, since the weather was getting hotter, I went to chat with my neighbor, Teacher Lin, who has been an organic farmer for many years. Then we talked about the pigs. Mr. Lin advised me to stop raising pigs. I asked him why, and he explained to me that raising pigs has affected our weather. I learned the impact of the waste from pig and animal agriculture, just like what the professors have just said. After our conversation, I started to think about it: It takes a whole year to raise a pig to maturity. No matter how foul the weather was, or how late it was, I couldnt take a break; I had to go to the pigsty and feed them. I feft for them like the way I felt for my family. But when one year was up, I would sever my feelings for them because I wanted to sell them for worldly gains. Now, I feel a little sad about it. Im sorry. Because of this, I became more resolute to stop raising pigs. And then I became a vegetarian. I have already been a vegetarian for four months. Almost four months. Actually, a vegan! [M: Wow!] When my mother heard that we had become vegetarians, she was happier than anybody else. Before I became a vegan, I weighed over 100 kilograms. Any time I did anything, I would always feel fatigued. And I was very
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impatient when I dealt with things. Since I became a vegan, Ive been losing weight. Also, I would pause to think before I talk. Now, even if I sleep only five hours a day, I dont feel tired at all. The next day, I still feel energetic. [M: Wow! Very good!] My friend asked me, Are you taking drugs? I said, Not at all! Why would I take drugs? My mother also feels that Im doing the right thing by becoming a vegetarian. Only keeping a vegan diet can make us very healthy. Finally, Id like to thank Supreme Master Ching Hai for Your teaching. The images on Supreme Master Television are all so striking to me. Every image touches my heart. I will always remember Masters words. Finally, Id like to advise all the animal farmers in the world and in Formosa to give up raising animals. Actually, pigs are very intelligent. They love one another and they are very united. And they have very clean habits. Also, pigs have higher IQ than dogs. So in the future, while you scold people, dont say, Youre dumber than a pig. You should say, Even a dog is smarter than you! [M: Its true.] What I mean is that they are very intelligent, so dont kill them, such intelligent animals. Instead, we should treat the pigs as our pets. Now I still have 12 pigs in the pen. I will keep these 12 pigs until they die. Also, Ive changed my job. Im a truck driver now, and I do organic farming. I turned the remaining land I have into an organic farm. So I just want to tell everybody, every fellow animal farmer, that you can also choose this kind of lifestyle. The key is whether you want it or not. Thank you. What should the worldly people do and what should they give up in order to save our only planet? This is my question. Thank You, Master. M. Hi. Thank you, Mr. Luo. Thank you, Mr. Luo. Your speech has answered your own question. We have to give up meat, thats all there is, just meat. Give up meat and we have everything else. We have the great planet, we have the future for our children, we will have paradise on Earth. Its really worth the change. And bravo for your decision to stop pig farming and become a vegan. And even become organic farmer, my God, youre getting better and so quick, so quick, Im very impressed. And now you even promote loving animal awareness by real efforts and activities. Like, youre taking your pigs to the schools and explain it to the children how loving, intelligent the animals are, and encouraging other farmers to turn to vegan organic instead. Thank you so much. And you know yourself by your example and real experience that you are not only healthier now, you also help saving the planet. You are a hero now. And you are even a vegan, you have the clear conscience. Yes. Thank you, my hero. You have the clear conscience of knowing that you no longer contribute to the killing, bad retribution that is taking its toll on our world. Congratulations and thank you for your compassionate choice. And thank you for your noble activities at the present to inform others. So what should we insist on giving up to save our only planet? Well, Mr. Luo, you know already the answer. The historic decision that you made in your own life, giving up the cruel practice of animal raising, giving up meat and becoming an organic farmer. The answer you have already, that is, we give up meat and then we plant organic vegetables. Very simple. Very simple. Its not much change, not much demand on anybody at all. At least give up meat and the world will become a paradise. And we will continue to have this world and a better world to live in. Thank you, Mr. Luo, thank you really from my heart, thank you for making a good example. MC. Thank You, Master, for this important message.
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Good example. Finally, we have Mr. Chen Hsueh-Yu, a mathematics teacher of Mighty Brains Cram School. Dear Supreme Master Ching Hai, how are You? In recent programs on Supreme Master Television, You talked about the history of Venus and Mars. These facts arent recorded in our human history and werent observed by the scientists. We are very fascinated by such cosmic mystery, and at the same time, we feel the insignificance of our own existence. On our planet, since Edison invented the electric bulb, human life started to change drastically. In a very short period of a couple hundred years, the material life of humans has advanced and has become very comfortable. Wed like to ask Master whether humans spiritual life also has to go through several stages? You mentioned that You attained the cosmic secret through deep meditation. We heard that the energy field of spiritual practitioners can change the material world, so if more people start spiritual practice, can we reduce the harm brought by climate change more quickly? Thank You. Thank you, Mr. Chen, for being with us and for your insightful question. Yes, there are many stages of spiritual improvement and progress. I have mentioned these before in many of my lectures a couple of decades ago, and our Association members have printed them out in a small booklet and some other bigger books called The Key of Immediate Enlightenment. Please ask for it from our Centers. The booklet that mentions different levels of spiritual advancement is free to take home. It is also described in the scriptures of many great religions, although maybe not as clear and not as categorized like in that little booklet. But in Buddhism, Christianity, you will find here and there the examples of spiritual levels. Here is one from Buddhism: Virtues are borne through loving heart to uplift sentient beings. The attainment of a saint and Buddha status result in charity, and the love to deliver fellow beings. If you have love for all existing beings and show it when a needed situation arises, if you feel their pain as if yours, then you know that you are at the right saintly level a walking, breathing, living saint whose existence will bring joy to countless others and is well loved by heaven in the hereafter and even now. So you can try easing into a deeper state of realization to realize your own spiritual level and improve your universal knowledge. You can find a like-minded group of friends or guide to show you the beginning of the road, if you are not yet at the beginning, or more advanced if you are already on the advanced state of spiritual level. And of course, you are correct that the magnetic field from spiritual practitioners can change the material world. But to some extent, it depends on how deep the karmic retribution of the whole population of the planet people. If its a lot of bad karmic heavy weight then we need a lot more spiritual practitioners to uplift it. But the best is the people have to awaken themselves and neutralize the negative effect of what they have been doing. And the more practitioners, the more beneficial and uplifting energy we will have to counter darkness in the world. But, we must also put this vibration into action, this knowledge into action as well. We have to turn around, change our concept just turn around and change our concept, determine to live a nobler, more compassionate life and walk the way of love. We have to determine, to decide that from now on we will not harm any beings at any cost. Instead, we will help everyone to evolve, to enjoy life in the name of God, in the love of the Buddha. If you want some more information, maybe some of our Centers could help you in Formosa. Thank you, Mr. Chen. Its a very long subject, if we discuss about spiritual
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levels. But if you get my booklet, at least you can have an idea about what level you are in at the moment, and go from there, Mr. Chen. Thank you. Buddha bless you. MC. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your very special message for us. At this point we would like to recognize the Mayor of Santiago City, the Honorable Amelita Navarro will share some words with Supreme Master Ching Hai. Oh, welcome, Madam Mayor. Good afternoon again, Supreme Master Ching Hai. [M: Good afternoon.] I would like to repeat once again, its an honor to be with You and to talk to You personally. Its a dream come true for me. I just have a comment and this is: As a country that is situated in the typhoon belt, the Philippines will bear the brunt of climate change earlier than we have predicted. As a matter of fact, Storm Undoy that submerged Metro Manila is a record of sorts. Then, within just one week, Typhoon Pepeng flooded northern Luzon, prompting the weather bureau to say that that was the first storm that has stayed on land for almost 10 days, devastating all of northern Luzon. [M: Im so sorry] These are all due to climate change. That is why we are one with You in minimizing global warming. Again, thank You for planting the seeds of vegetarianism in my city, Santiago. It is a hard job for us to take, but we will take the challenge and the challenge must begin now. On behalf of the City Council of Santiago, I also would like to thank You for Your donation during Typhoon Emong, codename Chan-Hom, wherein You donated USD10,000 for the devastated crops and properties. It went a long, long way to help my farmers to start anew. Thank You very much. Thank You. M. Thank you, Madam Mayor. Thank you for being such a good mother to your co-citizens. Thank you for such a motherly love and the higher love even, that not only you become an example of choosing the loving diet, but you also sign into law and encourage your citizens and other prefectures to do the same. This is really great news indeed. I have to thank you. If we have more mayors like you, the Philippines will not have to suffer so much. Im so sorry and, of course, we are always there to help in whatever way we can to alleviate some of the suffering of our co-citizens in the Philippines, because they are loving, peaceful, very hospitable people, very generous people. They deserve all the love and help from the whole world. Saying that, we also do not forget all the islands and other countries who are submerging or sinking or disappearing or disappeared because of climate change. My heart is troubled every day, thinking of all these innocent people and all the defenseless animals who have to suffer in this great upheaval we call climate change. But we still have time, madam, we still have time. We could not reverse the effect of climate change in the past. Whatever happened due to typhoons and floods and earthquakes, et cetera, that occurred in the Philippines and elsewhere, we could not reverse the effect. But we could stop future disasters by doing what you do, by converting, returning to the compassionate vegetarian diet and encouraging others to do the same. The governments have the power to do this. I beg all the governments of the world, please, do this before its too late, for the sake of your citizens and your own children as well. I have been pleading many times and I have been praying to heaven to manifest physically on this planet to awaken the leaders, the people, one by one. Ive been praying for all this. And I hope the leaders, the governments, and the people are
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listening. Important are the governments must make example, must use the governing power to save the planet. This is the only one chance. I really wish all the governments follow your example, madam. But, thank you so much for being one torch in the darkness. We need more torches like you. Thank you. God bless the Philippines and we will always support your people in whatever way we can. I will be sending some more people and some more financial support shortly after this for the newly devastated disaster in your beautiful land. Im so sorry, I could never cry enough [Master is crying.] for all the victims. I am so sorry, madam. Please convey my love to your people. Please tell them I love them very much. And in my little, humble power, I pray for them. Thank you for coming to share the good news, and to share your blessing energy with us and Formosa. God bless you, madam. God bless you so much. MC. Thank You, Master. We thank our guests for their very valuable questions. We hope that the panel discussions and the speakers insightful analyses will make everyone realize the terrible impact of climate change on the Earth and our daily lives. We hope that this conference will awaken the consciousness of the public to the pressing climate change crisis and other environmental issues. Master, before we close our conference, would You like to give a last brief message for us? Sure, Id be glad to. Id be glad to. I would thank everyone again the governments, the leaders, the supportive media, precious guests, and the audience for your presence today and for your shared knowledge. I have learned a lot from you and I have enjoyed your love. Even the guests from afar who lend their caring spirit through a video greeting and the esteemed dignitaries and scientists. The kind experts who share their time and knowledge with us, though they are busy and far away that they could not come, but they send their words of wisdom and loving concern through recording videos. And I thank the caring panelists for your valued contributions in addressing our urgent planetary state. I also appreciate all the distinguished government officials, media members and guests, again and again, in this important meeting. And of course, Im very touched by your caring support and goodwill wish to save this home for ourselves and more importantly, for our children. And we all thank the organizers who made this possible for us to convene and reaffirm our love and determination to be heroes for our planet. I am proud and touched by the leadership of Formosa and the Taichung government to carry the torchlight toward a brighter vegan world. As I have said before, I truly have faith in Formosa that maybe we could become the first vegan country on the globe. Seeing your steps in the direction of peace and compassion fills me with hope that together we will be able to save this planet. Whatever we have gained from our time today, please go forward, walk with love to inform others of the need to do the same, that is: Be veg, go green, do good deeds and our planet will be saved. May this special land exist in safety, this special Formosa island exist forever so that I might have a chance to come back and visit you again and again. Thank you and I love you all. God loves us all. MC. M. MC. Thank You, Master. We love You, too. Thank You, Master. [M: Be blessed.] Thank You, Master, for Your precious time and all the important messages. Be blessed. Save our world. Save our vegan world. God bless. Buddha bless you. Thank you so much. Thank you again. Thank You, Master. Joining us on stage are the VIPs, esteemed guests, and delegates from all over who have come to join us in this climate change conference. Along with
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delegates from 29 co-organizers who are standing here onstage, hand in hand to show their commitment to fighting the threat of climate change and global warming, let us take action today and every day to save the Earth and care for the environment. Thank you to all the participants of this conference and our global viewers for joining us today. M. MC. Thank you, all these heroes. All these heroes, thank you so much. Thank you. Together we are showing our resolution to save the planet and our coinhabitants by being veg and going green. Lets all: Be veg! Go green! And save the planet! One more time. Lets all, together, 1, 2, lets all: Be veg! Go green! And save the planet! Thank You very much, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Thank You, Master. Thank you very much, Chung Ching University, all our esteemed guests and delegates. Thank you, Taichung City. Thank you all of you. Thank you everyone for joining our conference today. Thank you. Bye bye. Thank you all of you. God bless. Buddha bless you. Thank you. Thank You, Supreme Master, we love You! Bye bye. God bless You, maam. God bless Formosa.
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MC. We would like to express our sincere thankfulness to all our distinguished speakers who present us vital information on the dire threat of global warming and the sustainable solutions, available in terms of alternative living, particularly the vegan diet. Lets thank them once again with the warmest applause. Thank you. Today, it is our honor to have also honorable guests here. So we would like to introduce our honorable guest Mr. Ying Kai Wing, member of District Council San Shui Bu. Lets give him a warm applause. Thank you for your time. Thank you for joining us. Our next honorable guest is famous great ballet dancer, Jim Wang. Thank you for coming. Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, we are privileged and grateful to have our most honorable guest, Supreme Master Ching Hai, accept the invitation to join this conference. Supreme Master Ching Hai is a highly esteemed invited speaker at many climate change seminars and conferences around the world. Lets give a warm round of applause to welcome our most honorable Supreme Master Ching Hai! Hallo, Master. How are You? M. MC. M.
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Videoconference with the Hong Kong people at the Global Unity: Together in Saving Lives Climate Change Conference, Hong Kong, October 3rd, 2009 (Originally in English and Chinese). * Note: This conference is recorded verbatim only the question-and-answer session with Supreme Master Ching Hai.
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And a great welcome back to Hong Kong! Thank you. Youre so beautiful! Thank You, Master. You too, You are very beautiful! Happy Moon Festival to everyone. [MC: Yes. Thank You.] And Happy China Day two days late, but still Happy China Day, 60 years China Day. Happy China. We are very happy and touched to have You here today with us. And Hong Kong misses You, we miss You. Yes, I miss Hong Kong, too. I used to like it very much because we have a beautiful mountain and we can do retreat there. Yes. Just about 10 minutes from the city, but beautiful. I miss that time very much. Beautiful Hong Kong. Thanks for having me back. Thank You, Master. Thank You. Supreme Master Ching Hai, thank You once again for Your unconditional love and kindness for sharing Your time. Master, our distinguished speakers have presented their knowledge and views on the current crisis of the planet. In addition, we have also a diverse group of distinguished guests representing many areas of society, including heads of government, experts from fields of medical science, science and technology, education, religion, journalism, arts and others. They are gathering here in a vital discussion about global warming and its solution. Supreme Master Ching Hai, we would be very grateful if You can share with us Your thoughts and views on global warming.
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Yes, thank you. I have been listening to our distinguished speakers and I was very, very impressed by all their wise knowledge and very educational and helpful advice to us and the global viewers. I thank them very much, very much. And of course, Im very honored also to be invited here with you in this conference with the many respected government leaders, media members, NGO representatives, wise professors and other distinguished speakers as mentioned today, and also as well as the caring audience members who spare their precious time in their busy life to come and to share their caring worry about our planet. Now, we have listened to many important speeches about the current effects of climate change on wildlife, on human health and on the oceans even. So the sense of urgency can truly be felt from these eloquent presentations. While hearing them, the wish would grow stronger in our hearts for a saved planet, and for saved lives. Hong Kong has long enjoyed prosperity and peace, both as the pride of China and as an internationally admired city. But, as with all cities and countries in the world, she is vulnerable to the effects of global warming such as the threat of sea level rise and as we have learned from the experts today, diseases are intensifying as well. In such an increasingly frightening scenario, we are lucky and blessed to still have the time to save our lives, and the lives of our children and our co-inhabitants. So I am still hopeful that this important conference today will motivate everyone to make the small changes needed to propel us all toward a beautiful future for ourselves and the planet. Thank you. Please be a hero, be veg, go green, do good deeds, and save the planet. Thank you so much. God bless Hong Kong.
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Thank You, Master. Now, Master, we have our first honorable guest, Mr. Bobsy. Mr. Bobsy is a vegetarian, and is a Shining World Hero Laureate for being the founder of Save the Human campaign. And some of our guests would like to have Your opinions and advice to their questions. And now, Mr. Bobsy is our first guest who would like to put one question to You. Thank You, Master. Welcome, Bobsy. [Q: Namaste Master.] Nice to know you, Bobsy. Pleasure to be here. Thank You. Master, in Your websites, You are urging us and telling us that we have 1,208 days left to save the planet. That is just over three years. Could You please explain why You have specifically stated this number or this number of years? Thank You. Yes, Bobsy. You see, since you ask, I have to tell you the truth. Its my inner knowledge, through meditation, but that I cannot prove to you. Nevertheless, all the scientific data as well as evidence all point to this approximate number. And the evidence is already there and available. As you said, today, more or less, there are only 1,208 days left to save the planet from runaway global warming, from destruction, by all the worlds population becoming vegan. That is a small change and a small sacrifice that we all could afford to make and should make for the sake of ourselves and the future generation. Very small change, I think, very affordable change, and very reasonable. But whether people will become vegan or vegetarian, like yourself or not; whether the world will save itself or not, it all depends on humans actions. But the countdown is there to remind us that we have a very short time, just a little over three years, for every single person to be veg, to save life on Earth. We have to save this planet for our children, they are too innocent to deserve the destruction that is awaiting them. Theyre too vulnerable, theyre helpless, they depend on us, the adult, the wise grown-up to lead them into the right direction, to protect them, and to save their lives. We have inherited a beautiful planet; it is our duty to keep it that way for our children and grandchildren, and great, great grandchildren later on. We have our duty to protect the home for the children; even if we dont care about our life on Earth, we have no rights to destroy it for others. I hope the countdown helps people to feel the urgency and join the solution. So I appreciate you, Mr. Bobsy, for your own veg-promoting efforts with your slogan Save the Human campaign. It is fittingly named. We must save the human and human compassionate heart that is the most important. We have to save our noble quality. Again and again, I always mention, its not just about the physical existence on this planet that we want to save but we want to protect the children, and by doing that we protect our noble self, our heroic compassionate self, which is our true nature. If we lose them, its worse than losing the planet. We have to keep our compassionate heart. We have to be noble and truthful, loving and protective of the weak and the feeble, like children and the helpless defenseless animals. We must protect our noble nature, we must be living, walking, breathing children of God, or the disciples of the Buddhas. Thanks again for your efforts, Bobsy. And thanks for reminding us by your question. God bless.
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world of difference already. And of course, if we practice meditation or yoga, then of course well feel even much better than that calmer, more loving, more attentive, more concentrated in whatever we do. And thus, our productivity will be enhanced and we will be contributing more to the society. Thus, if everyone forsakes these harmful substances, we will be creating a powerful, positive, loving and harmonious energy that is constructive and beneficial to all on Earth, in all aspects. And with this energy, we will be able to counter and defeat the dark, menacing, dangerous energy that is trying to suffocate us and trying to destroy our only home, for our children, that is our beloved planet. If all become vegans, vegetarians organic vegan would be better we will be much more easily elevated inside, spiritually, without these toxins as obstacles in our lives. And as a result, scientific changes will manifest as well, in the form of incredible fantastic new inventions that improve the quality of life for people on Earth. Our scientific and technological understanding will also go beyond Earth. Because with an elevated, compassionate atmosphere, we can even communicate with other more advanced planet people, and learn from them, exchange with them our knowledge and their knowledge. And of course, the environment will be restored to a wholesome state. Once meat, alcohol, drug, and tobacco are eliminated, the changes and improvements will be so far-reaching, and so wonderful, it will be like a great leap in our evolution. We should pray for this day to come soon, Dr. Lau. Thank you. God bless you. MC. Thank You, Master. I am sure many more people will become vegan day by day. And thank you, Dr. Lau, for your great concern for others. Thank you very much. Our next honorable guest is Mr. Fung Chi Wood who is a Christian priest and is a vegetarian. Pastor Fung, please. Welcome, Father. How are you, Father? Fine, thank You. Thank You very much! Hallo, Supreme Master. Your previous lectures on Mars and Venus revealed that these planets underwent similar global warming crises like those we are facing right now but they did not react in time to save their planets, resulting in final destruction, hence made desolate and barren as such. We, Earth people, are now facing the same chaotic warming crisis. If we do not tackle it with concerted effort, would we end up being like Mars and Venus? Thank You. Thank you, Father, for this very, very important question. Thank you for being with us, and being such a loving, concerned reverend like you are. Yes, Reverend Fung, Im afraid that is correct. According to planetary scientists, Mars and Venus were probably like planet Earth at an earlier time; they had a comfortable atmosphere, warmer temperatures, oceans and lots of water. There is evidence that both of them experienced extreme climate changes. Thus today we see that Mars surface looks like there had been oceans, mountains, and rivers carved into them, even though there is hardly any living atmosphere left. And Venus today looks like it accumulated too many destructive elements, due to a runaway greenhouse gas effect. The gases are still trapped on Venus at unbearable temperatures, that no being could possibly inhabit it. Well, no physical beings, but I do know that there are unpleasant invisible beings who live on Venus right now. We would not want to get there. We would not even want to know them. They are very, very unpleasant beings. Their nature and behavior are far too vicious for us humans to feel comfortable in contact with them.
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So, even based on studies of other planets cases of climate change we talk about scientific evidence now astronomers are worried that our planet Earth might become like either Mars or Venus. Dr. David Grinspoon, who is one of the scientists working on the Venus Express project with the European Space Agency, even said that we should learn from the examples of these other planets, to get smarter, and not to take it for granted that our Earth has had a stable, livable atmosphere in comparison, and that it will last forever, if we dont take care of it. Now, the scientists also say it is possible that there was once life on Mars and Venus. Through meditation and inner knowledge, and also through the knowledge of higher planetary beings, I have been able to contact the people on Mars; their ancestors were the survivors of the global warming catastrophe. They kindly gave us permission to share their sad past experience and painful lesson with the Earth people, that it was their meat diet, their other unpleasant habits, their livestock production that emitted too much hot and poisonous gas, which triggered the release of other greenhouse gases from huge stores under the soil and ocean. Venus experienced similar as well. The people killed animals for food, and lacked compassion, and so their extreme, unkind activities led to their climate crises, once the store of their good merit ran out. So tragically, the vast majority of people on Mars, and all the people on Venus perished within a short time, along with the animals and plant life. Very sad history. Our planet is also facing a similar fate very soon. Im afraid to say that, but I have to. If we dont stop the meat production and consumption, we will face a similar situation like Mars or Venus. At present, there is a risk that the current gases will trigger much more gases in massive quantities that we might not be able to stop anymore if we dont start now. Time is running out. There are massive quantities of gases, poisonous and explosive, such as under the permafrost. Well, it already happened on many parts of the Earth, as you might be well aware through the media or scientific reports. Now, the gas released then causes more warming, which causes even more gas to be released. This is like a vicious circle. They even call this vicious feedback circle, a socalled climate time bomb. It happened on Mars and Venus; I pray it wont happen to Earth. I pray day and night to our almighty Mother/Father, to the Buddhas in all directions, to all the divine beings to please help us to awaken all the people on the planet on time to realize the danger that we are in, to realize that we are truly running out of time. We are running out of time, we must wake up soon; we must make a small sacrifice and changes. I am hopeful. Im having a positive feeling that it wont happen to Earth, but we all must work; we cannot sit there and wait for a miracle to happen. God needs us to represent Hirm in compassion, in merciful heart, in the way we live a godly life, befitting the Gods children. If we all become vegan and live a virtuous, compassionate life, it wont happen. Its still not so too late. Its still hopeful. Our planet will not follow this fate of Mars and Venus and, instead, will be saved and thriving in every corner. Please help us, Father. Please, Father Fung, you have the power also to know many people, and help us and all the people on the planet. Please pray with us and help us to spread the urgent message, to be vegan so that lives will be spared, and the precious Earth will regain her balance and our God-like nature will be preserved forever and pleasing to heaven. Thank you, Father, for being with us, thank you for your blessing. MC. Master, we have now a seven-year old little girl, Andrea Au, who would like to ask You some questions.
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Thank you, Andrea, for caring about the Earth at your tender age, Im very proud of you. Now, if you add to that organic vegan diet, you would really be a heroine of the planet, saving lives and making a shining example and a best friend of the animals, which you love so much! Thank you. God bless you and your mom. MC. Thank You, Master. And thank you, our lovely Andrea. And in fact, Andrea is a sevenyear old little girl, but she knows many, many languages, and she is a very smart little girl. Yes. I think she knows Spanish. Is that so? [Andrea: Yes.] Yes, good. Very good, very smart little girl. Yes, she is so beautiful! Our next honorable guest is Mrs. Rosina Maria Arquati. She is a vegetarian and animal communicator, and the founder of Animal Talk. Good afternoon. Im actually vegan. [M: Good afternoon. Vegan, welcome. Welcome.] Yes. You cannot talk to animals and kill them or make them suffer. So you have to be all round. [M: Right, right.] My one question to You, Master, is very simple. Human slavery was abolished over 150 years ago. How can we end animal slavery now? Yes, madam, I ask the same question time and again. By the way, for the audience there, just a little explanation; when Madam Maria said that she is a vegan instead of vegetarian, there is a little difference. I did not know the difference before. I thought vegetarian is vegetarian, but actually because many people made vegetarian into a non-pure vegetarian diet like some people will say they are vegetarian, but they say they eat chicken, only chicken. And some people say they are vegetarian but they eat eggs and some people say they are vegetarian but they eat other things, they drink milk, cheese, honey or something like that, and wear leather stuff. The vegan people are the purest vegetarian. They dont use any animal products. They dont even take honey. And they dont take milk, they dont have dairy products any animal traces at all in their diet. And that is the difference. Thats why Madam Maria said that I am vegan instead of Im vegetarian. Understood now, the difference? [Audience: Yes.] So smart, so smart. Now, to answer your question, madam. It is, youre right, a form of slavery, isnt it? Our treatment, our horrible treatment of our fellow beings, the harmless, defenseless, innocent animals. It is heartbreaking to think about it. Today, we treat countless animal beings in much the same way and even worse, because they all face the cruelty of massacre and death. At least not all slaves have to be confined in such small cages, that the animals could not even turn around all their entire short, miserable, suffering, tormented life. So animal farming is beyond slavery, its a death row sentence marked since birth. Entire species of beings are seen as inferior, and labeled as objects for buying, selling, torturing, breeding, abusing, and murdering at the end, in such a cruel way that makes us humans the cruelest beings on the planet. And we should not be in that level because we are human beings. We are human beings. We should be humane. We should have compassion, love and feeling for others just as if it is ourselves. Put ourselves in that position of the animals, then we know what we are talking about. Their God-given lives do not belong to themselves, but to the so-called owners, and ultimately, to the consumers. And we helped to create their misery. All of us. Or most of us. Until we awaken somehow by some good friend, some good situation, some urgent call somewhere, then our merciful heart wakes up and saying to ourselves, Oh, no, this is not right. This is not correct, this is not the way I want it for our
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animals, for our co-inhabitants to be. Its not the way I want to treat the harmless, the innocent, the defenseless. They are even benefactors to humans. The similarities that you mentioned about slavery are shocking. But worse still, worse than slavery, this is the most cruel practice that we humans should never imagine, that exists on our planet, especially already 21st century. We had so many Masters that graced our planet: Jesus Christ, Shakyamuni Buddha, Prophet Muhammad, the Jain Master, Mahavira, et cetera, et cetera. Guru Nanak. You name whatever religious leaders and founders, they all taught us compassion and love. They all taught us to respect all beings as the creation of God. So how can we end animal slavery? Well, we can look at history and study how human slavery was abolished. All it took was a change of perception, a change of heart. Its the same with animals. We must see them as the noble, precious, nobly endowed, feeling beings as they really are, because they are. Some of their quality we humans should even learn from it. The loyalty of the dog, the selfless sacrifice of your pet when it comes to rescuing their family members, or so-called owners. They would not mind their life, they would lay down their life gladly, any time, for their loved one. If you just remember, when you look on television, there are some rescue scene when we have disaster, earthquake or something that destroys our home and many people buried under the rubble, many dogs are sent from different countries or within the countries to go there to rescue the humans. Theyre walking, running barefooted. And theyre running to every corner on broken glasses, on heated stones, under dangerous conditions just to try to find the humans who survived under the rubble. They did not even think for one second how dangerous the situation is, how their life could be terminated, every second. They just concentrate on their mission to rescue human beings. Now, we humans sometimes, think twice about that. Im sorry if I have offended any of you. I probably would think twice myself, in that situation if I wanted to rescue somebody, whether it is safe for me also to do it. But dogs, for example, they never think, they never. They lay down their life any time for us. Now, if we humans think animals are inferior to us, I beg you to think again. We should respect them, love them, protect them, instead of thinking of them as an inferior object. Now, just 150 years ago, as you mentioned, human slavery was the norm. At that time, people thought that slavery is normal, so almost everybody owned a slave or two and treated them the way they wanted. Even branded them with hot iron to make sure that everybody recognized that is a privately owned slave and not be taken away or stolen or sold again. It was a normal thing to own a slave, and to treat the slave as such, like an inferior object. Today, we are more civilized, well, I hope, I think. Today, slavery is an atrocity, is recognized internationally as a heinous crime. And the day will come when the same is true for animal slavery and massacring. But until we get there, we must be like the abolitionists and try to show others that animals are not here for us to abuse or to eat; they are here for their own purpose, designed by God, and deserve freedom, respect, and life, just like we do. Urge your government leaders to ban this cruel and harmful system as well. The famous vegan law professor in the United States, Professor Gary Francione, calls this the abolitionist approach. He says that if we dont support slavery and want to get rid of it, we can start by getting rid of it in our own personal lives. If we dont support slavery, then we would choose no animal products at all. And we dont support cruelty, then we
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will abolish all animal products from our life. And if each one of us makes this humane choice to end the slavery in our own lives, then together we can abolish the entire cruel system that makes us less than human, that likens us to the so-called we call them wild beasts, like the lion and the tiger. But the lion and the tiger, they eat when theyre hungry only. We even eat for pleasure, at the expense of the suffering, tortured, murdered animals. We call the lions and the tigers wild beasts because they are wild they eat live animals, they chase, they hunt and eat live animals. Well, then we have to be different, if we want to call ourselves human, the children of God. Can you imagine, would God do this? Would God come down here on Earth and kill everything in sight from the sky to the deep ocean just to feed Hirmself? Would God do that? If there is a God, would Hes do that? [Audience: No!] No, thank you so much. So we are supposed to be the children of God. Like Father/Mother like son, no? If there is a God that we believe or theres a Buddha that we would believe that comes down here, they would never, God would never kill any animals to eat. God would protect them, feed them, love them. Is that not so? [Audience: Yes.] Yes, that is the God that we imagine that we would worship and trust! What kind of God who goes around and eats everything in sight? Then we would also run away because of fear and terror. Now, if we are the children of God, the disciples of the Buddha, then like Father/Mother, like son; like Master, like disciples, we must do the same. We must represent a God that is merciful, compassionate, loving, kind, protective to the weak and the innocent and the harmless. Not only the animals are harmless, they are very, very useful to us. They are blessings to the planet. They give the planet more love than we could emit. Thats why our planet is still holding balance. Without the loving animals, our planet would probably have gone long ago. The way we treat it, the way we treat ourselves, each other, other beings, and the environment, our planet would have been gone, gone, gone, gone. But God is merciful. Hes sends more and more animals, different species to come here to help to balance the negative atmosphere of our planet to make it more loving, more bearable so that it still hangs in balance. But now, its too much. Its too much for the animals to even help us with their loving, kind atmosphere. So please, we now have to stand up and help ourselves. Its high time that we should behave in a way that does not liken us to the animals that we call wild beasts, like lions and tigers, for example. Now, the entire cruel system could be abolished for animals, just as we did 150 years ago, if we convince ourselves and others who are not informed yet. Because human beings are born noble, loving and kind. We have just been misled, we have just been misinformed, we have just been too busy to think. So if we inform them, inform ourselves of the cruel reality, very cruel reality and be a shining example of compassion, be a vegan, then Im sure we can make this tragic, yet needless practice disappear for good. Abolished forever. And all beings will live in peace, harmony, happy, fearless of one another. MC. Q. We have our next honorable guest, Ms. Peggy Poon. She is a system analyst and is also a vegetarian. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, and the Association, for giving me the chance to ask a question. Being veg to save our planet is the most urgent and feasible action we can take; however we should also care for the livestock raising industry, non-staple foodstuffs industry and related businesses like transportation, wholesale and retail, catering and others, who have established vested interests in the business. The impact
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and change might be great for them. Even if the government is willing to put aside economic consideration, some people may still have a hard time coping with the shifts in their area of expertise, investments, habits, et cetera. I would like to ask Master: What can be done so that they will be able to restart a new business and be willing to change? Thank You. M. Thank you for your question, and thanks for your consideration for others. That is true that we have to take into consideration those people who are in the business that you have mentioned how they would change their lives. Yes. But its not difficult. First of all, we have to know that we have no choice but to change, we have no choice either that or the planet. Either we change, or we will all go. Theres no choice anymore. If we dont stop the livestock raising and meat-eating practice, we will not be able to save the planet, including them and their meat business. So I think we have to choose between our lives and a career. We have to survive first. We have to think of the planet people as a whole, not just some business. It is truly that urgent. Given this critical necessity, these people who are economically tied to the meat industry would be willing to change if they were properly informed and know how important it is to change their lifestyle and their career. They have many strong motivations. For example, the first is to save the planet from a climate catastrophe, save all lives in this world. If we dont stop it, we will continue on a course toward total disaster and mass extinction, affecting everyone, whether you are in the business of meat, transportation for it, et cetera, or not, or related job of the meat industry. Second, the industry that we are talking about is bad, bad, bad business, is not lucrative at all for the whole planet, for everybody. See? Its a most inefficient business. In Chinese we would say a losing business means, its a loss of capital. Now, the meat industry is not a very lucrative business, with very high production costs for electricity, water and grains have to be wasted to produce the same amount of socalled food, which is replaceable and better. We have better food than meat. For example, if there were no subsidies for a hamburger, for the meat industry, if there were no subsidies, if the governments didnt give them any subsidies for the meat industry in any case, then a hamburger that some people eat produced by clearing forests in India alone would cost USD200! Not just 99 cents like the way you buy it in some shop, for example. You see, it would cost USD200 the real cost of a hamburger. Now, in the United States, even before the swine flu impacted the pig farming business, the pig industry has been losing billions of dollars losing billions of dollars in the pig industry. Why? Because they cannot afford the grains to feed their livestock due to the high food prices. And the food prices are getting higher and higher nowadays. So how do they survive? Your tax money, goes to the governments, the governments subsidize them, thats how they survive. So its a losing business. Its a losing business. In Chinese means losing capital business, means its not a good business. Everywhere, from the United States to China, the governments have to subsidize animal farmers by paying them at least tens of billions of US dollars every year! Tens of billions of US dollars every year for meat industry. And where does the money come from? [Audience: Tax payers!] Tax payers, yes, correct! You are so smart. Your money! Your money from your hard earned daily, sweating, tearing, to earn that precious substance that we call money, to feed yourself, take care of your family, protecting your children and your relatives and friends. This money has been draining into the meat industry in order to keep them alive, and then when you buy some piece of meat you think, Wow! So cheap! A hamburger 99 cents! My God! Then keep going to the hamburger shop. But that is your money that youre eating.
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Okay, fine, if you can eat that and be healthy, happy, then it would be reasonable. But its not. These hamburgers and beef burgers contain all parts of the animals that you dont know where they even come from, and contain all kinds of bacterias, all kinds of diseases breeding causes that you will find it easily available if you want information. If you want information from the medical journals or medical scientists, they will tell you all this. Not only do we pay a lot of tax money into the subsidies for the meat industry, we pay a lot more tax money for the hospitalization, for the burying of our loved ones, for the heartaches that we have to bear the whole lifetime for losing one of our dearest, or many of our dearest. And okay, life and death we cant avoid, but the suffering in between, the hospitalization, the poking, picking, injecting, breathing machine, oxygen supporter, et cetera, et cetera. All this suffering is unnecessary for our fragile body to bear. If we avoid meat, we will avoid all that the money for hospital, medicine. And not only that, before we get the medicine we make more animals suffer by experimenting with them by vivisection, by injecting chemicals into their bodies, by making them suffer, torturing to no end just to obtain the medicine that we feel safe for human use. And again, its still not safe for human use. All this suffering, all this tax money, paying again, again, and again, and youre working day and night to make ends meet, just to survive, and all this money goes into different directions. It doesnt help you at all. Its just wasting resources, finance and national strength, and humans health and happiness. Its just a waste. Its just a very, very, very bad business. So you see, the meat industry is terrible, terrible harmful to us in every imaginable situation, in any imaginable aspect. Now, if the subsidies are not going in to support them, the farmers of the animal-raising industry could not make ends meet with their business. They would have gone out of business already. So I suggest the governments dont give any more subsidies to animal-raising industry. Instead, tell them to convert into vegan farmers. Now, besides all that, for the majority of the workers in the meat business, its not a safe working place either. Its one of the most dangerous jobs with some of the highest rate of injury and exposure to chemicals and diseases like influenza, swine flu, bird flu, et cetera, et cetera, and mad cow disease, which is always fatal, always deadly. Mad cow disease, up to now, we cant even cure it. Anybody contracts mad cow disease, their life is terminated. Now, we have to ask ourselves: Is it all worth it? This is not to talk about the effect on the meat consumers in terms of all the sickness cancers, diabetes, and health problems, heart diseases. Almost all diseases that you can name come from the meat diet or related. So, given a better choice for livelihood, wouldnt we choose the one that helps ourselves and others stay healthy, over a profession that made people and ourselves sick and die young? Would you say yes or no? [Audience: Yes!] Thank you. Thank you so much. I have suggested before that we should talk to the farmers, write to them, even going to them one by one if you can afford it, to try to show them that there are better alternatives, such as growing organic vegetables. Nowadays, organic food is very in demand, very in. Many people turn into vegetarian or vegan now. And everybody knows organic vegetables are very healthy. You see, if you eat organic vegetables, you will hardly have to go to the hospital and all the money we can save to better education for the children, better care for the elderly, and building more beautiful roads, more equipment, inventions, and use it more for sustainable energies, for free for everybody. Free energy for everybody, free education for all the children, free care for all the
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elderly, and free food for all the one billion at least hungry people in the world. The benefit has no ends. I can write 10,000 books about the benefit of vegetarian diet and the harm of the meat industry. But I let you do research a little bit, because you know all the good technique nowadays with computer and information on the internet. You mentioned that we should also care about the people who have been in the meat industry and that it may be difficult for them to change. Its not so. Its not so. There are many who converted themselves into organic farmers right now. And in Ireland, the Agriculture Minister even wrote to all the farmers in Ireland to tell them to convert themselves into organic farming, vegetable farming, and they subsidize them even. And right now, theres a huge percentage of farmers converting themselves into organic farming, I am so happy for Ireland. Now, for some other example for your reference, there was one American pig farmer who had owned many pigs all crammed in a filthy factory farm. After being visited by the famous vegan author John Robbins you probably know him, the famous ice cream heir and he left his fathers business of ice cream, multi-million dollar business, in order to go into a vegan direction. So he visited this pig farm, and then this farmer suddenly remembered that in his childhood he truly loved one pig as his close friend and companion, but he was forced to deny and forget this loving feeling due to the pressure of his family and society, you know, tradition business from the father. But after realizing it, he could no longer abuse the gentle pigs one more second. He decided to quit. So, instead of raising pigs anymore, he bought a small organic farm and sells organic vegetables, and hes doing fine. Hes still alive. And his heart is still more alive than ever, I guess. There was another And by the way, as a side job, he brings his 10 pet pigs he has 10 as his pets that he kept from his old farm and visits schools now often to show the children how intelligent and friendly pigs really are, so the children will not eat the pigs, for example. Not only he doesnt raise pigs anymore, he goes into the opposite direction to protect the animals. And there was a rancher, hes a Texan. You know, in Texas, they raise a lot of cows and thats where the word cowboy comes from. He owned a big ranch of cows but then suddenly he changed because he had cancer from meat. After he treated himself, became vegan, now hes an animal advocate, he goes everywhere lecturing, telling people the truth, the real truth, the cruel truth and the bad business truth about raising animals. Hes a very staunch advocate for animals. His name is Howard Lyman L-YM-A-N, yes. Hes from Texas. He was once or twice a guest speaker on the Supreme Master Television. You can download them again. Its still in the file to download if you want to know about him. And recently in Iran, there was a dairy cow farmer he even wrote to us telling his story who also decided that he needed to change his career to help the planet and his own conscience. So he made sure all his cows were adopted to good, safe homes to live the rest of their dignified lives. And now, he works at a vegan restaurant. And another story comes from Formosa, where a pig farmer just became vegan after watching the Supreme Master Television and realizing that he wanted to protect the environment and avoid bad karmic retribution for himself and his family. So right now, you know what he is doing? You dont know, huh? Okay, Ill tell you. He is keeping all his pigs as spoilt family member pets, for life. And he is switching to a different kind of farming.
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In all these cases, the people involved are doing just fine, even better than ever before. But I suggest that all the people who keep their pigs or cows as pets, I think we should sterilize them so that we dont continue to breed too many animals, because then we would be in the same position right now, or even worse if they keep multiplying. It took a great amount of courage in the beginning to change their whole life career around, but all of them would guarantee that it was worth it, more than worth it. Its worth the great freedom of their heart, their spirit and happiness of their family as well, and health. Nowadays, there are more and more good opportunities for the farmers, retailers, transporters. They just do the same, instead of transporting pigs, they transport organic vegetables, et cetera. Or the farmer retailers, they could switch from the meat business to organic vegetable farming. Returning to traditional organic farming methods is already proven by success in Africa, for example, and in some places like the Americas, Europe, and Australia. Organic vegan farming is growing very, very fast, and very, very profitable right now, because there is a growing demand. People are more informed about the harms of the meat and more informed about the benefits of a vegetarian diet. So organic vegan vegetable farming should be very, very, very good for anyone who wants to switch business. On the Supreme Master Television, we also feature a whole section about organic farming, on our website as well www.SupremeMasterTV.com/Organic-Farming. On this website, we share a lot of info about how to do organic farming, which is very profitable, costs less water, a lot less work and very beneficial to our health, to the workers and to the planet. So please, feel free to take a look and discover for yourself the great benefits of harmonious farming. Its high time we turn away from the harmful, unsustainable meat business and go toward a more civilized, more efficient, more sustainable, more humane means to earn a living, namely organic vegan farming, or vegan restaurants, vegan products, vegan product selling, et cetera. Everything to do with compassionate living is good for you and its pleasing to heaven. And it will save the planet. Its not just good business, it will save the planet, and it will save countless lives, now and in the future, including the ones involved in the meat business. Thats why the Buddha named the meat business as one of the five businesses that people should not engage in. Do you want to know another four as well? [Audience: Yes.] Okay. The meat business is a bad business. Its very bad for you. And the other four are: Business in weapons, business in human trafficking, business in intoxicants, and business in poison. All these harmful businesses are bad for you, now and in the future. If you believe in the life hereafter, if you believe in heaven and hell, you should stop the meat business immediately, like yesterday. Because nothing good awaits you in the life after if you cause suffering to others, be it humans or animals. You will have multiple suffering in return, and for a long, long time. So instead, these people in the meat industry should join in the trend, which has already begun and expands hugely every day, I am happy to say. Thank you. Be Veg! Go Green! Plant Organic Vegetables! MC. Thank You, Master, for Your insightful views on the benefits of vegan farming. [M: Thanks for the inspiring question.] And thank you, Ms. Poon, for this question. [M: Yes. Good question, really inspiring.] Master, our next honorable guest is Mr. Chan Sun Yee. Mr. Chan Sun Yee is the Executive Chef of the HSBC Bank, managing catering for the majority of the HSBC Bank, including fine dining for the top Management of Main Building, a total five business units of HSBC.
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and save 70% of drinking water for Hong Kong. Without water, where would we be? Yes? So thank you for your important question. And thank you for being a good chef. MC. M. MC. M. Q. Thank You, Master. Thank you, Mr. Chan. I wish you all the best. And now we have Mr. Peter Lloyd, who is a vegan and is also editor of Positive News and Holistic Asia. Ah, I heard of him, yes. Welcome Mr. Lloyd. How can we inspire hope and joy through ecological activism? I guess what I am trying to dig deeper to is how do we make this a longer-term commitment? I can make the choice as an individual, but how do I convey that to other people? So sort of a deeper look at this cultural change of being vegetarian. Thank You. Yes, Mr. Lloyd, its understandable that you are concerned like that. Its kind of new, this vegan trend is new to many people, even government officials as well. So we have to just do what we can. You may copy many of the information concerning the harmful effects of the meat diet and the benefits of the vegetarian diet, and copy the info, print them out and send them, or send them through email, to whoever you know, or to the governments, to the organizations, to the farmers, et cetera. But I am so happy, by the way, to see that you are already a compassionate example, yes, that you are vegan. Its so not easy for Westerners even, who are so used to being raised as a child and believing in animal protein. Its so not very easy for you. Im very proud of you and very impressed. And you are part of a positive news media even, that impresses me even more. That is wonderful! Please continue your job. God bless you. As for how to inspire hope and joy through your activism for the environment, well, as I have said, you know, I understand that a lot of the ecological and environmental news today is not very good due to the effects of global warming. We hear about glaciers melting, water becoming more scarce, rising food shortages, rising food prices with over one billion people going hungry every day, animals becoming extinct and many species gone forever and so on and so forth. It can seem overwhelming, especially if we think that we are only one person and the problems are so vast. But be assured, Mr. Lloyd, that even though our time is running out, we do still have time to save this beautiful planet and restore it to its original splendor, or even more so if all turn to the vegan diet. You embody the very solution already that is needed for our world. As it has already been mentioned, recent research shows that more than 50% of emissions that are heating the planet come from the livestock industry. Not 18% 18% was the underestimate, initial estimate from the United Nations only. Right now, the evidence, the data shows that the livestock industry produces 50% plus. I am sure there is more. But this is kind of a conservative report. The 50% greenhouse gas emissions, which heat up our planet, which put our lives in danger, which put our world into the perilous situation of mass extinction, is from the livestock industry. Please tell everybody this, whomever you can. More than 50% can you imagine? If we stop the meat industry, 50% of the heating factor is gone! And then if we turn to organic vegan diet, then 40 more percent plus of CO2 will be absorbed immediately from the atmosphere by organic vegan planting method. You see what I mean? So well be smiling. Just a small little change, I dont know how difficult can it be to replace a piece
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of meat with a piece of tofu, or a piece of vegetable protein. It looks the same, it tastes even better, more healthy, cheaper in any way. Good for your health. So please, just spread this info through your media. The solution is at hand for each and every one of us, which is simply to forego animal products and become vegan one small change; its no big deal. As I have mentioned many times before, this is not a good thing to say, but I have to make a comparison. If we accuse the people of drug, of alcohol, tobacco addiction that they could not change, they could not quit, we have to accuse ourselves first, because drug, tobacco or alcohol, there is no other thing to replace them for what they are. I dont mean they are good, but there are no other things to replace for the alcohol addict, or the tobacco addict, or drug addicted person. Anyone who is addicted to these three substances drug, alcohol, and tobacco they cannot find any other substance to substitute it, so its difficult for them to quit and these substances are more difficult to quit. And we couldnt even quit meat, which is replaceable by many other better things taste better, cheaper, good for health, save the planet. If we could not even quit that piece of meat, then we cannot accuse the drug people, the alcohol people or the tobacco people, even the producers of them. If we want to make drug, alcohol, and tobacco all illegal, limit their production and sales, then we have to also start with meat, and right now! Because its even worse than all of them, all of the other three. I am sorry to say. If I offend anyone I sincerely apologize, but my lifestyle is to tell the truth at all costs. Now, even if the guy who drinks alcohol, maybe he harms himself, he causes his family trouble, he costs some tax money for hospitalization, he might even, the worst scenario, kills somebody on the street by drunk driving. Okay, that affects a small group of people, yes? And drug, the same with drug, the same with tobacco, cigarette, yes? Affects a small group of people. But meat diet affects the whole world, affects the whole planet. Its killing our lives, its killing the planet and its leading the planet into total destruction if we dont stop. MC. Q. Thank You, Master. Our next honorable guest is Ms. Natalie Wong, a primary school teacher. I would like to ask, nowadays, there are lots of vegetables and fruits that contain animals genes. In this situation, what is the effect if a vegetarian consumes this kind of vegetables or fruits? You mean the GMO, the genetically modified food, yes? [Q: Yes, Master.] Yes, this is not too good, is it? Thank you for your thoughtful question and your concern. You are right. There is a very direct connection between meat consumption and swine flu as well, and most other human diseases. And the same if we put animals in our vegetable products; it will affect us in many ways. I think we should not mess with the nature law of karma, because every action brings an equal reaction. This means that if we bring no harm to other beings, in this case being vegan, then no harm will come to us. But if we kill, we will be killed. But the thing is, nowadays, many people try to do this so-called genetically modified food, so sometimes we eat vegetarian food and we dont even know that there are animal substances in it. And does it affect us, right? Yes, it does, if thats what you mean, it does affect us. Not just from a physical perspective, but also spiritual as well. Scientifically speaking, meat is being linked to diseases of all kind with cholesterol, obesity, heart disease and strokes. Meat consumption has now been
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linked to more than one kind of cancer and even has been shown to directly cause cancers, just as bowel cancer, et cetera. So if we put meat or animal substances into vegetables, then we will also have similar effects, more or less. I think we should not mess up with nature and play God. Whatever nature has already offered to us, that is good enough. We should just be thankful and keep it that way, because if we mess it up, we will probably inherit more than we bargain for. There might be more incurable diseases that come from GMO that we dont even know will happen yet. Right now, even if we just eat the normal meat and we have so many incurable diseases already, if we mix it with vegetables, maybe we will have more incurable diseases and more strange diseases that we dont even know how to deal with in the future. So its better to have organic vegan farming method. Thank you. MC. Thank You, Master. Thank You for Your advice. And thank you, Natalie. We have another guest, Mr. Moosa Al-Issa. He is also a vegetarian, and hes the Managing Director and Executive Chef of Life Organic Vegetarian Caf in Hong Kong. Supreme Master, I have a simple question. If feeding and saving the planet, if veganism is the solution, then how can we help make being vegan the next big trend? Good question! Good question! Yes, that is our concern right now, Mr. Al-Issa. A very nice name. [Q: Thank You.] And youre good looking too, being vegan and all. [Master laughs.] [Q: Thanks, I appreciate that.] You see, look at him? Up to now, many vegan people have stood up and asked questions, you see how tall, big, healthy, handsome they are? Have you, yes? [Audience: Yes.] Good, good. Can you stand up again and have a look around? Do everything to advertise, thats what you wanted. You asked me a question, how to advertise it and you are the answer too, youre part of the answer. Now, Im very happy with your positive approach, Im proud of you. And thank you for being the big trend yourself. Youre right; the solution to feeding and saving the planet is veganism. Now, in terms of saving the planet, I have mentioned already many times the greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock industry, which are the primary cause of global warming. So if everyone in the world puts down the animal products, we will immediately have a cooler planet. Not only that, we will have greater intelligence and better health and creativity available to create more green technologies and other things that bring ease and comfort to humans and enhance our planet. And to feed the planet, vegan is also the answer because our food supply goes so much farther if its distributed directly to people instead of going through animals first. So please, tell everybody this. Put up posters in your caf, send email, internet to explain all this to people. This is not depriving the animals, either! Without livestock raising, there will be fewer cattle, fewer pig, and goat, sheep and chicken, but the ones that are alive will have quality life, quality treatment and will be valued rather than eaten. The male chicks will be able to live instead of being killed because they dont lay eggs. And the hens wont be mistreated with practices like debeaking, which does happen even with the so-called free range birds. Their beaks are cruelly cut off, leaving the young chicks in extreme pain that you wish you dont ever have it on yourself. That has been scientifically proven even, based on the type of tissue that is cut. After debeaking, the birds are unable to feed properly, much less clean themselves, meaning they cannot preen themselves or engage in other natural foraging activities. A vegan world would free all birds from such saintless, senseless cruelty. And if were not drinking milk, the cows will be able to raise their babies rather than losing the babies
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when theyre born, with the mother painfully hooked up to a machine every day for her milk to be taken away for humans to drink, until she doesnt produce enough anymore, then she will be murdered for meat. So, Chef Al-Issa, to make being vegan the next big trend, we can spread this message in different ways, in all ways possible. We have Supreme Master Television, whose vegan programs and recipes you could freely use also Im sure you have many already in case you want some more exotic recipes from different countries and you can use them freely and distribute them, yes? And they are available freely, no cost, at www.SupremeMasterTV.com/VEG. Or you can log onto any of our websites or ask our Association members to help you find out or download it for you. You could even broadcast the channel in your caf. You can offer cooking classes as well, or ask our members to help you to offer cooking classes, free of charge, any time, theyd be willing to do it. For a farther-reaching effect, you can contact government officials by writing and letting them know the facts about this dire global situation, with all the information available on our websites for you to download and copy and send. Along with your knowledge of a solution, you can circulate petitions to gather more support, as well as distribute flyers so that more and more people are informed in your coffee shop, or anytime you like or through internet. And can also remind them to make the choice toward the life- and planet-saving vegan diet. These are just some of the ways. We would be honored if you join in this noble mission, Chef Al-Issa. Heaven bless your noble heart and efforts. Wishing you success, big success. MC. Thank You, Master. Lets make being vegan our next big trend. Thank you very much, Mr. Al-Isssa. Thank you. Master, our next honorable guest is Ms. Hao Yuan Li, who is a vegetarian and a Chinese language teacher. Wow, so many vegetarians today. I am happy. Recently, Supreme Master Television started to broadcast a series of programs about breatharians and fruitarians, bringing us a new perception of humans will power and perseverance. With our faith in God, we can sustain our physical body without food, not to mention killing animals. Global warming has caused extreme weather around the world, and the food crisis is getting worse. Is it the right time now for us to practice to be a breatharian or waterian? Master, please kindly advise us. Thanks for the good question. Its a good question. [Q: Thank You, Master.] Good question. Thanks for bringing this interesting subject up. Your question about these exceptional personages, some holy people, the fruitarians, solarians, breatharians, waterians, and so on meaning the people who do not require much to live in the physical body, sometimes just a little fruit, or sometimes a little water or sometimes nothing, just the air or the love of God. So now, to respond to your question about whether we should all begin such a practice as eating air, breatharian meaning eating air to live that is not really necessary yet. Besides, I dont think anybody would like to listen to me sitting here telling them: Please, dont eat anything anymore from today, just take air. [Master laughs.] I think they will not like to hear that.
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You see, we show all kinds of possibilities on the Supreme Master Television. Sometimes I see something interesting so I advise them to please show it to other people for knowledge, to widen our horizon of knowing different things. And then maybe we would like to make different choices accordingly. But I would not advise all the people to be breatharian meaning eating air to live because first of all, they are not even familiar with vegetarian or vegan diet yet. Its so difficult already to tell them to eat vegetables and to eat vegetable protein even, healthier, happier, cheaper and good for the planet. Its still so not easy to tell them already. Now, if you tell me to advise them to be just eating air to live, I think Id be out of here in two seconds. [Laughter] Lets be more lenient, more practical, you know, take it slowly, one step at a time. Now, if you are vegetarian, better vegan, Im already very grateful, the whole planet will be thankful to you already. Because we cant just be breatharian overnight like this, yes? We dont even have time to practice so quick. And then were short of expert guidance, yes? Have to have expert guidance to be safe, okay? If just overnight, or over a few days, you turn into a breatharian, then maybe you wont be able to survive. It needs strong will power, yes? Strong will power, expert guidance, and great motivation behind your decision to become a breatharian, because we humans have been used to with eating to survive. We also have been used to with the pleasure of putting something into our palate. You see, when the baby was born, the first thing they do is use their mouth to taste everything to get to know things around them. And then slowly the parents give them food and acquaint us with the pleasure of eating. So overnight, or even over months or years, its not easy for human beings to immediately quit this pleasure. Not just because of survival only, but the pleasure of eating. Thats the problem. Now, as I mentioned earlier, the organic vegan diet is the key to cooling the planet enough so that we can go forward as a global society, and enough so that we can buy time to invent more green technology to make our life comfortable and to grow more abundant food, safe food and a happy life for everybody. But of course, if you want to explore one of these non-food alternatives, like a breatharian then please, do find some expert to guide you and strictly adhere to the guidance; otherwise, like everything else in life, if we dont do it conscientiously, it might backfire and endanger ourselves or others. Now, good luck and much joy to you in experimenting different ways of life. We only put it on television so that people have more knowledge about different things that maybe they have not encountered before, or maybe they have not thought about it before. Some people dont know that breatharians exist, but they do exist. A lot of them, and theyre still alive even, not like centuries ago or some holy nun in the monastery, or some holy monk who does retreat in a remote area or something, but some living, breathing, walking buddies next door and some even personal fitness training teacher meaning, physically tough guy, with a lot of muscles and some tattoos to boot. They are practical people, and even a doctor, Dr. Barbara Moore. She was a medical doctor even. She also went without food for years, for a long time until she had an accident and left our world. You see, these are people, just for us to study, to know that there are such a thing exists beyond our physical day-to-day life habit. I just show that so that people know that even without food, we could survive if we want to. Not to talk about changing a piece of meat into a piece of tofu or a piece of gluten vegetable hamburger. But we dont have to go to the extreme yet. If you like to, you can, but be careful; have expert guidance. There are some teachers about that. You can find out on our
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www.SupremeMasterTV.com as well. But we dont have to, for the majority of people, dont have to. MC. Thank You, Master, for Your clear guidance on this topic. Thank you, Ms. Hao. And now we have our last question coming from Mr. Tso Henry Honghui who is a vegetarian translator, specialized in lip-sync translation. Good afternoon, Supreme Master. I am glad to be here today to share this message of global warming warning. Now, individuals like every one of us here are weak. The enterprise takes a much stronger position. Now, under this circumstance, how can we make people around the world be aware of this chaotic change in climate and take action to work together to revert this situation? Thank You. Hallo, Mr. Tso. Thanks for being here. Thanks for being concerned and taking your time to come and share your worry with us. You look good! You look good! How do we make other people aware of this situation? Yes. I think we can help reverse global warming by many kinds of activities besides word of mouth to spread the needed message. First of all, Mr. Tso, please become a vegan yourself, or if you are already, thank you. As I have described previously, this is the simplest and most effective way to stabilize the planet and to cool down the climate change. And that way, you have the solution with you already, and then you can, by example, spread the news to everyone around. You are part of the solution and are thus even more effective in helping others to change. You can then gather together with those who feel as you do, same-minded, and can reach even more people that way. I hope the governments will help us, but if not, we people have to do it. We have to do it as individuals. For example, you can distribute materials such as the SOS flyers that are freely available through www.SupremeMasterTV.com. If you need help with any like this, please let our Association members know and someone will assist you gladly. Other ways you can help to raise awareness of the planets perilous state include conferences such as the one we are doing today, as well as contacting the media and the governments, asking them to help, to change, which are ideal because of their more far-reaching influence and power. But sometimes we must also help them understand the true situation so they can report and pass measures more urgently, since we dont have much time. I wrote to many government agencies, officials, and leaders of state. Some of them are not even aware of such a dire situation. Youd be surprised, because they put priority elsewhere and they busy themselves with other state affairs. So the one thing to remember, Mr. Tso, is that the people who do not appear to be acting in the best interest of the planet right now may simply because they are unaware, so we have to inform them of how quickly we need to act, and to let them know the most effective way to take action. People are often open to change once they understand. This is a good time to introspect and realize the value of our relationships with humans and other beings. As part of this realization, we should also repent and request forgiveness for causing suffering for the Earth and her inhabitants. We request the help of heaven to help awaken humanity in time to save the planet, to help humanity to understand that compassion is the only way to save the planet, compassion in action no killing of any kind; live and let live; leave the animals, love them, protect them, dont eat them. We also should convey our gratitude for all the love in our lives. We should thank God and thank heaven and thank the people who have cared for us and thank our animals, our world co-citizens, for their pure love and invisible helping and blessing through their presence as well, because love is really the basis for all of this.
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Compassion is the answer. If everyone shows our love for all beings through the vegan diet, we can even save an entire world. Thank you again for your efforts, Mr. Tso. God bless you. MC. M. Thank You, Master, for reminding us to act quickly. And thank you, Mr. Tso Henry, for this essential question. Yes, thank you very much. Maybe one day we not only realize that we can survive on vegan diet, but we will even realize that we dont even need food at all. As the whole planet population, we will have more time to create many things instead of occupying ourselves with planting, cultivating, eating, cooking. Maybe one day our planet will evolve in such a stage as Ms. Yuan Hao has asked whether or not we should all turn into breatharian. Maybe that day will come, Ms. Yuan Hao, yes, maybe that day will come. But first we begin with vegan, yes, one step at a time. And even if we dont all turn into breatharian, vegan is okay. Vegan is very okay already, very happy lifestyle and very pleasing to heaven. Remember in the bible, if you are Catholic, God says that Hes made all the fruits, the herbs in the field that are pleasant to the eyes and good to the taste, that shall be our food. So if God allows us to eat that, then we could be vegetarian and vegan. Just leave the animals alone, thats all we have to do. A small change; instead of meat, we throw a piece of tofu in the pan simple, healthy, happy. Thank you, all of you. Can we become vegan today, yes or no? [Audience: Yes!] Wow! Wonderful! God bless you so. God bless you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you all the good people. MC. Thank You, Master. And thank you for all the questions, good questions from all our guests and that shows really your deep concern about the global warming, and this is really thank you from our hearts. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your enlightening answers. And it is also important for humans to be united and work quickly for all the solutions to save our planet and keep our Earth shining forever and bring heaven on Earth. In fact, some of us have already devoted their time and effort on it. To honor these selfless heroes, Supreme Master Ching Hai has established various awards to recognize their compassionate and their generous actions. Today, with great honor, we announced a recipient of the Shining World Hero Award in Hong Kong, Mr. Bobsy. Mr. Bobsy, a Lebanese-born British artist, is now a resident of Hong Kong. He is an environmental advocator and Hong Kong Earth Champion who provides persuasive examples of what one person can do to protect Mother Earth. Mr. Bobsy cooperated and supported the building of many different green organizations and charity groups. And furthermore, his most incredible action was planting approximately 160,000 trees on Lamma Island during the past 10 years. Understanding of the critical nature of global warming, Mr. Bobsy launched the Save the Human campaign in March 2009 to inspire people to adopt the vegetarian diet and join in the movement to save our planet. The message is being spread online through YouTube and Facebook. In just a few weeks, the campaign has touched numerous people, not only in Hong Kong but throughout the world. In recognition of Mr. Bobsys noble work, Supreme Master Ching Hai honors him today with the Shining World Hero Award. Now, lets spend a few moments watching an
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excerpt of this video, which has also won the South China Morning Post Documentary Award at the recent I Shot Hong Kong 2009 Festival. [Playing the video presentation entitled Save the Human by Mr. Bobsy Gaia.] M. MC. Wonderful, wonderful! Funny and wonderful! Thank you. Very informative as well. Now, lets invite representatives (R) of Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association to present this award on behalf of Supreme Master Ching Hai to Mr. Bobsy Gaia (BG). Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Bobsy has set a shining example for us and the world. He is dedicated to helping people transition to vegetarianism, and indeed, through his laudable efforts, many have adopted the plant-based diet. We are honored to be here on behalf of Supreme Master Ching Hai to present this noble award to Mr. Bobsy. Lets welcome Mr. Bobsy with a warm round of applause. Well done! Well done! Ladies and gentlemen, we are delighted to present the award letter from Supreme Master Ching Hai and the crystal plague. In addition, Supreme Master Ching Hai has donated USD2,000 to help with the good work. The Shining World Hero Award from Supreme Master Ching Hai for Bobsy, founder of Save the Human campaign: In recognition of enlightened leadership, wisdom and eco-conscious creativity, raising global awareness about the many benefits of the vegan diet through your clever and influential video campaign. With sincere gratitude for your wholehearted dedication and inspirational efforts, promoting and empowering compassionate lifestyle changes. The Supreme Master International Association. Very good! What beautiful clothes. Its the Hero jacket designed by Supreme Master Ching Hai. He is really a hero. Congratulations! Congratulations! Thank you, Mr. Bobsy, for your noble work to save lives. Mr. Bobsy, please share a few words for our viewers all over the world. BG. I am deeply honored, heartfelt honored. Thank you. [Mr. Bobsy Gaia is getting emotional.] Thank You, Supreme Master and everybody. Its been 20 years of working for the planet and our time has come now. Now is the time. Let me stop crying here for a second. [Laughter] [M: Never mind. Continue crying.] Men arent supposed to cry, right? [M: No, no. Its okay.] We cry, we cry. [M: Crying is a natural human emotion. Its not reserved only for women, huh?] Yes. After so many words of wisdom here tonight from our honorable guests and professors its good to see the professors speaking so loudly and clearly words of wisdom from Master as well. Everything has been said. There is not much more for me to add, except perhaps one thing we havent touched on, and this is the root cause, the root cause of all these symptoms: Global warming, pollution, deforestation and so on, and so forth. These are symptoms, they are not the cause and as any good doctor will tell you, to heal illness you must treat the cause and not the symptoms. So what is the cause? It is our world view. It is how we see the world or what we call paradigm. It is how we perceive. This is where the fault lies. The healing of the Earth and the healing of the human spirit are one and the same. I will say it again. The healing of the Earth and the healing of the human spirit are one and the same. Neither can be achieved without the other. I am not here to talk about all these symptoms and disasters that our planet Earth is facing today right here, right now. We all know them. The writing has been on the wall. The professors are speaking. The doctors are speaking. Our artists, our greatest artists
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have been shouting out for so long. Everyone here in this room knows the symptoms. But we are the root cause of the problem. We are also the genesis of the solution. We created this mess, we can solve it right here, right now. And by going vegan its the immediate thing we can do. I expect you all to reduce your consumption of meat and dairy on Monday morning. Reduce it, youll have an immediate impact. We have to change, and change is not easy. Change takes a lot of courage. Above all, we must believe what we know. We know the planet is dying. We must believe what we know and we must act on our belief if we ever stand a chance of saving the planet. A change takes courage, a lot of courage. And we must be the change we wish to see in the world today, as the great Mahatma Gandhi said. Be the change we wish to see in the world. Thank You. Namaste. M. MC. M. Namaste! Congratulations, Mr. Bobsy, once again! Congratulations. Master, would You like to have a word with Mr. Bobsy? Sure. Id like to congratulate and thank him. Hi there again, Bobsy. Congratulations, Bobsy. You are our hero. Your name is Hero, yes? I am so touched to see a very emotionally alive man. Most men try to suppress their emotional feeling. Thats not right. Thats not right. Sincere feeling doesnt belong to women alone. I dont know whoever has written that only women can cry or only women can know emotion. This is not correct. And make man become like a tough macho, no feely touchy, not in touch with the human emotion. Thats not correct. So cry as much as you want, Bobsy. Go home and cry again. [Laughter and applause.] If we suppress our emotion too much, we will get sick out of that also. So just be natural, be a happy-go-lucky person. You deserve all the happiness and you deserve to have more and more awards like this. This is just a symbolic gesture to show our gratitude to some of the heroes like you. Your name begins with H. H-E-R-O. Mr. Bobsy Hero. [Master laughs.] Regretfully, we cannot give all the awards to all the heroes in the world. We can only give to whomever we know. And I am sure there are countless more heroes who are helping quietly to help our planet. But since we know one or two of them, we dig them out so that we feel encouraged ourselves, the award giver, that we have people who are like-minded, we have heroic people, we have idealistic people who truly care for this generation and other generations to come, who really have a heart for things that matter. Not just for physical things, but for things that truly matter. And so, to offer you an award is to encourage ourselves, to comfort ourselves, to remind us that theres someone else there with us. So its not much of giving you an award; it is a symbol of gratitude and encouragement from our part as well. So thank you for being there. Thank you that we know you. And I am very happy to know some person like you. If there are more people like you, I am sure our planet will be saved and our future generation will thank you immensely. If everyone changes their heart through your effort, through our little humble contribution, then our world will become paradise in no time. Thanks for doing what you are doing, and I wish you the best of success in your lofty endeavors. I am with you. We are with you wholeheartedly and always. [Mr. Bobsy: Namaste.] Lets continue to work together to realize the noble dream and to save the
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planet to make it the best for our children and to offer humankind the brightest, heavenly, peaceful planet for all to enjoy. Congratulations again. MC. Now, we would like to show our appreciation by inviting Spring Melody Chorus to sing for us. Spring Melody Chorus has been well-known in Hong Kong for 10 years. They have participated in many big singing events at a variety of venues. In fact, the chorus was originally started by a group of ladies, and only two years ago, gentlemen can join. Today, they are going to bring us two songs, Born Free and Beneath the Lion Mountain, conducted by Ms. Jan Leob. Lets give a warm applause to welcome Spring Melody Chorus.
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MC. Hallo, and welcome to the gorgeous Jeju Island, South Korea, a world famous tourist site known as the Hawaii of Korea. Thank you for joing us for the Childrens Health and Sustainable Planet Jeju International Conference! This amazing and historic conference is being broadcast live throughout the world through Supreme Master Television via 14 satellite platforms, IPTV, and the internet. Hallo, all the viewers around the world! I am Grace from Canada. This is the local Jeju way of saying welcome. So welcome! Im Callie from South Korea and we are very honored to be part of this historic conference. Grace, so how do you like Jeju so far? Its an amazingly beautiful place. Well, glad to hear that. Its not only beautiful, but its also unique as well. Three places on this Jeju Island are UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and those represent over 10% of the island. Lets introduce Jeju Island to the rest of the world through this video. Video. Jeju is a beautiful island located in the southwest sea of South Korea. Jeju Island, the largest island in Korea, is a historical island with natural beauty. In the center of the island is Mountain Halla, reaching a height of 1,950 meters. Small volcanoes of different sizes and shapes are located all over the island. Jejus volcanic land and lava tubes provide much academic value and panoramic views. Because of this, they were registered as UNESCO World Heritage Sites in 2007. The UNESCO World Heritage Sites registered in Jeju include Mountain Halla Natural Monument zone, Sungsan IIchulbong tuff cone, and the Geomunoreum lava tube system of caves, all of which make up 10% of Jeju Island. Mountain Halla is a prominent landmark in Jeju and is the highest mountain in Korea. Due to its beauty and biological value, Mountain Halla has been protected as a UNESCOs Biosphere Reserve since 2002 and has 360 oreums, which are systems of lava tube caves. At its crater on top is Lake Bakrokdam. Geomunoreum system of lava tube caves is another natural monument of Jeju showing the history of the Earths formation. Geomunoreum has a total of nine caves created 300,000 years ago. Although they were created long ago, their beautiful scenery is well preserved. They are rich in lime and display different features, making themselves very unique among the worlds lava tubes. Lastly, Sungsan IIchulbong tuff cone is a volcano located on the shore. Sungsan IIchulbong tuff cone, due to its unique structure and features, provides world class value in understanding the formation of a water-volcano. Jeju Island is noted for not only its natural heritage sites but also for its efforts to protect them. Moreover, Jeju Island enacted an eco-friendly school meal act in July 2007, the first of its kind in Korea and started serving eco-friendly produce for school group meals. Jeju strives to protect nature and the people who live there. However, climate change, a world crisis, is awakening people to the need for new efforts. The changes in the ecosystem being caused by global warming are happening silently in Jejus green forests and blue seas. Dr. Cho Sung-Hwan, Jeju Fisheries Research Institute: The most distinctive phenomenon manifesting on Jeju shores is the decline of seaweed. We discovered from the data collected over the past 80 years that the temperature has increased 1.5 degrees on Jeju Island. This figure is relatively high compared to other areas. We call it
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sea desertification. Since seaweed itself photosynthesizes, it plays a major role in balancing atmospheric CO2 levels. Moreover, as the spawning location for diverse marine species, when secluded places and submarine forests decrease, seaweed, in turn, decreases. Dr. Koh Jung-Goon, Mountain Halla Research Division, Department of Halla Eco-Environment Research: At 1,950 meters high, and located in the center of Jeju Island, Mountain Halla is the best place in Korea to study the movement of vegetation due to global warming. When the temperature goes up one degree, the vegetation moves up 150 meters vertically. As climate change, such as global warming continues, vegetation moves up, and the unique plants growing in the subarctic zone, especially alpine plants like Leontopodium hallaisanense Han-Mazz found only on Mountain Halla, could become extinct. The blue sky, the clean sea, the high mountains, the deep caves, and beautiful people. Despite the impact of climate change, Jeju will take the lead in protecting not only its natural habitat but also the Earth by actively tackling global warming. MC. What an amazing island, Callie! Well, yes, Koreans sure are proud of Jeju. But you know what? What? Jeju is already noticing the effects of climate change. Yes, climate change is becoming more evident all over the world, causing rising sea levels, floods, droughts, and many other serious imbalances to our ecosystem. We will have to halt climate change if we want to preserve this wondrous beauty of Jejus landscape, and if we want to protect the most precious resource of this island. And what would that be? Children! In North America, we have an ancient Native American saying that goes like this: We do not inherit this Earth from our ancestors; we are borrowing it from our children. And yes, that is precisely the reason why we need to act right now. Yes, but what should we do first? Lets find out what many distinguished VIPs from around the world are saying. Video. Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary General of the United Nations: The hour is late, its time to decide. Im quite confident that you will make the choice wisely in addressing global warming issues. The scientists have made it quite clear... Prince Charles, His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, United Kingdom: Climate change, as a self inflicted wound, if you like Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri, Head of United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: can wipe out the very meager assets. Mr. Al Gore, 45th former Vice President of the United States: We have a climate crisis that is a planetary emergency. Ms. Maneka Gandhi, Parliament Member, former Environment Minister, India: We are so, so close to the red line, that perhaps we may wake up tomorrow and find that there is nothing to save after all. Dr. James Hansen, Director of NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies: We have reached a point where we have a real emergency. Mr. Kofi Annan, 7th Secretary-General of the United Nations: The message should be clear, climate change must take its place along those threats like conflict, poverty. Mr. Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, former Prime Minister of Portugal: Climate change is responsible for conflicts that can only deepen in the future if we dont act as soon as possible. Mr. Bill Clinton, 42nd former President of the United States: It (climate change) is the only thing that I believe has the power to fundamentally end the march of civilization as we know it. Mr. Louis Michel, Head of the European Commission for Humanitarian Aid: You will have a catastrophe added to another catastrophe. Mr. Ken Livingstone, First Mayor of London, England: Climate change means catastrophically violent weather. Mr. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Governor of California, United States: like wild fires and devastation. Mr. Antonio Villaraigosa, Mayor of Los Angeles, California, United States: Rising sea levels. Mr. Jeffrey Sachs, American Economist, United Nations Special
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Advisor on Food Crisis: Rising food prices. Ms. Condoleezza Rice, 66th United States Secretary of State: To the spread of disease. If the future of the world depended on me, what would I do? Prince Charles: The North Pole ice cap is melting so fast. But what seems to me to be important is that some of the effects we are witnessing now are happening twice as fast as scientists were predicting just five years ago. Mr. George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States: A report issued earlier this year by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change concluded both that global temperatures are rising, and that this is caused largely by human activities. Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri: And if you look at the 4th assessment report of the IPCC, weve assessed several stabilization scenarios. Mr. Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: In 2010, there could already be as many as 50 million environmentally displaced persons due to climate change, desertification and deforestation. Ms. Henrietta H. Fore, Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID): Experts tell us that the situation underlying the crisis is not a temporary one. Mr. Robert B. Zoellick, President of World Bank: And it is getting more and more difficult every day. Mr. Ken Livingstone: and there is no guarantee that human civilization can survive. Prince Charles: The doomsday clock of climate change is ticking ever faster towards midnight; we are simply not reacting quickly enough. Mr. Hilary Benn, British Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs: Do we need to move faster to answer the question? Yes we do! Because we have less time than we thought we had. Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri: So climate change is obviously going to have a major negative impact. Mr. Achim Steiner, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Program (UNEP): The scale and the pace of environmental change at the beginning of the 21st century are a serious wake up call to us as human beings on this planet. Mr. Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City, New York, United States, We know without a doubt that global warming is a reality and the question today is not is it happening? and is not is it bad? but what are we going to do about it? Mr. Ban Ki-Moon: We are all part of the problem of global warming. Let us all be part of the solution. Mr. Yvo de Boer: The challenge you face is to prove to people that you are serious about adaptation to the unavoidable. Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri: Meat production and consumption is hugely intensive in terms of carbon dioxide emissions. Ms. Marianne Thieme, Member of Dutch Parliament, Chairwoman and Founder Party for the Animals, Netherlands: more than all cars, trucks and ships added together. Ms. Maneka Gandhi: Unless we change our food choices, nothing else matters, because it is meat that is destroying most of our forests, it is meat that pollutes the waters, it is meat that is creating disease which leads to all our money being diverted to hospitals. So it is the first choice for anybody who wants to save the Earth. Mr. David Miller, Mayor of Toronto, Ontario, Canada: The food we eat and how it is grown and the kind of food we eat matters a lot. Mr. Ronan Lee, Member of Parliament, Queensland, Australia: Everything comes with an environmental price, beef production in particular. Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri: We consume too far much meat in this world! Ms. Marianne Thieme: Theres where the climate problem is: Our meat consumption! Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri: something thats harmful even for human health! Mr. Hau Lung-Bin, Mayor of Taipei, Formosa: Today, if we want to reduce CO2 emissions, the vegetarian lifestyle is absolutely a very effective way. Mr. David Miller: I do eat a lot of vegetarian meals; I think thats something we can all do. Mr. Andrew Barlett, former Senator, Queensland, Australia: Thats one of the easiest ways that we can make an immediate and quite substantial impact. Mr. Ronan Lee: There are some wonderful environmental benefits in terms of taking a couple of steps lower down the food chain. Mr. Hilary Benn: And the choice we face is a really simple
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lots of things that we can do in our daily lives, including the use of energy in the home, for transportation and for various other activities as efficiently as possible. But one particular area where I think there are huge benefits is in terms of reduction of meat consumption. I personally believe that both human beings and the planet would be much healthier if we were to cut down on meat consumption, and in particular, I would suggest that the human race should gradually do away with eating red meat because that clearly has the largest emissions of greenhouse gases associated with the entire cycle of red meat production and consumption. So I think the time has come when we have to bring about a shift in our diets whereby we reduce the consumption of meat, particularly red meat. A lot of people ask me questions on how their children and how they themselves would get adequate protein if they are going to be dependent only on an organic vegetarian diet, and my answer is that I can get you two consultants who will give you that response, and those two consultants are called the elephant and the horse. These are two animals who consume nothing but plant material and they certainly dont lack in proteins. So I would like to submit that if we can shift towards a much lower consumption of meat, we would be much happier; we would be much healthier and so would the planet. Of course, when it comes to changing diets, changing lifestyles, I think the feeling has to come from within. I dont think this is an area where government orders or government initiatives can really make a difference. Of course, governments should certainly impose taxes on those activities or those products which impose huge environmental costs on society, both locally as well as globally. But in the ultimate analysis, I think it is NGOs, it is civil society, and it is the community itself that has to create awareness on what the benefits of a reduced meat consumption pattern would actually be, and I would submit that NGOs, civil society and people at large must get involved in this campaign to bring about understanding of the benefits of eating much less meat. And I want to compliment so many of the NGOs, so many of those who are carrying out this campaign and Id like to give you my encouragement and my very best wishes. Thank you very much. We have to show particular sensitivity to children who are most vulnerable to climate change because we have to accept the fact that children whose future has to be safeguarded, who depend on the sustainability of natural resources and ecosystems on this planet, are also unfortunately the most vulnerable. For instance, as a result of climate change, there will be much more disease, therell be more floods, more droughts, more heat waves, and clearly children would be the most vulnerable subjects of this particular trend that were going to see. Its also true that when it comes to planning the future of children, if this planet is going to see much worse impacts of climate change than were witnessing today, were not giving our children a good future, and I dont think its fair for us to squander these opportunities for preserving all the natural resources of this planet by satisfying our own immediate needs, particularly since those needs are really misplaced; they dont really do the human race any good. So I would appeal to all those who are concerned about the future of their children to see that firstly, we protect them from the worst impacts of climate change, and secondly, that we ensure we leave behind a planet where the natural resources, where all the beautiful things that nature has provided us can be preserved and maintained for their benefit and for the benefit of their children. So this would be my appeal and I hope those of you who are viewing this would take that to heart and do something about it. Thank you very much.
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Thank you for those very inspiring words, Dr. Rajendra K. Pachauri. Next, we have Mr. Satinder Bindra (SB), the Director of Communications of the United Nations Environment Program, which established the IPCC. Well, Im delighted to hear of this conference because if we live healthily, if the planet is nurtured by this current generation, that means people dont recklessly go about with their carbon habits. Then what it means for the next generation and for children is that theyll have a real crack at success. Theyll live healthier lives. Theyll live more meaningful lives. Because what they need really is clean water, fresh air, and if they dont get that, then what are we doing to the next generation? So I think this conference is really, really important. And I wish all the participants and the organizers great success. Thank you, Mr. Satinder Bindra. Next is Dr. Carolyn Lukensmeyer (CL), Founding President of Global Voices, an organization that supports decision makers. She was also a Consultant to the White House Chief of Staff for nine months during the Clinton years. Im delighted to honor your presence in Jeju Island for the conference. What I hope while you are working together, all thousands of you, is that you can develop a strong statement to the rest of the world about what we actually know. It is childrens health indicators that show up most quickly in terms of the pollution and the issues of the way in which our environment is degraded. In the famous metaphor of the canary in the mine, which is the birds who die when the air is not strong enough, its the same with our children and what youre doing together at the Childrens Health and Sustainable Planet can make a difference to ensure that world leaders, governments, and everyone on the planet takes immediate short-term and long-term action to ensure that our young peoples health is safe and that we live on a planet that is sustained. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for your encouraging remarks, Dr. Lukensmeyer. Many people have visited South Korea to encourage global actions on climate change, including many children. We have collected voices from children who very recently came to Korea for climate change activities. Lets hear from them.
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Video. Now it is the time to act. If not here, then where? If not now, then when? If not us, then who? For many people, climate change, they think like its the melting of glaciers. What can we do to stop that? It will melt. But its not that. We, individually, can really do a lot of things. Ill try to take each and every possible action from my side. Please, start now. Sea levels could rise. People on the coastal areas, especially in Africa, and South America could lose their homes. I became a vegetarian when many of my friends were vegetarian. And I asked them why, and they told me that it was because of the environment. If we dont save it now, our future generations will have no place to live. There are no political and geographical boundaries for environmental problems. Blaming any nation for any problem is of no use until we can have any possible action. We children expect you politicians to come up with sustainable solutions to the ongoing climate change and global warming. Be vegetarian and save the environment. Children all around the world, wherever you are, on every corner of the globe, should take care for their environment. Even if youre not taking care, you should do something, a little bit to help the planet. Because in a few years time, were not going to enjoy our planet. The air will be polluted, there will be diseases all around the world; and it wont be safe. Please save their life, and save the Earth. Vegetarianism reduces animal consumption and energy consumption. Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet! Be Veg! Be Veg and Save the World! Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet! Save the Planet!
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Such lovely, lovely voices from the children! Did you see their beautiful faces? How can we not respect them and protect them. I absolutely love them. Their voices really touch my heart. To respond to the sincere wishes of the children, highly distinguished experts from around the world are presenting their valuable messages for us today, some in person, some via video. This is a very rare chance to hear the best of the best experts who are speaking for us, for our children, and the planet. First is Mr. Joop Oude Lohuis (JOL), the Manager of the Climate and Global Sustainability Unit for the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency, who has done extensive research on the relationship between climate change and dietary change. Ladies and gentlemen, my name is Joop Oude Lohuis. Im a researcher at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Its a pity I cant be here, its a very beautiful island so Ill have to make my contribution by screen. Probably the most difficult issues the world is facing today are climate change and the loss of nature and biodiversity. For 10 to 50 years the world is concerned and seriously tries to deal with climate change. The focus is strongly directed towards energy use and fossil fuels, and climate change mitigation policies tend to focus on the energy sector. On the other hand, the livestock sector receives surprisingly little attention, and I think thats an issue we have to discuss today. The livestock sector accounts for about 18% of greenhouse gas emissions. That is substantial. The livestock sector accounts for about 80% of total anthropogenic land use, and that is more than substantial. And from a dietary perspective, new insights in the adverse effects and health effects of beef and pork have also led to a revision of consumption recommendations, and I think thats an important issue we have to discuss today. Recently, we explored the potential impact of dietary changes on achieving ambitious climate stabilization levels. And for the first time, we made an integrated analysis of all the different elements that have, that are related to eating meat, and that is: Substitutes for meat, climate change, the possible effects on the land use, health and costs. And we know that if we go in a business as usual scenario, the livestock would double in the next 40 years and greenhouse gas emissions would go up by about 80%. Well, we found out that food transition on the global scale, eating less meat and/or even a complete switch to a plant-based protein food can have dramatic effects on land use. Up to 2,700 million hectares of pasture and 100 million hectares of crop land can be abandoned, resulting in a large carbon uptake of land, instead of being a source of emissions. Additionally, methane, nitrous oxide they are potentially harmful greenhouse gases could be reduce reduced substantially. A global transition to a low meat diet as recommended for health reasons would reduce mitigation costs by about 50%. In terms of climate change, we would like to keep the global temperature below 2 change, and C that would result in a target maximum level of about 450 parts per million CO2. The mitigation cost in reaching climate targets could go up to a 1 2% of global GDP and thats about USD2 trillion a year. A scenario with no meat consumption at all would halve these costs. If we go to a scenario with no meat at all and also no dairy products, the amount of costs would not even go down with 50% but at a rate of 70 to 80%, and thats substantial. Dietary changes could, therefore, not only create substantial benefit for human health and land use but also play a role in reducing future climate change policies at a lower cost.
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There are many opportunities in changing a diet from meat to vegetable based products. In our analysis, we assumed soya beans and pulses to be the main substitutes for meat and dairy products, and we included all the effects of changing land use to these type of products and included also the effects. So we think that its an inclusive study which proves that the effects are scientifically sound. This change in diet could happen within between 2010 and 2030 and then the situation will stabilize. The change in land use has a main effect, the land use no longer a source of emissions but could even become a sink of emissions. The change would result in a net contribution of one gigaton of carbon to the atmosphere and change the whole situation into a one to two gigaton of carbon absorption by way of changing the land use. There is room for re-growth of forests in areas that are now being used by cow and sheep for grazing, for eating grass. The biggest effects are for sure pertained by reducing the amount of ruminants, that is cow or sheep. They have a less efficient digestion resulting in large amounts of methane emissions. I think, in summary, that science says that there is convincing evidence that changing diet can really benefit the climate and will benefit our preservation of natural habitats. A change is noticeable in the behavior of consumers and in supermarkets. There is a growing diversity in terms of vegetarian products, substitutes for meats that can be chosen by consumers. So I think one of the elements of change will be that consumers make their own choices and choose vegetarian products and eat less meat. In summary, from what we know now, changing a diet to less or no meat is one of the lowest cost measures to help the climate change targets. Its good for health in summary and it leaves more room for nature and biodiversity. Thank you for your attention. MC. Wow! Isnt that incredible? World governments will save 80% of the cost to stop global warming if the world becomes vegan. Its clear that the food on our table has a tremendous impact on global warming. So our first step to halt climate change should begin with the meals at home and at school. Yes, speaking of school meals, did you know that Jeju was actually the very first in South Korea to provide environmentallyfriendly school meals? And by doing this they really set an example for the rest of the country. That is amazing! What a noble province this is! And it was all made possible thanks to the strong grassroots movements and united efforts of NGOs in Jeju. Now, Callie, lets talk about a very timely issue. Something like swine flu? Yes, swine flu, or the novel H1N1 virus, which is one of the biggest threats facing humankind today. But what is the root cause of this disease? Lets find out from Dr. Michael Greger (MG), the Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture at the Humane Society of the United States. He is a medical doctor and a renowned expert on the many types of diseases originating from factory farmed animals, including swine flu, bird flu, and mad cow disease. And Dr. Greger has prepared this special lecture for this conference via video. Lets take a look. MG. According to the World Health Organization, two billion people may become infected with swine flu and our children may be at the highest risk. Normally, 90% of flu deaths are in the elderly, 65 years and older, but with swine flu, children and young adults ages 5 through 14 are more than 10 times more likely to become infected. That means 15,000 Korean children may die. Where did this virus come from? Well, the genetic finger-print of this virus was published this summer and the United States Centers for Disease Control and laboratories from around the world have confirmed that the main ancestor of the current pandemic virus was the triple hybrid mutant pig, bird, human
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virus that emerged and spread throughout industrialized farms in the United States 10 years ago. This first hybrid mutant was found on an industrial farm in North Carolina in August of 1998 that confined thousands of pregnant pigs in metal crates so small they couldnt turn around. Thanks to long distance live animal transport, the virus then spread throughout North America, and thanks to the export of pigs to Asia, it reached Korea by 2005. This is not the first disease to emerge from factory farms. Unless we start giving these animals more breathing room, it may not be the last. For example China, 2005, the worlds largest producer of pork, suffered an unprecedented outbreak of an emerging pink pathogen called Strep Suis (abbreviation for Streptococcus suis) which caused meningitis and deafness in people handling infected pork products. Hundreds of people infected with the deadliest strain on record. Why? The World Health Organization blames in part these intensive confinement conditions. The United States Department of Agriculture elaborates that all Strep suis seems to start off harmless, asymptomatic is normal flora, but then stress due to inadequate housing, ventilation, overcrowding allows the bug to go invasive, causing infections of the brain, blood, lung, heart and death. Starts out harmless turns deadly, thats what these kinds of conditions may be able to do. This is not arguably how animals were meant to live. July 2009, just a few months ago, a strain of Ebola was reported on a factory farm in the Philippines confining 6,000 pigs. It was Ebola Reston, the same strain featured in the book The Hot Zone. Air borne Ebola bug doesnt seem to be able to infect people, but with enough time to mutate in pigs, who knows? So they drove them into these pits and then burned them alive. We feed antibiotics by the truck load to farmed animals. This is total amount of antibiotics used for all of the human medicine every year here in the States. Now, contrast that with the amount that just fed to farm animals, just to promote growth and prevent disease in such a stressful unhygienic crowded environment, millions of pounds a year. Now, we as physicians are faced with these multi-drug resistant, antibiotic resistant bacteria, and are running out of good treatment options, particularly in pediatric populations. As Britains chief medical officer put it in his 2009 annual report: Every inappropriate use of antibiotics in agriculture is a potential death warrant for a future patient. Industrial animal farms have been shown to be breeding grounds for disease for at least 10 reasons. For example, because of the sheer numbers of animals, because of the overcrowding, its like having 5,000 people in an elevator and someone sneezes, because of the stress crippling their immune systems. The operation in Newton Grove, North Carolina, where the ancestor of the current pandemic virus was first detected, was a breeding facility in which thousands of pregnant sows were confined in gestation crates, also known as sow stalls. These are veal crate-like barren metal cages about two feet wide. These highly intelligent, social animals, essentially kept in a box week after week, month after month, for nearly their entire lives. They can develop crippling joint deformities, lameness. If we did this to pets we could get thrown in jail in this country. Not only can these pregnant pigs not turn around, they can barely move for most of their lives. Because of the lack of fresh air the dankness helps keep the virus alive in these kinds of facilities. Because there may be no sunlight the MV rays and sunlight are actually quite effective in destroying the influenza virus. Thirty minutes of direct sunlight utterly deactivates the influenza virus, but it can last for days in the shade, and weeks in moist manure. And indeed, because of the decomposing fetal waste releasing ammonia, burning the respiratory tracts of these animals, predisposing them to infection in the first place. Put these and all these other factors together, and then you have is really this kind of perfect storing environment for the emergence and
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spread of new so-called super strains of influenza. The public health community has been warning about the dangers of industrialized animal agriculture for years. In 2003, the American Public Health Association, the largest organization of public health professionals in the world, called for a moratorium on industrialized animal farming. In 2005, the United Nations called on all governments, local authorities, international agencies, told them they needed to take a greatly increased role in combating the world of factory farming, which combined with these live bird markets provide what they call ideal conditions for the virus to spread and mutate into a more dangerous form. In 2008, the Pew Commission on industrial farm animal production, which included former United States Secretary of Agriculture, concluded that these socalled factory farms present unacceptable public health risks. The former Director of the Commission calls these industrial farms super-incubators for viruses. Theyre a public health menace that must be stopped. Only a few thousand people have died so far of swine flu though, although one could never really call anything thats killed hundreds of children mild, exactly, but this H1N1 virus hasnt been much worse than the regular seasonal flu, so far. But this may be just the first wave. The 1918 flew pandemic was relatively mild first as well. Though were not exactly sure what happened in 1918 compared to what was to come later, this first initial wave in the summer of 1918 hardly registered a blip, but it came back in the fall to kill tens of millions of people. In Korea, in 1918, according to the Japanese colonial government at the time, as many as eight million Koreans died the last time an animal flu virus jumped species into human beings. Now, the worst case scenario estimate would be if the swine flu were to combine with the H5N1 bird flu, both of which have been found in pigs. So if a single pig in parts of Asia, or Africa, where the H5N1 bird flu virus, has become endemic, that pig becomes co-infected with both swine flu and the new bird flu, the concern is that it could theoretically produce a virus with a human transmisability of the swine flu, but the human lethality of the bird flu. In 1918, the mortality rate of the pandemic was less than 5%. This estimate, here on the right, potentially tens of millions of people dead in the next pandemic, is based on this two to, same 2 to 3% mortality rate, that the United States Centers for Disease Control calls a category 5 pandemic, around 2% mortality around two million Americans dead, so thats 2%. But H5N1 has so far killed over half of its known human victims; don't even seem to get a coin toss as to whether or not one lives through this disease. Up to 10 million Koreans come down with the flu every year, what if it suddenly turned deadly? Thats what keeps everyone up at night, the possibility, however slight, that a virus called H5N1 could trigger a pandemic. That would be like combining one of the most contagious known diseases, influenza, with one of the deadliest, like crossing a disease like Ebola with the common cold. All animals deserve humane treatment. How we treat animals can have global public health implications, and these newly emerging chicken and pig flu viruses are but one example. We deny them a modicum of mercy to both their detriment and potentially to ours as well. We need to end the long distance live animal transport of farm animals which can spread diseases around the world. We need to follow the Pew Commissions recommendations to abolish these extreme confinement practices, like crates for pregnant pigs, as their already doing in Europe, and starting to here in the States. And ultimately we need to follow the advice of the public health professionals and declare: No more factory farms!
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Let me end with a quote from the World Health Organization: The Bottom Line. The bottom line is humans have to think about how they raise their animals, how they farm them, how they market them. Basically, the whole relationship between the animal kingdom and the human kingdom is coming under stress. In this age of emerging diseases, we now have billions of feathered and curly tailed test-tubes for viruses to incubate and mutate within billions more spins at pandemic roulette. Along with human culpability though comes hope. If changes in human behavior can cause new plagues, well then changes in human behavior may prevent them in the future. Due to time constraints, this presentation by design is an over-simplification of a very serious public-health issue. For the underlying science, allow me to refer you to an invited review I wrote for Critical Reviews in Micro-Biology. I'd be happy to send anyone a reprint, a free copy, if you just email me at MHG1@cornell.edu, M, H, G, just the numeral 1 at c-o-r-n-e-l-l dot e-d-u. I also have a book on the subject, which is also available free, full-text online at www.BirdFluBook.org. All the citations are hyperlink clickable, all 3,168 of them. We also just released a DVD on Swine Flu in particular. And again, if you email me, Ill be happy to send you a free copy of the DVD. Or you can watch it online in its entirety at www.HumaneSociety.org/swineflu. Thank you. MC. Thank you so much for your enlightening lecture, Dr. Greger. It showed us the clear link between factory farming and diseases such as swine flu. So its beginning to look like the vegan way of life is better not only for climate change but for preventing new diseases. Yes, indeed, an organic vegan diet is the true solution for a sustainable planet. We now know that the organic vegan diet is the only way to halt climate change, but sometimes we parents are concerned about whether a vegan diet will keep our children healthy. To respond to these concerns, three world-renowned medical doctors have sent their valuable messages to this conference. The first is from Dr. John McDougall (JM), a pioneering medical doctor, bestselling author, and the esteemed founder of the McDougall Program. Dr. McDougall has helped thousands of people to overcome heart disease and other critical illnesses, all without medicine. Lets hear his message for our conference. JM. I want to thank you for the invitation and the opportunity to talk about something really important and thats childrens health and childrens diets. There is a diet that is correct for people. Human history probably tells that diet best. If you think about it, all large populations of successful people throughout all of recordable history have consumed diets based on starch. For example, in my part of the world, the diet of people several hundred or a thousand years ago was a diet based primarily on corn. You remember the diet of Aztecs and Mayans? These were the people of the corn. And in South America, it was potatoes, in the Andes people lived on potatoes, thats what the Incas consumed. And if you look further east, what you find was people in Europe and in the Middle East, they lived on diets of grain. Barley, wheat, other types of grain were the foods of these people. And then go far east to where you live, what has the diet of people been traditionally for thousands of years? Its been a diet primarily based on rice or sometimes buckwheat or sweet potatoes. Starch-based diets, thats what the human diet is, its a diet based starch with the addition of fruits and vegetables. The animal foods that come into diet, they are tolerated but not necessary.
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The best diet for kids and adults, thats a diet based on starch with the addition of fruits and vegetables. It does not include animal products. I cant think of a reason to add dairy products-cows milk, cheese to the diet of a person who wants to be healthy, trim and active. I cant think of a single reason to add any kind of animal food in terms of meat, like beef or pork or chicken or fish; it adds nothing to the diet that you cant get better from starches, vegetables and fruits. Thats what the science says. Thats what your experiences tell you and thats what you see when you look back historically. Weve gotten away from that, and thats because of business. But we can change back and we could do it for ourselves as well as for our children. Our children need a good start in life. So what I would encourage you to do, all of you listening, is to find out what the truth is and take action. Yes, these are the most important people in our lives, these little kids are, but they deserve our efforts to make sure were doing the right thing, particularly when it comes to diet. And you will discover, if you take the trouble, that the right diet for kids is a starch-based diet with fruits and vegetables, and theyll like it too. They already like these foods, they like simple foods, starch foods; theyre comfort foods. So lets make it a worldwide effort to make changes that are important for everybody. Thank you for this opportunity. Be Veg, Go Green, and Save the Planet! MC. Thank you, Dr. McDougall, for your time and dedication for public health. Our next distinguished speaker is Dr. Neal Barnard (NB), the Founding President of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM), President of the Cancer Project and the Washington Center for Clinical Research, and an Adjunct Associate Professor of Medicine at the George Washington University, United States. He is also a vegan. Lets now hear his specially prepared message. I want to say a big warm welcome to all the participants in todays conference. Children today have the advantage of having more foods available than ever before. We know more about nutrition than ever before. But unfortunately, sometimes what children actually eat is not as healthful as it should be, and thats because there are also more unhealthy foods available than ever before. So we need to really help them. So what to eat? And what to avoid? The foods that are healthful for children, I think of them as being in four groups. We refer to these as the new four food groups: Vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and the bean group. Or you might call it the legume group: Beans, peas, and lentils. These four groups together provide plenty of protein. They provide plenty of calcium and iron, they are very rich in vitamins and in minerals, and lots of healthy fiber. They dont have any animal fat, they dont have cholesterol; they are a good recipe for good health. The most important thing, though, for children is not just to eat foods that keep them healthy while they are children, but its to learn good health habits, good eating habits, that they can carry with them into adulthood. If children learn healthy eating right from the start, they carry a wonderful gift with them, and they are better able to take care of their own families when theyre adults. Well, I have to say some of the very foods that I grew up with are perhaps the most important things to set aside meats, dairy products, eggs, these foods have cholesterol. They have animal fat, and these foods cause a lot of problems. First of all, these foods are linked to heart problems. If you could look inside the arteries of a typical American boy or girl, before they finished high school, many of them have the beginnings of heart disease already. Theyre only 15 or 16 years of age. But because of all the meat, cheese, other dairy products and eggs theyve been eating, unfortunately, their arteries are starting to get clogged. Over the long run, though, these same foods increase the risk of cancer, particularly breast
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cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer. These things are much less likely to happen on people who are following totally plant-based diets. And what has the children themselves worried and their parents worried is that kids who eat a meaty diet tend to be heavier than other kids. Now, many well-meaning parents will say, We want our children to drink milk or eat meat. What theyre thinking of is maybe this will help their kids to grow taller or to be stronger. But I have to say researchers have looked at this very question. And the children who eat meat and dairy products are not any taller than other kids. What they are is wider than other kids meaning theyre more likely to be overweight. Researchers have looked at thousands of children and shown that those children who grow up on a totally vegan diet meaning a diet with no animal products at all theyre just as tall and healthy as other kids. In fact, theyre healthier, but theyre more likely to stay in a good, healthy body weight. In many countries throughout North America, South America, and particularly today throughout Asia, were seeing an explosion in meat intake, in dairy consumption, and so that means more and more farms are springing up and the population overall is less healthy than it was when more healthful plant-based diets were the norm. If this trend continues, what we will see is not only more influenza outbreaks, well see more heart disease, much more cancer, and shorter life spans. What this means really is a tragedy that people who wanted to live a long, healthy life, and to bring up their children to be able to live in as healthful way as possible will never be able to realize that dream. And its because we bought into foods that have lurking in them cholesterol, animal fat and other problems that really can exact a terrible price that nobody was counting on in advance. Let me also say a word for parents, teachers, other people who are involved in schools. Schools have sometimes had trouble really serving the most healthful foods. Many of them have perhaps had a misimpression that they need to give children milk in school, or need to give them meat. Schools in the United States and some other places on the globe are now featuring healthy, completely vegan meals for children because they realize that when you dont provide the milk and the meat, kids do much better. Theyre healthier, they are less likely to come up with infections, Im thinking about things like ear infections, asthma, and other problems. They are more likely to stay at a healthy weight, and they are less likely to fall asleep in the afternoon. I have to say when kids get a big, greasy, sugary meal, its pretty hard for them to stay awake in the afternoon, its hard for them to concentrate. And on the other hand, when children are fed the most healthful meals, they have the energy and the attention span to carry them all the way through the day. So, in conclusion, when we think about our children, they are our most precious resource. And, unfortunately, the pressures on parents, on teachers, and on the kids themselves are more intense than theyve ever been. There are more and more businesses out there trying to sell unhealthy food, and we can understand why that is. But to the extent that we can put healthy foods on childrens plates. If we can have policies in our governments, if we can have practices in our schools that every child, no matter how disadvantaged, has the ability to have a healthful meal, every single meal, every single day, we are going to be investing in the health of the next generation. I thank you so much for helping us all to do that. And I hope you enjoy the rest of the conference. Thank you very much. MC. Thank you, Dr. Neal Barnard. Our next esteemed guest speaker is Dr. Joel Fuhrman (JF). He is called the doctor of doctors in the United States, and his long-term bestselling books Eat to Live, Fasting and Eating for Health, and Disease Proof Your
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Number one is beans. Beans, like, kidney beans, navy beans, lentils, split peas. Beans have something in them called resistant starch and resistant starch doesnt raise the glucose level. Its broken down by bacteria in the colon and the bacteria in the colon change the resistant starch into short chain fatty acids and those fatty acids protect us against colon cancer. Beans promote weight loss, they give us energy, they are high in protein, and they protect us against cancer. And they are linked in the scientific studies to the enhancement of longevity in elderly people. Number two: Green vegetables. To be on a healthy diet we have to eat some raw vegetables and some cooked vegetables. We have to eat green vegetables: Lettuce, salad, cucumber, cabbage, the broccoli family. All those green vegetables have specific compounds that have been shown to protect against breast cancer, prostate cancer, colon cancer and, of course, heart attacks and strokes. They are longevity producing foods. If we mix the greens and the beans now with nuts and seeds, almonds, cashews, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, they have almost magical super-foods, protective compounds that prevent against cardiac arrhythmias irregular heart beats. They lower your cholesterol, they make people live longer, they prevent sudden cardiac death, they stabilize the brain. And the healthy fats in seeds and nuts increase the absorption of nutrients from the vegetables and the beans. They also make the protein very complete. So its not about just eating less fat. Its about eating more of the whole food, healthy fats from nuts and seeds. Now, nuts and seeds contain a special compound called plant sterols. And these sterols have been shown to lower cholesterol levels and protect against heart attacks; but they also have a dramatic effect to protect against cancer as well. What I do is we take some sesame seeds and maybe well mix it with an orange and make a dressing or a dip to put on the salad, right? Or well throw some seeds and nuts with some tomato sauce and well make some kind of dressing or a sauce. In other words, using nuts and seeds as part of your dressings and dips is a very important part of excellent nutrition. Last, fresh fruit like oranges and berries and kiwis also contains various compounds, phenols and anthocyanins, special compounds that protect against various cancers and are important for good health. And lastly, of course, whole grains, like sorghum, wild rice, brown rice. Whole grain rices, whole oats, whole barley think whole grains, not processed white flour, not white rice and white flour, but using more whole grains. So we know now that the more vegetables and fruits and beans and nuts and seeds eaten, the longer people live and the lower the risk of heart attacks and strokes and cancers. Now, in addition to preventing these chronic diseases later on in life, it also can help people have better function in school more attention, more alertness more protection against diseases like influenza, like the flu. When we have the right kind of nutrients in our body, were not going to get sick as often. We have to appeal to our governors and our governments, our educators, and our teachers, and our farmers. We have to all work together as a team to bring healthy food into the schools, to bring healthy plant foods into our homes. Were not talking about adding a little bit of fruits and vegetables to your present diet. Were talking about making fruits and vegetables the major portion of your diet and then well have a healthy nation and then well have a healthy population to live a long life, free of medical tragedies. To conclude, on the beautiful Jeju Island and many other fertile areas of South Korea, we have a unique opportunity in human history. This is a blessing. We have science and information that can enable us to live better, and to live healthier and to live longer than ever before in human history. Lets take advantage of the natural bounty of the land and have one of the healthiest places in the whole world.
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Thank you. Thank you, Dr. Fuhrman. And now, ladies and gentlemen, now comes the moment that many of us have been waiting for. We are very excited to introduce our outstanding, wise, caring, engaging and charming guest of honor, the Supreme Master Ching Hai. Supreme Master Ching Hai is a world-renowned spiritual Teacher, humanitarian, artist, and author of international bestselling books. Even before climate change became a critical issue, and long before meat production was identified as the primary cause of climate change and new diseases, She began active worldwide campaigns to encourage people to switch to a plant-based diet to save the planet and all the lives on the planet. Through these worldwide efforts, people around the world are realizing that we dont have much time left and a vegan diet is the key solution. Supreme Master Ching Hai has also joined numerous conferences on climate change, working with scientists, politicians, journalists, and the public to discuss the most efficient solutions. Supreme Master Ching Hai not only cautions people about climate change disasters, but She also actively assists the victims. Wherever there is a disaster, be it in Honduras, Greece, or India, Her help arrives. Callie, did you know that when Typhoon Nari hit this very Island of Jeju two years ago, She immediately sent a relief team to bring supplies and assistances to relieve the suffering of the Jeju residents? Yes, I also heard about it, and we are very grateful to Supreme Master Ching Hai for helping Jeju, along with numerous regions around the world. We are extremely grateful to have Supreme Master Ching Hai join us for the conference. Ladies and gentlemen, lets welcome Supreme Master Ching Hai with warm applause!
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I have been very impressed and inspired by all these great speeches from all the great people the world over that you have taken the effort to invite them to your meaningful, great conference in Jeju. I was so impressed by their speech, by their sincerity, and by their and your dedication to this urgent and noble cause on our planetary crucial time. I thank you all and warm greetings to the honorable governor, the distinguished leaders, media members, guest speakers, concerned teachers, students and the children and other audience members. Thank you for your precious time and concern in coming to this important event today. Its like a whole village or small world has gathered here together to talk about two of the most cherished gifts ever that is our precious children and treasured planet Earth. I had heard that Jeju Island is like a paradise. Ive been invited many times; regretfully, I have not been there. And as I was sitting here listening to all the speeches, I had such as strong desire to go to visit Jeju as a tourist. [Master laughs.] And I was asking my assistant here, How long it takes to go to Jeju? How warm is it right now over there? et cetera, et cetera. We have just been exchanging notes and Im sure if I go there today or another day I would absolutely enjoy the company of your people, and the fresh air and the unique landscape, and the tall mountain and sparkling sea that your island possesses, and the warm people of Korea that I had many times the honor to experience. I love Korea. I love Korean people. I truly do. Such a place as Jeju Island and, indeed, the entire globe we must do our best to save for our own sake and the future of the children. We already have the wisdom and heavens grace to overcome these challenges; we may just need to remind ourselves of the best steps to take. I wish everyone participating today a lot, a lot of inspiration and a lot, a lot of courage to change through meaningful experience in this direction. Thank you. Thank you. MC. Thank You for Your insightful speech, Supreme Master Ching Hai. That was beautiful. We will now start our question-and-answer session. We are honored to have Supreme Master Ching Hai participate in this session. This will be a very interesting and informative time for all of us and all the viewers around the world watching through 14 satellite platforms and IPTV and the internet. Representatives from Jeju Province have prepared some questions about climate change and children, which will be answered either by Supreme Master Ching Hai, our guest panelists, or other world-renowned experts. Lets begin with the first question. This question is for Supreme Master Ching Hai. Our first question is from Jung Hyun-Gyu. Jung Hyun-Gyu is a very courageous and intelligent student of Jeju. He is a first year student of Seogwipo High School and also a Korean Youth Climate Ambassador. In the summer two years ago, I had the opportunity to visit the North Pole research stations located in Ny-Alesund under Norways territory as a Youth Climate Ambassador of South Korea and was able to directly witness the rapid climate change occurring at the North Pole. The moment I stepped on the land at the North Pole, I felt it was warmer than expected. I was afraid the ecosystem at the North Pole was changing. At that moment I thought of Jeju where I live. Although the situation was different, I took it seriously that life in Jeju would change when the temperature rises and vegetation changes. We took a boat to the sea and saw countless floating pieces of ice coming off the ice ridge. We were also able to see some parts of the sea where it was red instead of blue because the soil and melted ice flowed together into the sea through narrow gaps formed when the glacier was melting. An ice ridge which had existed in the summer a year ago melted and retreated over 100 meters back. While exploring the North Pole, I heard the shocking news that two or three days after my Bangladesh
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colleague returned home, the worst unprecedented rainfall befell his country, causing floods and casualties. I thought it must have been the consequence of global warming. Please everyone, help preserve the North Pole which has many natural advantages, and the beautiful nature of Jeju Island, and natural environments all around the world. It would be a great pity if we cannot live on the planet anymore. Before it is too late, please help so that we can grow up and realize our dreams here. On behalf of all children, I appeal to every adult and everyone who watches this program to help make this world a place where we can live. We, youths, do not have much time to work for this because we are busy catching up with our school curriculum. However, this situation is so urgent that we feel strongly that we should do something too. Therefore, I would like to ask Supreme Master Ching Hais advice on what we, the youths, should do in order to save the Earth. M. Hallo, Hyun-Gyu. How are you? First of all, I am very impressed by your concern as a youth climate ambassador of your country and of your concerning heart for our shared planet. You are such a good-looking, smart, and full of energy boy who helps the world even though you are so busy with your school work. I only wish there are more people like you who realize that the planets situation is more urgent than anything else right now. Any good idea from me for youths? Yes, you have heard many good ideas from our great panelists, our great speakers, before me. And please, just put them into action. You can copy these ideas from those experts from the scientists, from the elderly and then distribute them to your peers, your friends at school or around you. We have other things for you. As you saw for yourself how quickly the North Pole is melting its at least twice as fast as the rest of the globe. As Im sure you already knew, they call the Arctic ice the refrigerator of the planet, and without it, there will be more droughts and floods in other, even, faraway parts of the world. The news reported that just this month in September, United Nations SecretaryGeneral, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, your countryman, he had visited the Arctic region himself in Norway because he is concerned. Surely he also saw the thin and crumbling icebergs, felt the milder air, and maybe even noticed there are fewer wild animals than there should be. Mr. Ban also visited the Svalbard Global Seed Vault. Its like a Noahs Ark where they are storing all the seeds from all the food crops from around the world because the climate change is so serious that the governments and scientists know there might not be enough basic food even. So they store them there in case for emergency use. And, according to the news as well, after his visit the United Nations Secretary-General, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, then urged world leaders to take action immediately to save the planet. Hyun-Gyu, we dont have to be a world leader to take immediate and very helpful, very powerful action. All you have to do is become a vegan and encourage others to be vegan as well. The worlds leading climate scientists told us in television interviews that being vegetarian meaning no animal products is the single most effective thing an individual can do to stop global warming. Because to raise cows and pigs and other animals takes up a lot, a lot, a lot of fossil fuel energy to feed them, to transport them, to grow food for them. And we also have to cut down a lot of the rainforest, which is very detrimental to our stabilization of the planet. And the animals and their waste also produce very potent greenhouse gases, like methane and nitrous oxide, even other toxic gases.
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Methane is up to 100 times more potent than carbon dioxide. And nitrous oxide is 300 times more potent than carbon dioxide. And I will share with you a very important, very new scientific finding that just a few people in the world know so far, but it is about to be made public, I think in October. That is, respected scientists recalculated and found that the meat industry is actually producing more than 50% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Meat is the number one cause of global warming. So the number one solution is to stop producing it. Logical, yes? So we all have to be vegan. That is what the science is clearly telling us right now. Even though the government leaders or the media have not fully caught up with it yet, we can already begin to do it, to take action to stop the number one cause of global warming by simply being vegan. Finally, I would like to share with you one more thing about the vegan solution to climate change. That is, from my own insight, I know that if the worlds people become vegan, more beneficial results will happen, besides just halting the global warming. One of the results is that the ice in the Arctic will be restored, and quickly, along with the repairing of nature in every corner of the planet, including your home, the green Jeju Island. Isnt that wonderful? This is the truth that I could promise you, but we all must act fast, like yesterday. My suggestion is very easy to do in your busy and productive life, that is vegetarianism or veganism veganism, meaning no animal products in our lifestyle whatsoever. Its a complete, benevolent, compassionate, humane lifestyle. And it is the single most effective thing an individual can do. That is what NASA climate scientist Dr. James Hansen said, and others as well. Thank you, Hyun-Gyu, for asking this important question. Yes, I hope all the youth in Korea and in the world will take this vital action. All the best wishes to you and your generations bright future! MC. Thank You. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your answer, reminding us that children can help save our planet through their noble actions. This next question is also for Supreme Master Ching Hai. The question comes from Ms. Oh Ok-Man. She is a member of the Jeju Provincial Assembly and Secretary of the Self-Administration Committee. As a model province of climate change, Jeju Special Self-Governing Province is implementing pioneering policies to cope with climate change. We made a database of greenhouse gas emissions of Jeju Province monitoring changes to the forest, underground water, and the ocean ecosystem; we are expanding new sustainable energy such as wind power, solar energy, and bio-energy; and we are reducing fossil energy, thus enabling a carbon-free island. Supreme Master Ching Hai, I know Youve discussed a lot with global climate change experts, politicians, NGOs and are working actively in this area. What do You think about our policies and the direction we are taking in Jeju where the influence of climate change is fast appearing and whose people are very concerned? Could You share with us any supplementary information or ideas that we can refer to? M. Hallo, Assembly Member Ms. Oh. How are you? Certainly, I will try to comply with your request. If you allow me, there is something important to consider. First of all, I am glad to hear that Jejus government leaders, including yourself, are very, very passionate
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about halting climate change. The autonomy of the Jeju government and the proactive, pioneering spirit of your people is laudable. Perhaps its because you call yourselves pristine Jeju province that you put pride and love in your homes natural beauty, so you want to preserve and cherish it more. Jeju is blessed with an abundance of sunshine and wind, so Im glad you have been expanding your sustainable energies, like wind and solar power. This is going in the right direction, bravo and bravo. And I personally humbly encourage you and your fellow citizens to continue in this way. But, if I may point out, if the goal is to be a truly carbon-free society, we should consider all the major sources of greenhouse gas emissions. You see, we are emitting greenhouse gases not just through the fumes from factories, houses, and cars, but also through the products that we choose to consume. Besides, CO2 is cancelled out by aerosols, which are released at the same time from burning fossil fuels. So it means that even though we have CO2, the CO2 also has been cancelled out by the aerosols at the same time. Even though aerosols are very detrimental to our health, they actually have a cooling effect that cancels out the CO2 heat in the atmosphere. So up to now, the climate warming heat is not from CO2 is not from CO2. The warming climate problem is not from CO2, is not from carbon dioxide. I repeat, its not from carbon dioxide. It is from other sources, mainly methane. As I told our student friend earlier, at least 50% of total greenhouse gas emissions are coming from animal meat and dairy products. And its not I who said this; its all proven, researched, confirmed and published by the top scientists of the whole world. Youre going to read it soon in October. If we only focus on the green energies, like solar panel, wind power, et cetera, it wont have much of an effect, Im so sorry to say. I have to tell you the truth because this is also my planet. Your island could be my residence at any time in the future. I might love your island, I might want to go there. [Master laughs.] So I want to protect your island, I want to protect my planet, so I have to tell you everything, although I might offend somebody or I might not be very popular for doing this, but I have to tell you the truth because green energy is not an urgent task for us to handle right now. Because green energy only tackles the effect of maybe aerosol or CO2, which is not the urgent issue of global warming, the producer. The global warming effect comes from raising livestock, from animals. So if we continue on the green energy, then we dont have much of an effect to stop global warming. Because their effectiveness will be cancelled out by the large amounts of greenhouse gases that we generate by consuming meat, and the meat industry. Besides the livestock methane that is responsible for a portion of 50% of greenhouse gas emissions but 50% is still a low estimate; I would say 80% there is also the burning of forests to make pasture land, to grow food for the animals, and making the chemical fertilizer and pollution to grow the feed, the transportation involved, the constant refrigeration involved, et cetera, et cetera. And all the medical effects, all the costs of the sickness of the people billions, trillions of dollars goes into the treatment of the people for meat-related diseases. And its not always even effective, it doesnt always even cure people permanently or perfectly even. Even we spend so much money and people have to go through so much suffering, the diseases are not always completely cured, or in many cases, not at all. So people suffer, people die for nothing also, because of the meat diet. So, to produce the meat for consumption, it costs us too much: It costs sorrow, it costs suffering, it costs trillions of dollars. All these add up to many more times greenhouse gas emissions than all the worlds transportation combined, and apparently, more than
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all the heavy industries and fossil fuel power stations combined even. Please refer to www.SupremeMasterTV.com for more detailed reports on this and many other concerned matters. So, in order to call ourselves a low-carbon or carbon-free society, we must eliminate our meat consumption because that is the number one cause, we could say that is the only cause for our climate change that is, our meat consumption. This is in line with the recommendation of the worlds leading climate experts, like the Chairman of the IPCC, Dr. Pachauri, who is a vegetarian himself for the environments sake. In fact, if we focus on shifting people to be vegetarian or vegan, it will save us much more money than green technology, and of course its much more effective. And I urge you, the government leaders, because our time is running out, we have to act on this now. Please explain to your co-citizens this important truth and tell them we must work together to become animal-free consumers. We have a very short time to save our planet. We have a great planet to save. We have a great precious treasure that is, our children to save. And besides, the governments and the people have nothing to lose by being vegan. For the environment, the absence of livestock will bring about much less pollution and less waste of water and food resources. For the citizens, there are perfectly nutritious, delicious alternatives to animal products nowadays. And, as we heard in the doctors lectures, the vegan diet is also the best for our children. Its a winwin solution as stated by Dr. Pachauri, and necessary to save the planet. Please, please, I ask Jeju, dont just be a model province, but be a one true, heroic, courageous model for the whole world. We need Jejus support. Thank you. MC. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Thank You for showing Jeju and all of us how to head in the right direction to halt climate change. Next, we have a special question now for Supreme Master Ching Hai. Ladies and gentlemen, Supreme Master Ching Hai is the author of books about the animal world that raise awareness about how noble, loving, and spiritually elevated they truly are. Her books have touched the hearts of countless readers around the world. Such books as The Birds in My Life and The Dogs in My Life are not only long-running bestsellers on www.Amazon.com, but also bestsellers in Kyobo Bookstore in Korea as well. And Master, actually we have a very beautiful student thats going to ask a question and I hope You can see how beautifully shes dressed here. Its Gang Yeon-Jeong, shes one of the readers of Your books here in Jeju. She has a very sweet and touching question for You, Supreme Master Ching Hai. I have noticed her since the beginning. [MC: Isnt she beautiful?] Very beautiful and lovely dress. Hallo. Im a 6th grader in elementary school. I suffered a lot from an incurable disease called rheumatoid arthritis that began at the end of last year. But through a vegetarian diet and meditation, most of it was cured. It confirmed that a vegetarian diet and meditation play a big role in curing diseases. I think children, adults and animals all equally have souls. Therefore, I think that we should not abuse others of different ages and different species like animals. We should not discriminate who is superior or inferior because we are all living beings with souls. The most impressive part of Your books was that You do group meditation with Your birds and dogs. You said You meditated together with the birds and dogs. And it seems to me that animals have a soul the same as we do. Then, do You really think that humans, birds and dogs are all the same? While reading Your books, I was really curious whether the birds and dogs were really meditating or were they just sleeping? Well, some people may not believe it at all, thinking how could birds and dogs meditate. But who knows, they might actually
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meditate. There is no rule that birds or dogs cannot meditate. So are Your birds and dogs really meditating together with You? Or are they just lying there with their eyes closed? I was very curious about that. M. Yes, hallo, Yeon-Jeong. First, I am so happy that you dont suffer any pain anymore. Its terrible for a person of your tender age to have to suffer any pain at all. It is avoidable through a vegan diet as you have experienced, and Im glad that you are a vegetarian. And not only that, your philosophy about the souls in people and animals is beautiful and absolutely correct. The animals are truly just like us, they just come from different sizes and apparel. You know, just like in your garden you have different flowers, you have roses, you have chrysanthemum, you have maybe lotus and other beautiful flowers. But they are all flowers different sizes, different colors, different shapes. So in the sentient world of ours, we have humans, we have animals, we have birds, we have fish, we have insects. Its like that. We are in different shapes, different colors, but we are the same. Just like we have different flowers, they are all flowers, right? See? So the animals all have the same feelings like we do, like they have love, they have sorrow, they have forgiveness, they have fear, loyalty, filial love and parental love, et cetera. I myself witness them. And to answer your question about my birds and my dogs, whether they do meditate: Yes, they do. They meditate and go sometimes into a very deep level of contemplation. So they are not just laying there with closed eyes. In meditation, they just relax and feel nice and calm, and they contact their God nature inside. Actually, many of the animals, including those in the wild, know how to meditate and contact the Divine. Theyre really in tune within their souls, more than many of us humans even. They have the same Godly spirit that dwells within you and within me. If we knew just how noble and loving and great the animals are, we would be in awe and respect and love them much more. If everyone in the world understood this like you do, our world would truly be at peace, like heaven. You are a beautiful soul, Yeon-Jeong. I hope you will continue to be vegan to continue being healthy, and I hope you will share this positive experience with others around you, to help them also to stay healthy and intelligent. You are living proof of how beneficial a veg diet is, because the compassionate lifestyle heals our body and heals our mind. Its the best for our lasting well-being. I wish you heavens blessing. God bless your loving heart, and bless your family and your country, the beautiful Korea. Thank you. MC. Thank You. That was an absolutely charming question with an absolutely lovely answer. Yes, and aside from all the talks about climate change or health aspects, if we truly realize the noble qualities of animals, I believe people will switch to a vegan diet. And now, worldwide viewers and Supreme Master Ching Hai, we have a special surprise for You. The NGOs in Jeju have started something very important and meaningful. Lets now hear the exciting news from Mr. Lee Yong-Jung, Policy Chairperson of the Jeju Coalition for Childrens Health. Mr. Lee, would you share the news? Q. Yes. Nice to meet You. During this conference, we have once again confirmed that people want us to take more proactive action. Last April, the National Assembly passed the Diet Education Assistance Act. It will take effect in November and we are going to
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Since you ask about how I see the current situation of our planet, I have to tell you honestly that I do see it as being very, very urgent. I am sure you will agree. I am sure many others will agree. And I, of course, agree with the esteemed scientists who so generously gave their time to speak today about the impacts of climate change, as well as the solutions for it. As Dr. Pachauri reminded us, the effects of global warming are already being felt on a daily basis by the vulnerable throughout the world, the poor and the helpless already, the children in every corner of our planet. So it is an urgent situation indeed. In fact, some scientists are now saying that without more ambitious, courageous, and unprecedented emission stopping goals than what many nations currently have in place, our globe will soon exceed a two-degree temperature increase, which means disaster for life on Earth. Regarding your question about updates, Mr. Lee, I would say that the most serious one is the frightening prospect of runaway global warming, the frightening aspect that nations will not do enough to stop it. This has been described by scientists as the conditions that will trigger out-of-control climate change effects, thus spiralling the world into the catastrophe of massive greenhouse gas release. This runaway warming of the climate could easily be caused by melting permafrost, which is the frozen soil extending across the vast expanse of the Arctic tundra. As the permafrost melts, it releases methane stored underground. Since 2007, scientists have seen more and more evidence of methane from permafrost melt, with recent discoveries of pure methane gas bubbling up from the bottom of the Arctic lakes in both northern Canada and Russia. This situation is so alarming that six national laboratories in the United States are now evaluating it, along with Russian scientists and the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change, where Chairman Dr. Pachauri has referred to the potential for abrupt, irreversible climate change from the melting permafrost. This irreversible effect, we want to avoid at all costs, Mr. Lee, especially since it may not be as far away as we would like to think. But lets end with the other update you asked about, the most hopeful one. I would say the most hopeful is that more and more people are becoming aware of the real solution, which is to be veg. You have heard some of the scientists today such as Dr. Pachauri and Mr. Joop Lohuis also talk about the importance of doing so. The more people who eliminate meat and, indeed, all animal products from their lives, the more we have a chance to save the planet and not only that, to actually restore our earthly home to her original grace and beauty and even more so, more than what we have known, more beautiful, more abundant, more peace, more gladness than what we have known up to now. And there will be more incredible inventions to come if our Earth restores itself, leading a life of compassionate, merciful and peaceful existence with all beings on this planet. So please, be a part of the solution and join in first by being vegan yourself and helping to spread this message as much, as quickly as possible: Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet. And please regularly check out www.SupremeMasterTV.com for updates on the current climate situation. You see, theres no need to ask me about my intuition or what I see inside through meditation. We can determine the knowledge about our climate problem as well as the future of our Earth by studying the facts, the data and the evidence from the scientific standpoint. But Mr. Lee, I still have much hope, Mr. Lee. I have a very positive hopeful feeling. I still have it. I dont give up on our home yet. I feel that the world is changing. I feel that the leaders are listening. I feel that the people of the planet want to save their
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home. I feel that they love their children. [Master is crying.] I feel that they will do something to save their children. I am working with you and everyone else who cares about the planet to bring this hope into realization. I dont have children per se, but I love all the children. And my positive feeling doesnt leave me yet. Although I see the change, its too slow for my liking, but I still have very great hope, Mr. Lee. Please pray with me, pray with us so that the whole planets people wake up in time, in time, to save everybody. Thank you, Mr. Lee, thank you, Im sorry, Im quite emotional MC. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for this very touching response. Yes, and we also share Your compassion. And our next question is for Supreme Master Ching Hai, and it comes from Mr. Jua Yong-Cheol, the award-winning journalist of Jeju Sori. Mr. Jua? Recently, the Korean movie He-un-de about a mega tsunami enjoyed great popularity in Korea. The movie has a warning message about natural disasters due to global warming. In reality, off the screen, I think we are also facing very serious disasters from climate change, so its time for citizens and governments to wake up and tackle the problem head-on. Please, help list the top five ways to cope with global warming that we can carry out in daily life. And please advise on the role of the press and the media. Nice to meet you. Thank you for your question. Thank you for coming to this beautiful event. Congratulations on your media award which you truly deserve. He has many, many awards. Hes an award-winning journalist. Hes a very famous journalist. So I congratulate him. Nice to hear of your commitment as a media member in the matter of global warming, which is, indeed, very important. You have a unique opportunity to be able to make a positive difference in peoples lives as a journalist. As you have asked, I can surely list the top five priorities in facing climate change. Beginning with the most important, they are: Number one Be veg and preserve all life, including the environment. This means a lifestyle free of animal products. Eliminating meat and dairy, and consuming only plant-based food, its the biggest and most significant change anyone can make to address global warming. And it works. It really works. Especially now that the scientists are saying that the methane and other gases from livestock raising are responsible for more than 50% of all global warming. So if we want to stop the most contributor of all global warming, then we have to stop meat production. Its very simple and logical and scientific. Besides that, we also know from science that methane traps something like 72 times more heat than CO2 in the atmosphere. But the good news is that methane is shorter lived, so if we stop producing it, this gas will disappear quickly from the atmosphere, unlike carbon dioxide, which can last for thousands of years. Besides stopping 50% I mean even more than that, this is just a very conservative estimate there are many more other crucial benefits. It solves our water scarcity problem, our world hunger crisis, and land degradation and pollution problem. If you compare to a vegan diet, a meat diet uses up to 17 times as much land, 14 times as much water, and 10 times as much energy. Imagine? We produce enough cereals to feed the entire human population over, abundantly. Yet, one billion people are hungry, and 10.9 million young children die every year thats one child dying every five seconds while we have abundance of food to feed all the world population and more, two times over even. On the other hand, about one billion people suffer obesity and related diseases, from eating too much or too much meat. Korea has to import pigs feed, costing hundreds of billions of won, that is hundreds of millions of US dollars, each year. This is not to talk about the suffering of the 10 million pigs and several millions of cows in Korea each year as well. So there are many, many practical reasons to be veg, aside from the compassionate nature that is cultivated by preserving all life. This is
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important, too. But if people just start with the vegan diet, the care for all life will also come by the way. Number two Be green. These are actions to protect the environment such as planting trees, developing sustainable energy, and driving hybrid cars, et cetera. Of course, this includes the green diet, the vegan diet. Number three Be frugal, meaning dont use more than what we need and appreciate what we have. The resource nature has given to us are precious and limited. We cant abuse it because only when we spend wisely will they last. Number four Do good deeds. This means being considerate, thinking about and doing things for others, which make them happy, and being kind to both humans and animal co-inhabitants. Number five Pray, pray fervently. This is also very important. Pray to heaven, to all the Buddhas, to gods, to all the angels who are helping to awaken us. Pray to all the animals that we have harmed and tortured directly or indirectly by consuming meat pray for their forgiveness. Pray for heavens protection and forgiveness as well. Pray all the gods to help awaken us on time to save our home. We have to pray sincerely and act swiftly. We truly cannot do this by ourselves alone. We must repent for all the harm done to the Earth and her inhabitants and ask again and again for forgiveness. And we have to reverse our action. And the best way to repent is to make an effort to change. Turn around, do what is good. Refrain from all what is bad. Mr. Jua, these things are so easy to do! Truly they are easy, even children can do it. And they are sure to make a difference. I have mentioned many times in the past how impressed I am with the Korean peoples strength and sincerity. If all the brave-hearted Korean people join in and just follow number one, be veg, your country would be transformed in no time. All the anxiety about global warming would fade, because you would be assured of protection and would also be free of the dangerous hormones that are transmitted through meat eating for yourself and for your tender, fragile children. These potent hormones, like adrenalin, are present in the flesh of all the animals because, like us, they panic upon knowing they will die. When adults or children ingest it, they feel restless, anxious, afraid. To eliminate this element from Korean life would immediately have a calming effect, I guarantee you. So Mr. Jua please, tell as many people as you can through your profession and otherwise to be veg, to do good, and be good, and save our planet. Be a fine example for the world. This is exactly the role the media should have, like that of a true, honest friend to human society: Warning everyone of any harmful situation; bringing new connections and data to light, like the urgent link between meat and global warming; giving chances for people to choose a better way of life; and being a brave voice, a heroic voice especially for the voiceless, including animals who suffer so much, so much, because we are all related and affected. The world needs the medias noble service and leadership. So please, again, once more I ask you and all the courageous journalists to do what you do best, tell the truth about how we are to save the planet. Thank you. God bless you. And by the way, if you ever need any more up-to-date info and youre too busy to get on the internet, please check out our website www.SupremeMasterTV.com/SOS for the latest facts and figures. God bless you. MC. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for those five priorities: Be Veg, Go Green, Be Frugal, Do Good Deeds, and Pray. And its strongly advised to put those five priorities
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into action at once. We now know that an organic vegan diet is the key to halt climate change and our next question is related to that topic. Mr. Kim Young-Ho has one more question, this time is for Supreme Master Ching Hai, about a slightly deeper meaning of organic farming. Mr. Kim, please, go ahead with your second question. Q. I agree with Supreme Master Ching Hais words that all humans should change to a vegetarian-based diet to prevent global warming. I am confident that organic farming is eco-friendly and life-saving, and the most suitable farming method that can prevent climate change. But many people still do not realize how important it is. After changing to organic farming, I feel much more at peace mentally. I feel the soil, living beings, and crops all revive healthily, and feel respect towards all lives. If we eat organic agricultural products that save all living beings, it will offer peace and co-existence, therefore, this is the farming method and diet style for our future. I would appreciate it if You could share Your words on the inner or spiritual aspects that organic farming has to offer to us. Good question, Mr. Kim. Thank you so much for this thoughtful question. When you speak about organic farming and the Earth, your love for living beings is very clear and evident. So you have already conveyed some of the inner spiritual aspects of organic farming through your deep care. That really is the most important principle, the love for all beings. But we can talk about it to perhaps clarify a little bit more. Of course, when we say organic farming, we are talking about vegan fruits, vegetables, legumes and other plants only, no animal products because this clearly already indicates a spiritual high level of living standards. When we live and let live, when we love all beings as if we love ourselves, then that is already very highly spiritual. And of course, that is in line with all the greatest religions on Earth. That will be very pleasing to heaven. This allows us more to completely extend our respect and care to all life. And thats why you feel more peaceful, you see? You feel more connected with the surroundings around you because they all pulsate with life. The Earth is pulsating with love and life, the trees, the plants, they are pulsating all this love for life and life. When we sit under a tree, we feel this protective love from the tree. When we enjoy a delicious fruit, we feel the connectedness of this unconditional love from the tree to offer us nutrition and a pleasing taste. If we are in the organic vegan trend or planting organic vegan farming method, then you will feel that more and more the love from nature, the love from the planet Earth, the love from the trees, the love from even a blaze of grass, from flowers. We will feel so much love in the air that we breathe. We feel so much love from the earth that we walk on. This we cannot even explain in human language. We must feel it. I always feel it, but I cant transmit this spiritual message to other people. Everyone must experience it for himself. Once we turn to a compassionate heaven intended lifestyle of a vegan diet, then we will feel more and more love, more and more connected all the time. Just like the way you feel. So you have your own experience to speak of and to tell people. The way you describe organic farming, Mr. Kim, sounds quite like a spiritual principle known as ahimsa, or non-violence. Ahimsa means not harming any sentient beings, beginning with a vegan diet. Organic vegan diet is the best. As we sow so shall we reap. If we sow these benevolent seeds on the Earth, as well as in our heart, as a vegan, we avoid all animal products. For example, most of the milk production causes suffering, first of all because the babies of the mother cows are taken away at birth. Not many people know that, including myself before. And these baby cows will soon be killed. Deprived from mothers milk and mothers love, theyll be killed as soon as theyre taken away. Then,
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the mother is forcefully hooked up to a machine that can cause tormenting pain along with illness, just so that humans can take her milk. Another example of a practice causing harm to both animals and Earth is the use of chemical pesticides. If you can imagine, over five billion pounds of pesticides are used throughout the world each year! And only about 10% 10% of these chemicals even reach the areas where they are intended for. So the rest? What happens? They go into the air and water where they have been linked to everything from cancer of humans and animals to oceanic dead zones. In Europe, one pesticide was found to be the reason for billions of bees dying across the continent, while others are known to make the eggshells of birds become thinner, resulting in the death of their babies because the shells crack and break before the baby is ready to be born. Since organic vegan farming does not use pesticides and does not have anything to do with livestock raising, milk production or any such harmful activity, it could be called a practice of compassion, in line with heaven, with values that are echoed in many spiritual paths and religious teachings, such as the followers of Buddhism and Confucianism and as written in their scriptures. Like the Dhammapada sutra states: A man is not noble because he injures living creatures. He is called noble because he does not injure any living beings. And from the noble teachings of Confucianism: How does a saintly king treat animals? Its stated: He would like to see them live and cannot bear to see them die. Hearing their wails, he cannot eat their flesh for he does not have the heart to do so. Im just referring to two of the great religions in our world. And many other religions say the same. But Im not here to be a priestess today and preach to the whole audience, moreover we dont have time. So forgive me other religions, if I did not mention yours, but its the same. Now, organic vegan farming also brings positive benefits to our own karma. Karma means the retribution, bad or good. So karma follows the law of the universe that says: For every action there is an equal consequence. So if we injure or kill others, we could be injured or killed in return, sooner or later not could be, but surely be. Organic vegan farming, with its approach of causing the least harm to others, offers the least burden of bad karma. And we can even go a step further, only harvesting from plants that bear fruit, or harvest in such a way that the plant continues to grow. It is thus much better to grow our own food as you do, Mr. Kim, so that we can, for example, pick the outer leaves of the lettuce instead of killing the entire plant. In fact, some practitioners of one religion called Jainism dont even eat root vegetables because they wish to avoid unintentional harm to the beings living in the soil, such as earthworms, which are beneficial to our farming. They are there to fertilize the soil, to air the soil so that our plants grow better, our harvest will be more abundant. They risk their lives to save ours. We should even consider their lives and spare their lives and be protective of their lives. I thank you, Mr. Kim, for this question so that I have an opportunity not to inform you, but I guess to inform others who are not aware. Because Im sure you are already aware of all this because it is just this level of human nobility and kindness that is needed for our own inner peace and for the Earth to flourish once more. So please, continue your practice, Mr. Kim, and encourage others to do so. Give them more information about how you do it and why you do it. And get as many people as possible to appreciate its merits the way you do. You can also feel free to download anything from www.SupremeMasterTV.com that might be helpful to you in making this message more clear to others. We have a section called organic farming, dedicated only to organic farming to anyone who can log in and benefit from it. We need it, Mr. Kim. We need people like you. We need people who distribute all the necessary information for
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organic farming. This is truly the way of the future. It is the way to our ultimate humanity and brotherhood among all beings on the planet. Bless you and all your future endeavors. MC. Thank You. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your enlightening answer about organic farming. It was very touching. [M: Youre welcome.] We have todays final question, again for Supreme Master Ching Hai, and it comes from Mr. Kim Tae-Seong, the Chief of Jeju Island Agenda 21 and Secretary General of Jeju YMCA. Id like to give You a brief synopsis of some of the activities of our NGOs since I am a representative of one of the NGOs. This coming December, the United Nations Climate Change conference will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark. Therefore, the climate change agreement will be decided upon. As a global citizen, I am hoping for the success of this cause. However, I think we need more progressive efforts in order to curb climate change which is accelerating faster than expected. I think NGOs play an important role in implementing progressive action, therefore, I find todays conference to be very meaningful. Could You give some advice on how NGOs could cope with climate change in a more active and prompt way? And what do You wish to see accomplished in the Copenhagen conference? Thank You. Thank you. Thank you. Mr. Kim, thank you so much for your effort, particularly for this conference. It wouldnt have been this successful without you. The fact that all the audience still stays here is because they felt your sincerity, yours and all the NGOs who organized this event. The audience felt your sincerity and your concern about Jeju and the world in this crucial time. Im deeply also grateful to you and all the NGOs that have organized this event. I am happy that you asked this question concerning the climate change conference. Are you going to attend? Yes? [Mr. Kim: Yes.] Good. Please convey some of the messages that we have heard today from the speeches of the great scientists and medical experts and climate change experts, et cetera. Please convey to the leaders there. You are also a leader in the NGOs circle and Im so honored to meet you. Nice to meet you. And I am glad there is much enthusiasm and readiness for action on your part and the many NGOs present today or may not be present due to their busyness. The best way for NGOs to help is if all of you actively, together, encourage the number one solution. The number one and the most effective that is, the vegan diet to halt global warming, because we dont have much time now to wait for the green technology to even take effect. Even then, the green technology also takes more time to even to install. So the veg diet is the number one because the meat industry emits the most heat trapping greenhouse gas for our planet, and pollution even more than 50%. Imagine? Imagine if we eliminate more than 50% of harmful gas, then our planet at least cools off more than 50% almost immediately. And if we go into organic farming method, all the tillable land on the planet, if we use it all for organic farming, then that in turn also absorbs 40% of the CO2 in the atmosphere as well. So altogether combine this, we will cool the planet in no time. This is not anything mysterious or superstitious it is all scientific. Its all proven and its all clear. So it is you and your talents to organize, inform and speaking out, that I rely on to get the governments attention at the Copenhagen climate change meeting. Please do your best. And the governments can further amplify this solution after hearing you out. The NGOs know well how to start the constructive movements in the world. They are very, very essential and very important to our planet. All the NGOs are very, very important to humanity and to our survival as well once they start the action.
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And at this point, it takes all the efforts and all the NGOs, governments, medias, the public, every single individual, to get involved. Our planet is a house that is burning. If we dont work together with a united spirit to put out the fire, we will not have a home anymore. 100% of the worlds people must be veg, soon, to save the planet. I thank you and all the NGO leaders here today and the ones absent who started the vegan initiative. Please do more. As for what I wish the Copenhagen conference to accomplish, I wish what you wish. I wish what everyone who cares about the planet wishes that all the leaders come together for the highest benefit to all humanity and animals, and the environment. I wish they will gather not just as leaders, but as fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers and other concerned family members who truly wish to save their home for themselves and for their beloved ones. I wish they will all realize the urgent action needed to save this beautiful planet. With this kind of shared motivation, those gathered are more likely to be open to the real solution, which we all know is the organic vegan diet. We can keep the emission goals, but must expand them and prioritize them wisely. First and foremost, eliminate the single largest source of human-caused methane, namely, livestock. Stop animal production then we will stop global warming very simple, because global warming is caused by animal products. Thats it. Very simple, straightforward, nothing mysterious, nothing difficult. Stop animal products, then we stop global warming. I can repeat that 10,000 times and I never feel that I have said it enough. Because to be honest, as the plans are going right now, we cant save the planet, I am so sorry. Not in time, not in time. It will be too late the way we are doing now, it will be too late to save our world. But, if we prioritize the vegan solution, be veg first, go green after we save the planet or a little bit slowly, because go green is too slow for the time that we have right now, for the urgent situation right now. So we have to be veg first and that is also to go green at the same time. And then any other green technology, we will have time to develop and install. First, we have to survive, we cut down the number one cause of global warming. We have to eliminate animal products because we want to save the planet. Again, it really is so simple. And if it goes like this, we will have a saved world in no time. No animal products means having the planet. And even a heavenly world we will have because being veg changes everything drastically, from the environment to peoples mentality, to the standard of our world and to having peace in the world, to eliminate hunger, to have brotherhood truly for humankind. And we zoom it in, it will change Jeju Island into the greenest and most brilliant state we could ever imagine, as all corners of the Earth. With temperatures stabilized, ecosystems balanced, animals thriving in peace, and humans finding new health and happiness and incredible new inventions, our life will become a dreamlike heaven as never imagined before. Thank you, Mr. Kim, and thanks again all the NGOs. MC. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for all the amazing answers and for Your precious time. We the people of Jeju are very much grateful to You for accepting our invitation and supporting us so much, supporting our children, our natural beauty, and our shared future. Before closing this conference, Supreme Master Ching Hai, would You like to share a final message for us, please? Gladly. Yes, I could sit here and talk forever about how to save our planet. But since every happy time must end and you give me this privilege to close the meeting, I would also of course like to say: Sarang-heyo, Jeju. That means I love you, Jeju. I hope you understand my Korean. Love you, Jeju. And I thank you from the depths of my heart for
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your sincere presence, for your passionate care about the Earth, your precious participation and encouragement. I thank all of you, the precious specialists, the panelists, esteemed governor, eloquent speakers, media members and all the caring audience members, for your precious time and your divine presence. My appreciation again, goes to all the NGOs who organized this event, for your support and for making this meeting possible and in such an organized, orderly, beautiful manner. For everyone present, I would like to say: Your own voices have made it crystal clear that if we choose organic vegan as our solution, we can only win. Yes, we will win. Organic vegan is the healthy diet, which is the diet that calms the mind even, and, of course, will calm the climate, restore the green forests and harmony with all the animals. Its the diet that gives us peace of mind and frees our loving spirit. Its the diet thats mentioned in all the great religious scriptures of the world. So please, remember, we have only to lose meat and we will gain everything else. You have taken the first step by declaring to be organic vegan one day a week. All the beautiful, noble NGOs, I thank you for that again. And now with this same courageous spirit, please be veg every day of the week, or just another six days, yes, and then next week, the same and the same for next week and the same for another week. One day at a time. One vegan day of the week, and the next day another vegan day of the week, and the next day, another vegan day of the week. That is very simple. Because organic vegan is the only way we can save the planet. First, be vegan. If we cant find the organic vegetables or fruits, then please, be vegan first. Because this positive loving energy will envelop our planet, will be a protective shield for us. Theres nothing else, no other green power can protect us in this crucial moment of danger. Please believe me. I have nothing to gain from telling you this, but I tell you because Im one of you, because my love doesnt know any boundary between me, myself, my family or my country people, or the people of Korea, or any other nationalities in the world. [Master is crying.] I love all people. I love all the beings on this planet and I want to save you all. I want to save them all. Please wake up and wake everybody else up before our house is burned down. Together we will win, together we will save this planet. Not to save the planet for the sake of material existence, but because we save ourselves. We save our great self which is compassionate, which is loving, which is merciful, which is God-like. All the scriptures of the religions tell us this, that we are the Buddha, that we can become Buddha as soon as we want, that we are the children of God. So we have to save our status as the greatest beings in the universe; the crown of the creation. We must save our great quality; not just the planet, but ourselves, our heart, our nobility, our leadership on this beautiful spaceship we call planet Earth. We are the captains. We must lead the planet into safety and save our soul, save the best qualities that we have within us. Together we can maintain not only the beautiful Jeju and all the South Korea as a wonderful paradise, but we will also save the whole world. You will all become heroes. You will all be my heroes. Please, be veg, go green. Love can change the world. Thank you. Be veg, go green, do good deeds. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, God bless you. God bless you all. MC. Thank You. Thank You very much, Supreme Master Ching Hai. From all of us here, we wish You the very best. And we would like to once again thank all of the wonderful NGOs that organized this conference. And our special thanks to Supreme Master Television. With headquarters in Los Angeles, United States of America, and inspired by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Supreme Master Television has been airing constructive programming for the world from 14 satellite platforms about climate change issues, the
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vegan lifestyle, love of animals and humanitarian works, and all the beautiful content is free of charge. Ladies and gentlemen, lets give another warm applause for Supreme Master Television. Now, before we close the conference, Ive got a question for you, Grace. Have you seen this photo? [Grace: Yes, I have.] Recently, a German elementary student named Felix visited Korea. What he did was, he gently covered the mouth of His Excellency of the Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo and this was to deliver his message, Please, no more talk. Take action! And ladies and gentlemen, we would like to close this conference with a similar call for action. [Extended applause.] Today, we discussed how to save the planet and keep our children healthy. But we can only change the world if we are willing to change our lifestyles, starting right now. Maybe even this evening. Yes. And by adopting a vegan diet, we preserve the health of not only our children but also this beautiful planet. So ladies and gentlemen, tell us how you feel. Do you want to save the planet for all the beautiful children in the world? If you do, please say, Yes. [Audience: Yes! Yes! Yes!] M. MC. M. MC. Yes, we do it! And can we do it? Yes, we can! [Audience: Yes!] All right! And how can we save the planet for our children? Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet. [Master and audience: Be Veg! Go Green! Save the Planet! Yes!] One more time! Be Veg! Go Green! Save the Planet! All right! Great people! Great people! Lets do it! Lets all become vegans, and lets encourage everyone we know to be veg too. And this concludes the conference. We thank you all for your magnificent presence. And thank you all the cherished viewers from around the world. We are all proud of you. Thank you. Thank you. [MC: Bye, bye.] Bye. Wish you all the best of the best. Be veg, go green, do good deeds.
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raising awareness on the climate issues through their dedicated research and updated reports. If you mean the technology to minimize the global warming effect, there are some minimums that have been invented and installed, but the benefit is also minimum! Even with all the scientific research and invention, even if we could have invented something more, it takes long time, it takes more than what we can afford right now to bring them into materialization, you see? All other technology takes a long, long, long time also to be in the market, to materialize, if we can make it till then! In trying to minimize these dire effects, both scientific and spiritual approaches can be applied. Scientifically speaking, methane from livestock is a major contributor to global warming today. This has been documented by many different scientific bodies, the first of which of course, was the United Nations report in 2006 everyone knows by now called Livestocks Long Shadow. Since then, much more research has been published about livestock, meat production and greenhouse gases. One fact is clear: If we stop meat consumption and livestock raising, we will also eliminate one of the most heattrapping gases, which is methane. And since this gas disappears more quickly from the atmosphere, the planet will cool almost immediately. This will also address problems like the melting permafrost, which will otherwise emit more methane if nothing is done to halt it. We cannot blame the scientists or any scientific technology for the problem of our planet today. They have done their best. Even the spiritual people or non-spiritual people we have to do our best as well. The fate of our planet is in our hands before the scientists can do anything to help us. Professor John Schellnhuber, founding Director of Germanys Postdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, and also Chief Government Advisor on climate change to the German government, told Supreme Master Television in an interview that without changing course, our currently unsustainable practices will lead to a big crash, thats to quote him. And, to stop this crash from being many times bigger, we have to act now. Professor Schellnhuber said that the worlds population cannot be sustained on the energy and land demands of a meat diet. So a switch to vegetarianism or veganism is needed to continue supporting our life on Earth. So this is the scientific perspective. But you are right also about approaching climate change from a spiritual standpoint. Every religion speaks in some way of the law of karma, or as you sow so shall you reap. This is explained through science as a principle of physics, which says every action causes an equal consequence. So the law of karma and science are the same meaning that whatever we do is returned to us. From this perspective, we would obviously wish to avoid killing; otherwise, we will reap the killing karma in return. All the wise teachings of past and present Masters have thus espoused only love and kindness toward one another. Thou shall not kill is a basic precept of any faith. Therefore, we must return fully to our noble spiritual heritage. Only this can bring us permanent safety and protection by begetting the mercy of heaven in which we can take refuge. Thank you very much. MC. Thank You, Master, for Your insightful thoughts. [M: Good question.] Master, Mayte Loredo, a chef, a naturalist, and business woman, would like to ask the next question. [M: Please, go ahead.] She couldnt come, but she left her question: 30 years ago, my husband and I decided to become vegetarian based on the principle of respect for life and non-violence. Today, doctors recommend us not to abuse them for health reasons.
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Additionally, we are finding out that this excessive consumption not only negatively affects human health but the health of the planet as well. When a hamburger arrives on my table, what does it involve in terms of climate change? M. Please tell Ms. Loredo that Im very happy that she and her husband decided to be vegetarian, and for 30 years even. Thats a very long, sincere commitment. She and her husband are very smart and so loving to decide to follow their heart. I thank her for asking this beneficial question for the sake of the public. There are a lot of scientific reports made about the costs of meat eating, so Im sure you are asking for the sake of people who may not be aware. So, please, allow me to state some of the costs of what we are dealing with for the next time one is about to eat a hamburger. The cost of a hamburger appears to us as cheap. But without the enormous subsidies involved in the meat industry, the real monetary cost of a hamburger would be much higher, much higher, at least USD12. There are so many costs and resources involved for that one hamburger that you are asking about, from the field to the plate, and all the processes in between. From burning the precious forests to growing the corn and soy to feed the cows, to making the fertilizers and watering these feed crops, to giving the cows huge amounts of healthy land and water, hormones and antibiotics are also forcefully fed to the cows, and we will eat all that. Then, the transport over long distances here and there and finally to the slaughterhouse, to freezing the meat so that it does not rot as it is supposed to, then finally, it has to be cooked before reaching the plate and cooked well because, for example, the United States Department of Agriculture found that 89% of beef hamburger patties contained traces of the deadly E. coli bacteria. 89% of the beef hamburger contains traces of E. coli. There is more that goes in the hamburger than what you can think you see. Here are just a few examples. 1. Destruction of land: First, land must be cleared to raise the cows. For one hamburger, there are 55 square feet of destroyed tropical rainforest, which is an equivalent of 75 kilograms of CO2, or driving your car for five days straight. Also, biodiversity loss. In the process, we lose up to 30 plant species, 100 insect species I mean the beneficial ones as well and dozens of birds, mammals, et cetera. Now, it contributes to hunger. Some of the deforested land is used to grow grains. Oftentimes, poor families are forced off their land in the process. One hamburger costs four pounds of grain that was consumed by the cow thats about three loaves of bread or eight plates of spaghetti that could have fed a number of hungry people. So another cold cost of a hamburger is human starvation. Now, we have topsoil loss: For one hamburger, ten pounds of topsoil for farming are eroded and lost for hundreds of years, a very serious problem. Now, greenhouse gases: Next, one hamburger alone is responsible for greehouse gas emissions. The methane gas emitted for that piece of meat alone weighs approximately 4.7 ounces, but it has the same heat-trapping effect as 6.8 pounds of CO2, because methane is very potent. Water waste: Not only land and food, but water is also required in huge amounts. Just one hamburger costs 625 gallons of clean water or, it would cost you about 45 showers. A month and a half or two months without taking a shower, for one hamburger alone. Imagine that! On a side note, one cow in his lifetime before
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for raise crops or even to drink. Their rivers and lakes are drying up or completely gone. Please refer to www.SupremeMasterTV.com/SOS for more information. Glaciers melt in many places so dramatically that one moment there are massive floods, and soon after, a drought. So how can we handle the mass migration of tens of millions of people all at once due to desertification, the rising sea levels or the permanent loss of crop fields? Its very difficult and maybe even impossible. And its not just numbers. Every child, family, and society will be affected in some way by this experience of trauma and tragedy. We are not ready for the changes that are coming. We are not ready at all. We are not prepared enough. Some of the changes are even anticipated to be unexpected, because there are many complicated interacting factors. The wisest action would be to fix the situation we have now and prevent further damage, then we wont even have to worry about the future. All the leading scientists we have spoken to tell us one and the same: That we must handle it now, not tomorrow. The smartest way would be to stop the worsening of global warming by being vegan. It sounds very simple but it is the best solution, the most effective and the effect of it will be felt almost immediately. Without this main, most timeeffective change, no matter what we try to do, it wont be enough to repel the worst consequences that we have accumulated. Moreover, the problems we already face now such as the warming atmosphere, water shortage, food scarcity, desertification we can quickly eliminate by stopping meat production. Stop it now, no further! So please, tell Ms. Narvaez and everyone else, before the situation gets any more out of hand lets choose the vegan diet. The future effects will be greatly eased. Only then will we have a manageable situation. Please thank Ms. Narvaez for her concern. And please tell her to do her part means be veg, go green, so we can all save the planet. Thank you very much. MC. Thank You, Master. Master, the next question is from Jose Luis Perez and he is not here today. He is a vegan doctor and nutritionist who would like to ask You the next question: [M: Please, go ahead.] How can we make our life much simpler and harmonious despite all the material things around us? How? Yes, its a very noble-minded question. I agree with him. Simple living and high thinking are the secrets to a long and happy life. One of the best ways to bring simplicity into our lives hes already doing in choosing the vegan diet; I am very happy to see that. Living without killing or bringing harm to other beings can restore harmony and health to yourself and the world around us faster than most anything else. Especially for such a busy life as his, Dr. Perez, where caring for others is a part of his profession, the love and compassion of the animal-free, or vegan diet gives you more strength, patience and understanding. Another way to cultivate simplicity is to spend time also in the tranquility of nature, or create a natural environment at home where we can go for peace and quietness. Reading mind-uplifting books such as spiritual scriptures, as well as practicing meditation, are also good ways to remind ourselves that we truly dont need much to be happy and live a contented, peaceful life. People who meditate, according to scientific research conducted in the United States on meditation, no matter what religion they come from, or even if they dont think they believe in God, meditation is still beneficial and, in fact, has been found to help in remaining calm and serene, as well as giving an optimistic outlook on life. Being vegan, as Dr. Perez is, also helps considerably in benefiting from meditation, because he already purified his system by removing toxic meat and animal products from his diet. So the combination of practices like meditation
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along with daily harmonious living through the vegan diet will lead to a simpler life, with fewer material desires but still full of happiness and contentment. I hope this answers the question for Dr. Perez. I wish him the best and I thank him for doing his part for the world to save the world, as a vegan and a vegan doctor even. Please send him my love and my friendship. Thank you very much, my friend. MC. Q. M. Thank You, Master. Master, Pilar Sanllehi Bracesco would like to ask You the next question. She is a biologist and also the director of the Amazon Shelter. Thank You for answering all the questions. In which way a vegetarian diet has an influence in the spiritual life of people? Hallo, Ms. Bracesco. Yes. Being veg is beneficial for any kind of spiritual advancement. In fact, all the wise, ancient teachings of sages since times immemorial have highlighted the importance of a benevolent plant-based diet. It is a fundamental requirement of a spiritual practitioner. The concept behind forgoing animal products is ahimsa meaning non-violence. By partaking of a vegan diet, we also avoid the bad retribution of killing and thus it will not burden and obstruct our spiritual journey. Im sure youre familiar with this principle, Ms. Bracesco, in your work to save and protect the animals. Being vegan simply means that we protect all the animals. This killing of other beings must be stopped for humanity to evolve as a civilization. The benefits of doing so are manyfold. Besides the restoration of health, biodiversity will be allowed to thrive, planet equilibrium restored along with the easing of our own conscience and our capacity for elevated consciousness. All these are the fruits of a more compassionate diet. This loving attitude also creates a more peaceful atmosphere that brings greater comfort to all beings. At peace with ourselves in the knowledge that we did not cause anguish or pain to our fellow animal brethren, we will have the inner tranquillity to pursue our spiritual endeavors wholeheartedly. Before we expect the lion to lay down peacefully with the lamb, we humans must do it first. As long as the humans cannot even lay down peacefully with the lamb, causing all the anguish, fear, sorrow, oppression to weaker beings and defenseless animals, we cannot realize this heavenly dream as the lion will lie beside the lamb. So we must return to our compassionate self. We must return to our glorious status as the children of God. We have to bring heaven to Earth. Thank you, Ms. Bracesco. God bless your noble work in preserving the precious lives of the animals. God bless you! Thank You, Master, for Your wisdom. Now, Mr. Nicholas Pauls, our panelist, has two questions for You, Master. Yes, but he knows everything. [Master laughs.] He knows everything already. He probably asks for others sake. Okay, go ahead. Welcome. We know about the economic interest behind the meat industry. What do You think is the way to inform about this truth, the importance of the meat industry in relation to global warming when neither government nor mainstream media talk about that? And the other question is: How should the disassembling of the meat industry take place? Lets imagine an ideal situation when the entire world stops eating meat, but what would happen with these six billion cows? Where would they go? What would their life be like? Thank you. Good afternoon, Mr. Pauls. How are you? [Q: Very well, thank You.] Thank you, too. Im glad to see that you are a vegan yourself and you look a picture of perfection healthy, handsome, intelligent. Congratulations!
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In your question of how to communicate the truth about meat, the first thing I can say is that you are already living this truth by example. So congratulations again for that. [Q: Thank You.] To respond to your question about the way to convey the truth about the meat industry and its role in global warming, we cannot wait for the government and the media to get the message out. We have very little time now. So it might be too late by the time the government and the media get involved. Although I see the good trend now in the media that they report more about global warming and the solution than before, and some parts of the world, some small governmental agencies have begun to advise people to eat less meat. But its too slow. Its too slow for my liking and too slow to help our planetary problem. So it is we, the ordinary people, we must inform them instead. We must take the lead. We must do it by example. And you would be one of the natural agents for this kind of message since you are already well-known and Im sure well-loved by the public. Well, I love you already. [Master laughs.] So Im sure everybody else loves you. Everybody else loves him there? Yes or no? See? See that? [MC: Yes, its true. Yes, of course.] Yes, hes handsome, healthy, successful, loveable, intelligent, and so loving and kind to the defenseless animals. Anyone who loves denfenseless animals would love other human beings even more so. And this is exactly what is needed right now. We have to inform people of the truth and we have to live by that truth. We have to inform also by example, like what you are doing. Through our Supreme Master Television and materials such as the Alternative Living flyer, the SOS flyer, we try to do that as well to explain to people the real cause of the imbalance on our planet. As you are probably very well aware, the facts themselves are very plentiful now. Starting with the 2006 United Nations report Livestocks Long Shadow, which identified the livestock industry as emitting more greenhouse gases than all the entire transportation sector combined. Even more recently, scientists have stated that the percentage of emissions coming from livestock could total more than 50% of the harmful gases driving global warming today. So the scientists are doing their best to inform the public about the dire situation we are facing now. But it is up to us, all of us, to decide whether or not we should save our planet, save our family, save our children. And we can help to do the rest in sharing information about the most effective solution. Fortunately, this solution not only works, it is readily available immediate to everyone. A vegan diet, free of animal products, and even better organic vegan these are the keys to human and planetary survival. As for what we can do about the interests of the meat industry, we must be very steadfast in conveying what we know to be the real truth, and sharing it as far and wide as possible. We can write letters to all these meat-industrial-responsible persons and tell them all these truths. We gather information and send it to them. Tell them they should change their profession. Tell them they should change to save the planet. Tell them they should be organic vegan farmers instead, or many other jobs nowadays green technology. This truth, our need to stop the killing of animals, is the only one that will stabilize the Earth physically, as well as bringing peace and restoring hope to humans and the planet. So please, help us spread this message, Mr. Pauls, and you will see the change that comes from more and more people returning to a humane, considerate way of life. I have said before, we can have Eden on Earth, and it is true. Please do join in spreading this message as much as you can in your capacity as a celebrity so you can see for yourself. Thank you for your question and your loving care. Thank you for being so kind
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to all of us by being kind to the animals. Thank you for doing your part in saving the planet. Thank you very much. MC. Q. Master, Juan Gino Rossi Castro, a vegan engineer would like to ask You the next question. In respecting the free will that God bestows upon human beings, why does humankind destroy the planet that is their own home, damaging themselves and damaging their coinhabitants? The best example of this is what is happening with global warming, knowing that the consequences similar to what happened on the planet Mars. Why doesnt God stop this before it reaches a critical point? Thank You, Master. Good afternoon, Mr. Castro. Another vegan! Very nice to see you! Im glad you are vegan. For your question about free will and why humankind destroys their home planet, it is not that most humans intend to destroy. Many simply do not understand, are not informed. They dont realize the harmful emissions of the livestock industry, or that killing begets killing, and they are not aware that meat is another kind of addictive poison. They are not aware that meat is destroying our planet. So thats what we try to do now, to help inform people of the planetary benefits of being meat-free as well as remind about the preciousness of all life and of being compassionate. In fact, the more that we find out about the meat industry, the more we know that its a filthy, cruel enterprise where animals are tormented in their short lives from birth to their early death. But some of these facts are not easy to uncover, partly because the ones who sell the meat do everything to make it look attractive instead of telling the truth. And the meat industry is often hidden from the public eyes so its not easily detected by ordinary people and then we can run out of time all too quickly. Like you mentioned on Mars, for example, the people did not know about the meat and killing karma. So at least you know and I know, and we tell as many people as possible, so that they also know. We have to be veg to save the planet! Your question as to why God didnt stop it before it was too late, you answered yourself, Mr. Castro. God does not interfere with free will. And if the people dont know, they may sadly choose from ignorance. But we have the chance to change all that now, because we know what we need to change. We know that the vegan diet is the only way, the fastest way. Its the only way to cool and save the planet. So with the help of people such as yourself, we can surely do just that. Please, help spread the message to be veg, go green, and save the planet! Thank you, sir. MC. Thank You, Master, for this vital information. Master, the last two questions are from David Roman, President of the Vegetarian Union in Spain who has sent his questions via video. There is talk about predictions, both on a scientific level as well as other kinds, which talk about a profound change that we are going to experience in the year 2012. Could we see a positive turn in climate change in that year? My next question is: We often talk about helping animals, that we have to help them, but, is it not true that animals help us in many ways? Yes. Greetings, President of the Spanish Vegetarian Union. Thank you for your exemplary leadership in being veg and for your work to support others in the same. I really appreciate your efforts, as do the many animals whose lives are spared due to your efforts.
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Regarding predictions or forecasts for the year 2012 from the scientific community and others, it is true that our situation is indeed urgent. In fact, there is not a moment to lose. We can see everywhere reflections of a planet in trouble, with monsoons and floodings in one location and people losing their harvests and drinking water to drought in another. One way that our world can be preserved and stabilized is through everyones change to a compassionate lifestyle, choosing organic vegan diet, which not only eliminates methane and other toxic, heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock industry, but the organic part takes care of harmful fertilizer chemicals and allows the soil to absorb a huge amount of atmospheric CO2. As for whether we could see a positive turn in the climate in the year 2012, we surely hope for the current trend to continue and the planets future to be assured by then. I have mentioned before that we have already reached the veg critical mass on Earth meaning that the momentum created by the number of people who have already become veg is like a wave that is helping others join in. But we still need everyone in the world to be veg because of how long we have waited to make such a change. So now we need 100% of the world population to be veg to save our world. We have to change before it is too late to change. Because if we dont change now, later when we want to change, it wont be helpful anymore. And yes, Mr. Roman, you are surely correct that helping animals helps us. They do give in so many ways! They are here to give. They are here to help us. This is another reason that we must be vegan. We must protect their lives because their lives are our lives. They are here to balance the planetary atmosphere. They are here to help heal us and heal the planet. We must protect their lives. We must act in a compassionate way. It is true that we need to stop the global warming emissions, but equally important is to stop killing the beings that have done nothing wrong but only offer us their love and immeasureable services. Besides my own inner communication with the animals, there are many other people who are very gifted in this realm, known as animal telepathic communicators, who themselves have revealed messages from such noble beings, such as dogs, horses, birds, seals, whales, et cetera. These animals wish to convey only their abiding love for humanity and their desire to remain on Earth so that they can continue transmitting that love. It, of course, makes no sense that we would ever consider killing such beautiful hearts and souls as these! They are the best friends to all of us, and this is another reason that we need to change to a no-kill society. In doing that, all humans will comprehend more clearly the vast gifts bestowed upon us by the animal kingdom. Thank you, Mr. Roman, for your caring question. May God bless you with every fulfilled endeavor in your life. MC. Thank You for enlightening us with Your love, Master. [M: I thank you, also.] Beloved Master and distinguished panelists, this concludes our question-and-answer session. Beloved friends, we are certain that questions such as these in this session have been very important. [M: Very important.] Yes, Master. Because we have cleared up many doubts and have opened up many alternatives for the solution of the problem of global warming. Supreme Master Ching Hai, distinguished guests, all our friends, this concludes our conference Global Warming: Yes, There Is A solution! It has been very important to hear each one of our invited guests because they have demonstrated that the problems about global warming do have solutions, and even more importantly, these solutions are in our hands. So now its time to act! Lets do it! There are many institutions all over the world, which are very dedicated, working diligently, such as Supreme Master Ching Hai has shown us, giving us much hope and solutions which are achievable for each one of
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us. If we really love ourselves, we should have compassion for the lives of our coinhabitants and younger brothers, the animals. And we want to preserve the beauty of our planet Earth. We must act immediately. From this moment, lets each and every one of us commit ourselves to saving our lives, the lives of our loved ones, of the future generations and all the beings on this planet. Lets pledge to be veg to save the planet! So, yes, lets be veg, go green, and save our planet! If you would like to support in helping our planet by declaring a meat-free diet, go to www.MeatFreePetition.com organized by the Meat-Free Movement to sign the petition. Now, we invite Master to close-up this beautiful conference. M. Thank you. Thank you. I would like to thank all the eloquent and distinguished speakers for this event. I also appreciate all of you, the bright and loving audience members, for caring about the Earth and coming here today to bring to light the important task of all of us that we have to save this precious planet. This is the only home that we have and thank you, your organizers, for making this meeting possible. May we all be encouraged by the fact that the best, lasting changes start with our own lifestyle; it is the same with saving the planet. Each one of us is responsible; and to encourage others as well. Because simple, organic vegan diet is the only lifestyle change that is really necessary to restore our shared home. I would like to thank you again for your active efforts to make a difference. I hope together we can really save this beautiful planet. For those of you who are already vegan bravo and thank you! With the organic vegan lifestyle as part of everyones heroic mission, our efforts together will surely bring a safe and saved world for both humans and our beloved animal co-inhabitants. I wish you all the best and heavens abundant blessings to the gentle-hearted people of Peru and beautiful South America. Thank you. MC. M. Thank You, Master. By the way, I would like to report to you something apart from that. I want to report to you about the current climate change effects in your country because its important that you know about this. The latest report by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change spoke of Latin Americas vulnerability to severe climate impacts. Peru is among the first to feel these impacts, as seen in the following: 1. 2. Farmers in the Cusco highlands are suffering already from irregular, scarcer rain and extreme heat; Due to excessive heat and drought over the last 12 years, 140,000 hectares of potatoes and corns have been ruined equal to food that could have fed 11 million people in the country. Its been ruined; In the central Piura area, springs that used to provide drinking water until recently are drying up; Mosquitoes causing dengue fever are also being seen for the first time in Piura, as they spread to new areas due to climate change; Peru is home to 70% of the entire range of Andean glaciers, with peaks that supply the countrys people with both water and hydroelectric power; however, these are all expected to disappear by 2015, just a few more years;
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M. MC. M. MC. Thank you. Please, please be comfortable. Please be seated. Love you guys! Youre good, good. [Audience: We love You, Master!] You look very beautiful, Master. Hallo! All these good hard working people. Our beloved Master, we feel so lucky to be blessed by Your presence today. Thank You so much for sharing some of Your precious time. And we are so grateful for everything that You are doing for the Earth and the multitude of beings here. I cant do it alone. You guys are really a great help. Also, all your brothers and sisters, and the vegetarians outside, the vegans, waterians, fruitarians, solarians, breatharians, et cetera, et cetera, as well as the non-vegetarian people. Theyre also helping a lot now and they are changing to a vegetarian diet which is very beneficial to our planet. Im very happy that you are doing well. I know youre working hard. All these beautiful exquisite people, my God! I know you wanted to ask me some questions long ago, some hot topic like Venus and all that, but we have been busy, yes? You know that, right? And I really squeeze it in so we can have some time together. Maybe, who knows, we can save the planet, then you can see me every day, whenever you want. Yes, okay, tell me, we are discussing stuff, right? MC. M. MC. Yes, Master, yes. [M: Right.] We have lots of questions for You. Ah, yes, please, go ahead, I am listening. Scientists reported that billions of years ago, Venus could have had oceans like Earth but they dried up, partly because Venus was so close to the sun. Still, the presence of water could mean that there was physical life there and scientists believe today that there is microbial life. Was Venus ever like Earth, sustaining life? Yes, it was. It was once a beautiful planet, and now its no more. Theres no life up there at all, no life as we know of. Its a pity. The beings that were there before, did they look like us? Yes. Yes, they did look like us. So how does it happen that Mars, Earth and Venus were all inhabited by humanoid looking beings like us? Did we have similar ancestors? Thank You, Master.
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big explosion from under the earth, from like a volcanic type and gas from the ocean and, of course, from the animals. They all together exploded the whole planet. The whole population died because of explosive and poisonous gases. [Q: Thank You, Master.] You are welcome. Its sad. Q. There seems to be many planets that have undergone this planet-threatening crisis that Earth is going through due to the eating habits of its inhabitants. Why is meat-eating such a hindrance to the evolution of the planet? Well, you see, only the low level of consciousness of those planets that have inhabitants with low level of consciousness have been destroyed or ruined. Not the high level ones. Of course, there are countless of them, Im very sorry to say. Maybe I have it here somewhere around five billion planets have been destroyed or in similar fate as Venus or Mars. Did maya instigate this same test over all planets with the meat eating habit and the destruction of the planet? Yes. Thats the maya work, of course, the king of the devils. They are chiefs of the negative force. They want to destroy the children of God. And if people are not listening to the divine intuition and/or spiritual guidance, then of course they fall into this trap, surprisingly so easy to fall. And were You ever on Venus? No! No! But I have been on other Venus. Not that Venus. There were four Venuses in our galaxy. They are so named because theyre all similar, yes? Similar in size, similar landscape, similar beauty. They call them Venus. And two of them were destroyed. One is destroyed, and we still see now, with the hot gases all over on the planet? Yes. And all that life exterminated. Theres another Venus, also destroyed, completely, completely exploded, completely gone to dust in a sudden moment. And now, we still have two more Venuses which are very beautiful, much more advanced in technology than our planet. And luckily, on the Venus, the population up there, only one-fourth of them are eating meat, and also very sparesome. And the rest, three-fourths, theyre all vegetarian or vegan. Therefore, they still can have their planet. The other two planets, one is still there but boiling hot, the other completely incinerated by explosive gas. Because there is some poisonous gas that has been built up also underneath of the surface of that Venus, the second one. Not the hot one now, but the second one, the exploded one, poisonous gas has been built up inside the core of that planet. The planet had an empty core inside, and the poisonous gas has also been built up in there, as well as built up in the atmosphere of the planet. And thats why, that Venus, I just say the fourth Venus, was completely gone, like dust. Exploded, completely disappeared the whole planet, not just people. Q. M. When did the destruction of Venus happen? Oh, that was billions of years ago; long, long before Mars. Therefore, no Venus person was there for me to contact. Thats why it took a longer time for me also, to get all the answers for you. You see, the answers come not from Venus. All the answers that you get right now did not come from Venus itself, did not come from this hot planet. And of course, less from the disappeared other Venus Venus 4, I will call it. In my vision, its
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they concentrated all on the physical aspect of development. They do not care about spiritual practice. Thats why they got destroyed. Q. M. When the disaster happened, did any beings survive the disaster? And how did they manage to survive? And how many beings were able to survive the climate disaster? None. [Q: None.] None. [Q: So sad.] Theyre all gone, all gone. Some died immediately, some died a slow and painful death. Within a few weeks, all gone men, animals, trees, grass, all. Anything that once existed on this hot Venus planet, all gone in a few weeks time. And the other planet that I mentioned, the fourth Venus, its just completely gone in minutes exploded. [Q: Its very sad.] Very sad, I know. And the main reason for the extinction of the fourth planet was that because they lived a very vicious way of life. They dont care about God or any moral standard. Anyone against them or preaching something like divine nature or God, they immediately kill them, but in a torturous way, in the cruelest, painful, slowest possible death. This is a terrible, terrible planet. It was a terrible planet, the two Venuses. Though they were very, very advanced technologically, theyre nowhere in spiritual standard and moral standard. Anyone who dares speak about something that is not materially proven, that person is classified as a witch, as whatever name they can call it meaning a very worthless person and a bad person, dangerous person. They worry that this kind of person will poison the mind of the planet population, so they destroyed them in the cruelest way possible in public so that everybody knows about it and nobody dares even think in that direction anymore. They just concentrated on developing machines, technology and they had very comfortable lives so they believed in it. They think there was nothing else better than this, better than their heaven at that time. [Q: Understand. Its really overwhelming to know something like that. So sad.] Yes, it is. It makes me feel small. Because Im already small, you know, but in the galaxy, there are so many things, so many planets and so much happening, it makes us feel like nothing at all; feel very insignificant, less than insignificant. Thank You ever so much for being on the planet Earth with us [M: You are welcome. Youre welcome, welcome.] to save us. Thank You so much. I have to check with my notes. The Martian wise elder answered me only three questions and the rest are from the God of the Galaxy Historical Library Record. Im very grateful to her Goddess. Actually, they dont care about god or goddess. Just looks so beautiful. I think its a she. At least the two remaining Venuses, they worship God, but they have only one religion makes life simple! They all worship God and on the one religion, that is almighty God. So there is no fighting between religious differences. Never. At least like that theyre more balanced and they have threequarters of the population vegetarians. So there we are. Its a great honor to have You with us today. Im very happy and very, very grateful. Did the people who failed to save Venus have to reincarnate onto another planet to make up for their mistakes, for instance, as earthlings in this era facing global warming? First, let me check if I have any of that information somewhere. [Q: Okay. Thank You, Master.] Welcome. Just one second. These people, they have been born in a hell-like existence for a long, long time, thousands of years and then later after that, they were allowed to be born as humanoid again but in some very, very frightening planetary existence, where they have to live in constant fear, sorrow, and inner anguish. Its similar to hell.
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Will Earth be the last planet to be on the brink of extinction? No, it wont be the last, honey, as long as we still have cruelty and immoral conduct; especially cruelty, especially killing actions between each other, or to lesser, weaker beings like animals. If any planet, who has harbored or who practices such a lifestyle, they will also have to face the threat of extinction like what we are doing right now. I hope all the planets will awaken soon to be on the right lifestyle. Yes, you hope. Lets hope our planet survives first. And then, after that, everyone will be astonished about what kind of inventions we will come to be able to experience and then we can experience other planetary sceneries or visit them, or they can visit us also. [Q: Thats wonderful.] And we can have interplanetary connection. That will be very nice. The critical mass has been reached around March 2009. We are getting better, you know? Sometimes I watch television and almost all the television is on the subject of planetary trouble and also on the subject of solutions, like the vegetarian diet. Today, one of the Russian televisions flashed one of the advertisements saying that, they question: Is vegetarian the only solution to save the planet, and are we forced to be vegetarian due to planetary crisis? et cetera. Im so glad. Maybe we can make it. Who knows? [Q: Fantastic.] Good, good. And then we can come to see the other two remaining Venuses. [Q: That would be great.] Maybe. Yes. And then you dont have to ask me so many questions. [Laughter] Your questions seem simple and my answers also simple, but I had to meditate and search the whole universe and I had to write down whatever I can condense or can translate into human language, and I have to write in the darkness, you know, with a small flashlight because I dont want to break my concentration and connection, you see? And sometimes its not always very pleasant for the eyes. Because sometimes when I get it, I cannot try to get my eyeglasses or anything like that. I have to do it quick. See, sometimes I scribble around. I couldnt even read my own writing sometimes. [Master laughs.] How many vegans are still needed to save the planet? I told you already, the whole planet should be. [Q: Thank You very much, Master.] I dont know if they can be completely vegetarian, all of them, but at least vegetarian, meaning: Suppose if they have some cows as their pets, you know, the cows sometimes give extra milk, then of course theyre allowed to take them. But Im afraid saying that there might be a loophole. They could say, Okay, we will have like 100,000 cows as pets! Then we go back to zero. I am just hoping that all the people become honest and truly want to save their own lives as well as the lives of their children. I ask all the gods, all the angels, all the divine intelligence to come down on this planet and to help us to awaken humankind because time is pressing and we dont have enough manpower. Honestly like that. Because our group is very small so I pray day and night, ask them to materialize themselves, use their power to influence people, to reason with people, wake them up so they will be vegetarian quick. And of course, theyre helping us. Yes. We have to thank them as well. [Master is putting her hands together and bowing to the Providence.] The gods and goddesses and the angels, they materialize themselves for a short period of time on Earth and talk with someone or help them to awaken. I do hope that with divine intervention, we might be able to save the planet because it takes too long for my liking.
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Wow, just so much blessing we have. My first question is: How many physical planets are vegetarian? Oh, plenty, plenty, of course, yes. As many as non-vegetarian planets, there are also as many as vegetarian planets. Its countless, countless. In our galaxy alone, theyre countless already. And these vegetarian society planets, theyre more advanced than us. They even have traveling belts. You just wear a belt on your waist, like this, and then when you want to go somewhere, just push the button. [Q: Wow. Thats really cool!] Yes, very cool! [Laughter and applause.] Push a button then you just fly. [Q: Thank You so much.] That is just one of the so-called inventions of their planets. There are much more than that we could never dream of. But we will have it. We will have all that and more if our planetary population becomes more compassionate, more calm, more developed inside, through calmness, through meditation, through vegetarian diet, through compassion. People do research and they recommend, they say that meditation calms the mind, makes your heart open and more compassionate, more intelligent even. But the vegetarian diet will lead people there, because there is not much calmness, not much result comes from meditation if we are not compassionate. Even if we could have more intelligence through meditation without the vegetarian diet, then we dont have enough compassion, you see? Then we will use our power in a very destructive way; it wont be any good. Well probably just earn some merit, physical merit, just like those on the first and the fourth Venus planets who probably had some merits in the past life, you know, through meditation or through some contemplation, but without developing a compassionate side to balance it. Therefore, they were reborn in Venus with all the merit theyd got, all the intelligence that theyd got, but lacking compassion. They killed anyone who talked about compassion, who talked about God, who talked about moral standard immediately, but you know, a prolonged and painful death. Therefore, they could not survive.
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Then what made it stop, what was the change that made it not happen anymore? Well, we degraded ourselves to material greed, cruelty, ignorance; forgetful of our divine nature, and just plunging into material depth. So the more we go down, the more we go down. And so thats why we arrive at what we are right now. And I do hope people truly wake up on time, otherwise thats it. Thats that. Thank You so much for Your time, Master, and I think we all believe that having You over here, were definitely going to save this planet. Thank You so much! Thank you. Yes, lets hope so, huh? Yes, lets hope so. And you do pray, okay? [Audience: Yes, Master.] You can pray to Master power in time of emergency, you can pray to Master power for liberation in this lifetime. But for our planetary problem, we have to pray to all the divine power up there, everywhere, around us, above us, under us if you will. We have also divine people with power who live under us as well, under the earth crust, yes, deep in the middle of the Earth, or a little deeper, under the crust of the Earth. We have to pray to all these divine beings [Audience: Yes, Master.] to help us in some way, you know, because we are in the physical dimension, so we have to pray to them, request them, invite them to come into our planetary physical existence. And no matter how short a time they can come, they can come and then they leave, and then they come back and leave. You know, its like visa expired! [Laughter] Then please come back again. Well always be glad to extend the visa infinitely. But the thing is, its not all of them who like to come down. I have to beg and pray, and request, and we dont blame them do we? Who likes to come down here, especially when the house is on fire? But we need them. So do pray with me, okay? [Audience: Yes, Master. Yes.] We need another 60%, more or less 60% vegan population. We have about 40-something now. Its still very reachable, right? [Audience: Yes, Master.]
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people are okay for now, but if they overspend their past life merit and do not build up more present for the future good merit, then they will not be okay after a while or after this lifetime. Yes? [Q: And I like Your dress very much, too.] Ah, merci. Because you are French! [Master laughs.] French people, they love fashion. Q. I have some questions about the sun and the moon but before I ask that, You mentioned something very interesting about the two Venuses. And I was just wondering, You said that You were there so was it through Your presence and guidance and grace that they were able to survive? Ah, you asked me to praise myself or something? [Laughter] [Q: No. I mean] Im very shy about that! Even when people praise me, Im all blushing already. You ask me about this stuff. Well, think about it for yourself, okay? Im only happy to serve anywhere, anywhere, yes. Was Master doing the same thing over there as Youre doing right now? Ah, Im doing this job life after life. It is like a lifer, like I cant quit! [Master laughs.] Wherever I go, Im assigned a similar job. Some places are more pleasant because people are less obstructive, yes, less karmically burdened. Some places are very heavily burdened. If its too heavy, then I wont be sent there. Im not allowed to go there. Not allowed, not like I dont have the power to go there, its just the bad karmic build-up from the people; we cannot do much. We have to respect the karmic law of the universe as well. For example, in hell, you cannot go there and preach to people. Why? Theyre suffering too much, they wont listen at all. And they could not even pray down there. They dont think of praying. You understand me? [Q: Yes, Master.] Okay, imagine, when, sometimes, when youre in very deep sorrow, like just heartbroken or something, you could not even think straight. You sit in front of the television but you dont watch anything. You open the newspaper but you dont see whats printed there, et cetera, et cetera. Similarly, if a planet has such a dense atmosphere and a very low spiritual consciousness, then even if any Master goes there, it will not do good. You see what I mean? [Q: Yes, Master.] Not like heaven is not merciful and does not send Masters anywhere where the suffering needs it and all that; its not like that. But they wont listen. It would be no use. On the contrary, they might even torture or kill the Master, like some of us humans did a long time ago, you know, with the Masters like Jesus or Prophet Muhammad they chased Him all over and persecuted Him and His followers, et cetera, et cetera. Because at that time, maybe our planet, some population had still been not elevated enough. So if a planet has so much dense consciousness, then the Master wont go there. But they will have a chance. They will have a chance. Once theyve been cleaning, you know, theyre suffering long enough, then their soul will be awakened and look for something more worthwhile, more of divine nature. At that time, they will be reincarnated in some more favorable situation so that they have a chance to study with a Master or spiritual Teacher of some kind. But it takes a long, long time, sometimes thousands, thousands, and thousands of hundred thousands of years for such a soul to awaken themselves if they have done such a grave sin and denying God while living. Youre happy with my answer? [Q: Yes. Thank You, Master.] Youre welcome. Q. Is there anything else You wanted to share with us about those two Venuses?
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Oh, theyre beautiful. [Laughter] Theyre very exquisite. Lushful, yes? Beautiful, and the temperature is just always nice; it makes you healthy, happy. Very little quarrelling between each other. And even the one-fourth of the people who eat meat up there, they know theyre wrong. Even they eat meat but they repent all the time and theyre trying to minimize all the time as much as they can, so the atmosphere is very conducive to comfortable living. They have all necessity, technology, and transportation, like email and stuff. Our email and internet system here are just kindergarten compared to theirs. [Laughter] And they have UFOs, of course. Could You please tell us more about life and the beings on our sun and moon? Oh, sun and moon, there are no beings. In the moon, even if you go there, there are only spiritual beings. And the moon itself is a spiritual great being same with the sun. The sun is a great, great, great, great spiritual being, who manifests Himself to help our planet, to nourish all beings on our Earth. So we always have to thank the sun. And in the ancient time, people worshipped the Sun God and for that reason as well. He is beautiful, beautiful inside; loves us all the time. No discriminating, always love, love, love. And whenever you look up to the sun, you feel only love, love, love. And if you have time, you sit in the sun sometime, you feel happier, no? Thats why in summer people feel very happy, happier than in winter because its due to the plentiful sunshine, yes, plenty of sunshine. And its not because the sun doesnt love us in winter. [Laughter] Its just that the absence of His presence makes us forget the happiness within us. You see what I mean? [Q: Yes, Master.] But if we are smart and if we concentrate enough, then we think of the sunlight, thats also be sufficient. Even though the sun doesnt appear, the sun is hidden behind the clouds, but you must have presence of mind enough to know that theres the light of the sun all over the planet even at wintertime. Then youre also connected with the sun and then you feel also loved; maybe less reminded, like in summer, less warm. But its not always the case. If we remember the sun, well be happy. The sun is a Fifth Level being; from the Fifth Level.
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will have to pay for it, good or bad. So they will only stand by and watch. Are you happy with my answer, by the way? Q. M. Q. M. Q. M. Yes, I am. Thank You so much, Master. And Youre always more beautiful. Youre beautiful and you guys are getting more well kept and full, and happier. Yes, we are very happy, Master. Thank You so much! Yes, Im glad that youre happy there. All of you are good, good, try so hard to work. Will the time for living as breatharian come soon, at least for spiritual practitioners? No, not, not so soon, not so soon. Its not requested by heaven. As long as you are vegan, we can save the planet already and heaven is happy. We cannot leapfrog too quick because of the habitual pattern of humankind. I wish it would be like that, but its not that necessary. It would be better, of course, if all became breatharian, yes. Im happy to see You again. [M: Beautiful Arabian night princess!] Thank You, Master. Why have so many Masters been born in the Middle East? Like Jesus, like Muhammad, like Moses, like Abraham. Many, all of them. I dont know, all of the Masters Yes, understand. There have been Masters all over the planet, yes, over centuries. Its just that in some countries they had a system of recording and some countries they did not, okay? Yes, thats that. You see, for example Im just telling you an example, yes? It also depends on the disciples enthusiasm also. For example, Buddhism is spread all over China and Asia, yes? Because the Buddhist disciples at that time spread out and recorded His teaching. They had a good recording machine namely called Reverend Ananda at that time. Yes? Thats the big computer that the Buddha had. [Laughter] So he recorded all the teachings of the Buddha and then stored it in India where there had been reverence and respect for spiritual Masters, so they keep it well at that time. No war, no destruction, you see, so they can keep all these records. And later on, it spread; some of them go to China and then the Chinese had a monk called Xuanzang. And he happened to be a prominent monk. Namely, he was a brother, not a blood brother, not a biological brother, but a sworn brother of the king at that time. So the king sent him to India to request all these beautiful sutras that had been housed in India at that time. So Xuanzang was also lucky, went through all over in a peaceful country and, of course, had the blessing of the king and had his power. So he was successful in bringing back all the Buddhist sutras and translating them into Chinese. And of course, China was a powerful kingdom. And, of course, the king believed in Buddhism; the whole country believed in Buddhism. Yes? And then from China, it spread all over. China at that time was like the main kingdom for all the countries around. All the countries around China had to offer their tax and everything, every year and had to recognize China as the main power, as a big brother power. You see what I mean? Therefore, Buddhism spread all over. Whereas, for example, Jainism or Sikhism, doesnt spread anywhere. Not because Sikhism is inferior or Jainism is inferior to Buddhism, it just had no instrument. You see what I mean? Or they might not have enough disciples to think of to go. The situation is different, the development is different. Therefore, you see? Jainism is exactly just like Buddhism, yes? Sikhism also helps people to do good. We know that because I told you guys to give the extracts of the different religious teachings
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so that people can have a comparative study through our television. You know that, yes? So for Jainism, Buddhism, Sikhism, theyre all the same; the main principle is the same. But Buddhism spread all over Asia, and Jainism didnt. Sikhism did not too, not too much. You see what I mean, honey? [Q: Yes, Master.] Yes, all right, so in every country, every period of time, there are also Masters; not just in the Middle East. Its just probably the recording system at that time wasnt very, very favorable, thats all. Q. M. Why is this region constantly in turmoil? [M: Yes, Middle East, yes.] Will we soon see the day when there will be peace in the Middle East? When we are more at peace on our table, everywhere, then there will be peace on Earth, okay? Not just in the Middle East but everywhere. The Middle East is not the only troubled, war-like region. Everywhere else you look, yes? Everywhere else. [Q: Yes, Master.] Its just smaller or bigger. And some region, theyve more magnified and more enduring war. And some region, just breaking here, breaking there. But as long as we dont have peace on our table, there will be no peace on Earth. So thats why the vegetarian diet is the beginning of peace on the planet. [Q: Yes, Master.] I wish your country all the best though, of course. You know that. Im trying my best. Yes, they are changing now. There are many people from Jordan, they became vegetarian. [M: Yes, thats why I ask you guys to air all these countries cultures.] Thank You, Master. Thank You for all that You are doing for the Middle East, for all the people in the world. Thank You so much. [M: Its my pleasure, my pleasure.] Especially for the animals. Im happy that we are saving the animals. Yes. We are doing that, love. We are, we are. And thanks to you. Thanks to all of you, for your diligent effort very, very, very big help. All of you, all of your work is bearing fruit. So please, have my gratitude as well, and continue, okay? I have a question about Iran. Because You said its not a big problem only there, but there are also problems everywhere. Yes. You are Iranian, of course you are concerned about Iran. [Q: Exactly, exactly, thats why.] Go ahead. Its all right, love. Tell me. Would You please shed some light on the situation in Iran that would help the Iranian people? Would You please say something about the current situation in Iran? I am very, very troubled. Im very, very sad about some unpeaceful developments over there. It also took me by surprise, yes? Took me by surprise. And I love your people. I think you can feel that. [Q: Yes, and they love You very much.] Not just your people, of course. But, of course, I love people who are in more trouble, yes? And it makes me toss and turn a lot. But I pray for your country. But I want your people to have more peace within themselves and more trust in Allah, yes? Everything is temporary, even the worst situation is temporary. The more we struggle, the worse it gets, and it results in more suffering and bloodshed and division between your people. Just let it be in Gods hands. If we want to change the outside situation, the best thing is to change from inside, yes? We have to have peace within ourselves first. We have to have peace with other beings on the planet and then peace would be in our home and in our country. Now, we all have to regulate what we owe to the society, in the karmic pattern. Overall, I think Iran is a freer country than many other countries, dont you say? You know why I know that? If you look at other countries, it could be worse. One thing I told you already
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the outside situation is a manifestation of our inner state of self, yes? And the whole countrys situation is the manifestation from the inner self of this national population. So the population as a whole shares the karmic connection. So even though sometimes we are innocent, we also are dragged into a bad karmic whirlpool of the collective mass, yes? Now, I just think the Iranian people should have more patience, yes? Whatever the situation, we should make the best of it. We should be thankful that Iran has peace in the whole nation, yes? Because they have peace, therefore there are many extraordinary inventions that have happened in Iran. Recently, I heard they even are making artificial lungs right now. I had not heard that before. Heart, we heard about it, but lung is difficult. Now they are making it already in Iran. Many other extraordinary inventions came from Iran, and Im very, very proud of your people. They are so smart, you know, and also they have peace within the country. So its better we keep this peace first. You see what I mean? Like, if a president has been voted in favor, more than the others, then let it be, let it be. Yes? Theres a song of the Beatles called Let It Be. Let it be, yes? As long as the country has peace, at least we can build up something, yes? I learn a lot about Iran. I think its a freer country than many other countries. Many other countries would envy Iran, because Ive seen some Iranian disciples who can come to see me. Thats number one. That means the government is relaxing. I dont know how relaxed, but you know, some countries could not even go out! I mean before. And now I have seen some footage on television, different television, I saw Iranian girls, they wear jeans and they wear tight shirts and all that. They dont have to cover their face all the time. And they go to college in jeans, they walk on the street in jeans. I dont mean jeans are beautiful more than what you wear, I dont mean that. But, at least, theres a freedom of choices. And I saw on television that the Iranian girls nowadays go a lot to do their nose job or whatever, plastic surgery, and not very expensive. And Iranian music is very modern, popular and stuff. I just look here and there, and I think that your country is doing fine. War of any kind is never a solution. War is never a solution, no matter what manner. Because some people, sometimes you want to just voice your opinion peacefully, but some bad people come in and mess it up and make it more bloody for their own benefit. And in the end, only the poor, innocent people suffer. Do you hear me? So I would like your people to have more peace within themselves, more trust in Allah. In the bible, it says that, Not even one hair that falls down is out of Hiers will. You understand me? Everything works according to Hiers will. I hope your people trust more in God. Because the more we resist the situation, the more tension builds up, and I dont know how much more trouble it will be. Do you understand me? We should look at the whole nation as a family, yes? And maybe some members of the family are not to your liking, or maybe are behaving in some way that is not favorable, but we have to be patient, yes? We have to be patient; better than suffering, bloodshed, division, and war within the country. Youve seen it yourself, many countries have civil war brother against brother. I have nothing to gain from your country. Im just telling you because you ask me, because I wish peace on your country. Only in peace can we develop anything that is beneficial to the citizens of the nation; only in peace can we talk nicely on the table; only in peace can we have enough mental power to think of what to do next in the future for the whole benefit of the country. We are in the habit of wanting everything, but this world is not a place for us to have everything we want on the plate; because we have to earn it, we have to create it. Heaven is our own making. Yes? So take whatever God
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arranges, even if you think its not proper. Who knows? Who knows what is proper in the heavenly plan? I love your people. I love them all. I hope you just take my opinion as just the humble opinion of an outsider, of a very objective outsider who has no interest to gain, nothing to lose even in your countrys affairs. But I love your people, truly. God knows that. Now, you see in your country, its really very good; very good, very good already for a strict Muslim country. Many countries are more strict. I heard the people are being lashed all the time or a lot of time because of wearing a little jeans in public or wearing trousers in public. In Iran, they run around with jeans, tight jeans and sometimes a skirt and all that, and nobody has been lashed for wearing jeans. Please remember all this! This is a very, very good sign already. I mean, of course, we want more; we always want more. Everyone wants more in every country, but we have to take it easy. We have to take it easy and no matter what government, we have to fully support. We have to fully support, otherwise we get no nowhere, struggling, fighting; we get nowhere. We never progress with war and fighting. You see, you never heard in Iran that people get lashed for wearing trousers. In some countries, if you wear trousers you get lashed. So dont just look at Iran and criticize. Be constructive, not always criticizing. Any government, we have to work fully with it. Remember the Americans last time, in the voting season? You know, between now President Obama and Senator Clinton, Hilary Clinton? Theyre both almost neck to neck, in popularity. But, at the end, only one of them should be running, otherwise the Democrat voting would be too divided and then they might lose it to the other candidate of the other party. Do you remember? So they sat together, talked together and Hilary Clinton got out; and not only she got out, she went all out of herself to support President Obama. Yes? And Yes, we can, she said. [Laughter] Yes, at that time not many of her followers really wanted this situation because it looked like she could also be winning. But you see what I mean? They put the interests of the nation first, yes? They united together to show the world that we are grown up, that we are Americans, that we work for America. We dont work for personal glory, gain or lose. Do you understand? That is what I call a great stateman or woman; otherwise, we get nowhere, okay? Right. Okay, any more questions, loving? Q. Just a question about the Iranian initiates. Can they bring the level of consciousness up, somehow higher with their meditation, with their practice [M: Sure, sure, sure, sure, if they have enough people, yes.] and erase some collective bad karma, maybe? Is it possible for them? Sure, sure, sure, sure, yes. Its already much better. In a former time, not long ago, Iran was in a tight spot, no? War was almost breaking out between big powers, even, or neighbors. Theyre getting better. Just give your government some time, okay? Give them some time. They need time and support. They dont need too much criticism and opposition because even good governments cannot work in this kind of situation. Give them a chance. The whole government is good. You have to trust in the whole system of government. I told you the story. I tell you again, okay? I tell you again, for your people. I dont know what Im saying before would incur any disfavor from your people or not, but as a spiritual person, a spiritual practitioner like yourself, I uphold the Truth, yes? And I have to tell the truth at all costs. Just like we told that meat eating and alcohol are no good, drugs are no good, and cigarettes are no good, yes?
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It was Laurie Garrett, who is a Pulitzer Prize award winning journalist and also scientist, because shes an expert in these issues. Ah, wonderful! Thank you ever so much. You see? Thats fine. It was on Fly-in News on your television. Now, its logical enough for all to see. Its plain as your nose or mine. Now, if everybody doesnt stop this meat-eating habit, our planetary fate is going to go into the toilet as well. Even they say we developed vaccines and all that now, we are helpless now against this. It just keeps mutating. Right now, its already frightening, but I dont know in the future, even scientists would say this, that it could be more frightening when they mutate into a more deadly virus. Right now, its already deadly, and they say it could mutate more, and its logical. Even with all the vaccines, we are helpless against it. I told you, we are helpless against bad karmic retribution. We pay for what we do. Even the vaccines now, people are scared of the vaccines; even the ones who developed the vaccines dont dare to take the vaccines because of the terrifying side effects they could be paralyzed forever. They could be dead from the vaccines. Thats why they refused it. Might as well die from the flu, maybe you still have a chance to live, 50-50. But if you have the vaccines, the side effects is already evident. Most of the group workers, they refused the vaccines outright the workers in the health care profession because they are scared to death. And many parents now refuse their children to have the vaccines. I dont blame them. This is the terrifying thing, its not like we can control it even. We have everything now, we have so many threats everywhere, apart from global warming. But global warming is responsible for most of this! And the meat industry is responsible for all of this! So we have to stop the root cause of all this trouble, not by vaccines, but by virtue, by heavenly quality, which is inherent inside of us anyhow. We just take it out and use it. We are human, children of God. We dont go and harass little chickens, we dont hook the fish and make him scream in the air. We dont crowd the pigs in and make them sick and suffering, and then blame them for the sickness. We dont take a little shrimp and fry him alive and, this is terrible! This is not a human behavior. We should not behave this way. And if we do, we cannot blame anything that happens to us which is terrible. All we do is just turn around, and live like a human, like a child of God! A child of God is all angelic, all loving, all kind, all protecting to the weak and the small. A child of God doesnt go around killing, murdering other defenseless creatures, doesnt go around destroying the planet and the world just for the sake of having a piece of meat, which can be replaced. You see what I mean? [Q: Yes.] Im also against other things like smoke and drug, and alcohol, yes? But compared to this, for the smoker or for the alcoholic, or for a drug user, its more difficult for them to quit because theres nothing to replace it. Nothing is equivalent to illegal drugs. Nothing is equivalent to cigarettes, to satisfy them in that way. I dont mean it is good, but theres nothing compared to alcohol for them to replace it; but we can replace meat with vegetable protein. You see what I mean? [Q: Yes.] So if we go around accusing the drug people or drug manufacturer or drug maker or drug dealer, then we are also not too fair. Yes? If we cant change our eating habit, we cant expect the drug, alcohol, the cigarette smokers to change their habit, which is more difficult for them, more addictive, and no replacement. Meat has plenty, plenty, plenty of replacements. Everywhere, any time. Dont even need it. If we are tougher, we dont even need food at all, see what I mean? If we want to, we could live food-free even. But okay, go ahead, eat something, its fine, you know, habit, its okay, why not? But what I mean is, meat is easy to replace, compared to drug, alcohol and cigarette. So now, we have to change that. Yes? [Q: Yes.] We have to
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Television. Thank You, Master, for Your love! [M: We have so many beautiful friends. Were lucky.] Thank You for touching their hearts. [M: Were lucky people.] I could see that You really touched their hearts, and they were melted and there was such a loving atmosphere. It was beautiful! M. It was you guys, I wasnt even there. I was just there on teleconference. So thank all of you to be good representatives. You are my eyes, my ears, my hands, my feet, and my everything. Wow! Were lucky, huh? They are also very pure hearted people. Its just like a flower bud waiting for the right condition and opportunity to bloom. [Q: Yes.] Actually, love can melt stone. Yes, thats true. We really could feel Your love, Master. We feel Your love and everybody was so happy. I mean, there was a big difference between when they arrived and when they left. They really left with a shining face and a big smile and they were melted into Your love, Master. [M: Good.] Thank You so much. Thats what love does to people, to all people. [Q: Yes.] You must have a lot of love in you also, to make them feel like that. [Q: Thats all Your love, Master.] Enough with your tears, otherwise you have nothing left. You will melt also, yes? [Q: Yes.] We couldnt find you no more. Yes, young lady. Actually, I have another beautiful news. Its from Panama. [M: Good, but no more tears, all right?] No. Its beautiful news from Panama, from a sister. Well, our Association member from Panama was named yesterday Eco Champion of the Month by the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute Carbon Committee. [M: Wow! Bravo!] Yes. And this Committee was formed to help the Institute conserve energy and remain carbon neutral. [M: Wow! Wow!] Its a renowned institute and she is the first person ever to receive this honor and she received this honor because of her promotion of veganism as the best way to reduce carbon emissions, give her colleagues a lot of good information from the www.SupremeMasterTV.com website. So thats very beautiful news. And she was featured yesterday in their newsletter and they also included our website. And she received a lot of calls from colleagues, from distinguished scientists and even from directors, and they congratulated her and expressed their big interest in veganism. Wow! Thats the best part! [Q: Yes, it is.] Better than all the congrats! Ah, wonderful! Send her my congrats also, okay? Yes. So thank You so much, Master, for working through her work and touching everybody. Thank You ever so much. Youre welcome. Just a pure instrument also does help, you see? [Q: Yes. Thank You, Master. Thank You.] All right. You are welcome. Id like to share a story, too. This happened at the beginning of this year. The disciples in Costa Rica gave some material from Supreme Master Television to the son of the director of the main TV channel in Costa Rica. [M: Yes?] We didnt hear anything about them for a long time. Suddenly, we heard in the news that the director of this main TV channel became vegetarian. [M: Oh! Wow! Bravo!] And the next thing, we watched on TV is a three-part program about how cows produce so much methane and how the meat industry is destroying the planet. And this made a huge uproar from the meat industry, and theyve removed all the advertising from that TV channel, the meat advertising. And she said she didnt care. She didnt care about if they remove it or not.
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MC. Hallo, everyone! We are the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association. I am from Canada and this handsome brother is from Bangkok. Greetings, distinguished guests! We are members of the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association. The beautiful lady who is standing next to me is from Canada, and I am from Bangkok. Welcome all of you to this climate change conference entitled Solutions for A Beautiful Planet. And a heartfelt thank you for taking valuable time out of your day to join us here at the Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University in this beautiful and hospitable country of Thailand. Our opening performance is a special traditional Thai dance from the central region of Thailand. Please enjoy. Thank you, Thai dancers, for a splendid opening number. This performance group is called Champupantip Rachavinit Matayom. These very talented young performers range in age between 14 and 17. There are 41 Thai instruments and 26 dancers. [After the performance of the dancers.] MC. That was so awesome. Our heartfelt gratefulness to Supreme Master Ching Hai, our beloved Master, for Her compassionate acceptance to join todays conference as our special guest of honor and for allowing us to hold this conference in order to awaken the entire worlds population to quick take action and save our beautiful planet. As you all know, we are living in a world of turmoil. We see it on the television all the time with an ever increasing number of natural disasters. According to a recent World Bank report, the five greatest climate change triggered catastrophes to humans are: Droughts, floods, hurricanes, rising sea levels, and damaged crops. These disasters are happening all around the world. All countries are being affected. One of the main consequences of the global warming crisis is rising sea levels, which have occurred more and more rapidly than the scientists predicted. Both the Arctic and
36. Videoconference with the Thai and Aulacese people at the Solutions for A Beautiful Planet Climate Change Conference, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Nonthaburi, Thailand, August 15th, 2009 (Originally in English, Thai and Aulacese). * Note: This conference is recorded verbatim only the question-and-answer session with Supreme Master Ching Hai.
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Antarctic ice caps are melting. So are the Greenland ice sheets. Therefore, unless we stop global warming, the rising sea levels could be devastating. This truly is a problem of global magnitude. In recent years, Bangkok is among 13 of the 20 largest cities in the world at risk from rising sea levels. Some areas in Bangkok are under sea level and the highest point is only 3.5 to 5 feet or 1 to 1.5 meters above sea level. Bangkok is gradually going under at a rate of 4 inches or 10 centimeters a year. Natural disasters which came simultaneously and continuously have caused enormous economic and social damage to this country and seriously affected peoples lives and activities. In addition to endless worries about natural disasters, pandemic diseases are also a problem that people in Thailand and the world are greatly concerned about. You will all remember how shocked we were by the SARS or H5N1 pandemic. Remember that? Yes, everybody got scared. And now we face the swine flu or H1N1, which comes with an increasing number of deaths. The number of cases of people infected increases daily, and Thailand and all the world is rightly on constant alert. Obviously, Au Lac is also affected when sea levels rise. 35% of the population, as I understand it, will be in great danger if the sea levels rise by five meters. Just five meters. Typhoons with accompanying flooding have continuously taken place during these recent years, which is a direct result of worsening global warming. But lets move to the Philippines for a moment. On February 7, 2006, there was a terrible mud slide in the Philippines, which engulfed more than 350 houses and a classtwo school, burying over 1,100 people and wiping out a small village in Guinsaugon. The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association is holding urgent climate change conferences around the world. Todays conference here in Thailand is a meeting place for discussing the most effective solutions to combat aforementioned challenges. Once again, thanks so much for being here with us today. Now, of course, we have all of these challenges but we are ever positive that we can turn these problems around. Do you all remember the greeting of President Obama during his election campaign? Who remembers? [Audience: Yes, we can!] Yes, Yes, we can! So remember he said that all the way through, Yes, we can! Yes, we can! Yes, we can! So do you think we can solve some of the challenges if we put our brilliant minds together? [Audience: Yes, we can!] Awesome. Then, whenever we think about global warming, the climate crisis and we wish to believe that we can overcome them for a better world, were simply going to say: Yes, we can! Thank you very much! Thats awesome. All right. The program coordinators (PC) would like to share a few words with you. So lets welcome them to the stage! PC. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. On behalf of the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association, we would like to welcome all of you to this wonderful event, the climate change conference Solutions for A Beautiful Planet. First, to our beloved Master, we are so grateful to You for being the endless source of our inspiration. Without You, this event would not be possible. We love You very much! Our sincere appreciation to the local Thai government, the President of Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Associate Professor Dr. Pranee Sankathawat, and also Dr. Laddawan N. Ranong for your generosity in granting us the use of this wonderful facility. To our expert panelists, we thank you for sharing your knowledge, support, and time. We appreciate your courage for speaking out on behalf of our precious planet. We
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thank our distinguished guests for their presence and for sharing their valuable time. As leaders in your respective communities, your support will surely lead to a positive change. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to our brothers and sisters from all over the world but especially those from here in Thailand and those from Au Lac who have spent a tremendous amount of time and energy to make this event successful. Without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, we have a very special program prepared just for you. We sincerely hope that youll be inspired by the following presentation and become a shining example for your local communities, so that perhaps we can create a heaven on Earth. Thank you! MC. Our sincere thanks for your welcoming words. Present in this magnificent conference hall today are many participants of our climate change conference. And we are greatly honored to welcome these distinguished guests representatives of Royal Thailand, and distinguished guests from Au Lac. And we are especially very privileged to greet Supreme Master Ching Hai, for She is an outstanding spiritual Teacher, humanitarian, and talented artist, joining us today through live broadcast television. Chances are many of you already have Her pieces of artwork in your homes. Shes quite prolific. Supreme Master Ching Hai will share with us Her profound insights and research regarding global warming and, at the same time, She will be responding to questions from the audience in the question-and-answer session. We hope that todays conference will inspire you as well as every Earth citizen to quickly take action for this beautiful planet. As you will hear, the situation is very serious and maybe thats why youre here. You know that we are running out of time. According to Dr. James Hansen, the chief climatologist at NASA in the United States, he tells us along with Supreme Master Ching Hai, that we have less than 3.5 years before that dangerous tipping point. Thats 3.5 years. Thats not a lot of time. We invite all of you to take more action with us now. Let us honor and introduce to you our distinguished guests, some of whom have graciously offered to share their expertise with us today. The first one, Dr. Art-ong Jumsai Na Ayudhya, Member of Thai Parliament, former NASA scientist; Mr. Ennoo Suesuwan, Senior Executive Vice President of the Bank of Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives; Professor Dawan Wiwattanadate, Ph.D., Deputy Director, Energy Research Institute, Chulalongkorn Univeristy; Professor Panmanas Sirisomboon, shes a lecturer, Agricultural Technology; Dr. Siwatt Pongpiachan, Department of Environmental Management, hes a lecturer, Prince of Songkla University; Sir Velelo Gardener Kwepile, Counselor of the Embassy of the Republic of South Africa; Sir Howell Howard, Regional Environment of the Economic Section of the Embassy of the United States of America; Sir Nikolay N. Pomoshchninov, Minister Counselor of Embassy of Russia; Sir Stepan N. Golovin, Representative of Embassy of Russia; Dr. Nguyen Tho Nhan, Ph.D., specializing in energy studies at Paris University in France; Dr. Nguyen Thi Minh Kieu, Ph.D., M.D., Chairwoman of Food and Nutrition Association; and Dr. Ngo Duc Vuong, Ph.D.. These distinguished guests whom we have just introduced are among many other distinguished guests who are with us here today. Please join us in welcoming all of our distinguished guests with a warm Thai applause. We are very pleased to announce to you that todays program is a very meaningful event and therefore is being broadcast live on Supreme Master Television a free to air television channel broadcasting 24/7 on 14 satellite platforms covering six continents, 11 cable television channels, 18 websites 18 websites! And is also live broadcast on www.SupremeMasterTV.com. You can always rely on Supreme Master Television for the truth about the climate crisis,
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so we encourage you to go there every single day to see the updates of whats really happening with the climate crisis and for the latest information. In addition to guests who are present at todays conference, we are also honored to have received heartfelt congratulations to Supreme Master Ching Hai from guests around the world who have expressed their profound concern about climate change, which is daily threatening the survival of world populations. Here are just a few of unfortunate effects of climate change and how our choices have created difficulties worldwide. There are many, many effects and were just going to name a few. According to the World Health Organization, 29,500 children die every single day from starvation. They dont have enough food. How many of you in the room have children? Our children your children or our grandchildren could be next. We dont know whats happening with global warming, its just running so quickly. Our children deserve to live too. So how many of these children do we want to die? Well, the answer is zero. And we invite you to work with us to consider reducing that number from 29,500 children dying daily; you multiply that by 365 days of the year, by several years, thats a huge number. We should not be seeing that happen. Second indication is that one billion people are starving every single year. Now, we have 6.6 6.7 billion people in the world today, one-sixth of them are starving! Again, they have no food. Whats the answer? Whats the number that we want? We want zero, right? Thats what we want to work towards. A third indication is that we are losing up to 270 species of plants, animals and birds every single day 270 because of global warming. In Canada, for example, some of the little birds and creatures that I used to see as a child are no more, they simple dont exist. And did you know that we have lost 90% of our large sea creatures such as whales? Yes, the oceans are dying we have 400 dead zones now where nothing lives. This is due to fertilizer runoff largely of livestock contributing to the lack of oxygen which is necessary to support life. The ice caps are melting faster than we had expected. The Arctic ice cap is projected to be melted by the summer of 2012. Huge chunks of ice from the Antarctic ice cap are falling away. And Greenland is melting very quickly as well. Due to rising sea levels, 18 islands have completely submerged beneath the sea with more than 40 other island nations at risk. Did you know this? This could be you and me next. And speaking of water, we are experiencing water shortages in many places. In North America, we get most of our fruits and vegetables from Florida and from California, and both of these states are experiencing great, great water shortages. And so, Supreme Master Ching Hai is inviting us to grow our own vegetables. And aquifers under the major cities of Beijing and Delhi and Bangkok, right here in your own city, are drying up. So your water resources are also drying up. These are very, very serious issues. We wish for every child in the world to live in a safe world where there is an abundance of water, where there is an abundance of food so they dont have to die, and live in a world where we can make our decisions in harmony. Our children need a planet in which to live. It really is worth gathering together and working together to save this planet, just for our children alone. And so, we are here to invite all of you to collaborate even more. I know many of you are doing great things, I know it, we know it, and we
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thank you for that. But we invite you now to collaborate even more because remember, we only have less than 3.5 years to do this. But can we solve these very serious issues? Yes, we can! From our program thus far, it is easy to see that we have a serious problem. Mother Earth is very sick and she needs us to help her heal. How many of you would like to learn more about the solutions to help us solve these serious problems? [Most of the audience are raising up their hands.] How many of you would like to fix things so that your children and grandchildren and all children have a healthier planet to which to live? The following global warming footage will provide you with the information mentioned above. Please enjoy the video presentation entitled Causes and Solutions to Global Warming. Video. After eons of evolutionary changes, Earth has been transformed into the beautiful planet it is today. From the morning sunlight sparkling on the jade blue water, to the rosy hue at dusk fading in the distant mountains. The wings of birds soaring majestically, flying home to their cozy nests; a day on Earth so filled with lingering remembrances. Let us take a moment to still our minds. We become more in tune with the stream of life flowing around us. Can you hear the rhythmic soughing of the wind as it gently plays with the green leaves in the vast forests? Can you see the majesty of the immense mountain ranges? Can you feel the mysterious tranquillity of the desert; and witness you not the endless prairies, the numerous species of exotic flowers and vegetations? Yet, the beauty of our planet Earth may become a thing of the past, a distant memory, once the devastation of global warming occurs on a much more catastrophic level. According to former United States President Bill Clinton: Climate change is the only thing that I believe has the power to fundamentally end the march of civilization as we know it. Ice sheets in the Arctic, Antarctic and Greenland are melting too rapidly, the resulting rising sea levels are beyond scientists projections. It is heartbreaking to see the penguins, the polar bears, and seals gradually losing their habitats. What will happen to them now? Will they become extinct and only live on in history books like the mammoths and dinosaurs of the past? Another alarming situation of similar magnitude that has developed as a result of the rising sea levels is the climate change refugees crisis. Islands have been submerged, and more than 200 others are in danger of being submerged into the ocean. As a result, millions of residents on these islands have to flee their home to seek a safe haven elsewhere. Life becomes more and more desolate as the shortage of food, water, and the lack of housing is the heart-wrenching outlook. The accumulated greenhouse effects, the constantly changing climate that is causing instability in weather patterns storms with strong intensity, floods, earthquakes, prolonged droughts causes the lives of citizens worldwide to become more miserable. Human life is fragile in the face of such incalculable damages. The cause of global warming is determined by the perpetual production of three main types of gas that create the greenhouse effect: Carbon dioxide (CO2); methane (CH4), which 72 times more potent than carbon dioxide averaged over 20 years; and nitrous oxide (N2O), which is 310 times more potent than carbon dioxide. The major cause of these gases is from the livestock industry, as indicated by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization report Livestocks Long Shadow. About 36% of the methane dissolved in the atmosphere is primarily produced by the digestive process of ruminant
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animals and 64% from their urine, which contributes significantly to the development of acid rain. Livestock farming creates 65% of nitrous oxide related to human activities, the majority of which comes from chemical fertilizers. Aside from the huge amount of greenhouse gases released, the livestock industry has also detrimentally impacted topsoil and water resources in many part of the world. Currently, the livestock industry uses 30% of the earths surface primarily for long-term breeding farms, but it also accounts for another 33% of globally cultivated land used for producing animal feed. Vast tracts of forest have been destroyed to create grazing pastures for farm animals. For example, 70% of the forests in Latin America, such as the Amazon rainforest, have been turned into grazing pastures. Meanwhile, cattle herds trigger large scale topsoil degradation. Approximately 20% of grazing pastures are degraded through extreme cattle herding where the topsoil has hardened and eroded. This figure is even higher in dry regions where permanent desertification has occurred. The raising of livestock is numbered among the industries that use a considerable amount of clean water, contributing to the water shortage problem on the planet. 70% of the water resource is used for animal feed production. Other aspects of factory farming also cause water pollution, dead zones, and coral reef degradation. The major sources of pollution are from the runoffs of animal wastes, chemical fertilizers, antibiotics and hormones, chemicals from tanneries and pesticides used for feed crops. Surely, we all dream of a better future for our planet. But what should we do to make that dream a reality? That is the responsibility of each and every one of us as we are confronted with the ever-increasing threat of global warming. Be veg, plant trees, and go green. These are the three main solutions to saving the planet. It is now critical for our planet to have a viable solution for a clean, sustainable source, which is provided to us in abundance by Mother Nature wind power, wave power, solar energy. Besides that, there are many activities that can save money, resources, energy, and bring much more benefit to the environment, such as public transportation, walking, biking, or carpooling to work; turning off high energy consuming devices when not in use, saving water, changing our lifestyle habits by living more frugally, and recycling. Our carbon footprint will be very light when we adopt these eco-friendly practices. The second effective solution to global warming is to plant trees. Trees have an important role in regulating the atmosphere, preserving water resources, absorbing carbon dioxide, and limiting soil erosion. To help repair and take good care of the Earths lungs, we should preserve existing trees, as well as plant new ones. Finally, the number one most effective solution that can immediately stop 80% of global warming is the plant-based diet. It is a sustainable and most eco-friendly lifestyle advocated by many people all over the world. Being veg considerably cuts down the amount of methane released by livestock and thus reduces the effects of global warming. The water shortage problem can be solved, world hunger may be a thing of the past, and the air we breathe will be purer as the forests are replenished. Being veg is also beneficial to our health. The vegetarian or vegan diet promotes a harmonious co-existence with our animal co-inhabitants who are our friends, helpers, and sometimes even saviors in many instances. Let us switch to a more plant-based diet, even better if its organic vegan, because its healthy, its economic, its ecological, its compassionate, its peaceful, its noble. Let us envision and together build a bright future and preserve this beautiful planet for our children and their children. Let us
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treasure and save our only home before its too late. Be veg, go green, plant trees, and do good deeds. MC. Weve just watched the video footage of the global warming situation which is happening around the world with consequences of catastrophic proportions. We also heard some wonderful solutions, and theyre simple solutions. What follows now is, you will have a chance to listen to lectures of scientists, who are the pioneering experts who study climate change. Please welcome the first lecturer, Dr. Art-ong Jumsai Na Ayudhya (AJNA). Dr. Art-ong Jumsai Na Ayudhya is a vegetarian, member of Thai Parliament, former NASA scientist, engineer, and educator. Dr. Art-ong Jumsai Na Ayudhya is also a scientist and engineer from Thailand who helped design and develop the first successful landing device for NASA Viking Space Project to Mars and is director of the Sathya Sai School. AJNA. So good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I wont repeat everything that we have already heard but just something to stress the problem, the crisis that we have on our hands, is about gas methane. You know, the northern part in the North Pole area we now find a lot of this methane coming up through the ice because ice is melting and disappearing and methane is now coming up through the ice. And as you know, methane is much worse than gas carbon dioxide for global warming. So this is a very important problem that we have to take care of because its going to speed up the global warming. The temperature will go up much more quickly in the next three years or so. So this is one thing that we have to watch out. And now lets look at our beautiful planet. You can see that it is beautiful. Its blue in color, unlike other planets. Ours is the most beautiful one in space. And it contains a lot of water. But when ice melts when the ice in the Greenland, in the Antarctic, in the Himalayas, in the Andes and other mountains melt they all flow into the oceans. And because our world is a water planet especially around the Pacific area, its a huge ocean and when we look from the moon, it covers almost half the area of the world. So when you have an increase in the weight, increase in the water, there will be more weight on one side than on the other. And our Earth is rotating in space and suddenly you have more weight on one side than on the other, then you cannot have like a top turning around on its axis anymore; it will start to wobble. So thats a big problem for our Earth right now, that we have more weight on one side than the other because of the melting of the ice. We have more water in the ocean and so more weight in the Pacific area than on the other side of the world. So, in order for the Earth to survive, we can do two things. We are living on earth plates. Thailand here is part of the Eurasian plate, consisting of Europe and Asia except for India; we are on a big plate. And you know plates are floating on some liquid inner core of our Earth, and so it can move fairly easily and it has been moving since many, many years ago, 250 million years ago, it started to move and it kept on moving. Well, the earth plates are likely to move more quickly now. This is what scientists have found out, that the Eurasian plate is now moving towards the Pacific Ocean and the Pacific plate is also moving towards the Eurasian plate. So, right now, on the edge where the two plates are joining, its starting to push on each other, and this is going to create a lot of problems for those living along the Pacific rim because there is a big movement going on in the earth plates now. And it will create not only a lot of
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earthquakes, big tsunamis will start from the Philippines side for example, and this will create tsunamis coming into the gulf of Thailand. We never had anything like that before, but now there is a possibility that this will take place. And of course, wherever you have the joint of the earth plates, you are going to have more earthquakes. And if we look to the eastern side, next to United States, you see the area which they call most active rift zone. The most active rift zone is where the plates are separating. Thats a big problem for all of us. Around Thailand, along the Andaman Sea, we have a joint of the plates and therefore thats where we had the big tsunami that killed so many people in many, many countries in the past. So we need to do something about it very quickly and as you all said we can do it! We have to do it and we can do it! So I just want to show you how we are doing it where Im working. I work at the Sathya Sai School in Lapburi Province, 200 kilometers north of Bangkok. We are doing something about it. We are growing our own vegetables because we need to be sustainable. And if we use animals, it takes several years before they are grown up, but with vegetables only a few months we can get food to eat. So all of us 350 children, 40 teachers and 50 staff members we are all vegetarian, we have gone vegetarian. So our children grow their own vegetables. All kinds of vegetables are available in our school. And we grow fruit trees everywhere, and not only fruit trees, we grow trees all over the school. We have already grown some 200,000 trees in our own school. And we grow our own rice. Many people say that rice will also create methane, but only if you keep things that will rot in the field then it will create methane. So we are very careful about what we do and so we do not create much methane as a result of our growing rice. So all of our children, they go into the field, they are very happy, they can live outside in the good surrounding. So you see, the whole school, 350 children, we go into the rice field, we grow our own rice and we grow our own vegetables, a lot of it. And not only that, we reduce gas carbon dioxide emissions by producing our own energy. This is a machine for producing bio-diesel. We make it from vegetable oils, used vegetable oils and we produce bio-diesel from it. So you can see its quite clear and we use it 100% in our trucks in the school. And we have been using it for the past two years with no problems to the engine. There is a building and on top of the building, you see two types of energy: One is solar cells, photovoltaic cells that will produce electricity, and the other one is the wind turbine where we produce electricity from the wind as well. So there is the locally made in Thailand, it costs less than USD200 to put up that, about two kilowatts of power. And these solar cells we power the whole building that you saw just now as well as lighting along the roads during the night. We store the energy in the battery and then at night time we draw out the energy and change it to AC current. And here because we have some waste from the kitchen, we are a boarding school with about 450 people eating there, so what we do is, we recycle everything. We use this machine to ferment the waste, produce bio-gas, and then that is reused in our kitchen to cook. Actually, this is given to us by the Ministry of Energy in Thailand. And now we are experimenting with garbage. We use garbage to produce electricity. So we are recycling garbage now. We dont waste anything, we dont burn it, otherwise it will produce black smoke. Instead, we use a gasifier to draw out the gas and that will help in our production of electricity and it does not produce any pollution. What remains become fertilizer which we can then use in our fields again. And we produce all kinds of products for our own use, whether its shampoo, washing powder, and all the rest. We dont use any chemicals. We try to use our own products and we recycle everything
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including our water. We dont throw anything away. The water is recycled and reused all the time. And so I just want to stress that vegetarianism is the way. And you can see many famous people already have been vegetarian like Pythagoras, Einstein, Newton and so many other people theyve always been vegetarian. When you look at carnivores, you can see their skeleton, you can see big fangs that they use to kill other animals and the teeth behind, they are all sharp. In fact, they dont chew the food; they just swallow everything. Lets look at the vegetarian eating animals, and you can see that the teeth are quite different. The meat eater is on the left and on the right is our own teeth. We dont have the same teeth as the meat eaters, okay? We are vegetarian, we have to chew the food, just as the cows, they chew the food, to make sure that it becomes digestible in our mouth, and the digestive process starts in our mouth. And when we look at the intestines, we find that for vegetarians, we have very long intestines. In fact, its about nine times the length of our body, whereas the meat eaters, theyre only three times the length of their body. And the reason is because if you have a plate of meat and a plate of vegetables, after three or four hours, the meat will start to rot, will go bad, but the vegetables will last until the next day, it will not go bad. So in that case, we can draw out all the good food from our intestines because we have a very long one. So our own intestines are more suitable for vegetables, not for meat. And you can see the lifespan of people, Eskimos, they dont have vegetables, their lifespan is only 27.5 years, whereas the Hunzas, the Otomi tribe in Mexico and Pakistan, their lifespan is over 110 years. So medical doctor Sir Robert McCarrison, he said about the Hunzas in Pakistan, I never saw a case of appendicitis or colitis or cancer amongst these people. And there is a group of Harvard doctors and scientists, they went to a village in Ecuador. The villagers were pure vegetarians, and again they found most of them reached the age of over 100 years. And this is a study in America of 50,000 vegetarians and they found that they live longer, have significantly lower incidence of heart disease and lower rate of cancer as compared with meat-eating Americans. Dr. Kellogg said, Its nice to eat a meal and not have to worry about what your food may have died of. Because you can see chicken flu virus, mad cow disease, Nipah virus and all kinds of problems with animals. And when you look at the protein, you can see when you compare soy milk powder contains 41.8% protein, whereas chicken and lamb only 18 or 16% protein. So we actually get more protein from soy beans and other vegetables. And this is the problem that creates global warming: You need 17 times more land to get the same amount of protein when you compare livestock and soybean. You need eight times more water to raise animals versus growing vegetables and grains. And when you feed grains to the animals as you do in the United States, for example, you only get back 10% of the calories and the protein of livestock when you eat meat. So you are wasting a lot of good food. This is the solution to world starvation. We know that many people are dying every day; children are dying because they lack food. You see that 80 to 90% of all grain grown in American is used to feed meat animals. So when you reduce meat production by 10% only, you would release enough grain to feed 60 million people just reducing 10%.
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And if people would consume only 50% of the meat they normally eat, we could release enough food to feed the entire developing world. So becoming a vegetarian and we can save the lives of so many people, we will have enough food for the whole world. And United Nations Secretary General Kurt Waldheim said the food consumption of the rich countries is the key cause of hunger around the world. So I just want to leave these thoughts with you: Let us be vegetarian. Let us do whatever we can wherever we are to reduce global warming. Thank you very much. MC. Up next to share his wisdom is Dr. Nguyen Tho Nhan (NTN) who will share with us his profound insights on global warming. Please give him a very warm round of applause as he comes up to the podium. Dr. Nguyen Tho Nhan earned his Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Paris, France where he specialized in energy. He is the former Advisor to the Asia Pacific Regional Energy Development Program in Bangkok. He is former Head of the Program of Energy and Environment of the International Organization of Francophone Countries located in Paris. And hes an author. He wrote the book Energy and Climate Change. Doesnt that sound like a great book? Here is the good doctor to speak to us. Give him another round of applause, folks. Thank you. NTN. Good afternoon, everyone. I would like to talk about how vegetarian diet can help protect the environment and to fight against climate change. We can feel the consequences of climate change like global warming, its elevation of temperatures, the worst temperatures, and also another direct consequence of global warming is the sea level rise that will affect the life of millions of people living in low lying deltas like the place we are sitting now here. And also, we can cite the extreme events like floods, droughts, heat waves, tropical cyclones, storms. Facing so urgent and grave challenge, the United Nations found in 1988 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC has issued many very good reports and the last one, issued in 2007, had helped the IPCC earn the Noble Peace Prize, together with former Vice President of America, Al Gore. The finding of the IPCC first, the warming of the climate system is unequivocal. We have heard Dr. Schneider of Stanford University speaking about that. And the second, the increase of the global average temperatures, very likely due to the increase of anthropogenic greenhouse gases. The IPCC recommended two lines of actions. First is adaptation to climate change and second, mitigation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. To understand greenhouse gases effect, we can see that our planet receives energy from the sun and it will radiate back energy. But this energy radiated by the Earth will be intercepted and absorbed by the layer of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. It will make the atmosphere warmer and the surface of the Earth will be warmer. Its the greenhouse effect. Scientists of the IPCC have measured with precision the rise of temperatures on the Earth. And weve seen now on the graph that the temperatures are rising. And they can use scenarios to predict the global warming in the future, at least in the next century, in this century, 21st century and at the end of the 21st century. In the most favorable conditions, they see that the temperatures would rise about 1.8 degree Celsius, and in the most unfavorable conditions, the temperatures will rise above 4 degree Celsius and it must be kept under 2 degree Celsius in order to avoid dangerous consequences to the Earth.
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Global warming can be seen on this picture. We have two pictures of the Patagonia glacier in South America. In the first picture taken in 1928, we can see lots of ice. In the second picture in 2004, all the ice has been melted away. And this is another consequence of global warming, it is the sea level rise that can be measured by indirect measurements, by coastal tide gauges, and recently by satellite telemetry. The sea level rise will be very dangerous for all of us living in low lying deltas. And we can see that if the level of the sea rises about one meter, about this level, there will be many places, many delta regions will be flooded. From many years until the 18th century, the carbon dioxide concentration is constant at 280 parts per million. But from the year 1750, it is considered as the beginning of the industrialization era, there is a sharp rise of the concentration and also a sharp rise of the temperatures. The two other greenhouse gases are methane and nitrous oxide. From 1970 to 2000, the greenhouse gas concentration rose 70%, from 28.7 billions of tons to 49 billions of tons. According to the Stern report of the United Kingdom, the food production will be affected and well have many famines and hungers in many places, especially in Africa. Meat consumption is considered as one of the causes of the greenhouse gas emissions. As you have seen that meat consumption has risen very fast. From 1950 to 2000, the meat production in the world has risen from 45 millions of tons to 233 millions of tons. It would be five-fold while the world population increased only two times. The livestock sector, its the rearing of animals for meat, requires large areas of land. For example, 70% of the Amazon forest was cleared as grazing pastures and large parts used for growing feed crops. And 1 kilogram of beef needs 7 to 16 kilogram of soybean. So when we convert the vegetable to meat, we have wasted a large percentage of protein. We wasted up to 90% of protein, 99% of carbohydrate and 100% of fiber. In the meat, there is no fiber. And also, the livestock sector uses a large quantity of water, and the water is now considered in deficit in many regions in the world for human consumption. 1 kilogram of maize needs 900 liters of water to be produced and 1 kilogram of beef needs 15,500 liters of water. Animal production is a very grave problem because of air pollution by the methane or by ammonium, and livestock is responsible for 60% of anthropogenic ammonium emissions. In water pollution, we have nitrate, phosphorus, growth promoters like antibiotics, hormones, heavy metals, bacteria and viral pathogens that are discharged into water sources. And also, pesticides and chemical fertilizers for feed crops also discharged into water for human consumption. That is very dangerous for human consumption. And also, we have waste from slaughterhouses or tanneries. The greatest contribution of the livestock sector to the climate change is the greenhouse gas emission and we have seen that 18% of the total greenhouse gases are emitted by the livestock sector. When we consider that all the use of fossil fuels in the transportation sector by air, by sea, by road, combined, it represents only 14%, and so its lower than the emission of greenhouse gases by the livestock sector. The different parts of the livestock production emit a large part of greenhouse gases, like the deforestation, manure, enteric fermentation this is the fermentation inside the digestive tube of ruminants. When we compare to the vegetarian diet, we can see that a vegetarian diet no meat and no milk for one person during one year corresponds to gas emissions of 629 kilometers of car driving while a diet of a non-vegetarian corresponds to 4,769 kilometers. It means that it will emit 7.5 times more carbon dioxide than the vegetarian diet.
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Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC who led the work of more than 3,000 scientists during 20 years to study climate change, has switched to the vegetarian diet some ten years ago. And he is proud of announcing that during that decade of eating no meat, he had contributed to taking away from the atmosphere 12 tons of carbon dioxide. In the city of Ghent in Belgium, the people there decided to initiate a program of what is called Vegetarian Thursday. If every one of us decides to eat less meat or no meat starting from today, we can be proud of participating in the great movement of saving the planet against the dangerous climate change in addition to the obvious benefits of our health and of our spiritual beliefs. So think positive and act positive. In conclusion, I would like to quote a phrase by Albert Einstein, the greatest scientist of the 20th century. Einstein who is ahead of his time, he has an extraordinary vision and he said that, Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. Thank you very much. MC. Our sincere thanks to Dr. Nguyen Tho Nhan for sharing his profound insights with all of us. Lets have one more round of applause to thank our lecturers for sharing their beneficial information and effective solutions in order to help curb global warming. We pray that all world citizens will grasp the messages expressed by the lecturers and quickly take action to save this beautiful planet. Yes, we can! Ladies and gentlemen, its time to introduce our special guest of honor Supreme Master Ching Hai. The world is very fortunate to have the presence of Supreme Master Ching Hai because, as weve said earlier, Shes an outstanding spiritual Teacher, Shes a humanitarian, and a talented artist. But to us, Master Ching Hai is more than that. She is the best Teacher anyone could ever ask for. She is our mother, our father, our brother, our sister, all rolled into one. Shes our hero, Shes our role model. And Shes a lot more than that! She teaches us to be noble human beings to tread lightly on the planet and to treat animals as equals. She is the best friend anyone could ask for. She wakes us up on the inside so that we can do the work with love and not ego. And on occasion, when we fall down She gently picks us up, dusts us off and gives us some hope one more time. She teaches us to never give up! And were just really happy to say that about Her. And She has won so many awards! Again, its very rare that individuals get to experience the great love and compassion of a great Master. So we are all very, very lucky to have Her with us here today. Ladies and gentlemen, right now is the most anticipated part of our program, its so exciting for us, right, brother? The question answering session to questions from the distinguished guests and the audience, and Supreme Master Ching Hai will share Her profound point of view about global warming and kindly answer your questions through live broadcast television. Meanwhile, we also have a panel of experts which includes leading scientists in research and study of climate change. Well be inviting them to come up here shortly. Theyre also ready to answer your questions. So welcome to the question-and-answer session with Supreme Master Ching Hai and our panel of experts. Master, we want to thank You for the opportunity of accompanying You on this noble mission. Its a privilege! Every day we get very excited because we are seeing more and more positive movement towards saving the planet. We know theres a bit of work to do, but weve got 5,000 more committed people here today who are happy to help us, isnt that exciting? M. Are they committed?
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greenhouse gases emitted through livestock raising, traps some 72 times more atmospheric heat than other gases, even like CO2, that everyone was talking about. CO2 is not the worst. Carbon dioxide is not our worst threat, methane is. And methane comes from livestock raising. So all of this leads to significant weather disruptions. In 2006, Chinas Meteorological Administration noted that global warming was causing the strength of typhoons to increase, causing the destructiveness of those making landfall to become greater and causing their travel to be farther than before. TIME magazine reported United States researchers finding that the top wind speeds of the Earths strongest storms have increased significantly since 1981, resulting in some of the disastrous effects we have seen over the past few years. And just this week, Morakot wrought havoc everywhere, especially in the Asian Far East. Formosa, more than 500 people feared dead, and many more missing. 600 villages buried under mudslides because of this. And the search is still going on for the missing persons, and the Formosan government even appeals for international help to assist those trapped by this disaster. Theyre still not rescued yet. So livestock raising for meat surely leads to an environmental crisis. But in response to the second part of your question, Dr. Sirisomboon, a vegetarian or diet free of animal traces does benefit the world immensely. Scientists have already shown that the organic vegan diet can reduce the economic cost of halting global warming by 80%. 80% cost reduced if we are organic vegan. This is in addition to the direct planet-cooling advantages of removing methane from the atmosphere. We can only imagine what our world would be like without these harmful emissions. It can be restored very swiftly to a lush green oasis that supports all life. So I strongly encourage all to be veg, Dr. Sirisomboon. And please, spread the word to others, as many as you can. It is absolutely the best thing for the health of our planet and for our health as well. Thank you, Doctor. MC. Q. Next question, Master, is from Van Anh, a monochord instrumentalist. Most respected Supreme Master Ching Hai, ladies and gentlemen, Im truly touched to be able to attend the conference this time. Dear Supreme Master Ching Hai, my friends and I are extremely grateful for Your contributions to create a better and more beautiful world. Respected Master, thanks to Your guidance, humankind is transitioning in a positive direction. However, is that change quick and sufficient enough to stop global warming and save this beautiful planet? Hallo, Ms. Van Anh. Madam Van Anh, not quick enough yet at the moment. I wish we could be much quicker, like yesterday, but we still have hope. I appreciate your concern and certainly hope that all beings and the planet can be saved. Perhaps we cannot save all, but we can save the majority if we hurry up. This is why the members of our Association and myself, as well as the staff at the Supreme Master Television are working as much as we can to get the message out to the world about the dire state of the globe and the rescuing vegan solution. Scientists have already stated that the livestock industry is the single highest human cause of methane gas in the world. Everything is heating up so quickly, as we can see from the scientists reports on such alarming upheaval, such as rising sea levels and glaciers melting in your country, Au Lac, you probably know of global warming related problems such as the untimely flooding and encroachment of the sea of the Mekong Delta region both of which have caused havoc and further threat to the regions vital
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rice and fruit crops. This is due to a combination of sea levels rising, along with the effect of melting glaciers, which are now causing excessive floods but eventually will cause drought and vastly diminished water supplies as well. So we must work quickly to avoid such unwanted outcomes. And the most effective way, as I have mentioned, is the organic vegan diet, organic vegetable farming. This is also the fastest way to reverse the increased warming climate to prevent further damage and disaster. If everyone does this be veg the Earth will begin to cool and we will have more time to implement the measures to eliminate all the carbon emissions. Not only that, through the organic veg diet worldwide, we will see the planet revived to her original beauty and flourishing state even more so in the future. So please, be veg, and tell everyone else of these benefits. The more people who understand and change, the more chance our world will be saved in time. Thank you, Van Anh. MC. Q. Our next question is from Nguyen Thi Ngoc An, Ph.D., Head of Environment Department, Hong Bang University, and she is a vegetarian. Greetings, Supreme Master Ching Hai. [M: Greetings, Madam Ngoc An.] I am very happy to see You again. [M: Im happy to see you again too, Professor.] Humankind is trying really hard to change. If unfortunately these effects are not quick enough to save the Earth, then what will be the fate of the Earths population? And how is the environment? Thank You very much. Thank you for coming here with us again. Yes, Dr. Nguyen, thank you for caring. I know that there are many, many people who are making the effort to change. And all the green developments, like the sustainable energy technologies and water saving technologies, these are also very good. Its just that they will not accomplish the goal of saving the planet quickly enough. The rapid rate at which the planet is warming can be seen from many examples, one of which is the melting of the Arctic ice. A recent report released by the United States National Snow and Ice Data Center found that the rate of Arctic ice melt has been speeding up dramatically, with a shrinkage during the month of July equal to 41,000 square miles each day. Meanwhile, Canadian researchers have already forecasted that the entire Arctic ice cap would be gone within a couple of decades, maybe quicker. As the ice disappears, global warming accelerates because of losing the reflective white cover provided by the ice. The scientists also reported that Arctic tundra temperatures have been rising one degree Celsius each decade, which is faster than anywhere else in the world, and that the tundra itself is emitting significantly more methane and nitrous oxide than previously estimated. This is a dangerous situation, apart from what we are already having. How do we stop this? The most effective way, and the way that truly works, is be veg, be vegan. Stop the use of all animal products and the globe will quickly cool down. We can still continue developing all the other green technologies, after the planet is saved and we have time, which are very good in helping restore parts of the overall planetary balance. But the first and foremost must be the veg diet. And with that approach, we are working toward being able to save the world. Because the switch to the animal-free diet removes all the methane production and its associated pollutants, to say nothing of the animal cruelty, will help reserve these planetary disasters, such as the tsunamis, floods, storms, typhoons and landslides, et cetera, et cetera. So Dr. Nguyen, in order to help the environment and save lives, we first must be veg. Thank you, Doctor.
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we should call ourselves civilized, great beings. The degrading practice of killing must stop. The killing must stop and we replace it by virtuous ways of life that are also peaceful and kind. If all of humanity turns to such a standard, this world will be transformed indeed, heralding a true Golden Age of harmony and happiness for all beings. Lets pray that it will be so. Thank you. MC. Thank You, Master. Thank you, Thai An. Master, Dr. Cao The Ha couldnt make it today due to his work. However, Im going to read his question. Dear Supreme Master Ching Hai, Im very concern about the effects of climate change and global warming on Au Lac, especially the southwestern region, the granary of Au Lac where people are still impoverished. Please shed some light on the following questions: How much longer and what is the size of land that will be under water? How many people will be affected? Could it be possible that the fertile rice fields in the southwestern region will turn into U Minh type of salt water swamp? At that time, could science create food bearing plants or some kind of plant that is valuable and salt bearing? In summary, what should we do to help the farmers in the Mekong Delta? Thank You, Master. Yes. Please relay to Dr. Cao that I thank him for his caring question, and the urgent tone of this question. It is clear from his question that he is very familiar with the unfortunate series of global warming events in the once-fertile and lush Mekong Delta region. As we discussed briefly in the previous question, this situation is serious indeed. A combined report from experts at the United Nations, CARE International, and the United States-based Earth Institute forecasts that more than 14 million farmers would lose their rice fields if sea levels rise by two meters. Already the growers are seeing salt water contamination in some crops, along with the excessive flooding that ruins harvests. Scientists say that the floods are due to upstream melting glaciers, which cause the rice to be inundated at times when it needs to be dry. Moreover, as the glaciers continue to melt, the great Mekong River will begin to dry, because theres no more support of flowing water meaning further hardship for farmers as water becomes more scarce. As it currently supports 18 hydropower stations as well, the drying of the Mekong River would also have adverse effects on power supplies. And the drought, combined with sea level rise, would cause further salt water contamination. The government has instituted programs to relocate people whose homes and growing areas are most vulnerable to these effects, but this does not really address their livelihoods or how to save the crops. Research indicates that a one-meter sea level rise could result in up to two million hectares of land in the Mekong Delta being submerged. Depending on how quickly global warming accelerates, this could happen in a matter of years. As for how to best help the farmers in the delta region to cope with this urgent problem, I also wonder myself. It concerns me deeply to see the effects of global warming on this region. Dr. Cao mentioned scientists developing a salt-bearing plant. Perhaps we can, perhaps not. Even if we can, imagine. You see, some researchers have suggested building additional levees to hold back the floodwaters. Both of these ideas could probably work over the short-term and would help for a little while, but not for long-term. We have to ask ourselves, for how long and at what price this will work? What kind of world will we have left if these global warming changes continue? What kind of drinking water, what kind of air will we have, even if the rice plants can grow in salt water? This is a complex ecosystem with a long, long history of supporting human life, so there is no easy answer.
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But the most effective one I know, which is so simple, easy and also scientifically proven, is to adopt the meat-free, animal-free lifestyle. If everyone stops the killing and consumption of meat, these destructive changes will also stop. Just be veg and do good, thats all there is. This is really the way to go. It is the best thing to help us, to help the farmers and the entire country of Au Lac, not just the Mekong Delta. If you turn in this direction and get as many people as possible to come with you, Dr. Cao, I guarantee that you will see good changes around you. And you will be proud to walk the Earth as a compassionate vegan and Earth protector. Thank you. Thank Dr. Cao for me. Tell him he has my prayers and good wishes. MC. Thank You, Master. We will do that. So the next question for You is from Pham Van Toai, M.D., Surgeon, Trauma and Rehabilitation Hospital, and he is a vegetarian as well. Good news. Hallo. Warmest greetings, Master Ching Hai. [M: Greetings.] Im really happy to be here, and so excited. [M: Me, too.] You have said that the critical mass of vegetarians on the planet has been reached. Master, what is the current situation of the critical mass and what percentage has been reached? Thank You very much, Master. Thank you, Dr. Pham. How are you, Doctor? [Q: Thank You, Master.] You are a surgeon, huh? [Q: Yes.] Wow, thanks for being such a life-saving hero. Dr. Pham, as you are aware, the critical mass in this case means that the number of people on Earth who have adopted the vegan lifestyle has become high enough that it helps create a kind of momentum for others to be more open to join. This number was reached in June of this year, 2009. Till now, we have altogether 40% of the population on the planet that have become veg, including vegetarian and vegan, including waterian, solarian, breatharian, pranarian meaning people who only live on water, who only live on liquid, who only live from solar energy, or only live on the chi, the prana energy, or on love from the Divine. So now, we have 40% of all this combination. This is surely encouraging. We need only another 60%, Dr. Pham. However, we are still working hard to spread the veg message. So it helps if we all continue informing as many people as we can, not just sit and wait for the critical mass to take effect. Its very simple for everyone: Just be veg, and we still can save the planet. Thank you, sir. MC. Q. Next question, Master, is from Nguyen Van Thinh, M.D., physician at the Center for Education Labor Society. As a doctor who cares for and treats drug addicts, I would like to know, how do You assess the dire impact of drugs on human health and activities as well as its harmful effects on the environment? Thank You very much. Thank you, Dr. Nguyen Van Thinh, for your concern. First of all, I admire your work in helping people to become free of the harmful effects of the addictive substances. And I also thank you for your recognition of the lethal effects of meat, alcohol, tobacco, and illegal drugs, which are all top killers. In fact, Supreme Master Television has devoted an entire website section to information about these harmful substances, available at www.SupremeMasterTV.com/Killers for anyone to research and further their knowledge.
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As for the terrifying impact of illegal drugs on human health activities and the environment, it is indeed very severe. To begin with, illegal drugs are linked to criminal behavior, with 50% of United Kingdom burglaries committed by drug users and 60% of all United States arrests involve people who take illegal drugs. Other statistics are too numerous to cite here, but its easy to see the degraded moral atmosphere created by drugs, one that will only get worse until the harmful substances are stopped. In fact, one study in England found that nearly 90% of drug-related hospital consultations for mental and behavioral problems resulted in hospital admissions, with some 85% requiring emergency admissions. This is terrible to think of the mental agony that the drugged people have to go through. So, in addition to its very high financial and social costs, drug taking often results in both mental and physical torment to the user. These are some of the costs of drugs that are more obvious and measurable. Perhaps less easy to quantify but equally tragic are the costs to others. Often the addicted person doesnt even know how much the family suffers due to his or her behavior, which can be criminal and destructive and violent. And the drugged person can influence others, especially if that person is a parent, because the child learns this behavior from innocence, not knowing any better. Even if the drug addict doesnt die, the real person inside is lost to those around them and him or herself. And when they are being manipulated by the drug, they can also be dangerous to others and/or to themselves. As for the environmental impact, it is also very steep. In countries such as Peru, Bolivia, and Colombia, four hectares of rainforests are being destroyed for every hectare of cocaine produced, while nearly 15,000 tons of related chemicals are dumped into the Amazon River Basin each year in its production. Another very damaging drug called methamphetamine generates five to six pounds of hazardous waste for every pound of drug produced. This contaminates the water table and creates public health hazards. And in Cambodia, a rare sassafras-producing tree is becoming even more rare, more endangered due to illegal harvesting of its roots for the drug called ecstasy. Wildlife experts say that the trees further destruction could render it extinct. Many religious scriptures forbid intoxicants such as drugs because they block the development of spiritual wisdom and intelligence. In Buddhism, for example, it is known that the one who breaks this precept and indulges in intoxicants will likely break all the other moral precepts along with it. So on the other hand, refraining from drugs not only contributes to happiness in the family and peace in the society, but it also helps further the goal of cultivating spiritual wisdom. I wish dearly for a world where such substances as illegal drugs no longer exist. Meanwhile, the good news is that rehabilitation programs such as yours are shown to be very effective. Several different studies conducted in both the United States and the United Kingdom have shown that people who undergo rehabilitative therapy are able to cleanse their systems and tend to stay drug-free for a long time or forever. One study found that over 70% of people participating in treatment programs, both while in prison and after, remain drug-free a year after their release, with increased law-abiding rates. So once again, Dr. Nguyen, bravo, thank you, and please keep up the good work. I thank also people and organizations like yours. Dr. Nguyen, if our world becomes free of all the top killers free of meat, free of alcohol, free of tobacco, and free of illegal drugs then we will have a paradise on Earth. What a beautiful world that would be! Thank you! Thank you for your contributions to this noble ideal and dream world vision, and we pray that all people soon know the benefits of such freedom.
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lifestyle. So I wish you godspeed to be veg, go green and spread information to save the planet. Thank you, Ms. Phan. [Q: Thank You, Master, for the answer.] Thank you for caring. MC. Q. The next question for Master is from Nguyen Minh Loc, Head of Technical Project Department, Shareholding Project Department and High-Tech Solution Company. Respected Master, ladies and gentlemen. Respected Supreme Master Ching Hai, permit me to ask a question. People who directly destroy the environment are usually whose who are intoxicated with life and have died in illusion. How can they be awakened to change their destructive behavior to that of protecting the environment? Thank You, Master. Thank you, Nguyen Minh Loc, for your concern and a good question. It is possible to help people to change their habits, because theyre just habits. In most cases, people are just simply not aware and not well informed. You see, in Formosa now, the recent poll shows that 60% of the Formosan people are willing to be veg in order to save the planet. You see, its getting there. So we just have to inform people. We live our busy lives earning a living, and we have been influenced a lot by society to live in a certain way, even in our food choices. Were too busy normally to think that we have better alternatives, meat being the most environmentally destructive food you can ever imagine. But once people are aware of the effect of their choices, they will change and they do change. The veg trend now is on the way, unstoppable. We have hope to save the planet. For example, when people see the images of the polluted air, water, and land due to meat production, if they hear or read the shocking facts that one-third of all our land is given to the meat industry, or that 80% of the deforested Amazon rainforest was for livestock raising, or that at least 80% of all global warming is caused by meat eating, many people will change. I hope all will change and very soon. In the news, we often hear that meat also ruins our health. This is how millions of people switched to the eco-friendly vegan diet as soon as they took the time to be informed or to think about these objective facts. So if we want people to protect the environment, please inform them simply of the facts, through talking in seminars or just to your colleagues, or sending them emails of interesting articles or showing films so they can be aware and then they make better choice themselves. We can be one anothers awakener and teacher and encourager to protect the planet. Also, you can write to your government and the media to please address the environmental issue, because many people want to know about it and can choose to live wiser and healthier lives. This particular example is given about the destructive meat eating behavior because it is the most important one we must awaken to and change. It is also the easiest way to make the largest protective impact on the environment. Its the fastest, least expensive, and much more effective than, say, changing to a greener house or car or any other environmental protective measure. Thank you, Mr. Nguyen, for your good question. MC. Our next question for Master is from Duong Thi Thu, a juggler from Hai Phong Juggling Theater. Let me read the question for You: Im a regular viewer of Supreme Master Television. Im touched by Your noble deeds for the world and all beings. I would like to ask: The Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association has activities worldwide,
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especially in curbing global warming and has the support of many people and governments, why is it not officially operating in Au Lac? M. Maybe will be, yes? Everything changes all the time political situation changes, people change, planetary change, moral standards change, humanity changes for the better. Everything changes all the time. This question perhaps is just temporarily, in the future we dont even need to ask these questions, or even if we do, the whole world is our home. So if we do not have a chance to operate in this little room, we will have a chance to operate in another room. But we are doing something in Au Lac all the time. Our Association members there spread the SOS Global Warming flyers and they go out planting trees in many barren areas with the governments support and officials recognition. We also do much disaster relief there, with also the governments support and endorsement and help, with transportation and guiding and helping us to find the victims, or which victims are the most in need, et cetera, et cetera. So maybe were not fully officially operating in Au Lac, but we are operating nevertheless. And everything will change all the time. Anyway, Im very glad that some Aulacese people can come here to Thailand to participate in this event, this meaningful organized global-saving event. So that shows that Au Lac is a free country, and that perhaps theres not enough facilities in Au Lac for now, but in the future there will be. The whole world will change. The whole world will change. And one more thing I have to say, the Aulacese, they even are in the World Trade Organization, which is an honor and privilege, and an advantage for Au Lac. And many countries in the world are sending representatives, heads of states, leaders of organizations to Au Lac to visit, to exchange policy, to exchange ideas to help Au Lac or to learn from Au Lac. Im very happy with the progress in Au Lac. So that is some good point and we look for the positive all the time. Thank you. MC. The next question for Master is from Thanh Binh, a cheo traditional opera artist who is absent today, Master, so Im simply going to read this for him. Hallo, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Thank You for Your devoted efforts to the world. Im so happy and believe in the bright prospect of the planet when all of humankind adopts a vegan diet. In addition to the solution Be Veg, Go Green which You have compassionately launched, is there any other effective solution to help reduce and stop emissions so that our planet could return to its original green, clean and beautiful state, and end global warming? Please tell him that I thank him for his positive vision and hope that he always upholds it as a torchlight for others. As far as effective solutions to global warming, if there is another solution as nearly effective, I would have shared it already. Since I also live on this planet, I also worry about our planet, so if theres anything better, or as good as the veg solution, I would have been glad to announce it. So actually, the Be Veg, Go Green message sums up the best solutions so its easy to remember, but it says a lot. Because being veg meaning no animal products can stop 80% of global warming, 80% by our own doing no protocol, no difficulty, no tax, nothing to pay. This being veg practice will stop 80% of global warming and almost immediately. Therefore, it is the most effective. We just need more people to join the vegan and compassionate circle to make it work. Its the most urgent, time-sensitive solution, in addition to allowing us time to even begin all other solutions. Because we stop 80% of global warming and the remaining 20%, either nature will then be strong
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enough to take care of herself or we can work on it by going green. Going green encompasses many solutions within it. There is the individual level we can be frugal and save electricity and water. Companies can make their products in an eco-friendly way, like without plastic, less packaging, et cetera. And governments can have the time to install green technology, like solar and wind energy, wave power, so on and so forth and share these with other countries. So, first, we have to be veg, second, go green, then we can save the planet. First be veg, and then we have time to go green. One supportive solution is: Do good, doing good deeds for our families, our friends, strangers, and society at large. This will generate positive beneficial benevolent energy to help us to deal with the negative, dark, menacing energy that is causing disaster and trouble, disease, suffering for our planet. Only the positive energy can cancel the negative energy. Theres no other way. Your work as an opera artist is also helping, because you not only entertain people, but you remind people of many virtues through the operas, through the script and your act. In addition, we can also pray to heaven for protection and mercy, and pray that all beings may be safe and have a brighter future. All these be veg, go green, do good, and prayer together will be a formula to generate incredible constructive, positive, loving energy. It will be very powerful to counter the disastrous energy that is almost enveloping our planet. In the end, it is this wonderful powerful energy that will save our world. Thank you, Mr. Thanh. Im also a fan of yours. [Master laughs.] MC. Q. Well have to tell him that. Thank You, Master. The next question for Master is from Rewadi Ukkawattanakrawi. Thank You for giving us brothers and sisters from Thailand and Au Lac and other countries the opportunity to be together again. Thank You, Master, to let us to join together again. Thank You, Master, to be here in Thailand. What are the strong features of Thailand that can help the world get through the climate crisis? Thank You, Master. Thank you for your important question. I also feel that each and every country has different strengths they can offer to help the world in this time of crisis materially, socially, and even spiritually. Im sure Thailand has multiple strengths to contribute to the world, but I think your countrys moral and spiritual quality is a special noteworthy strength. I have always admired Thailand and her people for their noble tradition and moral values, and their humility. I believe this has a basis in the teaching of the Buddha. The government, for example, His Royal Majesty the King, Her Majesty the Queen, Her Royal Highness the Princess, His Royal Highness the Prince, et cetera, the Royal Household, also respect and have faith in these good, wise, universal teachings. This is a very good example for Thai people. The Buddha taught kindness, sharing, not harming the natural environment, and compassion for all beings, which includes being vegetarian, as you are, madam. These teachings are not just spiritual stepping stones for reaching enlightenment but also are very practical ways to sustain our physical world so that it would last and harmoniously. So the strongest, most beneficial feature of Thailand is that you are already somewhat immersed in the noble way of life since ancient times, being a Buddhist country. But more importantly, we must put the teaching into practice, the teaching of the Buddha. We must stop the killing of the sentient beings, whether directly or indirectly. Directly means like the butcher, the people who raise livestock for meat. Indirectly are the consumers, the ones who buy meat to encourage this practice to go
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further. Or else, the Buddha has said, There will be consequences according to the killing action. It stated very clearly in the Lankavatara sutra. The Buddha said, Meat eaters have so many countless offences, thus vegetarians have masses of countless merits and virtues. So these merits and virtues of a vegan diet are the best strength anyone or any country could have in this time of crisis. If we want life for ourselves and for our planet, we would heed this wisdom and get rid of the meat diet. I pray that Thailand will also return to her original glorious, noble way of life. May the Buddhas bless you all, your country and Thai people. Thank you, madam. [Q: Thank You, Master.] Thank you for being veg. MC. M. Q. M. Next question for Master is from Rungnapha Thirajaroensakun who is a gift shop owner and vegetarian. Also vegetarian, wow! Swine flu is getting more deadly every day. How will it finally be halted? I love You, Master. I love you too, Madam Rungnapha. You see, this is the tragedy of our time, one of the most, unprecedented, unstoppable right now this is the swine flu. It is very sad, very deadly, every day. How it will be halted? Yes, I do share your concern about this tragic, painful, frightening situation that we have gotten into. But its our own making. The socalled swine flu is very frightening because we are told it is likely to get worse, and more widespread, and more deadly. To remind us, I will share a few recent findings from the researchers and the World Health Organization. Firstly, swine flu is unprecedentedly the fastest growing pandemic we have ever seen, imagined, and we have seen so many, we have known so many in the past. It became a pandemic in just two months. Previously, similar deadly flu viruses took at least half a year to spread globally, and we have heard of so many bad ones already. But this swine flu is likely to infect two billion people, that is one in every three person in the world, over two years to be infected. We are already close to 2,000 officially counted fatalities and there could be thousands more without a vaccine. But, even the vaccine is not completely reliable. We hear of death cases every day, officially only. Unofficially, we would never be able to know. First, the supply for everyone is sorely inadequate, the vaccine; we dont have enough vaccine. Next, the virus, in some cases, was completely resistant to the vaccine even; the vaccine did not help at all. And now, some British researchers said that the vaccine might not be much help for the children who are in the most vulnerable group. Isnt that frightening and sad? If you have children, Im sure you worry day and night. Many countries are prepared to close schools, or already closed schools, prepared to close schools completely even, every school in the country to stop the spread of the disease or to minimize the risk for the children some developed countries even, like France. So how can we stop this unfolding, terrifying nightmare, you ask? The only way to halt it is to make sure it can never happen again in the first place. That is, no more animal raising. Stop the virus at its source, which is precisely at the utterly inhumane, filthy, cramped, hot, soiled, bacteria-infested pig farms. Pig farms are the source of swine flu. We have to stop pig farming. We have to stop the place where the swine flu originated and spread and mutated and become worse and worse every day first. Thus, the root cause of the swine flu virus is our cruel meat-eating habit that makes us a very cruel being, and not very dignified at that. As long as the meat industry
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have the power to do something about it and now. But, they must take time to inform themselves or be informed also. The best thing they can do to protect the environment is to be veg. I can never emphasize it enough very easy, yet very, very powerful solution, being veg. So the youth have a heroic mission right now to help save the world. Just to be veg and spread the information to other youth and other people. Thank you, Hoang Kim Thanh. MC. Q. The next question for Master is from Bui Quang Huan, an IT staff. We are very happy to see You today. Dear Master, our inhabitants and humankind are being affected by global warming. So do those animal friends ever pray for Gods grace to help save the planet? And what role do they play in curbing global warming? Thank You, Master. Thank you. Im glad you ask this question, as it expresses regard for our animal friends. The animals indeed have very important roles just by being here on our planet. Your first question, I will answer that most animals are in touch with Gods grace already, at every moment of their lives here on Earth. They bring to our planet this divine grace and love, the power of love in its purest form. They are here to help the planet become more elevated. So in a way, their presence itself is like a prayer being answered, because they bring the blessings through them from the Divine to which they are so near. So much more the reason they deserve our respect and protection. The animals are truly noble, gentle beings, selfless, and in harmony with one another, the environment, and with heaven. Their role has always been since times immemorial, that is, to bring love and blessings to the world with their pure presence. Even in the physical aspect, scientists have shown now and again how each and every species fulfill a valuable role in nature. They keep the ecosystem in balance every pond, every forest, every desert, and the air and the ocean all around us are in balance, thanks to the plants and animals working together to make it so, and keep it so. They are also humans helpers, our companions. If we would only stop harming and torturing them and killing them, and give them a chance to fulfill their God-given mission, then our planet will be saved and will be kept in splendor. So, in answer to your second question, Mr. Bui, about their role in global warming, they are by their presence, helping our Earth as much as possible. However, global warming and climate change, even the war and disaster, are humans doings. And they know it is up to humans to change their destructive course and return to being peaceful dwellers of this planet. They wait on the sidelines in full support of humans, for the day they can be our friends again, truly, not our victims. On that day of peacemaking between humans and animals, our eyes may begin to be opened to our co-inhabitants true magnificent roles on Earth. Thank you, Huan. MC. Q. Next question for Master is from Tassanee Tantumaroj, employee of an electronic company. Thank You for holding this seminar in Thailand. For how long can our recent activities to alleviate global warming postpone the dealine? Or have they already stopped the disasters that are supposed to happen in the next three years? Miss Tantumaroj, thank you for your concern for our planets future. Your concern is everybody elses concern and it is my concern too. It is true that our efforts to alleviate
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global warming in recent few years helped to postpone already the deadline, somehow, somewhat, for some time. Not so long ago we only had about two years before we faced the point of no return. Then, as more and more people put in effort, namely by switching to a vegan diet, with a wish to help the planet this powerful wish helps and this powerful action helps so time was added because of each ones great positive energy through this compassionate diet and well wish, until we had an extension of about four years now. Of course, this is also heavens great merciful grace for giving us this second chance. The deadline, however, does not get postponed forever. In fact, every day on Supreme Master Television, there is a countdown of how many days we have left to change before it is too late. Today is day 1257. We can still save a great part of our population if we become vegan. Now, thanks to the millions of people who have become vegetarian or vegan recently, already some of the disasters that were already at our doorsteps were mitigated or, in some cases, even dissolved completely. But you see, even so, we must still continue to spread the urgent message and encourage those around us and our governments and the media to help to spread the organic vegan solution. I want to plead with everybody, with everyone in power, with every media agency, every reporter, everyone that has power, everyone that has some power, everyone who is ordinary citizen, please be veg to save our planet. Everything else will go along fine. We will have time to implement other solutions, which is not as urgent as stopping the killing of animals for meat because it is meat that is threatening our planet existence. It is meat that causes the global warming. So we have to stop the cause of global warming and the cause of destruction to our planet that is the meat industry. Meat, fish, dairy, these are the killer of our planet and the killer of our children, the killer of our future generation. If we do not heed the scientists warning and all the evidence and become veg, then more disasters will keep on coming, and one may be worse than another. Maybe we will not be able to cope. Now, if we look around, we can see the growing frequencies and strength of disasters everywhere. Flood events worldwide are now three times higher than in the 1980s. In 2008, there were 40 category 5 storms, the most ever recorded including the Atlantic, India and Bangladesh, and in the Philippines. It takes just 1 category 4 or 5 storm to destroy a major city, just one. Whats more, we have more reports of unending drought, freezing weather, storms, and animal species and even plant and tree species are slipping away faster and faster, because they are unable to withstand the global warming consequences. These are truly almost always the consequences of humans violent actions. The number one action is meat eating. So we are grateful we have a few more days to help more of our fellow world citizens to change to the benevolent diet to save our planet. But, these days are still numbered. We cant prolong forever. We can stop the disasters, make them go away for good, forever, make all the unfavorable disease situations, threatening weather to go away if all of us switch to the organic vegan diet. Pray it be so. Thank you, madam. MC. Q. The next question for Master is from Nguyen Van Tien, chef of a vegetarian restaurant. Respected Master, thanks to Your blessings, we have the opportunity to gather here today in this house full of love to discuss these important issues. I would like to ask, what would You like to convey to the leaders of nations, organizations, individuals, and all humankind in this urgent time? Thank You, Master.
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information, thats one of the basic things that we can do. The second thing is how to prepare in order to cope with the impacts of the climate change, considering thats very important. I have been working in the Asia Pacific region regarding the preparedness for disasters, the preparedness in Asia. I consider that Au Lac is one of the most prepared in the region. So I think about the weather, in terms of the information collecting and also identifying the critical or the hotspots where the impacts of the climate change are occurring, particularly in the delta of the Mekong River, and I think that we should have an exchange in these practices. And I think that the government, as well as the people at the community level, should learn to share between these two countries. I totally agree with the, as I mentioned earlier, be veg. But, there are still a lot of exchanges import and export of meat between the two borders, Thai and Au Lac. Please stop eating meat and after that, the people will not export the meat to Au Lac. So I think that this should be considered very important, we should be realistic, and some of the export of the meat, be considered as illegal practices and so we should stop that. Thank you. Could I take the opportunity to ask Master a little bit? [M: Please.] Thank You so much. You are considered for us one of the prominent spiritual leaders in the world. And I consider that You have powers and strength of Yourself and also Your Association. I would like You to spread out these challenging tasks in order to stop or in order to reduce or in order to avoid the destruction of this planet to these groups: One is that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change which is going to meet at the end of the year in Copenhagen. If possible, I would like You to make another site meeting and spread out this spiritual side of the message to the climate change. Because on the spiritual aspect, its very little talked about. And I said in my presentation, they overemphasize on the economic instruments and other technological instruments, not from within as You always say. So I think its a very great challenge and I think You can do it with Your own strength and Your own power. Second group, I would like You to spread these challenges and warnings to the industrialists. They are the great polluters in the world and they are not here in this room. They pollute the world and carry on in order to destroy our planet. So I think that if You have a chance to do it, please do so. Third group, thats really for the young children. I understand that You love children. And I would like to have really a solid practical program for the children of the Earth in this world in order to learn, in order to know more, to be less materialistic, but to be more spiritual in this aspect, could be more sustainable. Thank You so much. M. Thats right, sir. Thats right. Thank you. Thank you, sir, for entrusting us with such a very, I would say, heavy but noble mission. The Association friends and I, myself, are trying our best. In fact, Im working day and night, and many of us are working day and night, even in my sleep, in my meal-time, my time with my dogs. I think of nothing else, Im working for nothing else but to join you in saving the world and the people. Concerning the governments and the industrial companies and the press, Im writing to them. I have been writing to them and Im still writing to them to inform them of the urgency of our climate as well as the practical, simple, easy solution. Concerning the spiritual aspect of our standard of the world, I trust that Jesus has taught us a lot, Buddha has led us into a compassionate way of living, Prophet Muhammad has
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instructed His people in a wise way of living, compassionate way of living, the Jain Masters, the Sikh Masters, et cetera, et cetera. We have had so many spiritual teachings, we all have to just put them into practice, like love thy neighbor, animals are our friends, be compassionate to all beings. All main religious doctrines have taught us already this. I, myself, Im doing my part and request my Association members to do their part. And were doing our best. And were praying also with our heartfelt love for all people because they are just not informed. Just like many of us before becoming vegetarian, we were not informed. Therefore, I have nothing but love and compassion for people and, of course, for the animals who suffer so much. And because of their suffering, we reap the suffering in return. But you see, Doctor, I have to speak in a neutral way. So many religious groups and leaders have already told people to do good, and so many religious scriptures have already taught us. I only teach the persons who come to my place and ask for spiritual guidance, or on some occasions when I go out to lecture. The rest of the time right now, Im only telling people the general guideline to save the planet because this is urgent. And even in saving the planet, being veg, this is also the basis of a spiritual moral and virtue. If a person who tries to be vegetarian to save himself, to save his children and family, and to save the world, then he is a very spiritual, noble oriented person. I have no wish to even take him into my circle to be my student or anything of the sort. I only wish him or her to be morally fit as a human being, as a dignified, civilized, intelligent, loving human being to one another, by sacrificing whatever necessary to save other beings. In this case, we dont sacrifice much, we just switch a piece of meat to another piece of vegetable protein. I think that sacrifice is very minimum and is maximum worthwhile. So in this case, if the whole planet people turn to this kind virtuous compassionate living, then I think they are the best Buddhists, they are the best Christians, they are the best Muslims, they are the best Jains, they are the best Sikhs, they are the best Bahais, in whatever religions, and whatever school of faith that they belong to. Because, actually, theyre all the same, all the faiths, all the religions say the same thing. Its just we miss the point. We must study our religious scriptures again and pick out the point that is useful for our planet right now that is, be compassionate; that is, treat all beings with respect according to all the religious scriptures and Gods will. So, in that case you see, they dont even have me to teach them, they teach themselves. And they just stay where they are with their religious faith and just exercise the teaching of their own religious doctrine. That will be very good for our planet right now. As for spiritual teaching, that is spiritual enough for me. Our Association is just a small group, and we are just practicing what the religious teachers taught us. And we put it into practice and also, of course, we get in touch with our own loving, divine power by just some simple technique. Scientifically, everything has a technique and has a way, but if people just be veg and adhere to their religious teaching, which is a compassionate lifestyle, dignified status of the children of God or the Buddhas sons and daughters, then we are fine spiritually. Concerning the children, sir, if the parents are well-grounded in spiritual basis, as I have just mentioned right now, then the children will follow and they will have a chance to live a virtuous life and also, consequently, saving our planet.
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And, the third group, the industrial sectors. It exists because of the demand of people. We demand, so they make. So if we stop demanding something which we think is not conducive to our global survival, then the industry will stop to exist also. But, nevertheless, I write to these people, the industrial people as well as government and media, as much as in my power and my time allows. And I also plead with all the people to please write to the government, the media, and the industry group as well. And write to the farmers, explain to them. This, I have talked a long time ago also already, that we should contact the farmers, for example the animal farmers, and explain to them our dire situation and offer them the alternative way of life. They can switch to planting organic vegetables, not just vegetables, organic is even better, of course. Because organic farming absorbs 40% of the CO2 in the air. So, before we stop our industry or making a new invention, organic farming is already a savior of our planet. And then if we stop meat eating as well, and all the animal raising industry stopped, and then we save more from CO2 as well, not to talk about methane. So organic farming is our savior. So we have to stop demanding meat, then the meat industry will cease. We cannot blame the meat industry people if we continue to consume meat. We cannot blame drug dealers, alcohol makers, cigarette producers, we cannot even blame the consumers of these deadly substances if we, ourselves, could not even leave that piece of meat and become vegetarian, which is much easier than stopping the addiction of drugs, stopping the addiction of cigarettes, or stopping the addiction of alcohol. So we ourselves have to be the example. If we want all the bad industries to stop, we have to stop the demand of it. Thank you so much, sir. You are very, very concerned like a father. I am very touched. MC. M. Our next question for Master is from Dr. Art-ong Jumsai Na Ayudhya. Yes. Welcome, Doctor.
AJNA. Dear Supreme Master Ching Hai, in the year 2012, many people, be it monks or famous people, have predicted that there will be the most serious disaster on the planet. May I ask You, Supreme Master, what will happen in the year 2012? M. Dr. Art-ong Jumsai, thanks for being with us again. Thanks for blessing us with your pleasant, happy, fatherly presence. And thank you for your wonderful speech, your wonderful lecture earlier on. I watched and was very amazed at your knowledge and your dedication. And thank you also for being vegetarian as well. You are a hero. Concerning your question, as a NASA scientist, even former NASA scientist, with your senior years now, I am sure you can guess already the answer. No need for the monks to predict, no need for me to have any prediction, if I have any prediction at all. Sir, we are in trouble. We are in very deep trouble and in a perilous state. And our fate is in our hands. Our fate is in the hands of every person on this planet. Every person on this planet can decide what will happen in the year 2012. Can you imagine how powerful we are? Only if we use our power to stop the disaster that is looming large in front of us. We have no need for any crystal ball, any psychic power or future fortunetelling ability to see this. All the evidence all these years, all these decades, have told us clearly that we are in danger. And luckily, all the evidence also offer us a solution, regardless of religions, regardless of political directions, regardless of parties, regardless of industries, regardless of all the theologies, we can unite in the heart to save our only planet. Its very simple to stop the cause of destruction of our planet. The
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cause of destruction of our planet is our unkindness to our environment, to our coinhabitants. So now, we just stop that. We be kind, we be considerate. We dont have to talk about Buddhas teaching. We talk about the cause and effect, scientifically. So now, we found out everything, that the meat industry is the one that causes our global destruction, we will just have to stop it, one way or another. If the governments dont do it, then we do it individually. We spread information, we encourage everyone, we inform everyone to be vegan. But please, I hope the governments would please make it into law to forbid the killing of animals, to forbid any more animal livestock raising. If they are truly the leaders that pledge to protect their people, to improve their country in many aspects, then this is the first step we have to do. Stop the meat industry, stop the fish industry, stop the dairy industry, then our planet will be the way it was and even better. This, I can promise. Otherwise, the year 2012, 2013, 2014 we will never know what will happen to us if we do not do the right thing. There are only two ways to do things in our world the correct way and the incorrect way. And right now, to save the planet, there is only one way to stop the cause that is the animal industry, by all means, in all aspects. Thank you, sir. Thats my prediction. We have to do it. My prediction is that we have to save the planet ourselves. MC. Thank You, Master. We are deeply grateful to You, Master, and distinguished panel of experts for your kindly and thorough answers. This ends the question-and-answer session with Supreme Master Ching Hai and our outstanding scientists. Our heartfelt thanks to you for the enlightened questions that help us all and all people who are global viewers of Supreme Master Television to receive the beneficial understanding given. I thank you also, all of you involved, all the distinguished persons who have tried their best to express their view, their knowledge, and to inform the public at large. And right now, you are informing the world because we are live on the Supreme Master Television. And we will re-air this again. Just the last question of Dr. Art-ong was really also a very thoughtful provoking question and its still lingering in my mind. So, in that direction, I would like to inform you something that probably you would not like to hear, but it is necessary to know before we go. You see, in the world, we have many bad news, which is not published, which is not informed by the governments, or many governments or many medias, that is, our worlds major rivers are dying. One third are gone, or going the rivers, the source of our life, the water that feeds us, billions of us. The major rivers are dying, going or gone. Groundwater wells for three billion people are drying up as well not just rivers, but groundwater to make wells are dying for three billion people. We have six billion people in this world and the sources of groundwater for wells, which support half of our world population are dying, drying up. And the top 10 global river systems are drying or ebbing away: Chinas Salween River, Europes Danube River, South Americas La Plata, North Americans Rio Grande, Indias Ganges the famous Ganges, the holy, the life sustaining Ganges, Pakistans Indus River, Africas Nile River, and Lake Victoria, Australias Murray-Darling, Southeast Asias Mekong/Lancang, Chinas Yang Tzu, et cetera, et cetera. They are dying, drying up, ebbing away, day by day. And many major
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lakes dried up or dying, not including the dangerous side effects, such as they release CO2, methane, and other gases after they dry or while theyre drying. I could list them all for you but due to lack of time, I will give this to the Supreme Master Television to make a scroll on it. And I will probably name it Dying Water, something like that. So please look for it, for the complete list shortened, condensed, we cant tell them all. We just pick the major, the famous, big rivers and lakes. In conclusion, I can only tell you that many, tens of thousands of rivers and great lakes are dying, dead, gone or going. And I dont know how many more we must wait for to die in order for us to wake up. The leaders of the nations must do something. The people of all nations must do something. Just because we can still sit here pretty and talk, just because in our area there is not yet water shortage or food price going up, doesnt mean it will not happen to us soon. We have to do something to avoid the tragedy that is already happening to billions of other people. There are one billion people hungry already because of climate change, and short of water and food. One billion already! And three billion people are short of water. How many more, I dont know, how many more of suffering people are we waiting before we take action? Please do it now! Just be veg. Stop the meat, dairy, fish industry. Be benevolent. Create a merciful energy that will envelop our world, that will emit mercy, love, protection for us and our children on this planet. Please take action now. Very simple. Just be veg. Just be veg is truly enough for now. And it will be enough for a long future to come. Just be veg so we have time to save our planet in order to implement any other green measures that we want to implement. But everything is not as efficient as being veg. Just be vegan. Please be vegan. Thank you so much. May God, Buddha, the divine power bless you, bless you. MC. Thank You so much, Master. [M: I thank you.] Thank You. [M: Good job.] We would like to invite the program coordinators of this conference to come forward and give a few closing remarks. Beloved Master, distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen. Today we have learned so much about the relationship between our diet and global warming. Weve also learned that the most effective way to reverse this potential catastrophe is to adopt a vegan diet. We hope that todays event will inspire you to change to a vegan diet. And if you have already done so, perhaps you can share this important message with someone you love. We thank our panelists for sharing their knowledge and time, and we sincerely thank Supreme Master Ching Hai for Her enlightening presence and words of wisdom. Thank You, Master. [M: Youre welcome, welcome. Very welcome.] We would also like to thank our lovely performers for their devoted contribution. Once again, we and all distinguished guests and the audience would like to extend our profound gratitude to Master. Thank You, Master, for giving us these precious moments. And, once again, our heartfelt thanks to our distinguished presenters. You were truly wonderful. We wish you abundant health and joy. And thank you to all of our guests spending precious time with us to enjoy the program. Our prayer is for the worlds inhabitants to soon change to a vegan lifestyle to help save this beautiful planet. People always ask us how they can help, but Master has given you some of those ideas. We invite you to go home today and ask your family to be vegan. We invite you to go back to your office and invite your co-workers to be vegan. We invite you to use leadership abilities and invite all the people that you know to be vegan. Maybe you might go back to the villages where you were born and show them how to create veggie villages. And Im sure you have all kinds of ideas, just let them all soar! And remember
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for great vegan recipes and the latest information on climate change please visit www.SupremeMasterTV.com. Your children, my children, our children will all say thank you when we save the world. They will say thanks when: We restore our oceans back to health; 30,000 children a day dont die anymore; one billion people dont go hungry ever year; we stop losing up to 270 species per day of plants, animals and birds; the polar ice caps stop their melting; and the permafrost stops giving off dangerous methane and nitrous oxide; our nations will live and share in harmony all the wealth that this beautiful planet has to offer. In conclusion for this climate change program, we have one last question for you, Can we save the planet? [Audience: Yes, we can!] All right! Together we can do it. Good evening! God bless. Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet! Thank you. Thank you.
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farmer, yes.] Ah, thats good for you. [Q: Yes, she grows her own vegetables.] Wow, thats good for you! Then youre always safe. I read somewhere that farmers are the most happily married, and then doctors, and then business people. There was a top four of good relationships and farmers are the number one! Best of luck to you and your girlfriend. [Q: Thank You.] Its very important to have a good relationship. Okay, we start business. [Master laughs.] Q. Your channel, Supreme Master Television, has interviewed and featured many of the worlds leading climate scientists, including Dr. James Hansen, Director of NASAs Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. What are their messages on the urgency of climate change? In Supreme Master Televisions interviews, as well as through other medias, the esteemed Drs. Hansen and Pachauri have affirmed that humans need to act now if we are to mitigate climate change and ensure our continued existence on this planet. According to Dr. Hansen, our planet is on a dangerous course to passing irreversible tipping points with disastrous consequences. These you know already, like melting of the Arctic sea ice which causes oceans to absorb more sunlight and speeds up melting; and the melting of permafrost which in turn releases toxic methane gas, resulting in more warming of the atmosphere; and the extinction of cornerstone species that cause further collapse to our already ailing ecosystem, thus endangering even more species, and most important of all, us humans. Dr. Hansen has explained the threat of increased carbon emissions. The so-called safe level of atmospheric carbon dioxide is 350 parts per million. This level is supposed to help our planet avoid the effects of runaway global warming, like further melting or reaching the point of no return. But our atmosphere is already over that safe mark. Now we are at 385 ppm, thats 385 parts per million. Dr. Pachauri, a vegetarian himself, has long acknowledged the connection between livestock raising and our globes dangerous warming effect. In 2008, he revealed that United Nations estimates are, in fact, much lower than what scientists now discover to be meat productions harmful terror in the heating up of our planet. 64% of dangerous ammonia emissions, which cause acid rain, are from livestock. Land and water are already over polluted by livestock as well. That is from animal waste, silage and toxic chemical fertilizers. But these two great scientists not only point out our grave planetary situation, they do offer a simple, efficient and economical solution: The vegetarian lifestyle. I cannot emphasize enough. Both acknowledged that the adoption of a plant-based diet is the single most effective action that an individual can do to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In fact, Dr. Pachauri is a strong supporter of Sir Paul McCartneys campaign, Meat Free Monday. He even joined him in writing a letter to The Independent newspaper urging people to become vegetarian to save the planet from the livestock industrys toxic emissions. Please, let us heed the warnings and advice of these two respected, wise scientists as we continue our shared commitment to the Earths welfare. Thank you. Q. So climate change is happening at such a fast pace that scientists are increasingly talking about the need to focus on reducing methane. How can reducing methane be effective in altering the course of climate change?
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environmental gains of reducing meat in the diet, noting that, for example, if all Britons refrain from meat for seven days a week, that would be equivalent to turning half of the countrys 25 million households into zero-emission homes. If everyone in the United Kingdom goes meatless for six days a week, it would be the same as the countrys 29 million cars being removed totally from the roads. And the British people, if they are vegetarian for five days a week, that would be equivalent to shutting off all the electricity in every United Kingdom household. So you see, it is tremendous. Another savings from the organic vegan diet is found in the soil. Not only would the huge amounts of methane emissions be eliminated, the organically tilled soil could absorb up to 40% of carbon emissions the one that we have already in the atmosphere. Organic farming has also been found to be more profitable than conventional farming even. And at the consumer level, the vegan diet is by far the most affordable, with much lower costs than buying meat or fish for that reason. Its very easy to see how the vegan diet is not only the quickest but the most cost effective way to halt climate change, reduce great amounts of CO2 and save money for buyers in this dire planetary food shortage, water shortage situation. We should take the most effective action, that is, the vegan diet. Thank you for being so good a listener. Q. Not at all. The NHS (National Health Service) promotes meat-free menus to cut emissions and improve health. However, there are still those who are unsure of the health benefits of the vegetarian diet, for instance parents of schoolchildren. What do You suggest the government do to dispel the myths and its institutions, as well as private employers and schools, toward promoting a healthier diet and providing more vegetarian meals? First of all, your countrys National Health Service is setting a wonderful example and has my admiration and salute. On the subject of medical services, we could first talk about hospitalizations. A study conducted in the United Kingdom found that lifelong vegetarians not only have fewer visits to the nations hospitals, each person who is veg saves the National Health Service, and taxpayers, close to USD80,000. Individually, yes? So this, of course, can quickly add up to savings of billions, if you count the citizens number, yes. Moreover, we are now aware of a vast number of diseases that originate only in animal products. Some of these, like you already know, mad cow disease, are always fatal, always deadly cant even save people. Others, which can also have serious consequences, arise from bacterial infections such as E.coli, salmonella, and listeria, et cetera, et cetera. In addition, the risk of almost every cancer imaginable is caused or increased by meat eating. Like colon cancer, stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer all are not only significantly higher, many have been 100% linked to meat consumption. These are widely documented in scientific journals worldwide. So it would seem clear that there is not so much these days to attract a healthy person to animal products at all. However, for those who are not aware of meats damaging effects, we can start by discussing the benefits of a meat-free diet, a plant-based diet. These include general vitality and longevity with relative freedom from disease. In fact, in a statement just updated in July 2009, the American Dietetic Association states that: It is the position of the American Dietetic Association that appropriately planned vegetarian diets, including total vegetarian or vegan diets, are healthful, nutritionally
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adequate and may provide health benefits in the prevention and treatment of certain diseases. Along with general health, even such aspects as physical strength can benefit, which young people find important. Many top class athletes such as American track legend Carl Lewis who won 10 Olympic medals 10 Olympic medals! and 10 World Championship medals, are completely vegan. [Q: I didnt know he was.] Amazing, yes. In fact, Mr. Lewis says that his best year of track competition was the first year he switched to a vegan diet. And then there is intelligence. A study of IQ found that vegetarian children were more likely to have higher IQ at age 30 than their meat-eating counterparts. So we see there is really nothing but bad news for meat-eating and only good news for being veg. At this crucial time on the planet, being veg, I think, is a must to help cool the Earth in time for our survival. So we try to let as many people as possible know of all these facts so they can change quickly, and we hope you can help spread the message as well. And of course, the government can do so very effectively through online information, with published statements that affirm the healthful qualities of the vegetarian diet, as well as the corresponding harms of meat consumption. Otherwise, we could also do things like distributing information for the nations schools so teachers, students and even parents can be made aware of the many benefits of the vegetarian lifestyle. The best should be to reduce meat or eliminate the animal industries altogether. Totally. What do you say, Charlie? Q. Its a very valid point. How can leaders ensure that the agreement coming out of Copenhagen is strong enough to avoid the point-of-no-return catastrophic climate collapse? Good question. The only way to avoid the point-of-no-return climate catastrophe is to take action on the most climatically disastrous course of all that is, meat production. By now we have all the evidence, all the information to safely say so. The livestock industry is the top greenhouse gas generator. The last published findings from the United Nations in 2006 told us that the livestock industry causes greenhouse gas emissions more than all the worlds transportation sectors combined airplanes, trains, cars, motorcycles, et cetera, altogether. Updated calculations tell us that the livestock industry is responsible for at least 50% of the global warming. There are three reasons why the livestock industry is the first cause of global warming that we should focus on. First, livestock is the primary human-caused emitter of methane, and methane not only has 72 times the heat-trapping ability, it is a shorterlived gas. This means that it will leave the atmosphere much faster than CO2, within just a decade as opposed to thousands of years for CO2. Therefore, eliminating methane by eliminating livestock breeding is the fastest way to cool the planet. Is it logical to you, Charlie? [Q: Yes, I think so.] Yes, we have to tackle the most important of emitters. Next, the pollutant known as aerosols, you already know, or particles released along with CO2 from burning fossil fuels, actually have a cooling effect. Some scientists say it is roughly canceling out the warming effect of CO2. Therefore, much of the warming we are seeing may actually be due to methane. In fact, it is due to methane, and its number one source, that is, animal raising. Third, NASA scientists are paying increasing attention to another very serious source of global warming that is, black carbon. Im sure you know that. This is the particulate matter known as soot, S-O-O-T, and it is 680 times more heat-trapping than CO2. Black carbon is landing on the ice in Antarctica, absorbing the suns heat and accelerating the
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ice melt. The majority of the black carbon particles in Antarctica are coming from where? South American rainforests that are burned for the livestock industry. Now were going somewhere! We must urgently address methane and black carbon, both outcomes of the meat industry, immediately we have to tackle it. I pray all wise leaders will halt the lethal meat practice, which is the main force driving us to the point of no return right now. Otherwise, all other efforts to de-carbonize our economies may be cancelled out, or never have a chance to materialize in the first place. Q. M. What effect does meat consumption have on biodiversity? Charlie, meat consumption has a huge destructive impact on biodiversity, which is essential for our Earth to function and thus must be preserved. No matter how small, each species has a role to help balance our ecosystem, scientifically proven. And yet, consumption of both fish and animal flesh continue and are wreaking havoc on biodiversity around the globe. In the oceans and fresh waterways, so many species of fish have already been lost, with complete aquatic environments such as coral reefs being decimated by such practices as trawling and fishing with explosives. On land, meat consumption is responsible for vast regions being cleared for grazing crops, such as soy, that are fed to livestock. One example is seen in the deforested Amazon areas that have gone from lush forest to bare fields used for cattle grazing or primarily animal feed crops. With these activities essentially robbing our biodiversity, there has been an alarming rise in the disappearance of plants and animals. The 2005 Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report noted that some 30% of the mammal, bird and amphibian species currently are threatened with extinction, all due to human actions. And one of the most comprehensive studies ever conducted in the field is now forecasting that over a million species will be lost in the coming 50 years. Isnt that a sad affair? Besides, the land being cleared for livestock raising, the livestock itself causes further biodiversity loss due to potent greenhouse gas emissions, which accelerate global warming. Many studies have documented declining populations of penguins, polar bears, plants, trees, migratory birds and many others all linked to rising temperatures on the planet. Even desert animals have been affected, like the Malian elephants that have been perishing in high numbers because their trunks can no longer reach the sinking ground water. The answer to all of this, you know, is quite clear. Stop the meat consumption. Stop it yesterday. This will eliminate the so-called need for livestock raising, which will immediately return immense amounts of land to natural sustainability or to natural growing methods that allow biodiversity to be replenished. This is the way we need to go, and fast. Thank you, Charlie, for being such a good listener. Q. Not at all. Not at all. Its fascinating. [M: Is it, yes? Im sure you know all this, you just ask for the sake of your readers.] Not at all. With the Department of Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (DFERA) Marine and Coastal Access Bill being considered, Members of Parliament from the DFERA Committee have said that the government needs to review its sustainable promotion of fish eating. With the seabeds around Britain having recently been shown to resemble a barren wasteland as a result of trawling, what can be done to help the seas recover? What can be done? Your wise Parliament members have said it. Fish eating is indeed very unsustainable. It must stop. If we do end the killing of fish in the spirit of showing respect for all created life, the fish will rebound very quickly. But the continuation of
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fishing activities could damage the balance of marine life beyond its ability to recover. In fact, scientists reported in 2003 that 90% of the worlds largest fishes had already disappeared 90%. That was six years ago, Charlie. Now, I dont know how many more species of fish have disappeared. More recently, as you are aware, analysis by British researchers of hundreds of years of fishing records has revealed to us the devastating effects of trawling to both the marine environment and sea life. One scientist compared this method to harvesting apples by lowering a giant net and dragging it through the orchard, thus destroying the trees, destroying the very life that supports the fruit. Besides the trawlings effect of killing off more and more marine life, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that 640,000 tons of thrown away fishing gear, such as discarded nets, are added to the ocean every year, thus intensifying the problem. Fish, turtles, marine life are caught in these nets, accidentally even, dying every year, every day, without even trawling yet. Perhaps astonishingly, even the fishing industry goes back to livestock! Believe that or not! In fact, a United States study revealed that pigs and chickens are forced to consume more than twice the seafood that is eaten by all the Japanese people, and six times the amount consumed by humans in the United States. Just pigs and chickens, eat more than us! Six times more, at least. And then the pigs and chickens are eaten themselves by us, humans. So its not a good business, is it? Its not a very good business strategy. So, for anyone who thinks that eating fish does not cause as much environmental damage, please, think again, or please, we inform them of the facts. Consuming any animal products at all negatively impacts our oceans and our world. We can, of course, support and uphold the terms of such measures as the Marine and Coastal Bill, which offers greater protection for fish and all marine life. I applaud that. Meanwhile, please, also request the medias help in spreading info about the detriments of trawling and the dire state of fish populations today. Another extremely effective practice would be to stop eating fish and advocate the same for all citizens. Again, the government could offer subsidies to the fishermen for organic farming instead as the alternative livelihood. So much money that has been saved could give them subsidies, no problem at all. Complete fishing bans could then be put into place, making the United Kingdom an exemplary leader for the worlds vital oceans and their unique life. Thank you. Q. The DFERA Committee also recommended that the United Kingdom grow more food crops to alleviate global hunger. What actions can Parliament take to help feed the world? Yes. It is indeed a noble endeavor to grow food with the goal of alleviating hunger for others. To do so most effectively, the first thing is to eliminate meat consumption. Free the land. And all the harvests go directly to humans. Simon Fairlie, editor of The Land magazine, estimated that if Britons were to adopt a vegan diet, Britain could feed itself on three million hectares, half the land now under cultivation. We use only half of the land and we can feed the whole population if we go organic vegan. The other half could, of course, be devoted to such meaningful causes as growing food for those in need or reforesting to cool the rising temperature.
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Currently, 80% of hungry children live in countries that export food crops typically to feed farmed animals in the developed world. Moreover, two-thirds of United States grain exports feed livestock rather than people. These two facts alone make it easy to see how elimination of livestock raising would allow more people to be fed. One scientist has calculated that a vegan needs only 5% of the land necessary to produce food. Compared to meat eaters, 5% only, and meat-eater needs 95%. Imagine that, Charlie? So the elimination of meat and livestock raising would thus improve the environment for everyone. Its a wonderful way to go, the best in fact for helping both yourself and other people in the world. By all means, be veg as the first and foremost way to stop global hunger and global warming. Q. M. Yes. What are the benefits of organic vegan farming, and in what ways can Members of Parliament and the government push forward to boost this sector? Yes, there are so many benefits from organic vegan farming, as well as many benefiting parties. First, for the farmers, like your girlfriend, organic vegan farming is productive, saving 37% more energy and even more water than conventional farming methods. Next, there are environmental benefits. Like the topsoil stays and proves better at withstanding floods and hurricanes. Wildlife and ecosystem also win. According to the largest study done on organic farming in the United Kingdom, your country, compared to conventional farms, organic farms contained 85% more plant species, with 71% taller and thicker hedges, and a healthy return of native animals across the species. Furthermore, organic vegan farming will halt the runoff of chemical fertilizers that have created monstrous dead zones in the ocean. Organic soil matter also absorbs CO2 so effectively that the Rodale Institute calls organic vegan farming a powerful strategy to reduce global warming, by up to 40% of all CO2 emissions now in the atmosphere. Imagine? Then we will be clear of CO2. Otherwise, it will stay here for thousand of years and continue to heat our planet. Finally, we all benefit from better health because its free of toxins and abundant in nutrients, without the genetic modification and cancer-causing pesticides. In contrast to animal products, which are known to cause cancer, heart disease, diabetes, and obesity, et cetera, organically farmed fruits and vegetables contain abundant nutrients that help us to avoid all these modern conditions. Surely organic vegan food is the only food we should feel safe, and would feel safe and will feel safe, in fact we will feel the safest food to give to our children, the best food to give to our children. The Members of Parliament and the government can support this organic vegan farming through subsidies. They can also redirect the funds away from the meat industries and instead toward encouraging citizens to plant, to buy and to choose organic vegan food. And when they do, we will soon have a lot of healthy, happy, productive people, a restored green environment, and minimum climate mitigation costs something all governments can look forward to and gain the enthusiastic support of all citizens. Q. Moving on to a different subject. Over 100,000 people are now affected by swine flu in the United Kingdom. What caused this pandemic? What are the costs, and what do You think can be done to stop future pandemics?
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One of Belgiums largest cities, Ghent, officially declared every Thursday a veggie day, and starting this school year all city schools will have vegetarian meals every Thursday. Its a small step for me. I feel its small and slow, but it is a step. Government leaders are outspoken about the benefits of vegetarianism. For example, just this summer, vegan United States congressman Dennis Kucinich endorsed the first-ever Vegan Earth Day in California for vegetarians and non-alike. Earlier in April, Senator Jamie Raskin of Maryland, United States, who had been a lifelong meat-eater, initiated a vegetarian week to help the environment himself. He has stayed vegetarian ever since, and will be speaking at a national VegFest in September. Good news, huh? In the media, it is now common to see stories or articles everywhere talking about meat and its impact on global warming, or vegetarianism and its benefits to curb rising heat, like in The Guardian, Der Spiegel in Germany, The New York Times and TIME in the United States, Metro and Le Figaro in France, et cetera, et cetera. There are also some films like Home, A Delicate Balance, Meat the Truth meat is M-E-A-T, Meat the Truth that raise awareness about these issues. The medias lively discussions about the veg lifestyle, its benefits, tips, recipes, et cetera, is also something to be noted. So ask anyone, and many will be familiar with what a low-carbon diet is, or that reducing our meat intake is better than buying a Prius. In society, people are asking for more plant-based diet, such as in schools. The increased number of vegan meat alternative brands also reflects a growing interest in healthier, eco-friendlier products. And the reduced meat sale globally is also a good indication of a trend to come that people are more inclined to be vegetarian. I am very happy even though the news is not as big as I want, the change is not as quick as I would like or many people would like, but nevertheless we are changing, yes. Queen Elizabeth and Prime Minister Brown and United States First Lady Michelle Obama led by example by planting organic gardens even, in the palace garden and in the White House garden. Can you believe that? And the media reports that in many places now there is a trend in vegetable gardening, for reasons of being frugal, healthy, and also eco-friendly. Bravo! All these put together show a remarkable indication of a veg trend, which is a trend toward health, sustainability, and love. I thank everyone who participates in this trend, now and in the future. Please do change. Q. M. How serious is the issue of environmental refugees resulting from climate change? Its too serious. Too serious. Although there is no way to assess completely, for the moment, already more than a decade ago the United Nations conservatively estimated that there were 25 million climate change refugees a decade ago, Charlie, 25 million climate change refugees with the estimate now of one billion by 2050. Estimate. These are people forced from their homes and communities due to rising sea levels and a host of other natural disasters, so-called natural disasters, but in fact these are all man-made. Sea level rise, for example, threatens half of the worlds population living within 200 kilometers of a coastline. 17 million in Bangladesh have fled their homes already, mainly because of coastal erosion. In the United Kingdom as well, several coastal flooding disasters have already occurred already occurred with more forecast by the nations Department of Environment. This is due in part to the fact that over 26 million residents in the United Kingdom live in coastal zones, with 40% of Britains manufacturing industry also located on or near the coast. At least 18 islands have completely submerged around the world thus far, with more than 40 other island nations at risk from rising sea levels, and planning to relocate.
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would contain less meat and fewer dairy products than we typically eat today. Ever since then till now, the same idea has been promoted in the United Kingdom government, such as by advisor professor Tim Lang of the National Health Service and the Committee on Climate Change. The government is even helping farmers to go green by publishing a guide called The Code of Good Agricultural Practice. The United Kingdom also has leaders who have adopted or advocated a plant-based diet, such as the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Hilary Benn, Member of Parliament, David Drew, and European Union Parliaments Vice President Edward McMillan. These are good signs in the right direction and all countries could benefit from looking up at the United Kingdoms examples. I wish the United Kingdom would continue in this direction, and do much more to facilitate vegan/vegetarian living for your people, just as you did to curb smoking. See, it worked. Curb smoking, it worked, so it could do with meat. To really not miss the point of no return in climate change, the government needs to be bold and unprecedented. I hope the United Kingdom government rises to the occasions to lead the way to save the planet. I hope United Kingdom will be a leader of the world in this. In short, any United Kingdom policy for peace, constructive aid, and compassionate veg lifestyle, as well as green projects, are the best and the United Kingdom government can propose and/or implement many in this category. My heartfelt congratulations and gratitude. God bless the United Kingdom government and people for all this. Thank you. Q. With the emergence of the Asian economic powers including China and India and their increasing energy demands, what goals would You like to see such nations set in this regard? I would imagine, of course, a heaven on Earth. And to achieve this, it would be best for these energy spending countries to develop in a wise and sustainable way. They all know that already. The question is to put into practice the knowledge that we have already accumulated. They should set goals to use sustainable energy and minimize their greenhouse gas emissions in their industries, because every effort is worth the benefits to their citizens health, environment and even the economy. This is the true meaning of prosperity. Unfortunately, as countries develop their demand for meat also increases as they can more easily afford it. However, this is extremely counterproductive because the demand for meat pushes up energy demands enormously, while worsening global warming. Raising animals is responsible for 80% of all greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture sector. Here are three reasons why these developing countries should also set no-meat and instead propagate the vegan lifestyle as their number one goal. First, its to save energy for better purposes. Meat production is energy intensive and grossly energy inefficient. To produce 1 kilogram of beef consumes 169 megajoules of energy, or enough energy to drive an average European car for 250 kilometers! One 6ounce beefsteak costs 16 times 16 times as much fossil fuel energy as one vegan meal containing three kinds of vegetables and rice. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Changes Chairman, Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, further points out that meat requires constant refrigerated transportation and storage, the growing and transportation of the animals food, a lot of packaging, a lot of cooking at high temperatures for long periods, and a whole lot of animal waste products that also
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need to be processed and disposed of. Meat production is so costly and inefficient, so unsustainable that it is bad business to produce meat. Second, besides energy, precious land, food and water resources, already scarce in these very countries, are also wasted or degraded to unacceptable degrees. One study in India found that to produce one kilogram of beef requires seven kilograms of grain for feed instead of direct human consumption, while yielding less than one-third the amount of protein. The poor are bound to suffer from hunger. And, overall, increased meat consumption has always been correlated with jumps in chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, whereas before that, these ills were virtually unknown. Finally, one reason why developing countries should say no to meat production and consumption is that by turning to the plant-based diet, they will gain invisible benefits as well. In India and China it is already taught in their traditions, in the law of ahimsa meaning non-violence and the law of karma, which says as you sow so shall you reap. Meaning, by turning to the virtuous, compassionate diet of vegan alone, they would generate such as positive, constructive energy. This new loving power could even stop the effects of climate change in their vulnerable lands and open up peoples innovative thought to solve all manner of economical, social, and technological problems. And every country, whether developed or developing, will flourish in ways beyond our imagination. I promise it is true. Thank you, Charlie. Q. M. What type of world would You ideally envisage us living in 20 or 30 years from now if we can work together? What kind of world would you imagine? If we all work together, Charlie, wouldnt that be a dream come true, Charlie? This is a dream that all of us want to materialize, Charlie, a wonderful future in a peaceful, abundant world where all can live and thrive in security and comfort no more war, no more hunger, no more urgent threat of climate change, a lot of time for new and incredible inventions and activities, a lot of time for rebuilding a better, more benevolent, noble, worthy world for us and for the future generations. This planet is a wonderful creation; its a beautiful piece of jewel, so rare in whole cosmos. If we can preserve it, Charlie, we are truly miracle workers. And its so simple to do it just be veg. If we all be veg, go green, and do good now, our dream world will materialize in just a short couple of years, Charlie. Simply put, if we all work together be veg, go green, do good deeds we will have heaven on Earth. So be it. Thank you. Thank you for your wonderful presence. Q. Not at all. Very interesting to speak to You. If You were speaking to developing countries, I suppose, as an aim, to see a country go vegan, its a very high aspiration for any country to go for. What do You see as a sort of lesser goal than sort of ultimate veganism for, say, the developing world? [M: Like what?] I dont know. I mean, what do You think is the first step, maybe, before they can become vegans or vegetarians? I mean, its a very big step for the world. Yes, do You see a sort of stepping stone? I understand. I wish I could offer another solution, Charlie. But all the scientific, medical, financial, economic evidence points toward this direction that we have to be vegan, and fast, in order to save our planet, first of all, before we do anything else! I wish I could say something else more, I wish, then I would be more popular, Charlie! Do this,
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do that, no problem, I promise. I wish I could have another easier solution, but we dont have time, Charlie. We are running out of favor with the climate, yes? We are running out of favor with heaven! We have to redirect our route, return it. Your farm is where? [Q: My girlfriends farm is in Dorset.] In Dorset. Suppose youre running out of time to see your girlfriend, its her birthday, or whatever that important day, or anniversary of your first meeting together. Its very important, you have to be there or else. And you are trying to go to Dorset, but then you realize youre mistaken, you go the other opposite direction, so what to do now? Turn around, no? As quick as possible! Its as simple as that. You have no other choice, Charlie just to turn around. I wish I could find another solution, but all the evidence doesnt favor any other solution except the vegan diet, and then we can have other solutions when we have more time, Charlie. We have only a few years now, and we dont know what comes yet even. Now, its the swine flu, but what else? I cannot tell you. I dont want to know. Okay, I dont have any other solution, yes? Be green is just by the way. Be veg is the only, the main, the 90% solution. And be green, of course, we have to be green. Its better to have a less polluted planet, of course. But CO2 is not the main problem, its not our main problem. Methane is! Nitrous oxide is! These all come from animal products, and these are the ones that heat up the planet, and fast, hundred times, or 60, 100 times more than CO2. So what do you suggest yourself? After all I have told you about all the evidence and all the scientific findings, and all the information, what would you suggest that I say? To please people? [Q: No, no, no.] Yes, I mean, even if I want to please people, I cant say otherwise. Charlie, I am not putting myself in a favorable position as a spiritual Teacher, as well as a world citizen, by telling people to be vegan. If I were to be no vegan, or no vegetarian, I would have had more students and I would be more favorable with governments, the meat industry. The meat industry is one of the most powerful industries in the whole world. I am going against the trend, Charlie, but I cant say otherwise. Because I want to save my planet, no matter what, I have to tell the truth, Charlie, okay? Q. Yes. Do You think targeting big supermarkets in the United Kingdom is a good thing to do on this kind of thing? [M: Like what would you think we should do?] Well, like Tescos, and I mean sort of factory farming and that kind of thing, particularly livestock is obviously very, very damaging. I mean, are free range hens better for you? Or you have to go all the way to vegan? [M: Free range, you mean animals run around in the field?] Yes, I mean to start. Okay, but they still produce methane, Charlie, yes? [Q: Yes.] It is the methane that is the trouble also. Of course, in the free range, the animals have more freedom and its better for them, and I would like that too, but you know, we raise and slaughter billions of animals per year! We cant stop the climate change with all this methane heating our planet and in turn heating the Arctic, yes? Heating the South and North Poles and in turn also heating the permafrost. So all the methane from the animals heats the ice, the ice melts and the permafrost is exposed and melts as well. So all this methane comes out together with the animals methane. We cant be saved, Charlie, we are heated everywhere if we still continue with animal raising practice. One animal farm produces more waste and pollution than the whole city of Houston, Texas, industry and human all together, for example. That is the fourth largest city in the United States. Imagine how many animal farms we have, not just one.
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You see, its just the chain effect of it. Animal farms heat the ice, the ice melts and the sun reflects more heat in the water and heats further, melts further the ice and heats further the planet, and the permafrost produces more methane, heats more. Continue like this, we cannot stop. I wish we could do something else, Charlie. I wish there is a magical wand, I could wave it and say hoopla were done, no problem. No, no, we have to be responsible for our actions. Everything has to come from us. There is no miracle here. Even God wants to save the planet, we have to help Hirm. We are God all of us. Because the bible says we have the kingdom within and we are the children of God. So its about time, even if its not for the planet, its about high time that we behave like children of God, like benevolent, noble, protective of all the weak and the meek. Were not doing what we should do as the children of God. How? If were harassing the weak and the defenseless animals? We cannot call that the children-of-Gods behavior, no matter what excuses. In the bible, it says, I made all the animals to befriend you and to help you. How could we eat our friends, kill our helpers and call us children of God? Excuse me. Im sorry if I offend anybody out there, the truth is unalterable. But you have really good questions, please continue if you want. Q. No, thats great. Its very all encompassing. Its been great. [M: Okay, love. As I told you already, I wish I could be more diplomatic.] No, its not a subject to be diplomatic about. Doesnt help. I am already very diplomatic, Im telling you. Yes. I choose words and I truly have tried to be less blunt. But I hope I deliver the message clear and strong enough. [Q: Its refreshing to hear strong speaking like that.] Thank you. Thank you, Charlie, and it has been very nice to be in your presence. And to know that your girlfriend is a farmer is very, very [Q: Just crops, not livestock.] I know. Thats why. Its a very, very pleasant thing to know. And I think your relationship will be fine, because you are farmer, half of it. So you can go back to your farm and be vegan, tell your girlfriend, adopt vegan practice, vegan farm, yes. You will see how much she earns more than before. Many of the Aulacese farmers that we interview also on Supreme Master Television, which I also watched, are saying that because some of their lands dont have water, some of the areas in Au Lac have very little water, little rain, and they plant those organic farming produce that is suitable for that land, and they say the benefit is multifold more than conventional and more than others. That is just to tempt her. [Q: Yes, she grows a lot of vegetables actually, so yes.] We have all kinds of information about organic farming on our television website, exclusively for organic farming method, for different lands and different practices that we collect from all over the world, and still collecting, to help people who want to be organic farmers. In fact, it costs less money, less water, less land and more profit. What else can a farmer want? [Q: Absolutely. Its been a pleasure to speak to You.] Thank you. Thank you. And its been my honor. Thanks for helping with this movement to save our world because its the only world we have, Charlie. We cant buy it anywhere else, we cannot buy it, and we would love our children to be able to continue to enjoy it. Its a pity to waste this planet, dont you think? All right, thank you, Charlie. [Q: Thank You.] Love and hugs to your girlfriend and good luck to your career and good luck to your relationship. [Q: Thank You. And best wishes to You.] God bless you. God bless the United Kingdom. Ciao!
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Q. Dear loving Master, first of all, I want to share good news about New Jersey Center and Pennsylvania Center. We have been very active in distributing flyers in local community fairs and local events. The last one we went to was New Jersey Balloon Festival. Tens of thousands of people were there and we had a booth there. So many times there were so many people, theyd line up just to get our flyers and Alternative Living shopping bags and our T-shirts that say: Be Veg, Go Green, Save Our Planet. Good job. [Q: Thank You, Master.] And youre doing that all the time? [Q: Yes, we do that very often.] Wonderful. Wonderful, very, very good. Anybody else have good news? Australia? [Q: Yes.] Tell me. Basically its in relation to how the meat industry in Australia is reacting to our ads. [M: Yes, how? How did they react?] Well, basically, we have an ad on television relating to how the climate change is related to cattle raising. So the meat industry reacted by phoning up our contact person saying that our information was false. [M: It is?] Now they went and [M: Its all from scientists evidence. Okay, and then?] then they are now reacting by putting an ad on television and also a website. And this has been caused by the fact that we have been distributing flyers and placing ads. [M: Undersand. Understand.] And then a Sydney journalist wrote a column saying that their information was misleading and false. [M: Which information? The meat industry information?] Yes. Because they are saying that their meat has got vitamins, B plus and all this. And basically she wrote this column and then there is a website you can go to which you can write to her and build up more momentum. [M: Wonderful!] And this has happened basically because [M: God bless her. God bless her.] Yes. And also in Australia as well, the pork industry is trying to tell people to buy meat. [M: Not to stop eating pork.] Because a farm over there has been affected by human-to-pig transmission. And they are worried as well. Of course. They worry that people dont buy meat anymore. Is that what it is? [Q: Yes.] Its a natural cause. Not even I did anything. And even at work where I was, I asked two 18-year-old youths a simple question. I said to them, if you were 100% sure that the only way to save the world was to go vegetarian, they would say yes straight away without even thinking. The fact that peer pressure puts pressure on them, because one of them loves animals, but peer pressure when he goes out is so great. But, they all listen to what I say. And my sister, she now doesnt eat meat any more, even though she does eat fish. But eventually Ill send her Because she is a nurse and he is a doctor, and Im sending her the DVD A Delicate Balance, because it has a medical point of view. And hopefully that will affect her to give that up as well. [M: Yes, good job.] So basically, thats it in a nutshell. [M: Good job, brother. They are doing well.] Thats our Sydney Center. Its not just me. [M: Yes, I understand.] Its Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane, altogether. Its a big impact now, good impact. Good. Sydney, is it? [Q: Sydney, yes.] Sydney is the capital of commerce and all the important culture and everything, even sport. [Q: Yes, thats right.] Many people dont know where Canberra is, but they do know where Sydney is. [Q: The only reason Canberra is the capital, Id say, is because the government has got its lodge down there.] Yes, too late, they dont want to change, thats what. Yes, I know.
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All right, very good. Good job, very good job. Make my day, thank you. Thank you ever so much. Im grateful for all your small and big efforts to save the planet. Actually, I still love this planet. Its beautiful, yes? Up to now the scientists have not found any planet that is better than ours. No? Have they? No! With all the billions and billions of dollars pouring into space travel project, we havent found anything in the near of this beauty. So we have to save it at all costs. We save it all. We have to do anything we can. Save it. Yes? For later, if we have found another planet, they will come here for tourism and we cash in. [Master laughs.] I am just joking but we save it for the children. You and I both are old people already; we retire soon. Sometimes I think I better retire. I dont know, but I still have to work. Wonderful, wonderful. Please convey my gratitude and that journalist, whoever she is, please send her some love for me. Send her some books or something, some gifts, okay? Chocolates, it wont hurt. And shes so wonderful. Sometimes we have protector from nowhere like that. Its not even from us. I dont think you guys write any article or anything at all. Why dont you write an article also? All of you can be journalists. Write some freelance stuff. Report something on your local newspapers or national newspapers, and the best is that maybe they print it. You state that its free of charge, free information, and you give all the websites to support your writing to let the editors of that newspaper know that it is real fact. You see, they do know it. Why dont you write? All of you, try your talent. When you were in school the teachers taught you to write, how to do it, now you can use it. Do it. Write something. From the beginning dont write such a big sea of words. Just a short article. Make it simple, factual and interesting, condensed. And dont be disappointed if they cut a lot of it. Thats the job of the editor. But dont worry. Just try, okay, guys? All of you out there. Im sure many of you have writing talent. Why dont you just write to the newspapers, let them know the fact. And its free of charge. Tell them its free. You dont want any money. Its just a concerned citizens stuff. And you give all the websites, including our websites if you wanted. Yes? If not, any website, and your website of course. Okay? Yes, we are doing something, arent we? First, open restaurant, and delivering lunch boxes in your corners, and giving flyers, giving seminars in your areas, advertise on the newspapers, and now you are writing. What the job is leading to? Who knows, you might be president next. [Master laughs.] Change everything! I am so happy that you are going strongly with the trend of saving the planet. We have to do. We dont have time. Today I was interviewed by one of the journalists in England. He asked me, The whole country goes vegan, its such a big goal, can You maybe tell us, set a more realistic goal? Bargaining, yes, of course. I said I would have loved to. I wish I could, but I cant. First, I have to tell the truth. Second, we dont have time. Third, its high time that we behave like benevolent, noble, protective beings, befitting the manner of the children of God. Its high time. Its the 21st century. 2,000 plus years after Buddha, 2,000 plus years after Christ, and we are still killing each other, and killing the small, weak, and innocent animals to eat. My God, how civilized can that be? We should really feel not proud of ourselves. I am diplomatic. I should say we should feel ashamed of ourselves, truly. Because we have capability, we have intelligence, and we have been taught by noble Masters such as Buddha, Christ, Muhammad, Guru Nanak, Jain Master, Bahai, so on and so forth, Krishna, whoever, you name it, to be noble, to be benevolent, to be compassionate, to be at peace with one another. We have been taught all these centuries and all we think of is how to find a way, make a system, invent something just to kill that little chicken, to make more profit, more meat, or very docile cows or little pigs. This is really shameful activities and trend of thinking. We should
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never fall thus far, we should never degrade ourselves thus, I think. And I am sure anyone with intelligence and logical mind can see my point, no? 21st century, after so many noble teachings, still killing each other in the name of whatever! I said killing is never right. I have told the journalist, I wish I could say otherwise, that would make me even more popular. I told him meat is one of the most powerful industries in every country. If I have not forbidden you to eat meat I would have had more disciples. Easy. Everybody comes in, just kowtow and thats it Ching Hai-ism! And I would amass all kind of fortune, fame, whatever, but I never go in that direction. Not at the cost of my life even. We cant. I said the truth cannot be altered no matter what. I said to him I put myself even in danger for telling the truth, but I have to save my planet. I dont know if you want to save your planet, but I want to save my planet, I want to save my people. I dont know if you want to save your people, I want to save my people. My people is whom? Its you, your relatives, your friends, your countrymen, your worlds citizens, your pets, your children, your future, great, great, great grandchildren, the animals, all the harmless meek, weak, innocent animals these are all my people I want to save them all yesterday already. I cant tell otherwise. Even if we have another alternative plan to save the planet without going the whole country vegan, how? How many more people have to die? You understand me? For that? Because of meat diet, because of the harmful effect of meat industry, how many more countries have to be eroded, financially kaput, for a piece of meat that we put in our mouth? How many more islands, nations have to sink for that piece of meat that we put in our mouth? How many millions more refugees climate refugees do we want to look at for that piece of meat that we put in our mouth? How many billions more animals do we want to see crammed, suffering, agonizing in those crammed small crate factories? We want to see? For that little piece of meat that we put in our mouth that we could change it. We have tofu, we have all kinds of protein nowadays even. Its not like we are starving without meat. Its not. Its not necessary at all to eat meat. Besides, its poisonous! Its been proven already. Not to talk about climate change, climate refugees or anything, how many more patients do we want to see languishing in the hospitals between life and death, or dead because of that piece of meat that we put in our mouth? How many more families we want to break up due to this kind of disease and death caused by meat? How many more children do we want to see suffer with heart diseases, cancers at a young age already, because of the meat diet? How many more families do we want to see childless because women who eat meat have a very less chance to conceive children? And then how many of these young aspiring mothers do we want to see going through, this kind of poke and picks, what they call IVF pregnancy? It is a painful procedure for husband and wife who have no children, have to go through artificial insemination. Its very painful, time consuming, agonizing, and suffering. And the hope is not 100% even. Not like you spend a lot of money, a lot of time, stressful, fighting inside with each other even because of stress for a child. Not that you go through all that then you have a child 100%. No. Not all of them are working. And how much more suffering we want to see just for that piece of meat that we could change for a better piece of protein. Its the same protein, its just one is secondhand from animals, the other is direct from what the animals eat and digest and then becomes the meat. Its such a waste. And how much more energies do we want to waste in producing meat? How much more grains, food do we want to waste to raise animals at the cost of starvation of millions of other people? Right now we have one billion people already go to bed hungry. Every five seconds a child dies from hunger. Every five seconds, while Im sitting here talking to you. How many children dying or dead already? How many more do we want to see? How long we can afford to bargain in the face of these sufferings of our own kind and of the
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animals, of the environment? I can go on forever, forever but I didnt prepare my speech. Its all really not worth it. Its all really a degrading choice to eat meat. We cant bargain. We cant say, Well, lets take it easy, well probably have a better idea, a better plan than be vegan. What better plan? What better plan? Even if we have better plan, suppose we have better plan, should we choose it? Should we choose a better plan than vegan, which saves billions of lives, saves the animals, saves our children, saves our planet, should we choose a second plan? A plan B. There is no plan B. Even if there is a plan B, its not humane to choose a plan in disregarding the suffering of our own kind, of other beings on this planet, and the danger that were facing, the climate change, which will easily destroy the whole planet and probably all or most of the beings on this planet. The only reason our planet is still hanging in there is because of some virtuous people. Not necessarily my disciples, alone, not necessarily. The people who practice virtues, the people who follow the footsteps of Christ, of Mahavira, of Guru Nanak, of the Buddha, of Prophet Muhammad, the footsteps of the way of loving kindness, of benevolence, compassion. Thats the only footstep we should follow. Theres no other alternative. Can you see? Yes? No plan B. And I even told him we dont have time even to bargain, we have only a few more years. If we dont do it, thats that. So I thank all of you, for all your little or big efforts to do it, together, Im really grateful. Of course, you are saving your planet as well, but I am grateful for your noble intention, for your extra strength to go an extra mile to help others and help ourselves. I guess many of us would not care whether we die tomorrow, because we are assured by our own inner vision and practice, intuition as well, that we are going somewhere great and glorious, even if we shed this physical cover of the soul, I am sure many of us will not care if we live or if we die. Because we know its all up to the Providence and up to the way we live our life. Its not how we die; its how we live. Its not when we die, its up to the moment of death, what have we done with our life that we didnt waste it, that weve been a useful tool of God, for others. That is the true meaning of living a good life. Good life is not always having a lot of money, big house, big car, or anything. Good life is we face ourselves every day in the mirror knowing that we are all right, knowing that we are doing our best for others. So its not because we care that we die or not die that we do all this, just that its just the proper thing to do, to remind each other that we have to be noble, benevolent, and good. I guess I could talk forever about this, but I think, okay. Q. Our sweetest Master [M: Sugar.] [Laughter] Thank You. [M: Tell me.] During the period of swine flu in Mexico, people radically reduced the consumption of our pig friends. [M: Of meat?] Yes. [M: Wonderful.] However, after a short time [M: They forget.] Yes. The president, even the president and the media declared that the consumption of pork was not related at all to the swine flu. So they go for the consumption of the pork. [M: Again?] Again, yes, encouraging the people to eat again. [M: I know. So whats your question?] What would Your message for the government and the media be so they understand that their words affect the whole nation? They do know that their words affect the whole nation. Thats why they spoke thus. But unfortunately, some government leaders and governments even are misled for being too busy to inform themselves of the fact, that 90% cause of the flu is indirectly related to the swine factories in that province; they have calculated, they have research. For example like, if in your country, in your area there are a lot of swine factories, then in
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that province you have a lot more, yes? 90% related to the flu pandemic, and from them spread out, of course, but slower than the native house, where the animals are breeding. Maybe you can cook the pork and say that, Okay, the cooked meat is not contagious, but its not so. The virus fly all over in the air affects people. The workers who are in the farm are directly affected. And from them it mixes with human and other flus from birds or other animals and becomes more deadly. And then slowly or quickly spreads out. Right now the flu pandemic; the WHO (World Health Organization) said that its unprecedentedly fast spreading fast, quickly spreading. Unprecedentedly. So I guess your government or your president in particular should inform themselves more before they advise their citizens because they are the leaders. They should know what they are talking about, they should consult the experts, the scientists who are professional in this field before they speak. Because in Au Lac we say, Our word is like an arrow, dont just shoot at random. You can say as a bullet nowadays, Dont shoot at random. So I am so sorry that perhaps your president is too busy to do research into this area which is dangerous. So maybe you could send him more information. I hope he will read it, for the sake of your citizens. That is why we spread all the information everywhere, and we write to the governments and we write to the newspapers. But I am alone. Its not possible. I work sometimes day and night already, with all the letters and all the correspondence I have to handle. So please do it, do your part. You write, you write to the government, write to your leaders, send them the facts and hoping, praying that they will read it. Sometimes people say that the meat industry, being so powerful as it is, they can lobby anything lobby government, lobby congress, lobby parliament even to support their business. To them, its just business, but to the people, to the consumers, its life and death, its suffering or happiness, its intelligence or dull-wittedness. Its not a business. A business should be providing to the people what they need, to benefit them and then meanwhile benefit yourself as well that should be a good business. A business is not to give people poison, either ignorantly or purposely to cause them harm, sickness, suffering, agony of any kind, just to profit ourselves. That is not a proper business for a Christian, for a Muslim, for a Buddhist, for a Jain, for a Sikh, none of us, none of these people should do any of this kind of business business to kill people, business to harm people, business to kill the innocent animals, they are no-good businesses. They are contrary to Gods will and thus we should avoid. Your president has spoken what he thought is the best for your countrys economy, business and the people. But he probably has been misinformed because being a president he cant just spend his time doing research on what benefits and what harms of the food. That he entrusted to his Food and Beverage Minister perhaps. And so whatever he is fed with, whatever information is on his desk, he trusted that it is okay. Thats why he announced to his people that it is okay. So your president is also one of the victims of lobbyism, of arrogan-ism, of ignoran-ism, of business-ism, of profit-ism, capitalism. Its a sad thing, its a very sad thing. So help him if you can. I hope you can. The problem with being president also is that not all the voices will reach him, like old time kings, very difficult. You have to go through the whole host of bureaucracy. Maybe your letter will go nowhere, but who knows? I wrote a letter to President Obama, I wrote a letter to the European Parliament, European Comissioner, and they answered me.
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They say they will take heed, take notice of what I said and my words, my advice will be in their heart, in their mind, in the days ahead. I appreciate these kinds of leaders who do listen, but these are in democratic countries. Thats why I told you many times I still like America. I dont write always to the president, but I do write occasionally when its necessary. Like I wrote to President Clinton for the Aulacese refugee issue. I wrote to other presidents for the Aulacese refugees at that time. And I wrote maybe about war, abortion stuff only the necessary time. Because I know theyre also busy and I dont want to be also another busybody, messing up with government work. I only wrote when really truly necessary. But you are the citizens of your country. Please do something, please write. You write together a big letter and you sign, many people, and send it. Get as many signatures as you can and send it, or send first a letter and then get signatures and send later again. Who knows, maybe it will come to the leaders ears, maybe not. Just hope for the best. At least you do your best. I cant write to all the people, I cant write to all the presidents. I am trying, of course. I still will do it, but that is the thing with being president; not all the information reaches his desk. Sometimes the people surrounding him will screen it out. And sometimes the people around the president, not the president himself, but the people around him, sometimes they think, Oh, we need some more money to support the president for the next term, or this term or whatever term, so we turn a blind eye to this case, we turn a blind eye to that case. We dont give him this information. We just do it ourselves. Meat industry is one of the most powerful. I told you meat, drug, alcohol, cigarette, these are the top four most powerful industries. Its almost like Im alone against it, openly. Other people also maybe theyre against it, but in a group, individually; small scale. Im against them big scale, big time. So practically I put myself in the unfavorable situation with many. Because whats good for people, I have to promote. What is the truth, I have to speak out. I have no compromise in this. And so should not you. Thats why I told you, we have to begin from ourselves, yes? We have to practice benevolence, compassion before we can tell others what to do, right? Yes. I told you the meat industry is very powerful, they can buy the government, lobby the parliament, bypass congress. What do you think? Why are there so many advertisements about meat and milk everywhere? Even I didnt know that milk was harmful to humans health until recently that we did research. And we had mad cow disease in those times even, they even said, Oh, milk has nothing to do with mad cow disease. Milk is safe. And people believe it! How? How can you take something safe from something sick? And mad cow disease is not curable even. Its deadly; its fatal, every time! So how many more people do we want to die for this piece of meat that we put in our mouth? How many children do we want to kill for that piece of meat that we put in our mouth; that we could even change for tofu or gluten, any other thing, and still stay healthy, happy and better even? Do you understand? This is the question we should ask ourselves. No plan B. No. Never. Now that we know the truth we just speak it out: No plan B. No compromise. Whatever we say if its concerning peoples life, childrens health, families happiness, we have to do it wholeheartedly. Some young people die now! Young people even die from flu! Imagine how their parents suffer. Imagine how their sisters, brothers suffer. Some pregnant women die, full of hope in them, hope for the child to be born in their family, to bring happiness to her husband, to the parents, to grandmother, father, just die like that! Flu, swine flu, for the piece of meat that we want to put in our
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mouth, which is filthy, poisonous, bloody, inhumane. So theres no plan B, is there? [Audience: No!] Okay. Im not well recently. Im sick with everybody else. I dont have flu. Similar symptoms anyway, even though I dont have flu. Because of what they call sympathetic response. When you love somebody, sometimes you take on the symptoms as well. And so many people that I love So Ive been sick for many months. And of course I have a human body. Even if Im sick and tired, there are people worse than me. People are in hospital between life and death, children in hospital between life and death, elderly people in hospital between life and death, pregnant women, youngsters, full of hope for the future are in the hospital between life and death, all because of that piece of meat that we could change, that we could replace any time. And we have an abundance of things to replace that piece of meat with. So why not do it? Why? Why bargain? Its so simple, its so easy. We cannot expect people to quit drugs which is 1,000 times more difficult. We cannot expect people to quit cigarettes, we cannot expect people to quit alcohol when we cannot quit that little piece of meat, which is replaceable, which is not so addictive. So the leaders of all the countries, the governments, the media should realize this. If we want to clean up our society, we have to clean up ourselves first. Very simple. Any information they can get, they must get it. Because being a president or leader of a country, you should not be fooled, you should not be misled. Youre supposed to be the leader! You cant be misled! There should not be any excuse actually. But, there may be some excuse. But still nowadays we should inform ourselves in the position of a leader to know what there is to know about what is good for our citizens, what is bad for our citizens before we speak. Because as the old saying says that: The words from our mouth are like arrow. We cant just shoot any time at random. The Chinese people say that before you speak something you have to roll your tongue seven times. Roll it. Why? So that you dont speak nonsense! So that you dont speak too soon; before youre informed. We all do this. Sometimes we thought, We know this, we know that, but we dont always know the whole thing. So I only suggest that all the leaders have to inform themselves more. And the thing is they are not informed. You see how many medias informed the people at large about the harm of meat? Yes? And they also say, Okay, cigarette is no good, now and then, Drug is no good, now and then, Alcohol is no good, now and then. Every day people are killed by drunken driving, including children and animals, on the road. But theres still no problem. Alcohol is still legal to sell. Do you hear me? Every day people die of cigarettes, nobody reports. People die of drugs, nobody bothers to report too much now and again. And people even commit crime, broke up with families, causing an agonizing situation in the house, nobody reports. Just there now and again maybe a headline, Somebody died because of drugs. But thats it! Only if that person is prominently famous then maybe they say a few words: This person died because of drugs. Sometimes even not. You know why? Lobby. Money. Some others say to the journalist, Dont write it. Hes famous, keep him in good image in the public eyes even after he died. Et cetera, et cetera. Then they dont print anything. It depends on how much money you give, then the news comes out or does not come out. I do what I do. I dont buy people. I dont buy fame. I dont buy applause. I dont buy praise. Im still doing what I do, watiting for them to wake up, to turn around. I let them do what they want. There are businesses and businesses. There are businesses who benefit people, who uphold the truth and virtue. There are businesses who are degrading people and themselves in the first place. The ones who sell this kind of
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business are degrading themselves most of all, before anybody else, because the truth will always come out. This is a very sensitive question that you put to me, yes? But I still tell you all the truth. And I hope you convey that to your president. I tell you a joke, okay? A representative of a soft drink company, Ooh La La, Ooh La La soft drink company went to the Popes office and offered him one million dollars if he changes the bibles famous statement like, Give us daily our soft drink Ooh La La instead of Give us daily our bread. The Pope says, No, cannot. And then they come back home and discuss and come back again next day, Two million dollars is okay, Pope? Pope says, No! The bibles saying is sacred and holy. Its not for me to change. I cant do it. Sorry my son, sorry. The two million dollars can stay but you can go! [Laughter] They come home and discuss again with the higher boss and come back next day, Three million dollars. The Pope still says, No, and no and no. He says, No matter what, I cant change it. So the representatives of the Ooh La La soft drink company come out complaining with each other, Oh, I wonder how much did the bread company give him? [Laughter] All right. Now, we are going to meditate and if you like, I can help you with something with our spiritual practice. Its enough talking about the world already.
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In this world, its easier to practice and to improve because there are suffering people, there are suffering animals, and there are suffering situations and imperfect situations that will touch our compassion and awaken our merciful heart. Then we can bring it out, improve the situation, and help others. Thats how we create heaven. Thats how we say heaven will be on Earth. In the bible, there is a prayer that says, Hallowed is Thy name in heaven as well as on Earth. So we have to bring that to Earth. We are here to do it. If we think we are the children of God, then we have to bring Gods love here. We have to make heaven here. We cant just keep waiting for heaven to appear or ask heaven to help us. Of course, when truly in time of need or emergency, we can pray, Help me today for meditation or to smooth some things. Of course we can pray like that, but not always like that. Its not always about us. It has to be about other people as well. Otherwise, we are going nowhere with our spiritual practice. We have to think of the other end, not only this end. For example, when you talk on the telephone, you talk so that the person at the other end of the line listens to you, not to listen to yourself. When you talk to your friend, you speak loudly and clearly, so that your friend at the other end of the telephone can hear you. You have to consider how you talk so that he or she understands. This is the same. We have to consider other people, the other end. Always consider the other end. If everyone on this planet considers the other end, then we will never have hunger, we will never have war. We could never kill anyone. How can anyone still kill anyone at this time in our civilization? At this time in human evolution, a person cannot go out and get a gun and just kill someone else just like that, in the name of religion, in the name of country, in the name of whatever! This is never right. How can we do that? He is just like you. Both have to defend their own country, and yet you kill him because he defends his country. Thats not right. Or, you kill him because he doesnt want to believe what you believe. Thats also not right.
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Killing is never right War is never right. Killing is never right. So if we all consider other people the way we consider ourselves, just put ourselves in their position, then we know perfectly what to do. Theres never an excuse to harm anyone, to harm fellow beings or animals, our co-inhabitants, never any good excuse at all, even in the name of science, in the name of health, nothing. Nothing! If we did not kill animals or we did not kill each other, we wouldnt be where we are today, with a lot of trouble, a lot of disaster, a lot of suffering, a lot of war, and a lot of sickness. The more we kill animals, even for experiments in the laboratory, the more sickness we have. Look! We just cure one sickness and another comes, worse than before. The law of karma, the great law of the universe, never fails. That is the problem with humans because they dont understand this. They think of what they can do today, and they do it. They think that they can harm someone and then they gain something: Some money, some promotion, some glorification or whatever. But thats not right. Its never right. So if youre in heaven, its difficult to practice, but if youre in hell, its also difficult. Because if once we create a hell, such as war, then it continues forever like that. Someone dies or is injured, and then later they come back. If they cannot come back in this lifetime because theyre weakened or theyve been destroyed or killed, they come back in the next lifetime. Life continues forever. Its not like you kill one person today and hes finished with you: No, no, no! The great law of the universe does not allow anyone to overpower anyone unjustly. Even if we have the right to defend, its also not good for us because that means we dont trust in Gods power to regulate things for us. We dont trust in the great law to justify the actions of others. If we take matters into our hands, then heaven will ignore us. You want to kill him back? Right, then you both have to take care of each other. If you kill him, he comes back and kills you, and then later you die. And then you come back, kill him in the next life, and then again, again, and again. Better to run than to seek revenge So thats why Ive told you, even if people kill you, let them. There are worse things than death. Ignorance is worse, worse than death. If we die with enlightenment, we go straight to heaven. We die with forgiveness in our heart, compassion in our soul, and we go straight to the high level. But if we seek revenge, if we kill them back or we injure or hurt people in some way, that will come back to us again, again, and again. And we go nowhere. You can have another physical body any time, if you desire it. The difficulty is to get away from it, not to worry that we dont have one. However, I wouldnt tell you to go out and try to provoke someone so that he kills you. Its not like that. Dont try to go home and say something like that. What I mean is truly, if we have this physical body, that means heaven still wants us here to work. Of course you try to defend yourself. But defense doesnt mean you kill other people. Run away or reason with him; just defend but dont hurt them. If you can defend yourself that way, its fine. Running away is the best. The Chinese say that of the thirty-six strategies, the best one is to run away! I run away all the time, and its truly like that! Its true; that Chinese saying is the best. I use it all the time, and Im still here. Its a cool strategy. It doesnt mean that tomorrow I would run again, but it means that whenever I have to, I just run. Why stay around and explain to people: I am innocent! Ive done nothing wrong. Some people dont listen. Being human means being humane Its just that this life is still not very elevated. But its getting better and better all the time. Ive heard that many governments encourage people toward less meat and more organic farming and so on. Actually, today, we have some good news, like in Ireland, where the government
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supports organic farming, and a lot of people apply for it now, 85%, isnt that nice? Soon we will see cows only walking around, like between the green lights, maybe holding hands with the humans. Because the cows, they can cry; when you want to kill them, they cry. Many of them do that. Some even run to the police, to take refuge. For many it happened like that, and later the police also feel sorry for them, and then someone buys them and sends them to an animal sanctuary. They do know what to do. Its just that sometimes they cant escape, because the humans control them; they drag them in there, and all kinds of things. I dont want to talk about it because I will die. Its terrible, this animal cruelty; how can we call ourselves humans? Human means humane. But the people who kill them do it for a job. Sometimes they dont have another job to do. If the government would create better jobs, then they would change. And if there is no more demand for meat, or fish, or any animal products, then there will be no one who kills. Perhaps one or two do it by themselves, but not en masse, not confined in a small crate where they could not even turn around. They can only lie down and stand up. This is the utmost cruelty! Imagine if its you; imagine if you put yourself in that situation. Imagine if someone put you in a crate like that, where you could only stand or lie down and could not even turn around. Can you imagine? Would you feel good? No! Thats why I said if everyone in this world considers the other end, considers other peoples position, then we will have no war, no cruelty, no animal killing, no hunger even. The problem is we dont consider others. Give whatever is within our capacity So, as so-called spiritual practitioners, please, be different for me. Please be different. Dont just clap your hands and say, Oh Master, You are compassionate, You are merciful, Youre beautiful, Youre this and that. Do it! Do what I do, or at least some of it. Do it in your capacity. I dont say that you always have to give money to people, if you dont have it; but you can give your time, your support, or do something else. Do it in your small capacity. Like last time, I said to some Chinese that they can make food in a lunch box and sell it at a reasonable price to some neighbors nearby or to some company or office, or something. You dont have to make a lot; like if you have one office that agrees, then you make it and sell it to them. Twenty boxes or something, of good, nutritious food made with love. First, you earn some extra money. Second, you earn more merit, because this kind of job, which is providing compassionate nutrition to others, is a very meritorious kind of job. Anytime you do something good and offer some necessity to others, even if you earn some profit out of it, you still gain merit from heaven. Its not just like you have to give it for charity, and only then you gain merit. Its not charity alone when you might gain a little more merit, but even if you just do a good job like opening a Loving Hut restaurant, offering this compassionate lifestyle to people so that they have a chance to turn around and save their own lives, save the planet and save the animals. Then you also have merit, even if you earn money with it, because that belongs to the meritorious category of jobs. There are two or three kinds of jobs that earn you merit, or earn points in heaven. Like what job earns 10 points, what job earns 100 points? Its like in school. Those are the kinds of meritorious jobs that can earn big merit points in heaven, apart from meditation. So even if you dont do meditation, at least you earn some merit to go to heaven so that you dont go to hell or a lower level of existence after you die. But apart from meditation, if you earn more good heavenly points, then of course you go higher in heaven. And then when you die, you dont just sit there miserable, seeing people flying past you, going up and you dont know what to do any more, its too late. Practice here while we still have a chance In heaven, when you go into that lower heaven, youre still happy, fine, but its difficult to practice then. Here its easier, because there is suffering, there are troubles, there are things to do, problems to fix or things to repair. And then you can earn merit, you see? In heaven, no one
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M. The English say No news is [Audience: good news.] good news. Yes, sometimes we watch television, try to find some good news on television: Very, very difficult. Only Supreme Master Television has a lot of good news, yes? [Audience: Yes.] Compared to other television channels; but not a lot. I guess there are many more good news everywhere, its just we dont have a chance to look at it. In response to Masters call, we all try our best to promote the vegan diet in our area. After we returned from here last time, the few retirees among us made vegan steamed stuffed buns to sell in our small community. [M: Vegan steamed stuffed buns?] Yes, we made ourselves and sold them inexpensively and very delicious. In the beginning, we sold less than 100 buns a day. Now, we sell 200 of them every day. [M: 200 now?] 200. Three for two RMB. [Laughter] We went down there at 11 oclock every day. The buns are all sold out shortly after 12. People would start lining up before it is time. An old lady lives on a lower floor in the building in front of ours, she said, After eating your vegan steamed buns, I dont feel like eating meat anymore. She also bought our soy protein. People living in the nearby buildings also come to buy from us. Since its hot in the summer, they dont want to cook themselves. We also give them vegetarian recipes to promote the green vegan diet. We just give them vegan recipes, and share with them the benefits of being vegan. The people working in the machine shop behind us also order our buns. Once I get off work at 11:30 A.M., I go over to join them, and we can sell a few tens of yuans worth of buns. It was raining that day and they said, Here we have a new store for steamed buns. [M: Wonderful!] Through this, many people eat less meat. Some people also asked us for vegan recipes. For people who are interested, we also give them the SOS flyers. This kind of individualized promotion has been quite effective. I think this is a way for us to do it. Not everyone is suitable or can afford to open a restaurant. [M: Not! Its not necessary!] The way we are doing now [M: Individual vendor.] We try our best to sell on a small scale. All retired sisters can do it in small communities. Three or four people can get it started. It doesnt require much capital to make it widely accepted. You just need to buy a wok or something. I feel what we are doing is very doable and well received. We put a lot of stuffing in the buns. [M: Wonderful! Also, there is a kind of cart people use in night markets for cooking food.] We just cook in our home upstairs and sell them downstairs. [M: Thats also okay.] After doing this for a while, we gained a small reputation. Later on a rainy day, I went outside to sell the buns near the community entrance. I said, Do you want to buy some vegan steamed buns? They said, No, we want the vegan buns made by the grandmas inside. [Laughter] Some who live far away also come over to buy from us. They say that our buns are tasty. When some people first tried it We use soy protein in the vegan
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stuffing. After they tried it, they said, Didnt you say it is vegan? How come there is meat? I said, This is vegan meat. Its healthy, environmentally friendly, high in protein and low in fat. Later on, many people came to buy from us. [M: Good!] One time, after eating our buns, a Buddhist told us, You are doing Buddhas work. He looked at us, and said, Are you Buddhists? I said, We are promoting environmental protection and health. He said, What you are doing is the same as Buddhas work. You are doing it with your actions. [M: This is very simple. Anyone can do it.] Its simple, easy to do, and doesnt require much capital. M. You can also sell them at night markets. People buy a lot of food in the streets at night, the kind of food that can be cooked in a short time. You can serve them fried noodles, yes? Fried noodles or noodle soups. The soup is cooked beforehand. When they come, you just put the noodles in. That kind. Some people like to go out to eat at night, but there is no vegan food for them to eat. Then we can also meet their need. That is also legal, and doesnt require much capital, right? Do you need to apply for a permit? [Q: No.] No? Its not required in Mainland China, right? [Q: Right!] Every country has this kind of night market by the roadside, right? There are many in Asian countries, such as Formosa, Au Lac, and Korea. Sell by the roadside together with other people, or by yourself at a fixed spot or using a small cart. You could push the cart to college campus areas. Students are not rich. You can sell to them and by the way tell the young people that we should be vegan and green. There are many things you can do. Or, if you have a small cart, you can place an ad outside and put things on the cart for people to buy. Its very simple. If you cannot afford it, you dont have to open a restaurant. To make money or to promote the vegan diet is actually not that difficult. With a small cart like this, you can sell things like hot dogs. The American vegan hot dog, it is very simple! Just put it in between the buns, then people can eat it. Or, you can make noodle soup. The noodles are already cooked, then you prepare a big pot of very hot soup, just add in the noodles its ready! You can also make spring rolls that are already fried or the steamed buns that can be eaten cold. They dont need to be heated. Right! There are many! Talking about them makes my mouth water. [Laughter] Is the food all right at the Center? Do they cook well? [Audience: Yes!] Food always tastes good when you are hungry. [Laughter] How many meals are you served? [The cooks: Two meals.] Is that enough? [Audience: Yes!] Yes, its enough. Save the time for meditation. If you eat all the time, your belly will get too big for you to sit comfortably. The food is tasty, it is okay, right? [Audience: Yes.] As a matter of fact, we can survive with simple food. It doesnt need to be complicated. We cook this and that for the people outside who are used to eating sophisticated food. We let them know that vegan food can also be sophisticated. They dont have to eat meat. Thats why our television station has many cooking shows. Is it very popular now? Are there many vegetarian restaurants in Mainland China? [Audience: Yes!] If you cant open a restaurant, then do it like that. If we do this on every corner, it will be very good. People will slowly get used to it and know that vegan food is also very delicious. We can fry noodles and put them in lunch boxes. Lunch box with fried noodles, right? They are also very delicious. Fried rice noodles are quite delicious. They are also easy to cook, right? You can cook them at home, and put them in lunch boxes. They can also be served cold, and are still delicious. Right? Stuffed steamed buns or plain steamed buns. Thats right! We can do like this. We can stuff vegetables in it like making a sandwich! Otherwise, you put a plain steamed bun in a small container and some vegetables on
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become a caveman. [Q: That gives a whole new meaning to the term caveman.] [Laughter] Yes. We are a different species of caveman. Q. M. Now, with Your art, what is the process involved? Do You meditate and get into samadhi state and get inspiration for art? No, its not like on purpose. But if you meditate a lot, then all kinds of dormant abilities or talents will come out and you can do things that you never thought you could before. Yes, and exult in it or enjoy doing it. So meditation does bring out the artistic you or the talented you or the poetic you, whatever you choose. It just comes out naturally, James. If we meditate, everyone will bring out all kinds of abilities that are dormant within themselves. So thats that. Everyone can do it. Many of my Association members, they also can paint and do a lot of things, artist things, after initiation for a while, so its not just me. [Q: Anyone who meditates can find their potential, develop their potential talents.] Right, and it depends on whether you really have the urge to use it or not, or do you have appropriate kind of situation to express your ability or not, or you would like to or not, you see? Right, right, right. And You mention in this new book Celestial Art, there are some of the teachings in here too, as well as visual photography. What caught my eye was this chapter titled Being Focused and Dedicated is the Secret of Success. Yes, this is, of course, meditation again. Being focused means being in a meditative state, concentrate on your higher self, something larger than the physical life. And then we can have, well, anything would come out. It depends on whether we want to use it or not, or we have the chance to use it, or we have the kind of conducive situation that we kind of bring it out to the full or not. Suppose you really are artistic and after meditating a lot, you feel you could paint and all that you would like to but if you are too busy with some other things and dont have time, then it also doesnt come out. Right, unfortunately, yes. [M: Right.] What we put our attention on, thats where the energy of our soul goes. I think thats a saving from somewhere. Right, right, right. Its just focus, thats what it is, attentive to something. And You have several other books on this theme of harmony with Mother Earth or nature The Noble Wilds, The Birds in My Life, The Dogs in My Life, and those are available in different languages on this theme of nature, harmony with nature. Yes. This is just to, somehow, contribute to humans knowledge about other species, that is, our co-inhabitants, that is, they are surrounding us, they are living with us and we should learn to know them. I just hope my books or some of my talks will bring people to being more attentive to knowing other beings apart from humans, and then from learning to know each other, maybe can live more harmoniously with each other. These are the purposes behind these books, yes? Yes, and as people get to know animals, it probably will turn them into vegetarians if they arent already. Right, once they love something, they dont want to eat it, they only want to protect it. [Q: Right.] So maybe it helps somehow, James, the books.
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Makes people more aware, sympathetic with the animal population, that they have feelings, they have souls. Yes, thats right, yes. Its a pity that people are too busy to realize that. So Im trying my best to bring their attention back to where they should understand more. Yes, helps promote compassion and sustainability. If we can be one with nature, just be more aware of nature. Right. You see, compassion and love is our nature actually. Its just that we have been either influenced by society, self defense, or survival, or some bad experience somewhere that we became less compassionate, less understanding of other beings around us. But compassion and love is our nature. [Q: What they call Buddha nature?] Yes, Buddha nature, God nature, yes. So is this leading to a new Golden Age if theres enough people in the world that are becoming more compassionate and in harmony with nature? It sounds like a Golden Age of higher consciousness is attempting to get started. Yes, we are looking forward to that, James. But humans are still a little long way to go back to their great self. Anyway, we try as much as we can. I try the way you try, you know, spreading higher consciousness, reminding people to go back to their greater self. Yes, we are trying, James. Yes, a matter of education for a better world and its a non-stop process. Its a lifelong commitment, really. Right, it is, James. What else do we live for? Right, its all compassion, all about compassion. In light of climate change and all of these crises were hearing about, we can transform the crisis into an opportunity. How can these crises be turned into something good or a silver lining? The best, perhaps, that comes out of it is that we, the human race as a whole, start to reconsider how we behave in terms of living in peace and friendship with all beings. Because they are all related to us, and if anything that comes out of this crisis is that maybe humans will wake up or stop their busy, busy life and think for a few moments that maybe we should change the way we live our life. Thats quite a step of progress, isnt it? For someone to turn themselves around or make that evolutionary leap toward compassion. We have to if we want to catch up with all the galaxies in the universe. Ah, yes! Ive always been a great fan of the search for extraterrestrial life. And its part of that whole radio theme of mine too radio mysticism. You just broadcast and hope someone will answer back. Maybe they do. Its just that our technology is not highly developed enough to understand them or to catch their frequency. Right, yes, thats right. Theyd be much more advanced and wed have to invent a whole new kind of radio for that. [Laughter]
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And in order to invent some more extraordinary instruments, or to have better technology, we have to survive first. And in order to survive, I have pleaded with humans to stop making killing karma, you know, like killing animals for meat, killing each other. These are a big hindrance to our spiritual progress and, of course, as well as scientific improvement. Yes. The connection between animals and global warming, methane gas and climate change, thats pretty amazing, that if everyone became vegetarian, it would dramatically reduce global warming. I think people are just starting to hear about that. The population, theyre just starting to hear. Its kind of like where smoking was once upon a time. [M: Yes, I hope so.] Smoking is bad for you, eating meat is bad for you, too. Yes. But we did not know that, you know. I mean, cannot blame the humans for not knowing because before, there was not enough information available to them about the harmful effects of the meat diet and now there are some available. But then people are being too busy with all kinds of other pressing mundane worries like financial crisis, joblessness and all kinds of these things, and diseases that are caused by meat to begin with to let them have not enough time even to find out the cause of their illness, of their problem, of the global crisis and even financial crisis. They all come down to bad karmic retribution of killing. I just hope people do realize that because thats important. Its not just to put down that piece of meat, but also the concept of being compassionate and loving and living in peace with all beings has to be propagated by the governments, by the media, by religious bodies of the world. I do hope everyone works for that goal, you know, works together.
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Yes. It will help in the world. And many people teach that, and You do too, that by being vegetarian, it makes it easier to meditate and to become more spiritually aware. Of course, of course, of course. We cannot be raising high in our soul level of consciousness if we carry so much burden of blood debt, and of guilt, of conflict within our consciousness and our conscience for being a part of this murderous cycle. [Q: Right.] Sorry for my blunt language. Well, meat is murder as that film says, yes, meat is murder. [M: Yes? There is a film?] Yes, there is a video titled Meat is Murder. Yes, it is, James. What else do we call it? [Q: Yes, right, call it what it is.] To take a life is murder. The first step is always to identify the problem. Tell us about the Quan Yin method of meditation practice as a way to experience union with God. The Quan Yin method is ancient, as old as the universe itself and it has been passed down from times immemorial. Any time we concentrate, any time we go inward, you know, and shut down the contact with the outer world for a while, we will enter deep into our subconscious level or deeper into Buddha nature or God nature self, then we will find that we are not the body, we are not this mortal and erroneous self but we are something greater. The Quan Yin method is just the easiest way to calm the mind, you see? Because our real self is God, our self nature is Buddha. Its just we are obscured by mundane
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activities, wrong concepts, physical desires, et cetera, et cetera, so we are too busy, or the society makes us busy or this physical life makes us too busy, so if we go contrary to that, like we calm down, we will see God because we are part of God, we are connected with God at all times. So the Quan Yin method, it just helps to calm down. I think its the quickest way, thats all. And because it shows a direct link to our self and great nature or God or Buddha nature, which is Light or melodious vibration, glory, peace, love, blissfulness. Whatever we can imagine heaven would feel like, the state of mind of heaven, we will find it if we practice diligently with the Quan Yin method. Q. And I know Quan Yin was sort of Goddess of Sound in Buddhism, theres the Surangama sutra. Its kind of like Quan Yin is the incarnation of Sound or Goddess of Sound. Yes. Actually, She was one of the practitioners of the Sound. And perhaps, at that time, She attained a very high level of consciousness through the Sound meditation, so they called her Quan Yin. But you know, James, were all incarnated from the Sound, so we are all Quan Yin big Quan Yin, small Quan Yin. [Master laughs.] [Q: Thats right!] Yes. Were all God, parts of God. In the bible, it mentions that, In the beginning was the Word, the Word means the Sound, the vibration and everything that is made is made from this Word. And this Word was God. You see? So we are with God. We are God. We are part of God, at least. So all the scriptures told us that were children of God and that is no doubt. And if we practice this so-called Quan Yin method means the practice of contemplating on our real inner self, which is the melodious, glorious vibration then we can find out that we are truly from God. And You mention that there are levels or inner realms. I remember watching a video I have some of Your DVDs and actually some old VHS tapes too from long ago that someone gave to me. [M: You have?] Yes. Ive got some of Your talks and You mentioned the different levels. The different heavenly, what would be the levels? Well, for the humans, you know, that are incarnated on this planet, we can attain one of the five levels, which is in their, you know, so-called spiritual steps, spiritual consciousness we can attain from the first to the fifth. And the fifth would be the highest for a human to attain. For example, the first one, we call it the Astral Level. The second, we call it the intellectual level, the third would be the creative level, the fourth would be what they call the void in Buddhism, emptiness. You will be empty of all desires and you will feel blissful there. And the Fifth Level is the level of the true Home. [Q: The fifth heaven is where God is.] Yes. Where the highest of the manifestation of Godhead, you would call it, would be available to mortal humans to be in contact with. Above the Fifth Level, there are other levels. Okay, James? [Q: Right, right.] The ones who descended to this physical realm have a different kind of karma, different spiritual makeup. And so, when they are liberated, they could go to the Fifth Level. And from there, they could be a Master of humanity could be a Teacher or they could just stay there and enjoy the blissful presence of God, the feeling of God-self, the feeling of oneness with God. So we can only talk up to the Fifth Level. All right? [Q: Yes, indeed.] So the First Level like Astral Level if we attain that level, mostly we will feel like we have a lot of power if we attain it, okay? Suppose you and I attain the Astral Level, then suddenly you will feel like everything you want comes easily to you and everything you wish suddenly will appear somewhere, or you have a power to change the situation by mere wish, because the Astral Level is a magical power level. But that is not the ultimate, of course. And then the Second Level, if we attain it, then we would have a lot
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of intellectual power, we have eloquence we will never be defeated in any argument, we will be always the winner. We have such a tremendous power of conviction and in speech that anyone hears us would feel like we are right. And we will have victories all the time, in any debate, for example. And we can also, by the way, see our past and perhaps our future as well, because we can have access to the akashic records, which is in the Second Level. [Q: Right.] Now, on the Third Level, we will have a lot of creative power. A lot of things ideas, projects will come to us easily if we have time to realize them. Will be a lot a lot of ideas coming, a lot of talents come out, a lot of abilities. Anything you never thought you have would come to you. On the Fourth Level, youll be more calm, gentle or very blissful in demeanor and thinking and manner. Every day you feel life is easy and good, and you feel loving and kind. And the Fifth Level, that is the level of the Truth, of the Master. And you will realize much aspects of God which the scriptures cannot describe and which you also cannot describe. [Q: Right, beyond words, beyond form, beyond the physical.] Yes, but then we dont have that much of the eloquence anymore. We passed that stage. So sometimes, you find that if youre on the Fifth Level and people accuse you of something and you know you havent done it and you know its wrong, and you know their concept is wrong, but it doesnt come to you quickly to answer them or to defeat them, like when you were in the second or almost the Third Level, something like that. So in China, there is a saying that the wisest man seems like the most stupid. [Q: Yes. And the Tao that can be named is not the real Tao.] Yes, maybe that saying came from one of the realizations of the ancient sages, and it is true like that. It is different. And then you will wonder, How come? A few years ago I was so quick and sharp witted. I can always defend myself. I can always win in any argument and now suddenly Im like speechless or dumbfounded in many situations. It looks like I regress in spiritual practice. But its not like that. You just got over one of your stages. [Q: Just more within yourself.] Yes. [Master laughs.] Q. Yes, I know some writings of mystics that are like that, that are kind of unintelligible or in a different language almost, just hard to read, hard to understand. Theyre just in a different language, a different stage. [M: Right, right.] And the five precepts are very nice. Refrain from taking the life of sentient beings and that, of course, includes following a vegetarian diet. And refrain from speaking what is not true. Refrain from taking what is not offered. Refrain from sexual misconduct. Refrain from the use of intoxicants drugs, alcohol and other addictions. Those are very nice. That reduces karma and keeps people out of trouble. Yes. Also, this is the way a human should behave. All humans should have this kind of quality, at least, to be qualified as human. Yes. Ahimsa is one of my favorite words, non-violence, in thought, word and deed. Yes. And from then on we can spring to the next level. Without these, if we are below all these characters or qualities of a normal human, then we cannot spring into the next level of sainthood. For example, if we dont qualify ourselves as a graduate from high school, we cannot apply for college. Yes. If the outer life is in chaos and conflict, it would be hard to meditate. Yes, even. Even, even. If we live the life of undiscipline and guilt, we can never calm our mind enough to reach a higher level of consciousness. Thats very logical. [Q: Yes, makes sense, absolutely.] So this is not like a commandment from God or from any Master or any puritan group or anything. Its just a category of a human and we should have all this at least to be a human. [Q: To be a true human being] Yes, to be human
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being. Actually, according to Buddhism, anyone who keeps these five precepts cleanly, even if they dont practice any Quan Yin method or any other yogic practice or meditation, they would be reincarnated again as a human and not go to hell or a lower level of consciousness, or not suffering next time again. Even if theyre born as human, they will be healthy, nice looking and have enough financial comfort, for example. [Q: and will probably learn meditation, sooner or later, kind of keep on growing, keep on evolving. So if people want to practice the Quan Yin method or spirituality at home, what would they do to begin?] They should begin to clean up their life wherever needs cleaning. For example, the five precepts, instead of killing or eating meat, we should refrain from all that which harms other beings, which hurts other beings, in any way, which makes them suffer or like in the bible says, stumble and fall. And then we have to live a chaste and clean life, then we can start to think of seeking a spiritual guide, a spiritual friend who is capable of instructing us into the life beyond. Because without a clean vessel, no matter what kind of elixir we put in that cup, it will become poisonous or murky or unfit to drink. Q. M. Yes, in order to truly appreciate the guide, yes. To follow the precepts, makes it easier to appreciate the guide, to learn, to focus. Yes. Its not just about appreciating the guide, its about ourselves. Just as Ive said, the cup, if its not clean, if it has some dirty things in it, then you pour beautiful juice in there, it will poison you even, or it will taste terrible and its not juice at all. Then, no matter how much meditation practice we put into every day, we wont get anywhere. [Q: Right, right.] Because the two dont mix. Like we have to be pure like heaven in order to attain heaven. Like attracts like. Yes, the outside and the inside in harmony with each other, your inner self and your outer world all kinds of on the same page, You could say. Right, right, have to be. We have to live the way we think heaven would be, if we imagine a heaven being. Because we humans always pray to heavens or pray to angels and we think they are benevolent beings. They would never hurt anyone. They are helpful. They are compassionate. They are loving. They are protective. You see? They are peaceful. So if we want to be like them, we have to start living like that. [Q: Yes.] And the five precepts are helping us to go nearer and nearer to heaven. As we become perfect human beings, we can spring to the next level of spiritual achievement. And if were being peace ourselves, we will attract more peace. Well go in that direction, draw more peace towards ourselves and just kind of go to that level. Thats right. Whatever we expect to have, we must start living that. [Q: Yes, thats what we will attract.] Yes, if we want to be in heaven or experience heaven, we have to start to live a life of a heavenly-like quality. Is that logical? [Q: Very, very.] Yes, like, if we want to have a college degree, university, we have first to be diligent and study well and graduate high school, and then we can apply for college. And once we apply, then we have to go to college. We have to live the life of a college student as expected. We have to learn there, we have to do things like a college student. Right. And a good student enjoys learning and enjoys reading. And its probably a very important spiritual principle to mention that these precepts, rather than being a burden, are fun. Like when I became a vegetarian, I enjoyed food more than ever before. It was not a duty or a burden, but something good, something fun.
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interested and they want to keep these talks so they begin to get cameras or recording equipment and then we begin to have the recorded tapes and books thereof. Q. Right, and now the television, the satellite and internet television, people can watch Your talks day or night, any time? [M: Yes, any time, 24/7.] Yes, and it works out really well. I have different computers and use different operating systems and, yes, Supreme Master Television works really well on any operating systems or the different browsers, and it works really well, I think. Oh, Im glad. Nowadays we have so good communication system. Its good for the planet to have such fantastic equipment so that people can share knowledge and remind each other of goodness. Yes, the whole world is getting connected together. [M: Yes, very connected.] Yes, I have a few friends at Facebook that are from Mongolia. Even Mongolia has high speed internet now, at least in the capital and certain cities. Yes, wow, it is incredible! And its good that we are connected with each other and it would be even better if we are all connected to our God self again. [Q: Yes, everything connected.] Maybe there would be one day we are more connected to our real self. Connected within and connected to each other. And then well have a Golden Age. Yes. It has begun already. Its just that to some people only, not to everybody, because some people they still do not realize that. Right, get to the 100th monkey or that critical mass. Yes, who knows? Maybe we can get that one day, huh James? [Q: Yes.] With your radio and maybe with the Supreme Master Television, we work together with others, like-minded people, maybe we can help to elevate the planet. I think so, yes. Im pretty encouraged these days, theres a lot of people with the same vision and Im optimistic that the good will cancel out the negative. Making progress. Yes. The more positive energy the better for us. [Q: Absolutely.] Yes, lets pray that one day that this world will become truly heaven on Earth. Yes, we have the power to make it the way it is now. We can make it better. Yes, sure. Everyone can do it. Its just they have to use their heavenly power instead of the negative power which, unfortunately, we also can have access to. Right. Well, its great speaking with You today. Its good, James. Its good. Thanks for doing this because you are spreading the good news and you are doing your part in rebuilding this world and Im deeply grateful. Well, my pleasure. Great speaking with You.
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M. Q. M. Q. M. Q. M. Q. M. Q. M. Q. Hallo. Hallo, this is Ben from The Sunday Independent. [M: Hi, Ben.] Hi. It is an honor to speak to You. How are you? I am very well. How are You? Ah, wonderful. Wonderful to be able to connect with you so simple like this. Yes, how is Ireland? How is the weather? It is not too bad. It is a bit rainy but we expect that here. Why? Why do you expect rain, should expect sunshine, huh? Always hope for the best, I suppose. Yes, of course. You know, rain is good for the potatoes as well. Yes, it is great for the crops, so we need rain. [M: Yes, thats right.] So we just have a couple of questions for You. Ill get started straight away. Yes, please, go ahead. Any questions you want. Great. So the first question we have is: Supreme Master Television has interviewed many of the worlds top scientists and world leaders who are regarded as authorities in the field of climate change, climatology, atmospheric physics, geophysics, polar research and more. These include Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Dr. James Hansen, worldrenowned climatologist and head of NASAs Goddard Institute for Space Studies; and Global 500 award-winning physicist and environmentalist, Dr. Vandana Shiva. What are their views on climate change and are they unanimous in their conclusions, or moreover, in their recommendations? All these distinguished scientists, as do the others in the field, agree that global warming has accelerated in recent decades and that major changes must be made immediately. Dr. Hansen said that even a goal of 80% reduction of emission by 2050 is not enough. He stated that the most important thing an individual can do is to be vegetarian, stating also that the government should address coal pollution. Dr. Pachauri, who himself has chosen the vegetarian diet, has said that eliminating consumption of animal products is the most effective way to halt greenhouse gas emissions as an individual. And Dr. Shiva, who is also vegetarian, emphasizes organic vegan farming as a solution not just to climate change but also public health, world hunger, and even the economy. And there are many who are not yet vegetarian who have also emphasized that the meat diet is the number one cause of world pollution and climate change, so we should reduce meat intake or stop it altogether.
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On Supreme Master Television You are doing regular updates on swine flu which has recently been named the first pandemic for 40 years. Why do You think we should be so concerned about swine flu? You see, the health experts and the people who study viruses informed us that there is a grave concern. Namely, this pandemic could become more and more dangerous if the virus mutates further. According to Laurie Garrett, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist and Senior Fellow for Global Health at the Council on Foreign Relations, the swine flu virus has been evolving for many years through its origin in North American factory farm environments. And in these extremely unhygienic settings, the different viruses from the animals easily mix with one another to create new, more lethal flu viruses. You remember in 1918, the flu pandemic costed the life of 100 million people, yes? [Q: Incredible!] Experts say that the same could happen again with the present swine flu. And as we were speaking, you know already the update, that recently one strain of the swine flu virus has even resisted the Tamiflu, which is the most powerful anti-flu medicine to date, huh? [Q: Yes.] Yes. Except if they have made something new, perhaps in the testing. So if we dont stop the mass animal raising industry, then as Mrs. Garrett said, this factory farms unnatural industry will one day spawn a severe pandemic that will dwarf that of 1918. [Q: Its very worrying.] Very, love, very, Ben. You see, swine flu is just one of the many examples of how the meat production industry is threatening humans health and further highlights the benefits to be gained from the organic vegan diet. I am hopeful still that people turn to vegan diet, organic vegan diet. First, to save themselves. Second, to save the planet. And, if anybody has a loving concerned heart at all, please, its humane to the animals. Thank you, love. Absolutely. So, on the subject of global warming, scientists talk about rising sea levels, but where can we see examples of this happening? We can find examples in many places. Those low-lying countries with major river deltas upon which millions of people depend to survive they are seeing eroded coastlines already, dramatically. Bangladesh, for example, home to about 155 million people is one of these major river deltas. According to Dhaka-based Coastal Watch, an average of 11 Bangladeshi lose their home due to rising water every hour. Can you imagine? Every hour, 11 homes are lost. [Q: It is unbelievable, that number. Its incredible.] Suppose this is your home. When we heard about it, we just think it sounds like just numbers, but its people who live in there with family, children, friends, memories, and its unspeakable. [Q: It is horrible.] Imagine its us, its our house. You wake up and you have no home anymore, or youd be even maybe drowned in the river. Nobody even knows, nobody even cares. I dont want to talk about this, but its really sad. Its really so sad, Ben. I can tell it is very saddening for You. It is a very difficult topic, people losing their lives. And these people, they already are not well-off or anything. And they have to bear all this as well, as a collective consequence of the whole global warming. I have to switch it off otherwise I can never talk anymore. In 1995, half of the Bhola Island was swallowed by the rising sea leaving half of a million people homeless, just like that, unable to farm and live as they used to. Salt water has also been invading farm lands in Egypts Nile River Delta, where 32 million people reside, and in Au Lacs Mekong River Delta, home to at least 18 million. Up to last year at least 18 islands have sunken completely. The island nations throughout the Pacific are also under threat, such that migrations and plans for migration have already begun
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from places like Maldives, Kiribati, and Tuvalu. Maldives president wanted to even relocate the whole entire nation. Can you believe that? [Q: Its incredible! Its all due to global warming.] Yes, love. Thats what it is. Its all our doing, really. Sri Lanka, India, New Zealand, and Australia are just a few of the countries being asked to receive the refugees from these afflicted nations. So rising sea levels and resulting climate refugees are increasingly affecting many of us indirectly as well. These tragic examples are just a few of the many on our planet, and illustrate the urgent need to halt the effects of global warming, with the quickest way being to adopt organic vegan diet, which is so simple and easy, as we have mentioned many times. For reference, your readers can refer to our blog, or www.SupremeMasterTV.com/SOS or www.SupremeMasterTV.com/Killers. Alright, love, any more questions? Q. Yes, great, we have a few more. The Irish Department of Agriculture reports an 80% rise in the number of new applicants applying to convert to organic production. How does organic farming benefit the environment and our health? Wow, wow, wow, I am so happy for your country. Wow, congratulations! Congratulations! You have good government, Ben, good government. Its a nice statistic. Truly, enlightened government. [Q: Its something positive for a change.] Yes, I mean, my God, how many countries do this? Ireland is the first one in the region to ban smoking. [Q: Thats right, yes!] We remember that. And now it seems like its the first country to encourage organic farming. You see, it doesnt just happen from nowhere. It is your government who does this. I remember your government, the Minister of Agriculture, he wrote to all the farmers asking them to consider the organic farming method. Is that right, Ben? [Q: Yes! Thats right, yes.] Wow, wow! Bless him, bless him, bless your country. Okay, I am so happy to hear of this good news for Ireland, and I hope that many other countries follow suit. [Q: Yes, so do we all.] If you can, please convey, please dont forget, maybe you can print it out please: My heartfelt thanks to your governments bright leadership and the Irish people who support it, especially the smart responsible organic farmers as well. Please do not erase this. I want them to know my appreciation. Could you please print that? [Q: We will, well pass that on, absolutely.] Yes. People who do good things deserve some feedback so that they know that they are appreciated. Every one of us is the same, right? [Q: Yes.] We want to know that were doing the things that are pleasing to people and that is very good to hear that. Organic vegan farming is what should be promoted, actually. You see, the so-called organic farming of animals is still cruel and unhealthy and unjust to both animal and human. What I mean is organic vegan farming vegetables, yes? [Q: Yes.] This one benefits our health because it avoids hundreds of pesticides as well as insecticide residues in our food, the antibiotics the unnatural additives which have been linked to countless diseases. Organic farming absorbs CO2 as well. Compared to animal products, organically farmed fruits and vegetables contain high levels of nutrients such as vitamins, minerals and antioxidants which protect us from cancer. Moreover, they taste better everyone will tell us that. For the environment, organic vegan farming protects and even enriches the soil, helps to preserve wildlife habitat, creates much less pollution. The Rodale Institute found that it even helps to overcome greenhouse gases by absorbing 40% of carbon dioxide in the soil if it is practiced worldwide. 40% is absorbed
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already! We dont need to wait even for solar technology or anything else. We have 40% CO2 absorbed by organic vegan practices I mean vegetables, yes. That is 1,000 pounds of carbon per acre absorbed and stored. Isnt that good, Ben? [Q: Thats brilliant! Thats incredible!] Yes, incredible. So, for our health and for the planet, organic vegan vegetarian farming is the solution. Well, vegan means vegetarian already, just to over-emphasize. Q. The next question is very much related to that, I suppose. Is the increase in the major diseases of today, such as cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes or obesity, is that linked to a meat diet? Oh yes, Ben. All we have to do is just go on the internet and see all the medical research results. There are multitudes of studies proving the strong links between meat consumption and all these major chronic illnesses, and sometimes lethal illnesses. You can see that heart disease, cancer, diabetes, obesity rose as meat consumption levels rose in the past five or so decades. Before that, we have less; when we consumed less meat and we had less of these major diseases. So definitely there is a correlation. All this research cannot be wrong. [Q: Thats very true.] A study conducted by Harvard University with tens of thousands of men and women found that regular meat consumption increases colon cancer risk by 300%. 300%! [Q: Wow! Thats very scary!] Yes. Eating meat is tied to higher rates of all the most common cancers, and dairy consumption even increases the risk of ovarian cancer. One study of Japanese women found that those who ate meat instead of a plant-based diet were eight times more likely to develop breast cancer. Animal products are the only source of cholesterol in the diet and a main source of saturated fat two things that lead to heart disease and obesity. Vegans have fewer heart problems, lower blood pressure, for example, lower risk of diabetes, and lower risk of kidney stones and gall stones and osteoporosis, lower risk of asthma attacks for those who have asthma. Vegans have also reversed their chronic illnesses in many cases. The list goes on. You know, Ben, I know it myself. Many people came to me before, because for initiation, for example. I teach them meditation practice. And many people came to me before, of course, they eat meat. And before that, they have many of those diseases that you listed before. And after being vegetarian, the diseases are just gone, Ben. [Q: Really?] Disappeared, yes! Almost sometimes overnight! So I can tell you by my own personal knowledge, experience. [Q: Yes.] Yes. Anyway, you dont have to believe me, but you can ask any doctor whos done research himself about the undeniable link between meat and illnesses, and the link between vegan diet and wellness. For example, you can watch many interviews with health and nutrition experts and doctors, all free of charge of course, and download them free as well, at www.SupremeMasterTV.com/HL also www.SupremeMasterTV.com/Killers for more information about the harmful effects of meat and the beneficial effects of vegetarian diet. I could go on forever, Ben, but I know we make it short. Your readers can do research themselves. Nowadays its easy. Q. M. Thats true, yes. Theres so much information out there on the internet. Right, love. Its just that some people, they dont have time to do it, so we just make it a short summary for them, and then if theyre interested they can go more on the internet to look. [Q: Yes.] Thank you, anyway. By the way, thank you for doing this, Ben. You are doing a great service to mankind, not to Ireland people but to mankind. And God bless you for that, Ben. And Im very grateful.
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Most people would like to reduce their carbon footprint, what difference would it make if they change to a vegetarian or a vegan diet? A very big difference, Ben, big difference. One six-ounce beefsteak cost 16 times as much gasoline, or fossil fuel energy, as one vegan meal. One cup of broccoli, one cup of eggplant, four ounces of cauliflower and eight ounces of rice, to be exact, according to research. 16 times six ounce beefsteak only cost 16 times more than that whole vegan meal. Now, many scientists would thus describe meat as being hugely carbon intensive, including Dr. Pachauri, the Chief of IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change). If all the people in the world became veg vegan we would eliminate at least 50% of greenhouse gas emissions. 50%, Ben, greenhouse gas emissions! But I know its more than that, karmically speaking as well. It would be significantly more than removing all the worlds transportation which is only 13.5%. [Q: Really?] Yes. So if we are vegan we dont even need to worry about CO2 yet. We do worry its better to have cleaner air but CO2 by transportation and all that is not the grave urgency like methane gas and nitrous oxide and all the gases that are produced out of animal industry. From my calculations, from my inside knowledge, and also scientifically speaking, 80% of global warming would be stopped if we stopped the animal industry. The well known study by Eshel and Martin at the University of Chicago found that being vegan saves more in emissions than switching to a hybrid car. Scientists from Japan calculated that not eating one kilogram of beef saved the equivalent of driving an average European car for 250 kilometers. Can you imagine one kilogram of beef is equivalent to driving
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250 kilometers and burning a 100 watt light bulb for 20 days non-stop?! So we should know where our problem lies. Now, a study by the Institute for Ecological Economy Research in Germany found that emissions from an animal-free vegan diet are 87% less than those of a meat-based diet while emissions from an organic vegan diet are reduced by 94%. Again, as the top climatologist Dr. James Hansen said, Being veg is the single most effective thing a person can do to stop global warming. Thats without government even, without ado, without protocol, without any trouble. Alright, Ben, any more questions that you already know but you want to ask for your readers sake? Q. Yes, we have a couple more. [M: Please.] We are starting to hear more scientists talk about us only having a few years left to save the planet. And I noticed on Supreme Master Television you have a countdown saying we only have about 1,300 days left to save the planet. What leads You to believe that we have such a short time left? And what could happen, what if we miss this deadline? The truth is that, scientifically speaking, we have short time left because we have already waited too long to act. Leading scientists and organizations are now saying this as well, especially as they find that the tipping points, which indicate irreversible damage to the Earth, are being reached must faster than anyone had previously thought and calculated. A group of scientists from the International Alliance of Research Universities just published new findings saying that the rate of sea level rise and oceanic warming are both substantially higher than what the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated just a couple years ago. This report now forecasts ocean levels to rise one meter by the end of the century, a nearly 70% increase over what the IPCC previously projected. Of course, they estimate a little bit conservatively, worrying maybe to alarm the public or just to be cautious. Similarly, they found that temperatures are climbing 50% faster than forecast by the IPCC. Expert climatologist Dr. James Hansen of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in January 2009 said that we have at most four years left to avoid flooded cities, higher species extinction and climate catastrophes. These are only a few. There are truly too many confirmations of the urgency of our planetary situation to even name. As for what happens, your question, what happens if we miss the deadline? [Q: Yes.] Ben, what happens, I do not really wish to envision it. I do not really wish to talk about it. [Q: Its terrifying, really.] Yes. A long time ago, I sat in the seaside of one of the very big, famous city and nation rich, prosperous, prestigious seaside and suddenly it dawned into my head, questioning, My God, four years later, will this city still exist? And I just shook my head, I dont want to look, I dont want to see, I dont want to think about it. I dont want to see any vision about it. I shook my head, and I just think in the other direction. It is better we concentrate on the solution to save the Earth. We can still do it. We can still do it. If everyone becomes part of the solution, which is the organic life-saving vegan diet, its so simple really, its so simple. Its no sacrifice, its even better for health, better for everything! Its so easy. Organic vegan diet, thats all we need to do, for the time being. And any other green technology, we can slowly develop. We need the
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solution, which is organic life-saving vegan diet, then our future is transformed. Life will quickly become better than what you could even imagine. Greener, lush, tranquil, contentment, happiness, healthy, and more intelligent, more incredible inventions will come out of it, thats the outcome. With no more killing, humans and animals alike will flourish in peace, and the world will be restored to beauty and happiness. But if we do not act now to spare life and offer our kindness, the course of the Earth will follow some of the most dire predictions already made by scientists, in terms of immense sea level rise, poisonous gas release, and massive extinctions that, of course, could include us humans. Im sure it could. Some of these effects can be seen already in the rising number of disasters that are causing further hunger, illness, suffering and death. So let us all act now to ensure the future that we want, and the one we want for our children. That is Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet. [Q: We need to focus on the solutions, yes?] Right, love, right, because the consequence will be too obvious if we dont focus on the solution. Okay, Ben, any more questions, we continue. Q. Next question then. In the past few months we have heard scientists and environmental advocates on Supreme Master Television and in other medias say we need to focus less on reducing CO2 and more on reducing methane, ozone, and black carbon, also known as soot. How will the shift in focus help us cool the planet faster and avoid climate change? Of course, reducing CO2 is still important as well, but reducing these more potent and shorter lifespan gases, like methane, for example, will bring a faster cooling than CO2 reduction. Besides, these will also in turn reduce CO2 as well, as a consequence. Taking methane as an example, scientists at the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have found that methane actually traps around 72 times more heat than CO2, averaged over a 20-year period. At the same time, methane leaves the atmosphere fairly quickly. So United States researcher and IPCC member Dr. Kirk Smith has shown that within just a few years, the dissipation rate of methane overtakes CO2, and its nearly completely gone within a decade, but CO2 will stay around warming the planet for thousands of years! So if we want a quicker cooling of the planet, we have to eliminate those that leave the atmosphere quickly. Is that logical? [Q: Thats very logical.] Yes. And CO2, we will still have time to eliminate. Livestock is the single largest emitter of methane. Moreover, because of methanes faster disappearance from the atmosphere, if we stop eating meat the planet will be able to cool immediately almost, yes. Livestock raising and animal breeding also cause many other damages to our planet. Livestock, by far, is the single largest human-related occupier of land, the main driver of deforestation, the biggest water polluter, and top culprit of biodiversity loss. And thats just to name a few of the damages caused by livestock. As for black carbon, which is the particulate matter also known as soot, NASA scientists found that it has a serious impact on climate change. Black carbon is 680 times more heat trapping than CO2 can you imagine that? So CO2 is not our foremost and urgent problem. The soots 680 times heat trapping more than CO2 is accelerating the melting of Antarctic ice, which rises the world sea level. Scientists found that 60% of the black carbon particles in Antarctica were carried there by the wind from South American forests that are burned to clear land for livestock production. You see the connection? [Q: Yes.] So this pollutant is yet another damaging by-product of the meat industry
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again. We will destroy the world if we do not stop eating meat and producing meat and other animal products. So the organic vegan diet is the fastest, easiest, and most effective solution for a lifesustaining planet. Yes, the solution is organic vegan diet. That is the solution, Ben. Q. It certainly sounds like it, yes. Could You tell me more about how does eliminating flesh foods and dairy products help us to reduce these shorter-lived causes of global warming and cool the planet faster? This is very simple, Ben. The 2006 United Nations Livestocks Long Shadow report had made it clear that animals raised for meat and dairy are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than all the transportation sectors combined. So why do we worry about electric car and all that? We will have time to do that if the planet cools down. With livestock as the largest single producer of methane, eliminating meat and dairy products will help to immediately cool the planet. This cools the atmosphere quickly and enough that we have more time to continue developing alternatives to coal and other fossil fuels. We need to save the planet now, like yesterday. And the organic vegan diet is the one thing, thats the thing that will do that. Another way to help stabilize our planets atmosphere is to do good deeds. This spreads the positive vibration and constructive atmosphere we need to counterbalance and neutralize the created existing destructive energy. In this sense, you can say that eliminating animal products is the biggest good deed of all good deeds, because we will save the whole population of the planet six billion more people. How much more of a good deed can it be? What good deed can be more than that, more than saving all the planetary people and the species and all the trees and all the things that we love? So eliminating animal products or being vegan is the biggest good deed of all the good deeds, because our cruel and unnecessary murdering of animals would be stopped. The suffering and death of more than 55 billion innocent animals, plus tens of billions of fish slaughtered worldwide every year would be stopped. This act of humans, which heaven could not tolerate to look on, should be stopped. And the more than one billion people who are hungry and dying of hunger-related disease or hunger itself, would eat in plenty and live. I wish that day will come soon, like now. Q. M. Thank You. How does our demand for meat in Europe contribute to the destruction of the Amazon and increased rates of melting in Antarctica? 80% of the Amazons deforested land is converted to grazing pastures for cattle. Of the remaining deforested land, the majority is used for growing soy. 85% of the worlds soy is fed to the cattle that will be slaughtered for human consumption. And as you may be aware, Europe is one of the top consumers of beef from Brazil. So the Amazons destruction is clearly linked to meat production. The melting in Antarctica can also be directly related to livestock raising, again because the heat trapping potential of methane being so much higher than CO2. In addition, 60% of the black carbon that was found accelerating the Antarctic melt was coming from the burning of rainforest for livestock raising. Everything points in the same direction, that is, meat diet. If we stop consuming animal products, much of this lethal source is eliminated and the heat it creates will also disappear. See the logic, Ben? [Q: Yes.] Im not talking of
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meditation, samadhi, we dont need to do all that clairvoyance we can just see the outcome of what we do. Of course, the demand for meat in Europe is not the only problem. We cant blame Europe alone. The problem of killing animals for food is a global one. In fact, along with stopping meat consumption we all need to pray for forgiveness. This, too, is part of the Earths recovery, the awareness of the suffering caused by humanity and the true desire to reverse this action and to do good instead. Q. M. Thank You. We are in the midst of a global and national financial downturn. How can embracing a vegan diet help us to reduce the costs of lowering emissions? The vegan diet is clearly the most economical. This we already know from logical consideration, because with the plant-based vegan diet we eat directly what comes from the fields. Theres no need for the food, including energy and nutrients, to be transported and fed to the animal, and then go through an animal before it comes back to the human. What comes back is a small fraction of the nutrients and energy that had gone into the system, plus a lot of harmful substances unasked for, like fat, cholesterol, hormones, pesticides, insecticides that are concentrated in the meat. There are more than that. These aspects of the meat diet translate into human diseases and extravagantly high medical costs tax money which perhaps could have been used instead to help reduce emissions, such as subsidies for organic farming, as an example. More educational institutes for the illiterate in different parts of the world, for example. Furthermore, now practically speaking, a report from the Netherlands called Climate Benefits of Changing Diet found that an estimated cost of USD40 trillion to stabilize greenhouse gases by 2050 would be reduced a full 80% by a global adoption of the vegan diet. If we adopt globally the vegan diet, then we will eliminate 80% the cost of greenhouse gas reduction. 80% of the USD40 trillion estimated by 2050. Can you calculate that? Can you? Imagine that! So we dont have to pay so much tax to begin with because of the greenhouse gas reduction project. All we have to do is just adopt the vegan diet and we eliminate 80% of the cost already. Thats a saving of USD32 trillion [Q: Such a big difference.] not only because of eliminating well over 18% of greenhouse gas emissions but 18% is just underestimated already. Not because of eliminating well over 18% of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock industry, but also due to further reduction in CO2 because vast tracts of grazing land are restored to nature as grassland and forest. These elements of nature are more effective as absorbers of CO2 than any carbon capturing technology, which is still in suspended testing and its still risky. The natural landscapes of grassland and forest are more effective to absorb CO2 than carbon capturing technology, according to the United Nations Environmental Program. Besides, its risky, I think. Its not tested yet. What if the carbon leaks back into the atmosphere again in a concentrated amount like that? When we capture them year after year, decade after decade, and then something happens, and it leaks up, then what do we do? So, with the vegan diet, we eat whats best for our health, for the animals, for the environment, and nature will do the rest to restore the balance and save our world. Q. Thank You. So we have one final question. The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change will take place in Copenhagen between December 7th and December 18th of this year. What advice would You give to the leaders making these very important decisions for the people of the world?
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Well, if I may, I have only one humble advice, that it is important to tackle the root cause, which is animal meat production. If we take the vital step to stop the demand for animal consumption, then the rainforest destruction will stop; the lungs of the Earth will be restored; the destructive agriculture runoff and pollution will stop; we will have clean air and clean water; there will be more food for the hungry. Above all, when were free of all the massive burdens imposed by producing and consuming meat and instead practice the compassionate vegan organic farming, the energy patterns of the world will change to a more compatible waveform with the Earth and her inhabitants and with heaven to produce harmonious weather and benevolent life-supporting atmosphere. Its all about changing energy. Make good energy. Anyway, even if its not for saving the planet, we should not continue our pattern of life the way we do up to now. We are human; human means humane. We should be what we truly are, humane. And many claim we are the children of God, so we should be that. We cannot torture, kill our kind, as well as torture, kill, and eat the innocent animals, the defenseless, the helpless our co-inhabitants. Though the majority of them could return our violence manyfold, they could even kill us instantly, but they choose not to. You know that, right? [Q: Yes.] Because they are born noble, raised noble, and remain noble and loving, as they retain the connection with the Divine. We are the so-called civilized, intelligent, superior species, the human race. Shouldnt we reconsider how to act with befitting manner? That is, to protect, love and preserve the life of our co-inhabitants, the animals, the environment. These certainly are recommendable, noble and proper actions. Just be veg, go green, do good. Thank you, Ben.
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toward ideal moral values through an inspirational video message. The seminar was also covered by KTLA, a television station in Southern California, United States of America.] BL. Greetings, everyone, welcome to our celebration of the first ever Vegan Earth Day a historic occasion and were so pleased to have you be a part of it. Lets give yourselves a hand for attending today, here in Southern California community fest. Thank you so much, all the caring people attending here today, as we created the first ever Vegan Earth Day. Because its necessary that we asked everyone on Earth to go vegan to save the planet, now that we know with problems of global warming and deforestation and drought and disease and world hunger and war and violence. There is an answer. We know the problems, we have the solution. Its go to vegan, and on Vegan Earth Day were telling everybody about it. And were so glad to have you here, and we have so many wonderful people who have attended. We have real heroes in our presence today: Chris DeRose, the founder of Last Chance for Animals a wonderful, heroic figure who showed vivisection to the world for the first time, the horrors of vivisection. We have people who are in the rescue, like Lorri Houston, who founded the Farm Sanctuary and now has Animal Acres in Action. And Joanelle Romero, we thank you for a beautiful opening ceremony today, Native American Indian ceremony vegan. And Dr. Essylstyn, coming here and telling everyone, You dont have to have heart disease, its totally preventable, reversible, and his son. Christine Garcia, animal attorney. All people dedicated to compassion in the world. And today is the summer solstice, the day of most light, so we hope were shining Light on the need to go vegan, that people can see that it is the only answer. Those of us who really care about animals, we find that the key to solving all our problems is in kindness to animals. Isnt it amazing that when were kind to animals and we dont eat them, we dont get heart disease, cancer, stroke? We dont have the environmental problems that we do. And this day is so important, its recognized worldwide. There are celebrations going on in Europe and Asia and Canada. And this was recognized in the United States Congress this week by Congress Member Dennise Kucinich of Ohio, who happens to be the only vegan in Congress the Congress Member I trust. He wants a Department of Peace. From a vegan you get somebody suggesting a Department of Peace. I believe we have his letter that he sent to me from the House of Representatives. And Lorri Houston, youre going to read it. Lorri Houston (LH) of Farm Sanctuary with Dennise Kucinichs letter. Thank you. LH. As declared by the United States Congress, presidential vegan candidate, Dennise J. Kucinich, House of Representatives of Ohio, in honor of Vegan Earth Day, Madam Speaker, I rise today in honor and recognition of Vegan Earth Day 2009. On June 21st, 2009, members of the community will promote and celebrate the healthy and environmentally sound, vegan lifestyle, abstaining from the consumption or use of animals and any animal by-products. Studies show that a vegan saves a ton and a half of carbon emissions per year. Vegans also require much less water in the production of their food. With the effects of climate change becoming more evident and water becoming more of a precious commodity, these individuals are leading the way to a cleaner and greener future by promoting the consumption of fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, and other organic fruits. I also stand in recognition of the events organizer, Bob Linden, as he continues to demonstrate outstanding leadership on conservation,
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humane treatment of animals, and healthy eating habits. This years Vegan Earth Day will feature environmental and health experts, live music, animal adoptions and activities for kids that set the stage for other organizations across the country to follow in their footsteps. Madam Speaker and colleagues, please join me in honor of the program coordinator, Bob Linden, Pierce College, and the event volunteers as they celebrate Vegan Earth Day. I stand in recognition of the important contributions such an event will add to the promotion of living environmentally-conscious lifestyles across the country. United States Congress. BL. Great. All right! Vegans are in Congress. And we also had a special message from Congress Member Dennise Kucinich (DK) for us who are celebrating Vegan Earth Day, a community fest here and around the world. So lets see that now. Hi, Im Dennise Kucinich, and I want to say hallo to everyone at the Vegan Earth Day community festival. Its important that we celebrate this day, not only because its the summer solstice but also because for many people its the beginning of new opportunities to be able to make a transformation in the choices they make about their food every day. What does it mean to be vegan? Well, I can share with you whats its meant to me. When I made that decision back in 1995, I was in a different state of health. For many years I suffered from what some know as Crohns disease, and I was told that there was no cure for it. But by a vegan diet and by the use of Chinese medicine as an extra help, I dont have a problem anymore. I just want to tell you that for health reasons, for compassion for animals there are many reasons that people can make that change and also for helping to save the planet. There are many reasons why a person may be a vegan as there are vegans, I suppose. But for me, its been one of the most important decisions in my life. Its enabled me to have increased clarity and vitality. And its given me a joy of life that I cant say that I really had when I had another diet that was weighing me down, physically and spiritually. Im so grateful that all of you have come together on this important occasion, to be able to renew friendships and also to renew commitments. Now finally, the national media is starting to recognize the importance of the food that we eat, with respect to someones health, and also with respect to its impact on the environment. When I was traveling the country and would tell people that I was a vegan, they werent sure if that was a political party or not. They werent sure if that was some ethnic group. But as Ive had the chance to inform people and share with them my own understanding of what its meant to my own health, as well as to the health of animals and the happiness of animals, people start listening. And in a way, each one of us, each one watching this at this moment has the chance to affect another person and to get them to explore alternative to diet, and the choice that we make that affects our own health, the health of the planet, and the happiness and survivals of animals. This is something that can create great joy in life. And it has for me. And Im grateful for all my friends in the vegan community who have shown a continued commitment and pledge to you my willingness to keep spreading the word and to keep letting people know how important it is that we reflect on the impact of our choice of diet on the world and on ourselves. So thank you very much. Go vegan! BL. Vegans have come a long way. And its important that we do so, because meat and dairy do cause global warming more than all transportation combined. And were in drought-stricken California. I, as a vegan, need 10,000 gallons of water to grow my food in a year. A meat eater needs 320,000 gallons. So each vegan in this room is saving
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300,000 gallons of water each year. Please give yourself a hand for your heroic lifestyle. As you save that water, a hundred animals a year, an acre of trees what a heroic lifestyle it is! And its an honor for me to host a radio program called Go Vegan with Bob Linden. So you can hear that at www.GoVeganRadio.com. Congress Member Kucinich has been a guest, and so has Supreme Master Ching Hai from whom we will hear shortly now. Supreme Master Ching Hai is a three-time invited lecturer for the United Nations and recipient of the World Peace Award and the World Spiritual Leadership Award. Supreme Master Ching Hai is the living example of love in action. She has dedicated Her life with passionate and unwavering devotion to rescuing those in need, people who suffer in disasters, whether it be floods or fires or earthquakes. And now the planet needs rescuing and Supreme Master Ching Hai knows that and almost single handedly, I think, between Supreme Master Television and www.SupremeMasterTV.com and www.GoVeganRadio.com, were the only ones bringing this message to the world to be veg, go green and do good deeds for the benefits of all beings. And of course when we say go veg, we mean go vegan. Supreme Master Ching Hai is the winner of the Gusi Peace Award, source of inspiration for Supreme Master Television, which is a very constructive channel, broadcast around the globe on 14 satellite platforms with subtitles in up to 42 languages. Im happy to say, my program has been featured. I received an award, Shining World Hero, from Supreme Master and I was honored by that. I realized that being vegan is so heroic, and I share that award with all of you who are vegan and care for animals. So its all our award. Were all Shining World Heroes. So Supreme Master Ching Hai is a trailblazer and She understands that the single most effective way to stop global warming and the global climate crisis is to go vegan. Through Her presence at 13 climate change conferences in nine countries on four continents that were all broadcast worldwide, She has inspired countless people to embrace the new Golden Era where all beings live in harmony and love and that would be a world where we all go vegan. So now, let us hear from Supreme Master Ching Hai. M. Happy Fathers Day! Hallo. My grateful greetings to all of you, the organizers, who worked passionately for this event, and the participants who brushed aside other important obligations to show support and care by coming to this gathering. I am honored to be invited. Though I cannot personally be there with you, my heart is with you, and my best wishes for your endeavor. I wish also what you wish: A healthy, survived, happy, peaceful planet. And we are working together towards this goal. Throughout hundreds of thousands of years of history, humankind has evolved. We have come a long way. How far may surprise us. And it may surprise us that even war is not the worst thing that happens. There are far worse killers. If you allow, I will name them for your sake. Perhaps for my sake as well. We live together on the same planet, we have the same concern. So what concerns you, concerns me. There was a time when humans killed other humans even just to eat. Now, doing so is a crime. We call it murder people killing people, the most heinous crime of all crimes. Whether old or young, light skinned or dark, Christian or Muslim, Buddhist or Sikh to take the life of a human is in some places still punishable with ones own life being taken in return. Today, people kill animals to eat. But now humanity is being called to an
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even more elevated and compassionate moral level of conduct. A future day is dawning where killing animals, too, shall be called a crime. It has happened in some places already. In America, a teen has just been recently judged as to have been committed a crime by killing serially 19 cats. In the civilized society that should be, we protest war; we hold rallies to stop the senseless killing of human against human; we plead with governments to enact policies of peace; we judge the murderer as one whose standards are less than human, as one guilty of an act so unimaginable that the person is shunned by society for the rest of his or her life. An entire elaborate legal system is established: An enormous squad of personnel and forces are employed to impose punishment for the reprehensible act of causing death to another human, for robbing others of their beloved or their kin; evidence is gathered, juries are summoned, the most learned judges preside, armed guards stand watch, impenetrable prisons are built, police risk their safety in defense of human life, and schools and families teach moral conduct all to prevent such crimes from occurring. We take much time, energy and our collective resources to protect life thus. One day, we will also protest against the murder of our animal co-inhabitants. And by extension, we will denounce anything in the future that kills, because killing is a crime that must be stopped. These silent killers, they are unnoticed by most of us. They are in our home every day. I will try to point them out. It may surprise you, it may not. To some of you, it is obvious, to some of you, it will be the first time that you realize who our enemy truly is. The top killers Killer number one: Meat or animal products, animal so-called food Surprised? There will be more. Meat kills literally billions. A staggering 55 billion animals, eight times eight times, eignt times the entire global human population are killed for human consumption each and every year. This is not even counting the several billion fish that perish, with a total loss that translates to more than 155 million beings killed every day. Human die, too, each year because of meat and fish, and anything related to animal consumption. Nearly 33 million people succumb to meatrelated diseases annually through heart disease, cancer and other conditions that claim the lives of more than 90,000 persons each day. 90,000 persons die each day because of animal consumption! And then there are those who cannot obtain food because the grains they need are used to feed animals that will be killed for meat. Approximately 25,000 people die of hunger every day, on top of the 90,000 people who die because of meat. There are 25,000 people who die of hunger indirectly, also because of meat. And now on top of this, we have hundreds of thousands of people die each year, as the victims of meat caused global warming. And we have tens of millions of others who are made homeless due to climate change. We call them climate refugees, if there is such a term; in fact, they have no status. And this is not including the innocent wildlife and domestic animals who suffer because of meat-related problems. Meat causes global warming, and kills, and kills and kills. Therefore, meat is murder, a crime that must be stopped. Although some of you already know the horrifying effect of meat-related disease, I make a rundown here for the sake of those who are not aware. Some diseases related to meat consumption and production Mad cow disease 90% of the population at risk; Swine flu you know already, presently the world pandemic;
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Ebola-Reston virus; Cured meat and fish increase leukemia risk in children; Antibiotic-resistant superbug infections from a strain of Staphylococcus aureus; Blue tongue disease; E.coli; Salmonella; Bird flu; Pigs disease (PMWS); Listeriosis; Shellfish poisoning; Pre-eclampsia; Campylobacter; Clostridium difficile; and Disease hidden even in healthy-appearing livestock.
Some of the costs of meat eating Infertility eating just one serving of meat per day increases the risk of womens fertility by 32% the more meat consumption, the more risk; Heart disease over 17 million lives lost globally each year. Cost of cardiovascular disease is at least USD1 trillion per year; Cancer colorectal cancer over one million new colon cancer patients diagnosed each year as well; more than half a million die of it. In the United States alone, colon cancer treatment costs about USD6.5 billion. Millions of people are newly diagnosed with other meat-related cancers every year; Diabetes 246 million people are affected worldwide. An estimated USD174 billion spent each year on treatment in just the United States; Obesity worldwide 1.6 billion adults are overweight with 400 million more who are obese. Costs USD93 billion each year for medical expenses in the United States alone. At least 2.6 million people die annually from problems related to being overweight or obese; and Environmental cost Meat and related productions use up to 70% of clean water. Pollute most of the water bodies. Deforest the lungs of the Earth. Use up to 43% of the worlds cereal. Use up to 85% of the worlds soy. Cause world hunger and war. Cause 80% of global warming.
Plus more The list goes on! Some of the costs of milk consumption Now, even milk, which we have been told officially to be good for us, is on the contrary poison and causing diseases and of course financial loss. Here are some: Bacterial microbes, pesticides, and enzymes found in cheese, derived from the inner stomach linings of other animals; Up to 80% of the calories in cheese are from pure fat. Breast, prostate and testicular cancer from hormones present in milk; Listeria and Crohns disease; Hormones and saturated fat leading to osteoporosis, obesity, diabetes and heart disease; Linked to higher incidence of multiple sclerosis;
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Classified as a major allergen; Lactose intolerance; and of course global warming.
Plus more The list goes on! Luckily for us, we can avoid all these by a simple cure: VEGAN DIET. Some of the benefits of a vegan diet Here are some benefits of a vegan diet: Lower blood pressure; Lower cholesterol levels; Reduce type 2 diabetes; Prevent stroke conditions; Reverse atherosclerosis; Reduce heart disease risk 50%; Reduce heart surgery risk 80%; Prevent many forms of cancer; Stronger immune system; Increase life expectancy up to 15 years; Higher IQ; Save 80% of a total cost of USD40 trillion for reducing global warming; Use 4.5 times less land to grow food; Conserve up to 70% clean water; Save 80% of the cleared Amazonian rainforest from animal grazing; A solution for world hunger; Free up to 3.4 billion hectares of land; Free up to 760 million tons of grain every year that is half the worlds grain supply; Consume one-third fossil fuel of those used for meat production; Reduce pollution from untreated animal waste; Maintain cleaner air; Save 4.5 tons of emissions per United States household per year; and Stop 80% of global warming or more.
The list goes on! Killer number two: Alcohol Some of the benefits of avoiding alcohol Luckily for us, we can escape all that suffering and prevent all this suffering for our loved ones by avoiding alcohol. Here are some visible benefits: Restore the heart Stroke reduced 50% by quitting smoking and restricting alcohol consumption, along with more exercise and higher fruit and vegetable intake. Researchers in Spain find that alcohol-free beer reduces cholesterol levels along with other potential heart benefits, without any of the risks associated with alcohol consumption.
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Financial savings A Canadian study estimated alcohol intervention programs could save 880 lives and USD1 billion every year.
Reduce mortality A 10% decline in vodka sales resulted in a significant decrease in alcohol-related deaths in Russia in one year. Exercising, drinking less alcohol, eating fruits and vegetables, and not smoking extends life expectancy by 14 years.
Reduce cancer A World Cancer Research Fund study finds reducing meat and alcohol consumption decreases cancer risk.
Aid recovery The brains regeneration and performance are increased once alcohol consumption ceases. Alcoholic hepatitis patients can gain complete recovery if the patient gives up alcohol and has a good diet, like vegan diet. Bodybuilding.com states that bodybuilders who refrain from alcohol consumption experience benefits in terms of muscle gain, hydration, recovery, metabolism and mental focus.
Boot society wellness A New Zealand liquor ban resulted in 98% less liquor offences as well as a reduction in other crimes. Research in New Mexico, United States shows that Sunday bans on alcohol sales resulted in fewer collisions and traffic casualties. Alcohol-related crimes dropped by 15% following an alcohol ban in Aberystwyth, United Kingdom. An alcohol ban becomes permanent on the jetty area of Coffs Harbour City, Australia due to its success in reducing crime. In the United States state of Florida, raising the legal drinking age from 18 to 21 significantly reduced auto accident-related fatalities. A voluntary ban of alcohol sales to youth under 21 in the United Kingdoms Marske village is made permanent as crime and anti-social behavior is reduced by the ban. An alcohol ban in United States colleges helps overall alcohol abstention and reduces bouts of drunkenness and secondhand effects of drinking.
Killer number three: Drugs Now, we come to killer number three. Namely, drugs. Drugs destroying lives, intelligence and function of countless of our kind, wreaking grief and havoc on families, darkening or terminating peoples future, youths future especially, as youths are impressionable and easily fall into this kind of temptation. Drugs can do all that. Drugs kill, often at a tragically young age. Is this not an intolerable crime begging to be stopped? Some of the tragic tolls of addictive drug abuse Allow me to tell those who are still not informed. It causes over 200,000 deaths per year, not including crime related fatalities. Costs of USD181 billion in the United States alone,
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and USD33 billion in the United Kingdom annually. Lifetime cost of current drug addiction amounts to USD575 billion in the United Kingdom. Harmful effects of drugs include: Brain damage, stroke, heart disease, liver disease, tuberculosis, emphysema, cancer, depression, suicide, permanent memory loss, mental illness, higher infant mortality, increased crime and violence, impotence. Drugs cause crime and violence Illegal drugs are a factor in 50% of burglaries in the United Kingdom each year. In the United States, 60% of people arrested each year have been taking illegal drugs. 650 heroin addicts in the United States committed 70,000 crimes in a three-month period. Social costs of drugs United States businesses lost USD100 billion per year due to employees drug and alcohol abuse. Australians pay USD53 billion per year for health care, law enforcement and lost productivity of drugs users. Some environmental costs Every gram of cocaine produced destroys 4.4 square meters of rainforest, with 300,000 hectares of rainforest lost each year to cocaine production. Death due to drugs 52 people die each day due to drugs in the United States. In Canada, substance abuse is attributed to 21% of total deaths and 23% of potential life years lost due to early mortalities. Plus more And more. And more. How to regain our healthy, normal and worthwhile life? There is a solution. You have a solution. Here are some of the benefits of addictive drugs abstinence treatment: In the United States, treatment for drug addiction has been shown to save lives, as observed over a one-year period, reduced crime and rebuild families, along with 69% of those treated being drug-free at least one year after treatment. 64% reduction in arrests one year after treatment. Again, this is just a one year observation, and the trend should continue and would continue as people regain their normal health and clarity of mind due to drug-free lifestyle. A California, United States study found that for every USD1 invested in drug treatment USD7 was saved through reduced crime, health and welfare costs, and increased income stability. 60% of cocaine and heroin in the United States is consumed by people who get arrested in the same year; thus, treatment that helps them to overcome drug addiction reduces crime and market demand for drugs. A doctor in Arizona, United States identified a new outpatient treatment for methamphetamine addicts, showing an over 60% success rate in rehabilitation. 20 years of research in the United States has demonstrated that drug treatment programs are effective in reducing crime, as well as improving the health and social function of participants. Drug-free workplace programs are found to result in lower absenteeism, fewer accidents, higher productivity, improved morale, better employee health,
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decreased use of and expenses for health benefits, lower corporate insurance premium costs, and the list goes on, of course. We have all that on the www.SupremeMasterTV.com/Killers. Please refer to it for more details. Also we have them here and there on almost all our SupremeMasterTV.com blogs. So please check them at random. Also on www.SupremeMasterTV.com/SOS. Killer number four: Tobacco Now, we come to killer number four: Tobacco. Nearly 5.5 million people every year are robbed of their life-breath by tobacco. Smoking changes ones genetic structure permanently, causing a higher risk of cancer. Sadly, this is the single most preventable cause of death in the world, making tobacco also a crime. Here are some of the tragic tolls of tobacco: 5.4 million smoking related deaths per year worldwide. Cost of smoking related illnesses: USD96 billion in the United States alone. Light and mild cigarettes just as harmful. Cause cancer and diseases in animal companions. Speed the aging process. Toxic residues of third-hand smoke also kill. We do not include the harms that tobacco do to the children as well. Now, tobacco causes heart disease; coronary thrombosis; cerebral thrombosis; kidney failure; cancer; lung cancer; esophagus cancer; kidney cancer; bladder cancer; chronic obstructive pulmonary disease like emphysema; bronchitis; stroke; impotence. Additional harms for secondhand smoking include sudden infant death syndrome, infertility, miscarriages and premature deliveries, childhood asthma, bronchitis, ear infection, cleft lip or palate, hyperactivity and aggression in asthmatic boys. Circulatory problems in women, and more and more and more. The list goes on. Some of the benefits of avoiding tobacco Of course, again, lucky for us, there is a solution for all this tragedy: Avoid tobacco. Say no to tobacco. Here are beneficial, life-saving choices for you. Smoking bans saved life Quitting smoking and restricting alcohol consumption, along with more exercise and higher fruit and vegetables intake, reduces the risk of strokes by more than half. United Kingdoms ban on smoking in public places reduces passive smoking effects, which are linked to loss of life for more than 11,000 people every year. In the United States, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Service Administration said that sales of tobacco to underage youth have reached all-time lows in all 50 states. The number of young smokers aged 18 to 29 has fallen by 30% in Victoria, Australia, thanks to the smoking bans in pubs and clubs. Smoking rates in Japan have been declining, reaching an all time low this year. Smoking bans reduced Acute Coronary Syndrome Rome, Italy experienced an 11.2% decrease in acute coronary events in the first year after a smoking ban in public places went into effect. Israeli researchers reported people who stop smoking, the increased risk of sudden cardiac death seems to disappear immediately. The National Sanitary Institute in France announced a significant decrease in heart attack rates following the countrys smoking ban, with also decrease in secondhand smoke effects as well. New York, United States experienced an 8% decline in hospital admissions for severe heart
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attack after a comprehensive smoking ban, which translates into healthcare savings of USD56 million in one year. Smoking bans for better health Data from National Population Health Survey shows those who smoke have higher rates of chronic conditions such as bronchitis, asthma and high blood pressure. Smokers and those exposed to secondhand smoke develop colon cancer about seven years earlier than non-smokers. Smoking bans for healthier children Research from Michigan State University in the United States and the David Hide Asthma and Allergy Research Center in the United Kingdom show that the smoking habits of mothers during pregnancy increase asthma risks in some children. Children regularly exposed to secondhand smoke have more than triple the risk of lung cancer as well as higher risks of other respiratory problems later in life. Smoking bans good for business In his annual report, United Kingdom Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson said a public smoking ban would save an estimated 2.7 million per year. Namely, 680 million saved by having a healthier and more efficient workforce. 140 million saved through fewer sick days. 430 million saved from productivity loss from smoking on the job. 100 million saved from clean up costs related to cigarette smoking. Plus more And more. And more. Closing Now you can see, we have to prioritize our choices. Either the abundant, beautiful, peaceful planet, or sorrow, suffering, or worse: Loss of all lives. And all these crimes of killing from meat, alcohol, drugs, tobacco must and will stop. In their place, what will we have? Happy, longevity for animals and human alike. Limitless health and wellness. Intelligence and creativity. A shared love and joy as never before remembered. In short, we will have a newly, wondrously elevated humanity in all aspects. Together, lets envision this future, our well deserved beautiful future, in which all lives are upheld and cherished as one and the same. Lets be happy, because it seems that this day is already dawning. May heaven bless us all! And God loves us! So, for the sake of all that lives on this planet, let us make a wiser choice. For example, instead of meat, we be vegan. Instead of polluting the world, we go green. Instead of intoxicants, we will be merged in the blessings of God, through prayers, yoga, meditation, et cetera. And instead of planting drugs, we plant organic vegetables and fruits. I wish you all the best in the embracing love of heaven. So be it. Thank you for doing your part. May be you blessed. BL. Its great to see somebody has the courage to speak out on behalf of animals, and the courage to say vegetarian isnt quite enough unless we mean vegan. So Im just so appreciative for what Shes doing for the cause of animals. And Her wonderful books that Shes written that are for the cause of animals. She has number one bestsellers.
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She has The Dogs in My Life, The Birds in My Life, The Noble Wilds. All such examples of compassion for animals. Its just so beautiful. I cant express enough my appreciation to Her and the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association who helped so much with putting together Vegan Earth Day that were celebrating here today. So, please, applause for all the members of Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association. This event would not be the success that it is today without their total dedication. Supreme Master Ching Hai has Her recent book, Celestial Art, reflecting on sustainable life, a vibrant book. All of these are available at www.Amazon.com. And every vegans dream, anybody who is a vegan, wants there to be a chain of vegan restaurants. Supreme Master Ching Hai has made it happen with Loving Hut. Loving Hut is spreading all across the world. Now we have it in Alhambra, San Diego. They started in Northern California, they are across Asia. Loving Hut vegan restaurants. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Visit Loving Hut! Www.LovingHut.com. Im so amazed. This is so great. And we do have a panel discussion now with some of the heroes who are present at our Vegan Earth Day celebration today, taking place in Southern California and webcast worldwide, and now our live broadcast all across the globe with our message of compassion and the vital information that the only way to save the planet is to go vegan. And we know that meat and dairy cause global warming more than all transportation combined, and meat and dairy are causing the drought in California. So we need to save ourselves, and we all need to go vegan. And featured in this discussion panel for Supreme Master Ching Hai, we have the wonderful Chris DeRose of Last Chance for Animals, and we have Lorri Houston, Animal Acres, and Rip Esselstyn, Joanelle Romero, who delivered the beautiful opening ceremony, the American Indian ceremony this morning. Joanelle Romero, vegan, saying that is the way to respect Mother Earth. On Fathers Day we are respecting Mother Earth with Vegan Earth Day and wonderful singing, too, from Joanelle. And Alfredo Kuba via video, Christine Garcia, animal attorney. She represents the animals, too, and speaks out for those who cant speak for themselves, just like Supreme Master Ching Hai. Ill be a participant in this, too. I have a question for Supreme Master. She apologizes that She wasnt able to participate directly, so She specifically has sent three of Her representatives (R) to share Her words of wisdom on the questions that our panel will deliver. So lets please welcome the Supreme Master Ching Hais representatives. They include Susan Gilchrist, Grace Orkin and Rose DeLosSantos. So please welcome them. Thank you for being here. R. Supreme Master Ching Hai regrets that She cannot be here in person due to Her busy schedule. She has asked us to relay Her remarks and to convey Her love, high regards, and best wishes. Our first speaker is a multi-talented man. Mr. Chris DeRose (CDR) has been a police officer, a television reporter, and a world-renowned actor who appeared on several television series including General Hospital, Cagney and Lacey and The Rockford Files. When Mr. DeRose left his acting career, he started to become a real life hero, devoting much of his time and energy to protect the dignity and save the lives of our animal companions. He is founder and president of Last Chance for Animals, a national non-profit organization which strives to prevent the use of animals for medical research, public entertainment, clothing or food. To raise awareness about animal issues, Mr. DeRose also wrote the book In Your Face: From Actor to Animal Activist. For his noble actions to protect our animal companions, Mr. DeRose was presented with the
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International Courage of Conscience Award. He is currently the Director of Animal Welfare in West Hollywood, California. Please join me in welcoming this true hero, Mr. Chris DeRose. CDR. I believe compassion, passion, and free thinking makes an individual the single most powerful entity that one can create. Therefore, no corporations, governments, or conglomerates on this Earth can control the commitment of one who thinks on their own. This is my belief. Can You shed light on this? Hallo, Mr. DeRose. And thank you for your compassion and the passion in all that you do for the animals! And you are a hero for the animals. I so much appreciate that. Of course, you are correct that no organization or entity can control the commitment of an individual. And sometimes we must be strong as individuals, its true. I really admire people such as yourself who stand up for the truth despite hardship or opposition. If we know the truth inside, we really have no choice but to live up to that principle. And at the same time, our world and our humanity is built on connections. Even our spirituality is built on a connection with the Divine. We do not really operate alone. It may seem that way sometimes, but we are truly always connected, and the things that we do affect one another as we see from the state of our planet right now. The actions of humans have affected other humans, as well as our animal coinhabitants and finally the environment, to the extent that the Earth right now is in a perilous state, with marine habitats that are collapsing from acidification, Arctic regions that are melting, with frightening phenomena such as the permafrost that scientists are saying is melting at such a rate that it is releasing alarming amounts of the potent greenhouse gas methane, which could cause which is known as runaway global warming. Along with the millions of animals killed on a daily basis to produce meat, other animals are also perishing due to global warming. Im sure that you are aware of many of these things already, Mr. DeRose. I only mention to remind you that these are reflections of our effect on each other and the ecosphere. So, in order to remedy this situation, we must also act together to save the planet. And, at the same time there is also no need to feel alone. The world is changing; people are changing. I think you probably see this already in your organization, that more people are now showing sympathy for the animals, even developing technologies that eliminate things like animal testing. And occasionally, people are charged for abusing or killing animals. I wish there were more animal protective measures. And there will be! Mr. DeRose, about the concept of free thinking, one is certainly free to do good, or even free to commit crimes. But the highest form of free thinking is for the benefit and safety of all and supports the freedom of all beings. In other words, combining the compassion you mention with freedom on behalf of our co-inhabitants so that they are not harmed and instead are the recipients of that compassion. And if there are enough of these compassionate and passionate and free thinking people, this is powerful enough to save the planet. So, please, do maintain your strong individual ideals, but do not give up on people, Mr. DeRose. Find more who are like you, of like-mind to yourself and then you will get even more people to join the trend. This is what we try to do with the Be Veg, Go Green message, it is to get as many people as possible with similar understanding so that this planet can continue to exist. And the animals will appreciate all the more. They only want our world to be at peace and in loving harmony. So you are serving them further
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by involving yourself with others and to save their world and their home. Thank you for your effort and for your love for our beautiful animal co-inhabitants. R. Our next topic of discussion will be presented by Mr. Rip Esselstyn (RE), world-class professional tri-athlete, and firefighter from Austin, Texas. Mr. Esselstyn is also the author of the New York Times bestseller The Engine 2 Diet. As firefighter in Austin, Mr. Esselstyn convinced his entire team of Engine 2 firefighters to eat a vegan diet. It started out as a 28-day challenge to lower cholesterol but ended up literally changing peoples lives. Today Station 2 is known throughout the city as a plant-based station, inspiring hundreds of other firefighters to embrace the plant strong lifestyle. Mr. Esselstyn has proven that it is macho to be vegan. In recognition of his compassionate and noble efforts in promoting the vegan lifestyle, Mr. Rip Esselstyn was a recipient of the Shining World Hero Award from Supreme Master Ching Hai. And we would also like to recognize his parents who were here earlier today. His mother, Ann, and his father who is Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, M.D., who, with 25 years of research, created the longest study, demonstrating the curative effects of the vegan diet over the cardiovascular disease. Mrs. Esselstyn helped to make the study successful by preparing delicious nutritious meals that could then be taught to the patients. We now welcome Mr. Esselstyn to present his question. CE. Thank you. Its an honor to be here. Hallo, Supreme Master. There are more frequent disasters and diseases happening lately. Sometimes it seems like disasters are a cleansing process and provide opportunity for changes which may serve the purpose of awakening our consciousness. Why is it that human beings have to learn through negative impact and suffering in order to improve their lives for the better? And according to the countdown date indicated on Supreme Master Television, we have about 3.5 years to save our planet from the point of no return and the global warming crisis. This is truly a planetary emergency. We need to respond Code 3, with lights and sirens. How can we unite our efforts and work harder with higher emergency to save our home? Hi there, Mr. Rip Esselstyn. How are you and the Engine 2 vegan heroes? Thank you for your concern about the planet dire state and your own efforts to help. And thank you for your thoughtful questions. Well, to answer to your first question about why human beings have to go through negative experience or suffering in order to improve, sometimes we all need a stronger wakeup call to shock us out of a state of complacency. Sometimes, being too busy with survival, we get stuck in a habit or just an unaware way of life, even though its harmful or endangering our very lives. It is similar to having a long-term illness. A disease might be so entrenched in us that takes painful surgery and hospitalization to cure us. Ultimately, the treatment, like surgery is good for us, just not pleasant at the time. Negative experiences, we should keep in mind, are always the consequences of our actions which somehow were not wholesome. So they are there to help us realize we are not doing something in the best way; we should change. Fortunately, heaven is very merciful, and is actually giving us many chances to improve. So we should try to change, ask for forgiveness, and take action to correct our previous mistakes before we are reminded more harshly or, worst yet, before we lose our chances to correct. To answer your second question, sir, about how to unite our efforts and work harder and efficiently to save our home, you and the Engine 2 are actually doing it already
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because you are a role model of the vegan solution to climate change. Thats why I call you heroes because you are truly that. Uniting to adopt the vegan diet is the most efficient and effective way to cool the planet and restore its equilibrium. Because as we now know, livestock is the worlds single largest source of methane, a greenhouse gas that traps about 72 times more heat than CO2. At the same time, methane is shorter-lived than CO2, so it will go out of the atmosphere more quickly if it is no longer produced. Now, another important aspect is the spiritual, meaning that the noble qualities of a vegan lifestyle can altogether ward off the negative consequences and suffering we are seeing in the form of global warming, climate change, planetary imbalance and disasters. We mentioned earlier regarding your first question that heaven is merciful and gives us a chance to correct ourselves. Well, in the case of climate change, being vegan is the chance for us to correct and redeem ourselves before its too late. On Supreme Master Television we have an announcement that reminds us, Dont give up everything to be a world-saver. Just be vegan. How much more energy-efficient can we get than replacing the beefsteak with a nicely marinated tofu? Thus, the vegan diet is how we should unite ourselves immediately to save our home. And in that regard, we thank you, Mr. Esselstyn and the Engine 2 shining examples. Thank you. For free information about the harms of a meat diet and the benefits of a vegan diet, you can visit www.SurpemeMasterTV.com/Be-Veg. All the material there is freely available to download and share. Thank you. R. We are delighted to introduce Ms. Joanelle Romero (JR), an award-winning American Indian producer, actress and singer. As founder of the Red Nation Celebration, Ms. Romero uses film to foster an appreciation and respect for American Indian culture, art, and music. Red Nation Celebration also seeks to create better economic opportunities for Indigenous Americans through music and entertainment. When Ms. Romero played a lead role in A Girl Called Hatter Fox, she became the first Native American woman to play a leading role in a film about a contemporary native woman. She participated in the Lilith Fair, a traveling musical festival featuring female artists, and performed for the United Nations at their 60th anniversary celebration. Ms. Romero promotes a vegan diet to improve the health of the American Indian community and to save the Earth. She also sang at the opening ceremony for the SOS International Global Warming Seminar in Los Angeles, California, United States, in July 2008. Greetings, Ms. Romero. Thank you. Thank you for this honor again to be present here today to experience all the beauty that encompasses all of us here today, and Id like to ask You a question. In Your animal book The Noble Wilds, You introduced the secret of noble quality and readers can come to understand the beautiful inner world of our animal friends, our animal nation. Our people all know the inner connection with animals and nature. We understand and we know there is only one earth, one sky, one moon, one sun, one you, one me, and one voice, and in that voice we all have the same blood, and thats red, including our animal relations. And with that, people with animals often experience this bond as well. Yet they tend to be indifferent to other animals, to the point that they can eat their flesh and hunt them for fun. How can we together help others to regain this connection, this sacred connection, so that they can live in peace with nature and other life forms again?
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Hallo, Ms. Romero. I am happy to hear that you already understand this inner connection with nature and the wilds. It is a very beautiful part of life, which I also tried to convey in The Noble Wilds, also the beautiful gifts offered to humans from the animals, their invisible blessings. If all of humanity can make this inner connection, we surely will live in peace. So how to do it? Well, this is a big part of our message today, the message to be veg to save the planet. Because now it is not only that we would like to live in peace with nature; we must remember how to do so, or life as we know it will be no more. So this is the way, which starts with our own life, on our plate. We start with the vegan diet, something that everyone can understand from many aspects. It is the most healthy, with studies having shown that vegetarians live up to 15 years longer than meat eaters. Being veg is also the most ecological, as it halts major lethal pollution, saves vital resources such as water, air, and soil, while saving a lot of water and even food. And being veg stops 80% of global warming. These are very compelling reasons to be veg, because if everyone does so, we already save the planet. And then there is the compassion reason, to spare all life because this is the noble way to live. Besides, all life is connected. What benefits one species will bring good to all others. To respond to your question about the things we can do to help others regain their inner connection, it is sometimes easiest to start with the logical approach of showing both the personal health side of being veg as well as the planetary benefit. These are easily demonstrated, thanks to all the scientific research that points out the dangerous health risks of meat eating such as cancer. And these days we also hear more and more about diseases associated with meat production, including virus transmissions like bird flu and swine flu. And then along with the logic, there is also of course the message of compassion. Ultimately, we must turn to a kinder way of life in order to survive on the planet ourselves. Kindness begets kindness; peace begets peace. So you are entirely correct, Ms. Romero. Please join us in spreading the message to be veg. It is a very urgent time for the Earth as you probably know. The more we all can do to help people understand the importance of being veg, the better our planet will be. Thank you for your question. And Providence bless you, your continued inner connection with the animals, as well as your endeavors to save their lives and the planet.
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animals is not being progressive. Also, eating animals causes world hunger, because it is squandering our resources. And causing world hunger is not being progressive. Also, when we eat animals, we cause deforestation, killing wildlife, desertification and many other environmental catastrophes, and that is not being progressive. Being vegan on the other hand is being progressive, because it prevents all of these atrocities. Also, I want to talk briefly about being peaceful and non-violent. Being peaceful and non-violent is universal, and so when we eat animals and devour other living beings, we are not being peaceful. And so being vegan is being peaceful and non-violent, because we are being not cruel to all life. R. M. We thank Mr. Kuba for his question. And this is Supreme Master Ching Hais answer to him. Hallo, Mr. Kuba. Congratulations to your being the first ever recipient of PETA Cesar Chavez Si Se Puede Award. You deserve even more! Thank you for your strong hearted statement about veganism and peace for all beings. Yes, I wholeheartedly agree with what you say. Regarding the progress of human consciousness and behavior, the noble qualities of compassion and peace have been upheld since times immemorial by all true spiritual teachings. However, humanity as a whole has not always been ready to accept these principles. Sadly, not all of us knew how important they were for our own survival. For example, at this urgent time on the planet, we must stop the killing of animals, or humanity will perish as well. In past times people may not have known of this truth, or tried to ignore it, being too busy or feeling too inconvenienced. The good news for us now is that humanity does have the chance to become aware and ponder over this, due to the urgent state of our world. Also, I have mentioned at another time that we have passed the tipping point for vegetarianism meaning that enough people in this world have become veg that it will be easier for the rest to adopt this lifestyle, as long as they are open to changing their habits. So people like yourself, Mr. Kuba, who already uphold and live the values of true peace, are especially valued in helping spread the word to reawaken this awareness in others. We need every person possible to bring the message of peace for all beings to help the Earth avert crisis. It really is that important. So I thank you for the work you have done already and ask that you please continue. Regarding the peace movement and veganism, yes, being vegan does mean nonviolence. As you may be aware, there are some groups such as the Jains that practice peace to the extent that they even refrain from eating certain vegetables whose harvest might cause harm to underground beings such as the earthworm. This is another level of what is also known as ahimsa, or doing no harm. We believe in ahimsa and we try to live the way of ahimsa, or non-violence. Now, how to promote these values of peace in todays world? The great philosopher Confucius taught that world peace starts with ourselves. We must first cultivate ourselves, then take care of our family, then we can govern our country, and pacify the world. So we start with changing our own lifestyle, which you have already done, and you have my sincere appreciation for that. And the lifestyle of a vegan diet is most peaceful just as the proverb says. First, the vegan diet is making peace with our own body, because it is the healthiest and kindest diet we could ever have to our being. Millions upon millions of deaths due to heart disease, cancer, diabetes, and obesity, could be virtually gone. We will have a stronger immune system to face other kinds of
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diseases which would not plague us. New deadly viruses like the swine flu, or worse, would not plague us anymore because it has been clearly shown that these viruses are being bred in factory farms. Hundreds of billions of US dollars in health costs could be saved. The well-known medical doctor, Neal Barnard, said, The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined. Next, to be vegan is to make peace with the animals by ending their slaughter of billions and halting the suffering. We need to realize that there is no real pleasure and certainly no benefit from partaking in the flesh of a sentient being. Veganism allows peace for our fellow human beings as well. If we dont eat meat and dairy, we eliminate the work situations that currently demand killing. This high-stress, depressing work is found in factory farms and slaughterhouses, and is strongly linked to high crime rates, domestic abuse, and substance abuse in these communities. We cannot have peace, really, until we do away with this unpeaceful meat system. There is another way that the vegan diet brings peace to our fellow human beings, and that is the fact that a billion people wont have to go to bed hungry anymore because all the precious grains will be freed from going to fatten the poor livestock. Grains enough to feed two billion people actually, and it is not even the animals natural food that is being forced upon them. Going further: Peace for our country. In a vegan society, there are more balanced economies. Because, lets face it, in the meat system it is incredibly inefficient. If anything, there is only short-term gain. For example, one study found that the cost of mitigating global warming, estimated at USD40 trillion, could be reduced by 80% if everyone switched to an organic vegan diet. A study found that the Amazon rainforest provides more economic gain if left intact, as opposed to if it is deforested. In fact, we gain USD6,820 per hectare of intact Amazon land. We gain USD1,000 only if we clear the forest for commercial timber. And can you guess how much money we make if we clear that hectare for cattle pasture? A mere USD148! Leo Tolstoy said, As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields. Pythagoras said, For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. Think of all the lives human lives and family happiness and economic prosperity we gain in a world without war. And finally, a vegan lifestyle helps us make peace big time with our environment, our planet. We can stop 80% of global warming. At the least, we could eliminate greenhouse gas emissions that are much more than that of the worlds transportation sectors combined. The oceans and rivers, life and pure water, will be restored. Currently there are hundreds of oceanic dead zones, created largely from nitrogen fertilizer runoff associated with livestock production. They have been growing in number and size. These would be eliminated, along with the ocean acidification that already threatens many coral reefs and other marine life, which is caused by increased CO2 absorption in the sea waters due to rising atmospheric temperatures. The disappearance of oceanic dead zones created from livestock nitrogen runoff and the ocean acidification could be eased with planetary cooling. There would cease to be millions of gallons of toxic animal waste choking our rivers and underground water supplies. One cow produces 20 times the waste of a human, and the manure of all the farmed animals in the United States, for example, leave behind 100 times the sewage of the people. 100 times!
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Im sorry, its not pleasant, but Im sure you would agree it would be nice to have a planet without the extra landmarks of waste hills and lagoons. And there is more. Of the Amazon deforestation since 1970, 91% has been used for livestock and meat production, and meat production continues to rapidly expand in Brazil. Livestock grazing is known to be a major factor in land degradation, causing it to become unusable for a very long time. However, with a vegan population, even land considered barren from deforestation and trampling and grazing of livestock will recover. Another factor is air quality, from which livestock generates 64% of ammonia contributing to acid rain, 37% of the methane and 65% of the nitrous oxide in the atmosphere. Hydrogen sulfide is another poisonous gas produced as a by-product of farmed animal operations. Thus, acid rain and other atmosphere hazards will diminish greatly so that trees and other flora can thrive again. Returned to nature and organic vegan cultivation, the land can even become a vast carbon sink, absorbing 40% of greenhouse gases to further cool the Earth. And these are just the physical signs of an emerging peace, not to mention the spiritual tranquillity we gain for ourselves and for the planets benevolent, blissful vibration. So being vegan is the first and foremost important step of the peace movement. And we have to help everyone out of this, to sow the seeds of the next era of progress, and lead the new peace movement of our times for the world, for the new born generation, for the future generation and for us now. Meanwhile, animals thank you, Mr. Kuba. The animals know of your love. And God knows of your love. So please continue with your work in that love. Thank you for your caring question and your part in saving our planet. R. Next, we invite to the stage Miss Christine Garcia (CG), Esquire, founder and lead counsel for the Animal Law Office in San Francisco. Early in her career, while working with firms in other areas of law, she pursued her desire to help animals by taking pro bono animal related cases and by volunteering with organizations, such as in Defense of Animals, Animal Care and Control, and Reunion Rescues Pit Bull Rescue Group. Since 2001 Miss Garcia has dedicated her time solely to using the legal system for protecting animal rights. Her firm takes cases on a free basis to continue giving animals and animal rights activists a voice and presence in the judicial process. Miss Garcia is also producer and director of the San Francisco television show Ethical and Animals. Thank you for joining us today. Thank you so much. I have a question for dear Supreme Master. I noticed the growth of the international vegan chain restaurants, Loving Hut. I love that they are opening everywhere and I personally absolutely love the food. I noticed that some of the dishes could be adopted by other restaurants if they were interested. So what can I do? How would You recommend that I try to get other restaurants interested in serving delicious vegan dishes such as the ones at Loving Hut restaurants? Thank you very much for your question. And here is Supreme Master Ching Hais reply to you. Hallo, Miss Christine Garcia. Its nice to know you and hear about your courageous work defending the innocent animals. What a truly noble and dedicated true lawyer you are! The animals must thank you so much and love you. Thank you for your kind words about Loving Hut. I am also pleased that they are opening in many places, with more and more all the time. And whenever a new Loving Hut opens, the response has been fantastic. It seems people are so welcoming and really ready to eat in a healthy, wholesome, and vegan way. They tell us that they just feel so good when they eat the food, so they keep coming back all the time with their families and friends and co-
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workers. The dishes are often a fusion of both local and international so there is a lot of variety. And theyre always made with the freshest ingredients, and made with love, of course, because its animal-free and made with care for the world. No suffering, only love and peace of mind the secret ingredients which makes a true nourishing, nutritious meal. Well, you can always suggest to the restaurant what you think people would like, and let the restaurant decide. You can tell them that you observe that nowadays people are more into healthy but fast and affordable dining, and that animalfree food can still be very delicious and its eco-friendly, eco-chic and green. Perhaps they could start with a section on their menu, a vegan section, and experiment from there. Feel free to contact Loving Hut; they would be more than happy to share information about recipes and tips on vegan food. Some restaurants even have classes for the public to learn how to cook traditional meals a la vegan! Its all about know-how, and its easy and fun to be veg. Im glad the public is more and more open to vegan cuisine, and I think once they try it, theyll be more and more interested. Thats what Loving Hut is all about really, and when its more accessible and available, people are given awareness of environmental protection and a choice, and for sure theyll choose the better, healthier, tastier, eco-friendlier and compassionate vegan diet. Thank you, Miss Garcia, for your enthusiastic support and for good vegan food! Please help spread the word, yes? And heaven bless you for helping the animals and saving our world! R. It is our pleasure again to speak to our host, Mr. Bob Linden, a 25-year vegan. A deep lover of animals, he has dedicated his life to encouraging people into choosing a compassionate diet. Mr. Linden has a degree in broadcast communications, and was a very successful turn-around artist for many radio stations across the United States through his compassionate community centered programming, management, and on-air talents. Nine years ago, at the insistence of many in the vegan community, he was encouraged to start Go Vegan Radio, a non-profit radio show which can be heard worldwide at www.GoVeganRadio.com. Go Vegan Radio is the first commercial vegan radio show and the first major network vegan radio program having been aired on Air America and 26 stations across the United States. He created the first Vegan Earth Day out of a sense of urgency to protect the planet from environmental catastrophe caused by animal agriculture before its too late, and because he was concerned that other Earth Day celebrations neglected to link environmental destruction to animal agriculture. Welcome, Mr. Linden. Thank you so much, I really appreciate it. I have a question prepared here for Supreme Master Ching Hai who Ive learned to love over the years for Her support for Go Vegan with Bob Linden, the radio program www.GoVeganRadio.com. I almost have tears in my eyes to where I cant even read the question, because I see all of my friends who are being honored as heroes here. Supreme Master Ching Hai honors these people who are truly heroes and living a noble life helping animals. So Im just so impressed with the day and with the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association. Im in tears. The success of this day is owed to them, so I do want to thank Supreme Master for Her tireless efforts in raising awareness. I mean, look at the work that Shes doing. Shes doing our work, were family. And Her book Celestial Art is so beautiful and vibrant and an expression of the abundance that Earth could be if we were on the right path. And we have Vegan Earth Day today, the day where we ask everyone on Earth to go vegan to save the Earth. Now, what if everyone listens? What if the webcast went out there and people all across the globe now are watching this telecast? What if they do listen? What if they go vegan? Well, what kind of world would it be? So that would be my question to Supreme Master Ching Hai, an optimistic one. I have a radio show, that
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the title is Go Vegan! Im an optimist that there will be a vegan world, but what will it look like? What would that world be? Thats my curiosity. R. M. And here is Supreme Master Ching Hais response to you, Mr. Linden. Hi, Bob! How have you been? My humble salute to your eight years hosting a world pioneering vegan radio, and still going. Bravo, Bob! Youre doing a great job. Thank you for working in the noble direction. I think you very well know what direction were walking toward, that is toward the ideal world, the vision of heaven on Earth. Because otherwise, I dont think youd be doing what you are doing if it werent for your sincere wish to see humanity changed and uplifted for the better. Yes, that is the picture of what the world would be like if everyone turns vegan right now. Just to think of it is so wonderful. Humans would be so happy, elevated even without consciously knowing why, and so intelligent and creative all of a sudden. Like big gates just opened in their hearts and let out so many abilities and talents and qualities that had been locked away inside for all this time because of the obstructions by disease, the pain and guilt, et cetera, all from animal consumption. We will become more enlightened as a whole society, able of more incredible inventions; thinking of better ways to conduct our governments and economic systems and all other systems. Everyone will feel young and energetic and just so blissful, because at that time we will be blessed by heaven beyond measure. We will truly walk the earth, as friends of the animals, even the wild animals, and they will walk alongside us and be our friends and our helpers. There would be no more violence among humans. The word war will soon be erased from memory, and perhaps dictionary! Can you imagine? Even the animal kingdom will change to reflect the new peace humankind has established in and around them. There will no longer be any fear in any heart. All will be so calm and so beautiful; we will enjoy heaven all around us. If everyone became vegan today, what I just said would come true within a matter of a few months only, its not a distant dream. I guarantee it. Thanks, Bob. Heaven bless you and what you do! BL. And my thanks to Supreme Master Ching Hai for that beautiful vision which is what I think we all do feel in our hearts and thats why we are working so hard to make that happen. So many of us are frustrated by the problems that we face now. War and violence and global warming. And yet there is an action that each of us can take; we dont have to wait for governments. And its really so delicious to save the planet! So delicious to save the animals! Just go to Loving Hut, youll see what I mean! Go to Loving Hut! Go to www.LovingHut.com and youre helping everyone. Thats the simple solution is that we can all take action. If were against war, we can take violence off our plates! If we are against environmental destruction, we can take it off our plates! And so I believe that. I do want to thank the representatives from Supreme Master Ching Hai for participating and with all of their enlightening answers from Supreme Master Ching Hai, and all the panel members who participated, all the heroes recognized we really appreciate your participation here and all across the globe we encourage people to create that vision that we just heard! Its within grasp, all we have to do is go vegan! And its not like were giving up something! Its not like were sacrificing meat, giving it up. Its like, get rid of it. Get rid of it! What are we doing eating other bodies? You know what? Were eating bodies and decomposing cadavers and mammary secretions of other species! How did that happen? And I only say it because Supreme Master is so honest and truthful. If She says, Meat is murder, Shes opened it up for me. What can I tell you? And I do invite you to listen to my program. There are 200 shows archived at
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www.GoVeganRadio.com. All the reasons to go vegan. Then people say, Well, what do I do? Now what do I do? Well, you know, eat at Loving Hut! Really! I do all the time. I was in Alhambra. I went to San Diego, theres one coming to Orange County. Ive been to all the ones in the Bay Area. They are spectacular. And Vegetarian House by the way, in San Jose, is spectacular. Supreme Master Ching Hai, I believe thats been there for 14 years, just an unbelievable place! So I mean the food is great. We have the best food. Vegans have the best food, right? So I believe its time to talk about action that we can take. Its a call to action. Thats what Vegan Earth Day is. Its the day we ask everyone on Earth to go vegan to save the Earth. And so, lets see what Supreme Master has to say about taking action. Lets see that video now from Supreme Master Ching Hai. [Playing the video presentation entitled Solutions for the Planet by Supreme Master Ching Hai.] M. Simple steps for saving our world Its very easy to change the climate warming, and to save the world. Just be veg, go green and do good deeds. Meditate. Positive vision. Spread SOS flyers. Promote vegetarian diet. Be frugal. Planting trees. Use hybrid cars or less fuel consumptive means of transportation, like carpool, bus, train, walk, bicycling. Buy organic food to support organic farmers, et cetera. Do anything you can to support this organic vegetarian farming. Be veg Animal-free diet The best solution for our urgent situation right now is a vegetarian diet, and it should be openly endorsed and even made into law if possible, to protect people, animals and our planet, the only one that we have. People must realize that putting down that piece of meat, which is poisonous, is all they have to do to obtain peace on Earth, and to eliminate hunger for good, and to save the planet. Just be vegetarian and we save a lot of methane gas and a lot of transportation pollution, a lot of waste and water and land, and those land we can cultivate. A vegetarian diet can save the world through the elevating good karmic consequences and benevolent energy from the compassionate good lifestyle, and also will minimize war or eliminate war altogether. Good messages from government and media Government veg leadership It has to start from the government and the media because they are the most powerful tools to spread information to the people at large. They have to go over the boundary of protocol and habitual routine work because this is a special situation, and it needs special measurement, even desperate measurement. The government can ban the meat indoor, outdoor, or in the restaurant. The government can let the public know about the beneficial effect that we can have by having vegetarian diet. They have to publicize it everywhere. They have to give leaflets to people to read, make it a public job to do it. And then make classes of vegetarian cooking available to people free of charge in the school, night school or something. They could also put high tax on meat or ban it altogether or ban the killing of animals, and educate people into a brand new, exciting way of life. Just stop the fishing, the government has to forbid fishing because its too important to our survival to delay any
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further. We must protect a living and healthy sea, as it relates to our living and healthy self. We cannot live without the sea. Media veg promotion All the media should help to save the planet. Everyday when they print the newspaper, just one headline somewhere: Be Veg. Go Green. Save the Planet. All the billboards, every advertisement should add one sentence, and all entertainment programs, whenever they do some entertainment, they could say it before or after, Please Save the Planet. Be Veg. Go Green. Support organic farming Everybody turns to organic farming instead of cattle raising. Organic farming uses less water, less time, less labor and produces more in abundance and healthy food for all to enjoy. And even if capital is needed, the government should give them subsidies to help the organic farmers instead of using that to help the meat production, which is harmful to us. And its easy, its simple, cost and water effective. And its ecologically, economically sound. It will absorb even 40% of CO2 if all the tillable lands are organically cultivated. Organic farming preserves top soil. Organic farming reduces toxic farming runoff and pollutants that contaminate our water, soil and air. So organic farming is healthier for farm workers, surrounding communities as well, and for natural wildlife. Plant veggies and trees Plant vegetables in your garden instead of the grass, you plant vegetables and eat from them. And plant trees. Everybody plants a couple of trees. And the governments instead of put money into war, they just use the money to pay people to plant trees where the desert, where the dry climate, where its already damaged to revive the atmosphere. Be frugal and live sustainably Sustainable energy, solar power, wind power. And go together in one car to work or to shop together. And buy those, if you can, hybrid cars. Every country should help each other to develop more sustainable energy for our shared planet as well as to protect the health of the people and the animals. We must adopt sustainable, green, frugal lifestyles which will support all life on the planet. Open windows, turn off air-con or lower the air-con consumption, saving energy, recycling, et cetera, everyone can automatically do it daily and even companies can lessen their working hours or shorten their working hours accordingly. Use less hot water, shower less time, and don't keep water running while you're showering, don't keep water running while you're brushing your teeth. Turn off your computer. Turn off the light when you don't need. All the standby machines, anything computer, television, turn it all off. The clothes, you can wipe it also. You don't have to change and wash every day. Keep yourself clean like that, and save a lot of money and resources for the Earth, for the planet. In many places there are already bans on the use of plastic bags and many convenience stores are already trying to limit the use of harmful packages. We should use something less toxic, and we should use our own shopping bags wherever we go, to minimize whatever we can the harmful effect to the planet.
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Spread the news Write to the government and media Write or talk to the government and the media and those in power, apart from what we are doing right now, like distributing flyers, teaching vegetarian diet and opening vegetarian restaurants and going to schools demonstrating vegetarian diet, et cetera. Hold grassroots seminars We must make grassroots seminars to offer evidence and logic and the solution to the global warming. Join efforts with other vegans The wealthy ones should spend money to advertise these headlines if the media dont do it. All the vegetarians and vegans should go all out to inform people and tell them the grave situation of our time due to meat diet and convince others to switch to vegetarianism. I can only tell you that I have positive feeling and that if we are working hard, and with the help of all the vegetarians, fruitarians, breatharians, waterians, all the non-meat eaters out there if theyre all helping us, and even if the meat eaters if they are helping us also, then the planet will be saved. Meditate and pray We have to repent and pray for heavens grace. We have to ask for forgiveness from heaven and from all beings for all the harm that we have done to them. And the powerful collective, positive and loving power of the whole world will repel darkness that are coming towards us, that is facing us right now. One simple solution is love, thats it. We have to follow our heart. You don't need to take shower every day. You can use a dry cleaning system. You wipe it with a baby towel, wet towel first, one or two wet towels enough, and then you wipe yourself again with the wet towel from water, and you're clean, smell nice every day. Good enough! And you bathe once a month, or once a year. Or once a week, or once every two weeks! You can live together in one flat, instead of each one have one flat. You pool money together to pay for the rent. And if you put money to cook together, it's cheaper. Everybody uses one electric light instead of each one, one. BL. So that was very inspirational, and what an enlightening day this has been on the day of most light the summer solstice. And perfectly, this should be the day for Vegan Earth Day, June 21st, summer solstice, day of most light. Thank you so much for participating. This was the award I got from Supreme Master Ching Hai Shining World Hero which we all share as vegans. Were all shining world heroes. You can be a shining world hero too! If youre not vegan yet, if youre still prevegan, today is the day! Today is the best day, Vegan Earth Day! Thank you so much. This is quite an honor to host this, to receive this award, and to put on this event. Youre the best! Thank you so much! Youre the best! I really appreciate it.
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Welcome, respected dignitaries, media members, notable speakers, and all noble conference participants, hallo. As a very concerned citizen of the world, I humbly greet you, thank you and respectfully salute all of you here today who have come with open hearts and minds for the welfare of this beautiful and beloved planet that we call home. I am deeply grateful for the conference that is being held here today in Veracruz, Mexico, to address the urgency of global warming due to climate change which, sadly, has killed hundreds of thousands and affects hundreds of millions of humans, not included other species. It is my hope that it will raise higher awareness and inspire action toward the most serious international issue of our time. The information communicated and the noble work being done here today is of paramount importance. It is an honor to share the planet with dedicated people such as yourselves, who strive for the betterment of others. We all know that climate change is a grave issue; we all know what it is, and that the current critical condition of our planet calls for immediate and wise action from every one of us. Please do take note of all info from this conference today and spread them far and wide to save our world from perishing. I take the opportunity to inform you the general urgent scenarios, though perhaps some of you or many of you have already known. General urgent scenarios You see, our current course of climate change is worse than the worst case scenario projected by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), with the damaging and often fatal effects already being seen through such extreme events as hurricanes, flooding, droughts and heat waves. Even if the world reduces greenhouse gas emissions, the planet will take time to recover from the gases already in the atmosphere. This is why it is necessary to focus on short-lived gases, namely methane. Methane traps at least 72 times more heat than CO2, averaged over a 20 year period. Methane's biggest source is the livestock industry, which is indeed one of the top causes of global warming that must be stopped. But first, please allow me to share just some of the latest evidence of the impacts of climate change on humans and animals lives. Polar ice cap melt Here we have first, Arctic melt. The Arctic, or North Pole, may be ice-free by 2012, 70 years ahead of IPCCs estimations. Without the protective ice to reflect sunlight, 90% of the sun's heat can enter the open water, thus accelerating global warming. The change in Arctic ice cover is dramatic, with climatologists saying that only 10% now is older and thick ice, while over 90% is newly formed and thin. Another Arctic change is the thawing of permafrost, a normally frozen layer of earth containing methane stores. The thawing of this layer in recent years has caused methane to be released, with atmospheric levels that have risen sharply since 2004. Further global warming beyond a two degree Celsius rise could cause billions of tons more of methane to be released into the atmosphere, leading to mass extinctions of life on this planet. As the massive ice sheets of Greenland and the Antarctic continue to melt as well, catastrophic sea level rise and stronger storms are expected to follow. If the entire West Antarctic sheet melts, global average sea levels would rise at least by 3.3 to 3.5 meters, affecting over 3.2 billion people that is half of the world population who live within 200 miles of coastline. And United States scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center now say
44. Videoconference with the Mexican people at the Lets Make the Change Protect the Environment Climate Change Conference at the Environment Expo 2009, World Trade Center, Veracruz, Mexico, June 4th, 2009 (Originally in English). * Note: This conference is recorded verbatim only the video presentation by Supreme Master Ching Hai.
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that if all of Antarctica were to melt, the sea level could rise to a much higher level than expected, some say even up to 70 meters, which means more deadly to all lives on Earth. Lands sinking and climate refugees Next problem: We have lands sinking and climate refugees. Right now, at least 18 islands have completely submerged around the world, with more than 40 other island nations at risk from rising sea levels. A report from the International Organization for Migration stated that there may be 200 millions, or even up to one billion people will be climate refugees by 2050, or within our lifetime. These are people who must leave their island or coastal homes due to rising sea levels or permafrost melts that cause entire communities or nations to sink and collapse. Glacier retreat and water shortage Next problem we have: Glacier retreat and water shortage. Most of the planets glaciers will be gone within a few decades, jeopardizing the survival of more than two billion people. One billion of these people will suffer the effects of the Himalayan glacier retreats, which have been occurring at a pace more rapid than anywhere in the world, with two-thirds of the region's more than 18,000 glaciers receding. The initial effects of glacier melt are destructive floods and landslides. As the glacial ice retreat continues, reduced rainfall, devastating droughts and water shortages are the result. Oceanic dead zones Oceanic dead zones: Climate change is creating areas of sea known as dead zones, which now number more than 400. These arise due to fertilizer runoff largely from livestock, contributing to the lack of oxygen which is necessary to support life. Record heat Now, we have also record heat. The past decade has twice, at least, seen the hottest average annual temperatures ever recorded in our planets history. In 2003, a record heat wave hit Europe, claiming tens of thousands of lives. Heat waves also preceded the worst wildfires ever in Australias history. Storms increasing Storms increasing: The intensity and duration of hurricanes and tropical storms have been noted to increase by 100% over the past 30 years, which scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States say is likely due to climate-related increases in ocean temperature. Wildlife disappearing We have wildlife disappearance. Leading ecologists say that the decline of wildlife due to species extinction is so rapid that there is no modern comparison. Scientists also now predicted that the Earths 16,000 endangered species may become extinct 100 times faster than previously thought. Drought and desertification We have drought, desertification. In Nepal and Australia, wildfires this year have been severely intensified by drought conditions. In Africa, people in Somalia, Ethiopia and Sudan, to name just
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a few, have been crippled by drought. According to the United Nations, desertification, which often results from felling too many trees and damages that occurs from such activities as cattle grazing, is affecting the well-being of more than 1.2 billion people in more than 100 countries at risk. Precious fresh water supplies are also drying up, such as aquifers under the major cities of Beijing, Delhi, Bangkok, and dozens of other regions such as the Midwestern United States; while the rivers Ganges, Jordan, Nile, and Yang Tzu have been reduced to a trickle for much of the year. In Chinas worst drought in five decades, vital crops were lost in at least 12 northern provinces, costing the nation billions of US dollars in drought relief to farmers with losses. Human health We have the human health problem. According to Swiss-based research, climate change is already responsible for some 315,000 deaths a year, with another 325 million people who are severely affected. This comes in addition to an economic loss of USD125 billion every year. The worst affected are developing nations in Africa, with other very threatened areas being in South Asia and small island nations. Solutions We have enough with problem, but we have solutions to this problem. It might not be that early, but its still not too late, we still can rescue our home, planet home. Number one solution is vegan, organic vegan. Veganism will save our world. I will report to you one by one how vegan would save our world. Luckily, there are easy actions we can take. I will list them for your reference. Now, many of these areas where we are seeing such devastating effects of climate change, such as Arctic melt, lands sinking, water shortage from glacier melt, and even storms increasing are all directly related to the Earths temperature increasing. So we must cool the planet, first and foremost. And the best way to stop global warming is to stop producing the greenhouse gases that create the heat. Logical, no? Yes. We already know about the efforts to reduce emissions such as from industry and transportation. But changes in these sectors are taking too much time more than we can afford at this rate, at this hour. One of the most effective and fastest ways to reduce the heat in the atmosphere is to eliminate methane production. Methane not only traps up to 72 times more heat than carbon, it also goes away from the atmosphere much faster than CO2. So if we stop producing methane, the atmosphere will cool more quickly than if we stop producing carbon dioxide. See what I mean? Organic vegan will produce beneficial cooling effect as it will cut down methane and other greenhouse gases which are fatal to our survival. Eliminating methane We can start by cutting down on the biggest methane producer in the world, that is, animal raising. So, to cool the planet most quickly, we have to stop consuming meat in order to stop the livestock raising industry, and thus stop greenhouse gases, methane and other toxic gases from the animal industry. If everyone in the world would adopt this simple but most powerful practice of an animal-free diet, then we could reverse the effect of global warming in no time. We would then have time to actually be able to adopt longer-term measures such as more green technology, to also remove the carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. In fact, if we neglect to stop meat production, either all these green efforts will be cancelled out in effect, or we may lose the planet before we are even having a chance to install any green technology such as the wind power or solar power, or more hybrid cars, for that reason.
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Please also keep in mind that although livestock has been reported to generate 18% of global greenhouse gas emissions which is more than the world's transportation sectors combined this is actually an underestimate because recently revised calculations have placed it at generating possibly more than 50% of total global emissions. I repeat: Livestock has been recalculated as to generate possibly more than 50% of total global emissions more than 50% is from livestock industry. So that was the number one solution. Eliminating other gases Number two: Eliminating other gases. Besides methane, other lethal toxic gases are emitted by the livestock industry as well. It is the largest source at 65% of global nitrous oxide, a greenhouse gas with approximately 300 times the warming potential of CO2; it emits also 65% of all ammonia, which causes acid rain and hydrogen sulphide, a fatal gas. So, to stop livestock production is to eliminate all these deadly gases, as well as methane. Halting dead zones Number three: Halting dead zones. There are other huge benefits gained by halting livestock production. Oceanic dead zones, for example, are caused primarily by fertilizer runoff from agriculture that is mainly used for animal feed. Dead zones are a serious threat to the oceans ecosystem, but they can be revived if we stop polluting them with our livestock-related activities. Stop fishing, too, then marine life will rebound. Since the heavy fishing that caused the sardines to disappear from the coast of Namibia, eruptions of harmful gases have created a dead zone that is destroying the area's ecosystem due to the absence of that one humble but ecobeneficial, powerful species. Can you imagine? Just the sardines. So we have to stop fishing as well as all animal products, to protect our living ocean and water bodies, which is crucial to our survival. You know it. Stopping desertification Number four: We have to stop desertification. We can. Desertification is another climate change effect that is linked to livestock, again. For example, in Mexico, recent research stated that 47% of your country has already taken the toil of desertification, has become desert, due to damage from the cattle industry. You see. And another 50 to 70% of the country of Mexico is also suffering from some degree of drought. Overgrazing by livestock, which occupies nearly a third of our earths land surface worldwide, is a major cause of desertification and other damages, and is responsible for more than 50% of land erosion. Now, we must stop livestock grazing to protect our soil and protect our life. Stopping water shortage Number five: We can stop water shortage. While droughts are plaguing more populations, we cannot afford to waste water. Meat production uses massive amounts of water, as you know. It takes up to 1,200 gallons of fresh and good clean water to produce just one serving of beef. In contrast, a full vegan meal costs only 98 gallons of water. That is like 90 plus percent less. So if we want to stop water shortage and to preserve precious water, we have to stop animal products. Banning deforestation Now, six: We can stop deforestation. We have to ban deforestation. And we have to plant more trees, of course. Wherever theres erosion or empty land we have to plant trees. Now, deforestation is also largely driven by meat production. With the United Nations estimating that
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deforestation accounts for approximately 20% of all greenhouse gas emissions, nearly all deforestation itself is related to meat production. 80% of cleared Amazon forest is designated as a cattle grazing area to prepare the animals for slaughter, and the remainder is planted as soy crops used also largely for animal feed. So, to stop animal products is to protect our precious forest, the lungs of our Earth, and the crucial factor for our survival. Alleviating financial cost Now, seven: We have to alleviate financial cost. See, our leaders are worried about the cost of mitigating climate change. However, the good news is, if the world shifted to a reduced, or meatless diet, animal-free diet, then we could reduce the cost by half or more. That means we would reduce tens of trillions of US dollars. If the world shifted to vegan diet, we could save more than 80% of the cost, or approximately USD32 trillion. Minimizing health cost Number eight: We must minimize health costs. The health risks of eating meat are more and more evident these days. Livestock are routinely given excessive hormones and antibiotics, which then, when consumed as meat can in turn endanger human health. There are also toxic by-products in slaughter places such as ammonia and hydrogen sulfide. These poisonous substances have caused deaths among workers due to their extreme toxicity. As a so-called food, meat is simply one of the most unhealthy, poisonous, unhygienic items that could ever be ingested by humans. We should never eat meat at all if we love and cherish our health and our life. We will live longer without meat, healthier, wiser without meat. Meat has been scientifically shown to cause all kinds of cancers, also heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke and obesity. The list goes on and on and on. All these diseases kill millions of people every year. Millions and millions of people die due to meat related diseases, and making millions of others seriously sick and disabled as well. There is no end to tragedies caused by the meat diet. Meat eating is a no-no. We should know this by now through all the scientific and medical evidence. Please stop eating meat. Just even for your healths sake. You want to live long for your children and your grandchildren, and live healthily. We did not even mention the filthy condition, the confined environment where the animals are kept until their slaughter, which promote the transmission of diseases such as the swine flu virus. In fact, some meat-transmitted diseases, like the human form of mad cow disease, are tragically fatal in every case. Whoever contracts mad cow disease is doomed to die, sadly and sorrowfully. Sadly, et cetera. Other contaminants such as E. coli, salmonella, et cetera, can also cause serious health problems, long-term damages, sometimes even leading to death. In short, simply saying no to meat will make us richer, healthier, and most importantly, it will make us a wiser person, and a great hero. Because it is the only timely way that we ensure the survival of our children and grandchildren. Closing To conclude my report: Respected, honorable, wise, beloved, esteemed audience members, we now can see how imperative it is to stop the warming of the planet with the greenest of all green policies and actions, the most compassionate, the most heroic, the most life-saving action, that is: The vegan diet, organic vegan to be exact. Its better for your health as well. It is the longterm insurance against climate change. We must be the solution and encourage others with all the convincing and supporting scientific, physical and moral data that is available to us so they do the same. Adopting a plant-based diet can halt as much as 80% of global warming, eradicate world hunger, stop war, promote peace, and it will free up the Earths water as well as many other precious resources, offering a lifeline for the planet and for humanity.
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In short, it will very quickly halt many of the global problems facing us right now. Therefore, it is vital that we change our lifestyle its very easy to do it setting a noble example for others to follow, and do our part to bring to the publics attention the urgent climate change issues and its solutions; the foremost is being the vegan diet, to safeguard our precious planet. It is time to walk the talk, because there is not much time left now. In coming here today, it is quite clear that all of you already know that the issues at hand are very urgent and need to resolve immediately. Thank you all states persons, media members, speakers, conference participants, ladies and gentlemen, for all your time and care in coming here today. And thank you all noble persons involved in organizing this awakening event. I truly appreciate your sincerity and willingness to join with those who share the same goal, for taking initiatives to inform the public, and for wanting to implement prompt actions. Together we can usher in a new Golden Era where we can all live the noble qualities of love, compassion and benevolence as was intended, live up to the principles of non-violence and forgiveness, exemplifying the human standard of virtuous living, righteous living, and live a more sustainable life in peace, joy and harmony with each other, with all our co-inhabitants humans, animals, plants, trees alike. I am quite sure that this conference will contribute greatly to the worldwide efforts of all nations to save our planet. My most heartfelt gratitude to all who took part in making this a reality. May heaven bless you, your loved ones and your countries. And may all your noble endeavors be graced with glorious success! Now, due to my travel, regrettably its not feasible to reply to your questions. But should you have any, I will be glad to reply to the best of my knowledge on a later date on Supreme Master Television. Or you can log onto the internet, www.SupremeMasterTV.com, to get the required answers to your questions. God bless us all. God loves us all. Thank you for you attention. Thank you for everything you do for the planet.
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MC. Supreme Master Ching Hai, its very exciting that Your books are now available in Togo and also in Kenya. [Master: Thank you.] We are sure it has inspired many readers to value the sentient nature of all our animal friends. The Birds in My Life, which is recently released in Kenya is such a beautiful book that I would like to invite everyone to browse this book. As we mentioned earlier, global warming is a very scary situation for our planet. The 2006 report from the United Nations mentioned that most of the pollution, the biggest pollution, is coming from the livestock, the animal farming. And this pollution is really threatening our life. And actually, livestock produces a lot of methane gas. As we all know, the methane gas is very dangerous as the methane gas goes into our atmosphere it creates a bigger shield that keeps all the heat that was supposed to be bounced back into space. So, as we accumulate more and more heat in our system, the temperature of our planet keeps rising and rising. Thats why we have to stop immediately this heat increase. So the immediate solution to stop global warming is to switch to the organic vegan diet. Why? Because by stopping consuming animal product, we will naturally stop the production of methane gas generated by livestock. And in that way our nature will get better, so we will have more time to be able to save our planet. So it is very important that every one of you tonight knows the situation we are currently in.
45. Videoconference with the African people at the Be Organic Vegan to Save the Planet Climate Change Conference, Lome, Togo, May 9th, 2009 (Originally in English and French). * Note: This conference is recorded verbatim only the question-andanswer session with Supreme Master Ching Hai.
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According to the research from the NASA scientist, Dr. James Hansen, the temperature of the planet keeps rising. So if we dont react immediately, as soon as possible, we might face the worst. A few months ago, there was in Copenhagen, Denmark what was called The End of the World conference that was hosted by Dr. Katherine Richardson who confirmed the report by the United Nations about global warming. And she said, We might expect the worst. The temperature might increase between 5 to 6oC. So we all have to avoid this type of situation. By following the compassionate vegan diet, we will all have the chance to save our planet. We will all have a chance to give an opportunity to our children, an opportunity to our planet, so that we can live peacefully and in harmony. Ladies and gentlemen, it is very important that all of you can share this important message that you all came here today to get to your relatives, friends and family, because most of us, we dont know whats happening, especially in Africa. Most of the time we think that global warming is a situation created by the more developed countries, but we all get affected by global warming because its like we are sitting in a very big plane and maybe sitting at the back while some people are sitting on the first class seat but we must remember one thing: If the plane goes down, everyone goes down with the plane. So we have to save our plane. We have to make sure that our environment is clean. We have to make sure that our plane can land peacefully. Thats why it doesnt matter where you are from, it doesnt matter if you are African, European, American, we all have to put our hands together to stop global warming which is threatening our life. And the best way is to change our habit, is to become vegetarian, helping us making the effort to save our planet. The first question is from Mr. Assiah Warou. He is the President of the Vegetarian Club for the students of Lome University. Master, I will ask the first question on behalf of Mr. Assiah Warou. The breeding of livestock such as cows, calves, pigs, and poultry constitutes the first source of deforestation, water pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. How does fish breeding or fish farming cause global warming to increase? Is it less devastating? M. Its similar. But Im happy that you, Mr. Assiah, and the club is taking on the leadership of the university vegetarian club. Im happy to know such a club exists in a university, so thank you first to Mr. Assiah. Please convey my congratulations and heartfelt appreciation. Im happy to see young people especially involved in endeavors like this, which contributes to human health and also the planet. To respond to this question about fishing in fact, fishing contributes to global warming primarily by disturbing the complex ecosystems of the worlds oceans. Balanced marine ecosystems are extremely important, as more than two-thirds of the planet are covered by oceans. They provide half of the worlds oxygen and play a major part in regulating the global climate. So life on Earth truly depends very much on the oceans for survival. In addition, oceans also absorb atmospheric CO2 carbon dioxide which directly helps to cool our planet. These are just a few among the great things that the oceans do. To disturb the balance of the seas, thus, ultimately places our own lives in danger. So we could say that it is in our interest to care for the oceans if we want to survive, and all the life that they contain, including fish. Fish farms are like on-land factory farms. They have similar problems environmentally, with impacts that including polluting the bodies of waters. The farmed fish are contained
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in big netted areas off the ocean shores with uneaten food, fish waste, antibiotics, or other drugs and chemicals that pass into the surrounding waters where they harm our ecosystems and polluted our drinking sources. Depleting wild fish stocks also. Fish like salmon that are eaten by humans are usually fed huge amounts of other fish like anchovies. Studies have found that for every kilo of salmon that is sold in a supermarket, four kilos of wild fish have to be caught to feed the salmon. The practice also endangers sea animals, like sea lions and birds that are thought to be a threat are often harassed with firecrackers or loud underwater speakers, causing pain, disorientation and hearing loss to marine mammals. And others are often even shot dead. These are just a few of the problems associated with fish farming, which have become bigger as the fishing has increased. So the issues arising from related industries like the production of food for salmon have also been on the rise. In Peru, for example, fish food is made from anchovies, which causes illness for the adults who are closely involved in its production, as well as asthma and skin disease in young children from the toxic smoke that pours out onto the streets from the factories, along with pollution to the nearby ocean waters, of course. This fish production also affects bird pollutions, with some like the guano bird having declined by 90% in number. So the result is that consumers can buy cheap fish, but it comes with the very heavy, expensive cost to our childrens health and a degraded environment. Meanwhile, if we say that the ocean ecosystems are dependent on fish populations to be balanced, then those ecosystems are extremely imbalanced right now. Scientists estimate that more than 90% of the oceans big fish have disappeared over the last 50 years due to commercial fishing. They warned that at the present rate of fishing, there will be a global collapse of all species being fished by 2050 and say that recovery efforts need to be started immediately. So what we are seeing from these fish and marine lives are signs of distress. And from the oceans themselves, we are seeing other signs such as warming temperatures, rising sea levels, increasing acidification and terrible levels of pollution. So global warming is affecting the oceans, which in turn is affecting the fish. This is an equally urgent situation as the one presented by livestock industry, and it has the exact same solution. Stop eating the flesh; stop killing for food; stop eating the fish. This will help restore the balance of both the ocean and land immediately. Fish are Gods creations that we should also care for, respect, protect, not to eat. We should be looking for ways to help the fish, to protect them and all the marine life from the devastating effects of climate change. Once we start thinking in this way, we are in a better position for ourselves, for the fish and for the planet. Thank you. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Youre welcome, love. MC. The second question is from Madam Tapsoba Christine who is a high school teacher, owner of two vegetarian restaurants in Ouagadougou, member of many associations, and vegan. Welcome, madam. Hallo, madam, how are you? [Q: Yes, Im fine. Thank You.] Thank you for coming.
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Thank you, Doctor. Dr. Johnson, I am honored to speak with you. For the people that already suffer from disease, the vegan diet will help because it boosts immunity and does not contain toxins like meat. Scientific research has revealed that red meat actually contains a substance that attracts disease such as the bacteria E. coli which attacks the body and weakens the immune system, whereas the veg diet helps the body become stronger in warding off diseases. So changing to the vegan diet can help strengthen and stabilize any physical condition, Doctor. In the case of malaria, there is one village, even, in Ghana where a regenerative health program has been conducted by the African Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem, working together with Ghanas Ministry of Health. In this health program, hundreds of villagers switched to a vegan diet, vegan agriculture, and green living. Before, this village had a very high infant mortality rate of almost 30%. The villagers had malaria two, three times a year. But after the village became more vegan, every single baby lived. And for more than 20 years now, there have been zero case of malaria. Zero. And people with AIDS are recovering even better because of a strengthened immune system that the vegan diet gave them. So people who are vegetarian seldom are afraid of getting diseases. It is a double shield of protection, not only in the physical sense, but also in an invisible spiritual sense. Please inform your patients about this. Thank you, Dr. Johnson. God bless you and your patients.
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Thank You, Master. Next question is from Mademoiselle Sompougdou Cecile. She is an accountant at the Observateur Newspaper in Burkina Faso, a vegetarian also. Thank You for all Youve done for us. Thank You for all Youve done for humanity. I love You very much. The main topic of todays news is the rapid spread of swine flu. Why do we see so many diseases that humankind is contracting from animals? With mad cow disease, bird flu, and right now swine flu. Arent the animals lovingly trying to send us a message that meat consumption is not good for humans? Thats right. Thats right, mademoiselle. Yes, its like that. Its like what you said, mademoiselle. Indeed, you are right. The animals and the universe are giving a message. However, its not that the animals even care about themselves so much, even though the conditions they endure and some of the diseases are already terrible for them. For the ones raised to go to the slaughterhouse, every day from their birth is a day of misery, never feeling the sun and being deprived of every natural instinct, but they just go through without complaint, even to take the blame for the disease that is not their fault, its not their making. For example, the pigs who get this flu virus, did they want it? Did they create it? No, no. The conditions they are living in are deplorable and its the real cause of the flu. Dr. Michael Greger, Director of Public Health and Animal Agriculture for the United States Humane Society, has stated that in factory farm conditions, 5,000 or 6,000 animals are put together in a single building. The overcrowding, the stress that attacks their immune systems and antibiotics they are given which we eat along with the meat, by the way the ammonia from their waste burns their respiratory tracts, the filth where all kinds of microbes will grow, plus there is no sunlight. Dr. Greger said that these conditions create a perfect storm environment for the emergence and spread of virulent strains of influenza like the swine flu that you have mentioned. Dr. Gregory Gray, another medical doctor and a professor of epidemiology in the United States, also found that people who worked in factory farms are 50 times more likely to have contracted pig viruses in the past. In the case of the swine flu that
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spread around the world right now, the World Health Organization has confirmed more than 3,000 cases in humans worldwide, cautioning that its still not yet over, and that we hardly know how aggressive the virus is and will become. It could get worse even, and it could infect one third of our planets population. They expect it. So yes, the animals do want humans to wake up to the dangers that we are creating, not just for them but for humankind. However, these animal-related diseases are very clearly our own making. So we need to reverse this cycle and make a fresh start. Stop killing; live and let live. Because even though the animals themselves are forgiving, the physical law of the universe states that for every action there is a consequence. So if we wish to live healthily, happily ourselves, we should let others live, likewise. This is the best guideline. If we live in peace with other beings, meaning we dont try to make them our food, we dont make them suffer, then we will never worry about disease, and our life and the planet will be quickly like that of heaven. Thank you, mademoiselle. MC. Thank You, Master. May I ask the next question on behalf of the former President of the National Assembly and former Prime Minister of our country, Togo, Dr. Kodjo Agbeyome Messan: We notice that in Africa most people do not show concern about the issue of global warming. They pinpoint Westerners as responsible for this calamity because of the large scale animal agriculture practiced there. What could You tell Africans to let them understand that the issue is a common threat and therefore it must be a common concern for all Earths inhabitants? What is the advice You would give us to motivate them to change their diet? Could you please tell the esteemed Dr. Kodjo that I thank him for his insightful question and concern. I am very touched that he shared his thoughts with us and his support to send a question in the interest of his fellow citizens. Well, Im sorry, Dr. Kodjo, that global warming does not spare anyone. Each person is responsible to do their best in awakening noble qualities in themselves to save the planet and, of course, their lives and the lives of their family. Also, Africa has not been spared the effects of global warming. As early as 1997, a United Nations document refers to desertification, which came from people removing the protective mangrove trees on the western coast of Africa. The reason was understandable: They need wood for fires and for home-building. However, the trees loss resulted in salt water contamination of crops and also a loss of coastal biodiversity. While it may be true that other countries in the world are responsible for larger releases of greenhouse gases, there are also situations that are a direct cause and effect within Africa. Another situation that has had drastic effects within Africa is drought. But the biggest cause and effect is on an individual level, that is, meat consumption, or I should say meat, fish or egg, milk consumption. This category of food, meaning animal products, is truly one of the biggest or I shall say the biggest ever contributor of global warming. The biggest contributor to global warming is the animal product industry. In terms of drought, you see, one serving of beef on average requires 1,200 gallons of water to produce, while an entire vegan meal takes only 98 gallons. That is 12 times as much water to produce the same amount of energy from food. And in this I describe only the physical situation. Along with the physical is the reason behind which is that we must switch to a more compassionate way of living in order to survive. At the same time, please remember that global warming is not about blame. We all have a shared planet and we have shared responsibility, and we all want it to be saved for every one of us. Just like in the human body, if one area is hurt, it will affect the whole body as well. So
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even if the injury came to Africa from another part of the world, we should all fix it because we want the entire body to be well again. So that is very good for us to have such a noble intention, helping to save the world. Because every good deed helps balance the entire planets karma meaning the atmosphere the energy. So that is the key, to be veg and spread the message of compassion, to let people know that they can really make a difference, and we each can through the choices we make in putting food on our plate. Please try to inform your people that peace and the survival of our planet begin at home, begin on our plate. Thank you very much, sir. God bless you. MC. Q. Thank You, Master. Thank You very much for Your answer. [M: Youre welcome, love.] The next question is from Madam Anne Marie Araba. Good evening, Master. Please accept all my gratitude. In the global warming flyer, it is stated: Due to the overfishing and the loss of tens of millions of sardines, a vital chain, the waters of the southwest African coast are loaded with a toxic gas that bubbles from the bottom of the ocean, killing marine life on the surface. The size of the area is equivalent to that of the city of New Jersey (United States), and worsening the greenhouse effect. What is the original nature of this gas? Thank You, Master. Bonjour, Mademoiselle Araba. You came all the way from Cotonou, Benin [Q: Yes, Master.] to be with us? Youre from Radio TOPKA, in Cotonou, Benin, right? [Q: Yes, Master.] Thanks for coming to share with us your concern. It is very disturbing to know about the state of the waters off the western coast of your continent. You see, this poisonous gas that you are asking about is formed from the elements that create oceanic dead zones. Dead zones are exactly as they sound. They are areas of the ocean that are dead, the areas of the ocean that are unable to support any more life, which arise mostly from livestock feed agricultural pollution, as well as livestock manure running into the ocean, or some other kind of imbalance. The number of dead zones observed since 2003 has more than tripled, with now in excess of 400 that exist and are growing worldwide. The African dead zone, according to scientists, has been caused by a combination of a strong upwelling current that brings abundant plankton, along with the loss of sardines because of human fishing. In the past several decades, tens of millions of these tiny fish have been removed from the ocean for human consumption. So now, instead of sardines helping to consume the plankton, the plankton just dies in the water instead, and sinks to the bottom of the ocean where it decays and contributes to the formation of the poisonous gases methane and hydrogen sulfide. While methane gas can be volatile and explosive, hydrogen sulfide is poisonous to both humans and marine life. So this area has periodic explosions of methane and hydrogen sulfide. And when these gases erupt off the coast of Africa, many other fish die and animals such as lobsters and crabs run onto the shore, trying to flee the poisonous gas. But sometimes they cannot avoid either. Scientists are now concerned that, without a restoration of the ecological balance, dead zones like this will just continue to be more and more, get bigger and bigger, which of course is lethal for all life. So this is a small but very good example of why we need to be vegan, to renew the rightful balance of life. And, of course, we also need to be organic vegan because so many of these dead zones are caused and made worse by chemical fertilizers that are primarily used for livestock feed.
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So, yes, be organic vegan. Thank you, mademoiselle. And good luck, a lot of fun with your journalistic job and send my love to all your colleagues in Radio TOPKA in Cotonou. God bless your country, Benin. MC. M. Q. Thank You, Master, for the answer. Next question is from Mr. Bertrand Badja Baissi, in charge of programming at Television Deuxieme. Welcome, sir. Thank You, Master. Thank You for everything that You are doing. Your mission is noble and I think just looking at the crowd around us that the message went through. A few years ago, it was still difficult to get this message through. I also want to let You know that Im a spiritual broadcasting host on TV2 in Lome, Togo. A year and a half ago, we had a show on the benefits of being vegetarian and vegan. It wasnt easy. Yet today, many have come back to us saying that their vegetarian or vegan experience finally bore fruit. We congratulate ourselves. However, there is a paradox. In daily media, we have information about the risks that our Earth is facing. Today, as Africans, what can we do to stop the disasters to our planet caused by global warming? Thank You, Master. Thank you. Hallo, Monsieur Badja Baissi. Thank you for your noble concern and thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. You see, the biggest thing, as I have mentioned already, is to forgo all animal products, whatsoever, and spread the message to as many as possible that this is the solution, the number one and the main solution, the major solution. If I know any better solution, I would have informed everyone because Im also concerned about the planet in which I still live. So the reason on the physical level is to stop methane and nitrous oxide, the two gases that are produced by livestock raising. As we know now from the United Nations report in 2006, Livestocks Long Shadow, that the animals that are raised for meat are producing more greenhouse gases than all the worldwide transportation combined. So livestock is the number one cause of methane. Some years ago, it was already known that methane trapped up to 23 times more heat than carbon dioxide, which is the most well-known and main greenhouse gas. However, recently, scientists discovered that methane heats the environment up to 72 times more than carbon dioxide, averaged over a 20-year period. So actually, if we calculate this factor of 72 times, instead of 23 times as before estimated, the CO2, or carbon dioxide, warming equivalent is actually significantly higher by the methane. This means that the livestock industry contributes even more than what they originally estimated. In Africa, even though the livestock production is not on as large a scale as it is in some other countries, researchers have said that 70% of people in rural parts of the continent raise livestock and they predict a large future growth based on anticipated demand. This is the trend we need to halt now. If we eliminate meat from our diet, global warming is reduced very quickly by a tremendous amount, if not the most of it. If everyone becomes vegan, stop raising more animals for food and, instead, growing organic vegetables, our Earth and the environment can be saved, and as quick as we could not even imagine in a few weeks. Another important part of the remedy is to do good deeds, to spread the positive good energy. Also, we can pray to heaven for mercy and protection. We need heavens intervention and we need everyone now to cooperate to save the planet by being veg, going green, and doing good. Thank you, sir. I too pray for Africas well-being and Im praying also for the planets well-being. Thank you.
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Thank You, Master, for Your answer. [M: You are welcome, love.] The next question is from Madam Victorine Ankude from Togo. She is a director of a vegetarian kindergarten in Lome and she is a vegan. Dear Master, I am the director of an elementary school and I serve vegan dishes to the children in the cafeteria. Parents do agree, of course. But what hurts me is that the children can eat vegan only at school. At home, the students start to eat meat again, even if they do not want to. What advice could You give me to encourage the parents to continue feeding their children vegetarian food? Thank You, Master. Yes, madam. It pains me too to hear of this. Madam Director, thank you for your love, first of all, of the children and your noble effort. May God bless you so much. What you are doing is already excellent. If the children have the true motivation to be vegan themselves, you have already helped a generation change. But meanwhile, perhaps there are dishes that you can share with the parents. Invite the parents to school for a night of good food and fun. You can also send recipes home or take recipes home. Also, you can share with the parents the results of a study finding that children who are smarter tend to be vegetarian when they grow up. In the United Kingdom, researchers measured the IQ of a group of children at age 10 and then again in adulthood. It was found that for every 15-point rise in IQ, the likelihood of the person being vegetarian rose by 38%! There are also many cases where the children themselves are the ones who bring awareness and excitement about the benefits of the veg diet to their parents. We could also even give them handouts showing some of the harms of meat and the benefits of being vegetarian, which our Association members would be happy to provide for you. The other thing you can do is to show the kids very simple dishes that they can prepare for themselves. Even a simple rice and sesame dish can be delicious and satisfying, and very easy to make. That way, the child can feel more independent and could even offer some of their prepared meals to the parents to try. Once the parents at least accept the concept, they will likely be more open and maybe become vegetarian themselves. So try your best to get a conversation going with the childs help and see if parents can open their hearts and minds to this Earth-and life-saving diet. Many parents have tried it. It could be many of them have been satisfied at seeing how their children benefit from it, like their health is better, they are more intelligent, more obedient, cooperative. Even their temperament is better. So theres nothing to lose, only to gain. Thank you for doing what you do, madam, and God bless you. God bless your students and may you be successful in convincing the parents to feed their children and themselves with the compassionate, all-loving, blissful, healthy, wonderful vegetarian diet.
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Thank You, Master. The next question is from Dr. Agbeko Kodjo Tounou, a teacher and researcher of the Superior School of Agronomy at the University of Lome. Dr. Tounou, thank you. Thank You for accepting to be here with us tonight to share this so important message. The first question: According to You, what will be the benefits of organic farming regarding the current agricultural issues in Africa such as erosion, drought, deforestation, and infertile soil? The second question: What are the constraints and benefits of such agricultural practice? Thank You. Thank you. Hallo, Dr. Tounou, thank you. Thats a very good question. As you may realize from your research that the vegan diet is the real key and is the essence of the change that is needed for saving our planet. Organic vegan is like a great bonus because organic growing methods benefit not only human health but also the environment. For example, a study conducted in the United States found that organic farming preserves topsoil and keeps water bodies clean, and if used worldwide, would have the potential to absorb and store approximately 40% of all present-day CO2 emissions each year. This would be a direct benefit to our Earth, the other aspects of vegan organic farming that are beneficial including things like crop rotation, mulching, and natural fertilizers. Crop rotation means that a field is planted each season with different crops. This variety approach helps keep the plants healthy and also restores fertility and nutrients to the soil. Other methods such as mulching and even a new method called no-till organic farming helps retain moisture and reduce soil erosion considerably. Deforestation is mostly caused by animals feed as forests are cleared to plant crops are for raising livestock, while hundreds of millions of people are starving in the world. So, in general, vegan organic farming follows a philosophy of living in harmony with nature and protection for the planet and all beings. The methods employed support the natural balance between farming and the environment. Over time, the combination of this care and practice through the techniques available can go a long way forward restoring the balance from problems that may have arisen in the past. Also, there are many successful stories for organic farming already across the continent of Africa. For example, in the area surrounding Cape Town, South Africa, the townships are growing 100% organic gardens, with crops that are sold locally. A similar operation has begun in Kenya. And in Uganda, where organic fertilizers were recently introduced, they are already seeing success with the soil and harvest. On your own continent! There are more and more, just too many to list here. So the benefits are immense. I highly encourage you to pursue vegan organic farming methods, if at all possible. Of course, it is possible. Everything is possible when we want to save our planet. Everything is possible. It has to be possible for our own survival. You can bring manyfold benefits in doing so, and you can be one of the growing success stories as it becomes more and more popular. Thank you, Dr. Tounou. Good question. God bless you with your future organic farming.
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Thank You for what You are doing to save the planet. My question is related to weaning. The period of weaning is a difficult time in the life of a baby. Could You please give us some advice or an example of a vegan menu suitable for babies? Thank you, Madam Director Professor Lodonou-Kpakpo. Thank you for your concern. About the health of the precious youngest ones, the vegan menu is one of the most easily digestible in the whole world and the only one we should give to the babies and to ourselves. And the most easily available, even from our backyard we can cultivate that. Also, by feeding our baby the vegan diet, we can protect our child from many of the allergens and toxic substances that are often part of the meat-based diet. Being entirely natural, it is so easy to transition to the vegan diet. As for a menu, you can choose foods that are easy to obtain, nutritious and fresh. Fruits, vegetables, grains, legumes and some others in the vegetable kingdom are fine selections. If you have internet access, professor, you can go to www.vrg.org. That is the website for the United States organization named Vegetarian Resource Group, with guidelines and vegan recipes for babies. Please contact our Association members near your hometown if you need more help for the websites of vegetarian diet for babies. And on our website www.SupremeMasterTV.com we also offer many information concerning other websites. You are free to download any of them. The benefits of a vegan diet are evident even before the child is born. Studies in both the United States and the United Kingdom found that expectant mothers who were vegan basically have no morning sickness. This is because their bodies did not have to protect itself from the toxic effect of substances such as meat, which researchers discovered is one of the causes for morning sickness, as the body is trying to ward off their harmful effects. Dr. Reed Mangels of the Vegetarian Resource Group wrote a vegan nutrition guide for babies. The research indicates that vegetarian children tend to get more vitamins and minerals than children who are not. Moreover, the early start with this nutrient-rich daily diet means that the potential long-term benefits are that much greater. Namely, vegetarian babies and children grow up higher resistance to illness. And from a food allergy perspective, the vegan diet immediately eliminates four out of eight, or 50% of the top known allergens from your childs diet. These are milk, egg, fish, and shellfish, all of which can cause lifelong or fatal health problems. So starting our child out in life with a vegan diet could be one of the biggest gifts we can give as parents. To find a vegan menu for a child who is just beginning on solid foods, you can go to the website www.vrg.org or you can check with any of our Association members who would be glad to help you find this information. Thank you for your valuable question and good luck with the baby diet.
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Thank You, Master. The next question is from Mr. Kponor Mawuli, Intendant at the University Canteen. Thank You for the Light You have brought to us through this videoconference. Some vegetarians include fish and egg in their diet. With the urgent situation of global warming, do You think this kind of vegetarian diet can be considered an efficient way to solve the problem? Thank You. No, sir, I do not, Monsieur Kponor. But thank you for raising this important issue. Thank you, sir. It may seem like a small thing to some people, but a fish is still a life. A fish is not a vegetable. And as we have already discussed, the marine ecosystem is in big
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trouble right now from global warming already. Further fishing will only make matters worse. Also, mercury poisoning causes problems to aquatic life even before it gets to the humans. These are things we need to address in trying to save our planet, not to talk about our health also. Eating fish will definitely not help this. The way we are going now, we are literally emptying the oceans of certain fish, plus tons of other fish caught along with them by accident, the by-catch that are just thrown away. So if those fish are all gone, we will see a catastrophic loss of other marine species as well. The coastal ecosystems will also be affected greatly by diseases and algae blooms that release toxins. The ocean is a wonderful recycler that normally can purify the water and create nutrients and turn carbon dioxide into oxygen, et cetera. Isnt that wonderful? Its like a miracle! The ocean is a miracle. But if we ruin the ecosystems through overfishing, this will spell disaster for us. So speaking for the environment, fishing for food is not the answer at all. As for egg, there is nothing sustainable about them. Most of the eggs consumed today come from factory farms where thousands of female hens are crowded together in dangerously filthy, infectious conditions. And diseases like salmonella and E. coli are prevalent. The ammonia that comes from their waste is a big water and air pollutant, and it causes respiratory problems in humans. And many people do not know of the cruel treatment received by the hens who, because of their close confinement, get bruised and lose their feathers. They cannot even spread a wing, and they must also endure the stress of having their sensitive beaks cut off with hot blades and nothing to numb the pain even, when they are babies. Can you imagine the suffering? Eggs have also been shown to be extremely unhealthy, so there is absolutely no need to eat them anyway. One United States study with 14,000 adults found that just adding one egg a day to the diet increased the risk of heart failure by 23%. Vegan products, by contrast, are completely cholesterol-free and healthy for all our internal organs, for our mind as well. A healthy body houses a clear mind. Its better for our body, for our conscience, for our mind, and for the planet to stay away from both fish and egg. No animal products at all; that is the best way. We should be vegan. Thank you, Mr. Kponor. God bless you. MC. Q. Thank You, Master. The next question is from Mr. Sessou Ferdinand. He is Assistant Regional Director of CEB Benin. Thank You for being a leader to promote a better lifestyle for our environment. Thank You, Mother, for Your love without boundaries. Thank You, Mother, for Your compassion towards all life on Earth. We are calling upon the Light of wisdom to answer the following question. Can the vegan diet help us wipe out or reduce our bad habits towards drug, alcohol or cigarette addiction? Thank You, Mom. You are welcome. Yes, Director Sessou. Yes, from what I understand of these harmful substances, reducing them is not enough. We should eliminate them altogether. The damaging effects of tobacco and alcohol are very severe, and they affect others as well. These effects have been well documented medically and scientifically. There is so much cancer associated with tobacco. And not just for the smoker but also for the people who have to breathe the smoky air. Second-hand smoke they call it. And even third-hand smoke. For example, the smoke that still sticks to the curtains in the room or the sofa and the clothes affects also children. They call it third-hand smoke, even. So it is truly a death sentence.
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A recent study found 81% of the babies who die from the tragic so-called Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) you have heard of it these were exposed to second-hand smoke. You see? We could kill the babies just by smoking. This is how deadly it is, and how cruel it is to our family members and to ourselves to bring such a harmful toxic substance into our precious body, the temple of God. So we should quit smoking, we should eliminate tobacco altogether from this world. And also alcohol, we already know, has taken many, many lives too young and causes so many problems, so much sorrow and heartaches, again not just for the drinkers but also for those around them, for their loved ones. So my feeling is, sir, these substances need to be removed from our lives completely. I am very glad you are asking this question for the benefit of everyone else. I have mentioned some time ago that one can overcome any bad habit within 21 days. So it is possible to quit cigarette, drug or alcohol during that time. But during that time frame, the person, the addicted person, must keep occupied with constructive things, like their favorite hobbies, spending time with good friends, and supportive people, and other favorite constructive, pleasant activities to keep our mind occupied and our body relaxed without the addictive substance. So one of the activities could be finding ways to make delicious vegan food, invent some new recipes, do exercise, go to meditation class, do yoga, et cetera. According to Dr. Gabriel Cousens, a vegan medical doctor in the United States who has helped many people quit smoking and alcohol for good, overcoming these habits is easier with a fresh organic vegan diet. These foods balance the brains chemistry so that it functions best, which also can help the addiction to subside. Moreover, other scientific research has found that alcoholic beverages and meat tend to make cigarettes taste better, but fruits and vegetables make them taste less appealing. So the vegan diet is the perfect solution for quitting smoking. Some people have said this in general, that when they begin eating more healthily, the bad things they used to find appealing simply are not anymore. Thank you, sir, for a good question. Thank you for coming all the way from Benin. MC. Thank You, Master, for the answer. I will ask the next question on behalf of Mr. Danyo Koami Hagbale who is Chief Division Supervision of Prefectures and Regions at the Ministry of Territory Administration. Charcoal is an energy source regularly used in Africa mostly in household activities because it is cheaper compared to gas. However, its use has caused many parks to be deforested and not reforested, while the burning of charcoal also increases air pollution. Please, Master, could You give us advice about other energy sources that would be affordable and could help us avoid deforestation and air pollution? Hallo, Monsieur Chief Danyo. Yes, I understand, and I am glad people such as yourself are concerned about preserving our forests. We must protect the trees as much as we can. According to the environmental organization Greenpeace, 8% of the Earths forestrelated carbon is stored in the vast rainforests of the Congo River Basin in Central Africa. Scientists predict that continued deforestation of the Congo will release the same amount of CO2 as the United Kingdom emitted over the last 60 years! Imagine that? So it is important to preserve the forest while we still can because it helps in addressing global warming. Another alternative that could be used to avoid deforestation is something called green charcoal, or biochar, which has been introduced in Senegal. This is made from agricultural waste products, is affordable and prevents deforestation.
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It also absorbs CO2 as well, which is why climate scientists support the use of it. It absorbs the CO2 very well. So this is one alternative. And, of course, if possible you can use a sustainable energy alternative such as a solar oven cooker, which is safer and causes no air pollution at all. So these are just some examples of affordable energy sources we can try and share with one another. Im sure there are more. You can do some internet research to see any better solution up to date. But the most important and most urgent, once again, is the veg diet. V-E-G diet. This is the good deed that you can do to help save the planet as a whole. Because this will most quickly reduce global warming. And its not just that. Truly, being veg is not just about reducing greenhouse gases. It is about stopping the suffering of the animals and their cruel inhuman mistreatment. We have to be noble species; we have to be noble human beings. This is what it is all about, we have to stop inhuman treatment of animals. And if we, in Africa, join together to be veg, we will be blessed by all the heavens. Please spread the good solution info. Thank you, Monsieur Danyo, for your good question. God bless you. MC. Thank You, Master, for Your answer. [M: You are welcome.] The next question is from Mr. Koudahe Kossi. He is the Director of the Institution Micro Finance, Coopec Solidarite in Togo. Supreme Master, good evening. We love You very much for Your commitment to humanity. It had been clearly shown that the vegan diet will save the world. However, we who follow the old diet, where should we begin to change the diet of our family members and of the population in a practical way? Could You show us the different steps to follow? Thank You, Supreme Master. Yes, Monsieur Koudahe, I would be glad to. Thank you for your understanding and your wish to change the diet of communities for the better of our planet, better health, more energy, more happiness, more protection, everything is for our benefit. Well, we can begin where we have the most influence with ourselves and our home. After that, we can quickly get the community more interested, especially in practices like growing organic produce, for two reasons. One is that these methods are very effective and show yields in a short time that can benefit many people. And less work even. The other is that these kinds of community gardens have also been used to supplement peoples livelihoods. So the benefit of growing and eating fruits and vegetables is evident and easy to see. You can also share the SOS veg solution flyers to help awaken others, as well as write letters to the governments and media. On a more local level again, you can sponsor a cooking class. This will help people understand just how easy it is to cook delicious and nutritious veg meals for themselves and their families. All of these things help. You do what you can, Monsieur Koudahe. We are all doing what we can right now. We do our best to help people to understand the true value and benefit of being veg, to save the planet for ourselves and all the other divine creations we hope to preserve. Thank you for being here with us, and I pray we all join this best, most beneficial vegan diet trend to save our planet for ourselves and our children. MC. Thank You, Supreme Master. The next question is from Mr. Dagba Andre, an accountant in Benin.
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age group is also, in many cases, the first one to see that vegetarianism is good, is correct. So I think if we explain to them logically how it is the most important action to solve global warming, they will be motivated. They will support you. They will be behind you. They will do it. Thank you, Monsieur Dagba. God bless you and your students. You come from Benin, yes. God bless your country, Benin, as well. MC. Q. Thank You very much, Master, for Your answer. The next question is from Mr. Akpabla Prosper. He is a mechanical engineer of quality control at the company NIOTO. I would like to sincerely thank You for everything Youve done to save all of humanity from natural disasters. I have a small question unrelated to my occupation, but related to our beliefs. In our circle, some think that global warming is a punishment from the gods. How can the vegan diet calm the gods? Thank You very much, Master. Thank you. Hallo, Mr. Akpabla. I am glad you asked this question. It is understandable that people would think of global warming as a punishment. In a way, maybe. However, it is not really a punishment from heaven, from the gods, but a consequence of our action. Global warming follows the universal principle that every action brings a response or we could say, a consequence. So if humanity acts in ways that are considerate and kind, the universe will bring consideration and kindness in return. Just like if you plant a seed of an apple you will have apples in return. If we plant a seed of the thorny bush we will have a thorny bush as a result. However, any action that involves killing will bring the same to the one who invokes it. This law is very precise. The meat diet means the denying of life and, consequently, we will reap the same. But the vegan diet is an offering of life, so it will be pleasing to the gods. Therefore, its reward also will be the same a protected life. So you are correct to say that the vegan diet calms everything, our own God inside included. The peace-loving vegan diet brings calm to ourselves, to the animals and to the world. This is why it is the true solution for global warming. Not only does the vegan diet remove harmful methane from the atmosphere, on a deeper level, it removes the killing actions and replaces them with kindness so that the entire planet becomes filled with this essential goodness, positive benevolent energy. And then surely, the gods will also be pleased, forever after. Thank you, Mr. Akpabla. God bless you. MC. Q. Thank You, Supreme Master. [M: Youre welcome.] The next question is from Mr. Malick Ayeva, who is responsible for the Communication Section of Togo Cellular here in Togo. Thank You, Master, for everything You do for the world. We know that its not doing well lately and it is important that we are all aware of that. Here is my question: How many times has our planet known destruction caused by detrimental actions of humankind such as global warming? Thank You, Master. To respond to your question, at least two major times that our planet has undergone destruction, major destruction due to detrimental human activities. And you may have heard that our neighboring planet Mars is another one that has gone through something similar to the Earth is facing today. Mars used to have conditions more like Earth and approached the same crisis where technology was not matched with spiritual values of compassion. However, most of the people on Mars did not know, or did not listen, that the veg diet was the solution. But we do know now, and we try to spread this message to let as many people as possible know about this solution, to give the time to change and save this beautiful planet before its too late. It may be that past civilizations on
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Earth did not last also because their moral standard did not develop along with their technical power. Spiritual development and compassion are what ensure the safety and balance of every other endeavor. I pray that our civilization will be different, will be wiser, and more advanced in many beneficial ways. So let us not neglect to cultivate our virtues. The Martians went through destruction once and never forgot the painful lesson, and they were kind enough to send their message for Earths humans through our contact. Their message is: Be virtuous. Save your home before it is too late. Thank you, sir. I do hope so. I do hope we save our home. Help us. MC. Thank You, Master, for Your answer. [M: Youre welcome.] The next question is from Master Koffi Tsolenyanu. He is a notary in Lome, General Secretary of the National Room of Notaries of Togo. Allow me to honor You in Your noble mission of safeguarding our ecosystem and the survival of humankind as a whole. My question results from an observation. Recent research has discovered with bewilderment that many species of fish have altered their gender due to environmental pollution. We have found that fish are both male and female. Therefore, Great Master, what can we do so that these fish return to their original gender? That is the first question. [Laughter] The second question is: How long will it take? Thank You. Hallo, Master Tsolenyanu. Im glad to see you here. Actually, to your question, the scientists have found out that many species of fish are naturally able to change their gender, depending on necessity. For example, sometimes there is a lack of food or not enough males, and the females will turn into males. So normally, this flexibility is just a survival tool. However, in some cases, it is related to global warming. Toxic metals such as mercury have been found to alter fish gender. In addition, scientists have expressed concern, for example, that if the ocean waters continue to warm, certain fish whose gender is determined by temperature might end up extinct because only one gender will be produced. Problems like this show the interconnectedness of life and the environment. To think that a small temperature change can actually change female fish to becoming a male. This situation can change, yes. It can be reserved, but we have to act quickly, for these and all the other imperiled lives in the ocean and on land. So please join, sir, and spread the vital messages. We all must be veg, go green, if we are to save the planet. Thank you, Master Tsolenyanu, for coming here to be with us. God bless you. MC. Q. Thank You, Supreme Master, for Your answer. Next question is from Mr. Koffi Jean Kissi. He is the National Secretary and Spokesperson of CAR, which is a political party. God bless You for all Youre doing for humanity. My question is about politicians. Regarding Your efforts to fight global warming, You know that we need a strong involvement from politicians. Their involvement is necessary. However, we noticed that it is not their primary concern. What can we do? Or in Your opinion, what can we do so that politicians get more involved in matters concerning global warming, environmental issues, and in the fight against global warming? Should we send them all to a university of environmental sciences? [Laughter and applause.]
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Hallo, Mr. Secretary. You are correct. You are correct. It is best if government leaders can be part of the solution. They can assist in helping people to understand why it is so important to make the change to the veg diet. To approach the political leaders, you can first get together with others of like mind. Then you let the leaders know that you and others like yourself are very interested in this subject. Tell them you want to save the planet, thats it. Write to your government leaders about the veg solution, go and visit with them, if that is possible. For supporting materials, you can ask our Association members to provide you with the information you might need. From what we are reading in the news, it seems that more African leaders are now becoming interested in halting climate change and realizing the need to act on global warming. Sadly, global warming is affecting African countries in all the severest and some of the most visible ways. The worlds second largest freshwater lake, Lake Victoria in Eastern Africa, is now being jeopardized due to overfishing, pollutants and climate change, which are interrelated anyway. Rivers and lakes are drying up in Africa. Tanzanias Mount Kilimanjaros glaciers and ice are almost all gone and coral reefs are dying, bleaching. There are water crises from Sierra Leone to South Africa. Zimbabwe, Somalia, Mauritius, Mozambique, and Sudan just to name a few are experiencing worsened droughts that make it difficult to plant crops, thus adding to food shortages and prices rising. Add to this, desertification and deforestation that further degrade the land. Increased temperatures mean erratic rainfall either too little or too much at a time so we have ravaging floods that drown the crops and fires that burn the forest. Likewise in West Africa, home to 43% of the total population of sub-Saharan Africa, if youre a farmer, you already can feel that the climate is in trouble. There are more frequent droughts, heat waves, floods, storms, frosts, freezes, and locusts than before. These impacts of climate change increase food insecurity and the food crisis in Africa. There is also increased risk of diseases such as malaria because the mosquitoes spread to higher altitudes. The United Nations is afraid that hundreds of millions of people in Africa are at risk. This is just a handful of all the news reports coming out about global warming in your land. Im sure there are more. For leaders, they are aware of these grave problems facing their countries. Now, if the citizens also support them, remind them that theyre concerned and that this is for their best interests, then they will be even more energized to address climate change. Then they will remember that global warming is the most important agenda, that its their duty, not only professionally, but also personally, because it affects themselves and their children as well. So let us try our best to help remind and encourage our leaders to do something. Thank you, and heaven bless the majestic land of Africa and preserve it.
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Thank you and hallo, Master Adigbo. Thank you for this very relevant question. I am eager as you are, and cant wait to see the day when we all become vegan, that is, before it is too late. When we live our lives with a vegan diet, we send out a powerful statement that we want life, and so we will beget life and protection to continue with our life. If we become vegan as an individual, we can remedy the disasters that otherwise might affect us personally. If the world becomes vegan as a group, we can remedy the disasters that affect us globally. They will avert us, or be minimized and rendered harmless. The planet will begin repairing itself in astonishing ways that scientists would be surprised. For example, the ice will stop melting and return to the way it was, green life will appear again, the oceans will be healed as the rainfall and temperature begin to regulate themselves again, produce restored balance. You see, we have the energy to change everything, we have the power to dictate what happens around us, but we must use it. We must use it for the sake of all. We must use it for the benefit of every being on this planet. Our thinking, our action have to send out a message to the universal energy that we want a better planet, we want a safer life, we want a saved world. Then the universal energy will do just that. But we have to act in resonance with this energy, you see? If we want good things then we have to do good. If we want life, we have to spare lives. So the good energy we create can do these things, and more wonders. The compassionate loving atmosphere that we, as the whole world, generate, can and will do more miracles for us. I know it sounds incredible but it is possible. It is the fact. We create everything that we want if we live but in accordance with the law of the universe. Such is the power of just being vegan. Because that means we spare life, we want life, we want constructive energy, we dont want destruction. So vegan is the answer. This is something all African and all citizens of the world can do. Be vegan. Be a world-saver. Thank you very much for your question of what this world can be. The world can be what we make it to be, and we will make it a vegan world, a compassionate world, a peaceful world and a saved world. Thank you, sir, for your question. Thank you, master.
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To your question, sir, this, of course, is a challenge for all of us. Again, as we have mentioned, the governments and the media also should join with the public to reeducate our co-citizens in the whole world at large. The people who have to slaughter animals as a job for a living, we could re-train them in other kinds of jobs. They could be planting trees, taking care of the forests instead of slaughtering the animals. Right now, we have the green industry which is a booming business, which is a potential for the future. I am sure there are many occupations that these people can take part in. And the governments have to give them subsidies until they are trained in a new occupation. There are not that many animals slaughtering people. We can re-educate them. And concerning the second question that some people have to depend on exporting or importing meat to make a living, I think its the same solution. Instead of importing and exporting meat, they will be importing and exporting vegan products. Nowadays, very excitingly, we have so many vegan hams, vegan chicken, vegan cheese, vegan sausages all kinds of delicious vegan food that looks the same as the old diet, and tastes very beautiful, tastes very delicious. So these people, instead of importing and exporting meat, they can just be importing exporting vegan products. It will bring in a good income because everybody will change to vegan diet. So it is a matter of concept, you see. We have to change our concept. And the governments should help these people. If they cannot stand on their feet immediately, the government social security system could help them in the beginning. But, nowadays, in many countries, there are not enough vegan food, so we can do that. Thank you, sir. We can export, import, plant organic vegan food instead of raising animals, slaughtering animals or importing animal products. We just reverse the action. Plant organic vegetables, produce organic protein, importing, exporting vegan produce. God bless you, sir. God bless your radio station and your colleagues. MC. Thank You very much, Supreme Master Ching Hai. That concludes the question-andanswer session. Thank you very much. Master, thank You so much for answering all our questions. Thank You for explaining again how important it is for humans to follow a compassionate, animal-free vegan diet, which will reduce our carbon emissions to such an extent that we can actually reverse global warming. After all this information, surely many of you would like to join the organic vegan movement. I think everybody knows already what to do. Its just a matter of taking action and knowing that it is a life and death matter. It is serious. We must do it. We should have done it already yesterday. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you who are involved and supporting this beautiful event. And thank you also all the people that come to share this important meeting. I would like also, and first, to thank all the distinguished speakers, including those who addressed us via video greeting, like Madam Juliet Gellatley of VIVA, Dr. Shaw-Chen Lu of the Academia Sinica, Mr. Jack Bayles and Deputy Director Smith. My appreciation also to Monsieur Ahlonsou, Dr. Ofei Agyemang and Mayor Aoussi and his representative, for their valuable support and speeches. We also thank you, all the media, the precious guests who lend your supportive energy to our special event today. I am so touched by the concern of the participants and by your thoughtful and intelligent questions. It is truly my honor to be part of this respected conference in the presence of all of you, the noble people here and your pure spirit, which shines brightly in closeness to God. I am confident that your warm and determined hearts can achieve the noble goal of creating a sustainable world for the gracious country of Togo and the entire African continent and the whole world. With your help, with your noble support, with your
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heavenly action, we will surely walk together toward an Eden-like world. God bless all of you. God bless us all so much to succeed in our endeavor to save our precious planet. God bless Africa, God bless our world, so shall it be. Thank you. And I love you. I love you. MC. Thank You, Master, for all Your beautiful and very profound and touching words. Thank You for setting aside Your time and for Your patience and wisdom in addressing the issue of climate change and the importance of being organic vegan with us today. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank every one of you attendees to our Be Organic Vegan to Save the Planet conference today. Supreme Master Ching Hai, our distinguished guests, listeners at Nana FM, Nostalgie, Sport FM, Hot FM and Tokpa FM, viewers of Supreme Master Television and LCF, since tomorrow is Mothers Day we would like to conclude todays conference with a prayer from us dedicated to Supreme Master Ching Hai, dedicated to all of our human and animal mothers, and of course, dedicated to our marvellous Mother Earth. Please enjoy the following songs by Vanessa Worou (VW). [After Vanessa Worous performance.] M. MC. Bravo! Bravo! Bravo! [VW: Thank You. Thank You.] Thank you very much. [VW: Thank You very much, Master.] God bless you. Thank you very much. That was Vanessa Worou. Lets now go back to wish all of our mothers a wonderful Mothers Day with the next performance. The song is Love You Every Second. [M: Every second!] Every second! [Performance by the African members of the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association: We have been following You for a long, long time. But we never had the honor and pleasure of meeting You in person. We have been following You for a long, long time. But we never had the honor and pleasure of meeting You in person. We miss You, miss You, miss You. We love You, love You, love You, love You, love You. We miss You. We miss You, miss You, miss You. We love You. We love You, love You, love You, love You, love You. We wish we could replace Your tears with joy and happiness. Everything You like, well stand by You. We wish we could replace Your tears with joy and happiness. Everything You like, well stand by You. We miss You, miss You, miss You, miss You, miss You. We love You. We love You, love You, love You, love You, love You.] M. MC. I love you, too. Thank you from my heart. Thank you for your so lovely performance. I know that everybody liked it here. Thank you very much. [M: Yes, thank you.] We wish that this Mothers Day, every mother lives happily with their families, and the animal mothers live happily with their families too. We also hope that all the animals and humans can live in peace and harmony, and that we can keep this planet, Mother Earth, forever. Just be organic vegan to save the planet. Thats right. Be Veg, Go Green. Be Veg, Go Green and Save the Planet. Thank you. We can do it. We can do it. [MC: Thank You very much.] Thank you. Happy Mothers Day! Happy Mothers Day to all mothers in the world! [Extended applause.]
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MC. Supreme Master Ching Hai has graciously accepted our invitation to join this conference. Now, ladies and gentlemen, lets extend a warm welcome to Supreme Master Ching Hai. Hallo, Master! How are You, Master? Hi, everyone. A very good day to you. God bless you. Its so wonderful to have You with us today. Thank you. I am very honored. Supreme Master Ching Hai, we are so honored and happy to have You with us, and thank You so much for setting aside some time from Your busy schedule to join us today. I am very happy to be here with all these distinguished guests, important people, the media, government representatives, the congress people, the representative of the National Assembly, the publisher of the big company in Korea, and all involved to make this event very meaningful and important for the public. Thank you ever so much. I have listened to all the speeches and the wonderful ideas. Thank you, all of you, thank you so much. Thank You, Master. We have great news for You! Your book, The Birds in My Life, has instantly become a bestseller in South Korea. Congratulations! Wow, wow! Thank God, thank God, thank the Buddha, thank God. I am very happy. Wow, what a surprise. Thank you for all the hard work. Thank you, the publishing companies. Thank you everyone who made it happen. It will be good for the world in some little way. Well, what can I do for you to repay your kindness? Thank You for Your love, Master. Supreme Master Ching Hai, today we are here with distinguished guests who represent many areas of society. They include leaders and experts from the fields of law, national security, journalism, education, religion, arts, and others. This diverse group of participants has gathered here to celebrate the publication of Your book and also to join in the discussion about global warming. Supreme Master Ching Hai, before we begin the question-and-answer session with the distinguished guests, we would be honored to have You share Your thoughts and views on global warming. Well, we all know by now that it is the most urgent issue of our time and every one of us should put forth all our strength, our resources, our energy and time in order to better the situation, to remedy the disaster that is coming toward us. Its already there. But we must try our best to curb it, to lessen the impact and to stop it where it is, not just for ourselves but for the future generations. Im sure everyone who is in power or everyone who is concerned about the planet is thinking hard or doing some urgent action
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diligently, and for that I thank them all. And if I can help in any way or answer some of your inquiries so that we can clear our mind and work together toward the same goal, saving the planet, then please let me have this honor. Otherwise, we do have so much evidence scientifically, physically, globally already about the disaster of global warming. So I do not need to elaborate any further, unless you have any more detailed questions, I will be very privileged to answer to the best of my knowledge, based on research, based on evidence, based on scientific proof. Thank you so much, all of you, for coming. MC. Thank You, Master. [M: Youre welcome. Youre welcome.] Supreme Master Ching Hai, some of our guests have prepared questions that theyd like to ask You, and it would be such a great honor if we could hear more of Your thoughts through these questions. First, we have Mr. Kim Young-Gyu, Commissioner of Gangwon Province Military Manpower Administration. Mr. Kim is a vegan, and has been actively promoting vegetarianism as a solution to global warming in the public sector. Mr. Kim Young-Gyu, please proceed. Good evening. My name is Kim Young-Gyu, Commissioner of Gangwon Province Military Manpower Administration. First of all, I am honored and would like to give my sincere thanks to Supreme Master Ching Hai, who is nobly working to stop global warming, for being here with us at this videoconference. I also would like to send my heartfelt congratulations that the book The Birds in My Life, which I recently read and was touched by, became a bestseller at www.Amazon.com as well as Kyobo Bookstore in South Korea. I sincerely hope more people read this book so that the world will become a compassionate place where all lives are respected. When I was young, I lived in the countryside. I realize that animals have the same emotions as humans as I witnessed cows smiling when they were happy, and crying when they were sad, and frightened and scared before death. This made me become a vegan. Now, as a government official, I often lecture on global warming and the importance of a vegetarian diet in many government agencies and public organizations. Here is my question: While talking to animals, You have written three books. Have You heard any message that animals are trying to convey to humankind regarding global warming, which is the most urgent problem that our planet is facing right now? If so, it would be appreciated if You could share it with us. Thank you, Commissioner Kim. Thank you for your good wishes and your vegan leadership. You truly assist your country through your kindhearted efforts on behalf of the animals. Concerning the animals message, yes, they have a message for us. It is the same message as that of past and present enlightened people since times immemorial. And that is, instead of killing fellow humans and animals and destroying the environment, we are to retain our noble human quality, love, compassion, and benevolence. We must live up to the principles of non-violence and forgiveness. The animals witness the climate catastrophe that is occurring around the world which, besides contributing on a physical level to global warming, reflects the retribution from our harmful actions toward one another. However, despite the cruelty and unbearable suffering that they undergo at the hands of humans, the animals forgive all the time. With their pure hearts, the animals are more closely connected with their great inner selves and do not fear death the way we humans do. The animals only worry for the loss of humans noble qualities and wish for the killing to stop so that humanity itself can be saved. So please, sir, continue doing what youre doing by informing all the people of how we can best honor the animals love by stopping the killing and turn away from the meat by
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adopting the vegetarian diet, and our souls will be saved and so will be the planet. Thank you so much for your very caring question. MC. Q. Thank You for Your wise words, Master. Next, we have Mr. Yoon Gi-Hyun, a renowned childrens author. Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. My name is Yoon Gi-Hyun and I write childrens books. Recently, Supreme Master Ching Hai wrote books about animals. I know You are also working hard to address the global warming problem. However, You wrote many books especially about animals. Is there any special reason for You to write books about animals? In addition, recently, Your book about birds has been published in Korea. In literature, birds usually symbolize freedom and dreams, and so on. I want to know whether there is any special reason for You to take care of so many birds and to publish a book about birds. I would appreciate it if You could answer. Hallo, Mr. Yoon. Thank you for your thoughtful question. As a writer yourself, you probably have the experience that the inspiration for writing comes more from an inside feeling. Similarly, the writing came more from my love for them, and also I hope to share with the world about animal feeling and true ID because they do have a true identification. Theyre not animals per se, the way we see them, but they are divine beings as well, just like we are, except that theyre more aware their divine status. So I hope to share with the world some of my knowledge about the animals so that humans would honor and love them more. The Dogs in My Life and The Birds in My Life are both written about animals that have come into my life and have blessed both me and the world with their love. The third book called, The Noble Wilds, comes from a time when I was able to get to know and share the stories of some of the beautiful animals in nature. Now, we all can see that nature is changing because of global warming, and the animals are directly affected as well. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has a list called the Red List that shows the species actually disappearing from the planet. At the end of 2008, the IUCN was monitoring a total 45,000 species and said that 40% were threatened with extinction. It is difficult even to imagine this kind of loss. Furthermore, the correlation between animals and global warming is directly seen in the meat diet as documented clearly by the United Nations 2006 report, Livestocks Long Shadow. The animals that are raised for meat, they are producing more greenhouse gases than all the transportation in the world combined. The main gases from the livestock raising are methane and nitrous oxide. Methane was already known to trap up to 23 times more heat than the most prevalent greenhouse gas, meaning carbon dioxide. But recently, it was discovered that methane heats the environment even more. Scientists say that methane causes up to 72 times the atmospheric heat trapping of carbon dioxide, averaged over a 20-year period. This means that the livestock industry contributes even more than what the United Nations originally calculated. So if we eliminate meat from our diets, we automatically and very quickly reduce global warming by a tremendous amount, if not most of it. If everyone becomes vegan, stop livestock raising, our Earth, the humans, the animals, the environment will definitely be saved. So for the love of humans and animals, I began to write about their intelligence, emotions, and great love. I also have dogs and all animals are equally special in my heart, including the cows, the pigs, chickens, the fish, and so on. So by writing these books, Im trying my best to protect them and to promote the vegetarian diet to save the humans lives and save our planet. Thank you.
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In regard to the birds that are part of my life, they came to me in a spontaneous situation. I referred to it some other time already, but the reason I took care of the birds was because they were captured. And they were there in such a pitiful situation, like in such small cages, and they cannot even move too much, they cannot even fly, they cannot even have love, and each others contact as well as love of humans contact. And its just my heart feeling that I had to adopt them, and I have to take care of them. I had no motive at that time except just the direct love from my heart and I just had to do something. I guess if you are confronted with such a situation, you will also do the same, Mr. Yoon. I love birds. MC. Q. Our next question comes from Mr. Kim Dong-Hyun, a journalist from Chosun IIbo, the largest newspaper in Korea. My name is Kim Dong-Hyun, a journalist from Chosun IIbo. Its a pleasure to meet You. What is the role of religion in solving environmental problems including global warming? In addition, I would like to ask whether there is something else that the citizens can do immediately other than adopting a vegetarian diet. Hallo, Mr. Kim! First of all, I would like to thank journalists such as yourself for carrying out the very crucial role of informing the public at large about our planetary crisis and the solution to climate change. I think your question is very important. Religious leaders can give voice and strive to be a living example of the noble teachings according to their original founders, such as Jesus, Prophet Muhammad, Buddha, Guru Nanak, et cetera, et cetera, who espoused the compassionate vegetarian lifestyle. The scriptures from the teachings of these sages all emphasize the need to care for one another and be good stewards of our Earth. In the Christian bible, it is said that, Meat for the belly and belly for the meat, but God will destroy both it and them. The Buddhist Mahaparinirvana sutra also stated that, Eating meat destroys the seed of compassion and a meat eaters every action will terrify all beings due to their bodily scent of meat. Therefore, religious adherents need to be reminded that to solve the environmental problem, we need to put these teachings into action. And the most effective action is something that citizens can do immediately BE VEG. Of course, another is go green, meaning take care of the environment and be frugal in our usage. To be veg is living in accordance with our true religious beliefs. Forgoing meat and adopting the plant-based lifestyle means we put the principle of compassion into action. So please, continue your noble duty as a reporter to remind people of the dignified moral lives that humans should lead by being veg and doing good deeds, apart from going green. Thank you, Mr. Kim Dong-Hyun, for such a noble journalistic approach that you are doing. MC. Q. Thank You, Master. Next, we have Miss Kim Ju-Hwa, a public prosecutor. Hallo. Thank You for giving me a chance to ask You a question. I am a public prosecutor in charge of law enforcement. My job is to investigate crimes, take part in trials in order to punish illegal activities. Therefore, the nature of my work is to handle each case according to fixed legal measures. In order words, I have to settle acts or consequences with tangible proof according to legal standards or the common law. Therefore, I display conservative tendencies. However, the Earth is facing a great crisis at the moment. I think it is a time for people to change their way of life quickly. In this crucial moment, I want to know what kind of attitude I should keep while I work in a conservative work environment.
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Yes, Mrs. Kim, this is a very, very good question. Actually, the best attitude at all times is to be guided by compassion. When we have to err, then we should err on the side of compassion. Of course, in your job, you must proceed according to the rules of the law and what has been defined as right and wrong. In fact, our physical world is governed by the same type of law, one that is very precise and consistent, that is, for every action there is an equal reaction. It is this law of physics that rules our physical universe and is also called the law of cause and retribution, cause and effect, or the karmic law, or action and consequence. Just as in your work, there are consequences for peoples actions. In the physical universe there is the same law. So when you speak about the swift change that is needed, if we already understand the nature of consequence, then it is easy to understand why we must stop killing animals and stop creating suffering for other beings, even including humans. The switch we need to make is toward a kinder, gentler approach to all things and beings around us, because we dont want to reap the bad consequence of killing. So we switch to the plant-based vegan diet, which offers kindness to the animals, by letting them live in peace, then consequently, humanity can also live in peace and our world will immediately become a better place. So the best way in life is to lean always toward universal love and compassion. Thank you, Miss Kim.
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share this vegan message in every way possible. If enough people act on this message, to live a life of peaceful caring toward others, with no harming other beings, then humanity has a future and our childrens children will be able to still live on this Earth in harmony, abundance, and peace. MC. Q. Thank You, Master. Next, we have Mr. Na Young-Cheol, the President of Ecology TV and Director of Korea Mass Media Club. It is nice to meet You. I would like to congratulate You on Your book being a bestseller soon after its release in Korea. In fact, I thought the event today was a meeting with only about 100 attendees and I would have never imagined it would be such a grand event. Since its launch in 1993, Ecology TV broadcasts 24/7, and our theme is NatureEcology-Environment. Therefore, I cant help pondering the role and responsibility of media in coping with our planetary crisis such as global warming. The current situation that all living beings on Earth face right now can be compared to a fast moving car on a highway. The car meets an obstacle ahead and brakes sharply but we are about to collide with the object because the braking distance has to be much further in order to avoid a collision. The best way we can do is, not just a few experts or environmentalists like now, but all of us should unite as one and feel the urgency and act accordingly. That is really needed now. If we think about it and feel with our heart, then we should put it into action because it is desperately needed. In order to do it, the role of broadcasting is really important. I think campaigns or educational programs every now and then is not enough. I feel that we must provide something that has a great impact and carry it out. I hope we could come up with an excellent idea about how the broadcast industry can bring about the actual participation of people beyond intellectual understanding and feeling. I would like to hear the wise advice of Master Ching Hai. Thank You. Thank you. Hallo and thank you, Mr. Na. Thank you for your noble leadership in journalism and of Ecology TV. Your compassionate heart in your profession is already helping the planet. I agree with you completely about the importance of the role of the media. Im sure the programs that air on your network have already had a huge constructive impact on peoples lives and heal the planet. I also believe in people reacting as a whole and that the media has a key role to play for this to happen. As I have said before, that I wish all the media would display a veg announcement every day on television, newspaper, radio, et cetera, even on billboards. If they do, can you imagine what a difference it would make in the publics awareness? So please continue with the work you are doing now and especially to promote the vegan, animal-free diet. This is the one step that everyone in the world can participate in, and it makes the biggest impact for our world. As mentioned, being veg removes methane from the atmosphere, thus cooling the planet. This also immediately shows care for the animals and for our own health, because we see more and more evidence that meat causes all kinds of cancers and carries bacteria, leading to such illnesses as mad cow disease, et cetera, et cetera. So it is much healthier to be veg. More and more scientists today are talking about the vegan diet as being key to stop global warming. Noble Prize-winning Dr. Rajendra Pachauri of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change recently stated that the livestock industry contributes even more to global warming than what was previously reported by the United Nations three years ago. And expert climatologist Dr. James Hansen from the United States has agreed that being veg means animal-free diet is the most significant thing to do to halt global warming. So this is the message that will literally change our world the most quickly.
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I wish your TV channel much success in joining to spread this valuable message. God bless you and all your channels personnel, and your loved ones and their loved ones. Thank you so much, Mr. Na. MC. Thank You, Master. Next is Professor Yeo Sook-Dong who teaches at Korea National Defense University and is the former Manager of Public Information Office, Korean Joint Chief of Staff. Id like to ask about conflicts between nations caused by global warming and its solution. In March 2007, the United Kingdom suggested that the climate change and conflict problem should be discussed as an urgent agenda for the United Nations Security Council and it was actually discussed seriously. It shows that people have begun to recognize that climate change caused by global warming has become a serious threat to national security. Global warming cause not only natural disasters such as floods, storms, and rising sea levels, which threatens national security, but also a large scale of climate refugees flowing over national borders. These series of incidents will cause not only worldwide insecurity but also can be a definite reason for increasing conflicts between nations. Could You tell us what efforts and measures each country should develop in order to be for conflicts between countries that are a result of global warming? Hallo, Colonel and Professor Yeo. Thank you for your very important question. It is true exactly as you have said that we are facing a very serious situation. However, we hope it does not have to come to the point of more conflict. We already have plenty. However, the most effective effort that can be made by any country to avoid further catastrophe, whether natural or manmade, is to promote a compassionate, noble lifestyle. Not only does this benefit the planet in its reduction of greenhouse gases, but being veg opens up lands and deliver crops to humans that were previously being grown for animal feed. Moreover, a plant-based diet saves immensely on water; meat production uses water in excessive amounts that we cannot imagine. You see, all this is important because if humans are in shortage of food or, of water, then conflicts, of course, will break out. That is what the United Kingdom means by climate change is affecting national security not just for the United Kingdom but everywhere in the world. When our family members are in danger of hunger or thirst, maybe we would do anything to bring food to them. So reluctantly, some virtuous or good people might even go astray and cause conflict between neighbors and then, on a larger scale, it will cause conflict between nations. Scientists have documented that one serving of beef takes more than a thousand gallons of water to produce. By contrast, sir, the vegan diet uses about one-tenth of that amount. So the water problem would also be completely solved if everyone is vegan. And as the killing karma is reduced with people becoming vegan, all disasters will diminish, a more living atmosphere will envelop our Earth, and we would not even have to worry about war between countries, because vegetarian diet will make people feel peaceful, more clear-headed. So consequently, each nation would naturally have sufficient resources and wholeheartedly exchange help to each other. So the best way to prepare for conflict is to take complete prevention. The vegan diet will help us to achieve that goal, and almost immediately. Thank you, sir, for your caring. MC. Thank You, Master. Next, we have Professor Kim Young-Hwa of Yonsei University. Hes also the former Manager of the Nature Preservation Department, Ministry of Environment.
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Well, thank you for your warm welcome. For about 30 years, I had planned and implemented our national environmental policy as a government official. I am a professor now. Here is my question: Although global warming is a very serious and very urgent matter for humankind, we have a lot of trouble addressing it because some nations do not cooperate. Could You please tell us what crisis management measures the government should take in case we fail to halt global warming? Thank You. Thank you, Professor Kim, for joining us today and for this thoughtful question which is very, very important. Please do not lose hope yet. We still have a chance to halt global warming and should be optimistic. We dont have much time but we still have time. Although the change is a little slow in some cases, we meanwhile do our best by adopting the quickest and the most efficient measure to reverse climate change. We must change to a vegan diet ourselves so that we become a part of the solution. Besides that, this compassionate lifestyle promotes natural harmony and peace. If everyone is a vegan, cooperation is much easier, dont you think? Because people become more peaceful. They can think more clearly. So cooperation will be an easier matter. To help the government to change so that it can avoid that kind of crisis management, we can write letters explaining how a vegan diet is the solution for the planetary crisis. Its the most practical way to prevent future calamities due to global warming because the plant-based lifestyle is more sustainable and opens up lands that can be used for cultivating crops for humans. It restores the balance of our oceans and forests and preserves our finite natural resources. This is truly the best way to restore our environment and ensure the highest degree of peace. Thank you, sir, for your concern. Such a simple solution BEING VEG thats it.
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Thank You, Master. Next is Ms. Park Hyun-Jung, a reporter from SBS, Koreas major national TV. I would like to ask a simple question. I would like to know the relationship between global warming and meditation. A reporter who is very enlightened! Thank you for calling attention to the spiritual side of climate change. Your audience will surely appreciate your well-informed news reports on this most grave issue of our time. As you can imagine, meditation could be said to help counteract global warming, in part because most traditions of spiritual practice uphold guidelines that include respect for all life, which means no killing, no causing suffering to others, and thus to be a vegetarian. With the world populated by benevolent vegan citizens, the retributing debt or we call it karmic debt from meat-eating is reduced, as will the devastating effects of such a diet. From deep meditation, you will truly know the glory of our creator, of our real self. You will understand what the saints are referring to in the religious holy scriptures when they describe their experiences of the heavenly Light and Music. If you are in deep meditation you will experience exactly what the saints, the Buddhas experienced in the past, in part or in whole. You will know true peace and experience the universal awareness that comes from being connected with your divine self. May heaven bless your heartfelt sincerity and virtuous path to help your fellow citizens during this planetary emergency. Thank you, Ms. Park.
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Thank You, Master. Now, Professor Kim Young-Ho who is the Honorary Professor of Philosophy at Inha University and Director of both Hamseokhun Ssial Research Center and Dongsasub Happy Village. I find myself in full agreement with You on the diagnosis of our planets crisis and its cure involving vegetarianism. I hope and believe that it will work out eventually on a global scale. At the same time, people may want to know more practical ways toward the ultimate goal. For this crucial matter of survival of the Earth, we cant wait too long, I think, for governments to acutely realize the severity of the crisis and take concrete actions for it. [M: Right.] Rather than relying on the governments, we may need community movements, initiated not by just big communities but small communities, from bottom up, not top down. What, in Your view, is the practical strategy for putting into practice the ideals You have put forward, besides this kind of worldwide conferences and publications, including the need for smaller communities devoted to the cause and pursuing an ecologically safe living? Also, just small related questions, philosophical question can we expect to see the imminent emergence of a new humanity or humanism, free from these kinds of problems, as envisaged by some Korean spiritual masters and Western enlightened thinkers, like Teilhard de Chardin and Mircea Eliade? Thank You. Thank you! Thank you, sir! You are right. You are right. As individuals and communities, we must take action instead of waiting for the government or the technology to be developed. Surely what you describe as a grassroots movement is a good way to quickly and effectively begin healing the planet through a plant-based diet. This truly is the fastest way an individual or group of individuals can reverse the climate change. It is so simple that we could overlook it. Its so simple. Just one solution: The compassionate diet. Because compassion begets compassion. Thats a very simple law of the universe. Every action has a reaction. So no need to wait for government policy approval process or financial resources and so on. Practically speaking, what we can do for this movement is to continue informing the people we know or who we meet about our urgent planetary situation and the solution. We can pass out informative flyers. We can email our friends, acquaintances, and let them know that free and up-to-date resources are also available at www.SupremeMasterTV.com. We can also show others how easy and delicious it is to cook vegetarian diet. And, as I have mentioned, continue writing to the government and media to ask them to support these ideals, which is also very important. We cannot really disregard the governments and the medias powerful influence, because if they support these ideals, they can disseminate the information on a greater scale to reach the public. Without a doubt, once humanity has evolved to be more compassionate, more loving to all beings, our world will be free from such tragedies as war, global warming, and other natural or manmade disasters. We would truly be living an Eden on Earth, where peace will reign and humans will live in perfect harmony with each other, with animals and the environment. Thank you for your very good question. I have only one solution again, again, and again, that is the compassionate vegan diet. If I have other solutions, wouldnt I have told you? If I knew of a better solution, wouldnt I have advertised it? Of course I would! I would do anything to save the planet. But to save the planet is not in my power. The planet is in your hands, on each and every citizens hands to save it. And the only solution that we can take in our hands to save the planet is the VEGAN DIET. I repeat again and again and again because I know that is the solution for our planet. Thank you, sir.
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Thank You. Thank You so much, Master. [M: You too.] The next question comes from Mr. Kim Dong-Wan, one of the program directors of Arirang TV, Koreas global TV. Its a pleasure to see You through this videoconference. We know that You are very concerned about global warming and have been working tirelessly in order to halt it. Supreme Master Television broadcasts the number of days left to save the planet. As of today, we have about 1,300 days. May I ask what does this date mean exactly? Is it a warning? Is January 20, 2013 the last day left for us to save our planet? What will happen after that day passes? Yes, Mr. Kim. Thank you for your very concerned question. This is a question that you ask for many people. This is the number of days that we have left to save the planet. Yes, it is. We hope that we dont have to count down to that day. In other words, that the day will not have much meaning other than as a day to celebrate humans and planets survival, our life. However, this number is a reminder and gives us a sense of the true urgency at hand. I wish we dont have to show this number, but we have to, for the sake of everyone on this planet. And if you calculate it yourself, according to all the evidence from the scientists or research of climatologists, you will come to the same number as I have. Up to now, there was some flexibility on how long we have left. But now it is more or less fixed. And that is more or less the number we have. However, Mr. Kim Dong-Wan, we have good news. The good news is that we have reached a critical mass, or a certain number of human beings who have kept the vegetarian diet or turned to the vegan diet. And when a certain number is reached, we call it critical mass. Then that critical mass will influence the other beings on the planet, all the humans. So this critical mass has been reached recently. It could mean that more people are open to change in their heart and more influenced to change their heart, to be more loving and kind, compassionate, and switching to the life-sustaining vegan diet. This is the primary change which will save all lives that are still left, and the planet. After that, we can have time to do all the green things to further stabilize and live in harmony with nature. We can have more time to develop higher technology to protect the planet and protect human life. But for technology we need much, much more time. We dont have that much time. So for now, changing to the vegan diet lifestyle is urgent and the most important and the most effective solution to halt the climate change and to save the planet. We can see almost an immediate result if everyone turns to the vegan diet.
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based diet from society at all levels is surely the fastest way to avert the effects of climate change. There are numerous examples today of athletes who eat only the plantbased diet, the vegan diet, no animal products in their food whatsoever. These are worldwide top-class athletes, such as professional wrestlers, body builders, and basketball players. We list them all on www.SupremeMasterTV.com. Not only do they eat the vegan diet, they credit it for their increased stamina and strength. One example is a runner of the ultramarathon meaning 24 hours without stopping. This gentleman, who is a vegan, holds the record on one of the courses and has won the hundred-mile run seven times, along with other endurance awards. There are also soldiers who are vegan and are able to perform their duties on par with fellow soldiers. So Im confident that vegetable protein is more than sufficient, with no compromise to muscle development and endurance. Furthermore, a vegan diet provides one with clarity of mind and has even been associated with higher IQ. So you see, we should go ahead change to vegan diet. Thank you, sir. MC. Thank You. Thank You so much, Master. Next is Mr. Yoon Ho-Chang, the Policy Chairperson of National Eco Kid Community Association and Executive Director of Metropolitan Area Eco Kid Community. Its a pleasure to meet You. I am working to support our future generation so that our children can be closer to nature and live together with other beings more harmoniously. Here is my question: Environmental diseases such as atopy and asthma occur mainly in children who are vulnerable socially and biologically. The health of our future generations is endangered because our generation failed to plan for a sustainable future. What immediate actions do You think our generation should take to ensure healthy future generations, and how should we unite on a global level in order to achieve it? Please give us Your advice. Yes, Mr. Yoon. Thank you for your concern and your love for the children. I do also love children. I think we all love the children. Heaven bless you already for that. I understand your feeling that the children of today must suffer because of what the adult generation in the past has overlooked. And maybe the children in the future also will suffer because we, our generation right now, are slow to take action or dont take action or overlooked the important priority. While this may be true, please keep in mind that we still can change. Humans are subject to change. We do not have much time, but we do have some time. If the conditions of the world can be corrected soon, the children will still have a chance to grow up in a better environment. The key to this of course, once again, and as always, is the vegan diet, vegetarian food, no animal product food. Children are well aware of this diet because they prefer it. Studies have shown that in vegan societies, morning sickness during pregnancy is virtually unknown. This is because meat has been found to be like a poison to the unborn child. The morning sickness is the way to expel the poison so that the vulnerable new life is not adversely affected. The atopy or allergic syndrome that you have referred to has now been clearly linked to food allergies in children. Meat has also been shown to be toxic and an addictive substance, with potentially very bad effects for the body. There is a sugar molecule from the meat, for example, that accumulates in the body with repeated consumption. This molecule is like a magnet for infections such as E.coli which can easily be life threatening. Both the allergy and immune systems of the children are less developed than in an adult. So children cannot digest products such as milk, fish and meat.
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The good news is that even children who have learned to eat meat are normally quite open to changing to the vegan lifestyle, as studies have shown. Often they are the ones bringing new information back to the parents, trying to get the parents to the change to the vegetarian diet. So to unite on a global level to achieve healthy future generations, one thing we can do is to bring the message to the children and listen to them as well. We should also show our children that we care about their future and their health. And the best way to do this is through the example of a compassionate, loving lifestyle through a vegan diet. Thank you, Mr. Yoon Ho-Chang. MC. Q. Thank You. Thank You so much, Master. Ms. Choi Jae-Ran, a student at Sogang University, a Green Ambassador, and a member of Climate Cool, has the next question. Good afternoon, Supreme Master Ching Hai, ladies and gentlemen. Thank You for the great opportunity to take part in the conference today. My name is Jae-Ran Choi, studying in Sogang University. As a member of the Climate Cool Initiative and the Green Ambassador, Im very honored to ask You a question. After visiting Japan to take part in an environmental workshop, my team members realized that the Japanese government and the Japanese people were readily accepting a green lifestyle. The most basic but the most effective example was the trash cans. Recycling waste can create tremendous amount of resources, but in Korea, there are no efficiently labeled trash cans and the people are not very concerned about saving the environment. And the government policies could be better and have more substance and really make a difference. So what I want to ask You is: What are our worlds governments doing to change the ordinary lives of the people to be more environmentally friendly, and what are the real environmental issues that the government can handle to save the Earth? Thank You. Thank you for your care and your tremendous effort. Im so proud of you so young and so noble. Im impressed by youth such as yourself who are so concerned and actively try to help the environment. Your Climate Cool Initiative sounds to me very, very cool, so cool. For your questions, there are governments that are creating policies and raising awareness about the seriousness of climate change. They have listened to the scientists and are at least beginning to warn their people of the dangers. There will be an important conference this December in Copenhagen, Denmark, where government leaders worldwide will try to make important decisions based on scientific evidence and scientists advice. Some governments already have policies in place and are encouraging people to go green. For example, the Formosan government presented a list of 10 effective actions that ordinary people can do to help. Several cities in the United States have done similarly. And in Europe, several countries as well as the European Union have been discussing and implementing policy for different green measures. These are just a few examples. So please, be positive, be optimistic. But my only concern is that the changes are not happening quickly enough. Im sure you have the same concern. We really need to stop global warming now, like yesterday, because Im sorry to say that while all these green changes are good, there is still one action that must be done on the top of the list, the most important one, which, once again, is the VEGAN DIET. The greenest of all the green policy, the greenest of all the green action, the most compassionate, the most heroic, the lifesaving action, the vegan diet. Without the vegan diet, maybe we can prolong a few years with green initiatives or with better technology, but its not a long term insurance against climate change.
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So the vegan diet is the solution. It will eliminate methane, one of the most heattrapping greenhouse gases. And this will cool the planet the fastest and give us more time to exercise our green policy or finding better technology. This is the most valuable step, the vegan step, that the governments could make, could encourage, could pass into law, could inform the people at large. Such a measure only benefits the people and the country and the planet. Theres nothing to lose, nothing to fear, because it is in the best interests of everyone. This is the realistic way, the only way that I know, the only way that I see that we can save the planet right now. The other policies, green energy, green technology, are also very important but they take more time. First, we have to stay alive in this short period of urgency in order to even work on switching to green energy. Clear? Thank you for caring, Ms. Choi. Please, tell your government leaders. Ask your government leaders to be courageous, to act swiftly for you and all the people and save lives. Ask them, please. Thank you. MC. Thank You. The next question comes from Professor Kim Sung-Ho of Life Science at Seonam University. He is also the Director of Korean Plant Academy. For over 20 years, Professor Kim observed, took photos, and wrote about animals, especially birds. He loves birds very much. Nice to meet You, Master Ching Hai. I was deeply impressed with Your book, and Your special affection towards birds was surprising and so touching. Is there any special reason or motive for Your love of birds? If so, how it is interconnected with Your belief of am a vegan and green, save the Earth? And recently, I had a chance to observe the whole breeding schedule of four kinds of birds: White-backed woodpecker, gray-headed woodpecker, long-tailed tit, and nuthatch. And the whole schedule is completed within two months. And I found that the young birds acquire all the means necessary for their survival only through a short time. May I ask Your opinion regarding this? And lastly, last winter, there were a lot of dry and cold days in Korea. It was nearly impossible for birds to find the water in our forest so I decided to make a pond for them. About 500 birds gathered to drink water and to take a rest. [M: Wow!] But I cant do this every winter and it will not be a good solution for them. Basically, what can we do for them? Thank You. Thank you. Professor Kim, first of all, thank you for your immense love, thoughtfulness, and kindness toward the animals, especially the birds. I am moved by your affection and deep caring for the wilds in the mountains. My love for animals extends to birds as well; I love them and naturally want to protect them. I feel what they feel. Birds have so much love, intelligence, which I have experienced many times, even before I had bird companions who are living with me. Sometimes a bird would come and stand in front of me just trying to tell me something, or would come and sit on my hand and greet me. Im sure that you understand and maybe experience the same, sir. You see, in regard to the message I am a vegan and green, save the Earth, this is surely connected to all the animals and the birds also. Once we understand one species of animals, we could understand other species as well. Being vegan simply means being compassionate and having animal-free diet means we dont eat the animals, we dont harm any animal. So we dont engage in any killing or making others suffer of any kind. This will save the planet and preserve the treasured wilds, such as the birds. Your second question: Recently, you have observed that the young birds do grow and learn quickly how to survive. Yes, it is true. The animals babies, or animals as a whole, they are more intelligent than us concerning survival. I also noticed that when I spent some time closely observing birds a family of swans as they raised their young, also a family of ducks, a family of coots, a family of great crested grebes, et cetera, et cetera,
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even a family of young beavers. For example, the baby swans, they were so intelligent. The first day they went out swimming with their dad already. I observed how the parent swans raised their young and was amazed as well at how quickly babies in the wild mature. Its so fast, so fast, much too fast compared to human babies. They are endowed with many talents, with intelligence and with perceptive faculties, even telepathic faculty. Im glad that you understand and help other people to also understand how incredible the wild animals truly are. They are really amazing, and more than worthy of our respect and love. And to your third question, Im very touched by your caring action, Professor. Since childhood, I also had an affinity with birds and I would feed them, give them water, nurse them to health when theyre sick or wounded whenever I could. I worry about them even now at night when Im in a warm bed. I worry whether they are too cold outside, if they have enough food in the day. I am so touched that you even climb the mountains to bring them fresh water to drink. That is really true love. May God bless you so much. We should all remember that we share this planetary abode, the water, the air, the resources, the food, all of nature, we share only. We should not be possessive of nature. So the best thing we can do for the birds and all the animals is to stop causing suffering to them, stop killing them, stop eating them, stop damaging all our habitats. Stop damaging our environment. Be veg, go green and save their planet too, the planet of the animals. Thank you so much for all you have done and doing. MC. Thank You. Thank You so much for Your precious answer. Ms. Bae Ok-Byung will ask the next question. She is Chief of the National School Meal Network, Chief of People Movement Headquarters for Safe School Meal, and a Member of the School Meal Committee of Seoul City Education Authority. I am glad to see You. With the school meal movement in Korea, we have tried to provide safe and fresh meals to schools using locally grown, environmental-friendly agriculture produce and weve seen successful results. The government has more meaning than just providing a simple meal, it will help expand eco-friendly farming, which will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate global warming. The movement is a sensible solution to the overall food shortage crisis as well. I think each nation needs to have a food plan suitable for its own climate and environment, and it also should be well-coordinated with the school meal system. A sustainable supplydemand system need to be established based on trust between farmer and consumer. I would be grateful if You could talk about some examples for new alternative systems or the possibility of global networking. Ms. Bae, I am impressed with your noble-minded efforts, not only for the childrens health but also for the environment and planet at large. The program you describe sounds truly exemplary. The children must love it. Perhaps you could share this model with other nations for their benefit. From what I understand, complete systems where the schools are connected to the farmers in a sustainable way are perhaps being developed, but not fully exercised. There is a program that began in Europe and Japan and its now also in the United States, where a group of individuals such as those belonging to a food cooperative develop a relationship with a farmer or the farmers, who agree to supply them with fresh produce. The farmers then grow a variety of food and people purchase from a variety of whatever is fresh. This has become very popular and, in many places, it has a waiting list even. So the farms are usually sustainably-run organic farms. It is a good situation because the people are getting healthy food that
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they can trust while supporting the farmers livelihood and often the environment at the same time. So I thought you would be glad to know that. It would be good if the governments could lend their support to vegan organic farmers by providing them with subsidies so that they can take their time in growing without having to worry about the profit for the beginning of the trend. Through vegan organic farming, we will definitely accomplish the goals of resolving the food crisis, since the crops are no longer being fed to animals, which are being raised more and more in numbers, and theyre being grown with practices to support the Earth, which means more plentiful harvests over time. For further updated information on organic vegan farming, you may visit www.SupremeMasterTV.com. We have programs featuring our Association members and other experts on organic easy farming that can help guide people on the path to planting and harvesting your own organic vegetables. Meanwhile, I wish you all the best and thank you, Ms. Bae, for your noble mission to support the childrens health and saving the planet. Thank you, maam. God bless you. MC. Thank You, Master, for Your enlightening answer. Next is Mr. Lee Tae-Geun, the Chairman of Heuksallim, a large organic farming organization that shares organic farming methods and gives certification of organic products. I am glad to see You. I am Chairman of one of Koreas biggest organic farmers group. To adopt a vegetarian diet, I think an essential step is to avoid pesticide and chemical fertilizer. I hope to see organic farming and the vegetarian diet boom in Korea. If it happens, I suppose I will have to work more. How does organic farming contribute to global warming? What mindset should organic farmers work with and what products should consumers have? Organic farming produces less bountiful harvest. Could You say a few words about the government supporting the crop yield reduction or consumers role? Thank You. Thank you. Thank you for your question, Mr. Lee. Actually, it has been found that a large scale change to organic farming could feed the world. Research in Denmark and elsewhere has shown larger yields from organic farming on land that was previously underutilized. The producing of less harvest that you mentioned may be from fields that were previously cultivated with chemical pesticides and fertilizers, or trampled by livestock for a prolonged period of time. These can show a drop in crop yields when switching to organic farming. But that is only initially because the yields are shown to increase again over time. In fact, the large yields produced by conventional farming are taken at the expense of the soil, of our health, and of the environment. And these enormous single crops, such as soy, are mostly produced to feed animals for meat production, not for humans consumption. In Africa, the United Nations Environment Program did a study in which they found crop yields were doubled when the small farmers used organic farming methods. In this case, since the organic practices such as composting and rotating crops improve the soil make it healthier instead of buying fertilizers and pesticides, the organic farmers can use their money to buy better seeds. I have said before that governments should also subsidize organic farmers until there is enough volume of demand to naturally sustain good yields. Another research in the United States found that organic farming methods could be used to triple farm yields. One of the main factors in enabling the high yields was the farmers were planting legumes, like beans or soya beans, cover crops between growing seasons, which fixed enough natural nitrogen in the soil to ensure high crop yields. In terms of global warming, many practices that come from organic farming remove carbon from the atmosphere. Even with climate change and soil variations around the
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world, recent studies have verified that organic agriculture, if practiced on the planets 3.5 billion tillable acres, could sequester nearly 40% of current CO2 emissions. So Mr. Lee, please continue what youre doing to spread the benefits of organic farming and encourage and train more organic farmers. I dream of a day when we need not to worry what we are feeding our children, whether it has chemicals, it has harmful substances or is unnatural in any way which is harmful to the health of us and of our children. Organic farming is the way to go. It helps to maintain our robust health and reduce global warming. Thank you for what youre doing, sir. MC. Thank you so much for your intelligent question, Mr. Lee, and thank You so much for Your precious answer, Master. Next is Professor Seo Jeong-Hye. She is Professor of the Mind-Body Healing Department, Seoul Graduate School of Buddhism, and Director of Meditation and Psychological Treatment Center. Its nice to see You. I know that Supreme Master Ching Hai has been leading a social campaign for vegetarianism for a long time for our health, spirituality, and to save our environment and Earth. The degree of the planetary urgency is becoming more serious due to global warming, yet people do not realize its urgency. Is there any other planet in the universe that has faced the same crisis that the Earth is facing right now? If so, can You give us one such example and explain it to us? Another question is: I would like to hear Your answer on how humankind can be free from the bad karma that we are facing right now? Thank You. Thank you. Yes, Professor Seo. At the moment, we are the ones that are going through this crisis. But 40 million years ago I did research on Mars and planet Mars did go through a similar situation as we are going through right now. In modern day exploration of the planet, on the surface, NASA scientists have also found signs of previous climate change, as well as possible life that existed in the past on Mars. It is true that Mars used to be inhabited by beings like us but as they raised more and more animals for meat, the methane gas from the livestock warmed the atmosphere and the temperature triggered more gas to be released from under the oceans, from the permafrosts and glaciers. So the entire planet became poisoned by gas, different gases. And within a few months only, almost all the population perished. It was a very terrible mass extinction. On the entire planet, only two million people survived. Those who were living virtuous lives and following the vegetarian diet, they were the survivors. If you look at the past history of our planet, there were also times of warming and a lot of changes and mass extinctions as well. Im glad you recognize that our planetary crisis is due to bad karma, meaning the retribution of unwholesome deeds. It is the law of karma or cause and retribution that is at work right now, and humans need a change of heart because a change of humans heart will determine whether we can save the planet or not. The best way and the easiest way to free ourselves from this bad retribution is to reverse our action. Instead of killing animals, we live and let live. Instead of meat diet, we turn to be vegan, because if we take a life, we owe a life. We owe a blood debt as one scripture says, We owe a blood debt if we kill a life. It is a very precise universal law; we should thus do our best to live in love and kindness in order to beget such mercy and compassion from heaven. Thank you, Professor Seo, for your very, very enlightened question. MC. Thank You so much for Your enlightening answer, Master. Next, we have the monks from the Ananda Marga Group as special guests. Before they ask a question, they would like to offer a song to Supreme Master Ching Hai in celebration of the newly released book, The Birds in My Life, Korean edition. [M: Thank you so much!] The
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song will be followed by a question from Dada Cittarainjanananda. He voluntarily teaches meditation and yoga in spiritual communities in Asian countries. He is a Doctor of Economics and has written several books about the economy. M. Q. Thank you. God bless you. Hallo. I want to share my love for creation through this song given by my spiritual master who has given 5,018 such songs. This song is in Bengali language and Indian language. Thank you. Thank you, sir. [After the performance of the Ananda Marga Group.] Thank you! Beautiful, beautiful! Thank you so much! Thank you, Dada, and the group of monks. Hallo, my respected Supreme Master Ching Hai. Im very, very much grateful for the opportunity to ask You a question. Today in just this conference I have heard that the former United Nations Secretary said that there are two important crisis in this world. One is environmental crisis and the other one is economic crisis. I have some questions for You. I have understood that You see all the issues including the environmental crisis from a holistic and universal view. So from that view, what do You think caused the economic crisis now the world is facing? Thank You. Thank you, sir. Thank you and greetings, Venerable Dada. What caused the economic crisis in the world? You know as well as I do, its from bad karma, bad retribution of our actions from many, many centuries, not just now. From a more spiritual perspective, of course we can see that the current global economic crisis is caused by our departure from the virtuous principles that we have learned from past and present Masters, such as the basic concepts of sharing and kindness, noble living and compassionate lifestyle. So we should remember that we are all brethren. And when one brother or sister is suffering, we all suffer one way or another. Our creator has taken care of even the smallest insects and plants. God has given the world an abundance of resources to survive in comfort, as long as we live within the principles of virtue, moral standard, which once again include no violence, no killing, no harming ahimsa. And actually, this principle of ahimsa can be applied very directly to the economic picture. Recently, for example, a study conducted in the Netherlands found that the estimated total cost to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to a level where the Earth would still be habitable, that total cost was estimated as USD40 trillion. However, this cost also was found to be reduced by half if people around the world reduce their meat intake, eat more vegetarian. And if people globally stopped consuming all the animal products altogether meaning all the world people became vegan then the savings would be 80%, meaning from USD40 trillion, if all the people became vegan on this planet, the cost would reduce to USD8 trillion only, to save the planet. That is a huge saving, sir, right? So we see that everything benefits from the compassionate lifestyle. With savings like the one just mentioned, we could invest in other life-improving measures, such as ensuring adequate food and shelter, education for more people in the world, and more people would automatically have food if everyone goes vegan. This is just an example, sir. But it is really true that being vegan can give us and all other beings on the planet a very ideal life, heavenly kind of life. Thank you, sir, for your concern and for doing what youre doing, for helping the world to save the planet, for asking a very important question. God bless you, sir, and your monks.
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mentioned that are a result of the childrens diet, I also agree with you. And one of the very most harmful is meat. Meat is in reality a concentrated toxin, basically. It contains all the ingredients you mentioned such as the effect of pesticides, fertilizers, genetically modified feed and chemicals, et cetera. Meat consumption is also being linked to more and more diseases. This is not even talking about the cruelty of animal torturing and massacring to make the meat for the humans to consume. Milk products are also no good. Milk, in some cases, can cause a strong allergic reaction such as skin rash or intestinal problems. It has also been scientifically known that milk products remove more calcium during digestion than they provide. We have been taught the contrary, but I believe it is only a matter of informing the adults so that they understand all of these effects. Parents do want the best for their children, so they just need to know about the harms so they can avoid it. In fact, many of the diseases you mentioned in your question are caused by meat according to the latest research. Here are some of the damaging aspects of meat and dairy, just to list a few. Example: Cured meats and fish increased leukemia in children, the risk of leukemia in children, antibiotics resistance, superbug infections from a strain of staphylococcus aureus, blue tongue disease, E.coli, salmonella, bird flu, mad cow disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakobs disease, 90% of the population is at risk. Pigs disease, plus newly appeared pig flu that kills and transmits from human to human, listeriosis, shell fish poisoning, pre-eclempsia, campylobacter, clostridium difficile disease hidden in healthy-appearing livestock, et cetera. Obesity also is caused by meat. Worldwide now, 1.6 billion adults are overweight with 400 million more who are obese. Costs of USD93 billion each year for medical expenses in the United States alone. At least 2.6 million people die annually from problems related to being overweight or obese. Its worse than war. If you need any of this information or more updated info, sir, please, were happy to make it available for you by our Association members or please log onto www.SupremeMasterTV.com. I hope the parents can understand that giving meat is not giving the best to their children. The best is to give the food that does not involve torturing, killing. This is the safest and most guaranteed for good results, both spiritually and physically. God bless you, sir. MC. Thank You so much for Your enlightening answer, Master. Next is Dr. Jo Won-Woong. He is Chairman of the International Moderation Association and Chief of the Korean Branch of the International Commission for Prevention of Alcoholism and Drug Dependency. Madam Ching Hai, I have always been touched by Your endeavors, Your passion, and Your vision in Your mission, in order to save our only Earth. I am impressed that Youve been answering various types of questions tirelessly for such a long time today. I think it is thanks to the power of the vegetarian diet that heaven has given. [Laughter and applause.] This is the power from heaven, the power of vegetarianism. [Laughter and applause.] I am leading campaigns to stop smoking, to stop drinking alcohol, to prevent drugs, and to spread the vegetarian diet. Meat-eating is destroying our world and poisonous substances such as alcohol and cigarettes are creating problems in our society. I believe abstaining from these poisonous substances is very important for the health of individuals and societies and for a happy global village. Could You please advise what would be the most effect way to create a smoke-free and alcohol-free society? Thank You so much. Thank you. All the smoke when I go out sometimes makes me cough; but still some people dont believe it. I agree with you, sir. We should ban all the smokes, all the alcohol, all the drugs, and all the meat as well. All the harmful things to our health and
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our moral standards, we should ban them all. I appreciate your vision, which I also share, sir, of a smoke-free, drug-free, alcohol-free, and meat-free society. I believe that it is possible, sir. Well, the last few years alone we have seen new laws such as smoking and alcohol bans passed in difficult countries. So everywhere we go to a restaurant now, we can breathe clean air. So with the scientific follow-up studies, it shows significant health improvements for the people. As far as what is the most effective way to create a smoke-free, alcohol-free society, I would say what you already know; that we first inform people of the harms, which are turning out to be more and more as the research deepens. That, combined with things like raising taxes on the alcohol and cigarettes, and limiting the times that they are sold, as well as not making them visible in the stores, all these things are helping and will continue to help. But, you can tell your government by writing, by discussing, by talking that, I think, ban them totally is the best for our health and the health of our children. If we can help in providing you with information that you could hand out, we would be happy to do so, or you could also look to the www.SupremeMasterTV.com for free download of all information and updated info concerning these matters. The progress is slow, Dr. Jo, but I believe it will continue. Thank you for your enthusiasm, your concern about the health of the people, and your courage to speak out of what is right. God bless you. Buddha bless you. MC. Thank You. Thank you so much for Your soul-awakening answer, Master. Next, we have Professor Lee Jung-Deok. She is Chief of the Home of Life and former Professor of Education in Dongguk University and former President of the Korean Alliance for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Hallo. Its been about 10 years since I saw You last time. I am very glad to see You again. Ive been looking after abandoned animals for about 20 years. The thing that Ive been feeling in my heart is that we very much lack the consciousness for respecting animals and plants. How can we help people feel a sense of awe and respect towards living beings from the bottom of their heart? The question has been in my head all the time. So what Id like to ask Master is of course I know how difficult it is to change the collective subconscious, handed-down customs, and our taste buds. I am very well aware of the fact that it is very difficult to change the level of human consciousness. Id like to ask You the following question: Is there a way to uplift their sense of love towards living beings from the bottom of their heart? This is my only question. Thank you, Professor Lee. Madam, on behalf of the animals, I thank you for your generous care, kind heart, and your courage. You are correct. It is difficult to change humans consciousness, but it is possible. Many times it is because people do not know or have not been informed of the intelligence of animals, of their love, of the emotions that they share with humans. But we can help, trying to provide people with the opportunity to experience for themselves the beautiful qualities of animals, our coinhabitants, our neighbors. For example, one of the teachers in Korea had told me that she taught her students using my book, The Dogs in My Life. From there, the children learned to further remember and develop their already compassionate nature, to the point that they would not even think about eating their wonderful animal friends. And this approach does not require a lot of resources. We can also distribute the flyers and provide opportunities for people to be in direct contact with animals. Our Association members can also provide you with leaflets that are already translated into Korean. We do what we can; we try our best to help the animals. The animals know also of your care and are grateful, Professor. With our planet already having reached the critical mass of
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vegetarianism to be the diet of choice, more and more in the future, people are becoming vegan, which is surely raising humans collective noble consciousness to be more loving and kind towards all beings. So please, have hope and pray, Professor. Once people stop the meat-eating habit, they will naturally develop a deeper reverence for all life and love for all things. Heaven bless you and your noble work. Thank you. MC. Thank You. Thank You so much for Your enlightening answer, Master. Next up is Mr. Ryu Jae-Hyun, a renowned cultural event planner and President of Idea Playground Imagination Factory. He directed Hi Seoul Festival from 2003 to 2007. First of all, I would like to thank You for giving us sincere and wonderful answers for such a long time. My name is Ryu Jae-Hyun, I plan cultural events through festivals and local marketing. The festivals that I plan attract large numbers of people because the scale of the festival is large. Therefore, Ive been thinking of conveying some meaningful messages like this to those numerous people. I especially personally love festival themes such as Earth, life, and green plants. What would be Your advice for planners like me who want to deliver green life messages through campaigns? Thank You. Thank you. Bravo, Mr. Ryu, bravo! It is wonderful to see that you wish to contribute in a more meaningful way, and more powerful way through events that everyone enjoys. If you ask for my suggestion about a green campaign, I would of course say that the most important message is to be vegan. No animal products in our diet. With this message, you could do all kinds of things to help people understand, first of all, that they can also enjoy eating plant-based food, and by doing so, they benefit their own health and the health of the entire planet. Of course, you can also add other green elements such as technology, recycling, eco-transportation, and so on and so forth. But since the most important action to actually save our planet is the vegetarian lifestyle, that is the message I would suggest first. We have to stay alive first, before anything else. And the vegan diet will save our lives because it will save the ecology, it will save the planet. According to my knowledge, other ventures that have been successful in the green fields are also good at informing people about their principles. So you can also help by letting people know about the various issues and the alternative solutions that perhaps they did not think of before. For example, why it is important to eat organic fruits and organic vegetables, or brown rice instead of white rice. For the global warming issue, our organization has a lot of material that has already been developed and researched which you would be welcome to use in any way you wish. Its always available free on www.SupremeMasterTV.com. The media is a very important part of the global warming message. Your events are media based, so you have an opportunity for a key role in the solution. Everywhere you can just put the slogan Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet! That will also help a lot. Thank you again, Mr. Ryu, and I wish you all the best in your green noble endeavors. Heaven bless you abundantly! MC. Thank You so much for Your considerate answer, Master. Next is from Professor Lee Sook-Yeone. She is Chairperson of the Korean Vegetarian Association and a Professor of Pharmacy School at Sahmyook University. She is also the Vice Chairperson of Korea Slow Food Culture Center. I want to thank all of you who have helped us listen to such a beautiful discourse for such a long time. My nickname is Brown Rice Missionary. A few minutes ago, Madam
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Ching Hai mentioned about brown rice. Now we know what we have to do to save the Earth. Through Madam Ching Hai, we received the answer that we cant save the Earth unless we adopt a vegetarian diet. Therefore, we have to be vegetarian. So could You please tell us how we can spread the vegetarian movement rapidly and more effectively? And I would appreciate it if You could share with us about how You live a vegetarian life with brown rice. Thank You. M. Thank you. On the Supreme Master Television, we have made a tip of how to cook brown rice, but if you ask, I tell you. Very simple! You cook usually like white rice, but its best to soak the brown rice overnight or a few hours before cooking. And dont cook it too dry. A little bit soft and moist is better. Its not like white rice, its a little harder, so it needs to be soaked to bring out the best from the brown rice before we cook. And then just give enough water, like normal white rice. Maybe you try a couple of times. Soak the brown rice before you cook, that is the secret. Soak overnight or many hours before you cook. The second part of the question: Our Vegetarian Association members are clearly aware that changing the diet not only enhances our health but also helps to prevent global warming. Is there a good way to spread vegetarianism more rapidly and more effectively? I would appreciate it if You could kindly show us the way. Thank You. You are just too humble, Dr. Lee. I think you know how. But thank you. Thank you, Professor, and your members, for sharing this noble ideal of vegetarianism. We are ourselves now trying our best to promote the vegan diet as quickly as possible in order to save lives on the planet in time, through our SOS flyer distribution, opening of vegan restaurants, internet connection, TV programs, and cooking shows, et cetera. This is at the grassroots level which is effective and immediate with individuals changing their dietary meat habit after they receive this information. So if you would like any of these materials for your group to use in your activities, you may freely obtain them any time from www.SupremeMasterTV.com or please demand it from our Association members nearby you in Korea or anywhere in the world. On a larger scale, if all media and government lend their supporting hands to the meat-free cause, this vital message will be even more readily available for the public. So we continue to write to the leaders of the nations and call for a stop to meat production, to protect our future, to save our lives, to ensure our planets survival for future generations. Please do your part. Thank you so much, Professor, and your members. Thank You so much for Your answer, Master. Next, we have Professor Jeong Mi-Sook at Changwon University and Chairperson of Korean Ayurveda Academy. I am glad to meet You. Ill ask a short question. I received most of the answers for my question already but Id like to get a more specific answer. Ive learned from Ayurveda that we become gentler and less violent if we become vegetarians. If all humans become pure vegetarians, could we prevent global warming and various disasters on Earth? In addition, wouldnt it be a problem for our ecosystem if all humans become vegetarians? Thank You. Thank you. Yes, Professor Jeong, welcome. To your first question, if humans become purely vegetarian, we would not be able to prevent global warming at this time, because it has already begun. But we would be able to stop it in its tracks in time so that it doesnt get worse and that we dont have a planetary runaway crisis, like what they call the irreversible point, the point of no return. For the question about whether it would be a problem to our ecosystem if all people become vegetarian, it is the opposite, madam.
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The real problem to our environment is meat eating, the way we are doing now. All our planetary problems including climate change, food crisis, soil erosion, pollution, et cetera, can be solved by turning to the organic vegan diet. We have all the evidence pointing toward this answer. We have proof. Its proven and it is like that. We are now consuming meat and experiencing so many harmful effects. It is destroying our health, damaging our environment, endangering the lives of our animal co-inhabitants, killing our noble human quality and our physical existence. According to the United Nations report Livestocks Long Shadow, raising animals for food is very detrimental to the ecosystem. Some examples as follows: Livestock occupies the single largest human-used sector area of land. Livestock is the cause for loss of 70% of previously forested land in the Amazon. Livestock is probably the largest source of water pollution from any industry. It causes dead zones, erosion, sediment runoffs, compact soils, et cetera. Livestock may well be the leading player in the reduction of biodiversity of our planet. So why not just try to make a change in the opposite direction to see if things will improve. It will improve. It will be better for sure. If we walk away from violence and hatred, we will meet peace and love awaiting our destination. If all humans became vegan, it will become a paradise on Earth. We hope one day we will experience that paradise on Earth in our lifetime, Professor Jeong. Thank you. MC. Q. Thank You so much for Your informative answer, Master. Next, we have Mr. Song ManGyu, a renowned painter who is known for his work of the Seomjin River. I live with rivers and nature, therefore, I often paint them on my canvas. I particularly love to paint the Seomjin River which symbolizes the purity and beauty of nature. Master once said that rivers and mountains are very great and high beings. What do You think of nature exploitation such as tearing down mountains and building dams on rivers? How do You think humankind and the great nature can live in harmony with each other? Thank You. Thank you. Yes, I ask myself the same question again and again, Mr. Song. I appreciate your question very much because I think many people ask the same question. Your question shows that you already have a deep love and respect for nature. Many of the great spiritual Masters, such as Lao Tzu and Chuang Tzu, also consider nature as the embodiment of spiritual greatness. As far as harmonizing with nature, the best is if we adopt a lifestyle that we know will not harm anything in the natural world. This again is something that has been suggested by the great sages, such as Buddha and Jesus, and the Hindu principle of ahimsa. Ahimsa means nonviolence. So living in ahimsa means that we do not intentionally harm any sentient beings, and the way we adopt ahimsa in everyday life is to, first of all, be vegan. No harming any sentient beings, no causing them any suffering, no taking away their life. We can even become more sensitive to this harmonious balance as some spiritual practices like Jainism have done, where we dont even eat the root vegetable because it harms beings such as the earthworm when it is dug up for harvest. But to start with vegetarian or vegan meaning no animal products is a great way to establish harmony with nature. And it is through this harmony that we can stop global warming and return the planet to a more original pure state when all beings are comfortable and at peace with each other. Thank you for your caring and your love for nature. Thank You so much for Your enlightening answer, Master. Next, we have Ms. Penny Thompson, an Australian artist, writer and teacher at Hongik University in Seoul.
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method, please tell us. In addition, according to the media, we have many disasters around the world and it is said that animals are the ones who warn us about the disasters ahead of time. It is said that we can tell ahead by observing the animals migration pattern. If we could communicate with animals and plants, I think it would be helpful to human beings as well. Could You please share Your comments on this? Thank You. M. Thank you. Yes, youre right, Ms. Choi. The thing about disasters is that they are largely caused by humans. Thus humans are also able to reverse the conditions from which disasters are born, then no need for the plants or the animals to warn us. But, of course, you can communicate to the animals or the plants if you want. But we have to calm our mind first. Our mind is too pre-occupied, too crowded by problems, anxieties, and many other things, necessary or unnecessary, so we cannot hear the animals or the plants. It is true that I could communicate with the animals and the plants as well, not that I deliberately seek the communication for fun or just for chatting. Sometimes they just come to me to warn me of some event, to try to protect me from danger, or warn me from some unfavorable situation or people, or asking me for help. Now, everybody can do that. But first, we must calm our mind. And in order to have the communication with the plants or the trees or the animals, first we must learn to protect them, then we can be like friends, because friends trust friends. If we dont have this trust between ourselves and the environment, the trees, the plants, and the animals, through our protecting attitude, then its more difficult to have a conversation with them. Its like family members, or neighbors or friends. If we have a good relationship between us then we communicate well. Otherwise we dont even want to think of that person because its so scary to us or so untrustworthy to us. How would we even have a conversation with them? So, in order to communicate with plants or trees or animals, we must also be their friends first, you see? So being vegetarian means being a friend of nature. For example, now, right now, I try to avoid even killing plants or flowers. I take only the fruits that theyre willing to offer. The fruit will not harm the plant, and the seed will continue to help other plants, or other trees if we plant it from the seeds. So the vegetarian diet is a very good way to begin to try to communicate with nature and animals on a higher level. And it is very crucial right now to halt global warming because of the methane gas, but also on a deeper level, to halt the suffering and killing of our co-inhabitants, the animals, and in turn consequently, killing also plants and trees and the environment. In the law of the physical universe is the principle known as cause and effect. If we kill, we have to expect the same in return. So all this slaughtering, massacring of the animals has an effect on us, sometimes quicker, sometimes slower. The effect, were seeing right now, all the disasters that happen around our planet. But since they are entirely avoidable, what we need to do is to focus on the real solution and take the reverse action, meaning be vegan, go green, and save our planet. Thank you for your very interesting question. MC. Thank You so much for Your lifesaving answer. Thank You, Master! [M: Youre welcome, love.] Next, we have Ms. Kim Kyung-Young, President of Rami Land Environment Development Research Center. Hallo, Supreme Master Ching Hai. My job is environment designer, therefore I do environment design for just human beings. 10 years ago, I translated and published Urban Design with Plentiful Nature. In Korean, Creating Cities with an Abundance of Nature. In this book, even though for small insects, it is very important to preserve shelters. Therefore, I agree with You; and for me, this is a very wonderful meeting. I
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heard that The Birds in My Life had already become a bestseller in a number of countries including Korea. Do You feel a change of consciousness in people as Your bestseller books are read widely? I think You must have had a motive for writing this book. I wonder how much this motive has had an effect on reality so far. Thank You. M. Thank you, Ms. Kim, and congratulations on your work. I wrote the books The Birds in My Life, The Dogs in My Life, and The Noble Wilds purely with the motive to share the animals love, intelligence, and their message with humans. Their capacity to love unconditionally and to forgive completely is truly amazing. When adults and children read these books, I think their heart will be more open to the kindness and loving nature of animals, and thus they will be closer to their own loving and kind nature of humans themselves because we humans all have this quality of loving and kindness and compassion. So to rekindle this loving kindness quality in humans, I wrote these books to make their loving kindness quality develop even more, or more remembered, and more acted upon. So after they read these books, I think they will understand that animals are our kindred spirits and will not want to harm them or kill them or eat them in any way because they are our beautiful friends. As more people adopt the compassionate vegan diet with the intention of protecting animals and saving the planet, their noble quality selves are developed, and this does help raise the consciousness level of the world. But, of course, it is not only through my books alone, but along with our Associations SOS flyer distribution, all the environmental groups efforts, and the media and the governments eco-policies, and the scientific research evidence offered by the scientists and groups and individuals, et cetera, et cetera, all these have brought about this shift in peoples awareness. Thank you for your very, very loving question. God bless you. MC. Thank You! Thank You so much for Your benevolent answer, Master! The next question comes from Mr. Oh Sang-Yoon, a freshman at Kyonggi University. He submitted this question through the website of this conference. Nice to meet You! [M: Nice to meet you too, freshman. Congratulations.] Thank You. For the environment and for God, what can I do, or actually, what must I do? I believe that Master can give me great advice because You are in deep communication with God. God is using me in every moment. I am wondering what is Gods plan for me. It would be very much appreciated if You could solve my thirst for an answer. Thank You. Thank you. Yes, Mr. Oh. Im very touched by your sincerity and your purity of heart. You follow your pure heart and you will know what God wants from you, what the divine plan is. Do anything you desire to do or are inspired to do as long as it does not harm any others. But do things that are good for them and good for yourself. Anything good, you do it right away, as soon as possible. Anything bad, you avoid it at all costs. Thats very simple. I think God would advise you to do that. Do good things, avoid bad deeds. As you have heard already today that the solution, the action we should take right now, the most simple and immediate is we adopt the vegan diet for ourselves and encourage others to do it. If you wish to truly communicate deeply with God yourself, then there are many forms of spiritual meditation. For example, we practice the Quan Yin method of meditation, which will allow you to communicate with God and listen to Gods direction in silence, and see Gods Light to know where were going. You will be connected to your inner real self, and that power of your own great self will guide you in your daily life because your great self is part of God. I wish you all the best with your college career, your graduation, your girlfriend perhaps, your future, your business later on, and your green endeavor to save the world, because youre young and youre powerful. When
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were young, we can do everything we can level mountain, we can dry the river, we can re-fill it again, we can make mountains, we can make rivers, we can make the world. We can save the world! Good luck and God bless you! MC. Thank You! Thank You so much for Your enlightening answer, Master! Next, we have Professor Park Choon-Seo of Alternative Medicine Graduate School at Kyonggi University. I am glad to meet You. I believe the cause of the environmental problem is attributed to multiple factors such as economic development, environmental changes, population growth, community development, urbanization, and the advancement of technology. What You are telling us is that the vegetarian movement would solve all of these problems. Could You tell us more specifically how we could approach the source of these problems? Thank You. Thank you, Professor. Yes, Professor Park, thank you for your concern. You see, up to now, I have almost answered your question. Even though the problems of the environment are many, they all come from more or less one single source. That is the meat industry. So vegetarianism is the first step, and maybe the one step. As mentioned previously today, the methane gas will be removed from the atmosphere entirely by humans being vegan. This will have an effect on all other things that you have mentioned the economy, population, food, and land problems are related to the meat diet. For example, so much land has to be cleared to provide grazing pastures or to plant feed for livestock, whereas that land could be used to produce organic vegetables and grains that could feed the world over, and heal humans health, saving enormous cost. That would already solve the hunger and economy problem. Once we have returned to a vegan lifestyle, this planet has a chance to restore the balance and regain health and become an Eden again. Beneficial technology can abound then, not only for our wellbeing but that of the animals, the planet and our souls. Right now, its urgent. We have to stop global warming in order to survive first. So vegan is only solution for immediate overall effect for all problems of the environment, survival, health, the economy, et cetera, on our planet. Thank you, sir. Thank You so much for Your answer! The next is from Mr. Yoon Seong-Joon, President of IPK, an energy recycling company. I am happy to see You. [M: Im happy, too.] Im in charge of a recycle company. Everyone is worried about global warming. But maybe it can be also a good opportunity to create new value of society and life. We may recognize the importance of resources of the Earth, recycle well, and find new energy solutions. Supreme Master Ching Hai, do You expect that global warming can be a good opportunity to change the planet and bring about positive results? Sure! Sure, Mr. Yoon. Thank you for your optimistic view. I also feel the same. I do believe that our planet is on the threshold of constructive change, like you have said, for the better of all inhabitants including animals and trees and plants. If we take this opportunity to work together in changing our bad habits, like the meat-eating, the drugtaking, the cigarette-smoking, the alcohol-abusing, then in the same way that many nations have stopped the smoking habit, we can unite as one in immediately bearing witness to the great and miraculous change that will take place on our planet. As we walk the virtuous way, return to our gentle and good, compassionate nature, there will only be peace, harmony, and love that will greet us on our path. I am waiting for that moment, when all live in peace and harmony, and retaining our compassionate noble
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quality, which is a part of God, because we are children of God. We are the children of the Buddha. Thank you, sir, for your optimism. MC. Thank You. Thank You so much for Your enlightening answer. Next, Dr. Park ByungSang, Chief of Inchon Ecology Lab, would like to ask the next question. He has written many books and articles about environmental protection, and has been actively working as an environmentalist. Thank You. Its nice to see You. I am an environmentalist, Park Byung-Sang. I agree that its really urgent to inform consumers about vegetarianism in order to stop climate change. However, I believe the vegetarian diet would only help stop global warming when we have organic and seasonal locally grown vegetables. What do You think about the export competition of agricultural products that excessively consume petroleum? Thank You. Yes, thank you also, Dr. Park. I definitely agree with you that it is important to eat from local organic vegan products. That is the best for our health and for our planet. But remarkably, eating vegan, and especially organic vegan, represents such an incredible savings for the planet that eating local is not really as important. But, of course, the food that is grown nearby is better and fresher all the time, that we should choose if we can. A study conducted recently in Germany showed that the emissions of a meat eater over one-year period were equivalent to driving a mid-sized car 4,758 kilometers, like almost 3,000 miles per year. By contrast, a vegetarian diet was found to reduce these emissions by half. Moreover, an animal-free vegan diet produced less than one-seventh the greenhouse gases, representing an emission saving of 86% by being vegan. But if you are an organic vegan person, then your diet was calculated at a 94% less emissions. So we save 94% the pollution for the planet. While we, of course, want to minimize emissions to be green overall, they are not as much compared to the heattrapping effects of greenhouse gases caused by the meat industry itself. So please, just be vegan, plant organic, and save the planet. Thank you, sir, Dr. Park. Just be an organic vegan, then you reduce 94% emissions of pollution for the planet 94%! So we could still drive our car until we have better cars. We could still fly our airplane until we develop a better technology. Just be vegan, everything else stays almost the same until we can invent something better. And we are safe. If we are all vegan the planet is saved and our lives will be saved, our generation in the future will be saved. Thank you, sir. Thank you, everyone. Please, be vegan, organic vegan. MC. Thank You so much, Master. Our last question is from Mr. Yogi Daniel, a well-known figure in the entertainment industry in Korea. He is the producer and CEO of Yogi Daniel World of Entertainment. My name is Yogi Daniel. Actually, I am Korean citizen. [M: Nice name.] But originally I am from Iran. [M: Oh, you are? I know many of your co-citizens.] Yes. Well, I am doing the entertainment business in Las Vegas and Korea. [M: Good business?] Yes, very good business. [M: Yes? Congratulations!] Yes, Im lucky probably, Im lucky. [M: Allah bless you so much.] Yes. I have a question about meditation. Actually, my background is yoga master. I believe that Im the first person, from 25 years ago, I bring the yoga to Korea. Thats why the people understand a little bit about yoga. [M: Very good.] And I do the meditation. But this is for me very important to ask You about the meditation of the animals, which I saw in Your book, birds meditate on God. Its very surprising. [M: They do.] Its very surprising. Did You teach them meditation or the animals do
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I expect you to be perfect. I always do. No matter how long youve been initiated, I always look at you, and I always expect perfection. Maybe Im a little bit harsh to you in human standards, but thats the way you are, you are perfection! So if you dont do anything good now, if you dont do anything to your perfect expectation in this lifetime, you have to come back again, even if you are my disciple, because you yourself will not accept imperfection, because you are perfection. Theres no God to kick you down from heaven. Theres no karma; theres no maya king wholl even drag you down. No more. If you are my disciple, you will be exempted from that. Even if you do something wrong, you have to pay before you die, that will be done; but you will not accept yourself. When you go to heaven, you will see everything clearly and you wont accept yourself as an imperfect being, so youll have to come back again and do it until youre happy with yourself. Do you understand me? [Audience: Yes.] So everything we have to do, we do it to our utmost perfection, and quietly, humbly, as much as possible. No need showing off, no need telling people, and dont make a big deal out of nothing. And dont use Supreme Master Television or Masters work or Center work as an excuse to burden other people. Do you understand me? [Audience: Yes.] Are we clear? [Audience: Yes.] Are we clean? [Audience: Yes.] Good! We have to be clean because if we arent doing that, it is similar to people outside who take bribery or who are using their position to do something to make it comfortable for themselves; then we are not anything different. We just sit there wasting time. Thats why some people ask me, or some people dont ask me and someone else asks me for them, Oh, they sit in meditation four or five hours a day. I say, What for? The world is in trouble, and you sit there four or five hours a day, doing nothing, only two of you. You know, boyfriend, girlfriend, and then make a little bit of money, and live enough, have a house, comfortable, sit all day. The world is in trouble, people are dying of hunger every day, children, old, young, able-bodied with no work to do, cannot find work, because of global warming or the global economy, or because of incapable leaders who make them suffer. And the animals are tortured every day, and you sit there four or five hours a day, thinking nonsense. Im not sure that you can sit four or five hours a day, and concentrate and all that, and get up to the higher level, no! When youre selfish, you can sit thousands of years, and you go nowhere. Do you understand me? All these years I teach you, even in a different lecture, a different tone, different way or formulation, its all about selfless love. And this is the time you should exercise these selfless lessons that you have learned. And if you havent exercised it by now, theres no chance youll exercise it again. Not every planet is going into almost extinction like this so that you can go out and rescue it and then get merit. This is the greatest chance you have. Of course its a very sad thing that our climate is getting warmer, and our globe is going into trouble. Its a very sad thing. But on the other hand, its your great opportunity to prove that youre worth it. Weve been eating food from the world all this lifetime, until we grow up as 20, 30, 40 years old, and how much did we repay society? So dont make excuses for me. You are my disciples. You make me proud. You make me proud with your right conception, with your honesty with yourself. Honesty with yourself is the hardest thing to do, but you have to do it. Theres no other way you can progress, if youre not honest with yourself; because I am not there to check you out every day. Even if Im there, I will not tell you. Its your choice, to be honest with yourself or
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not. I only give you guidance; you guys have to be honest. But its your choice, its your life. You decide what you do. You decide how you translate this selfless love into action. Everyone says, Oh, I love Master! Oh, I love all the people, I love the animals! Then do something about it. Talking is cheap. Translate love into action So the way we can measure ourselves or anyone is by action. By the fruit, the tree will be known. If an apple tree is just standing there, broadcasting from all over his body, on all the branches hanging there: I am an apple tree, apple tree; Im a fantastic apple tree, but he has never produced one apple, what do you think? Isnt that funny? So, just being a disciple, or being a so-called saint, and sitting there four or five hours a day, idling around, taking care of yourself only, that is not the way to live a human life, not to talk about a saintly life. Nowadays sometimes you have easy access to computer, and you can earn money easily; some of you are smart and you earn money easily without working too much. But then you should use that blessing to go out and help other people; wake them up, or do something for them. Do it together or do it alone; do something to help the world. Because God blessed you, so you use it to bless others. Just like the water tank got filled with good, clean water. Then that water tank is to be distributing water to the whole household, or the whole city, not to keep it for himself; it would be rotten and bad. So its not just good to sit or listen to the tape, where Master says, Oh, we have to be unconditional and then go out and tell everyone, Oh, you have to be unconditional, youve got to be selfless. You must be first. You cannot expect your neighbors to do it. Example is more than preaching, better than preaching, so we have to do what we can, the best we can. Do not be too comfortable in your blessed position, because then you wont go anywhere. Later when you go up to heaven. You wont go to hell, of course, because you did nothing wrong, and you are my disciple, surely youll be in heaven, fine. That I can promise. But you will look, when you go up, and youll see all other saints, disciples, your brothers and sisters, go up, up, up, up, up to the higher level, and you sit in the lower third area. Third level, but a low third, and you look at them going up, and you look back at your record of your life, because every life is recorded to the minutest detail. The whole universe knows what youve been doing, even if you do it in the dark. So when you look at your record oh, you will feel terrible, you will feel absolutely ashamed of yourself, that no God can even comfort you! No almighty power can tell you, Oh, its okay, kid, youre alright, youre just human. Of course, everyone forgives you, because in heaven, theres no hatred, no unforgiveness. Everyone is looked upon kindly by all beings in heaven. But you, yourself, born from perfection, will not accept your imperfect action. Thats why people come back again and again, into a human world, or any world, to redress their past mistake. But when we go down, forget again, we get tempted into a different comfortable zone or situation. Its nice: You just have a boyfriend or girlfriend and are cooped up together, all day kiss, kiss, hug, hug, for example, and then youre too comfortable; you earn a little, enough money, easily, and have a home or something. That is okay under normal situations, but the world is aflame, and animals are suffering every day. I could not bear to look at the Tuesday (Supreme Master Television) program. I look at it, I scream, and I cry so much. Sometimes I have to look, to reinforce my heart even more, but how can anyone enjoy? You can; of course you can enjoy your privacy and your blessed situation, but use some of it to help others. [Audience: Every day, I can feel like the same way, the suffering of this world...] Yes. Never mind. Feel suffering is okay, but go do something. Do the best you can, the best thing to your conscience, not to me, not to the animals, not to the world even. You do until you feel that, Okay, Im a good human, and Im a good follower of the teaching of the saints. Im a good
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Buddhist, or Im a good Christian... You have to truly know it, not just making an excuse for yourself. Practice unconditional love until it is second nature Its very easy: Just try it and then it becomes like your second nature. If you dont try it, it will never reawaken within you. You tried vegetarian then; now it becomes your nature. You cannot eat meat otherwise; you cant, not even if people force you or give you money, you cant do it. Its become your habit now, your nature. And also your intellectual understanding of the vegetarian, compassionate diet, that makes you so firm in your decision. I guess sometimes, you remember before you ate this and that, but you will never go and eat it now. Like you remember chicken or fish or whatever, but you will never go back to eat it. Its just a habit of the mind thinking, thats all, but you know its wrong. Yes, not because of taste, even not because Master says so, but now you are firmly in your moral understanding; your intellectual understanding accepts it, your heart knows its a good way, so you wont ever go back to eating meat. Not because its forbidden or anything else even, you just know it. The same with love in action: If you do it, you understand the meaning of it. First, its good for you because of your spiritual elevation. Second, of course, its good for others. So anything you do, you do for yourself first. We dont do it in that attitude, of course. But I just want you to know that whatever you do for anyone, dont expect him to thank you, and dont expect me to praise you. I sometimes do. I say, Im proud of you, and all that, but dont take it. Of course I encourage you, but whatever you do is for yourself. Anything good you do comes back to you many fold, so you must understand this concept. So anything you do, dont expect anything, and then you get it, because you do everything for yourself. You know, like attracts like. Thats why husband and wife stay together. If they have a lot of common sense, a lot in common, then they stay longer. You see what I mean? Opposites may attract, but similarities endure and stay longer if you have some more things in common together. We can do anything we want. We have to be strong, thats it; we are God! Or, at least we are Gods children. Gods children are Gods children. Were not human children; were Gods children. Jesus told you that. And Buddha said you are Buddha: You have Buddha nature inside. I can be Buddha; you can be Buddha. So behave like Gods children; behave like Buddha. Dont make any excuse to me, because its not my life. Ill go to heaven, so its up to you to come with me or not come with me. Theres no excuse at all. What for would you make excuse to me? I could say Okay, or Not okay, but its your life. We have to be strong, because we are the children of God; were the children of the Buddha.
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[To support spiritual growth and planetary survival, Rabbi Gabriel Cousens (GC), M.D., and Reverend Michael Beckwith (MB), Ph.D., co-hosted the Juice Fast for Peace at Reverend Beckwiths Agape International Spiritual Center in Culver City, California, United States of America during the first week of March 2009. The event was organized to help participants end their addiction to meat and other animal products in order to support their own personal and spiritual growth while also acting to ensure planetary survival by reducing the emissions of greenhouse gases from the animal industry.
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On March 7, 2009, Supreme Master Ching Hai accepted the invitation to attend via videoconference to answer the participants questions and concerns about the damaging impact the meat diet has on the environment and human health. Born from a deep concern for the future of the planet, Dr. Cousens, a vegan, began his Juice Fast for Peace series partnering with Reverend Beckwith in Culver City, with plans to offer them across the United States and the world to help people end their addiction to meat. According to Dr. Cousens, by consuming green juices during the fast, people lose the cellular memory of addictive flesh foods, dairy and eggs, thus, making it easier to transition to a plant-based diet. He is both a general medical practitioner and a psychiatrist who developed early in his career a fascination for understanding how the mind affects the body and how the body, and the food we feed it, affects the mind. He was the Chief Mental Health Consultant for the Sonoma County Head Start in California and a Consultant on the California State Department of Health. He is a holistic medical doctor who incorporates homeopathy, live food nutrition, Ayurveda, naturaopathy, acupuncture as part of his healing modality. Another core aspect of his approach to wellness and healing is a recognition that our purpose in life is to awaken to the Divine. For the next several decades, he devoted his research to finding out how all body types could create a healthy balance and obtain all proper nutrition on a living foods diet. He has authored many books summarizing his findings over the years, such as Depression Free for Life and There is a Cure for Diabetes. For over 20 years, Dr. Cousens has been leading and perfecting green juice fasts in which only juices made predominantly from green vegetables are consumed. His goal is to help people become cured of supposedly incurable diseases such as diabetes, and drug and alcohol addiction, while also helping us clear our thoughts and reflect upon our true nature as the children of God. Reverend Michael Beckwith, a vegan, has stated that our purpose on the planet is to wrap our consciousness around the divine treasure within us. He uplifted the fasting participants with daily inspirational talks. He is one of the featured teachers in the international bestselling book and movie, The Secret. His spiritual journey began in the 1970s where his exploration of Eastern and Western teachings led to his own style of teaching referred to as the New Thought Ancient Wisdom spiritual tradition. It was his vision of a non-denominational spiritual community that led to the founding of the Agape International Spiritual Center in 1986, which seeks to bring all peoples together into one human family unified in a core value of peace and the spiritual origin of all beings. Each week, around 9,000 people come to hear him speak at the Agape Center. He proactively works alongside other global peacemakers, including the Dalai Lama, and has also been featured on Oprah an international, United States-based daytime talk show and interviewed on Larry King Live by one of the premier broadcast interviewers of our time.] GC. And just to tell the group a little bit about Supreme Master Ching Hai. Shes really one of the leading humanitarians in the world today, perhaps even in this 21st century. She contributes over a million dollars a year of Her own money to support all the disaster issues around the world. She received the Gusi Prize in 2006, which is the equivalent of an Asian Nobel Peace Prize. In Her own work, She doesnt take donations and She only asks people to do their work, and thats the real donation. She is, and probably will become, best known as a person who, perhaps will be saving the planet from global warming by helping people go vegan. And thats really why were connecting, because we are now doing, and this is Rabbi Gabriel Cousens sitting here with Reverend Michael Beckwith, doing the kickoff fast, the green juice fast, for the healing of the planet. So how does fasting connect with the healing of the planet? We find that when people are fasting, after about six or seven days, they lose their cellular memory for meat, fish,
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chicken and dairy. Dairy is one of the hardest because it has casomorphines, which are one tenth as strong as morphine. So these are really addictions. And the research shows that it takes a little bit of time to lose that cellular memory. Theres real research, this isnt a metaphor. The epigenetic DNA memory is something that actually goes away when you remove yourself from the presence of these foods: Meat, fish, chicken and dairy. So we see that the most important thing in the world today, in terms of global warming, is to go plant source only. There seems to be a significant amount of misinformation about that, it has to do with carbon dioxide in the air. Thats maybe 9% according to the research by James Hansen, who is Head of the Goddard Institute for Space Research from NASA. Its just 9%. The real issue is that 50% of the global warming is connected with methane. And theres no question about that. That is really a big issue. And thats coming, of course, from the cows. And thats somewhere between estimates that is all new, people really just begin to understand it somewhere between 25 or 100 times more potent a global warmer than carbon dioxide. So thats maybe 50% of whats contributing to global warming. And most of that is from animals. A little bit comes from lagoons where animal waste had been put in, where they estimate may be 15%. And then the next is the billion pounds per year of manure that gives off nitrous oxide, which is approximately between 296 to 300 times more potent to global warming than carbon dioxide. Now, the other thing thats really important too, about 65% of the nitrous oxide comes from this manure. And then we have ammonia thats connected to acid rain. So we have some real issues going on. Whats really important to understand is that carbon dioxide may be in the air for 100 or 500 years or perhaps thousands of years. And, again, we dont really know that, so were not going to get an immediate result. You may get a Pirus, but its going to have to be ten thousand years old before its going to make an effect; its not going to really help us. So where we go to and why were doing this fast here, and also in Portland at the end of August, and then New York and Boston and Toronto and Vancouver is to wake people up to the real issue, which is animal agriculture. The good news is that that can stop, in 8 to 15 years, that will be out of the atmosphere, particularly the methane. So this is really good news. We have something thats immediate, that we can have an effect. So it brings us back to what we eat determines who lives or dies on this planet. And it has a lot of ramifications, because what were hearing from research experts, like Dr. James Hansen, is we have a year or two before we hit a tipping point. And then we have to understand that were just organisms on the planet, and if we dont play it right, not only the planet will not do so well, but we organisms on the planet will definitely not do very well. So its a critical time. Its a critical time for us. And we really thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for leading the world in waking up. Your Supreme Master Television where You have 14 satellites, 60 different translations in over 70 nations, is getting this message out to everyone. We want people to be able to go to a plant source only diet. And thats our game plan, and thats what the world needs. Its really the only practical solution and its one we have control over. We dont have to wait for some kind of new inventions, you know, electrical cars or whatever; we can do that now. And it empowers us as human beings to be able to do this. So were just very happy to be working with You and, again, we greet You with great love for the great work that Youre doing around the world. And we see us as really brothers and sisters in a very particular way for saving the planet. So thank You very much. I want to introduce Reverend Michael
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Beckwith whos going to talk a little bit also about this. And then were going to do some questions. MB. And we bring tremendous greetings and love from here at Agape for the tremendous work that You have been doing in terms of spreading this gospel of truth regarding the power of the fork. I dont know if I can add too much other than what Gabriel has already said, but that individuals can begin to change the world just through the power of their fork. As he has indicated, we dont have to do much other than to break the addiction of whats been going in our body temple. And then that also, as we do this more and more around the planet, we begin to create a field of individuals who are oscillating together in the field of possibility. So as were cleansing the body temple, then, of course, the mental body becomes clean again and then we have greater access to our spiritual dimension, which allows for unexpected surprises to take place when all seems naught. So when were looking at the scientists giving us these dire reports which are very accurate and very true from a scientific level when individuals come together around the planet and break free from the addictions and clean their bodies, become accessible to the supreme presence of God which moves us and brings things into possibility that before werent possible because we werent vibrating high enough, we didnt have access to that domain so it all works together for good, our diet, our clean mind, and our access to the realm of the Divine. And then, us working together amplifies that field logarithmically and exponentially. And so, even though theres a small group of people here, it has a big effect on this city. And, of course, the small groups around the world, they have a big effect on the planet. So were just very privileged and honored to be in this number together the Tree of Life, Agape, You and people around the world, taking a stand for love, for our planet and for each other and we welcome You into this space. GC. Im in! We really want to honor the people who have done this fasting because you are heroes. So lets give a Yes! for everybody here. And by the time the next year or two is up, we want to have millions of heroes out there. And every person plays an important role in being that. Good. Good. Are there any questions You have for us before we ask You questions? Yes, I want to ask if everybody is hungry. [Master and audience laugh.] [GC: Well, really not. Were hungry for God.] Good, thats good. Because when I fast, like what you are doing right now, alone, I did feel hungry sometimes. [Master laughs.] Because Im too near other humans and the smell of cooking and all that is very tempting. But if youre alone and you have a supportive group like that, you are lucky. Yes. Yes. And youre feeling good? [Audience: Yes!] Ah huh, you feel more elevated and lighter after a week of juice, right? [Audience: Yes.] Yes. Very good, so you are having a drinking party, huh? [Laughter] [GC: Vegan drinking party, right. Ill remember that one, thats good.] Talking about spiritual group. So what were moving towards is not so much green technology, but a greener diet. Thats really what were moving towards. The fast just sets people in the position to towards a greener diet immediately. Um hum. Yes, I am so happy that you are doing your drinking party, green party. [Master and audience laugh.] And Im very happy that all the people there are so brave. Brave enough to go there and try, or maybe they did it before, maybe they are juice experts. [Laughter]
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because CO2 from fossil fuel may take tens of thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, to leave the atmosphere and cool the planet, according to the research. But methane is 23 times more potent, hotter than CO2, and they dissipate on average over 10 years or 20 years. So the latest report from IPCC scientist Dr. Kirk Smith in the United States said that methane is a much hotter gas than currently reported. He said that it could be 60 to 100 times hotter than CO2, averaged over 20 years. So methane goes out in the atmosphere in 9 to 15 years. It disappears, compared to up to thousands of years for CO2. So if methane is reduced, the warming will be reduced immediately. You understand the logic? Because CO2 stays longer in the atmosphere, but methane goes and disappears quick. So the way we reduce the methane is by reducing animal agriculture. If we ban meat, ban livestock raising, then the methane gas will be cut for, up to date, at least 50%. Can you imagine? Its a very big chunk! And then the planet will be cooled immediately, compared to CO2 it takes tens of thousands of years to cool off. Right now, the most problem gas that heats the planet is methane because theres a lot of them. According to the scientists, its already 50%, that they say more than 50% even. So if we stop methane, meaning stop the animal raising, then we stop 50%. They say just 50%, at least 50%. And now, if we change into a vegetarian organic farming, then that practice alone will cut 40% of CO2 as well out of the atmosphere. So you see, we are gaining, gaining, and gaining, not only we cut 50% of methane gas, and by doing organic farming, we cut another 40% of CO2 in the atmosphere. We gain all the time! And double together, then of course we cool the planet. Im not talking about a miracle. I am talking scientifically and logically, and every one of us, every one of you can go on the internet or ask these famous doctors of climate, see what they say. Livestock are the single largest source of methane. Between 35% and 40% estimates presently of methane emissions globally, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. But I think its underestimated. I am sure of that, though I am not a scientist, because if you add things together, it is not only 40%. Now, this is why Dr. Kirk Smith recommended that the governments impose extra tax on meat to change the habit. This is a good idea but I feel its a little bit slow; but its better than nothing. Its good for two reasons. Number one, the scientists at Carnegie Mellon University found that eliminating all animal products and eating vegan for one day is seven times more effective than eating locally grown food for reducing emissions. Number two, Foodwatch Institute said that switching from a conventionally raised standard diet with meat and dairy to an organic vegan diet reduces 94% of the emissions from our diet. So these are the most recent data that I can update to you. And they are telling us clearly that not only this is very urgent right now, but the fastest way to solve it, the quickest, the most effective is by reducing the emission intensive meat industry practice. Thank you so much for listening to all that. Q. Thank You so much for Your work. Here in southern California, theres a drought currently. And talking about water rationing, what do the experts in interviews have to say? The experts told us a lot of things. They say that California right now is headed toward the worst drought in Californias recorded history, the worst drought they are heading to. The Sierra Nevada Mountains which supply much of the rest of Californias water is
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supplying now 61% of the usual amount in this past winter season winter season even! Were not talking about summer yet, when its dry. California produces 50% of fruits, vegetables, and nuts that are grown in the United States, but the United States government has announced that farmers will not be able to buy any water from the state. Imagine this? They supply 50% of your fruits and vegetables, but now theyre not able to buy any water from the state. And their state is in a drought predicament because the main source of water for the farmers is expected to go dry this year. Greenhouse gases are causing deserts to expand in California; elsewhere as well, but now we just zoom in on California. Moreover, two of the largest manmade lakes in the United States, Lake Mead and Lake Powell, will be dry in the next decade, 2021. These lakes and the Colorado River system that fills them provide water to nearly 8% of the United States population. Now they are drying, they will be completely dry soon. So picture all this. Stockholm International Water Institute states that 70% of water is used by agriculture. Of that amount, a lot of it is going to planting corn and soy and that is to feed animals, not humans! Thats why were short of water, short of food. Its a waste of precious food. Not just our precious water as well. The experts also calculate that one kilogram of beef takes 5,000 to 20,000 liters of water to produce. But one kilogram of wheat takes only 500 to 2,000 liters of water. That is 1/10, 10% of the amount of water for meat. At a time when we have water shortage and all the reservoirs are dwindling at such an alarming rate, we are truly afraid that even if we dont take shower at all, it will not do much help because all the human used and everything comes together is only 30% of water around the world. Everything else is mostly used for meat industry, 70% of it, you see that? So even if you and I go ascetic we dont even wash clothes, we go like the Himalaya yogis, the one who doesnt wear clothes and we dont wash ourselves, we put ash on our body forever it wont help the planet. Meat industry should be cut. That will help the planet. That will help to reserve our water, to refill our lakes and our rivers again. That is physically and scientifically speaking, Im not talking about the merit, the bad karmic contribution that we are doing to ourselves by harming others and torturing animals and killing them just to save our stomach. On the other hand, if we forgo one pound of beef, we can save more water than we stop showering for half a year. Just dont eat four hamburgers and you can shower half a year every day, generously. Can you imagine the big, big, big difference like that? So if we really want to save the water for the world to be able to use for our daily necessity, not to talk about future generations, then we have to change to a vegetarian diet, animal-free diet. Animal industry must be out. Thats it. Thank you. GC. M. Q. Beautiful question, beautiful question. Beautiful question, yes. Thank You very much for spreading this message. By the way, so many people live in ignorance, and this is all they need, is to be enlightened by the information. Daily we hear reports about the polar ice sheets melting, and predictions about the rise of the sea levels. Since we live near the ocean, what measure should we be taking to protect Los Angeles, like Holland and other countries are doing? Good question, madam. Good. Youve been choosing very well. [Master laughs.] Yes, intelligent people. It is true that the statistic of the ice melt keeps changing because they
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are being updated all the time. The reason is that they are unpredictable. You see, if the sea water is warmer, then the ice will be melted quicker. And once the ice melted, theres no reflection of the heat back into space. Therefore, the heat will melt the ice as well and warm the water further. And both will help each other to melt more ice and heat up more the planet. So if you just calculate by, Okay, yesterday the ice sheet melted one meter, so today, another day, it will melt one more meter, and tomorrow will melt another, so its only three meters in three days. That is incorrect. Because the water is warming and then the ice will melt by that. And the ice melt more, we have more heat. And more heat, more ice melt. More ice melt, more warm water. More warm water, more ice melt. You see the devil cycle. Thats why the scientists could not predict it very well before, they are very vigilant right now. Theyre keeping a good eye on the situation. Its just that we dont do things fast enough. Its not just keeping an eye on it, we have to do something. When we know the situation and we know the solution, we have to try quick. I wish we have the planet no matter what. I wish you live the way you live. I do not want as just a small personal interference into your way of life. You all have free will and you have God inside. I have not much to say, just if we know a solution, we just do it. If we love our planet, if we love ourselves and our children, any sacrifice we would do. Sometimes we say, I would lay down my life for you. I love you so much. Parents, they love their children so much, sometimes they sacrifice everything. They work hard, yes, they sleep less, they wake up early, they go to bed late, and they work sometimes 18, 20 hours just to protect their children. Why cannot just forsake a piece of meat just to keep the home for them? The planet is our home. And the children, where would they go? Its not just about going. Its just sometimes the suffering is so intense and so prolonged that we dont wish that on our harmless, helpless little children for the future. I dont have any children to talk of, but even your children are like my children. They are helpless. They need protection. The way we are polluting our planet right now is no good for us, for our children at all. So love should be translated into action. Even any sacrifice, we do it. But it wasnt much of a sacrifice because meat is not good for us in any case. If we eat meat and all that, it will be harmful to our health. So we might as well leave it all together and we can save the planet that way. All evidence points out that meat is the number one cause of our planetary problem. GC. As a rabbi, we know that in Genesis 1:29, it says one should eat basically a live food, vegan diet. [M: Right!] Thats what the Torah tells us. As a native American Sun dancer, in connecting to the White Buffalo Woman who gave the pipes, the peace pipes to the Native American nations, the teaching is that everyone should be vegan. And as a yogis for 36 years, we always taught ahimsa. And now, maybe were going to listen to the divine advice, which is very good. But this is the hard way to do it. So But you see, we need all this scientific evidence to tell people also. So we have to refer to United Nations and scientists, experts, et cetera, because people have to be appealed to their intelligence. The soul understands everything. Im sure all of them who sit there, everybody in the world, their souls know what is good. Its just their minds, their intellect, have to be satisfied. Thats why we talk about scientific evidence. Like before, the United Nations predicted that, okay, one meter sea level rise would be very catastrophic already and causing a lot of people to lose their homes. But just last month, scientists have learned that Greenland and western Antarctica and eastern Antarctica are all melting now which had not been a factor updated before.
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Based on these findings, one scientist at the University of California, Santa Cruz, predicted a five-meter sea level rise. And then another study says, No, no, thats not it! If all the Antarctica were to melt which is melting now if they all melted, then the sea level could rise up to 70 meters! [GC: 210 feet.] Thats a lot! [GC: 21 floors.] Can you imagine that? Where are we going with this kind of rising levels? Even if we dig a hole Nowadays, they have something like, they make a hole, the tube ready for you, like a room, and then you can put it in the earth to protect yourself from climate change, from gases and all that, but how can we protect ourselves in this case when the sea level rises 70 meters and bury everything in its wake? And no more food, no more agriculture, nothing! No animals even to eat. Even if we want to eat meat, there will be nothing left for us. So you see? How can we take measures to protect Los Angeles, California, not from rising sea levels, but also all the similar consequences of global warming? When the sea level rises, there will be more mosquitoes and diseases, not to talk about we all die anyway. Not only the ice, but also the permafrost will melt, which could potentially release billions of tons of methane gas from underneath, or hydrogen sulfide. We can die by inhaling just one second. So theres no way we can run away from this except we turn to a virtuous way of life, then we are connected with heaven because heaven is virtuous and love and blessing. If were connected with that, then we are one with that, then we are protected ourselves because we are one with heaven. Heaven is all powerful, almighty. If we are connected with that almighty by being heavenly, having heavenly quality, then were back to our original source again. Then we are connected. Then we are also part of the almighty. Then we are blessed and protected. I see no other way we can protect ourselves at all, if the sea were to rise, if all the gas were to be released from the permafrost and underneath of the sea, and from everywhere else. Thats it. So now we come back to your suggestion that we have to go back to heavenly way of life. GC. The heavenly way of life, thats exactly right. Thats what fasting introduces you because the voice of God does come through you, when, when you fast, comes through you regularly. But I mean for people who are fasting, it starts to happen. We open up to the voice of God. We eat the voice of God into our existence. Thats were fasting on. So its good. Thank You for being here with us today. Many philosophers and spiritual teachers often talk about this particular time that were going through as a challenging transition for humanity. It possibly leads to a tremendous spiritual evolution and elevation and awakening. What are some of Your thoughts about that? Yes, sir. Well, Im sure you know it yourself. You just want to ask for your audience. [Master and audience laugh.] Its good to get Your opinion. You see, we are in a very dangerous situation right now, but Im glad to tell you we have reached the critical mass. Can you believe it? According to my inner knowledge, the critical mass has been reached, the critical mass of the numbers of vegetarian people. Its just now were waiting for the mind of humans to be more pliant, to be more in tune with the critical mass.
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For your audience, Im saying the critical mass that you say means if a certain number of people have to be like in one-minded group, like being vegetarian if a certain number is reached, then that number will influence the whole planet in time and make everybody become vegetarian or vegan. You understand, right? [Audience: Right.] That is the critical mass. And we have been trying and with many other groups and with you and with Dr. Gabriel and the Reverend who sits there, we have reached the critical mass just a few days ago, and just my inner knowledge and now were waiting for that to work. But meanwhile were still working. Continue, continue whatever we can from television to flyer, and vegetarian restaurants, vegan seminars and free cooking classes, et cetera, et cetera. We often say the human mind is like a monkey mind. I wish that our minds are really like a monkeys mind because if our mind were a monkeys mind, or likewise, then everybody would have become vegetarian long ago. [Laughter] You see, they experiment with the monkey, like if they teach some certain numbers of monkey to drink from glasses, then other monkeys elsewhere that have not been in contact with human, and not having contact with that monkey who drinks, still they could use the glass to drink also. So thats why the critical mass of the monkeys has influenced other monkeys minds by inner connection, telepathic connection. But our mind, unfortunately, is not like a monkeys mind. I wish it were. Then we can influence quicker. Now, if this critical mass is working, and I suspect its working just a little bit slower than we want then maybe we will have the mass of the planet going to have vegetarian diet, compassionate attitude quite soon. I hope its in time so that we can save the planet before we reach the point of no return. And so, I also beg you, all of you the heroes, the saints, the yogis there, please, do something to help. Just pass out information, convince whoever you can. And everybody really does make a difference. Like I have a cooking show every Sunday. I cook very simple. I teach kids to cook, but it influences some millions of people; that helps with the critical mass. Thats why I do it. Even just a cooking show like that. So you could do even more than just a cooking show the way I do. Yes, you are Americans. Americans are mighty people. In 200 years, they built the powerful nation on the planet. They go to the moon. They went to Mars and theyre going to see the next whatever peopled planet that they guess exists in the galaxy. They already suspect that there exists many peopled planets, and theyre going to find it. Im sure they will. So the Americans can do a lot of things and have a big influence in the world. I count on you. I count on you. GC. M. Q. Well, thank You for that beautiful answer. Thank you. My name is Annie Jubb. [M: Annie, yes.] And yes, Im into the raw food movement as well, eating fresh raw fruits and vegetables and so on. [M: Bravo!] Thank You. Your television program goes all over the world, to 60 different languages and Youre talking to different governments. What response do You get from world governments about this idea of reducing animal products to affect global change? What positive things are happening with the governments? Good question. Its happening. Its happening. I wish its happening faster, but at least its happening. Sometimes when I hear, like the European Parliament admits that meat diet is the cause for global warming, and they will reconsider to cut the subsidy for the meat industry, and instead they give it to the organic farmers, et cetera, I jumped around in my room. I said, Wow! My God, its happening! I know its just a small step,
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and we are impatient because time is urgent and our days are numbered, I know that. But every time like that, I jump. And my dogs are just, Whats so panicky? They ran around me, licking me all over and asked me, Whats wrong? Whats wrong? I said, No, no! Im happy, Im happy! Dont worry, dont worry. [Laughter] So I hope youre not jumping. Im going to tell you something. [Master and audience laugh.] Though its not going as quickly as I would like, but it looks like the critical mass is doing something because there is progress being made. Some courageous, brave, heroic leaders are helping to make the change, which is very touching and inspiring. Sometimes I cry. Like, in Formosa, the president, for example, announced that eating more vegetables and less meat is one of the most important lifestyle changes people can make to lower emissions. A president, to say that, for him its a lot. For us, maybe its no problem. You go to see Dr. Cousens, he says that every day. You go to the church and the Reverend tells you that all the time. But for a president! You understand the political pressure he has, and the unprecedented announcement that he made, never made before in history of human or Formosa or China. For a political leader to say that is truly brave and truly is a very big step. And then his wife, the First Lady of Formosa, she also sets an example for the children by reading aloud an article, how to curb global warming, eat less meat, more vegetables and fruits as an effort to reduce emissions. Finally, over one million people in Formosa took a pledge to lower their meat consumption by signing their petition. In the United States, I guess you know already, the Hawaiian House and Senate unanimously passed a resolution asking that vegan and vegetarian meal options to be provided in Hawaiian schools. Yes? [Audience: Great, yes.] Very good. Another one. As a part of its new climate action plan, Cincinnati, Ohio was the first United States city to encourage less meat in order to stop global warming. Its some steps, you see? And in Europe, Germanys Environment Minister visited Brazil to help enact stricter regulations for preventing deforestation for meat thats being exported to Europe. And Jens Holm, Member of the European Parliament has been working to get measures adopted in the European Union that recommend reducing meat to lower greenhouse gas emissions. Our group also made contact with the governments in as many countries as possible to let them know of the planetary benefit of the vegan diet. We encourage anyone who feels this same way to also reach out themselves and contact as many people as possible including governmental representatives. And, of course, we continue to make efforts through Supreme Master Television and other activities, like Loving Hut vegan restaurants, flyer distribution, information dissemination. We have many vegan restaurants now in different cities to provide delicious vegan meals, and it would be a trend one day. People should go there and they should have direct experience of how easy it is to be vegan and how tasty it is, meatless food. We also encourage more government actions by recognizing the governments that do promote the benefits of the vegetarian diet. Recognizing this also helps the planet immensely. Thats all we can do. Maybe could do more, but if you have any better idea, you will tell me what else to do. GC. M. Well, thank You for sharing the good news. We appreciate that. Good news, huh? Yesterday, just some hours before this conference with you, I had the honor to be a guest at the Mexico SOS conference. And we had video recorded support from the senator from the Philippines, from a legislator in Formosa, and from the Vice President of the European Parliament. Vice President of the European Parliament! He recorded a message to support us! Can you imagine? Thats a big step, no? [GC: Yes,
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beautiful.] Yes, its slow, but I wish more leaders would be so courageous like them. [GC: It will happen. It will happen.] Thank you. Thank you for your blessing. Q. Hi, my name is Nature. Thank You for Your work and Your inspiration and Your love. Scientists are telling us now that reductions in CO2 emissions will take over a thousand years to bring about planetary cooling. [M: Right.] So it seems that we need to do something immediately to cool the planet. On Supreme Master Television, You have reported that Prince Charles has called for an immediate halt to rainforest destruction and that NASA and climatologist James Hansen has urged for the reduction of carbon soot, black carbon. [M: Right.] Other IPCC scientists You have interviewed such as Dr. Kirk Smith have said reducing methane by going vegan is the fastest way to halt global warming. Can You help us to understand how each of these approaches slows global warming and how You think reducing animals products compares to halting rainforest destruction and halting carbon soot? Okay, my love. All the things that you mentioned above are necessary: Preserving the rainforest, stopping the carbon pollution, and being vegan. But being vegan is our top priority because, as I have also mentioned a little bit before, that this provides the most immediate cooling through actions that can be taken by individuals because we are a big group on the planet. Carbon removal is also good and acts fairly quickly, but being veg is something that every single person in the world can do and immediately, whereas, change in carbon technologies will simply take much longer and we dont have time. In an interview with Supreme Master Television, Dr. Hansen indicated his agreement with this concept, saying, We would also reduce the carbon dioxide somewhat, by means of going back to more natural vegetarian type of diets, as opposed to having meat diets. So that is the biggest single thing in terms of our personal lifestyle. We could change in order to help solve the climate problem. Just leave one piece of meat and we have everything else as it is right now. And more later on, as the forest will regain its strength and grow back to a lush situation again and then attract more rain and protect the soil and cool the planet. As Ive said already, CO2 will linger too long, up to 10,000 years in the atmosphere, but methane dissipates quickly. And the most factor that contributes to our global warming right now is methane, and methane comes from livestock raising. Do you see my logic? [Audience: Yes.] Yes, okay? Good. So if we cut the methane, the planet cools down quick. If we cut the CO2 and still keep the methane, then it doesnt help much. Besides, we cannot cut CO2 that quick, because we dont have other technological invention right now to replace the one that we have. How many electric cars do you see running on your United States streets yet? How many? Maybe one, two, three. How much CO2 does that cut? Not much. But the methane pollution came from livestock raising, so if we stop that, no more heating! No more heating of the planet. Because if we stop livestock raising, that means stop also forest clearance its because most of the forest clearance is for planting stuff for animals. So we water the plant from the root is the best. If we cut the meat diet, everything else cut: No more transportation for meat, no more deep freeze for meat, no more manure runoff into our rivers and contaminate our rivers. And because of that, we have to use more chemicals to clean it, so we just give more and more chemicals into our bodies. And then, if no more meat, then no more forest clearing. Then we dont even need to plant trees that much; the forest will recover itself as we have seen in some areas. Just leave it alone,
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nature will take care, truly. All we do is just work with nature and nature will take care of everything. God doesnt put us on this planet to die; God provides everything already. Its just we overspend, we do not heed the advice of the bible. In the bible, God say, I made all the herbs in the field, plants that bear fruits, that shall be your food. I made also the plants for the animals, that shall be their food. God never says, I made animals for you to eat. Its so clear. I wonder why nobody saw it. God even says, Do not kill all the she-goats and the he-bullocks to make offerings to me, because your hands are full of innocent blood. Repent yourself. Do not kill anymore innocent lives; otherwise if you pray, Ill turn my head away from you. No? Are there such things in the bible? [GC: Yes, its in the bible.] Reverend, tell me. Im not making it up. [GC: I think it was Isaiah.] [MB: Absolutely, Youve quoted it absolutely. The Rabbi just told us its Isaiah.] Wow, he knows it by heart. But I know its there because I read it when I was young. I was a kid, I read the bible, I slept with it. I dont probably remember as much as the Reverend there does, but I do know. I do know that God does not tell us to eat meat. Hes says, Meat for the belly, belly for the meat, God shall destroy both meat and them. Do not be among meat eaters and alcohol drinkers. Not to be among them even, not to talk about being one ourselves. So in all kinds of directions religious, scientific, and health meat is a no no. So, from now on, we have to realize that. And please tell everybody else. I know you know it already. Please, just dont be just a vegetarian. Be a heroic vegetarian! Be out there, tell people. Do something. I need your help. Thank you. GC. Q. Fantastic advice. Im honored to be in this exchange and its an opportunity that I enjoy. My name is Ray Fred. Many people say that we can just stop eating beef and we can switch to chicken and fish instead and lower our emissions. What would You respond to somebody considering that as a choice? You agree to that, sir? No, I just hear a lot of it. How would I respond to someone who is going that route? Switching to anything at all other than a purely plant-based diet will not really help at all. This is because of all the things I mentioned above and, first of all, eating both fish and chickens does not significantly reduce global warming at all. Eating chicken, for example, chickens that are grown for food are a huge source of antibiotics, arsenic poison, and fertilizer runoff which increases pollution and the global warming effects. For example, in the United States alone, the Center for Disease Control reports that 76 million cases of food-born illnesses are reported each year with poultry the chicken that you mentioned triggering more cases than any other food group even. Sometimes these are also life-threatening or they can leave permanent damage in the person. So there really is no reduced cost for eating something like chicken. As for fish, overfishing of the seas has already resulted in imbalances such as the socalled dead zones everywhere in the seas that do not support life. Dead zone is the area of the sea, sometimes as big as Texas, that theres no life in there at all no fish, no shrimp, nothing live in there because theres no oxygen. The reason is overfishing. Theres another condition called acidification where the lack of certain fish has contributed to higher ocean acidity which, in turn, reduces the capacity of the ocean to absorb CO2. And the ocean is a very complex ecosystem where every living thing has a
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unique function. So removing even a small fish for humans to eat creates an imbalance in the sea. In fact, we are already seeing an effect of this imbalance on marine mammals. As the ocean becomes warmer and warmer and more acidic, more toxins are present in the water. The whales and dolphins are thus being driven from the oceans as conditions worsen; it is suffocating them. Sometimes hundreds at a time, theyre dying on the beach because they cannot tolerate this toxic condition in the seawater anymore. What do we think, why the dolphins and the whales beach on the sand? You think they go there for vacation? They die hundreds at a time because they cannot suffer anymore the water in which they live. Water means life to them but now the water becomes poison so they have to go out. They go out, they die; they stay in the water, they die. They come to the beach, but it doesnt help them either. They die either way. So, even though fish and chicken may not have the obvious carbon impact that other animals do, everything is interconnected. And there is no way to say that consuming these things results in lower carbon price to the Earth at all. And, yes, sir, you know according to scientific research, chickens are very intelligent. They have DNA almost like human. And fish as well. It has been proven that fish are also intelligent. They communicate with each other, they can talk, they lead a very, very organized, very, very intelligent life. Even ants are talking to each other according to new scientific discovery. They talk to each other in such inaudible languages that its recorded by the sophisticated scientific apparatus. So, even ants, theyre intelligent. Look at the way they build their city and their palace; we could not do that compared to our size. Theyre building like skyscraper by their own hand only. But they talk to each other even, even ants talk to each other, fish talk to each other. They do lead intelligent life and they all have souls, consciousness in them. Anything God puts on Earth is for a purpose. We should not kill anything. We should not eat anything except plant-based diet. Q. Thank You so much for Your leadership. The human condition is to feel separate, yet our souls are perfect. How do You suggest to align more with the perfect spirit instead of the human conditions? Yes, good question. Thats why you have the yoga class over there. [Master and audience laugh.] The Doctor and the Reverend are teaching you how to be aligned again with your self, with your great self. Because you are great! You are not the human who sits there and looking helpless and feeling you dont know anything. You know everything! As long as you connect yourself again with the storehouse of wisdom and switch back on your great almighty power, then youre one with God again. Of course, we have forgotten, thats why we need to meditate, we need to re-train ourselves for a while. After a while you will know that, you are that. You are one with God. You will see yourself not as a body but as brilliant Light, like thousand suns. You can see yourself like almighty, one with the whole universe. You will see all that and more, but we need to reconnect ourselves in one way or another. If you have found a way to reconnect yourself through yoga, prayers, anything, thats good. Please continue to do so. Everything will help you along the way to rediscover your great self. You are truly great and Im not telling you this to make you happy. Im telling you this because I know it. I know it like I know my nose here.
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Now, we can feel connected, at least in the beginners step, we have to remember what this heavenly quality is like: Loving, selfless, unconditional caring for others, we begin to do that. Unconditional love, caring begins on our table, on our plate. Love in action. We dont kill others because they all love to live. We dont kill others, especially now even, because we want to save a place for our children. If we love our children, thats the way we do, even if we lay down our lives for them, its worth it, not to talk about just laying down that piece of meat which is poisonous anyway. We should not kill animals for food because thats not the way intended by heaven. So lets begin from that. We live a heavenly quality life, then we are one with heaven. Very simple. Every time you do something, you start thinking, Would a heavenly being do this? How would Jesus do this in my situation? How would Buddha do this in my situation? How would the Prophet Muhammad decide this moment, this action? How would heavenly beings look down upon and approve my action? And every day, everything you do, if you feel doubt, you ask yourself that question. Remind yourself always of the heavenly quality. Thats how you connect with heaven first. And then if you want to go more further, then you seek the guidance of a meditation expert, and you go deeper inside your great self and know more and more each day. And then from that inner knowledge, you translate it to outward action and then you will be a walking God, a breathing angel, a physical blessing to this planet. There is no separation; we are all connected even to mosquitoes and ants. So only God knows who is truly bad, who is truly good, and who are really our enemies and who is really not. If we dont know yet, then we aspire to know. First, we have to live the life of heaven, that is, live and let live, love and forgive. Very simple. We are all connected. You will feel that, you will know that in time, or you already know it, or you know half of it, you know some of it. You will know more as you meditate more and seek deeper the true answer within yourself. Everything you have inside you. Im only talking, scientifically, physically, but you are the one who knows everything. You have all the knowledge inside, imprinted in your DNA, in your being, in your soul, you know everything. You are part of God, you are children of God. Jesus told you that. Would He lie to us? And Buddha said, You are the future Buddha. Would He lie to us? No! Why would He? Okay, if you are children of God, then you must know you are at least similar to God. Think about that. You are great. If youre not God, at least you are children of God. If you are children of the king, then you are prince and princess, do you understand the greatness of your being? You are children of God. Please, act like one. [Master and audience laugh.] Thank you so much. You are kind. [Laughter and applause.] GC. Thank You very much for Your beautiful sharing. Thank You very much for Your beautiful sharing. [M: You inspired me.] Thank You. And may we all be successful in helping the world wake up to a vegan way of life and bringing in the Messianic time, rather than a messy time. [Laughter] See, the Reverend and you tell them that every day already. [Laughter] Its good to have a third opinion. [M: Its true, its true.] They can hear it another way. Its true. Yes, its the same soup, its just a different spoon, huh? [Laughter] [GC: Right.] Im glad that you are so kind and so graceful. But remember, theres so many people around the world listening to this dialogue and feeling the vibration of all these wonderful heroes sitting in this room. And so, its not
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just the people in the room, its the people, all that Youve connected us by satellite to millions of people. And theyre going to feel the same love and the same commitment and the same heroic endeavor to be transformed by the renewing of their mind, and their commitment to be better. All of that is happening in this small tent. So we appreciate You, You giving Yourself for this. This is my wife thats about to say something. Q. Hi, thank You so much. Youve really touched my heart. [M: Thank you for the best half.] Thank You so much. Its a very simple question but its kind of hard for me, so I might get a little teary, maybe because Ive been fasting so Im close to my [M: Inner self.] whats inside. This has to do with my mother. [M: Its good to cry. Its cleansing.] Yes, its a celebration though. So its a celebration. So my mother is 83 years alive. And shes a beautiful person and she came to live with us about three years ago and shes a very strong woman, beautiful soul. And when she came to live with us, she was a big woman; she wore size 18 clothes. And she walked into our home and, and we have a meatless home, we didnt eat meat in our home, and she couldnt stop eating meat, but she ate it less, so now shes like size 8. You know, shes size 8 and shes really [M: 10 sizes down?] Yes, shes really thin in her body and shes very feisty and strong. And she eats meat very little. My question is this: What can I say to her, because weve had a lot of conversations about not killing the animals, about the result of our lifestyle and its impact on the planet. What do You say to an older person whos been around a long time and who believes that they need just a little meat every now and then, just to keep their protein thing together? Shes been living a long time and she says, I just want it every now and then, just a little bit, just a little bit. And Im thinking like, No. And I dont want to be disrespectful. She loves us, she cleans, she irons, she does everything to help us. What can we say to our families whove been around, who really feel they need just a little fish, just a little bit of chicken, to maintain a certain modicum of health? She does the beans and the rice and shes getting there, but maybe Youre such a great Teacher, I know You can tell me something. MB. M. And then we can have her look at this on television. She is your mother. [Master and audience laugh.] You see, its difficult to tell your mother what to do because she used to tell you what to do. I am lucky because I didnt have to tell my parents anything, they automatically know what Im doing and they just volunteered and they just did it all by themselves, quit smoking even. I think you just dont buy meat, if that helps. You can give her the information to read herself without telling her. Just let it laying around, like carelessly and maybe she picks it up and reads it. And then if she thinks she decides it herself, maybe shell feel more self-respected, and not lose face to the young generation who knows better. And she knows that, but she does not want to accept it. You have to know that she lives all her life until 80, she knows a lot of things. And even though she knows its not right, but you are a daughter, you understand? Thats why I never told my parents or my relatives anything and then it works by itself. There is one more thing. You can print all the information. It doesnt have to be like Supreme Master Television or my name, nothing. Just print the info from our www.SupremeMasterTV.com without title, without where from, nothing, just scientific facts that we collected there for you. Or, if she wants to watch Supreme Master Television now again, you can show her because every Tuesday, we have a Stop
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MC. M. MC. Ladies and gentlemen, Supreme Master Ching Hai is joining us today as our guest of honor. Lets welcome Supreme Master with a warm round of applause. Hallo! How are you? Hallo, Master. Welcome to Xalapa City, Master. We feel so honored that You are here with us today despite Your extremely busy schedule. Thank You so much for spending some of Your valuable time to join us today for the SOS: Save the Planet climate change videoconference. Thank You, Master. Its all right. Its all right. Thank you for inviting me. Thank you, Mexico. Gracias, Mexicanos. Master, wed like to let You know that we have a very special guest today. It is the Honorable Governor of Veracruz State. Wow, thank you for coming. Thank you. Thank him so much. Ladies and gentlemen, our special guest has just arrived, the Governor of Veracruz State, Mr. Fidel Herrera Beltran. Thank you, Governor, for joining us for this special conference. Welcome, sir, welcome. Thank you, Governor. Thank you for coming. Welcome, Mr. Governor.
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Videoconference with the Mexican people at the SOS: Save the Planet Climate Change Conference, Xalapa City, Veracruz, Mexico, March 6th, 2009 (Originally in English and Spanish). * Note: This conference is recorded verbatim only the question-and-answer session with Supreme Master Ching Hai.
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We would like to express our thanks to European Parliaments Vice President Mr. McMillan-Scott, Senator Heherson Alvarez, and Legislator Chiu Chin Tien for supporting our SOS: Save the Planet videoconference to bring awareness to the urgency of the climate change crisis. Yes, we thank them so much. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Thank you. Im very grateful. Im very grateful to the Vice President of the European Union. Im very deeply grateful. May God bless you, sir! Your support is really a great, great, great grace to us, great blessing. May God bless you and the European Union, and bless our world so that we may survive. We need more people like you. God bless you! Buddha bless you! Thank You, Master. The production of meat through the raising of livestock is proven by numerous studies that its harming our planet. In 2006, the United Nations released a report called Livestocks Long Shadow which revealed that the raising of livestock for human meat consumption is the number one emitter of greenhouse gases methane, carbon dioxide, nitrous dioxide and a major contributor to global warming. Let us watch the next video in which Supreme Master Ching Hai, our guest of honor today, talks about it. I am very grateful to courageous leaders in the world for stepping out of their boundary and to speak out for the sake of everyone. Even if the public does not appreciate their goodwill, heaven will take note. And they will have a great reward hereafter. It is, of course, very difficult to be in the position of authority. To be a leader is to be endowed with bravery, compassion and nobility. Thats why you are a leader. Its not easy, of course, to be in the position of a leader. Thats why leaders are few, yes? You see, in a nation, theres only one king, one queen, some princess, some prince, one president, one prime minister. Very few leaders compared to the multitude of this world. But fewer even still are brave leaders, courageous leaders, righteous leaders and wise leaders. To such a wise and courageous one, we offer full support and respect. We pray that heaven give them more strength, more wisdom to carry out their noble duty. Because as I told you, leaders are few. And fewer still are those who are wise and courageous. Being a leader, we must know what is good for our subjects and what is not. And what is good, we have to encourage them to do, facilitate them to do. And what is bad, we have to stop, to protect them. That is the true meaning of a leader. All the information about harmful meat diet and beneficial vegetarian lifestyle, just print them out, put it in your pocket, and wherever you go, just give it to people. It doesnt take time, not much money, even if it does, please do sacrifice to save the planet if you still want to live here. And also to save the animals that you so much love. And to save our people who are not aware of the bad consequences of a meat diet. Its our duty to do that, all the vegetarians, all the vegans, all the fruitarians, breatharians, solarians, waterians out there, please, do this. We cannot do it all alone; we can also save some people, but we cannot save all if we do not have your help. Please do help us to help everyone. Thank you so much.
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and climate change. We are very fortunate that She has accepted to join us in this conference SOS: Save the Planet via videoconference. M. MC. M. MC. I just want to say happy birthday to our Governor of the State of Veracruz. Tomorrow. But tomorrow I wont see him. So is that okay to say it one day earlier? Yes. Is that okay, Mr. Governor, to say happy birthday? Happy birthday tomorrow, sir. [Master laughs.] Happy birthday to you, Governor. Its tomorrow. [Master and audience are singing to the Governor: Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, dear Governor. Happy birthday to you!] Its tomorrow, but we are wishing you happy birthday today. Thank you. Thank you, sir. Thank you for coming. Master, would You like to share some of Your thoughts about the current state of our planet, the impact of climate change and how can we stop it? Thank You. M. Almost everyone knows that our planet is in trouble, and we just have to remind each other to do something about it because our days are numbered. And Im really glad that some of the government bodies, the religious bodies, and social bodies and educational bodies, and many other organizations are doing their best to inform the public of the dire state of our planet, and also inform them of the solution. Like, Be Veg, Go Green. Vegetarianism or veganism is the best solution. And that is really love in action. Not only love for the animals but truly love for our planet and our children, the future generation. Love should be translated into action. If we truly love our family, we should do something about it. And at this moment of our planets dangerous state, the solution is to be vegan, meaning no more animal products or no more animal foods on our plate. Peace and love begins on our table, begins on our plate, our dinner, our breakfast, our lunch. Love is just an abstract word, but love can be an action. So if we do love our children, we do something. And now that we know that the vegan diet will save the world for our future generation, I do ask everyone to sacrifice their palette, the taste, the habit, which is very detrimental to our health anyway. Please go on the internet and do more research about how harmful the animal diet will do to ourselves and our children. Please do more research on how beneficial a vegetarian diet can be. Please do research. Nowadays, we can research everything on the planet. Meat is not our friend. Animal products are not our benefactor; they are our enemy. First, they harm our health and that of our children. And second, but most important, they harm our planet. So, please, do research and please do sacrifice this habit. Cut off this habit of animal products. And then we can have everything else, even cars to drive, even airplanes, even ships, even boats, even everything that were having right now, because nothing is as harmful as animal products. If we just leave the animal products alone, then we have absolutely everything else. That is 99.9% of everything that we have right now, minus meat. By meat, I mean fish, eggs, milk, et cetera, et cetera. Please do research. Even milk is harmful. Its responsible for many fatal diseases. Meat and milk, dairy products and eggs are number one cancer causing, number one fatal disease causing. Millions of people die every year because of meat, eggs, and dairy products. Trillions and trillions of US dollars are spent in this direction to try to cure those diseases that have been caused by meat, dairy, and eggs.
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area of water that no longer supports any marine life. That is why they are called deadzones. These waters have been contaminated to such an extent that no life can exist anymore there. The contamination came primarily by the livestock industrys chemical fertilizers which get washed into the Mississippi River in the United States. And then from the Mississippi River water, it flows down into the Gulf of Mexico. Activities such as overfishing of the sardines even also worsen the problem of the dead zones. Scientists have found that these very small fish even, very small fish, play a vital part in restoring oxygen to the water, which is necessary to support other life forms. So every being on Earth and in the sea has value, no matter how small they might look, and something unique to do on this planet. It is our ignoring of this balance and the preciousness of all lives that has contributed to our global danger right now, both in Mexico and in other places in the world. The way to solve this problem is through greater consideration for all life. This means we should respect all lives, and in action. The vegetarian diet, the animal-free diet and lifestyle is the translation of that respect to all lives, thus, to our lives because we are all interconnected. Vegetarianism, or veganism, is the quickest way to correct the imbalance. If everyone is vegetarian, better still vegan, I mean animal-free, having an animal-free diet, then there is a different outlook, different conception for development of all kinds. In our case, it will proceed with compassion and care, which is what we need to reverse the effects that you mentioned, Dr. Cano, which is to restore the wonders of our marine life. Thank you, maam. Q. M. You tell us that being vegetarian would help to stop global warming very quickly and to a high degree. How can vegetarianism do this? Dr. Cano, you probably are well aware that the livestock raising, mean animal raising, emits the greenhouse gas of methane, the most of it. And this gas is up to 72 times more potent than carbon dioxide, but it also dissipates much more quickly than carbon dioxide means CO2. So the vegetarian diet, the vegan diet, the animal-free diet, is one way to physically and quickly reverse the greenhouse gases that are damaging our planet because it will cause an immediate cooling effect. The other way that vegetarianism quickly stops global warming is by reversing the mental attitude, the conception that has resulted in so much destruction to our environment. First of all, we stop the suffering caused to animals in killing them for meat. By changing to consideration and kindness, this will address the deeper cause of global warming which is the violent karma. Karma means the cause and effect. In the bible it is stated, As you sow so shall you reap. The cause and effect principle is scientific and very precise. If we nourish life, we also can have life and happiness. If we destroy life, then we cannot expect health, long life, and happiness in return. Every action causes a reaction, and like attracts like. So if we respect life, we will have life. So we must stop causing suffering and loss of the life to the animal kingdom. This is truly why vegetarianism is the quickest way to stop global warming, it is that like attracts like. It is very scientific. If we give life, we will beget life. Thank you, maam. Thank You, Master. In Mexico, the news has spread about new deposits that have been found, new and rich oil deposits. This would turn Mexico into the third oil world power. What can we do to stop this pollution from oil which is destroying our planet? Dr. Cano, oil is not the worst. So although we dont want oil to continue, we can have oil even. We can have oil, if that helps the Mexicans to become more prosperous and selfdependent, self-sustained, because oil is not the worst thing. Oil is not the only thing and is not the worst thing that damages our planet. It is the livestock industry. Its
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actually the most polluting, the most disease producing, the most energy consuming and the most greenhouse gas emitting industry that exists. The United Nations report called Livestocks Long Shadow states that the farm animal industry emits more greenhouse gases than all the transportation on Earth combined. And according to the Nobel Prize-winning Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, who himself is a vegetarian, he said, Meat production is extremely carbon intensive. This is partly because of the pollution cycles, including refrigeration, transportation, et cetera. Not to mention destroying the forest for grazing land, for pasture land. And all the cost, all the carbon emitting from disease causing and curing, et cetera, et cetera. Thats why I said, Just leave the meat alone and we have everything else. Even oil is fine. Even oil, if we have it we can use it until we have something better for our planet. But if we stop the animal raising, stop animal products, then we cut a big percentage, 80% of pollution to our planet, and stop 80% of global warming. So we can continue to have oil and car. I know people will be surprised hearing me saying this but, no, it is true like that. Because we have not invented enough instruments for transportation and other uses, so we may continue to use the oil if we have it. Of course, the better if we dont use, but at the moment we must use it. And if we just leave all the meat, animal production alone, then we can use anything. And Mexico can make use of this advantage of oil to elevate the standard of living of the people. So what I say is: Stop the meat production which will bring great benefit to the environment of your country. Since Mexico is also involved in the livestock industry there is also sustainable resource development as an alternative to oil as well, if we have it quick enough. You see, your country already has begun this with a large wind energy project near the city of La Ventosa, which I understand means the windy. Sustainable energy, in general, is also showing itself to be very profitable and job producing to people. So there can be both economic and environmental benefit from developing sustainable energy. And the Earth will be protected. But animal industry is the number one enemy of our survival. Thank you, madam. Q. M. Master, how can we convince our government to become aware and help stop all that which is destroying our planet? Thank You very much. Thank you for being concerned, Dr. Cano, which is not for yourself, but for your fellow citizens. You see, the government is aware. It is just, perhaps, the government is putting priority elsewhere. So if you and other citizens who are concerned, you could contact your government and write to them, inform them or remind them of the urgency of the situation that we and our future generations are facing. Perhaps you will find some likeminded politicians or some in the political field who are sympathetic or even vegetarian already. You could be surprised. Our group has discovered many vegetarian people in the political arena. When they understand the connection to global warming, those people sometimes even step forward on their own to promote vegetarianism to the public. Some government leaders may not yet realize the connection between vegetarianism and global warming, so please remind them, because if they do, they will think about it and maybe do something quick. So it is important that you try to inform the government, the earlier the better. Also, we can point out to the government leaders all the evidence of the global warming terrifying effects due to livestock raising, due to animal production. In Mexico alone, recent research indicates that 47% of the land has changed into desert. Your land! 47% of your country has some degree of desertification, which is known to be linked to damage from the cattle industry, from the cow raising industry. So
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the easier for the environment to be restored. So yes, there is a certain momentum that can happen when many people turn in the direction of the more caring and compassionate lifestyle. If humanity does not respect other forms of life, then the life of humans will also be in peril, because we are all interconnected. We all depend on each other to survive, down to the little worm that makes our land arable. But if people turn away from killing, and choose the animal-free lifestyle, they will harvest from the seeds of peace and kindness. We pray that enough people do so, and quickly, as we are running out of time. Thank you, Professor. Good question. Q. In 1854, a Sioux Chief delivered a message, and one of the things he said, We are part of the Earth and She is a part of us. The fragrant flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle, are our brothers. What is man without the animals? If all animals disappear, humankind would die of a great spiritual loneliness. The rocky peaks, the humid countryside furrows, the physical warmth between horse and man they all belong to the same family. Earth does not belong to man; it is man who belongs to the Earth. Dear Master, what must we do so that humankind will take up again these principles? Thank you again for reminding us of this beautiful message. For humankind to live in peace and harmony with ourselves and nature, we dont really need so much effort. Just return to compassion and respect for all life. That is the principle we must uphold to ensure that the animals do not disappear, because, as this chief describes, that would be tragic for us humans, too. Imagine our planet without animals at all. All the dogs gone, cats gone, birds gone, fish gone, buffalos gone, elephants gone; imagine, none of the animals survive, how would we live? How would our life feel abundant? It would feel very dry and meaningless. So if we respect all life, then we also dont take any life. The Earth provides in plenty for humans and for animals. We dont need to take in a way that hurts or harms any other being. That means the animal-free diet, again and again, and again. If all humanity lives with the animal-free diet, and lives in respect to nature and other life, then we will have a heaven on Earth. Well pray for that day, Professor Lopez. Thank You very much, Master. Thank You for Your love and blessings. Thank You, Master. Thank you, Professor. Laura Lopez, a teacher, has the next two questions. Nice to see You. Teachers at school have an important task, which is to encourage ecological awareness. Can Your books help in every school and for every teacher? Very beautiful dress you wear. This is Mexicos traditional dress, right? [Q: Yes, Master.] And the Professor Lopez before also wore traditional Mexican. I am very happy, very glad. I feel very happy. Now, another Professor Lopez, Laura Lopez. It is true that the teacher has an important job, a very important job. An entire generation of young students can be inspired through one teachers beneficial approach. The most correct way to teach the children is through the moral standard of the spiritual way of living. Certainly, the ecological consciousness is a more standard we must uphold for the survival of our planet. From this perspective, as to whether my books can help schools and teachers, perhaps they can. By showing the value of animals in our lives and their intelligence and their spiritual knowledge that they possess, and how we should cherish them for the intelligence and blessings they bring to our world. These blessings include their love, unconditional love, nature, pure love, which translates to the moral value of no killing. If the children adopt these moral values of compassion from a young age on,
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it will directly benefit our world. They will be living in the world of love and compassion and, hence, peaceful world. In addition, as vegetarians, they will be healthier and happier, smarter, even their behavior will be more ideal for the society. Thank you, Professor Laura Lopez, for your caring question. Q. Thank You, Master. A second and last question. You spoke recently about planet Mars on Supreme Master Television. Based on Your explanation about planet Mars, if this happens to our planet, who will be saved? Yes, who will be saved? Whom do you think? Professor, well, we hope that nothing happens to our planet. What I mean is, not worse than what is happening now. Lets hope that we can stop the global warming and save our planet. The global warming on Mars was similar to ours right now. It came to the point of no return. We still have not reached the point of no return. We are near there, we are almost at the point of no return. But planet Mars, at that time, 40 million years ago, had reached the point of no return. It did begin with the gases from the livestock industry, animal raising, which then triggered other gases from the ocean and permafrost. Although the people there were warned, they did not think it would happen. They did not also know about the vegetarian solution. They also thought that it will not happen so fast. That is why we continuously try right now to spread the solution message: Vegetarian diet. It offers physical power to stop the global warming because it has a moral power. It has a scientific power, like, like attracts like. We have to respect life, and then we will beget life. The solution is so simple: Be Veg and Go Green. Be veg, foremost; go green, okay, we can take time. First, be veg and then take time to go green because we have not scientifically developed enough to offer the fast solution of green living yet. We have some, but not complete. We have solar power, we have wind power, we have some electrical cars, but it is not all over, its not 100% complete. And even if we complete the green solution, its not enough. Because we dont just live with technical solutions, we have to live with moral standards, we have to live with our conscience. And scientifically speaking, like begets like. So we have to respect life, we have to live and let live, and then we will have life. So just be veg and save the planet, go green later. Its just a matter of enough people adopting the caring and ecological lifestyle in time, in time. Must be quick. We pray it will be so, and quick. And were working toward that goal with every means possible. From the Supreme Master Television to media advertisement, to government correspondence, to individuals going on the street and distributing flyers, information, et cetera, et cetera. As to your question about who will be saved: The one who has virtue, the one who lives according to the universal law of compassion and love, the one who lives according to the scientific law of like begets like, those will be saved. So living in virtue is the only protection. That is, living in goodness toward others, which is translated into action, the vegetarian diet. No killing other beings. Keep the animal-free diet, and be kind to all coinhabitants, of course, including the animals. These virtues will be smiled upon by heaven, and we will be protected. Thank you. [Q: Thank You very much for Your words of wisdom.] Thank you, too. Q. According to Your book, The Noble Wilds, You have revealed information about the animals which we never thought could exist. What would be Your message so that people discover it and can have an inner communication with animals and respect their life and habitat?
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If a catastrophe is to happen in the world, do You think that people from other planets would come to help us? First of all, we really wish it doesnt come to that. I wish that we have no catastrophe. I wish that we will be able to save the planet with the one and simple and the most effective solution, that is the vegan diet, the no animal diet, animal-free lifestyle. I wish we can turn everything around on this beautiful planet and, through the development of our own nobility, make the world a place almost like a paradise so that people from all the planets feel safe to visit us. Right now, even if they have a helpful intention, what can they do for us? We, humans, must change first to become more loving and more kind. Such a godly consciousness cannot be imposed. It must be desired and awakened within each individual. So the most important thing is for us to be virtuous, that we do not kill or practice any cruelty toward any other humans and any animals. And be kind to our environment. This is the animal-free lifestyle and a violent-free lifestyle, peaceful lifestyle. Once there are enough people with this compassionate quality, our planet will become a place of kindness where even other beings from other worlds would want to come to visit. They will come to visit if our planetary consciousness and moral standard match their own, match other planetary beings. Because, right now, if they come to help us, maybe they look a little different, maybe they speak a little different accent, maybe we will not believe that they come to help us, maybe they will endanger themselves before they could even help us. So we have got to help ourselves. Simple, straightforward, easy just BE VEG! Thank you. [Q: Thank You, Master, for sharing Your wisdom.] Thank you, too. The next two questions are from Elfego Riveros, the Director of Radio Teocelo radio station. Mr. Riveros, welcome. Good evening, Master. Thank You. Master, considering that global warming is the result of multiple factors, do You think it would be possible to design and structure a comprehensive contingency plan which, from the local governments to businesses, scholars, the press, schools, and also civil organizations, could help to mitigate the damage caused to the environment? Or, do we have to be satisfied with only thinking that each person does what he can, without having any measuring instruments or standards, or public policies to compel all of us equally to preserve the air, water, and land? Mr. Riveros, youre right. We must have a plan. Yes, thats a very, very intelligent question. Youre a journalist. Good. As you are a media professional, you understand the importance of a clear message and a simple set of principles to help people take actions that will lead to the worthy goal. So we have such a plan of action for saving the planet, and it is very simple and straightforward. 1. 2. First, if nothing else, be vegetarian. Be veg, go green, and do good deeds. Good deeds, namely for the government leadership, we have to ban meat and animal cruelty, and publicize the vegetarian message everywhere. For the media, all the media should help with daily message of Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet and give the public plenty of information about how to do that. That was the two solutions. For individual, is vegetarian. For governments, have to ban meat and publicize vegetarian diet. The same with the media, have to publish all the information concerning meat harm and vegetarian benefit.
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have a better future, a better conscience. And our planet will have a bright future if everyone turned to organic vegetarian diet and organic vegan farming. Thank you for your concern. I hope somebody is listening. MC. M. Thank You, Master. That concludes the question-and-answer session. Thank you, all of you, for organizing this and for inviting me. Thank you, all the audience. Thank you, all the government officials, the mayor, the media members that have taken their time to come and share our concern with the world. May God bless you all. May God bless Mexico and our world. Thank You, Master. Master, thank You so much for answering all our questions. Your insightful responses have raised our awareness on the actions we must take in order to save our life and our planet, our home. We must be veg. And this is something that all of us can do immediately. Right now, in our home, reduce our meat consumption to save our planet. This we can do! Can we do it? [Audience: Yes!] [M: Yes, we can!] Yes. Can we try it today? [Audience: Yes!] [M: We try.] Thank you. Thank you, the audience, thank you! Thats very good! Thats love in action! Even if its gradually, little by little, we can do it. We can begin with one bite at a time, and be veg to save the planet. Master, it will be a tremendous honor for us if You can give the closing comments for the SOS: Save the Planet conference. Yes. I think I have spoken everything. But in case you are not aware, can I make a big report about the effects of climate change in Mexico since it concerns all of your citizens? Can I do that? Sure, Master, sure. Please. Its a quick running report that you can find on the internet and elsewhere. This is mostly concerning Mexico alone: Disappearing glaciers The glacier on the Iztaccihuatl volcano in Central Mexico lost 30 meters in six years. And the temperature of the glaciers is close to freezing, but its not freezing. So the temperature does not preserve the glacier, so the glacier on the Iztaccihuatl, Pico de Orizaba volcanoes, the glaciers there are expected to disappear in the next 10 or something years. You can look that up on the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Eroding beaches Hurricanes and rising seas are eroding beaches in at least five Mexican states, including Quintana Roo; Yucatan Penninsula, home to Cancun and other famous tourist areas; and Tamaulipas, Veracruz and Tabasco of the Gulf of Mexico; Sinaloa on the Pacific; and some locations of coastal resort in Mazatlan. These beaches are eroding. Hurricane Wilma took much of the sand off Cancuns beaches. The government has spent USD21 million to restore the beach, but much of these efforts were undone by the non-stop erosion. Not that we could even repair the damage. The eroding beaches threaten the tourism industry which employs two million people and is Mexicos third greatest source of foreign exchange. A report of the sea-level rise found that 46.2% of
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There are surely more terrible situations in Mexico that are not checked, due to our carelessness in taking care of the environment, and the global warming resulted thereof. Ive finished my report, but the damage is not finished here. Please do something for your country at least. Thank you so much for your patience and for sharing the concern with me for Mexico. God bless you. God bless and protect Mexico. MC. M. Q. Thank You very much, Master. A few persons have a question. [M: Sure. Yes. Very good.] Your Spanish is wonderful. What a wonderful surprise. I learn expresso. [Master laughs.] My name is Mitzin Tanairi Villegas Morales. Well, nowadays, people have lost a lot of hope in projects like these, in projects like the ones the great Master has. I ask, how do we gain back that trust? How do we believe again when we have been lied to, unfortunately, many times? It is wonderful that She is doing this however, how to believe? How do we attract people? And, above all, how do we promise ourselves that it will happen and that this is going to be something that is practically going to bring the salvation of the planet? How beautiful! Very beautiful. Very beautiful. Understand. A very good question, very good question. Good, good question. Very intelligent. [Q: Thanks.] Youre welcome.
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still have one billion portions left over. And organic farming yields plentiful food, and at the same time, absorbs 40% of CO2. So organic farming is good for everything and good for us, and good for the farmers to have a new job, good for our health, good for the planet. No need to worry about not having enough food. The reason we are short of food is because we feed to the animals instead of humans. And we deplete the soil so that we cannot even plant better vegetables. The more we use chemicals and pesticides, the worse the soil becomes. That is the problem. And the more we use, the more our health will be at risk, and the more the rivers and oceans will be depleted of oxygen, the more dead zones will be created and the less food we have and the shorter our life span. So the more we use organic natural farming methods the more food we have, the healthier we become and the healthier the soil will become. And from then on, the soil will recover and then we will have more and more abundance of food. Thank you. You can do research on that on the internet or www.SupremeMasterTV.com. We have a lot of evidence about that and more explanation that I can give you in just two minutes. Please log onto www.SupremeMasterTV.com for more detailed information that you need to know. Thank you for being concerned. MC. Thank You, Master. And we want to thank you, our audience, for such interesting and intelligent questions. Thank You for Your wisdom and unconditional love as You work to elevate the nobility of all humankind. Your selfless example inspires all of us to be better human beings and strive harder to help our fellow brothers and sisters, humans and animals alike. M. MC. Everybody can be veg, okay? Please, very simple, easy. Thank you for coming. We want to thank Supreme Master for being here with us. Thank You so much. Thank you all for spending your time with us to learn more about what every one of us can do to protect and preserve our planet and our life. Be veg to save the planet, our only home. Like Supreme Master Ching Hai has said, Its the most effective and the result is immediate if we just be veg. We can do it. [M: Yes, we can!] Everyone, lets commit ourselves to doing our part to save the planet. Lets all say together Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet. [Audience: Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet.] Thank You, Master. Thank You so much. Thank you all. Thank you all for your support. [M: Yes, it is possible!] Its possible. Yes, Master. Of course it is. Thank you, everyone. Thank You, Master, for Your love. [M: Bye.] Bye, Master. Thank You for Your Spanish. We want to thank everyone, our guest speakers. Youre so wonderful. Thank you for being here, we thank all of our kind guests, our gentle and honorable guests, and to all of our audience, thank you very much. Lets save the planet. Lets start today. Thanks. I love you very much!
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I just learn from one of your sisters, she said, We can dig the tunnel. She told me, remember? I havent read the info yet, but Im sure you can dig something. You can pay for it. In America, they made ready-made tunnels. One of your sisters just told me. You can order by email. Pay with credit card. I said to her, So small and five, six people can live in there? She said, Yes, temporarily can live there for 10 years. I said, Then after 10 years, what to do? Maybe the company doesnt exist anymore. And all the freight, all the airplanes dont exist anymore, all the ships gone, how do we order another one for the next 10 years? Well, if we live after 10 years,
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Be veg first, and go green, we have time. I wonder how people who have children dont even try to do anything. Everybody should write to the governments and tell them to do something not just we the initiates. We are a small group compared to the whole population. Everybody else has to write to the governments and tell the governments what they want, like, have to change the policy, change the habit of eating. Thats all. Its very simple. You could change the house. You change the car. You change your carpet now and again. Why not change the diet? How difficult can it be? Maybe theyre doing something somewhere, the governments and the people, but too slow. We dont have enough time to dally like that. Q. M. If the humans are not on this Earth anymore, will Earth be a higher level planet? The Earth is not just the trees and not just the oceans. The Earth is a being. So shes trying to shake off all these burdens. Thats why we have more disasters nowadays. But she wont get low. Has nothing to do with her. She only gives and gives and gives so she will be higher, of course. Just we are the ones who should be worried about if we destroy the planet and we destroy the environment, number one, well be gone. Number two, spiritually speaking, well have no merit; we wont be any higher. God can reach you, but you have to open your eyes to see it. The sun is useless to a blind person. Even if he is standing in the middle of the empty space and the sun was right on top of him, he wont see it. But if you are not blind, even you stay inside the window, inside the house, you can see the sunshine, and you know the sun is there. You can even peep out and have a look. Even if you cover and have just a little hole, you still can look at that hole and you say, Oh, the sun is there. But the person who is blind, he is standing in the open all day long, he wont see any sun. You keep telling him there is sun, he wont even know what it looks like. If hes been blind from childhood, he wont understand what youre talking about. If its only gas, maybe after 100 years we can come up, or 20; it depends on how much and what kind of gas. But if the gas triggers also climate change, hot, then all the trees and all that would die. And no trees, and even less rain, and less rain, less trees, and then we wont be able to stay up there, there will be no oxygen anymore. Right now, a lot of trees are dying in America or anywhere because of climate change. They just die for some reason, like sickness. Because if its too hot, then they get sick just like people. Or, a lot of bugs, beetles, and all, like in Canada, so many forests have been destroyed, just become dried and died like that because of the beetles. And similar things happen in America now, and if it continues like this, we have no trees left. Just because it looks okay around here with manicured trees and things like that, and we feel its still okay; but its not always okay everywhere else, and it might not be okay here even in the future. Scary.
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Its very difficult to have this love, the unconditional love. I mean the true love, the LOVE love. Not just the love between woman and man, not just the love between relatives and friends, but the love, you know, THE LOVE; its very difficult to have. But of course you can start it with loving between family members, friends, husband and wife, for example, or boyfriend and girlfriend. The love exists between you, even though sometimes its between enemies. This love, we are born with. Even before we came here, we had this love; but then slowly, either the society
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wears it out or bad experiences make us disappointed, and then we lock it. Sometimes we just close the door, we dont lock it; but then slowly, after two months or two whatever, we do lock it, and we dont want to open it again, and throw away the key. So the love has no chance to develop, to open up and to spread out all over. If we continue holding on to that love, we will never lose it. If we lose the love, its because we wanted to; we just wanted to act the opposite of love. Otherwise, anyone could really lose that love, anytime; any excuse would do. This life is enough for us to lose anything, not to talk about love! But we always have it, just that we must use it, because thats all we have. Thats all we are: LOVE. If we dont use it, then of course its just getting like enclosed or shrunk; its still there, just not expanded, not renewed, not used or useful in any way. Whenever, through any chance or any circumstance, or any time you feel that youre ready to die for someone else, that is when youve got it. Youve got the total of it. You dont mind if you sacrifice yourself or your life for your kids, for your wife, your mother, your father or even your dog. At that moment, youre in total connection with your love. And if you continue this way, all the time in this kind of mentality, then you dont need me. [Master and audience laugh.] You dont need me at all. You are well on your way to heaven, Fifth Level, whatever level can be available. Love is like that. It doesnt have to be like a demonstration of tears, or hugs, or letters, or longwinded sentences or big poetry; it doesnt have to be. Just know it in your heart, that youre willing to lay down your life even, if necessary, for anyone. If your heart is like that, know that youre in charge of yourself, that you really are in that love and you did not lose any of it, and you are just great. But another thing is sometimes the karmic connection like the last life, that person saved you and this life, youre willing to save that person. So that might not even be the love, it might just be the karmic force that makes you do that. But if you do that with LOVE in your heart, you know what I mean? If youre willing to sacrifice, if you willingly, knowingly do that, thats a different thing. So there are two or three kinds of so-called unconditional love. Sometimes it looks like unconditional love, but it could be just the karmic power or sometimes repayment. Like the last time, that someone was so good to you; he did something extraordinary for you, so that this lifetime you promised to come back and do whatever it takes to repay that kindness. Its ingrained in you; its imprinted in your heart. So you want to do anything for that person, even lay down your life. That is a deep feeling just for one person. Thats different. But if youre willing to sacrifice for anyone at all when its needed, then its different. When that person needs or when the situation needs, and you would sacrifice your life so that the person could be in safety and live, thats a different one. Thats the true unconditional love, not a petite one, not for someone that you always very much like. Thats also good, but its not like you would sacrifice for anyone at all, a stranger even. Like the love that Jesus had for His disciples at that time or for humankind at that time: He didnt sacrifice just for His disciples. Of course He did that for His disciples, because He took upon Himself all the karmic consequences of His disciples at that time; but also, the collective karma of the whole planet as well. He could not, of course, change the planet overnight, but some part of the karma would be upon Him because a disciple was connected with another disciple or with another person, and that other person was connected so the whole of humankind, all connected.
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Why are there earthquakes and tsunamis? It is because we have abused the Earth too much, so she is trying to shake it off. The more we mistreat the Earth, the more earthquakes and tsunamis there will be. As our human thoughts become more violent, there will be more typhoons. Such situations are a reflection of our mindset. They are just like fairies who come here to fulfill our desires. If we wish for good, they will give us good weather and world peace; if we wish for bad, they will give us bad things. They are just like our domestic helpers who will do as we want. We dont have to tell them verbally; our thoughts spread naturally through the whole universe. Therefore, do not blame heaven or Earth; do not blame typhoons and earthquakes. They are all created by humans. All those vicious thoughts about war and killing are used as tools by the fairies, because they think that is what we want. We are God, or at least Gods children, and we will have what we wish for. That is why the bible says that we are the crown of the universe and that humans are the Master of the universe. Thus, Shakyamuni Buddha said that humans are the future Buddhas, and the most precious life form is the human body. It is so rare to have a human body that it is like a blind turtle coming up to the surface of the sea one time in thousands of years, and coincidentally puts his head through a hole in a piece of wood that just happens to be floating by at that moment. Therefore, we ought to love ourselves and keep our body, mind and speech pure. Do not blame the climate; do not blame global warming; do not blame God for not saving us. We are God; we are the crown of creation; we are the most precious. Many people on Earth are not pure in their body, mind and speech. Thus, animosity, wars, struggles for fame and gain, killing and other negative actions are increasing. Animals also have souls; if we bring upon them the disaster of being slaughtered, or if we encourage killing, of course the climate will change, because the fairies are acting on our command. We are the crown of creation; the fairies are inferior to us. They only come here to serve us. Whatever we want, they will do it. Our mood, attitude and demeanor are so full of cruelty and turmoil that of course storms and torrential rainfalls will occur. If the whole humankind were to become vegetarian, the world would be in peace and the Earth would change, because we are the masters and we can have anything we wish for. However, be careful what we wish for! When people become vegetarian because they want to save the Earth, they definitely have a benevolent heart. Besides, after adopting the vegetarian diet for some time, they will have greater love for animals, at least not wanting to kill or eat them. Then they will change very quickly. If humans change their mindset and display their benevolence, the fairies will also act accordingly, because the ambiance has become harmonious and gentle. And then they will say: Oh! Now that our masters have become gentle, let us just blow softly. [Laughter] Oh! Now that our masters want to have peace, we must not encourage war any more. We must not incite people to fight. Our masters want to save lives, not to take lives. Okay! Let us change the entire killing atmosphere. Those fairies, such as the rain deity and wind deity, always listen to us. Whatever tools we give them, they will use. We give them a benevolent and peaceful atmosphere, then they will use the gentle atmosphere and the climate will become favorable. The wind deity and rain deity listen to us, but it is not that we speak audibly that we want to kill someone or create a tumultuous state. No! No! Instead, it is a kind of tool created by our vibration, which the fairies will interpret as: My master wants to kill! My master wants war! My master wants storms and heavy rain! That is how typhoons, earthquakes and floods occur. They are all created by humans.
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Now we are trying to shake the humans free of their slumber and tell them: Hey! Wake up fast! Our house is on fire! Wake up quickly! That is why I say the climate will change after everyone has promised to become vegetarian. It is based on this logic. We can have anything we wish for. We can turn this Earth into heaven or hell; we can do it. We cannot blame heaven or Earth for that. Heaven and Earth have given us all the authority, magical power and capability because we are Hiers children. We have the same, more or less the same, power as our Mother/Father. It depends on what we want to do with this authority; the whole universe listens to us. Should we use this authority in another way, God gives us the free will to do so. No one can stop us, not even God. It is democracy! Of course, God cannot control us. Hes gives us absolute freedom. However, if we have not learnt our lesson well, this free power may, on the other hand, hurt us. Just look at the present situation of our Earth and we will know. It is because humans have too much free power but have failed to choose the right path.
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MC. Now, our second half of our Global Warming International Conference on Urgent Problems of Climate Change begins. Our guest of honor for todays conference, Supreme Master Ching Hai, is a worldrenowned philanthropist, artist, Gusi Peace Prize Award laureate, a highly accomplished poet, author of number one international bestselling books, and spiritual Master. In light of the rapid changes taking place in the Earths climate, Supreme Master Ching Hai has expressed a deep concern for our environment. In fact, for more than 20 years, She has talked about preserving the environment and, most recently, has undertaken a global campaign to curb climate change. Hallo, Master. How are You? A warm welcome to You from Mongolia. And undertaking a global campaign to curb the climate change crisis by informing the public through Supreme Master Television, She also delivers personal interviews by radio, television, as well as by writing letters of encouragement to world leaders, the media, and individuals who are shining examples of environmental heroism. So lets welcome Supreme Master Ching Hai. M. MC. M. MC. M. MC. Hallo, beautiful people. Hallo, Mongolians. How are you? Good, we are very good, wonderful, Master. You look beautiful. Thank you for having me today. Its a great honor to have You here today with us. Happy Lunar New Year. Happy Lunar New Year to You too.
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Everything goes well? [MC: Yes.] First, let me say hallo to all of your honorable guests and the audience there. And I thank everyone for taking the time to be present in this beautiful meeting as well as sending recorded tapes or letters. I am really touched by the attention of the government of Mongolia, of His Excellency the President of your beautiful country, and the television that has taken the trouble to come and broadcast your very meaningful activity. And I thank you, all the honored guests and all the audience there, and I wish your country, your people, your president, the Television 9 and radio and all the audience all the best for the coming year. Thank You very much, Master. And our next question comes from Jugder Dulam, Scientific Secretary of Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology. So lets start our question and answer, our first questioner, Judger Dulam. There is strong evidence of global warming and climate change in Mongolia from the research and observation of the past 60 years. What can we do to neutralize the effects of climate change or adapt to the forthcoming changes? Thank you. We must, first of all and the most important thing, we have to stop global warming by choosing a sustainable diet that is vegetarian or vegan. This will almost immediately stabilize the planet, the weather, and then we can think about adapting to the changes. I hope we dont have to adapt, but otherwise, it might be too late if we dont take care of the problem at the root right now, we will have no planet to even adapt to. As you all know, based on the scientific research, we are already aware of the main cause of global warming. Even the Mongolian Nobel Prize Winner, Dr. Punsalmaa Batima, from the United Nations International Panel on Climate Change, has spoken on Supreme Master Television about the danger from the degradation of the ecosystems. You see, the Gobi desert, which covers the Mongolian landscape, it is a fragile ecosystem that is easily destroyed by overgrazing. This results in the desert land turning into stony wasteland, where not even camels can survive. Its a very sad affair and very urgent. So, in order to neutralize the effects of global warming, such as these land changes resulting from the evermore severe climate, we must stop the raising of livestock to kill for food. We must live a vegan, animal-free, cruelty-free lifestyle according to Buddhist teaching, and according to scientific evidence that this is the best way for us to stop the global warming, and the fastest and the most efficient and the most long-lasting. Thank you.
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kilometers. And if that person adopts a vegan diet, meaning absolutely no animal products, either used or eaten, then the equivalent if further reduced to just 627 kilometers, which is 87% less than that of a meat-based diet. And best still, for an organic vegan diet, the most sustainable choice for our planet, that would be the equivalent of 281 kilometers. That is a 94% reduction in carbon emission if the person takes the organic vegan diet. This is the statistic from the Institute for Ecological Economy Research in Germany. And this is just carbon alone! We did not mention even the reduction of methane, which has 72 times the warming potential of carbon dioxide over an average of 20 years time span. So you can see clearly how a vegetarian diet can reduce at least 80% of global warming. Thank you, and I hope everybody takes the vegetarian diet. And best: Organic vegan diet. MC. Thank You for Your uplifting words. [Q: Thank You for Your very good answer.] The next question comes from Mijiddorj Renchin, doctor and professor, Head of Center for Ecology and Sustainable Development. Dear Supreme Master Ching Hai, Im very glad to be part of the conference. The developing countries main source of energy is coal that emits an enormous amount of carbon dioxide. The future tendency is to use more coal. Is there any other way to neutralize global warming? Yes, professor. In the news recently, there are many developing countries which are making use of green technologies such as solar energy, which is clean and sustainable. And theyre also trying to minimize the use of coal. We know from scientists, great scientists such as Dr. James Hansen of NASA, that much of the carbon dioxide emitted from coal burning stays in the air for more than thousands of years. So another harmful element of coal burning is the black carbon, or soot, that contains up to 40 different cancer-causing chemicals that would also cause lung and heart diseases. Also, the byproducts of coal plants are highly toxic and can damage the health of people and animals alike. So every country should help each other to develop more sustainable energy for our shared planet as well as to protect the health of the people and the animals. We just cannot burn away or use up all our precious natural resources, and in the process harm our environment. We must adopt sustainable, green, frugal lifestyles which will support all life on the planet. Again, since you ask, the first step is to end the killing of animals for food. Even Dr. James Hansen highlighted this fact, as he said that being veg is the most effective means for anyone to save the planet without any ado, without any documents, without any trouble. Thank you, professor. Thank You, Master. The next question comes from Choimaa Sharav, Doctor of Philosophy, Professor of the Department of Altaic studies and Textology, National University of Mongolia. Dear Master, Im really joyful and grateful to be here, knowing Your compassionate and humanitarian work. This is the question: It is obvious that global warming is not caused by natural factors but happens due to the wrong actions of humans. What is the cause of human wrongdoings? The cause, I believe, is mental default and wrong view. The wrong mind leads to the wrong actions, precisely, the fire of human greed and desires is warming up this Earth. Todays world economic crisis also is the undesirable outcome of our producing goods in order to make more profit, isnt it? Again, the reason for this is the fire of desire. In these circumstances, what could be the way to save humankind from the modern-time disaster? How should we subdue the evil of the greedy mind that the majority of humankind possesses?
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Dr. Sharav, it is true that scientists have already proven that the accelerated global warming is not due to natural causes but human-related activities. The cause of this is that we have forgotten our noble nature, our original divine self, our Buddha nature. So we must return to a virtuous way of life. There is now abundance of data available to help inform people. Because people have not been informed well. Its not just due to greed or evil-minded, just lacking of information that makes people not aware of the consequences of what we have been doing. So now is the time that we must inform people. And we must quickly inform people, and we must quickly reverse this trend so that our world remains for our children to stay. So we have to turn away from animal products now that we know that is the main cause of global warming. To your question about greed and wrong actions, yes, I have already mentioned that it is true that part of the global crisis is a result of overproduction and overfocusing on profits. These so-called profits can include things like grain that is fed to livestock animals, instead of directly feeding the hungry in the world. Such a focus can lead to the appearance of greed. However, people have been misinformed. The person who lives this way is truly not happy even if he doesnt know why, even if he wasnt informed correctly, but hes unhappy inside. And often, really, often hes not aware of the harm this meat operation causes. So even scientific studies have revealed that only through living and sharing, do we gain inner peace of fulfillment. Only by living a peaceful life, can we enjoy peace. So to be saved from this modern-time disaster, we, humanity as a whole, must turn to a greater consideration of others. This is the reminder of virtue, that is truly of the greatest importance, because adopting the vegetarian diet lifestyle is the only way, in fact, to preserve any world, not just our world. The Buddhas teachings never fail. Jesus teachings never fail. We must be compassionate. Thank you, sir. Thank you, doctor, professor. Professor Choimaa, thank you.
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please feel free to pass those information out for your beloved people. The more people know about the noble teachings of past and present Masters, the easier it will be to lead a more loving and protected life. Thank you, Dr. Nagnii. MC. Q. Thank You, Master. The next questioner is Khangai Lkhamsuren, State Inspector, City Office State Specialized Inspection Agency. Greetings to Supreme Master Ching Hai. I sincerely appreciate Your work for the world. Im extremely happy to participate in this special event and have the opportunity to ask a question to the Supreme Master. Thanks to our traditional Buddhist beliefs, we Mongols know the benefit of doing more virtuous deeds and abstaining from sinful actions. Every year, on Buddhas birthday, everybody eats vegetarian; every month, on the new moon and the full moon days, people also prefer to eat vegetarian. As for myself, I have been a vegetarian for quite a few years. It gave a tremendous amount of positive changes to my spirit and body. I do agree with Your opinion that if humans become vegetarians, we can save the planet. I think that eating vegetarian food would reduce the karmic hindrances of humans. However, most people think that karma is a religious concept only, and they fail to understand its true implications. Supreme Master, could You please explain the deep meaning and reason why vegetarianism would reduce the bad karma of humankind and, thus, be able to save our planet? I am thankful to Your great wisdom. Hallo, Madam Khangai. First of all, I congratulate you, madam, and thank you for your wise, compassionate choice of vegetarianism. The concept of karma or in the Western terminology, the consequence of action as you sow so shall you reap in the bible is not a Buddhist or Christian concept alone. Its a logical term, meaning that for every action, there is a consequence. And the law of karma, meaning the cause and effect is very exact. So we must stop the killing of other beings, and consequently, our life will be spared. By being vegetarian, our humans consciousness is raised up to a higher level, cleaning up and elevating us to our original, noble self again. As we plant the seeds of compassion, we will reap the love and peace in return. So to reduce bad karma, we must reverse our actions and create good karma by being benevolent, being kind and being merciful. Then all these qualities will return to us manyfold. We will beget mercy from heaven and be able to preserve this precious planet and our lives. Stop animal raising, as we know by now. And animal breeding is the foremost cause of damage of our planet and the health of the people even, and the detrimental effect on our environmental as well. It will destroy the world if we do not stop eating and producing meat and animal product. Animal and meat production has been founded by scientist to emit more greenhouse gases than all the transportation sectors combined. Methane, which is one of the primary gases emitted, causes up to 72 times more heat to be trapped in the atmosphere than carbon dioxide. However, methane also disappears much more quickly than carbon dioxide. So if we stop eating meat, we stop producing animal product, then the planet will be able to cool down almost immediately. This is scientifically very logical also. There is no need to even talk about the moral issue. So the vegetarian diet is the fastest, easiest and most effective solution for a life-sustaining planet. Thank you, madam. Thank You, Master. The next question comes from Bayarmaa Byambasuren, President of Mongolias Coalition of Environmental NGOs, Leader of the Movement, Owner of Khuvsgul Lake. Dear Master, as an environmentalist, Im greatly thankful and supportive of Your good deeds and contributions for a better world. It devastates me to see how nations are
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greedily using up all of Earths resources. Society is drowning in overconsumption of food and other commodities while people are materially competing against each other almost mindlessly. We Mongolians, for example, have developed the wrong value system, such as during Lunar New Year, we organize a big feast at our houses and show off to each other who has the bigger plate of sheep meat on the table. In this way, we advertise and promote negative habits and unhealthy consumption. Alcoholics keep drinking, smokers keep smoking, and meat-eaters keep eating meat while constantly defending themselves and even believing that they are doing the right thing. Can all of this be understood as a result of greed, desire or as a devils curse or bondage of unreasonable consumerism? M. Madam Byambasuren, I agree with your feeling about the needless action of taking away from the Earth, as well as the harmful activities of drinking and smoking along with meat consumption. The people who drink alcohol and smoke as well as eating meat, they have not been well-informed, madam. So we will have to make them aware of the harmful effect of these actions and substances. We have listed all these on www.SupremeMasterTV.com. You can download them freely to print out and distribute to anyone to inform them. The long-damaging effects of these substances including all forms of cancers, sickness, heart problems, incurable diseases, fatal diseases from smoking as well as shortening life. Alcohol is most damaging to the nervous system. Its shrinking our brain nerves and can even cause damage to our brain system, while meat eating makes us susceptible to many forms of disease, as well as heart problems and cancer. This is a well-known fact from medical research and scientific evidence. Overconsumption in general can lead to even more mass production and overuse of such harmful substances as pesticides, which hurt our fragile ecosystem, causing disastrous effect, for not only humans, but flora and fauna as well. So it is true that we should be more aware and inform others about all this impact on the life of every being on the planet. Through this, as well as the animal-sparing vegetarian lifestyle, we will naturally become more frugal, clear-minded, and more loving, and help to stop world hunger, war and disease forever. [MC: Thank You, Supreme Master.] Thank you, madam. The next questioner is Gurragchaa Tsevegsuren, Principal of Highschool Number One and Biology Teacher. Dear Master, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to You for Your humanitarian and compassionate work. Humans have genetically inherited a habit of meat eating since thousands of years, and it seems to be difficult to change this habit in a relatively short period of time. The awareness raising and advertisements are employed in order to convince people to quit meat. However, the result is slow, yet the time is so short. Is there any way to eradicate this meat eating habit by using modern science and technology? Principal Tsevegsuren, how do we do that? You think we can inject or give them a drug and then they stop eating the meat? [Master laughs.] That will not do, I think that will be forbidden by law. Because people have free will that even God and Buddha do not want to limit. We have to reason to people, and tell them why and the cause of it and the importance of stopping eating meat. When they know about it, people are not bad, they just dont know. They just do not have the time to do research. Even governments do not have time to do research on this because we did not suspect that such a long tradition could be wrong. Only now, when the planet starts heating up, then we begin to do research about the harmful effect of a meat diet. So we all know that its hard to quit this, but its harder to lose our planet. Its harder to lose this only home for our children.
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If we have a choice, exchange that piece of meat for the whole planet and all the lives and everything else on the planet, all the comfort and the inventions, all the life that were having, it is worth it. But people must know why, they must be informed. So we just return to our true noble self, the Buddha nature self. If people know what it is, why they should stop eating meat, I think they will stop right away, if they know. Thank you, sir. MC. Q. Thank You, Supreme Master, for Your enlightening wisdom. Our next questioner is Batsaikhan Khashbat, Vice President of the Union of Mongolian Students. Good evening, everyone. Also greetings to You, Supreme Master, with my own gratitude for Your great actions that You are undertaking for human beings. We know that every citizen and every young person of this world has a duty to contribute in the efforts for neutralizing climate change. We understand the danger that is threatening us if the world continues the way it is now. But, is there any other way to save the world except for becoming vegetarian? If there is, what is it? I tried to become a vegetarian myself, but my environment is still not so conducive for that. What should we do in order to succeed and convince the leaders of our nation? Is there any religious ideology and theory behind this campaign and activities? Please tell us Your opinion, Supreme Master? Thank You. Young Mr. Khashbat, I am impressed by your efforts as a young man who tries to improve yourself and help our world. The first step is vegetarian, again and again. Im sorry, if I have other solution, I would have told you, and we dont need this conference. Because vegetarian is the quickest and most effective and long lasting forever. And it will halt the global warming right where it is, and it will even improve our world. Our world would become better because of the loving energy that we generate. Being vegetarian stops the killing cycle and reduces greenhouse gases most quickly. Planting trees, green technologies, sustainable energy, et cetera, et cetera can help also, but it takes longer time and is not karmicly effective. We can maybe use a green technology or riding bicycle forever, banish all the cars, but thats not enough, as I have told you before. Being vegetarian will stop 80% of global warming, the greenhouse gases will stop. So vegetarian, vegetarian, and vegetarian. I mean vegan. But everything else, we can try. We have to be frugal, in any case. But we dont have time to even develop technology. Even if there is such a thing as a technology to develop to erase greenhouse gases and stop the global warming, we do not have enough time to wait. In this critical, dangerous period of world peril, it will only worsen the effect if we keep waiting longer and longer. We have to start to be vegetarian, because a noble lifestyle, a compassionate energy will dispel all the bad karma, all the negative influence that has been created from the killing of other beings. They have been crying, screaming, and their suffering reaches heaven and pierces the Earth. We cannot reap anything good out of something so bad like that. We must foster loving kindness, we must begin benevolent action. Just to be vegetarian, thats very simple. Nothing else truly necessary for the moment. Thank you. [Q: Thank You, Master, and thanks also to the organizers of the event.] We can also try to create a more conducive environment for vegetarianism. You can write to your government. You can pass out urgent information about meat harm and vegetarian good to save our planet. You tell them all. You print out all the information in a small leaflet and pass it out whenever you can. Concerning government, I dont have power to change any nations policy, but I am trying hard to, like writing letters or having television, hoping people will listen. Please do your part in
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your country. I trust in you, young people, you have the power of the present and the future; you have the power to protect our planet, please use it. Thank you so much. MC. Q. The next questioner is Baraaduuz Demchig, Head of Oin Khishig (Forest Blessing), NGO of Southern Goviaimag Province. Greetings to You, Supreme Master Ching Hai. I would like to convey some messages on how Mongols used to consume food. We Mongols lost our mind while trying to imitate the so-called civilized world and are taken over by consumerism. We were once a nation that was more concerned about our consciousness than about our physical body. When all other nations were chasing their food, we somehow managed to stay behind, not having daily cooking or by not developing a national cuisine at all. Until recently, Mongols did not even touch the food naturally grown right next to them, let alone be bothered whether they filled their stomach to their fullest satisfaction. The whole Mongol nation was vegetarian. Unfortunately, one day, we decided that it was not civilized and, while trying to become cultured, we got infected with treating animals with cruelty for taste. Today, anybody who is trying to bring us back to the old times reasonable habit is regarded as the biggest fool in the country. I think that if disaster comes to this world, the people with minimum food habit have a better chance for survival. What is Your opinion on this matter? Yes, I do think so. I do think people with the minimum food habit have more chance to survive because also we dont need that much food. If we eat too much, sometimes we cannot even think. Even vegetarian food, we dont have to eat so much. So, right now, most important is, we have to try to avoid the disaster that we are going to lose the planet, lose our home. Actually, we should not have to worry about food because we have it abundantly on our planet. It is just that we have to use it wisely. Instead of using it to feed the animals, we use it to feed humans and that will be fine. Regarding the Mongolian old cuisine, without cuisine, I like that very much. I like that concept very much. I wish that the Mongolians can return to their original tradition of non-cooking and more vegetarian, living according to the high, moral standard of Buddhism. So now, it is maybe the time to bring it back again. Maybe people will listen this time in the dire situation of our planet. We should remind everyone to be veg to invoke the mercy of the Buddhas, and we will be better protected. Studies have shown that if the grain currently going to livestock animals for feed, if we feed it to humans, then all the hunger in the world will disappear and the reversal of global warming from a vegan diet will result in more plentiful growing conditions. So we even have more food than now if we turn to vegetarian diet. We are already facing so many untold natural disasters on a daily basis such as earthquakes, severe storms never seen before, volcanoes, ice melting, and many islands, many nations have sunk under the water already and many are sinking. And the climate has become very, very strange, like it became warm where it should be cold and it became cold where it should be hot. And this can only be alleviated through a return to the ancient ways of our wiser elders, like those in Mongolia of the old time, one that exists in harmony with nature and respect of other beings, a true brotherhood of love with all. Thank you for bringing that back up, sir. We can still do that, its not too late. MC. Thank You, Master. As Mater says, it is time for us to embrace our ancestors values. Our ancestors of Mongolia were nine months a year on vegetarian food, it is time to embrace back the value.
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planets and enjoy abundance and more civilized, more comfortable world. Thank you, Madam Jamsran. MC. It is thrilling to announce to you again that this conference is broadcasting live all around the world through Supreme Master Television and www.SupremeMasterTV.com and TV9 in Mongolia. So lets continue. [M: Thank you again, the TV9.] The next questioner is Altankhuyag Luvsandorj, teacher of Monos Medical University. Hallo, dear Master, Im really grateful and honored to have a chance to ask a question to You. The sustainability of life and the source of income is dependent on nomadic livestock breeding in Mongolia. We have five kinds of livestock that consume over 420 kinds of species of vegetation. From these animals, we get milk that we revere very much. We make sure that the young of the animals are first allowed to be fed by their mothers milk before we milk the animal with our own hands. Then we use the milk to create all kinds of dairy products which we use as a substitute for meat. This kind of practice is still strong in the countryside as the way to avoid animal slaughter and the dairy is cruelty free. What should we take into account if we continue the use of dairy products? Would You give some advice on this? All right, Mr. Luvsandorj. Thank you for your question, which is very comprehensive and very understandable of the lifestyle of the Mongolian. I do understand that and I do respect the way of life that the Mongolian practice with very much consideration for the animals. And because the cow lives completely naturally with no artificial intervention or mistreatment, then perhaps in this case, it is okay. But even better still is the milk from the soya. And the mothers milk for the children and for the babies and soya milk for the children onwards. It has all the nutrition that we need, and the protein of the plant-based soya is even best suited to humans consumption and digestion, more so even than milk. Recently, there was a research stating that during the time that the children are in school, they were forced to drink milk and take dairy products and during that time, they have more coughing or asthmatic symptoms. But these symptoms stop immediately during the summer time when the children dont go to school and dont take milk that frequently. And another example is in elder woman, the condition of fragile bones is more frequent in countries where dairy products are consumed in large quantities. Also, it has been shown that humans lose their ability to digest lactose by the time were four years old, which causes the problem in absorbing the milk protein after that time. So, furthermore, humans are the only beings that drink the milk of another being. So you can switch from the cows milk as well as animal-based industry that use the goats to instead planting we can plant organic fruit and vegetable. Soya milk is very good and we have even rice milk, we have almond milk, we have all kind of other tasty and nutritious milk which give us no allergy, give us no health problem. That is the best solution and the most noble example. Nowadays we have tons of veggie material that can replace everything, even cashmere. I wear all the time the veggie fur without animal product, without animal fur and its even warmer. In your country, Mongolia, 45% of your livestock is goats, and the goats are the ones who destroy the pasture the most because they eat also the root of the plant. So the overgrazing and overstocking has happened due to cashmere production. Not just the cow, and even if we treat the animal so kindly, the way the Mongolians do, it is still better for us to use animal-free diet. Unless we have just couple of cows in the house as a pet, and they have extra product like milk, and they give to you and if you like to use it now and again, its fine. But its the best for us, for the planet is to have less animals, because animals, they emit methane gas, which is the very lethal greenhouse gas which causes global warming, more potential than the carbon dioxide.
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So being kind to animals is also being kind to ourself. And the animal product or the animal raising is the cause of global warming. So it is good that we sacrifice even the dairy product to protect our planet for our children. Thank you, sir. Yes. We dont even need cashmere. We have artificial fabric which looks fantastic, elegant. I wear them all the time. MC. Q. Thank You, Master. The next questioner is Badamjav Sevjid, Senior Ph.D. in Medical Science, Senior Professor of National University of Medical Sciences. Im glad to be a part of this event which is being held at a very significant time. In my case, lately Im working specifically with healing the digestive organs. Do You think that people have been infected by B, C virus will lack protein if they consume a vegetarian diet? How do they get enough protein? All right, sir. You see, the virus B affects people through the disposable, unhygienic syringe and causes the liver to become hard. So it is contracted through unclean needles, through the blood of another also. And virus C is contracted through unclean hands as well. So we just need to be more hygienic in handling this. Thank you anyway for your question. First of all, in the case of animal protein, excessive amounts can actually cause health problems, not helping, including kidney failure from calcium imbalance. Studies have also shown that people who eat meat have even more vitamin deficiencies than vegetarians, seven times more over. Furthermore, if you are vegetarian, your immune system is even stronger, so you will not catch these diseases even. Professionals in the field of nutrition state that the vegetarian diet, especially organic vegan diet, is the one people should turn to when they have health problems that cannot be cured by other means, even medicine and the latest invention of modern technology even. So these same persons often experience beneficial changes very quickly and cure for a long lasting health. Vegetarians have been found to live up to 15 years longer than their meat eating counterparts. And in terms of acquiring protein, there is plenty that can be found from all sorts of beans, nut, tofu, gluten, corn, rice, and seeds. We have this information stated on our Alternative Living flyer. Our Association members in Mongolia will be glad to give it to you. So the animal-free lifestyle is a successful, productive, healthy, and frugal way to live for everyone and it also helps to save the planet. We have more info concerning these issues if you please log onto www.SupremeMasterTV.com. Our Mongolian Association members will help to provide these or will help you to do research on our website. Thank you, Professor Sevjid. MC. Q. The next questioner is Uransaikhan Yadamsuren, Executive Director of Anispharm Trade Company. Supreme Master, its a great honor to meet You. Nowadays, in our country there are more people who support vegetarianism and green industries, more people who adopt a vegetarian diet and more people who possess the desire to plant trees and help the environment. In the olden days, our ancestors didnt consume much meat and mostly used dairy products for food. But today, there are very few people who accept that a person can survive without eating meat. The number of livestock is dramatically increasing in our country. Along with that, we dont have a strong foundation of fruit and vegetable industries, and do not have enough vegetables for supply. This is a great
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setback for people who would like to become vegetarian. Also the leaders of the world do not seem to have a consistent understanding of what global warming is all about. In my opinion, world leaders should take the initiative and be courageous regarding this. So Supreme Master, may I suggest that You write letters about this particular topic to leaders of nations and invite them to work together on this urgent global matter? Thank You. M. Sure, madam. I am the President of the United Nations! I can do that! [Master laughs.] I wish I could influence the body of the world governments, before you even say that. But, nevertheless, I have tried my best in many ways, and I have requested our Association members to write to the governments wherever they can and whenever we can. And we still continue to do that. The livestock raising must stop. Mongolia, as with the rest of the world, is experiencing more severe weather, a more fatal pattern of climate change due to the effects of global warming. So you can see in Mongolia droughts, harsher winters, more frequency of dust storms and blizzards. With livestock raising, we deplete Mongolians already limited natural resources and even put Mongolian country more in danger of desertification. Instead of grazing animals, we can begin planting the organic vegetable, which is more healthy to everyone. We have to choose a vegetarian diet over animal breeding. If more and more people choose organic farming as well, we help each other to the best possible of our ability and most gentle way for all beings and the Earth. From then, we can share food since we have so much food. We have abundance of food, more than enough for everyone without even having to buy it. And we save time and other resources to go toward other things, like ending disease and helping those in need. By not subsidizing the meat diet, we save trillions of US dollars per year in tax. We save a lot of suffering from meat-related illness. We save a lot of food to share with all the hungry in the world, so our conscience will never have to wake up in the middle of the night and bite us anymore. We can do that through such a method as hydroponics. You can even plant and harvest indoors, so we can do it also by ourselves. Theres no need even farmers; if we have a little garden, we can plant it ourselves. Or if we have a balcony, we can even plant it in water. We must start now so that you can have your own vegetables. Its very easy. If you just have a little pot even, on the balcony, the size you want. And you just sow some seeds in it. A few days later, you already have some vegetables. Salad, for example, some are grown in three days, or one week, or two weeks. And you can always take turns to grow it again. And in the garden, it grows quicker. In the old time, if we look into the Mongolian history, the people of Mongolia did not eat so much meat, then we should be convinced that meatless diet sustained our ancestry, and still can sustain us. And nowadays, even evidently through medical and scientific research that vegetarian diet is absolutely healthy. Its just people dont know about this and dont have time to do research, so we have to inform them. Please do inform your people. We are doing that, but we need your help. We cannot do everything, even though we have Association members everywhere. But, its not like the whole planet is my Association member, is it? So we need your help. We need everybodys help. We need all the help from the government. Were also writing letters and all that. But, we need you also to write letters to your government or any government that you think fit, any government at all. Everybody please write. I agree completely with you that the government leaders and media can be most powerful and helpful in spreading the message to the most people about saving the planet through being vegetarian. We must work together. Thats why we have been passing out flyers. Thats why we have the Supreme Master Television. And thats why we advertise on newspapers, and railway station, bus, airplane, airport, et cetera, et cetera, wherever we can, with our own means of financial ability, including myself. But, it
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[Supreme Master Ching Hai conveys Her apologies that time did not permit a reply to all the questions submitted at the SOS Mongolia videoconference, so She would like to address them here on Supreme Master Television.] MC. The following question is from Mr. Batmend Rentsen, professor and leading expert at the Institute for Strategic Studies: Dear Supreme Master Ching Hai, I express my sincere gratitude for this opportunity to be a part of this wonderful event. I very much admire, respect, and support Your efforts in bringing peace, nobility, and morality into the lives of people in our world. With absolutely no regard or consideration towards the environment and its natural resources, humankind has gone overboard with materialism and consumption as a means to happiness. All of these factors are contributing to worsening the effects of global warming and adding to the frequency and the number of natural disasters. Does Supreme Master think that we still have a chance to neutralize global warming and slow down desertification? Yes, Professor Rentsen, we do. But humanity must understand the dire state of our planet. This is the message we have been working to spread to the world. If humans understand the need to change, the first change that must be made is to eliminate meat consumption and production. This will allow the planet time for other ecological changes to be made. Practically speaking, meat contributes to at leat 80% of global warming and pollution. So just eliminating the meat literally saves the planet and gives us all longer
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life and happiness. If we continue on our course without change, the Earth will continue to see more severe weather due to climatic changes. People will suffer from more frequent disasters. It will disrupt the balance of our planet, causing glaciers to melt, rivers to flood, and desertification, drought and famine will result from destruction of agricultural land. To slow such calamities, including desertification, we must switch to a cruelty-free diet and, hence, reduce the bad karma of killing. This is the most important step, and other practices such as organic vegan farming or ordering large quantities of organic foods together will also help. Any conservation efforts like this do benefit the planet. As you mentioned about over-consumption, we really do not need so much food or even other things to live. As long as we all make the right choice of a healthy, compassionate lifestyle, the health of all beings and the planet is assured. MC. The following question is from Mr. Batmunkh Sodnom, Senior Advisor on the Committee of Government Affairs, mathematician, writer and poet: What is the role of humankind in helping to stop global warming? Is there a way to reach out to the whole of humanity and make them understand the importance of their role in this? Since the very beginning of its existence, our planet had volcanic eruptions that radiated the heat from the Earths core, and also the heat from the sun is causing the warming of our Earth. Could this all be the reason for global warming? Scientists worldwide have agreed that the current global warming is caused by humans activities being out of balance with nature. Heat from the Earths core and the sun are natural processes. If our Earth is in balance with the ozone layer intact, we would be protected. There are many reports available now, from the United Nations and other respected scientific bodies, that document the human cause of climate change. So humanity can reverse it. The 2006 report from the United Nations Livestocks Long Shadow outlines the role of meat consumption in global warming. The meat industry also uses hugely excessive amounts of water. So stopping meat eating is central to any global warming solution. Sometimes people just do not know, so we do what we can to inform them through advertising, flyer distribution, and sharing vegetarian food. If the government officials, such as yourself, are aware and support this ideal, that is the best. We pray that all the governments and media in the world join hands in helping the public at large to understand that the vegetarian diet is the only solution right now. The following question is from Mr. Nyamdeleg Burelkhuu, Vice Chairman of the Institute of Psychotronics: Supreme Master Ching Hai, I express my sincere gratitude for Your efforts to help humankind understand the threat of global warming and possibly halt the disasters that may be coming. In my opinion, in order to save the planet, people who meditate need to continue meditating, while people who dont should pray for the planet to be saved and pray for peace to dawn upon Earth. If people pray together every month during the full moon and during some significant days according to the moon calendar, the positive power might affect the world in a good way. Would You please, Supreme Master, speak to humanity about this? Mr. Burelkhuu, it is good that you mention the spiritual aspect of saving our planet. Yes, prayer will help, but it cannot do much if we still continue with the destructive ways of life in killing each other and killing animals. We must return to the higher, nobler ideals. So along with the loving intention of prayer, please remember the importance of action. We need to make peace with all beings, including the animals, through our deeds. Love and peace begin on our table, with the food plates in our own home. We need to extend our love to other beings by letting the animals live in peace and adopting the plant-based diet for ourselves. And we can extend our love to family members by stopping the cause of global warming on their behalf. So please continue praying but also be as active as
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possible in promoting peace for all beings, starting with the animals. This is truly the way to save the planet. Thank you for your question, and I pray too that this can be done. MC. The following question is from Ms. Odmaa Davaanyam, Attorney at the National Government Office: The traditional diet of Mongols is meat and dairy products. Our country has a very short time period for cultivating the land. Because of this, we are forced to use imported vegetables that often are not organic and substandard. What is the right food for us if we are to change our traditional diet and turn to vegetarianism? Master, what is Your wish regarding Mongolian peoples contribution to combating global warming? Madam Davaanyam, thank you for your question about suitable foods. Even with the limitations of your climate, nowadays there are many ways to grow things on our own, even indoors, without soil and with little water. You could get together with other people of similar interest and start a small growing cooperative. And you can take an example from your countrys neighbor, Tibet, which has similar growing conditions to Mongolia. There, they have subsisted for hundreds of years on barley, a hardy grain that is full of nutrients. For delicious vegan recipes, you can go to www.SupremeMasterTV.com where there are many, many free, easy-to-prepare dishes. Since our environment is already so delicate and fragile, especially Mongolias, we should be extra mindful to protect the land by not burdening it with the demands created by livestock raising. This would cause even worse desertification conditions, not to mention the animals suffering. My wish for the Mongolian people is the same as for all global citizens, and that is for an Earth that is preserved in all its beauty and sustainability, the way God had originally intended, an Earth in which all inhabitants live in love and dignity and respect for one another. The following question is from Mr. Amgalanbat Batsuren, Director General of the National Information Technology Institute of Mongolia: Honorable Supreme Master Ching Hai, first of all, I would like to extend my warmest greetings and express my respect for Your tireless efforts for the better future of humankind. As You know, the Mongols have a long and rich history of nomadic culture. For a country like Mongolia that has extreme climatic conditions, animal-based products have been predominantly used in every aspect of living throughout the centuries. Traditionally, nomadic livestock breeding has been the dominant sector in our economy, and since early childhood, the Mongols develop love and compassion for their animals while using different products from them. In this context, what is the proper way to balance any given countrys traditional lifestyle and culture with the future trends of this world? What is Your opinion about it? Hallo, Director General Batsuren. Surely the nomadic lifestyle is a rich and beautiful aspect of the Mongolian culture. And we understand about the love and appreciation between the Mongols and the animals. That is very good. But, to be truly in harmony with nature and to tread the most lightly on our planet, the way we need to at this urgent time, we must completely respect the life of all Gods creations, as well as their unique contributions to our world. This means we have to stop any kind of killing because even though the products are used in a context of compassion, it still involves suffering to the animal. Even consuming dairy products is not something that happens between other animals in nature. And the raising of livestock produces dangerous and unwanted greenhouse gases which cause global warming and threaten our worlds existence. The vegetarian lifestyle is, therefore, the most fully developed level of compassion.
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The following question is from Mr. Shagdar Ambagait, professor and recipient of the highest state honor, The Peoples Teacher: Our country is located in a large landlocked area surrounded by mountains, with a high elevation above sea level. With relatively weak ecosystems of a dry Gobi desert, a small percentage of forest cover, and a few rivers and lakes, do You think there is any action that can be taken in order to slow down or neutralize the effects of global warming in our country? Yes, Professor Ambagait. Being vegan will have the immediate effect of removing methane from the atmosphere, which is one of the highest heat-retaining greenhouse gases, up to 72 times the heat-trapping effect of carbon dioxide. Being vegan will surely slow down desertification and preserve your natural resources, like lakes and rivers, and protect your forests. You can also employ other green measures, such as planting trees or changing to green technology, but those take longer to have an effect. The vegetarian diet is the fastest and also reduces the bad karma of killing, thus, is the most important. And you can join with others to find ways to obtain and prepare the most tasty and delicious foods. Even in the sandy areas, there are many suitable food-plants that can be cultivated without or with little water. We may do research on those and cultivate for our future sustenance. Have lots of luck and joy with these organic farming methods. We have some info about them on Supreme Master Television, or will be more soon. You can demand the assistance of our Mongolian members into finding them for you on our website. Keep looking on www.SupremeMasterTV.com for new updates. Thanks. The following question is from Ms. Erdenemaa Luvsandorj, Department Head at the Mongolian daily newspaper, Unen: It is an honor to meet You, Supreme Master. What do You think the essence of human existence should be based upon? In todays world, humans are living a very stressful life. How do we combine meditation with such a society, within such an environment? Your words of advice would be priceless. Ms. Luvsandorj, I thank the positive media like yourself and for your care. The essence of human existence is based on reconnecting with divine love and power for it is our true sustenance without which we suffer too much, as most humans sadly do. Through this love, we find the deeper values of care and compassion for all life. Through this power, strength and wisdom will protect and guide us toward happiness by correct actions, or else we are similar to a person in a dim cave, uncertain of our moves and, thus, hurting ourselves. This is also needed on Earth, especially at this critical time. As you mentioned, the balance of life is very important. The most important balance at this urgent time on our planet is the return to virtue. We have the chance now to act, and so we should do so. We should meditate, be mindful and also act in keeping with clear principles of virtue, the first and foremost being do no harm. If we do no harm to others, especially meaning no killing of animals, we still have time to preserve the planet Earth. So the foremost action I suggest is the vegetarian diet. And the more people we can reach with this message, the better the chance for the Earths future will be. So we ask for the help of all media members such as yourself in spreading this message, for the sake of saving the world. The following question is from Dr. Narantugs Tserendulam, Director of Khasu Manal Hospital: It is an honor for me to have this opportunity of being able to participate in this conference and ask my question. I am a doctor trained in traditional medicine. I have been working for 17 years as a doctor. The question I am going to ask is theoretically related to my profession. In our medical system, we believe that an individual soul comes into material existence at the moment when the parents cells unite. That is why humans genetically inherit the outer appearance of their ancestors. However, our inner
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being, our soul is cursed even before entering the body, and continues suffering from this curse afterwards. Even though we have pure mind, sometimes we are victimized by the curse. In Mongolia, we say that good people tend to die earlier than the bad ones. This has a ring of truth to it. People protect themselves through different means. How do we protect our soul from being harmed? Is there a way to protect ones mind and body from being cursed? If a lot of good hearts come together, will it change the world? How do we unite this positive power? I have a strong faith in Your vision, Your charitable activities inspire me, and I support You with all my heart. I pray to You all the time. M. Dr. Tserendulam, thank you for your kind words. I understand your concern. And yes, the soul is what we need to worry about. Because even if our physical body is destroyed, we must rescue our soul. And the way to do that is by being virtuous in this life. This is the greatest protection. If we have compassion for others in our daily life actions, we are already protected. This kind of compassion includes refraining from eating animals. And through these same virtuous, benevolent deeds the mind and body will be protected as well. And yes, it is true that if a lot of good hearts come together, the world can be changed. The first change to unite this positive power is to adopt the animal-free lifestyle. If enough people on the Earth do this, the planet will be saved by benevolent energy. There is still hope and I believe that with everyones help, we still can save this beautiful planet. But the best protection that goes with virtuous deeds is our self, our own original self. If we reconnect our mind with it, we will know better, function better and live with clearer vision. Anyone should do this. I can help to show how also. Thats the best thing one can do to oneself, even if the planet is not safe, we will be safe, now and hereafter. Now, we would like to welcome you to our The Birds in My Life special ceremony. The Birds in My Life is an international bestseller attaining the top position on several charts, including www.Amazon.com. Supreme Master Ching Hai, who inspires countless people to become compassionate toward our animal friends, shows the saintly nature and inner world of them through this book. With the grace of God, we are very grateful that we have the honor to have Supreme Master Ching Hai joining us. She is a spiritual leader and author of international bestselling books, The Birds in My Life, The Dogs in My Life, and also The Noble Wilds. She will discuss the encouraging messages brought to us in this beautiful book which is harmonious co-existence of humans, animal friends and Mother Nature. The Birds in My Life book will be available at Internom, one of the largest bookstores in the city in both Mongolian and English versions. [M: Wow! Thats a surprise. Thank you so much.] Thank You, Master, for Your blessing. We are thankful Supreme Master Ching Hai has set aside Her busy schedule to join us today. Now, ladies and gentlemen, let us welcome Supreme Master Ching Hai one more time. Hallo. [Audience: Hallo.] Mongolians, how are you? Your Mongolian is really perfect now. Your voice sounds very well. Thank you so much for this honor and thank you so much for your hard work to bring this message into fruition. Thank you everyone that is involved and all the audience, and thank you the government, the President of Mongolia, and thank you, the Parliament Members, and thank you the media members who have been so kind, so supportive and so gracious to help us in this matter, and also lending an ear to our plea for the rescuing of the planet. Buddha bless you all. Thank You, Master. We are very blessed for this event to happen, and thank You so much for enlightening people with this precious gift. Now, we would like to ask Your
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attention to the special ceremony for welcoming the launch of The Birds in My Life book. This special ceremony symbolizes the Mongolian tradition of honoring books. In Mongolia, books are considered as treasure of human wisdom. Please enjoy this special welcoming ceremony for our new book, The Birds in My Life. Please enjoy. [Mongolian family (Q) made a special presentation to honor the Supreme Master Ching Hais book, The Birds in My Life.] M. Q. Beautiful. They make it so beautiful. Hallo, Supreme Master Ching Hai. I am extremely happy to see You. I am very glad that You have gifted us with this amazing book. Hailing from the Land of the Blue Skies, Im a humble Mongolian boy whose only wish and prayer is for the well-being of the lovely animals that co-exist with us. Be compassionate. Please let those animals alive. I am begging you all. Begging you. Thank You, Master. I love You. Bye. Wow! Impressive. Wow, that was a genius kid. Very smart. Very smart boy. And with this special event, symbolizing this beautiful inspiration we have received from The Birds in My Life, we will now have a cake ceremony. This is a cake of love, dedicated to the love for all beings in the universe. Please notice that this is a vegetarian cake, the cake has no egg, cake of love. Master, we would like to cut this cake for this special ceremony of launching The Birds in My Life book. Okay, we cut it, symbolically. Thank you so much. Hope you enjoy. So, in Mongolia, we would like to offer the first piece of this cake to You, Supreme Master, our guest of honor. Master, this is the first piece for You and it has strawberry and kiwi inside. Lets read it actually, what it is said, Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet. So the cake has the words Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet. Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet. That is right. Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet. [M: Save the Planet.] Be Veg, Go Green, and Save the Planet. Our next performance is the puppet performance. This is their special performance consisting of the roles of the birds in the book which is called The Birds in My Life. So please enjoy our special puppet performance.
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from a thousand years ago, thus my question is, why dont humans share this same ability? M. Hallo. Madam Selenge, we have, we have this ability. We have even more than that but we have forgotten because we are too busy with mundane concerns and survival. But we can re-train ourselves through connection with the Divine and with the intelligence within us, the wisdom within us, just like the Buddha did. We can re-train ourselves. And we could see more than that. See, the Buddha can see many worlds above our world and He can remember things happened many, many thousands years ago. We all have this ability, not just birds and dogs, not just the wild nature animals. But we humans have everything, and we have more than that, if we just take time to remember and if we know how. I could show you if you have time. Thank you for asking. Happy New Year, Miss Selenge. Our next question comes from Guerin Bertrano. I did really enjoy Your book, The Birds in My Life. And the color and the words that had been used inside give us a real breath of love, and I have special preference to Lumino who has so much color and I believe a nice voice and I advise everybody to have this book in the home and read it with your child or your grandparents as well. And it will bring a big, big peace in your heart and can change the mind of someone who has never cared about animals before. Do You think if we showed to people, especially children, how the animals have been killed, would they change their minds and will become vegetarian? Thank You. Yes, Mr. Bertrano. They might do that. Many times the children have been shown by our Association members about the cruelty that is inflicted upon the animals, and the children cry and they vow to become vegetarian right away. And they remain so for a long time. But I wish that we all become vegetarian, adult and children, without even having to be shown this kind of cruelty treatment because its really heartbreaking, really heartbreaking. But, in some cases, we have to show people the real truth so that they will decide it themselves and make a commitment to become vegetarian or vegan. Thank you, and I am glad you enjoyed my book. Next, we have Mr. Munkhuu. He would like to share his opinion. Welcome, Mr. Munkhuu. Hallo, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Hallo, dear Mongolians. Good evening to you all! My name is Munkhuu. I am standing here just to share with you my opinion very briefly after reading the book titled, The Birds in My Life in Mongolian. Master has many pets. Among them, these numerous parrots wanted to reflect their inner thoughts through Master, as I have understood from reading it. Otherwise, it is not composed by some person. The true essence that I received from reading the book was that I forgot I was reading a book about birds but rather one about the relationship among humans. And all those temperaments, behaviors, characteristics that we humans feature, these birds and other animals also have these characteristics and express their messages about their inner world to Master to have Her convey them to us through this book. That is my understanding. We Mongolians have a saying, A book is a window to the universe. The book titled, The Birds in My Life is, for these birds in our ecosystem, with Master as a window to express their inner feelings to humans, which is what I really want to emphasize. Thank you. Finally, I would like to add one thing. If we can comprehend and hence love animals, be it birds, be it other animals, they all will interact with us and will
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give their tremendous love to us. Let me say that at this moment, if you can truly give love, you will get only love back. Thank You, Master Ching Hai. M. Incredible. Incredible. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much and congratulations for your winning award, which you deserve, as such a sensitive soul that you are. I am touched that you are such an elevated and highly sensitive man that you could feel the vibration from the animals through the book. Buddha bless you. Buddha bless you. Thank you for coming. Thank you. Its wonderful. Thank you. I think I can speak Mongolian if I learn. Yes, Master. Your Mongolian sounds great. Im surprised. Our next comment comes from Amar. Hallo, good evening, beloved Master! A respectful bow for Your amazing, clear, very useful book which helps us to look at the world with different eyes, and it reminds us that we should always think of our younger winged friends and care for them. Master, I am a teacher of Russian language and Your book helps me to teach the students mercy and to be wise. Many thanks to You, Master, for Your edition and publication in Russian. It helps us. Many thanks again. Thank you. Our last comment comes from a Russian reader, and she is a Russian language teacher. She is really grateful for Your compassionate and loving, special gift conveyed to the Russian readers, too. And it is really helpful for teaching the kids that animals are equal to humans and also its a really compassionate and loving energy that they can feel. Thank You, Master. I thank you. Thank you. God bless you. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Thank you again for everything youre doing. Thank You for making it happen. And its a great blessing for all of us, for all Mongolians, and for all people in the world. Thank You, Master.
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MC. M. MC. M. MC. M. MC. Hallo! Alright! Wow, youre beautiful! Yes, Youre beautiful, Master! Happy New Year, kids! Happy New Year! What is the occasion today? [Master laughs.] First, most beloved Master, we are so deeply grateful that You are taking some of Your precious time to be with us today. Thank You for blessing us with Your most loving and beautiful presence. Your wise and compassionate example continues to lead us and the
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world into a Golden Age of peace. We look forward to the day, with the help of Your unconditional grace, when all beings on this planet will be cherished and will live in a joyful paradise called Earth. Thank You, Master. M. Thank you for inviting me. How are you guys? [Audience: Great, thank You. Great, Master, great.] Alright, good. We are working for a little while longer, okay? [Audience: Yes, Master.] For the sake of others, okay? [Audience: Okay, Master.] Then we will see what else we do. [Master laughs.] Before we start, I want to say something. I want to thank you. You have also many good ideas and you are diligent. And you are dedicated, which is very, very good of you and good for you and good for the planet, lets hope. So with the days, you improve a lot, and Im very proud of you guys, and thank you. [Audience: Thank You, Master.] So is there anything I can do for you today? Any questions? On the news recently, NASA scientists say that the methane cloud recently detected on Mars could be produced by geological, or perhaps even life related activity on the planet. We had also interviewed Dr. Michael Meyer of NASAs Mars Exploration Program regarding this, and he said that the methane measurements they found are localized, that it has been produced or released recently. However, he said whats very interesting about these findings are that they actually do not know the cause of it. We were so excited to learn about this news about Mars. And Master, during the conference with Seoul Center, Korea, You had promised that there would be a time to speak more in detail about Mars and particularly about their own past planetary crisis. Why havent You told us anything since then? Did I promise? Yes? [Laughter] Okay, a promise is a promise. I didnt tell anybody because there are several reasons. The first reason is that the Korean people have never asked me again, [laughter] so I forgot, you know, being busy every day, and have dogs and birds and all that, and the group meditations, et cetera. Now, another reason is that I worry that the earthlings might search and try to find the survivors of Mars, and it might not be very favorable for them, for their existence. And another reason is, I have to ask their permission whether or not I should disclose all that you wanted to know about them. So I got their permission. [Laughter and applause.] But I have forgotten all about it. [Master laughs.] You know, I have done some research about it, with the Martian people, and Ive got some notes, but its been a long time, and theyve been laying around with my cooking recipes and all kinds of other documents. But if you ask, I will try to look for the right answer. If I have in my notes and, if you are patient, I will give it to you accordingly, okay? [Audience: Thank You, Master.] [MC: Thank You! We have a lot of questions.] Ah, go ahead! May we know exactly what happened to the Martians? Exactly what happened, wow! That takes a long time, but I will try to check out where is the document. But you be patient, okay? [MC: Yes, Master. Thank You.] Its been a long time and I havent got time to even sort them out like alphabetically or anything. Let me see, what exactly happened? It happened about 40 million years ago. The mass extinction happened 40 million years ago. Maybe you ask a little bit more detail and then I will answer you one by one. How about that? Because if you just ask like that I will have to write a book. You ask one by one, not like ABC all together, and then I will have problem a little searching in my document here, because I wrote them during like half meditative state of mind and I had to scribble them in the middle of the night under a small light, and worried to wake up the dogs and break up my concentration, and all
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meditation. It comes now and again. Sometimes by intention from my part, sometimes they just give me some information, without asking. So I forgot all about it and so I havent got time to do it. I put it in my bag and carry it everywhere up to now, can you believe it? And now because you ask, I dig them out for you. Some more here. You know, when they travel, they have tanks of oxygen. This is extra that I have just found. Oxygen tanks and then they have masks, they have very insulated cars. Thats for sure, you can imagine, right? Okay, now, something else here. They have big public gardens with flowers and grass and trees. The highest would be about three meters high only, yes? The highest house is about three stories. Remember they dig the tunnel, its about 10 meters and five stories high, so they need to have a little bit of space on top of their house, so they have the highest house will be like three stories, mostly next to river. And only mud houses, mud houses. No concrete, no cement house. Im looking. Please be patient. I truly was busy and forgot. This kind of information, even it takes a few days to put them together. I think thats just about it then. Q. M. Well, You mentioned about the oxygen tanks. Actually that was my next question, I wanted to ask, how do Martians breathe? Dear God. [Laughter] I know they breathe alright. But the breathing information okay, its been a long time, I wrote it down. They produce oxygen by special techniques that they invented with time, from the underground water. And they recycle water a lot and they recycle the air also whenever possible. Of course, they filter the air as much as they can. As I told you, they live under the ground but at the least polluted area, so they filter the air somewhat to use whatever they can and they produce oxygen from the underground water where they use. And they pump up the methane and the other gases onto the surface of Mars. Maybe that is the reason why scientists have found some methane cloud recently. Makes sense. Yes, it does. I wanted to ask, what kind of government do Martians have? What kind of government? They have almost like non-government kind of system, the way we have. People gather together and they elect the wise persons who are absolutely unconditional and caring and honorable, trustworthy. Of course, in their government theres no bribery and judiciary system even. Everyone lives in mutual respect and harmony and respecting the regulations of the planet. Let me check if anything else we should have So theres no conflicts, you know, no competitions. Everyone is free to go anywhere they want and do anything they want, and of course, they know what to do, they dont do anything that is destructive or damaging or harmful to anyone on the planet and the planet itself. You know, everything is free anyway, so nobody steals anything. Let me check, government, government The government doesnt control people. Because people have discipline. You know, like some governments, they control how many children we should have because our planet is overpopulated and people eat too much and so the people on the planet worry about hunger and robbery and all that and war. But over there, they dont worry about it because they share everything. Every family, you know, automatically has like one, two or three children maximum. They use different control methods. They dont use pills. They use a natural method. They dont have contraceptive pills, they dont have abortion. And they live together as partners, theres no marriage per se, like you have to go to sign contract or anything like that for
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official certificate like us here. But they live together by love and by mutual respect and commitment, like partners for life. And theres no divorce over there. Q. M. Q. M. Wow, sounds like heaven. Good, youd like to live there, huh? Yes, that would be nice. Okay, love, let me check if anything else. Im just finding for you. Im still looking. As I have told you, they select wise people for their leaders, the enlightened beings. And they are happy folks, you know? Sometimes I miss out something, but I give you here and there. Oh, where are my stuff? Wait a minute. Be patient, be patient, okay? Im looking through my books. [Master laughs.] [Q: Please take Your time.] My stickers and my books... They have a queen now at the moment. Wow, they have a queen, but sometime ago they had kings. They could have kings and queens, it doesnt matter. They are selected by people for wisdom, for spiritual attainment. And they are chosen by inside knowledge, not by outlook and not by public relation advertisement. So the elderly, the wise person, the enlightened Master will sit and look inside who is the most worthy. They can be picked anywhere, from any house, any street. Its not passed down by heritage, by DNA or genetic or because of family lineage, you know? So it can always change. Anyone even street sweepers can be queen and king if they are enlightened enough and wise and virtuous. That is the criteria to be a leader on Mars right now because they are chosen by inside knowledge, by meditative wisdom. So nobody can cheat with votes or nobody can bride the voters. Nobody can buy any voters. Nobody can have like party or anything like that. No parties. Except the wise people. Theres no political parties. Probably theres some more for you? Im checking okay? Im checking. [Audience: Yes, Master.] Checking, checking Now they have altogether just like one nation with the Council of the Wise to guide them in most of the matters. So theres a queen and a council? Yes. The queen, also the Council of the Wise. I check if anything else for you here. I think thats just about it. What is the role of the queen then, if they dont tell Martians what to do? Just in case somebody needs some advice, for example. Or if there is anything else that they can improve their lifestyle for their people. Thats it. Theres nothing like negatives. The queen is there for people when they have something to ask. Because the queen and the Wise Council are wise. Not all the citizens on Mars are as wise as they are. They are there like a leader and teacher and friends and counsels. The Council of the Wise, they are not chosen only by age, you know, not like elder. They are not chosen by age, but by wisdom and spiritual levels. You cannot call this government; its just a group of counsel and the queen. And whoever are selected into this so-called government, they have job to do. They are not there just to get salary, they dont get any salary. They will have the same like everybody else. Theres no police, no army, no weapon. They have regulations that everybody respects and follows. Theres no question about the authority of the government, no revolution, nothing like that. So its actually very harmonious where they live. Do You ever plan to write a book about Martians someday?
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survived in the beginning, they have stronger immune system. So these two million people were all vegetarian, actually or vegan, the ones who survived. The last of all that survive, after everything dying, approximately 90% first and then 5% and 3.8%. And the last ones, thats only 0.2% survived, these are the vegetarians and vegans because they have a stronger immune system. That is physically speaking, but you know already its karma, right? They have good karma. And they are virtuous and meritorious, thats why. So they survive in any case. And they continue to be vegetarian. There were only two millions more or less vegetarian or vegan at that time. But they dont have breatharian. They dont have fruitarian and no solarian, especially now, they dont have solarian. Q. M. And do Martians ever get sick? No, they dont get sick. In case I forgot, let me check. Let me check, honey, for you. No, no, no, they are very happy. They dont have doctors there. [Laughter] They dont have nurses. They dont have hospitals. They dont have tax. They dont have prison. They dont have money. They dont have anything like what we have here that is bothersome and stressful. Everyone contributes what they can honestly, sincerely, and happily. And they share whatever they have. Each one has the special ability or expertise, and they share everything they have together. Theres no buying, selling over there. In such an atmosphere like that, of course you will be happy and you live long and you dont have sickness. Thank You, Master. Another question. Do Martians need to work for survival like we do or for another reason? And what kind of work do they do? No, no, no, they dont have to. Let me check what else I have They dont have to, as I told you. Each one works according to their abilities and talents. They contribute and share together whatever they have. So they dont have to work at all for survival. But they do work. They do work voluntarily and freely for the benefits of themselves and all, you see, to contribute to their society, to their nation. But they dont call that work. They work happily. And no one is forced to work because of money. Therefore, they work with all their heart and all their pleasure. They work as they wanted. No government there to levy tax on them, and so no extra work, no overtime, no stress, no boss, nothing, nothing like that. Everybody does exactly what she or he wants, when, and whatever she/he wants because theyre all very disciplined. They trust each other and the government trusts them and they trust the so-called government. So theres no control. Everybody works honestly, sincerely, accordingly, and freely, and happily. I just found something more here, you know? They share everything, theres no rich, no poor. No one owns more than anybody. Everything equal. They wear simple clothes. They have simple lifestyle, they eat simple. And they work according to ability and treat all equally. They dont have market. They dont have market, but they share everything. They share works, and they share all the common goods together. Because they are very spiritual people, very spiritual and virtuous and disciplined. They learned from the mistakes that their ancestors made. They learn from the tragedy of their planet. And they work together as one people. They are very spiritual, especially the ones who survived. And so the DNA and the tradition and the goodness keep passing down from generation to generation. Okay? [Q: Yes. Thank You, Master.] Youre welcome. I think thats it. What do they do for fun? [Laughter] What do they do for fun? What do you think they do? They have radio. They have television, so they listen to the radio to know whats going on between their cities and
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between their people. And they have internet like we have. Better, faster, faster, much, much faster. Here, sometimes we have to wait for hours to download. Even if I rent the best internet system, it still takes a long time to download or upload some information. But over there, its faster, faster. Almost like whatever you put in there is there. Its almost like a fax, or like you copy a letter out, thats it, very simple. You push the right button, everything comes out quick. Push the right button, everything downloaded. Push the right button, everything uploaded. Just as you were talking or reading it, its coming out, like a copy machine or like fax or like email, can read it right away. They have television. They have Supreme Master Television. [Laughter and applause.] Im joking. Im joking. Maybe, maybe theyre watching. Yes, they are watching! [Laughter and applause.] My goodness! Theyve been watching Supreme Master Television. Believe it or not! And they liked it very much. They liked it very much. I didnt know that up till now. I didnt ask about this. And now, because you ask and I made a joke, and then they told me, Yes, yes, weve been watching! [Master laughs.] Thats very nice. Thats a very nice surprise for me also. Thanks to your question. Yes. I did not think about it. I did not think that they could watch interplanetary television. My God! Millions of miles away! They have dramas. They have theaters. They have comedian shows like us. And they also have sports, but they dont have violent sports. Their sports are mostly very healthy sports and non-violent. They can do like climbing, swimming, running, dancing, aerobics. But they dont have entertainment like circus, for example, or boxing, or racing between animals, or fighting between animals or men, nothing like that. Nothing that is abusive to people or animals. Everything is fun, healthy, wholesome and benevolent and nice. Winner or lose shake hand, hug and kiss each other at the end. Theres no enmity between them, never. Theres no competition like, I have to win, you have to lose. No such thing. Everything is honest and played for fun. Let me see if anything else that I have missed out for you I think thats it. [Q: Thank You so much, Master.] Youre welcome, my love. [Extended applause.] Yes, Im so happy! Thanks to her question that I know theyre watching the Supreme Master Television. It did not come across my mind to search for this answer. I did not even ask this question. Because theres so much information coming in and I thought that is just about it. And I come in and out of research. I cannot just sit there. Sometimes the dogs and sometimes time to get up, sometimes time to go out, for other work to do. And maybe they have sent me this information before but I missed it out, you know, between the going in and out. So thank you, huh? Very good question, wow! I bet you guys are proud. [Laughter] I still have a little bit of information left. I hope your question is suitable. Q. M. What kind of transportation do the Martians use? They have like cable cars, Strassenbahn, like in Germany, all electric. They have public and private flying cars. They have bicycles. And these are all free for everyone who needs it can take it and use it. Nobody owns anything in Mars right now. Car, airplane, everything is free of charge. And they can also walk. Their flying cars or any cars are a little bit more in the round shape, its not like square shape like us. They think it reduces more of the friction. So it flies and turns around quicker, easier. Thats why they made it all round. If you have ever seen a UFO, its most the UFO-style that they have taken some photos before. And theyre very, very fast, very fast. The fastest would be about 300 miles per hour, you know, some private and small one. The slowest would be like 100 miles an hour. That is about, maybe 500 kilometers an hour, the fastest one. [Q: Do
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people who live underground right now on our planet. They are self-sufficient and very frugal, very self-contented, and very, very God-oriented, spiritually-oriented. Thats how they survive. Q. When You spoke to Supreme Master Television staff in July of 2008, You mentioned that most of the Martians living underground were Fourth Level beings. Why would a free soul choose to reincarnate to live underground? Because a soul would incarnate anywhere, for different reasons and different purposes. Sometimes like to help others, sometimes to develop spiritual understanding. Sometimes because of the affinity, and other times maybe karmic patterns. Souls never fear or never be picky about where they will incarnate and where they will live. Only after we incarnate into a physical body, then we begin to complain and this and that. [Laughter] Because the soul will become limited and will feel suffocated, but souls, before that, they never are picky about where they go. They just go where they must go and where they should go or where they want to go. Is it possible that when Mars was destroyed that some of the people might have come to Earth to help inhabit the Earth and start our civilization here? No, no, honey. None came here. They stayed where they were. They are better there than here. [Master laughs.] Its just that in the past, like 40 million years ago, their planet developed too fast, too fast technology and their development, or physical development, technology development was out of balance with the spiritual understanding and discipline. Therefore, their planet has been destroyed. But the people who survived, who know the values of virtues and spiritual practice, and therefore they get together and theyre very well together even though they dont have as much as what we have here, but they have enough and theyre happy together. They dont even want to come here. Sorry, were unwanted. [Laughter] Its not like you read it before somewhere, like, The aliens are trying to invade us and theyre eyeing our planet. Its not true! At least about Mars, they dont want our planet. They really dont want. Thank You, Master. I love Your dress and the writing on it. Oh, thank you! Thank you, sweetheart. I love yours, too! [Laughter] [Q: Thank You.] Veggie fur, huh? [Q: Thats right. You designed it.] Oh, Im proud that you like it. [Q: Its very warm. I was surprised at how warm it was.] Yes, I tell you, no need for fur. Its even warmer than fur and light. [Q: Its very comfortable.] Yes. [Q: I borrowed it from someone and I want to get one myself.] [Laughter] Okay, enjoy while it lasts. You mentioned that Martians, they watch Supreme Master Television. Do they tell You what is their favorite Supreme Master Television show? [Laughter] I told you they like it. Which one is their favorite show? [Master laughs.] Oh, I did not ask. They dont have favorite. They like it all. [Q: Wow!] Theyre just polite, I guess. Thats great. I didnt know that they watch Supreme Master Television. Thats big news for us.
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Thank You. Also, can the Martians achieve Buddhahood in one lifetime? Some of them can, yes, some of them can. Just like everywhere else, they have to work hard for it. [Q: Great. Thank You, Master.] Youre welcome. Im running out of information. I crossed them all out already. I hope you dont ask anymore questions. [Laughter] Then I have to go and look into the thing again. Okay, wait a minute. I check out. They also would prefer that we dont come. Better we dont come to search them out because we will kill them by our infection, which they do not have immune system against. I hope humans will never find them. I also hesitated to give out all this information before, but I asked them and they said its okay because it might be very helpful to our planet. Theyre very kind, very kind, arent they? Very kind. They think the humans will not be able to find where they live in any case, thats what they said. There are many books mentioning about humans living underground in our Earth. Can You please elaborate on that, Master? Did I talk about that before, right? [Audience: Yes.] So is there something else you want to know? Just ask me a specific question maybe? [Q: Its not Martians?] No, no, no, its not. Its humans, just like us. They are about five millions of them scattered all over the Earth, under the ground in different countries. They are very advanced in technology. Therefore, they can live underground without any problem. They are vegetarian, very spiritually oriented and very gentle people. Theyre very, very gentle people. Thank God because they are more advanced than us and very strong, healthy and strong race of people. But they are very, very gentle and benevolent. They have a free lifestyle. No limit to their life there. Theres no laws, you know, barring them anything. Theyre very free, almost like Mars people. They have no intention to contact us at all, so dont worry. Dont worry and dont hope. They do come sometimes, but we never know. They come as a normal person like us if they need something, some raw material to build some of their technological necessity. They do come sometimes, but you never know because they look like us anyway. They will wear the same thing; they blend in. You never know when they come, you never know when they go, you will never find where they live. They have a high tech that they can hide their entrance that nobody can find it; nobody can detect it, because they want to be safe from the aboveground humans. The underground humans afraid of the aboveground humans, can you believe that? They like to be by themselves because they know what we are here. They prefer to be in peace and in spiritual environment and lifestyle. Its not much like us here. They like to live more in accordance with the law of the universe. Loving, peace and coordination between each other, helping each other. They like to live within that framework of harmony and peace and spiritual atmosphere and endeavor. They dont like to contact us, they dont like our lifestyle. I didnt know there are some books about that. Why dont you just read books? Why you ask me? [Laughter] Are there some books about that? [Q: Yes, yes, Master.] I did not know they exist. Its very interesting to read books about underground people. Is there any connection between the underground humans and the Mars people? No connection. They are different people, you know, like Earth people who have been there a long time ago. They came there in the beginning due to spiritual oppression because they were not freely practicing what they believe. They also practice Quan Yin method. [Audience: Oh, wow!] And they were oppressed and driven, and persecuted so they had to hide themselves underground. And ever since then, they developed themselves into nations, communities and they are self-sufficient, happy, contented,
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and their lives are simple and frugal. So they dont want to come back up here ever since long time, many, many generations already. Q. M. If our Earth continues in its present course, will human be able to also go underground and have a similar system like people on Mars? We can. It would be better if people already are prepared for that, but only if we are good. Because if we are bad, we will carry badness everywhere we go. And then, there might be not disaster up here on the surface, but there will be disaster underground again, due to the same system, and the same self-destructive way of life. Then we will just be killing each other, killing the animals, killing the environment, then soon we also destroy the underground system. Then well end up with the same trouble, even worse. If we create goodness, then it will follow us everywhere. So I just ask the planet people to create goodness right now, so we still can live here in the free air and we still preserve the environment or whatever thats left over and not continue further deterioration. And the planet will recover quickly because we have not reached the point that Mars had reached before the mass extinction. You see, it happened so fast, in the last two months, that they had no time to prepare nothing. They never believed its going to happen, because its too fast. They know something may be going wrong, but they did not listen to the wise people, to the spiritual people who can see the future and who can know the cause and the effect of actions and reactions. Even then, they thought they have a lot of time, but they didnt. In the past five years they had been warned, but they did not listen, they did not change. And then the last two months it happened just so fast, so fast, nobody even had time to even think. 90% of the beings on Mars died just like that. Within two months, about 90% of the beings on Mars had been destroyed. And then 5%, some months later. And some more months later, another 3.8% more. And then only 0.2% survived, because they went underground and lived in caves and lived next to the water underground which had not been polluted. And they moved into the less polluted area, somehow they were lucky. I guess where they lived, because of their spiritual merit and the good karma that the atmosphere had been less polluted. Thats how they had the time to even go into the ground and move whatever leftover into the ground, and live the life under there for some time. They moved their food and seeds and grains and the animals, machinery, technology, whatever they can move. Because they lived in the less polluted area. Less doesnt mean not. But they had time to recover. And once they moved into the healthy ground under there, they recovered health-wise and they continued. Underground system, its not a bad idea, just its better we take refuge in goodness right now and in virtues, and in loving consideration and kindness to all beings. Then it lasts longer. And lets face it, the life underground is not all that comfortable. Maybe if you dont practice well spiritually, you will feel suffocated. You will feel very depressed, pressured in the beginning because you know around you is all earth and closed in, and you cant just go up to the surface to look at the scenery that you are used to anymore, to watch the birds flying, to see the rabbit hopping in your garden, to see the turtle, to see the trees, to see the flowers. All the things that you have been used to will be gone. And you know you are surrounded by walls and thickness of earth, many miles under the ground, under the surface of the ground. Just to think about it, you will feel suffocated. So it takes a long time to get used to it. It takes some spiritual strength to be able to truly live underground also. You know what I mean? Some people dont like closure. And you cant dig the ground as high as the sky that we have here. They make it look like sky down there, but you know, its a limit, its only 10
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Q. M. Q. M. Hallo, Supreme Master! How are You today? Its a pleasure to speak with You again. The last interview went very well. Its nice to see you at last. I would love to speak whilst looking at you. How are you? Im very well, its nice to see You as well. Yes, you look great there. You also look slim, like a model. Are you doing extra work, like modeling or something?
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reaching a value of 104 million in the year up to July 2008. [Q: Yes.] For Ireland to meet the Kyoto agreement target, they need to plant millions of trees so farmers can use their land to do that, and this will help to cool the world also. And forestry, it also adds to the beauty of the landscape, and thats good for Irelands tourist industry. Thank you. Q. Each second an area of the size of a football field of tropical rainforest is destroyed to produce 257 hamburgers. Do You feel that if the public were to know this information that they would move to a more sustainable diet? Yes, in my opinion they would. The problem is, very little of this information, such as this, is propagated for the public knowledge. We are inundated with many other news, which is not all as urgent as saving the forests and saving the planet, of course. A few leaders who do or did take up this task to inform and encourage the people and government to do it, like for example His Royal Highness Prince Charles, sometimes met even with illogical criticism and frowned upon. The world leaders I think, in my humble opinion, they should work together in this important issue, and so does the media. And by the way, thank you, you are one of the positive and we are grateful. [Q: Yes.] Youre helping the environment. Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer both globally and in Ireland, causing nearly 40% of all deaths. It costs the European economy a 192 billion per year, 57% of which is used on healthcare, 21% in productivity losses and 22% for informally looking after people. What evidence is there to suggest that a vegan diet would help cure people from cardiovascular disease? Plenty, madam, plenty of evidence through all the years of study and researches by the top experts. To name here a few: For example, in the United States of America, Dr. Dean Ornish, University of California; Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, Cleveland Clinic, Ohio; Dr. Joel Fuhrman, New Jersey; and many more all offer plant-based programs that cure this disease more effectively and quickly than surgery or drugs. The patients are cured and never have this symptom again even after decades passed. I give you one of the websites www.HeartAttackProof.com. We have more of these websites of the people who help with this heart problem, well send it to you so that you can have a reference, if you wish to. [Q: Yes, okay.] Thank you a lot, also. Ireland has an estimated 250,000 patients diagnosed with diabetes and another 100,000 who are estimated to be undiagnosed. Treating diabetes costs the Irish economy about 600,000 per year. How does a vegan diet affect people with diabetes? It will cure them, madam. It will cure them. There are many researches and practices proving the effectiveness of a vegan diet to reverse, control and cure both diabetes and related health issues such as cardiovascular disease and obesity. In the United States, there are at least three doctors, who have developed three different plant-based approaches, suiting different needs and dietary preferences. There are more but I just cite three of them. Dr. Neal Barnard of George Washington University, he stated that, You just eat whatever you want and as much as you want, as long as its vegan low fat and low sugar. People who follow his program are very successful in controlling and reversing their diabetes, lowering their medications for both diabetes and related illnesses such as cardiovascular. And they were completely cured within about a year on the program. [Q: Yes.] It is described in his book, Dr. Neal Barnards Program for Reversing Diabetes.
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And another Dr. Joel Fuhrman in New Jersey, United States of America, has another highly successful program which he calls a nutritarian program. He emphasized that you want to focus on eating the most nutrient-dense food. Like in his program the foods with the highest degree of micro-nutrients like vitamins, mineral and phytochemicals are leafy green vegetables, followed by fruits and legumes and nuts. His diet has an emphasis on vegetables as being the foundation for our diet. And a preference for beans rather than grains. Beans are very good for balancing blood sugar. In his book, Eat to Live and Eat for Health, he mentioned that people who follow his program get over diabetes very easily, within about three months even. And another doctor, Dr. Gabriel Cousens, has a raw food diet program that is 100% raw. And 20% non-raw, a little bit later. He also focuses on the importance of removing toxins from the body, like stop smoking, stop caffeine. And Dr. Cousens experienced that people who are following his program are medically cured for diabetes within 21 days only. And they need to stay on the diet longer to heal the organs and assure the diabetes does not come back. So many, so many, so many. [Q: Yes. Absolutely.] They assure in their book like, Simply Raw: Reversing Diabetes in 30 Days or There is Cure for Diabetes and The Tree of Life: 21 Days Program, et cetera, et cetera. In the Supreme Master Television, we have also interviewed both Dr. Barnard and Dr. Cousens. You could refer to it in our online archives. Q. M. Q. M. Yes, yes, I will absolutely. Www.SupremeMasterTV.com to download anytime. [Q: Yes.] The show is also on YouTube and many other online programs. Thank you so much. Did You say its on YouTube? Yes. We will send you also many other websites. There are websites for your reference as well. www.HeartAttackProof.com www.WebMD.com/diet/ornish-diet-what-it-is www.DrFuhrman.com www.NealBarnard.org www.TreeOfLife.nu www.DrGreger.org Q. M. Perfect, yes, that would be fantastic. Are their any benefits to eating a vegan diet during pregnancy? Good question. We had the show, in which our reporter went to a park in Sydney to visit the parents and the children, who are vegan. Theyre doing fantastic. Theyre all pinky, healthy, intelligent and beautiful children and mother as well. [Q: Yes.] Of course, if we are vegan, the mother and the child will have a healthy life and have a good delivery, easy. No morning sickness even, thats what they told us. [Q: Really?] Thats what I suspected. So I asked my people to do research on it and truly, no morning sickness. Because most of the pregnant woman, they have morning sickness, because they eat meat and fish and all that, and the baby cannot bear it, being too sensitive. So when we have morning sickness, that means the body tries to get rid of the toxins so to protect the mother and the child as well. Thats a natural way of telling us that what we have been eating is no good for the body and for the child, but many of us dont listen.
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to the latest data by Dr. Michael Greger, M.D.. There are tons of nutritional value and protein available in a plant-based diet. Look at me, look at all of us, we eat nothing but plant-based. Yes, we are pure vegan. We have Alternative Living flyers also, I have outlined some of the nutrition valuable food and we have Healthy Living shows about nutrition every week. And we are the living proof of it. There are many athletes, even, who are on a vegetarian or vegan diet. Its even on our shows and a veggie club list on our show. So please see www.SupremeMasterTV.com. Q. M. Ive been on the site, theres plenty of interesting stuff there. Right, right. We have all the club list, all the famous people, athletes also. [Q: Yes.] Even Muhammad Ali, he was vegetarian. [Q: Wow! I didnt know that.] Sure, many people didnt, but it is like that. And many more other champions in different sport fields they are vegetarian. We have shows all the time about them. Thank you, madam. So leading on from that, should we be concerned about supplements if we move to a vegan diet? I think a lot of people are concerned that, if they are vegan that they will somehow be losing out on nutrients that they need. On a proper and sufficient vegan diet some people say that they do not take them at all. Even mothers who are nursing children. But if anyone thinks they need it, why not? People have to decide for themselves according to individual needs. If we feel like rundown or less energetic now and again or as a day to day basis, then maybe we should consider taking it for a while, or as long as we need or desire, or take what we lack. There is a lot of information nowadays about what to do with our diet and what may be vital to supplement, et cetera, et cetera. We will send you websites of them so that your readers may be able to refer to them. We will supply to you. [Q: Perfect. Yes, that would be great.] Anyway, from all the references we have that the vegan diet deficient in three nutrients, then the meat eaters are deficient in seven. That is Dr. Michael Gregers quote in September, 2003. Thank you. In terms of animals, obviously, animals are very important in our lives, how important do You think they are to us? Wow, you can see. Very important. Many people they even forsake their comfortable house in the city or anywhere, they go out in the wild donning like army-style clothing and sitting in a cold tent for many hours just to take a little photo of the animals for hobby, or to watch the birds, the rare and wild birds outside. And that makes them feel great when they come home. [Q: Yes.] Thats their preferred holidays for many people. You see, important. [Q: Yes.] We cannot even over-emphasize how important the animals are to our well-being, emotionally, psychologically, mentally. Yes, very much so. Ive watched a video about You and there was so many animals that You seem to have a great affinity with animals. Oh yes, not just one person. Not just me even, but everyone, they do love animals. They go out of their way to watch the birds and all that. They even have bird watching clubs or fish watching clubs, everything they do. Imagine our world with no animals at all, just imagine it. [Q: I wouldnt like to imagine that.] No, we cant, right? We cannot live without animals, right? [Q: No, absolutely not.] So that is that. And if any one who have dogs or cats or birds or any other animal, turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese; if they
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have them as pets, they would understand more than I can express how important the animals are to our well-being. And anyone who have cats and dogs, according to medical study, they are more healthy, they live longer. Even if they are ill, they get cured quick, even just by being with animals, stroking them, petting them, loving them, taking care of them makes you healthier, according to scientists and medical research. That is how important it is. [Q: Yes.] Instead of taking drugs you can have an animal who helps you to balance your life. Because if we are balanced emotionally, also our life will be healthier; not to talk about the animal, they emit some kind of healing. Even the wild animals as well, they emit a healing energy to anyone around or to human as well. They are more than important. [Q: Yes.] More than important. Q. M. Was Jesus a vegetarian? Are there passages in the bible that talk about whether or not Jesus was a vegetarian? Poor Jesus. Everyone tries to put meat or fish into the Lords mouth. Hes a pure vegetarian. He came from Essenes tradition and the Essenes are vegetarian all the time. We have mentioned always in my talks that Jesus did never eat meat; clearly in the bible its stated in many places, that humans should not eat meat at all. Be thou not among flesh eaters and wine drinkers. Meat for the belly, belly for the meat and God will destroy both meat and them. Who told you to kill all the bullocks and the shesheeps to make offer for me? Please stop the killing of all these innocents. Wash your hands because they are full of blood. If you continue to do that, I will turn my head away when you pray. For example like that. Yes, many. And there is a translated book from Aramaic, by Edmund Bordeaux Szekely, hes Hungarian, from the old text books which were found in the Vatican archive, believed to be the teachings of Jesus. In that, Jesus instructed that His disciples should not eat animal flesh at all. [Q: At all.] Please refer to some of our shows called, Words of Wisdom in which we have collected all the sayings from the bible about the vegetarian diet for Christians. Thank you. But if He was vegetarian, why did Jesus pass out fish on the Sermon on the Mount? I have been asked many times. Now, the present bible is translated from the ancient Greek version. Jesus fed the masses loaves of bread with opsarum. Opsarum could be translated as condiment, relish or as fish. So it is possible to say that He fed them bread and accompany condiment for taste. Just like when we eat bread, we dont just eat bread alone, sometimes we put salt and pepper or vinegar and salt, something like that. If the Lord were to eat fish, why would He tell His first 12 disciples to forsake fishing and follow Him to fish men instead? If He wanted to eat fish, oh He would say, Please continue with your job and give me fish every day. He said, Go and I teach you to fish men. Such an important job, to do the fishing, if Jesus were to condone this practice then He would have not told them to forsake their job, forsake their profession and follow Him. Follow Him means having nothing. He has nothing and they have nothing. They just rely on God and whatever other disciples offer them to eat. So in a DVD called, The Real Heroes, I also cited many other bible quotes about Christian vegetarian diet. Please refer to it or I ask my people to send it to you. We could argue forever with people about Jesus was vegetarian or not, but if we go within, its simple. In the kingdom of heaven, we can ask Jesus. He will say that He did never condone meat eating or eating of any being. A compassionate Master like Jesus, who would carry a strangers weak, injured lamb up the hill so the lamb would not be beaten up or kicked by the shepherd or dragged by the shepherd, how would He eat any living creature? It would be a bit of a contradiction. [M: Right!] What would You recommend that people eat for a vegan or a vegetarian Christmas holiday?
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MC. All distinguished guests and fellow initiates in the hall today, please welcome Supreme Master Ching Hai, our most honored guest for todays special event Celestial Art: Glorifying Earth with Heavenly Beauty. Thank you. Hallo! Greetings to all the beautiful people of Los Angeles. Lets give a big round of applause to welcome our guest of honor, the beloved Supreme Master Ching Hai. Thank You, Master, for being here with us. Welcome everybody, thank you to you, thank you. Hi. Were so happy that Youre here.
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I am happy to see you. I saw many beautiful guests. Yes, we have a list of distinguished guests here. Mr. Bill Dalton is the Mayor of the City of Garden Grove. Welcome the Mayor and the First Lady of Garden Grove. Thank you for coming. Also we have Mr. Jose Solorio, the Assemblyman of the 69th District Californias State Assembly for the Cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana! Honored, honored! Welcome. Thank you. We have Ms. Dimitra Quick; singer, songwriter Clint Brown; Garden Grove City Council Member Miss Dina Nguyen; author Esther Hart; Mr. Nguyen Duc Quang, songwriter; Mrs. Janice Belson, executive producer of Medical Global; Dr. Gurminder Singh, cochair of Green Technology; and Ranjit Sivaprakasam, president of Digital Streaming TV. We also have Elizabeth Lam, director of Oba Incorporated. We also have a number of anonymous distinguished guests as well. Your presence is truly a source of great inspiration to all members of our Association. And through the broadcasting program of Supreme Master Television, viewers from around the world will also have a chance to receive the most beneficial and constructive information. You will be able to enjoy Supreme Master Ching Hais works of art such as Her musical compositions, Her poems, paintings, clothes, jewelry, lamps, fans, and a variety of other art creations. From being very simple and ordinary, the object has been transformed into a magnificently vibrant work of art through the meticulously loving hands of Supreme Master Ching Hai. We hope that you will have many moments of inspiration and blissful enjoyment, as your serene spirit elevates when you view these works of Celestial Art. New one. Look at this. [Master is showing Her new dress that says, Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet.] New design, its all for the world. Be Veg! Go Green! Save the Planet! [MC: Master, thats beautiful.] Thank you. All the new designs are like that. Even for dogs. Live presentation is always the best. We are going to show the Celestial Art of Supreme Master Ching Hai, so that we can get a deeper understanding about the divine beauty and inspiration of Her works of art. [After the video presentation of Supreme Master Ching Hais Celestial Art.] That is such a beautiful and touching presentation of Supreme Master Ching Hais life and art. Ladies and gentlemen, we are here today to celebrate a most powerful form of expression and creativity, art and truth, from the celestial realm. Art, and for this occasion, celestial art in a variety of forms, is brought into being to appeal to our mind, body and spirit. By awakening our creative mind to a deeper level, celestial art can stimulate the awareness of our noble and sacred self. Supreme Master Ching Hais latest book Celestial Art delicately, yet intensely authenticates and gives expression to the divine qualities in all of us; love, joy, peace, beauty, nobility, wisdom and divinity. Her immeasurable creativity in a wide range of media and styles is truly awe inspiring. Yet Supreme Master Ching Hai humbly says: Everything I do is inspired from heaven. I dont think that I, as a mortal, am capable of creating such beautiful things. They are just inspired from heaven, so we call them The Celestial Collection of Beauty.
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Celestial Art invites you to take an expedition through the aesthetic kingdom. Let your sacred self take you by hand and act as your tour guide as you journey through the landscape revealed through the beautifully illustrated pages of this grand book. Celestial Art is a stylish collection of excerpts from Supreme Master Ching Hais profound teaching, oil paintings, celestial clothing and jewelry, longevity lamps, songs, poetic verse and painted stones and fans. Each of these creations speaks of the elegance and excellence of the extraordinary artist, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Celestial Art is an extraordinary book, an elegant blend of text and illustrations. As you traverse the pages you will be inspired, entertained and motivated. Each work of art gives us a glimpse into the personality of its creator and conveys its own meaningful message. As you read through the excerpts from Her talks, you will see and hear the words addressed directly to you. As you gaze upon the renditions of Her artworks, they will speak eloquently of the motivation and inspiration behind Her creativity, leading readers to an appreciation of the true, profound meaning that lives within. These works are truly awe-inspiring and incomparable on every level. You are invited to discover for yourself the broad range of artistic talent expressed through the works of Supreme Master Ching Hai. Celestial Art will inspire you so that you may uncover the love, inner beauty, compassion, and wisdom that resides inside of you. You may even arouse the creative force within, which requires stepping back from our busy lives in order to be closer to that profound inner world. We send our heartfelt thanks and gratitude to Supreme Master Ching Hai for all that She does and for all those She has inspired. Her love, Her selflessness, and Her noble heavenly qualities have helped countless people all over the world, from all walks of life. M. MC. Thank you so much. Im blushing. You are so kind, so kind. Because Supreme Master Ching Hai is a very generous and compassionate soul, the funds from Her works go to help those in need, human and animal alike. Supreme Master Ching Hai, we are deeply grateful for Your boundless love and the immense care You demonstrate by sharing your life and Your creations with us. And today, we thank You for this wonderful book, Celestial Art. Thank you. Thank God. And now without further ado, we would like to introduce our distinguished guest speakers who will share with us their insights and impressions about Supreme Master Ching Hais latest book, Celestial Art. Our first guest speaker is Mr. Jose Solorio (JS). Mr. Solorio is the 69th District Californias State Assemblyman who represents the residents of Garden Grove, Anaheim, and Santa Ana. His focus is to concentrate on improving schools, prevent gang violence, create jobs, and maintain a strong transportation infrastructure. In recognition of his work, he received the Legislator of the Year Award. He also worked with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to launch an antigang initiative. On a personal note, his goal is to help Californians discover and realize their hopes and dreams. Lets welcome Mr. Solorio with a big round of applause. Good morning. [M: Good morning, sir.] We miss You in Orange County, Master Ching Hai. Do you agree? Yes. I am Jose Solorio. I am your representative in the State Assembly. I represent the Cities of Anaheim, Garden Grove and Santa Ana. How many of you are from either Anaheim, Garden Grove or Santa Ana, raise your hand. Well, I represent you. And one of you, I had the pleasure of working with for a year and you know who you are, you inspired me to learn about, read about Supreme Master Ching
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Hai and, in large part, thanks to you and thanks to Supreme Master Ching Hai, I am vegetarian. [M: Wow! Wow! So proud of you.] I have been vegetarian for eleven years. [M: Wow! So proud of you. May God bless you and your family.] I am just here to share a few words with you. You know there is a saying that the body needs food and that art is food for the soul, and that art stirs the soul. Well, I am here to tell you that Supreme Master Ching Hai makes some beautiful arts, do you agree? [Audience: Yes.] [M: Thank you.] She makes beautiful art, She stirs our souls, She stirs the world in the positive way. When you see Her art, you think of love, of peace, tranquility, our humanity, affinity, and spiritual enlightenment. She inspires us to care for one another; She inspires us to love all living beings on this Earth. And we are all inspired in our own and unique way. I am also here to say that I know that this book would not have been made possible without the help of Her many disciples, and so lets give a round of applause for all the disciples that helped put this book together. [M: Thats right.] In thinking of the disciples that helped put this book together, I often am reminded of another saying that the two most precious things that we could give to somebody else are our love and our labor. And through this book and through these efforts, thats what these disciples have given to Supreme Master Ching Hai, their love and their labor. [M: Thats right.] And they came out and combined with beautiful art by Supreme Master Ching Hai, a most beautiful book thats going to inspire the world for many decades to come. Its my honor to be here and Im very blessed to be here with you today. Its always a very humbling experience to be with Supreme Master Ching Hai. Thank you for having me. And thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for a most beautiful and inspiring book. Thank you very much. M. MC. M. MC. Thank you. Thank you very much. That was a beautiful speech, Mr. Solorio. Beautiful. Beautiful. And again, we thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. Our next speaker is the lovely and talented Dimitra Mimi Quick (DMQ). Dimitra Mimi Quick is a talented teacher, vocalist, dancer, writer, artist, and more. Mimi is recognized around the globe and has received awards for her many talents and contributions since she was a child. She assists people to honor and accept themselves and their gifts. Mimi empowers and teaches people that knowledge and the energy it takes to create all they wish! Ladies and gentlemen, lets welcome the charming Mimi Quick with a big round of applause.
DMQ. Its such an honor to be here today and Im just so very honored, Master. [M: We are honored.] I must say congratulations on the masterpiece and Im going to read what I felt from my heart, because I dont want to miss anything. So I would like to offer my gratitude to Master Ching Hai for a most impressive and tasteful, magnificent book of art. Its filled with glorious heavenly colors, energetic beauty. Its filled with love, strength, compassion, as I believe the Master Herself. In this book, the colors spoke to me. And the paintings, they tell stories. Everything is in perfect harmony and it plays a specific role. The best part about this book for me is that it is inviting and informative and it reaffirms in me that art is a language that all of us can understand, its universal. And Id like to say greetings to all the Greek people as well and hallo to everyone else. And also, no matter where you are, you can look at one of Masters paintings and just feel that connection. I felt that connection. Its one of beauty, of freedom, happiness, joy. And its strength for me. And as I read the book, I was reminded by Master Ching Hai that all we have to do is go within and just be that child, have fun. That Gods presence lies within. Creation is within us all and we can create what we wish. It is an empowering
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book to stretch and awaken you to that resides within you. Also, it is a reminder of how to go there and to me that is by meditation. Im very pleased, very, very pleased to see this book and its such a perfect balance of spiritual truth and artistic expression. The feelings I felt as I read the book and looked at the paintings, jewelry, and clothes and I had time to have that close up and see all those wonderful creations, at least some of them. And theyre just beautiful, beautiful creations I felt bliss and I just felt such deep energy. And the questions that came to me is: What am I creating? What are we creating as a whole? And what would I like to create? So it took me back, reading this book, when I was a child I remember laughing and playing and creating new games, new things and I just had such a wonderful time, so it brought me back to that time. I giggled and I cried at my many memories, they were all good. I just want to say, it really is a book of awakening and Truth. I know its a great gift to the world and Im very honored to have been one of the first people to look at it. Thank you. At this time I would also like to thank and address the disciples for the effort that they too put into everything. This book, once again, it reminds us of all the work that we do as a whole together for this planet and just in our daily lives. The disciples demonstrated deep honoring of this planet and all that resides here. This is reflected in the work that they do and the contribution that they make. And of course honoring and mirroring the Master Ching Hai. So Im honored and grateful; thank you very much for this wonderful, wonderful opportunity to speak with You, Master Ching Hai and everyone, thank you so much. Thank you for this wonderful gift! [M: Thank you! Beautiful speech. Thanks a lot.] Thank You! Master Ching Hai, what do You see as a most important issue that we, as a whole, must assist in right now, immediately in the world? M. Immediately and important is to save the planet. Dimitra, the most important thing now is we have to save our home so that we and the children can continue to live in it. And in order to do that, we have to change our habit to vegetarian diet. And to be green in many aspects that we can. We must change our pattern of thinking and lifestyle to a higher and more compassionate and nobler level. We must return to our true loving selves by cherishing and protecting all lives, starting with an immediate vegan diet to save our planet, which is precious and beautiful. Vegan, vegetarian is the best and fastest solution. Thank you, Mimi. [DMQ: Thank You.] You agree? Anybody agree? [Audience: Yes!] Thank you. You are so brave. Next, we have Clint Brown (CB). Clint Brown is a singer, songwriter trained in music therapy and has written and recorded a CD entitled, Healing Power in the Music. He sings at environmental, peace and justice events, and has performed at the May 1 International Labor Day event at Swallow Hill, a folk music center in Denver, Colorado. One of his songs was included in The Great Peace March Songbook. Lets welcome Clint with a big warm applause. Thank you very much! Its really an honor to be included in this marvelous event and share my thoughts about what happened within me when I saw the beautiful images. When I saw the images of the art, I was immediately inspired by the beauty. There were scenes from nature with flowing water, lush bamboo, peaceful scenes built into the rock, with that incredible woodwork. Wasnt that beautiful? I was amazed also at the incredible variety of art. Paintings, clothing, music and much more and this lead me to contemplate the role of beauty and art in healing and in wellness. As a worker with the mental health center of Boulder, Colorado on the crisis team, I often see people in distress who are just trying to survive, as Im sure a lot of you do in your humanitarian work. But what can happen when beauty becomes a part of the natural healing process? As a coach and psychotherapist, I ask myself, What possibilities can open up when beauty, laughter and joy become a part of cultivating wellness? We see images
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of the Master in the book and then we see the results of Her work. We see images of Her painting, so we actually see the creative process itself. And now, actually art therapy is considered a clinical healing modality in a number of places. Also the connection with the Earth, wilderness therapy; taking for example, taking teenagers out into the Rocky Mountains is considered therapy. I think one of my favorite images, most favorite, is the image of the Master running a very large tiller in the garden with a big smile on Her face, really enjoying running the tiller. And for me, this image tells a story in itself. It tells about both the joy of growing our own food, locally and sustainably, plant-based food. And it also tells about the health that we get from eating the food. So both the health from eating the food and the joy of actually producing it locally. One surprising image for me was the image of the Master playing music. First I saw a banjo, then a piano, then a guitar. Then I thought, Is there any form of artistic expression the Master has not explored? Another inspiring image for me was just seeing the Master meditate. It was inspiring and soothing. And now meditation, as a lot of you know, is also recognized even by the western medical model as a valuable therapeutic tool. I was very fortunate to be able to study at a Tibetan Buddhist traditioninspired school in Colorado, Naropa University, where we studied meditation as part of our homework and learned a lot about mind, spirit and body healing. So may the joy, beauty, sincerity and spirituality of the Master radiate out like a shining beacon, joining and inspiring other earth and spirit healing movements. Im honored to be a part of this incredible experience. And in closing, Id like to share a few lines of a song that came through me, to me a number of years ago on just this subject, The Healing Power of the Music. [Mr. Clint Brown is singing: Theres a healing power in the music shared between us. Theres beauty in the love our hearts can know. I count you as a blessing, pure and joyful. Ill carry your love with me as I go. Please carry my love with you as you go.] Thank you. M. MC. Wow! Also a singer. Beautiful, very beautiful. Beautiful, beautiful verses. Thank you, Clint, for sharing such heartfelt expressions of joy and that wonderful song! Lets give him another round of applause. Our next speaker is the charming Esther Hart (EH). Esther is an author whose life-changing insights and inspiration come directly from her heart. People who have heard Esthers stories carry the inspiration with them for years afterward. She has written many of these stories in her first book, Journey to Personal Freedom. Esther currently lives in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, sharing her gifts as an author, speaker, freedom coach, and business woman. Lets give her a big round of applause. Thank you for coming, Madam Hart. Greetings from Canada. [M: Greetings.] Thank you very much. Im so delighted to be here. Im honored to share in the celebration and I echo those people who thank the Supreme Master Ching Hai for Her creativity, Her work and Her leadership. And for those people who supported this project. And I especially want to acknowledge the people that created this event, because I was in this room yesterday and theres an awful lot of work happened since yesterday. When I was first asked to comment on the book it was sent to me in PDF form on the computer and so, in order for me to read it, I had to blow it up and so that I could see the words. And a lot of the words were really meaningful to me, but suddenly I had the inspiration to pull back and show the whole page. And when I did that something different happened. I got a sense of the book. I got the feeling from it. And I was struck by the beauty and the feeling of joy that the book evoked. I loved when Supreme Master Ching Hai said that, You dont have to
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understand art, you only have to like it. And its colors that speak to me when I see art. And the colors of the artwork in this book and the photographs of Master Ching Hai and the colors in those photographs, all of those spoke to my heart. And it felt like it went beyond the eyes, beyond what the eyes could see and then be interpreted by the mind. It felt that it went directly to my heart. And so I could see that Supreme Master Ching Hai connects to the heart of who we all are. She taps into that place and then expresses it on the canvas. She shows us joy, love, peace, tranquility, excitement and so much more, its hard to even put into words. And it all obviously comes from within Her. And even Her being is like a canvas, Her inner joy and beauty shining through. Theres a balance of childlike wonder and maturity. And one of the things that I read was that in order to get in touch with God, get in touch with your child. And I had a bit of a struggle with this because I had so many fearful and painful memories from my childhood. And that didnt feel like a good place to get in touch with God. And then I heard this chuckle, just in the back of my head where it shows up, this little chuckle shows up and it was like, There is that happy child chuckling. And in that moment I knew that Master Ching Hais message had actually reached me so that I could get in touch with that child who did have a happy childhood and knew that it was connected to God. And that day my life changed. [M: Wow! Thats nice, very nice. God bless you so much for that.] I love the section in the book, in the writing where its entitled, To express our creative talents with a childlike heart. And where it says, Because we were originally the creator, the spark of creative energy in the Divine, anything that forces us to go by the rules and regulations, to draw like some other person, to copy, we do not like that. That is like being a copy machine. So if we do not have the creative energy flowing out of us, which is more natural and lets us make use of our own creative talents, we feel tired. And I could certainly relate to that. Its so inspiring to know that an enlightened Master can live in the world and be an entrepreneur without compromising. Its inspiring that She paints strictly from inspiration, not from a necessity to paint what other people want so that they will buy Her work. Its inspiring that She encourages us all to let our talents flow out from within us. It seems to me that it takes somebody who is totally connected to their divine to live so completely from inspiration, trusting so completely that allowing inspiration to flow out is all that is required. Theres so much, so much in this book, but I was fascinated by the caves. To create such beauty and with so much simplicity and to create this beautiful place, where most people didnt want to live, it was so wonderful. The jewelry, the stones, the fans, the lamps, and the clothes; the clothes really caught my attention. And the creativity expressed in those clothes is truly divine. And I could imagine heaven filled with people wearing those magnificent creations. [M: Thank you so much.] I am humbled and blessed to have the experience of this book and the spirit of Supreme Master Ching Hai coming to me through the book. I know this book will bless all who are privileged to experience it. And thank you for allowing me to share in this wonderful occasion. MC. M. Truly is wonderful that through Supreme Master Ching Hais Celestial Art, your childhood memories are now so happy. You like my clothes? I love that. I think we women love clothes. Have a look at my clothes. Its for you! New one! [MC: Beautiful, Master.] I will send one to you, Mrs. Hart. Shell like that, yes. Very blessed indeed. Ladies and gentlemen, our next speaker is going to be Lou Corona (LC). Lou Corona has dedicated his life to helping others achieve a healthy and spiritual lifestyle. Over the past 20 years, he has traveled the world to share his extensive knowledge and experience of natural healing. In 1973, at the age of 21, he endured many life threatening illnesses, which led him to a profound spiritual
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awakening. The knowledge he received from this experience saved his life and led him to formulate the four principles, which he still lives by today. Thousands of people have been impacted through the application of these four principles, one of which includes a living vegan cultured food lifestyle. His intention is to give to others the knowledge and the love he has found so that the world can be healed and humanity can once more experience peace and harmony. Lets welcome Lou Corona with a big round of applause. LC. Hi, Master Ching Hai. This is very new to me. So Im just going to speak from my heart and just share a little bit about my experience with Master Ching Hai. I recently was asked to come to share a little bit about my impression about what all this was about and I have been left in awe. And you know when you go through a near death experience like I did in 1973, I was given some instructions. I wasnt one for listening before that and has anyone in this room ever been given some instruction from your insight and then didnt listen? Has anybody ever done that? [M: We have.] Well, that goes for me too. Well, I was humbled by many different illnesses and I was at my deathbed and when I was given some instructions, those instructions, one of them was to abstain from flesh and take living foods. Now at that time, when I got that, I didnt understand it. And so, I was raised in a conventional lifestyle, so by the time I woke up the next day, then I asked to be blessed with a mentor, someone that could teach me how to go about living by these teachings, I met this man and I thought he was in his early 30s when I met him and he was in his 50s. It reminds me a lot of Master Ching Hai, about Her inner beauty, Her generosity, Her giving heart and Her boundless energy and creativity; this man was something like that. He took me under the wing and within six months, this big tumor that had been in my head dissolved. And severe acne, chronic asthma and arthritis, all of it went away in six months, never came back. And that was 36 years ago. [M: Good for you.] So when I heard that Master Ching Hai was all about enhancing the integrity of life and the quality of life for the sake of individuals one on one, and the whole planet for that matter, well, I dont get to meet people like that every day. She was like way beyond what I was used to seeing and experiencing. And then when I got to meet a lot of the people that have become volunteers, I mean, all of them have been amazing, theyre inspirational and so loving and so supportive. They even had someone fly from back East all the way over here just to assist me a little bit. Well, that little bit was all night long last night, working on the script that Im not even using. I have to tell you. In fact, I rehearsed it, memorized it all day long today, just so I could share it with you today. And then when I came up here, I was told, Forget about it. Just speak from your heart. And thats it. Thats all you need to do. [M: Thats the best.] But I did have an opportunity to look at this beautiful book, and as I went through it, it almost sounds kind of embarrassing to say that Im a guy, and I dont feel things, but when I went through this book, the experience that I had, the sense and the feel, and the inspiration that was lifted inside of me, it was profound. It almost reminded me of that moment when I was standing in line in the hospital waiting for medication and I recognized that we were meant to be healthy and to be well and to have a good life here. And all of sudden when I realize that, I asked if I could be given the instructions to be taught how to overcome all my illnesses, to be given some understanding like what causes them in the first place, and how am I to live. And all of sudden, this presence came to my side, and I looked to see who it was and there was no one. Yet there was someone next to me, but I couldnt see who it was. And then I was instructed to walk away and that I would be taught. It was that kind of feel that left me when I was going through the book. I could tell that it was an inspired creation. It wasnt just thought of really quickly. It was done by inspiration. I could feel that. Another thing that astounded me was that all the creations of everything that Shes been creating for years, between those creations and the book, and everything else Shes doing, that She takes the
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proceeds and helps the needy all over the world with thousands of volunteers to support and help that cause. Now, I was astounded by that. Ive been doing my best as I promised to share these teachings all over the world at my very best and I look forward to the day when I can one day be blessed with a book as She has come up with in a different way and teach these teachings. But I can just say this: So far, based on all that Ive experienced and all that I have sensed and my insights on Master Ching Hai is that She has a beautiful spirit within Her, Her purpose is pure, and I just love and appreciate having this honor to stand by Her and serve. So thank you so much just for having me today. And thank you for coming. M. MC. Thank you, Mr. Corona. That was beautiful and spontaneous. Thank you, Lou, for sharing your thoughts. Supreme Master Ching Hai is indeed an inspiration and a gift to all of humanity. Next, we would like to welcome Mr. Ly Kien Truc (LKT). Mr. Ly Kien Truc is the publisher and editor-in-chief of the esteemed Van Hoa Magazine which is published in Southern California, USA. He was born in 1945 in Northern Au Lac. He majored in literature, linguistics, economics, and political science. In 1991, he and his family settled in Southern California. He has written hundreds of articles ranging from essays to interviews, which are accompanied by outstanding photographs taken by the journalist himself. He is the recipient of multiple awards and accolades for his public service and cultural contributions. Besides his active participation in media and cultural activities, Mr. Ly Kien Truc is the owner of Zen Vegetarian Restaurant located in the bustling city of Westminster in sunny Southern California. Lets welcome Mr. Ly Kien Truc. Good evening. Greetings, the Supreme Master Ching Hai. Firstly, I am very proud coming to this big event. And I want to wish Master Ching Hai a very, very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. [M: Thank you.] I thank you very much for inviting me here. Master Ching Hai, I will speak Aulacese. More than 10 years ago I had the honor of meeting Supreme Master Ching Hai in the western and eastern states of America. On those occasions, not only did I have the chance to meet Her, but I saw about 5,000 to 7,000 people had the opportunity to meet Master Ching Hai. During those grand concerts and in the love songs that warm the human heart, connecting the East and West, Europe and Asia, one thing I still remember until today is the love Master Ching Hai brought to all the Aulacese artists, singers an indescribable love. I still remember it to this day. However, today, over 10 years later, I still havent had the chance to meet and greet Master Ching Hai and have only seen Her on television. Today, I would like to convey to Master Ching Hai these words of gratitude. To my knowledge, the organizers have worked all through the night in order to have a magnificent setting today, a cozy atmosphere among fellow citizens, a closeness between people of all colors and a camaraderie between all the disciples of Master Ching Hai. I would like to express my thanks to all the organizers. Secondly, I feel that I have entered a realm filled with an artistic atmosphere that includes the art of books. There are written articles, lectures of Master Ching Hai, beautiful paintings; illuminating lanterns; elegant, lovely, and regal clothing. And especially, I see a display of art which is of the highest level, the most beautiful aspect is that it connects the love between humans of different nationalities who have gathered here today. Another aspect that weve discovered in this artistic atmosphere is the art of the natural world, the love of animals, of trees and vegetation which I believe are the things that Master Ching Hai wants to convey to everyone today.
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Ladies and gentlemen, I think that Master Ching Hai wants humanity to be more closeknit, to be more close to each other each day. I think since Im a journalist and this is not an interview, but with an innate nature of a reporter, I have a few questions I would like to ask Master Ching Hai. Is this all right? Master Ching Hai, in todays theme, I see a phrase that is very beautiful and that is celestial art, therefore, can celestial art be able to transform a planet that is full of wars, vengeance, poverty, and suffering? Thank You very much. M. The first question is: Can celestial art help the world at this time? It may and it may not because the artists can offer what they can do and what they are blessed with. And the people who enjoy, those who appreciate the arts, they may internalize the ideal of the artists or they may not. If the people who enjoy arts internalize and become one with the ideal of the artist, then the ideals of the artist, of course, will be expressed through the artworks to deeply touch the soul of those who appreciate the arts. So from then on, both sides the artist and the lover of arts will be united as one, and when we are one, then our path will be in the same direction. When we are together in the same direction, of course we can do greater things than the paintings, greater than the poems. So the artists can only contribute, offer and share with everyone their feelings and ideals. As to whether they can carry out those ideals and feelings will depend on the lover of art. Do you agree? [LKT: Please give Master Ching Hai a big round of applause.] Thank you. Because as you know, Mr. Ly Kien Truc, One tree cant do much, we Aulacese have that saying. Together three trees can become a high mountain. So from the standpoint of a lover of art like me, then I have already planted a tree. So one tree can still provide shade, which is better than having no trees, right sir? Then two, three other people, each plants two, three more trees, then well have more shade. But one tree is better than none, right sir? If all artists, such as yourself for example, offer their heart to the world, revealing their intimate thoughts to everyone, if everyone does the same, then of course one day we will all be in agreement and do the things that we could not imagine today. The artists, scientists, businessmen, each contribute their part, everyone contributes a little bit, then of course we will level the ocean of suffering. It means that we fly to the sky and raze all the injustices in the world to deliver humanity and everyone, including you and me. Thank you. I sincerely thank You, Master Ching Hai. What would the celestial art choose the suffering or smile of humanity? If you ask me to choose then of course I choose the smile of humanity. I want to make everyone happy. I want to make everyone laugh from inside their heart and out into the external life, laugh beyond all the hardships, the difficult challenges of a human life. I often tell everyone that when faced with a difficult situation, even if we cry itd still be the same. Therefore, we should laugh. But in this world, we cannot always force people to laugh all the time. So of course, there are times they shed tears. But at least there is some laughter, at least there are smiles to make up for the days of suffering. So we cry when we cry. When the world cries, then we cry along with the world. But we have ready a smile nearby so that when its convenient, when humankind has cried through all their sufferings, then we bring out that smile and offer it to them immediately to compensate for their sufferings. So tears are also good. [LKT: I sincerely thank You, Master Ching Hai, for answering our two questions.] A smile is better, isnt that right, sir? A smile is better. I hope one day we will laugh all the time. Thank you for coming. Im proud of you. If all the journalists are like you, the world will be heaven. Thank you for being a good example of a positive, responsible journalist. Give him, please, another round of applause.
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I wish everyone good health and happiness in the coming year. Thank you, Mr. Ly Kien Truc, for sharing your kind words and thoughts with us. Next, we have a congratulatory speech by Dr. Walter Dorn (WD). Aside from his position as an Associate Professor at the Royal Military College of Canada, he also holds academic positions at Queens University and Pearson Peacekeeping Center. Dr. Dorn is also the United Nations Representative of Science for Peace, and has served in the United Nations in Ethiopia and at the United Nations Headquarters, as a Training Advisor under the Department of Peacekeeping Operations. Dr. Dorn sent his speech via video since he is unable to be with us today. Please thank him for me. Id like to express my congratulations to Master Ching Hai for this exquisite book. I think I should say a word about the disciples, because it is quite apparent that a lot of work, a lot of love was shown by the disciples for the spiritual Teacher in this project, and through the compilation which is really a monumental work, and that love between disciple and Master is also shown in this book. Thats a very precious relationship that one finds between a Master and disciples, and its clearly shown in this work as well. So the congratulations obviously go to Supreme Master Ching Hai, but also to Her disciples. And, in fact, in the ultimate sense, we pay tribute to the one glorious source, that is the source of inspiration for all of us, and that is both the Master and the disciples. Thank you very much! And again, congratulations! Thank you! Please thank Dr. Walter Dorn for me. Tell him that I am very touched and very grateful for his presence and his kind compliment. Yes, we do thank Dr. Dorn for your beautiful congratulatory speech. Though you are not physically present today, you are with us in spirit. Supreme Master Ching Hai, ladies and gentlemen, now the much anticipated moment, the questions and answers session, in which you may pose questions directly to Supreme Master Ching Hai via videoconference. Thank You, Master, for being here with us today as our guest of honor and taking the time to answer our questions. Your invaluable insight and wisdom will bring much benefit and understanding to each one of us, as well as the whole world via Supreme Master Television. Lets express our heartfelt thanks and deep gratitude to Supreme Master Ching Hai with a big round of applause! And our first question is from Mr. Clint Brown. Can You please give us some of Your thoughts on how helping professionals, volunteers and workers of all kinds can embody and use beauty and art in healing and wellness practices? Yes. You know, Mr. Brown, that it has been proven that art does heal, and be it music to soothe the mind and calm the heart, or be it a painting that imprints in the viewer refreshing and inspiring impressions for a more positive outlook, or be it a poem that goes to the heart and awaken cherished memories or noble intentions all highly intended art forms do indeed dispel negative inclination and they do inspire, comfort, and heal many parts, or if not completely, all parts of our being, and elevate us onto the higher level of thinking and living, and sure are very beneficial to us in many aspects. Thank you for asking. Our next question is from Esther Hart.
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First, thank You very much for Your generous offer. We have many global crises right now such as global warming, and close to one billion people who are starving. How can artists use their talent to help solve these problems? How can artists solve the problems? How can every one of us solve the problems? As I have told Mr. Ly Kien Truc just now in Aulacese, the artist can only offer what is the ideal in their heart, and their intention to the world, but the world people must also appreciate it, and become one with the ideal of the artist. So meanwhile, as an artist, we can continue using whatever talent that God has given us, like painting, music, poetry, essay, novel, science fiction, to express our concern and portray the present danger that threatens our world as well as heralding in the inspiration for a better future through proven and effective solutions, such as peace, abundance and benevolent lifestyle, beginning with vegetarian diet. Madam Hart, hopefully, not only the artists, but all citizens of the world would use their given talent, ability and social prestige, power to emphasize the need to save the only planet that we have, the only planet that we know, the only planet that has life and beauty on it. Up to date, thats the only planet that we know with such precious blessing. We have to save this by being vegetarian or vegan, by going green, by doing good deeds, helping one another. Very simple: Be veg, go green, do good deeds, then the planet will be saved. All lives will be saved. I can guarantee that, in writing even. Thank you, Madam Hart.
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Dr. Dorn also sent his question, and Ill read it for him. He asks: Would You share the process by which the deep inner feeling from the heart actually comes to the canvas? Does it come through the mind or is it expressed directly from the heart to the canvas? To what extent does the mind enter into the picture? Or perhaps more profoundly, to what extent can You prevent the mind from putting a filter through the expression of something from a deeper source to the other one so we all can learn from that and be able to apply these principles, the lofty principles, to our own work and whatever endeavor that might be? Wow, Dr. Dorn, such a caring and such a profound thinker you are! You must be a very concerned person for everyone else and other beings on this planet. You must be pondering a lot about many subjects; many things in life. Sir, I cant really tell you all that in physical language, I just paint, I just wrote poetry and make music or designs when I felt like it, but never thought of these actions in a calculated way, or maybe there is any method at all. In fact, many of the poems for example, I make on the spot. For example, one time when I was younger, 20-something, I used to write some articles and poems for one of the Aulacese Buddhist Associations in Germany. Sometimes I wrote to send, and sometimes I dont; I just do it whenever. And then one time for a while I didnt write, so the abbot of that temple called me, and said, How come You didnt write any poems for our magazine? And so I said, Oh, okay. Im sorry, I forgot. Do you have a pen? He said, Yes. So I just write it right there and he recorded it, and he printed it the next few days in the magazine right away. I did not even think of that poem until that second that he asked. And I did not even think of the whole poem. One line at a time, it comes out like that. I also did many paintings very naturally and spontaneously; I feel like painting, I paint. So there is no method actually. I guess what you mean is if anyone can do the same, I think we can. I guess we should create art pieces freely, the way you want it, the moment you want it. Your mind is in the moment of now and not thinking of anything else, or how it will come out, or would it even please anyone. At least thats what I did.
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You see, perhaps thats just what you have said, like directly from the heart. If you can call that a method, then thats what it is. Even in my painting, I dont know what will I paint next. I mostly dont have a plan in advance, or dont have a sketch or nothing. I just paint direct with the oil on canvas or with the pastel on the canvas. I mostly dont have any sketch in advance. Only one or two of it, I had it because I draw the real picture, like a bridge or a scenery, then I sketched a little bit. But if the one came direct from inside, I dont plan in advance. I had no idea what is going to come out. When you think about how to create art, its very simple. Think back when we are in deep sorrow or joy we tend to have a better connection to our own sources of intelligence or inspiration. Maybe that helps. When I am with the world, there is sorrow. When I am with the Divine, there is joy. Both sorrow and joy inspired me and it just flows through. Thank you for listening. MC. Q. Thank You, Master. [M: Youre welcome.] The next question is from Bob Linden, the founder and radio show host of Go Vegan with Bob Linden. Greetings, Supreme Master! How are You? [M: How are you, Bob?] Very excellent, thank You. [M: Excellent to see you again!] Its great to see You, too. [M: You look different today!] Thank You for the recent interview on my radio program, which people can hear at www.GoVeganRadio.com. Also available at Supreme Master Television. Id like to thank You and Supreme Master Television not only for bringing greater awareness to my vegan radio program, based on compassion for animals, but also for the important information that Youre giving the world at that website, how meat and dairy cause global warming, more than all transportation combined; how the consumption of meat and dairy cause world hunger and deforestation, all of our environmental disasters and energy crises. So its so important that Youre bringing the world that information and the solution to be vegan. And in fact, on the show we talked a little bit about differentiating the word vegan from vegetarian these days, how we have to make that distinction. Today were celebrating Your art in Celestial Art. I also want to ask You if You believe that an artist can fulfill his or her potential if he or she still consumes meat and dairy. And also, how have You been inspired in Your artwork by the awe of nature and the love of animals? All right, Mr. Linden. First question: Whether the artist can fulfill their potential if they still continue eating the flesh of the animals or not. My answer is that, not just artists but all of us, we can develop more of our potential if we have compassion for all beings, starting with vegan diet. Before, we could be vegetarian but now the time is very pressing. Vegan is the solution. Vegan means completely no animals in your life, not even leather shoes, leather belt, leather hat, leather sofa, et cetera. All kinds of animal products are not to enter in your vicinity. And so I believe if we have compassion for others, our natural, loving light will shine through, and our brain, even physically speaking when we are well, by being vegan our brain functions better, our mind is clearer and the whole body is more healthy. And a healthy body definitely houses a healthy mind. And a healthy mind can transmit better inspiration from heaven or from your true self. And we can do that when we are vegan because the transmission or the inspiration from heaven will go through better. And also through meditation on our great self. You can see that Im mostly inspired by the natural surrounding of wherever I happen to be at that time. So nature is very good for us, so we have to protect it, also animals. Well, I was also fortunate to have a little more time than at present. Thanks again for your radio invitation. Blessed be your devotion to love and compassion. Please continue your work.
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And how were You inspired by the awe of nature and the love of animals in Your artwork? Well, I think I have covered that because most of my works are done in nature and for nature, and about nature. We distinguished between vegan and vegetarian. You see vegan and vegetarian are different. Before, we could leniently be vegetarian because I also did not know vegetarian was different from vegan. I thought vegetarian means vegetables. But later on, I was informed also that people eat all kinds of things and call themselves vegetarian, even chicken vegetarian and fish vegetarian and all that. So now the definition is vegan. Vegan means absolutely no to all animal products, even to wear it or to advertise for it, or to support anybody who does harm to animals in any way at all. We have to protect the animals because that means protecting our great self. Because our great self is love, our true self is compassion. If we do not protect the animals, that means we are damaging, ruining, depleting, harming our true self, which is love, which is noble, which is compassion. Thats what it is. Protect others means protect us. Protect animals means were growing in greatness. We recognize again our great self. Thank you, Bob. I hope youre happy with my answer. [Q: Thank You so much, Supreme Master.] Thank you for coming. The next question is from Victor Candal. What is the simple thing to do every day to protect the planet on a daily basis? What is the simple way to do on a daily basis to protect the planet for everybody? Every day, vegetarian diet and doing good to others. Because vegan diet brings a holy and protective atmosphere, a loving atmosphere into our planet, into our surroundings, and that energy will protect us. This is something maybe we cannot prove, but its very logical whatever we do affects us. So being vegan, meaning compassion for animals, and bear in mind already that we want to save the planet by being vegan, that means very compassionate because we want to save the planet. How many billions of trillions of beings on this planet including man and animal? Therefore, if we have this idea in our head, we are very compassionate and being that compassionate the energy around you is great and very, very benevolent to all that surrounds you. And if everyone on the planet had such a benevolent energy surrounding them, then the planet became heaven again. And its not only saved, it will become much better than now; more beautiful, more abundant and everything, every wish will come true. My goodness, I wish everybody understands what Im talking about. You see, energy is something we cannot prove, but we can feel it. For example, suppose you have a loving partner with you, who day in day out together, and one day you argue. That day, even though you dont talk to each other or you dont throw books at each other, you feel terrible, because the energy in the house is not peaceful, is not loving, is not harmonious and cooperative. So that is the thing about energy, although we cannot prove it. Maybe we could, scientists have discovered many things about human energy. When somebody is angry, they can feel the energy going in a low direction, and when you are happy, they can measure the energy more benevolent and more beneficial. So the energy that we create by loving animals and by wanting to save the planet is immense, and its going to affect you and everyone around it. So logically speaking, vegetarian diet is the protection that we need. We need this protective energy. Thank you.
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Thank You for Your wise answer, Master. Louis Sena has two questions for You, Master. Its been an honor to come here and ask You a couple of questions. One of them is: What is the one most important thing that the average person can do to help improve the environment and stop global warming? You know already. The most important thing that every one of us can do and the easiest is just to be veg. That will help improve the environment and stop global warming 80%. And the 20% leftover, nature will take care. So we will have absolutely nothing to fear if every one becomes vegan, then the planet will completely be healed, be protected and will progress. We, also as a human race, will progress to a higher dimension of intelligence and understanding. Many more beautiful inventions will come out of this higher consciousness. Many of the benevolent phenomena will open to us through this compassionate lifestyle. Thank you. Second question would be, what would happen to all of the life forms if we dont start doing changes in our behavior to the planet? Mr. Sena, you know what will happen. You dont even need to ask me. You go onto internet and look at all the reports from the scientists, the recent ones. So many islands have sunk under water already. Many coastal cities lands have been eroded. 2,000 more islands are sinking, and 18 islands for what we have known, maybe more, but we dont know 18 islands including small nation islands already gone, disappeared under water, sometimes six meters under water already, and another 40 are or at risk of sinking, or uninhabitable or begins to be uninhabitable because they cannot cultivate anymore because the land became inundated with salty water already. The cost of not doing anything is immense. I do not want to elaborate on this. I do not want to imagine it. We have some more years, but not too many years. I want to plead with all the planet people. Please stop killing animals. Please have compassion. Please turn to vegetarian diet. Please be vegan. That is to save yourselves and your children. Please do it! We dont have much time! If the planet goes, we will all go, Mr. Sena. Thats what will happen. Thank you for your concern. I just hope somebody is listening. So organic vegan diet is the answer. Thank you. Behind every artist, no matter what subject, object, or place they capture, theres always one inspiration behind it all. For instance, Itzchak Tarkays inspiration is the female form, Peter Maxs inspiration is Lady of Liberty, and Pablo Picassos inspiration was to show that true beauty is hidden. What is Your inspiration and with that being said, how do You portray Your inspiration through Your artwork? Lucky for these artists, they have some muses. I myself do not have a fixed muse per se. I dont have any. As you can see mostly my paintings and poetry, they materialize in different places from different sources of inspiration. Even stones, trees, desert flowers, anything, because I love everything I see. When I was young, I fell in and out of love, that also inspired me to make poetry. But then at the end, I always come back to the real love of our life, that is heavenly love. Thats my inspiration. Thank you! Thats my muse. Congratulations on Your new book, Celestial Art. As an environmental pioneer, do You use nature or ecologically-friendly materials in Your art? And could You elaborate about this? Thank You.
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Yes. We try to get what is better for the environment, when and where possible. For example, one of my books, The Noble Wilds, is printed with eco-friendly material and soya ink, et cetera. We do what we can, whenever we can to protect the environment. As we know, its not easy for an artist to have inspiration, let alone to transform the inspiration from heaven. Master, how did You manage that? It just happened, no pre-planning involved. No thinking at that moment, I just let the brush or the pen flow as if I was breathing. And the title and the thinking comes in fact afterwards. After I have finished the artwork and as I reflected and enjoy the meaning of all that manifested onto physical dimension, the title comes into being and the explanation comes after that. Thank you. Do people have affinity with Your paintings and the spiritual messages behind them? Yes, some people do and some people dont. Many do, not only the artist, but anyone would have affinity with each other because we all have this artistic tendency within ourselves, waiting to come out. Some people express it, some people keep it inside, some people think about it and enjoy it all by themselves. And from this connection within, we establish more spiritual bond and bring it to a higher dimension through art. So people who view the art will also be elevated into nobler idea or searching for a deeper meaning of life. So art does help to create affinity with people. Thank you. Hallo, Master. Youre beautiful, I just want to say that. Master, can You please tell us a little more about the inspiration behind Your beautiful and unique stone lamps that You created? The stone lamps, the biggest one, came just spontaneously when we were building some pavilions. And at that time, we were building them and theres no ready-made lamps that are suitable from the aesthetic point of view. Theres a ceiling like octagon, and its all with wood, the ceiling. So theres a wood ceiling and I have many wood lamps. It is not suitable because itd be too much, too overwhelming, so I created stone lamps especially for those pavilions. And later, people, they like it, so they buy them also. So we have to make them for sale. And because they fitted very well, we all enjoy the combination very much. How does the love described in Your poetry reflect a more universal love? Does it reflect it to you? [Q: Yes, I feel so.] All love in this world, even physical love, reflects the universal love. Be it parents and child love, be it between man and woman love, its all part of Gods love. Its a part of divine love. So if it is true love, then it is very sacred. It transcends physical coarseness and merges with higher dimension, so you should bring your love to that level, even physical love. Can You please share with us how artistic beauty helps uplift our world? Simple. When you see something beautiful, a flower, painting, photo or hear some lovely music or poetic verses, dont you feel better? Dont you feel more relaxed and loving? [Q: Yes, I do.] Yes, so at that moment, your heart feels open, your spirit expands, and you love the surrounding, you love the people near you. And the relationship between you and others suddenly has more meaning and deepens, and your thinking is more positive. Thats how art uplifts our spirit. And if our spirit uplifts, the world is uplifted.
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heal our heart in this turbulent world. To some extent, they also remind us of our ethereal Home and rekindle some nostalgic feelings within us. So we may seek an elevating way to reach our true origin. So the way of heavenly Light and Melody is the way to love and wisdom. If we are sincere and faithfully connected with it every day, love and wisdom will re-emerge more and more from within ourselves. Love has to go with wisdom. Wisdom must be accompanied by love because if a human who knows a lot, who is intelligent and who has power to change the mountain and empty the sea, but in his heart, he has no concern for any others, or no love for his fellow inhabitants, then that wisdom will become just destructive. Not just no use, but it will cause destruction for the owner at the end, and cause destruction for his surrounding as well. Q. Thank You, Master. You once said that, Artists are 50% of sainthood. It is very true, because most artists of Eastern and Western school from classic as well as modern art have created wonderful works within the cultural and art boundaries, with profound celestial value in the climax of human spiritual attainment, which are worthy of their being fully enlightened saints. But in their individual lives they may violate the precepts and lead a non-virtuous life, which sometimes is worse than the non-artist people. Therefore, besides spiritual path, does an artist have any chance or any particular approach to help him or her elevate from 50% to 100% level, which is the level of sainthood? Thank You, Master. You see, the masterpieces are often realized when the artist is connected with their higher self, with their best self or maybe true self even. So the true artists are often very lonely in their hearts, as they were more sensitive in nature and their longing soul remembers vague images of paradise lost. In this vulnerable state of mind, if they are not fortunate enough to find a real way back to the yearning bliss once known to them in higher realms, and if too much temptation nearby and they might fall easily into it for temporary escape, which brings more loneliness and empty feeling in the long run. They are to be pitied. There is not much else except spiritual elevation that can satisfy their heart and uplift their soul to their utmost satisfaction and splendor. Thats why when anyone comes to me for spiritual help, I emphasize the love first. The five precepts, that is to keep someone in check. You have a little boundary as to where you can move and then the wisdom comes later. For the artist, if they dont want to practice anything concrete spiritually, then they could follow the five precepts. For example, do not harm any living beings or the environment. That is the first precept non-violence, do not kill, do not harm. The second, keep truthfulness. Do not tell things that are untrue. The third, do not take anything that doesnt belong to you. At least do not take things that are not given to you voluntarily. And the fourth is to keep being faithful to your heart, means if you love someone truthfully, then you respect that relationship with that someone and do not degrade your sacred love by smearing it with something less than true love with someone else, just to satisfy physical desire. For example, you have a wife, you stick with her; you have a husband, you be faithful to him, in the heart also, not just physically. At least physically, not roving eyes even. And the fifth is stay away from all the intoxicants, like cigarette, alcohol, drugs, et cetera. The thing is, if a person is not spiritually supported, like by meditation, through a guidance of someone who is adept at it, and by supporting himself daily with his own spiritual power within through guidance, then its very difficult for him or her to keep the five precepts because the temptation in this world is too great, and its everywhere. Everywhere you go, the negative force tries to do something to drag you down. Therefore, the five precepts go better, last longer, and more stable with wisdom, with spiritual practice, like meditation and Quan Yin method for example. If somebody can just keep the five precepts, that is fine already. At least he will not degrade into the
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worst situation and he can keep his human standard, and he elevates himself to another 50% of sainthood. Q. Master, You say that Your artistic creations are inspired from heaven, and I interpret this to mean that many ideas come to You like intuition due to Your deep spiritual connections. What I would like to ask is, are any of Your creations literal interpretations of heavenly things You have seen and experienced in other realms through Your meditation? Some, very rare. What I mean is, the inspiration comes from the deeper source of artistic tendency that can only be from heaven. I accredit everything I do to heaven, especially after enlightenment. I do not accredit anything to this physical body nor to this physical computer brain, thats what it was. And some of it, of course, Ive seen during meditation, but the rest of the visions that I have seen and I have been revealed to during meditation is very difficult to put it on canvas. I wish I could, but I could not. So whatever you have seen its not all of it from heaven. The higher dimension, the higher vision, I cannot bring it into this physical world. For example, the stone cave, from vision. Heavenly flowers, maybe from heaven, but the other visions are impossible. Other higher visions are impossible for me to even describe in words, or to write it or to paint it at all. There is nothing in this world I can compare or materialize this. If you meditate, you know what I mean. Thank you, Mr. Scavullo. Do You believe artists in general are more in touch with their spiritual nature, because they utilize their creative power at a heightened degree? Yes, some of them are, not because they utilize higher degree of creative power, but because they come from there, or they are in connection with it, at least at the time of their inspired moments to produce excellent or masterpiece of art. If they are in touch more with this power, then they become saints. Regarding Your paintings You speak about the ability to do without doing. Can You elaborate on this idea in regards to art? What is the art of creating something more effortless for those who live a spiritual way of life? Yes, it depends on how deep your spiritual practice is, and it also depends on how pure your mind is, especially at the time of creating that art piece. When we are more connected with our true self, then more beauty and virtues will reveal themselves, because we are that. We are beauty and virtue and Truth. And they will reveal themselves to us because they came from within ourselves, and we will live in them or express them through art or noble actions. Our true nature is beauty and virtue. So its easier to materialize these qualities if we are on spiritual course, which is the connected journey of rediscovery of our origin. Whats why people who practice spiritual way of life, they are more connected with their great self inside, their creative power inside. Thats why its more effortless for them. Its natural and logic. Before You begin creating a piece of artwork, jewelry or a song, for instance, do You have a noble intent or a specific message in mind that You want it to convey or represent? Thank You. Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Sometimes I have intention in advance to create something that carry my messages, but its very fast, just right before I put the brush on canvas or wrote something even, but most of the time, the inspiration comes faster than the messages or comes at the same time. Sometimes its hard to tell which comes first.
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I just do it spontaneously, naturally. Not much thinking involved. If I try to plan it, then it becomes less easy. Q. There are artists who strive for perfection in their work and others, like some skilled carpet weavers, who create mistakes in their work to symbolize that only God is perfect. What is Your philosophy on striving for flawless works? There is not much philosophy in my artworks, it just comes out. The philosophy comes out after that. I just enjoy doing or creating whatever I feel like doing at that time, and very little thinking or planning in advance. Much of the artworks happened quick and almost right away, if I have time to bring myself to finish it. If not, maybe a little later. Inspiration just comes, you dont philosophize about it, in my case at least. Its like that, the interpretation came mostly after I finish the painting or poetry, because people ask and people expect me to explain something, so the answer came for their sake. And concerning flawless work, if the artist enjoys like that, why not? I do not plan to do perfection in my artwork or I do not plan to paint imperfections in my work to represent the creation or whatever. I just do it. I do whatever I feel like at that moment. Just like a kid, you see a candy, you eat. You dont think. Thank you. Master, being enlightened, do You have an endless stream of creativity that You can tap into at all times? Or must You produce or write down Your inspirations as soon as they come to You as they are, so that they are not forgotten? Can the physical mind retain all that an enlightened person knows and wants to create? Sometimes yes, sometimes no, depends on how busy I am with the physical or mental world. Generally speaking, its best for anyone, including myself, to record it right away afresh. Especially in the case of songs or poems because sometimes they are long and you cannot remember well. But sometimes, if I have a microphone, then I just sing along and it just comes out also, and then later I wrote it down. And concerning the painting, painting is easier. Either you paint it right away, or you can paint it later. But songs and poetry, everyone has inspiration, a limitless inspiration source within ourselves, everyone has it. So the thing is we just have to be calm and collected, and quiet ourselves down and do not think, do not calculate too much when you create art. When your inspiration comes, you just do what is there. And the mind doesnt always have the capability to retain all the inspiration. Its just like when you meditate and you go into a higher dimension, you saw all these splendor in heaven, and when you come back into the physical body, maybe you just remember a little bit. Maybe you remember a lot, but not all. And mostly not as vivid as when you saw it. And even if you try to express it into words or painting, its never the same. So the mind is, of course, not as perfect an instrument as we want it to be. But nevertheless, in this physical world, nothing is truly perfect so whatever we can offer, thats good enough already. So good to be with You. [M: Nice to be with you.] Thank You for the gift of love that Youve given us, the world really needs it at this point. Is there one message that is greater than any other messages that You would like Your artwork to convey in these difficult times on the planet? Just be yourself. That means be the love that you are. Be the love that you are. But people have to rediscover that love. So if they can remember the love that they are, then be that love. Be the love that you are! Thank you, Sophie. [Q: Thank You, Master.] I hope that says something, to somebody.
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Thank You, Master! Wed like to welcome Mr. Bill Dalton (BD), the Mayor of Garden Grove. Welcome to our auspicious event! Thank you for coming! Welcome, sir! Thank you for honoring us this way, being busy as you are. Thank you so much! God bless you and your co-citizens and your family, and your country. God bless America. By the way, if I can say, that only in America we have the government that is very respectful of anyone who is, you can say, worth his salt or who is good and who is not bad for the society at least. Only in America that the governmental body, the important personage of the government, and not just this Honorable Mayor, but I mean in the past as well, how many mayors, how many governors have honored me with so much prestige that I have not even expected to have? So only in America people would honor each other this way. I have to say, I have been in many countries, only in America that I have been honored so much, so much, so much. I am so grateful and Im very, very touched. Truly, God bless America. May God bless America. Well, I want to say thank you very much. This is a beautiful performing arts center. I only have one bad thing to say: I wish it was in Garden Grove instead of Fountain Valley but hopefully one day we will have a building that is as beautiful as this that can let everybody enjoy the performing arts. And Im proud of the city of Fountain Valley for doing what they did to get this here, and I think this is wonderful for the whole community. Not just the Aulacese community, the whole community, and thats what we want to look at. And maybe someone will have some ideas and bring them to Garden Grove and will be able to have something that will complement this. Thank you. Thank You very much. Thank you, sir! But its all in America, never mind where. Its all for America and if one American city is honored or beautified or privileged, all Americans are privileged and glorified. Its all Americans. Thank you so much for coming and honoring us. Thank you. Thank you, America. Im not touched and grateful because they honor me, but because such a good government. Of course, governments they do make mistakes here and there, maybe situations force them into doing something that they dont want to do, perhaps. But overall, if given a proper situation, the Americans, they are so genuine and theyre just so welcoming, and so hospitable. Not talking, they do it by action. And Americans, according to our research, also the most compassionate citizens in the world, by donating a lot to other countries and everything they do. Thank you so much again. Such a good government, I like to have everywhere! How does art relate to spirituality? In general, when a piece of artwork is inspired by many people, does that mean the artist has naturally filled in the art with an uplifting energy? Yes, with or without intention, we infuse our products with our vibration. Also our actions, of course, but we are just talking about the artist here. So if we are uplifting ourselves, our spirit is uplifted and we are in a higher dimension, then we will uplift whoever is the viewer through our artistic piece. And our products, our creation of art, has a higher and soothing energy with them, or at least while creating that artistic marvel that inspires and elevates peoples spirit. It does help. It does inspire and uplift people, if we are uplifted. You have some experience yourself. Referring to vegetarianism or veganism. Sometimes when I look at paintings of say the skies, the angels and beautiful scenery, it tends to make me think that the artist may
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have obtained a higher level of consciousness. Would they likely become a vegan or vegetarian in their lifetime? Thank You, Master. M. I hope they would be, maybe. The situation now is that we should all be vegetarian, vegan, not just artists. But concerning your question, the ones who paint those heavenly attributes will not necessarily be vegan or will be vegetarian. The reason is: Number one, they might be connected with their divine self in the moment of deep contemplation for that moment to produce those enjoyable art pieces. Number two, they might have learned to master the particular technique of that direction. Either way, enjoy their talents unconditionally, no judgmental attitude, and pray for them to be vegan, if you wish, for their sake, and for the sake of the world as well. Everyone should be vegetarian now, thats how we save the world. Thank You, Master. [M: Youre welcome.] Your insightful responses have really broadened our minds and provided us with different perspectives on how we view things. Thank You so much for Your guidance and inspiration. This concludes our questions and answers session. Beloved Master Ching Hai, we would be honored to have You share a few words with us to conclude todays book release. Wow, what a day. So many compliments, so much support and so much love. Thank you from the bottom of my soul for all your love, your beautiful heart, your genuine way of showing your affection. I thank you all the people who even conceived of the idea of making this beautiful book. And I really mean its beautiful from the artistic point of view, they really decorated it very, very well and I cannot wish to see a better book. And thank you all the Americans, Los Angeles people, Canadian, Formosan and whoever go there try to put this all together. It must have been tremendous hard work for all of you. I thank you so much. If I did not mention your country name because I am not sure where you come from, but I know you all come from heaven, that I am absolutely sure. I just hope you are sure. I thank you, all the guests, who have been so willing to come there and thank you so much for your wonderful compliments and your loving support. Even though I dont know many of you or most of you, but you give me so much affection and so much support, and so much understanding for my work, that is a true honor and compliment for any artist at all on this planet to be recognized and to be loved by their artistic work. I thank heaven for all the gifts, artistic abilities thats been bestowed upon this humble person. I thank you all, the American government and the Formosan government. I thank you all for honoring me so much in the past, and the present and the future. I can speak forever about how Im grateful to you, especially to the Americans, to the officials of the American government. I havent seen any government like this in the world that I have traveled everywhere. I am amazed, as well as honored as well as happy. Im happy for you the American people, who, after all, despite anything else, having such a merit, having such a blessing to have such a democratic government. I congratulate you the Americans. The true freedom of spirit has spoken loudly in your country, more loudly than anywhere else I can think of. I congratulate you all and I thank heaven for such a country, for such a government, and for such a democracy. For all the beauty, the hospitality, the love, the humility of your people, I thank you so much. A government has to be so humble, has to have so much humility, have to have so little ego in order to welcome anyone like this. Anyone you dont even know, as long as you believe she or he is worth your affection, you just express it in any way possible. No wonder America is the model of democracy. I thank you so much! Not just as an artist, but for all the artists also that have been blossoming in your country due to this kind of hospitable, fertilized land of love. I havent prepared this speech. It is what I felt in my heart after all these years and after being reminded by the presence of your distinguished mayors and officials of your community. Despite anything else in the
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world, I still feel America is the land of opportunity for everybody. Its the land of liberty, truly. Its the land of respect and honor, all that is due for honor and respect. I have no more words to praise your country. I really love America. I really do. I love your people. I love your country. I love the democratic policy. And God bless you all. God bless you. God bless your country. I love you. Thank you again for everything. Thank you. MC. Thank You, Master. We are deeply grateful to You for Your advice and Your guidance. As always, and once again, we would like to wish You good health to continue guiding the world onto the noble spiritual path. Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for spending time with us. From this moment on, lets deliver constructive information and spread the message of peace. Lets take action and transform our world into heaven on Earth. A world where all beings live in love and harmony, eternally. Be Veg! Go Green! Save the Planet! M. So be it! Amen! God bless! God bless you. God bless America. I really mean it. [MC: Thank You, Master!] Love you, love you! God bless!
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M. MC. M. MC. M. MC. Hi guys. Thanks for the ovation. Hallo, greetings, Master! How are you? Im fine. Thank You. How are You? Yes, look good, feel good. You look great! Were all very happy and excited to be with You today. On behalf of everyone, I would like to thank You for this precious opportunity to talk with You. [M: I like to talk with you.] We love to talk with You, too. Master, today is the Eve of Thanksgiving here in the United States. [M: Good timing, good timing.] Yes. So its an American tradition that is celebrated every year for families to get together and to be thankful to God. So in this season of gratitude, we would like to thank You, Master, for all of Your grace, patience and love, [M: Well, youre welcome.] for protecting us and taking care of us. Last time, when we had a chance to speak with You, that was two days after the strong earthquake here in Southern California. So thanks to Your special blessing and love, millions of residents and ourselves were safe. And on the news reports, there were very little injuries at all or very little damage. [M: Im glad.] And also recently in Southern California, there has been these major wild fires. In the past recent times, weve seen a lot of droughts in California. And so last night there was this big change, this terrific rain was just pouring out and we feel the blessing from that as well. [M: Thank God.] So while weve been working here in Los Angeles, we feel that Master has always been protecting us. Weve had a lot of things happen, but everything has always worked out very smoothly. So wed like to thank You for sheltering us to continue to do this noble job in safety.
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Being here is the most precious gift and experience of my life. For the first time, I feel Im in the right place on Earth. [M: You are.] Each day You take my hand to guide me, teach me, and help me to grow, opening the doors of my heart in mysterious ways. I am and would be forever grateful for Your immense love and grace! Master, You are the Light shining in my heart. I only wish this overwhelming love to expand, expand, expand. I love You! Wow! Thank you! Very nice. Very nice. Beautiful! Nice expression. You are getting better all the time. And Im proud of you. Im proud of your progress. [Q: Thank You, Master.] You feel youve progressed, right? [Q: Yes, I can feel. Thank You so much, Master!] Youre welcome! And thank you for growing fast. I have some good feedback for You about our program. Not so long ago, with Your inspiration, we started to have more opera programs, as You know, sharing the classical art of music with the world. In Hong Kong, the Ten Ma Music and Opera Association allowed us to film their opera performance with we aired, and they were very impressed. And they were happy that all the world could have a chance to know about the Chinese opera. And they also said they wanted to thank You especially for promoting these beautiful arts with the world. So thank You, Master. You are welcome. You guys are everywhere now. Omnipresent! [Master laughs.] I have good news to share about vegetarian communities around the world. This is about three institutions. The first one is a community in Israel. Its founded by the African Hebrew Israelites over 40 years ago. In this community, they are mostly raw organic vegans. Over the past 40 years, there have been over a 1,000 babies born who have never eaten meat. [M: Wow!] And they virtually dont know the concept of death and disease, [M: Wow!] because theyve never seen any of their peers die. And this community is also based on sustainable living. They practice agriculture and green living. And theyre also introducing this way of living and diet to six other African ministries of health. The founder, who we interviewed, said that when they introduced this to a village that had high infant mortality rates, after the village adopted it, no babies have died since then. And also in their village, over 20 to 25 years, there have been no cases of malaria. In addition, they said that when they introduce people to the vegan diet, it transformed their character and they became different people. And the founder said it was because they no longer had this hatred and this negativity in their body from the meat. And the founder himself grew up in an urban area in America. It just reminded me so much of what You said, that when the world becomes vegetarian, there is going to be an Eden on Earth. The next two institutions of vegetarians are two universities in America. One of which is very close to us, its called the Loma Linda University. It was found by the Seventh-day Adventists, and the entire university practices vegetarian ideals. The cafeterias, even the hospitals that service citizens outside of the school are all vegetarian. And another school is Maharishi University of Management. And whats unique about this school is they practice conscious-based learning. In order to be a student, you have to take a class on meditation. And they feel that meditation helps you learn better, helps you to develop your character, helps you to develop the Light within so that you can understand all the living beings in the world, and develop yourself individually. In addition, this school also has a farm where they grow organic food, fruits and vegetables that help to feed the school. And they have unique course like sustainable living that teaches you how to use renewable energy, how to have a green economy.
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In addition, theres a smaller school thats connected to this university. Its from kindergarten to 12th grade. And in this school, its open enrollment; any students can attend. They are also vegetarian. The students consistently score in the top one percent of all national standardized tests. It kind goes back to saying that people with higher IQs choose to be vegetarian. And, thats all, Master. Thank You. M. Q. M. Q. You are welcome. Thank you for the story. This school exists long time already. I would like to thank You, Master, for giving me the privilege to be here. Every day here is like heaven to me. Im very happy. [M: Its true?] Yes, yes. Thank You, Master. Youre welcome. Enjoy. [Q: Thank You, Master.] Enjoy. Im glad you like. Thanks for all the work you do. We would like to share some stories from our restaurant, One World Vegetarian. We have a dishwasher, Ivan. He was brought up in Mexico. And he lived on a farm. And he saw a lot of cruelty to animals, but it didnt click to him. And now that he is working at One World, he was watching Supreme Master Televisions Stop Animal Cruelty show, and he saw a tear drop in the cows eye and ever since then, he stopped eating beef. So were really glad about that. [M: Wow!] Thank You, Master. [M: Im glad, too. The cows are glad, too.] Another story is: One of our kitchen staff, Maria, shes been working there for a few years, and in the beginning, she really enjoyed listening to Masters Buddha chanting. And now since Supreme Master Television has started, shes been vegetarian for about two years now. [M: Wow!] And then we have a few servers in front that since starting to work at One World were vegetarian and became vegan. And we have one server, Carla, she was not even vegetarian and now shes vegetarian and shes also started the Convenient Method. So thank You so much, Master, for all Your loving grace. [M: Thank God for that.] Thank You. And while working here, we have seen a lot of our customers go to a plant-based diet and change and theyre more accepting to vegetarian. And we just want to thank You so, so much for all Your love and Your blessing that You give us. And we thank You and the animals thank You. We just want to thank You from the bottom of our hearts for everything that You do. Thank You, Master. Im very pleased. Im very pleased to hear all that. You guys have been very diligent and working hard at it. God will bless you so much. Master, with Your permission, well go into the questions. Ah, yes. How many vegetarians are there in the world now, so far? I forget to count, [Master laughs.] but we need 300 million more vegans in order to meet the critical mass deadline. Try to make it with all the programs and all the flyers and whatever we can do. Because we cant continue prolonging the period of what I call a tipping point. There are certain timings that we have to meet. And I hope we can make it. When is the tipping point now? It can be any time now. [Q: Thank You, Master.] Alright, youre welcome. Be prayerful.
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How much contribution to the time extension is from becoming vegetarian? Their contribution for the extension of the tipping point is two years. From all the human race, their contribution is like that. I wish I could extend it forever, but there is a limit to the grace of the universe. Because if we continue to extend the grace, then the humans will not wake up, and they will kill each other again and animal again, then its not a very good thing also. But we all do what we can. I have a question about the Himalayas. Scientists in India predicted that by 2035, all the glaciers in the Himalayas will have melted, and of course, the global warming is accelerating the melting and this can cause floods and droughts for the people. And Master was in Himalayas about 20-plus years ago and so Master can see the difference between before and what is the condition now. Can Master please share Her thoughts about the status of the Himalayas today and Your concerns? Thank You, Master. You know, we can still change that, but actually the glacier is already melting beyond the ordinary degree. Usually they did not melt so much at this time of the year or at all, but now they melted a lot more than usual already, as you have reported. Or you might have seen it on the reports through the scientist and research and all that, and its been proven already, that its melting faster than we have expected and that we have imagined. So well, I can only pray, you know. Many are concerned, but little is done to avert this tragedy and I cannot imagine what happens if all the glaciers in Himalayas are all melted. I cannot imagine how people will live. The Ganges River, which feeds millions of people, depending on the glaciers of the Himalayas, and if it melted all, then first of all, well have a lot of floods and then we will have drought and dryness afterwards. Because water will not be distributed evenly like it has been done for centuries. The glacier is there to feed the Ganges water and it melted slowly, slowly as per using. As the humans use it, it will melt out, just evenly distributing day by day like this. But if its all melted at one time, then cities will be drowned, people will die and floods will be everywhere and later we will have no water even. No reservoir any more. So either way, either a lot of floods or droughts, its very dangerous for the people, especially the people who depend on the Ganges River and the glaciers to survive. I am really worried, but I just pray and hope that the people who are in power will do something. The only solution is vegetarian diet for everybody and its so easy to do, not like we ask a lot. So we just have to do our best and be patient. And pray for the best. Our people have to spread out more the solution, like the veggie diet. We do what we can, as far as our group ability can do. Everybodys worried but little is done. What we need now is action. Action from the governments to inform people and to reinforce the new life-saving diet. Thats the vegan diet. At least vegetarian diet. Even a little milk now and then, if they just use it for emergency-wise, should be alright. But if we raise too much livestock, then its helpless. The bad karma of killing cannot be eliminated unless people walk in the opposite direction and wash their hands of the innocent blood.
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naturally and these contribute a lot also to the global warming, not just the cows. If its the methane from the animals alone, then they will be also absorbed and dissipated in the air, and no more new one. And also, its not just the animals, its many things thats connected with it like killing animals and cleaning the animal carcass and cleaning all their environment, where they live, and the transportation for it and the medical equipment and medicine concerning with animals and the people who got sick from the animals, and the transportation from the people who got sick from the animals and many other kinds of things. And for that, they produce more CO2 as well. Storages and all kinds of hidden costs involving humans and sick animals, and fertilizers from the animals and for more animal feeding, fertilizers for more animal feeding, clearing more forests for animal feeding, planting animal feed and fertilizing animal feed and runoff pollution, acidity caused by runoff pollution and weather change and cause more destruction and then erosion, then reconstruction, et cetera, et cetera. Its the whole chain of effects. Its not just the animal methane gas. And because if we reduce the methane gas that means reduce the global warming and reduce global warming means reduce more methane from the permafrost, the cold mud, et cetera, and reduce the acidity from runoff pollution from the animal waste, animal feeding, animal fertilizers and pesticides and all that, the whole chain. And it costs more, and when you have more methane, then it breeds more methane, et cetera, et cetera. So its not just the animals. Thats physically and scientifically speaking. And another thing, people forget all the time the cause and effect, the karma. Even people now, they eat meat all these years and they just turn to vegetarian diet then their cancer is diminished or lessened, their sickness is gone, even cardiovascular disease and many other diseases just disappear. So even if the methane gas is still there in the air from the animals but we turn away from killing, we drop the butcher knife, then we are protected by our own virtues. And each one will have five angels protecting him. So you see, even people already got sickness inside the body already, like cancer, cardiovascular disease, heart disease, all kinds of stuff, you name it and they turn to a vegetarian diet and the sickness just gone in a short time or no time! What to talk about the outside influence? Its not much anymore. We are protected once we turn to be a compassionate person. Not just to talk about this physical effect. But physical effect also, you can calculate it. And then you will know it will be much lessened, even if the cows are still there for 10 years or 20 years or whatever years. Because we are protected. Once we are compassionate the compassion will envelop us and we become immune. Thats why many people turn to a vegetarian diet, they cure their sickness. Its been proven through medical treatment, through scientific research already. But karma is a funny thing also. Its a very exact thing. So even if we are already poisoned from inside out already, we still can cure ourselves by being vegetarian, not to talk about the methane outside in the air. It will disappear. And even if its there, it wont affect you. That is that. Try it. [Master laughs.] Q. Master, You have mentioned many times that we should choose organic food. There was a lecture in Korea called, Strawberry Fish where a disciple explained that the DNA of the vegetables could be mixed with the DNA of the animals. What consequence could such food have our practice regarding the precepts? Even though we are not deliberately killing the animals to eat or to mix it inside the vegetarian food, we still have some little consequences. It will maybe affect our practice, affect our concentration in meditation or it could affect our body also. Because once we practice spiritually, our body, our mind, our cell, DNA everything is so pure. So it doesnt tolerate any impure stuff that comes into the body. Thats why when youre sick and all that, that is the way the body tries to get rid of the toxin or the unsuitable agent that
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filters into your body. So we try to eat as organic as possible. Its better. The pure food, pure vegetables. Thats why I have told your brothers and sisters in some of the retreats, I said, You can plant our own vegetables. Everybody can plant enough to feed their own family, if they have a little yard even. Or they can plant on a balcony or on the roof, or in the garage. Okay, do what they can, if they can. Organic food, organic vegetables, pure and simple, is always better for us, not just physically but spiritually as well. Q. Master, You have such long, lush, beautiful hair. People are worried that they do not receive enough vitamins or nutrients from a plant-based diet. But is being vegetarian the secret to Your natural, glowing beauty and hair? You have beautiful hair yourself. Why you ask me? [Master and audience laugh.] Being a vegetarian does help your hair, of course. Because a living vegetable, they have lipid. Its good for everything, not just hair. But anyway, if you dont have a good hair, vegetarian or not, you can try to treat it with ointment and some nutrition for the hair. Nowadays, they have plenty. We are vegetarian because we love animals, not because we want to keep our hair. So maybe you still can lose your hair even if you are vegetarian. [Master laughs.] We have to have a balanced diet, then it would be good for everything, also including hair. I dont really take care of my hair that much. Apart from now and again I cook for the Supreme Master Television, right now we eat just the things that are taken off the trees like maybe fruits. Even vegetables, theyre fruity vegetables like eggplant and tomatoes, cucumbers and gourd and squash and all that. We dont even eat so-called the leafy vegetables even anymore. So whatever you eat, just remember the divine power that is nourishing us and also taking care of your hair. And if the hair is still there, good; if the hair is not there, good-bye. Q. M. Is there a message You would send to the new president-elect of the United States besides being veg and going green? Thank You. [Master laughs.] First of all, Im very proud of him that he has really been a great hope for many people and brought a lot of inspirations for many Americans as well as the world citizens. Im proud of him and I want to congratulate him. And I know that the pressure is very great on him because people will expect a lot, a lot, a lot from him. And I hope hes strong, healthy and wise to continue to fulfill the expectation of the people. But it will be huge on him, huge. Now, as far as being veg, going green, that he knows already. If I have something to tell him, it goes like this: Dear President Obama, dont be a president. Dont be a president. Be an extraordinary leader. Be a compassionate leader. Be the one-of-the-kind leader, and be compassionate, of course, and endorse a more compassionate lifestyle for the Americans. Be a hero, be a life saver, be a historical vegan president of America and lead the world to salvation. Peace and love expands, war and hatred contract and isolate. Thats what I would tell him and he understands. Q. My question is about the new president. What are the prospects for peace in the Middle East in particular with the new United States president? Master, his name is Mubarak and in Arabic, Mubarak is the blessed. He is a blessed president. Yes, he is blessed. Look at how many people support him, how many people love him. And with big power came big responsibility. Concerning the prospect for peace in the
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Middle East, in particular with the new president, he has promised to put the Middle East peace on his top agenda. He has promised like that and he even called the presidents, Palestine and Israel to tell them that. So lets hope with his sincerity and newfound popularity and power, something may be happening that contributes to the true and lasting peace in your region of the world. Because I know youre concerned. Me too, Im concerned even though Im not Jewish and Im not Palestinian. But I love both of these people, Im sure they can talk together and understand each other. So it will also depend on both the Palestinian and the Israel governments. We pray for them. Because the people, they want peace. Its the governments who have to make it happen. You look beautiful. [Q: Thank You, Master.] Like the Jewish princess. MC. Its so exciting to see You. [M: Okay, Choco. Im listening.] Concerning the global financial crises, we see a lot of people in developing and developed world being affected. But on a positive side, we also see that people are going through positive lifestyle changes. For example, I read an article about this lady, she was redesigning her old clothes and using that to sell and also wear. And people are trying to be more frugal. There seems to be a group of people who are focusing on being less material, and so its like a big opportunity to change your lifestyle as well. So I was wondering if You can say something to encourage people to look on the positive side, and use this as an opportunity to be better world citizens. Yes, they are doing fine, if they are being more frugal now and more economizing now, then it is good, they are doing fine, because they dont have choice anyway. So it is a time to rethink of how we spend our money and how we spend our time. Because sometimes more money means spending more time also. First, more time to earn it. Second, more time to spend it. And sometimes more time in the hospital as well because you have more money you go out doing more silly stuff, drinking, drugging and all kinds of other things. You are more prone to temptation. So even if economically we are not in a sound position, but maybe its right that people should think about how to rearrange their life now. We dont have to always buy new and fashionable clothes. We dont have to go to the latest restaurant trend. There are many things in life which could give us joy and satisfaction without much of the money involved. Some people, they live on only maybe several hundred dollars per month even. Maybe they dont recycle their own clothes but they recycle somebody elses. They go out and pick up the clothes, second-hand clothes or sometimes people throw it in the garbage, the very good clothes still and furniture and all that. We can always live on without furniture, its also fine. Actually, we have some furniture here, but mostly the dogs use it, so I dont have much chance. And its not necessary that we have a lot of things to enjoy life truly, because once we truly go inside and enjoy the richness within us, we really couldnt care less where we live and how much we have. Look at the new so-called Buddha. He sits there under a tree without anything for a long time, no food, no drink. And he is happy and fit and healthy. Why? Because he has abundance within himself and he is happy. If you were to give him the whole palace, I dont think he is any happier than he is now. He probably says, Okay, and accepts it, but I dont think he is more happy than he is when he sits under the Bodhi tree. So it is up to us to make our life rich with spiritual splendor, and the glory of the kingdom of God and the blessing of the Divine. Whatever we have, we use it. And that is the best. Redesign your clothes or whatever. Because lets face it, the fashion sometimes come and go. [Audience: Right.] A long time ago, it was a very long and flowing dress, and then it goes shorter and shorter and then it becomes mini. So people keep cutting
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up and up and up, very economical. [Master laughs.] You cut the rest off the dress and you leave just a little bit on top there. And the rest that you cut you can use to do something else, make a curtain out of it, bed sheet out of it or make some more miniskirts out of it. [Laughter] Then you dont have to buy many, many more mini-skirts or you dont have to spend a lot more cloth to make any more dress. Whatever situation, look at the bright side. So economic depression or not, we still can manage. And even if you dont have food, there are a lot of vegetables like for example, cauliflower, and the gardener he would cut off a little bit more hard, the greener part outside, the leaves outside, and he just leaves the nice and white and tender part inside. And you can go and collect them and eat them. There is still plenty vitamins and they are vegetables. Sometimes vegetables are not that perfect or a little bit yellow and they throw it out, and you can collect them from supermarket or garden and just for one or two person family, you dont really need much. Truly like that. [MC: Thank You, Master.] So its good for people that they have learned to economize and to live according to situation. MC. M. Thank You, Master. Before I go, I just want to say thank You for bringing me here to grow and serve a little bit. I feel much happier here. Oh, wonderful, wonderful. You brought yourself there. [Master and audience laugh.] Its good that you bring yourself there. A good decision. [MC: Thank You.] Very wise. And working there, you earn immense merit, you know that, right? Working there, it means working for the world. So your merit is immense, immense, huge. Its an honor to be here, even though sometimes its a challenge for us. You told us before that despite our shortcomings and feelings and emotions, we have to try to go beyond that for a nobler cause. So I learn a lot being here. Very good. I am proud of you. Master, Youve devoted so much of Your time, energy, money, financial resources, towards helping to elevate the consciousnesses of the planet so that we can have a more compassionate, green planet. I truly believe that You deserve the Nobel Peace Prize. Why havent You received the Nobel Peace Prize? I tell you what. I got plenty already, plenty. And if you want one, if you come here, you could also get one. [Laughter] [Q: Oh, thank You.] Not only me, but all my staff here, we got Nobel Peace Prize almost every day by just eating the soup. You know why? [Q: No.] Ill tell you. We have one assistant here. And every time he cooks, apart from when I cook for the Supreme Master Television show, then we have some little good food, but most of the time he cooks. So whenever he cooks, we know exactly what were going to have for lunch or dinner. Mostly, we dont have much time to cook, we are very busy. So just you know, brown rice and beans and sesame, and then maybe some warm tofu or warm vegan sausage, whatever we can get there. Some protein and just brown rice and sesame, thats the basic. Then you can add on tofu or vegan sausage, and then some fruits. Every day, of course, he feels like its too dry, so he cooks us a soup. And every day its almost the same. Like he just chops some vegan sausage and chops some cucumber and put in there. And sometimes we are lucky; we have also some tomatoes in it. And whatever vegetables, he just throws it in there. And if you can eat this kind of soup every day without complaining, then you got a Nobel Peace Prize, and we get plenty of
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them every day. [Master and audience laugh.] All of us! All of us! So we even named this soup after him. And then later on, we changed it into Nobel Peace Prize Soup. [Laughter] Because if you could swallow it, then you really deserve Nobel Peace Prize, thats what I said. But we live. So I dont really need any Nobel Peace Prize anymore. We got plenty, all of us. [Master and audience laugh.] Q. M. Q. M. Thats good. Thats good. But thank you anyway for your recommendation. The other question is: How come there is still negative media? You see, people write what is in their heart. Like good person thinks good about other people. Bad person mostly thinks bad about other people. Some people, they have not learned to change into a positive spirit. And well, they have to do what they do. Everybody does a different job. We do the positive, and they like to do the negative. Because they have not learned the priority yet. Right now, the world is in peril. The planet is in danger. The most priority right now is to combat the global warming to save the world, including themselves. But some people dont get that priority. Maybe they are not well-informed, or maybe they habitually like to write negative stuff or attacking people just to sell their articles. Maybe theyre desperate for earning money, desperate to be noticed. These people, theyre desperate in some way. Theyre desperate. Maybe they lack of love. Maybe no one has loved them. Maybe they just want to get attention. But the thing is: This negative kind of stunt or maybe craving for attention in a negative way, it doesnt always work. Most people, they dont like the person who talks bad about other person or who talks negative things about other things. It might interest them for a while, but later on they will not feel very good about that person. So the first harm anyone does to themselves including negative writer or media, theyre doing harm to themselves. We feel sorry for them, but theyll learn one day. Q. When scientists saw this gigantic star hurling through the sky, Master commended that it was a super being. What is a super being? And would You please tell us more about them? Thank You. Gladly. Super being is a being who is very super, no? [Laughter] Super means extraordinary, more than the mortal can imagine. They are there with super power, with extraordinary quality of divine consciousness. Mostly, super beings are the ones who help other beings to elevate. Be it even the birds or dogs or cows or a chicken, they can also be super beings if their quality is super, if their actions are super and they are in anyway beneficial to other beings. Many super beings are mostly spiritually high, elevated beings, and they sometimes manifest themselves into different dimensions or different kinds of forms in order to help others. Even a river is a super being. The Earth is a super being. The sun is a super being. They are not just inert material planets. They are beings. Its just that they dont look like you or they dont look like moving so we dont know they are beings, but they are super beings. They manifest themselves as rivers, as seas, as mountains, as Earth, as stars, for the benefit of others. They are to be respected. So in the ancient times or even now, some people still worship rivers and mountains they are not all in the wrong. They do see that mountain has a spirit, tree has spirit, even stone has spirit. They do see things so they worship them. But of course they are
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not the ultimate manifestation of the Divine. They are not the most high. But nevertheless, they are super part or super manifestation from the Divine. So its all worthy of our respect, salutation and our gratitude. Without water, many beings would die. Without trees, without the oceans, how do we live? These are super beings also, not just the stars or comets. Not just the moon, not just the sun. We are living in the grace of a super being called the Earth. Thats why the aboriginal people, they call her Mother Earth and very respectfully because they can see it. Sometimes they can communicate also with the Earths spirit or with the mountains. So the mountains can talk to you. The trees will tell you. So walk the Earth with awe and respect. Look at the trees with love and reverence. Touch the plants with gratitude and admiration. Everything around us is from the Divine and is a part of the Divine, not just human beings, not just animals. Be reverent with all things. Thank you. Q. I have a question from science, quantum physics. Because quantum physics sort of gives some indication to materialist scientists that there is something beyond this space and time. Some reality, and as long as it was theory then of course, there were a lot of skeptics, but now there are even very pronounced experiments. And there is such an established experiment which was performed by Alain Aspect in France, University of Paris, 25 years ago. And in that experiment, two objects they were originally photons, but it could be electrons some sub-atomic particles were separated from one atom very far away. Today, this experiment was many times repeated even on the distances of hundreds of kilometres and after they were separated they influence each other without any time delay, instantaneously. But Albert Einstein already proved 100 years ago that nothing could travel through the space without some time because it cannot exceed the speed of light. [M: Thats right.] Most scientists believe that there is no explanation of this experiment without some connection beyond the space. Could You comment what is this transcendental space that this experiment indicates? And is it perhaps a universal consciousness and an evidence of God that all beings are connected beyond space and time? You know very well, hum? What the scientist has told before, that nothing can influence each other without going through space, right? It takes some time, right? So that means the space and time involved in whatever the two objects when they want to influence each other. And now, they influence it without space and time even. Well, that is, of course, the consciousness of all beings. You call that God or just super consciousness of all beings. Yes, I told you we all are one. And space and time are just the products of this physical dimension. Thats why when you go into the other dimension of the universe during deep meditation, time and space dont exist to you. You could even communicate with the beings in heavens and hells and you communicate with me, no time involved, and no language involved, no space even. And sometimes we sit in transcendental samadhi for many hours, or some people many days, many months, many years and for them, time, it seems like a split second only. So time and space are just relative to this world. If the two things are to have influence on each other, they dont really always need space and time. It depends on the quality of these things. Just like love. Love doesnt need space and time to transmit and influence each other. When youre in love with someone, even you are far away from each other, you feel the same at the same time. Yes? And you influence each others feelings at the same time with no space, no time necessary to transmit the feeling. The feeling doesnt have to go through space, even if its curved or straight space, it doesnt need.
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So the consciousness of all beings, as I just mentioned, even mountains are beings, trees have spirit, trees are beings and plants are beings, so every other things are beings also. Theyre all part of the universal great consciousness. Theyre not just material things, even though in our mortal eyes, they look like physical beings or physical objects, but they are not. The density difference makes them look different, but they are all spirits. Therefore, the two objects like photons, they can influence each other without space and time because they are one. Yes, there is a connection which space and time cannot separate. Just like love, space and time cannot separate the love that a mother has for a child. Or a husband has for a wife, or a boy has for a girl, they cannot separate. These are things that space and time mean nothing. Q. M. Q. Q. So I understand that in that dimension there is an attribute connection, not spatial. [M: Right.] Thank You very much, Master. Are you happy with my quantum explanation? [Master and audience laugh.] Yes, Im very happy with Your quantum answer. My question is about soul groups. You have mentioned that You have many bodies on this Earth, and they are helping You with Your work. And You also mentioned that there are soul groups. Would You please explain more about the purpose of soul groups? Thank You. You see, sometimes our soul has to manifest into many different bodies in order to have a better workforce. Just to help out a little bit. So the main body that houses the soul can direct other bodies as well. So in that case, we call it a soul group. Just to help with the work. Because one physical instrument sometimes is not convenient to do different jobs at the same time, so we need a couple of other bodies. Thats it, okay? [Q: Yes.] And the same with the soul mate, sometimes they separate themselves into two bodies and so they fall in love, they call themselves soul mates, alright? Thank You. I want to thank You on behalf of Iranian people, on behalf of initiates and also non-initiates. They feel Your love. They feel Your support. They feel Your blessing, even non-initiates. They just wanted to thank You for all of Your love and they really love You. The non-initiates, they love Your words. They love Your lectures and its a source of hope for them. They really love You. Thank you. I love them, too. Please tell them. You know I do, right? [Q: Yes. Thank You.] The Iran people, theyre very pure in the heart. They deserve more than that, but in this world we can only do what we can do. Im trying my best to help to comfort them. [Q: Thank You.] Did you find your soul mate or something? [Master and audience laugh.] Thats why you ask? Yes. I think You are my soul mate. Yes, I am, baby, definitely. Its a great honor to have this conference with You, and Im very thankful. I would like to know before we come down to this Earth, did we know that we will come here to work for Supreme Master Television? And did we make a pact to come here to work together to save the planet? Thank You, Master. What do you think?
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Well, I dont remember if I really made a pact but I do believe Im here for a special purpose. Sure, then you are right. What is in your intuition and what is in your heart, and if youre happy to do what youre doing and you feel this is right for you, then maybe you have made the pact. Yes, Im very happy to be here every single day. Then you have made the promise to come here to work for the Supreme Master Television to save the planet, save the people, save the world. Wow! Great mission! Continue with your job. [Q: Yes, I will.] Thats where you belong. First of all, Id like to say thank You for the opportunity to be at Supreme Master Television. Every day Im grateful that You help me with the work that Im doing at Supreme Master Television. And my first question is actually related to the inner voice. How do we know which inner voice comes from the high beings and which one actually comes from the mind? Thank You, Master. Whenever you have some hunch or some intuition about something, or if you ask a question and you get an answer related to that, and if you feel confident that its good and its beneficial to your job or what youre asking or to other people, then definitely that is inner guidance. And if you still have doubt or you think its no good for others or for yourself, then you have to re-think again and pray again and ask again. And meditate on it until youre clear and confident that the answer is correct. My second question, Master, is about dreams of past lives. I have been having dreams about past lives. Im not sure if these are actual past life dreams or theyre just my imagination playing with me. How can You tell? Well, whatever it is, if its good, enjoy it. [Master and audience laugh.] Its a good dream, yes? Mostly good dreams then its good. Its better than the reality that we have anyway. [Master laughs.] Enjoy, baby. Sometimes the dreams are for the past; sometimes the dreams are of the future. And sometimes dreams are a premonition of something thats coming. So just pay attention and then you will know what is what. If it is a past dream, then its the working out of some bad karma, of some desire that we still have leftover. If its about the future then pay attention to see if its happening like that, and then youll know more and then youll continue to trust your intuition in the future. Continue to have good dreams. Sweet dreams. What can we do to help ourselves to go deeper inside, like when you go deep inside? Thank You, Master. So you dont go deep inside enough? Tell you what, your dream is when youre going deep inside, at least deep in your sleep. Do what you can. [Q: Thank You, Master.] Youre welcome, love. Thanks for being there and doing good job. I would like to ask if You could share some details about true life of Jesus Christ? Some details that maybe can help us to grow more? Thank You, Master. Like what, honey? His life is so great. How can I tell you in a few minutes? What aspect do you want to know?
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There are two periods in which Im very interested. The first period is when Jesus Christ got the teaching, from where did He get it? This is one question that I would like to ask You. And the second one, we know from the public sources that Jesus Christ died, His physical body died at 33 years old, and I would like to know, is it possible to know if this is true or not? Or if this is useful for us to know about that? There was a long period of time that He disappeared. At that time, He went to India and studied with different spiritual enlightened Masters at that time. And Jesus did not die at 33 years of age like the historical record, but He lived afterward. Remember, it is said His body was in the cave, and then later some angels came and rolled the stone away from the entrance. And then they took His body out, and then He traveled again back to India. Legend had it that He was in Kashmir and lived until 120 years of age, and He was buried in Kashmir. And I have visited the tomb in Kashmir, and it could be that it is His tomb. It says something very similar to Jesus. So if you want, you can go there and visit and check it out. And they say that is the tomb of Jesus, and there is a small tomb next to it. Thats supposed to be His attendant or His assistant. When I read it, I know it is for Jesus name. I just know it. I cant explain. I meditated there for a while. Thank You very much for being so patient with me. I also am very proud that you have progressed. Youve progressed very much. You are different, completely different from when you first came. And you know that, right? [Q: Yes. Thank You.] Good. I would like to say something in front of You. I would like to thank also all the brothers and sisters here because they are also a wonderful example. And each time that I went through some bad period, there was always someone who was there, smiling, helping and always being positive as You teach. And I would like to thank them, and thank You, of course. Thank You. Thank them! I wanted to know if initiates, for example, if they develop their ability to speak with animals telepathically, can they reveal it, or even work as animal communicators? Only when necessary. Otherwise, keep it to themselves. They will be busying themselves with answering all kinds of curious questions, which are not really very helpful to the animals or for the caretakers. If necessary, yes, you can reveal, and if they like to work as animal telepathic communicator, yes, why not? You know anyone? Or its you yourself? Well, sometimes there were moments where I thought I understood the dogs around me or my dog, but Im not sure if it was true. You have to verify it with the dog. [Master and audience laugh.] You have to ask questions to him that can be verified. And then, slowly, slowly, you will gain confidence, and you know if its true or not. You have communication with other animals or just with your dog? With my dog, I had a few moments like that. I walk other peoples dogs so I sometimes kind of feel what theyre saying, but very rare. Like for example, I was at home and I was very busy at the computer, and then my friend came over and I was stressed because I thought that I needed to finish some work. And then my friend came and I
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knew that she will soon leave, but I was impatient. And I wasnt like all there mentally because I wanted to come back to my work. And the dog was there and she kind of noticed it probably, and she said, Hey, she said, You be nice to her. But then I said, Oh, you know, Im just stressed. Its not that Im not nice. And she said, Okay. M. Understand. Understand. Sometimes we are very stressed and we forget to consider other people, like she came from far away just to see you, or some special important thing to her, or something like that, of course. So the dogs are to remind you, thats correct. Even if it wasnt the dog who told you, its also correct reminding. [Q: This is true.] But maybe its the dog who told you. [Q: Yes, I think so.] Dogs, they dont talk a lot unless necessary. Animals, they dont chatter all day like we do. So only when necessary they reveal something to you, and thats correct. You happy there? [Q: Yes, Im very happy to be here, Master. I am really grateful for the opportunity.] Good. Im so grateful for everything You have done for us and for the Earth. I am very happy to be Your disciple every day and I appreciate very much. I feel I still need to improve in many aspects. I hope I can learn more from You. Can I be a practitioner, follow You forever in the universe, at any levels on any planets? Thank You, Master. In many levels, not every level. Some levels, you cannot go. As far as everybody else can go, you can go. Master, at this point we have a surprise entertainment program. You have very much inspired us with Your poetry, music and singing. So some of our brothers and sisters would like to dedicate some songs, in their native languages, especially for You. Good! I like that! Great! Thank You. Bravo! Master, this is an Italian song, and its called, Raggio di Sole, which means Ray of Sun, because You are the sun in our life, Master. [M: Oh, thank you, very sweet.] [The brother is singing in Italian: Welcome ray of sun in this land of earth and stones with lakes white as the snow, under Your feet. Welcome to this love, to this distraction, to this carnival where nobody desires You, where nobody wants to hurt You. Welcome ray of sun I will give You a pencil to draw and a glass for drinking fast and another one for drinking slow and a smile to protect Yourself and one passport to travel far away. Welcome to this window, to this peaceful sky, to all the noises in the morning, to this world already full, a ship moves away, all the lights are lit. Welcome son of anyone. Welcome in this country.] Thank You, Master. Very good. Very good. Thanks much. Happy Thanksgiving. We would like to present a Chinese song entitled, Gratitude to You. And its about how Youve always been with us through every step of our lives even during the hardest times. And all the goodness in us, it begins from You. So I hope You enjoy. [M: Thank you.] [The two sisters are singing in Chinese: That eventful fall season I had You to accompany me so it was easy to pass through, even in the darkest moments. That period of cold days I had You to cover my fragile heart, even in the saddest corner. Do not think that I do not really understand. You pampered me like a
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child. Saying gratitude. Endless gratitude. Saying gratitude. Endless gratitude. All the good things in my life started with You. Saying gratitude.] M. Q. Thank you. Thanks. I would like to have a song here named Tinh Hoai Huong and it means The Longing for Ones Country. I would like to dedicate it to You, Master. [The sister is singing in Aulacese: My hometown has a lovely canal. Water flows into perfectly shaped fields. Fragrant rice harvested two seasons a year. O villager! Late in the night, the rustle of enraptured rice plants. My hometown has a long levee. As the distant market closes in the evening. A brown silhouette quickening her steps on the way home. Under the vault of young bamboos, the cooking fires rising smoke warms the countryside. Leaving here, do you miss a young villager? Leaving here, I miss her charming smile! Someones returning to find a smile, I wish only to search for an age of innocence.] Thank You, Master. Thank you, very nice! You forgot the buffalo. [Laughter] Yes, thats the second part of the song. [Laughter] You didnt sing: There is a lovely old buffalo. [Master is singing in Aulacese.] Yes, sing the second part. [The sister continues to sing the second part of the song The Longing for Ones Country: O hometown! The banyan trees shade envelops the children. Sunlight shines quietly on the leaves. Gentle buffalos resting on the hill. What are they dreaming of? Perhaps waiting for me to play a lifting melody on the flute. O hometown! The hair of beloved aging mothers turned gray. A lullaby rekindles childhood memories. On her soft arms, a child leans his head. That image, forever imprinted in my heart. Longing for my hometown. Lingering blue-gray smoke, a heart melancholy. Changing light of eventide. Rejoicing life in a thousand-fold love. Love spans the world! Love given to one another great as the ocean. O traveler. Tears like a vast river flowing toward my hometown. Being away, I long for my hometown! O my hometown!] Q. I have something to share with You, Master. Its some good news I received from the initiates in Au Lac about the Aulacese opera. They say they enjoy it very much and they love it very much. And they cant wait for every Thursday to watch the opera. They all said they love it very much. And many of them even watch the show a few times a day. The Au Lac initiates say the part that they love the best in the opera show is the part that You sing, Master. And we also love it very much. [M: Just a short one.] Yes. Would You please sing us a few more opera songs? [Laughter and applause.] Thank You, Master. Hey, it was just a joke. At that time, I was with all the Aulacese and you know how they pressured me with their loving longing for some Aulacese songs, so I just sang a short one for them, but not now. I appreciate your kind encouragement, but maybe another time. We need a live audience, maybe. Also we have to find some good one, I mean, good Aulacese opera. Not the sad ones like, The Romance of Lan and Diep, whos kneeing next to the temple crying? My God, its so sad! [Master laughs.] Next time maybe, okay? Another time. Thanks a lot anyway. I love Aulacese opera. I love all the songs, I love poetry, I love Aulacese traditions, traditional literature. I love all the traditional literature and poetry and songs. And people like it; I like it. I also look forward so every Thursday to watch the Buffalo. [Master and audience laugh.] If its for the
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world, the larger audience, we should offer as beautiful translation as possible. Also to honor the Aulacese language, which is very, very beautiful, and to me, its the most beautiful language in the world. Very expressive, very musical, very poetic, very romantic, very melodious. It really touches your heart when you listen to it. Especially the poems, beautiful, beautiful. I love the Aulacese language. Im sure everybody loves their own language, too. Q. Hi, Master, this song is about Allah. Allah is with us. We are overwhelmed in happiness. The day of gladness has come. The world congratulated us. The world is ours and the soul is exalted. [The sister is singing in Arabic: Allah is with us, oh! We are overwhelmed in happiness. Allah is with us, oh! We are overwhelmed in happiness. They day of gladness has come. And the world congratulated us. The day of gladness has come. And the world congratulated us. Allah is with us, with us, with us. The world is ours, and the soul is exultant. Allah is with us, with us, with us.] M. MC. Q. Thank you. Thank you for that. Just now You mentioned about the Buddha boy in Nepal, who sat there for a long time and meditated and didnt eat. And some people thought hes a great Buddha from the past who has come back. And others dont think so because they say hes so young and doesnt have life experience, but it seems quite extraordinary to be able to sit so long without even eating and moving, so can You say something about that and is it like a sign of hope for the world? Well, this is not the first time that we heard of such phenomena. Long ago, there was also a young boy also did like that, sat for a long time until he nails grew very long and turned into a circle around his fingers. Its possible. In China, there was also a monk who was sitting for a long time; his clothes became tattered like dirt even. He died just maybe 20 years or a decade something ago. Its possible. Its possible to go also without food and drink. Its possible. All these people or beings, they do that just to give people some example of hope and faith in the Divine, of the immense limitless possibility that is housed within this physical body. So, of course, they give hope to the people. Hes above human standard, at least. And hes really there to inspire people, without doing much. If he just sits there and be in samadhi even, go without physical help, for that, he inspired countless people definitely, no doubt. The more people know about that, the better. They should know that we exist not just by physical means, but by spiritual sustaining energy. Just like Jesus had said, Man doesnt live from bread alone. People who live on prana, or love or on mana, they live without food, or with very little food. Or if even if they eat, or they drink a little thing, but they do it just for the taste, or just to pass time, but they do not rely on these to sustain their life. They might eat a little, drink a little, but they know that it is the divine power that sustains them, and they live by prana, or what you call mana. Mana is the divine love food inside, and they live by love and by divine power. Call it prana or mana or breatharian, there exists such thing. And hes definitely an enlightened being. MC. Master, with Your permission, could we continue with a couple more personal questions or maybe You have something to say to us?
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Well, I know you guys also sometimes go through periods of trial. And dont worry, I feel it, too. So all I can tell you is just hang on in there, okay? What youre doing is great and is beneficial to yourself, spiritual development for yourself and it helps the world immensely. So please hang on in there, continue your noble mission. Of course, the more positive things you do, the more negative power also tries to test you. And if your level is not very high, then sometimes they can scratch you at the feet or maybe drag your hair, something like that. So if you feel a little bit negative sometimes, that is because the level is not too high and the negative power can get you a little bit. So dont worry, just step aside or struggle for a while, or go pray or go meditate, then youll be okay next moment. And thank you for all your trying, despite the test and despite sometimes the struggle and the temptation, you still are there, and you still are trying to work and I thank you for that. And the world thanks you for that, the animals thank you. All beings in the world thank you. You have no idea how they thank you. So just remember the great job that youre doing and do not look right, do not look left. Do not listen to anything else except the noble encouragement for your great work. Encourage each other, help each other, and try to remember you are helping the world. And that will be an immense blessing for you. Unimaginable for you how much blessing you have, you will have no idea. You will have it. You will have an idea later. Now youre too busy. [Master laughs.] [MC: Thank You, Master.] Youre welcome. I tell you the whole truth and nothing but the truth. It is like that. So be happy, you are doing a great job there. And whatever bad karma you have, it will be redeemed. And you will be a great saint in no time. Please, continue your work. Thats the best job you can have on this planet and the most honorable in heaven. The most praiseworthy in other dimensions. All the heavens look down here, see what youre doing and theyre praising you immensely. Its just that youre working in the closet; youre not allowed to know so your egos will not be too big. Because it will be obstructive to your spiritual practice and your work. I love all of you very much. Youre doing a great job, thats it, summarized: Youre doing a great job. And it will be greatly benefit to you, to your five, six, seven, nine generations, and theres no other job better.
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anymore. After many times, it becomes a different habit. Stubbornness is also a habit, and if we allow it to keep continuing, then it becomes a very bad habit. But after we change, and then we work the opposite direction and then the new habit is born and then it will overcome the old habit, and then it will be okay. MC. Master, we have an improvised song for You. [The master of ceremony and audience are singing: Happy Thanksgiving to You. Happy Thanksgiving to You. Happy Thanksgiving, dear Master. Happy Thanksgiving to You.] Thank you. [Master laughs.] What do you guys eat for Thanksgiving? Something good, veggie turkey. Wonderful. Thats good. Enjoy, okay? [MC: Thank You.] Enjoy very much. Master, we want to thank You for this session, for all Your love and wisdom and inspiration You give us every day. This time with You is very special for us and we will keep it in our hearts and honor it. We wish that You will always stay well and beautiful. We ask that You take good care of Yourself because the world needs You. The animal friends thank You. And we love You very much. So thank You for teaching us love. Thank you. Thank you. We hope to see You or hear You soon again. Thank you also for your love and dedication. And have a wonderful Thanksgiving Day, a true Thanksgiving Day, thanks to the Providence. [MC: Thank You.] I know youre all working very hard, and I thank you, but its all worth it. You will see, its all worth it. So long for now. So long, bye bye. [M: I love you very much.] We love You.
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AN INTERVIEW BY BOB LEBENSOLD OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND RADIO 58

Q. Good morning and welcome to Environmentally Sound. I am Bob Lebensold, your host for this series, on the natural world, education and culture. We bring you guests from diverse disciplines: Scientists, activists, authors, educators, entertainers, and public officials. We seek to stimulate your curiosity, intellect and passion. Todays news from the natural world. Today is Thursday, which 9/11, September 11, 2008. The 84th day of summer, the 7th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks. Autumn begins a week from Monday, on September 22. My guest today is Supreme Master Ching Hai, spiritual leader and worldwide activist. I do believe that part of being enlightened is doing good works, and Grand Masters global following suggests that She does just that. Welcome, Supreme Master Ching Hai. M. Q. Hallo, Bob. Good morning, Supreme Master.
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How are you? Im good. I just finished a seminar, so Im still hanging around here waiting for you. Well, Im happy that Youre doing that. Do You get to the beach at all or are You too busy for that? Oh, I havent got time, sorry. I just passed by, zoom, like with a car. [Master laughs.] But beautiful people are bathing, and the sun is shining, the sky is blue, and the weather is perfect. All right, thats enough of making me jealous and wishing I was there. Dont be, Mr. Lebensold, because I also dont have time to go on the beach. You see Im very pale, I dont have tan or nothing. [Master laughs.] Yes, I can see the feed and Youre pale but very beautiful. Thank you, sir. Let me ask You about Your NQ rating system. This is Noble Quality. How do You arrive at that? And how can some members of a species, specifically humans, Im thinking of, have a rating of 90, a high rating, while others are as low as 3% or 10%, within the same species? How does the Noble Quality, the NQ rating system work? All right, sir. All beings are watched over and observed and rated. Depends on how good we are or a being is, either have developed noble quality, loving and kind, helping others or not. And its heavens rating system, not mine, not humans. And we all come here to realize our true great self. The more selfless and unconditional and loving quality we exercise in this world, the nearer we are to our great self, the God within us. I wondered if we can, lets say, Im a 10. Can I get up to say a 15 or a 20 by doing good things? How do you grow within this system? Anyone who is doing more good things in life, more selfless service, and truly just because of loving others and feeling what others feel in time of need, then the Noble Quality will increase with it, accordingly. We expand ourselves by including others in our life in a loving way. How can we possibly know? Theres no test, is there? [M: Yes.] How would I know what my rating is or shouldnt I even bother worrying about that? We shouldnt really because we should do it unconditionally. But nevertheless if you want you can ask me and I tell you in private only. Yes? [Master and Mr. Bob Lebensold laugh.] So I should try to be perfect? Yes, we can know the Noble Quality of someone if we are in contact with that person. And we have to contact inside to heaven, we can ask heaven about it.
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Well, You travel all over the world. [M: Right.] Anytime You come anywhere near me, I invite You to come and You can tell me what my Noble Quality is. I may be afraid to find out. No, Im sure you are very high in Noble Quality, dont worry, the way you are doing things. Thank You, that is so generous; You just make me glow. No, you are serving others, and your work is noble and you are selfless and you are broadminded. All your work is protecting the environment I think, and so I am sure you have high NQ and IQ as well. Now, I would have thought, what I read about the Noble Qualities in Your book, The Noble Wilds, I would have thought that animals such as tigers, lions, eagles, they seem to us to be noble. And yet You consider them to be actually quite low. I guess Noble Quality has more to do well, maybe You have to tell me. Why are tigers and eagles not high on the nobility scale? It is not, I, myself, that considers, I am told of this. When I was in touch with the noble wilds and I am told of this, this knowledge, transmitted to me like which one what. Its a whole lot. I just have a little like symbolic list in the book of my Noble Wilds because I think it is obvious. To some people, it seems like they look very regal and noble, yes, but it is obvious that they are predators, and they are killing to live. So how can a noble quality expand in such circumstance? [Q: But that is their nature.] Yes, I know, I know, because they are born like that to do that. Thats why they stay like that. Thats why we humans have a choice. Any beings who harm the weak and innocent for any reason at all are acting against the merciful law of heaven and, thus, it is good enough even that they are given this physical body in this reasonable world and not in a worse planet, a more suffering planet. Some humans have similar traces of characters, but we have choice. Thats why we are better than the animals, we have choice. Like lions, tigers, they dont have choice; we have choice. We can eat meat or not eat meat, we can kill or not kill to live. So it is better that we rise above the vicious animal standards because we are more endowed with capabilities and intelligence to better care for ourselves and for other beings who are weaker and defenseless. So the standards are the same for animals and humans. And humans, since we have the ability to make these choices, we have the ability to attain a higher nobility, whereas animals that are locked in from their evolution and from their nature, theyre just stuck where they are, whatever number they are. Right, sir. Right, Bob. I get it. Let me talk about You just a little bit. You were born in Au Lac. What are Your recollections of the war? I imagine it was a terribly traumatic time for You. Please tell us from Your perspective what it was like. Yes, it was, sir. War is never good. You can tell. Of course, especially for a child, these horrible and frightening scenes such as dead bodies everywhere on the roadsides, rotten and exploded houses, or a neighboring burned out field of coconuts and burned out fields of rice, is not ideal for children to grow up with. And deafening cannon sound, I used to feel like my heart would explode inside my chest or run away from me. And my ear was so deafening because they just shooting cannon every day and its very near
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where my house is. Its not just bad for the fragile physical body, but it left you terribly disturbed and feeling ill, feeling unwell, depressed, and for no reasons. As a helpless child, what can you do? War is never good. And even not good for the aggressors as well, because they will have to pay for the suffering they caused to others. Even if they have the right to do that, the bad retribution still have to be measured out against both sides and theres untold suffering in all human aspects, you know that. Psychologically, mentally, emotionally and physically. I think war is a consequence of our neglect to the less fortunate brothers and sisters and the less fortunate beings. If our society elevates to more compassionate levels of consciousness and all beings are treated with respect and love, then we will never have war because its no good for anyone for the strong and the weak. Q. M. Q. Clearly so. You were a young child during that time, were You not? Yes, very young, not even 10. And I was actually in the United States Army at that time, although I did not get to visit Your country, fortunately, not at that time, because that would have been terrible for all of us. But I think itd be wonderful to visit Au Lac. [M: Now, yes!] And see how it is grown. [M: Now, yes!] I understand that You saw an elementary school teacher, just a very gentle man, shot by a stray bullet. [M: Yes! My own teacher!] And that must have hurt You deeply and very personally. Yes, I read my poem about it and you know, I could not even express enough. As a child I wrote the poem like that, and you know how I felt. Yes. Now, Youve traveled. You worked for the Red Cross in Germany and You also saw terrible suffering. And while You were there You were married to a doctor. [M: Yes. Right.] How long were You married? [M: Two years.] But You actually, You realized that You had a spiritual path to follow. So presumably, You sat with Your husband and You said, I have to follow this, and he said, I understand, and he was in agreement that this was Your path. Can You tell us anything about that time in Germany? Its been a long time and I almost forgot about it. But it was very difficult as you can imagine for both of us, and I cried a lot before I left him. He wasnt crying outside, but I feel hes crying inside. And he went to visit me even in the Himalayas later on. [Q: Really?] Yes. And we met again afterward and its like nothing has happened, but still I had to go because its already difficult to leave one time, I cannot go and do it again and again. So, in Au Lac, we say, Rather die apart than live separately. [Q: Really?] So it was just because the world was full of suffering and I cannot enjoy my own personal happiness. Thats the reason. [Q: Yes.] I would have loved to take him with me but hes a physician. And he loves his job and Im sure hes doing good for the world, for his patients, because he was an excellent and loving, compassionate, and kind doctor. Often he shared with me his sorrow of some cases that he cannot help. [Q: Sure. That was his work and this was Yours.] Yes, and I thought I had to do something to help humanity in a different way. Like the Buddha. I was idealistic. [Q: Yes.] And I read the Buddha and Jesus, they all left their family to go and find the solution to the suffering and the remedies to cure the ills of the world. So I left him. But we were in friendly way but [Q: Thats good.] It was suffering, a lot of pain. I wouldnt recommend anyone to do this. If you are in love too much I think its very painful. I must say that men are not so good at crying, I agree. Your husband was probably crying deeply inside to lose such a person as You. [M: He was, he was.] You met a
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perfect Master in the Himalayas, were going to have to go to a break in a little over a minute, so if You can start talking about Your experience in the Himalayas then well take a break and then well come back and continue. M. All right. You see, this is something thats difficult to tell people because its almost like out of this world. I went all over the world in search for a perfect Master, enlightened Master, to guide me to enlightenment. And finally heaven has rewarded me. It was Gods grace. So You did meet somebody. I think wed better leave it here. Because if we start talking about it Im not going to want to take a break. [M: Sure, well do it later.] So today is 9/11, as You know, the anniversary of the terrible terrorist attacks on our city, New York City, our country, the United States, in taking down those two towers. We are going to take an extra minute to commemorate that event. And here we go. Im sorry also. And I hope this never happens again, anywhere. May God bless America. [After the break.] We are speaking with Supreme Master Ching Hai, and where we left off was, Supreme Master, You were telling us about Your experiences in the Himalayas. You went to the Himalayas to seek enlightenment and You did finally meet a Master who touched You in that way. Please tell us about that. Its a long story, but to make it short, I met this beautiful Master, radiant Master, and He was about 450 years old at that time in our Earth years. And He was in between the threshold between our world and the astral world, what we call the hereafter. And its not the highest level, of course, but He has to stay there in order to come and go to the physical world easily. So in fact, He is like, still alive. And He was in between the invisible and visible world. And then He conferred upon me the gift of immediate enlightenment, and told me I have to go back to the world to do the same to those who seek it. So you can refer more to the interview with the journalist in Taipei this year, from Paris Center. My people will provide you with that, if you like to know a little bit more. You said He gave You the gift of instant enlightenment? [M: Instant, yes, immediate enlightenment. You could get] Tell us what enlightenment is? I think about it. Ive read about it. I have tried to enter that path. But many people dont really understand it. Can You tell us what enlightenment is? Can anyone achieve it and how would we go about it? Ill try, sir. Ill try. This is something abstract, but Ill try. Enlightenment, in short, is the awakening within ourselves. Just like we are in a dark room and suddenly the light comes on, thats why enlighten. We can see the Light from heaven and we can hear the teaching of God. Sometimes its verbally but its mostly in a form of vibration, music of the spheres which is beautiful, which makes us feeling that we are free of sorrow and pain. Nothing worries us at all. And we can realize at that moment of enlightenment that we are the essence of Light and beauty, of heavenly melody and peace. And we are a part of the whole divinity, that our body, however real it seems to us now, is an illusion. And that life continues forever, forever. That we never die, truly. And that death is just fictional, a scare that forces us to be like a subordinate, to be subservient, to be subdued and enslaved, to fear and sorrow to this physical, illusionary realm as well. So anyone can achieve the enlightenment because we have it within us. All we need to do is look where it is. We forgot to look. Its like you have the headphone on your head, but if youre too busy, busy, youre looking everywhere else, then you will never find it.
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Enlightenment is within us. We are the essence of Light, so we are the part of God. Every religion tells us that. God is within us. So we just looking inside and we will find it. Q. M. But its easy to say but not necessarily so easy to do. No, no, no, its easy, sir. [Q: Yes?] A person who knows it can tell you how. And its instantly, Therefore, I say, immediate enlightenment, and it is easy like that. You can ask my people. Anyone you pick. We can ask them. Well, Ill ask them after were on the air. I want to talk to You as much as I can. You want to continue with the enlightenment? [Q: Yes, of course.] Anyone can achieve it because we have it. So, sometimes, even without a teacher, when you are in deep concentration, when you are in deep prayers and sincerity, then you suddenly have a silent communion with the Divine within yourself. And the best is, of course, to find someone who has gone through it. And who went all the way to the higher realms and come back and go back there again and any time, its like you are going to supermarket. [Master and Mr. Bob Lebensold laugh.] So just like you know your hand, then that person can lead you to the higher realm, to show you how to awaken your enlightened self inside. So, for example, this is the physical dimension, if you go higher, without the physical body, we can free ourselves from physical body then during the time of enlightenment, then we go to the next level. That is the Astral Level. Most people they die, they go there. [Q: Yes.] The Astral Level has heaven and hell. And the next is the causal level which records all the humans good and bad deeds. And the next one is the creative level. And the next one is the mysterious splendor, the Light there is like a hundred thousand suns, even though the planet is dark. And another one is the Fifth Level. That is the true abode, the Home of the all saints and sages since times immemorial. And they reside there and they come down here to help us human. Or if we are human, and we attain the fifth, the high level of consciousness, we also go there and live there with the saints and the sages. We became a saint then. And there are more but most humans are more than happy enough to be on the Fifth Level. And only exceptional souls reside above the fifth. Thats something to think about. I know You have a deep connection with animals, birds, dogs. Youve saved many dogs, I understand? But besides just compassion, and an affection for animals and an intense dislike of violence, You also maintain that global warming, which we generally think is the direct result of the use of fossil fuels and the release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, You actually believe that eating meat and the whole industry around meat consumption is a crucial element in global warming. So if You could kind of explain being a vegan and global warming and Your connection with animals in general and Your dogs in particular. And I have Your books right here The Birds in My Life, The Dogs in My Life which were generously given to me. And Your The Noble Wilds. Can You just talk about these things please? First, the connection with animals, and then second a meat diet, and third global warming connection. So concerning about animal communication or connection, every one of us can do it. Its just that most people dont have time to train themselves again in this connection. In the beginning, we can talk to animals and they can talk to us. Anyway, many animal psychics can tell you that. And they do it as a job as well. Like if you have a dog and your dog is ill and you dont know what to do and doctor doesnt know, and then you can call a psychic and hell tell you what happened. And the doctor can cure him accordingly also.
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But Im more connected through love. I love them so much that there is just a natural and simple oneness between myself and the animals. Because thats how I feel how they feel, and I know what they know. And Im dying inside seeing the mistreatment and the cruelty that we humans measure upon the defenseless and the noble and innocent beings of animals. I wish all can hear what our co-inhabitants have to tell us and feel their pains and sorrows, just like we humans do. In fact, theyre even more sensitive. And I wish that we treat them more kindly, and that in turn, heaven will be merciful on us. Q. And that is what The Noble Wilds is about, Your communication with the animals. Well, once in a while, I do understand just to make it personal I do understand what animals are feeling. I own a horse; I dont really understand what he feels most of the time. But birds, I can sometimes understand. So Of course, Im not near Your level. Tell us about global warming. How does eating meat actually feed global warming? Even physically speaking, scientifically speaking, just producing meat we cause more CO2 than all the cars, all the trains, and the boats and airplanes combined together. So physically, scientifically speaking, meat industry is causing our global warming more than anything else. And this 18% of CO2 comes from meat production, but thats not including the sickness related to it, and the hospital bills and the sorrows of people who are losing loved ones due to meat eating sickness. I can give you some of that if we can read it quickly, yes? Meat eating cause heart disease, over 17 million people perish each year due to heart attack and high blood pressure. Im talking all this according to the World Health Organization and United States health agencies, et cetera, et cetera. 20 million people survive heart attack but related ongoing cost of their case is enormous. The cost of burden of cardiovascular diseases to individual and government alone in United States is USD700 billion per year! Its not me who is speaking. Its your government research. And now, cancer, more than 940,000 colon cancer cases yearly and nearly a half of million people die from it each year. In the United States alone, cancer treatment costs USD6.5 billion. [Q: Billion!] Prostate and bladder cancers affect more than half a million people every year. Researchers have identified chemical substance in cooked, fried and grilled meat thats considered direct cause of cancer and people who eat beef four or more times a week are found to be four times as likely to be having colon cancer than those consuming less. And concerning diabetes, 246 million people worldwide are affected by this. And the cost of it is USD174 billion. Add it all together from the top up to now, how many billions we spent just concerning treating people with meat-related diseases. And thats in the United States alone. And obesity is 1.6 billion adults are overweight with 400 million more who are obese. The cost of individual treatment for that is USD93 billion per year and another 2.6 million people die from problems related to being overweight. Yes, a lot more. I know you dont have time but I can send it to you if you want. [Q: Sure. Id be happy to see it and share it with the audience.] Much more, much more, sir. Id like for You to make the connection between Global warming, yes? [Q: Yes, please.] You look at all that and you see already because the methane gas and hydrogen sulfide are resulted from animal raising, and that produces a lot of toxic gases into the air and it warms the atmosphere, and then the atmosphere melts the ice and the ocean will be warm, and then more methane and other toxins will be released from the bottom of the ocean and permafrost and all that. And then it will be like a devils circle. And we even might die from gas, not to talk about global warming yet. And right now, theres so much methane already released into the atmosphere and many people have mental illness or other physical suffering, according
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to scientists research. I hope we stop it quick. Just to talk about this, I got very passionate. [Q: Yes, I understand that.] You see people dont know about it, you know? Q. I understand, Im not sure if this is correct but, that the actual flatulence of the animals, the methane gas and even the nitrous oxide, I understand that they emit, as well as, of course, any processing plant but any factory, anywhere uses fossil fuels. So let me ask, if most of mankind or all of mankind were to become vegetarian, which I dont think is likely; Youll tell me if You think its likely, [M: Who knows?] would that reverse global warming, if we all stopped eating meat? Yes, sir. [Q: Really?] I guarantee. Singed and sealed. You dont expect that to happen, do You? Well, I do expect it to happen. Why not? We can always think positive. And Im working all my might to try to bring it close. Are You optimistic about humankinds will to take the steps and make the sacrifices which will make the difference, both in stopping to eat meat and all other ways of controlling pollution and toxicity and war? Do You think that we, as a species, are enlightened enough as a group to do that? Surely there are individuals who are, but it seems to me that war is just part of the game and eating meat is just part of what we do. And we dont seem to see the end and even though the end is coming. Yes. Well, I think people start to realize it and I hope they realize sooner than later. And we are trying our best, like we have the Supreme Master Television to broadcast all the facts about global warming every day, scientifically and evidently. And, also, we have people going out and distribute flyers concerning climate change and we also open many vegan restaurants around the world now, helping people to realize that really we dont need meat to survive and vegan food is delicious and healthy. More than that, we cannot do and I just hope, we have like 100 monkey effect. Like if we have enough people to be vegan, vegetarian, then the world will be in a trend. And I do really pray that the government and the media help and, by the way, I thank you for doing this because you are helping. Media like you are tremendously helpful to the people and it might save lives. Thank you. Its my great pleasure. First of all, Id like You to tell us what the website is. And second, Id like You tell me if there is a vegan restaurant in my area and if not, why not? I want to go there. We are open everywhere so you look up under Loving Hut and the website is the www.SupremeMasterTV.com. We listed not only our restaurants, but all the vegan, vegetarian around the world, free of charge. You can download them free of charge. Everything in our program is free of charge. Its www.SupremeMasterTV.com and this interview will be on there, not just in audio but in video, I believe. And all of Your interviews and so many other things as well will be on there. [M: The interview will be aired on the 14 satellite platforms around the world. We cover the six continents.] It will also be on my website fairly soon. [M: What is your website?] My website is www.EnvironmentallySound.org, and Yours again is www.SupremeMasterTV.com and its a very interesting site. I have been there several times and I recommend that people take a look at it. When You were a child, I believe You were raised Catholic but there was a strong Buddhist influence from a grandparent,
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for a large number of people, it is Her calling to make a positive difference among humankind as a whole. Add to that Her calling to address the welfare of animals and Her work takes on epic proportions. Our thought for the week, It is the calling of some to move mountains, it is the calling of all to be decent. Stay tuned to WVOX the flagship of Whitney Radio. Remember to be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a great battle. You are here, it is now. Health and happiness to you all!
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Right, right, right, but I notice a certain dedication to Your devotees, so it would be nice if they were in great numbers. Its true, you are right. I first became aware of You when I started a vegan festival in Los Angeles called World Fest and as soon as the word got out, Your devotees with One World restaurant were the first ones there to say, Were bringing the vegan food, and thats part of the message too, we want the world to go vegan. And they have to know the food is great and Youre actually involved with restaurants around the world. [M: Right, yes. Practical!] Practical, right? So You have Vegetarian House thats in San Jose. And now a chain of vegan restaurants worldwide, Loving Hut. They are all actually vegan, its just that we didnt use the word vegan. But honestly I didnt know the word vegan existed before. [Master laughs.] The word vegan is very good and I think its important to differentiate between vegan and vegetarian. How do You feel about that, differentiating between vegan and vegetarian? Basically to me, it should be the same. Because to me, vegetarian implies vegetable, and for me, I only knew that up to recently. Because for me, a vegetarian means vegan, means no animal products. But I was informed not very long ago, that some people call themselves vegetarian but they also eat eggs and fish, and I say, These are not vegetable. Therefore, I have been informed of the word vegan and the word vegan actually means just absolutely vegetable, the real vegetarian. So I thought, Oh, convenient, very good. So I asked Supreme Master Television to include the word vegan since then, so people get more used to this word and may be curious and try to find out what it is. I want people to know of the cruelty involved in the dairy product as well, not just meat industry. So if we keep using the word vegan, people might be curious and then they will find out the facts about this cruelty to the animals. So maybe they will decide to stop it and not using, by boycotting the dairy product. Yes, absolutely. Theres actually more cruelty in dairy and egg production than if someone went out and shot an animal and ate her. The cruelty in dairy and poultry is Slow suffering, yes, slow and very agonizing. It is terrible, I did not know these things actually, because for me, like in Au Lac where I was born, if a Buddhist says he is vegetarian that means he just eats vegetables, plant-based products, soy protein and these things. I never know what cheese was until I came to Europe and many years later. When I went to Europe and they offered me some, it tasted so strange, and I never used to it anyway. And after I know that so much cruelty goes into this industry to procure dairy products, I stay far, far away. Right, right, right. And there is the same health risks and the same environmental devastation, because You and I have come to know that methane is an important cause of global warming. And milk equals methane, which mainly comes from cows. [M: Yes, thats true.] Thats why I wanted to call my show, Go Vegan with Bob Linden, for using the vegan word, because I think that the industries are so rich and powerful that they can create new vegetarians, they call them lacto-ovo vegetarian, milk and egg vegetarian, and it takes away the true meaning. So thats why I wanted to say vegan. [M: Yes, you are right.] And I appreciate that You have embraced the word vegan.
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also harming to our health and destroying the planet, and it is very urgent right now. We must stop this; we must stop all the killing of humans and animals and the environment. Q. Right. And You say the time is short. Do You feel like the time is short with the environment now? [M: Very short, sir, very short.] So that means the one action we can all take is to go vegan. And we can go vegan today, we dont need a government to pass carbon credits or we dont have to go drive a Prius, although that would help. Going vegan actually reduces carbon emissions more than driving a Prius. Its really quite amazing, but it is an action that we can all take right now. [M: Thats right!] And You think everyone should, right? Yes. Everybody should if they really want to live here on this planet. Do You feel we are disconnected from nature? Is that the problem, that humans are disconnected? Oh, no, sir. I feel like we have not been informed very well by the people who should inform us, the people who know. Because most people, lets face it, they are busy earning their living eight to five daily. They have no time to check up all these facts and they are not even scientists. They are not even in the deciding position of governmental body. So I think the government should inform people and the scientists have already proven that meat eating is the number one cause of global warming, and it is increasing dangerously the methane. Not just methane, CO2 and [Q: Nitrous oxide.] hydrogen sulfide which is even more dangerous. All kinds of gases that came from animal products. And because it warms the atmosphere, and then the permafrost gets warm and then more methane came out and more dangerous gas came out. Its just like a vicious circle. It will not stop if we dont stop eating meat, we will reap the consequence of this suffering. Right, right! And You have a lot of information that actually comes from NASA scientists, thats on Supreme Master Television. I read a report that said, If we were to all go vegan, the methane would actually cycle out of the atmosphere in eight years and pretty much put an end to global warming. Thats what Im hearing from my research in science. So if we were all to go vegan, we could end the global warming and, as You said, meat and dairy cause global warming more than all transportation combined, all cars, trucks, boats, planes [M: Thats right.] dont add up to the global warming caused by meat and dairy. Thats right. Now, You actually have some best selling books that Youve published, The Birds in My Life and The Noble Wilds. What message are You trying to convey in Your books? The same that you are wearing the wolf right now! Thats right, Im wearing my wolf shirt right now! Yes! Yes, we want people to understand that animals do really have souls. And animals do understand, and they do have noble quality that is endowed to them by God. We have to respect them, and protect them, then in turn we will be protected as well. And our lives will be better if we stop harming all the innocents. I want people to know that animals are not just something that you look down upon or you watch and enjoy a little their presence. They are extremely intelligent in many cases, and they are extremely
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noble. In some cases, they are more noble than some of us humans. I want people to know that, thats why I wrote these books. Not to become bestseller, but if it becomes bestseller, well wonderful. I did not think it would become bestseller, I dont know how many people would like to read this kind of thing. Im a simple woman, you know, Bob. I was thinking, Okay, I try my best. But maybe Im just trying in my own corner and how much effect can it be. But you can only try your best and see how it goes. And it became bestseller and Im very happy. So, like this, it has a little bit more impact when its a bestseller, then its more impact than when its a normal one. Q. Absolutely. Thats why I want to be on as many radio stations as possible. We have such an important message. And its amazing that the message is of kindness to animals. If youre kind to animals, you dont get cancer, heart disease, stroke. You dont destroy the environment. There is no world hunger. We could feed the world. We wouldnt have to have food riots, right? [M: Thats right.] So it all comes down to kindness for animals. And I so appreciate what Youre doing in trying to help people and the environment. I want to thank You for featuring my radio show on Supreme Master Television, on Your feature Vegetarianism: The Noble Way of Living. And then this is going to go out to millions and get translated into 15 languages, so its actually pretty amazing. And I wish You continued success. Is there anything that You wanted to say that we didnt get to today, that You might want to talk about with our audience? Well, I dont think anything I want to say that you have not said already on your radio for eight years of your hard working effort. But I just want to say that you are welcome on our show any time again and its our privilege and its my personal privilege to introduce beneficial individuals or groups or organizations who are working sincerely to help elevating the physical and spiritual standard of the human race. And we would like to unite with these individuals, in spirit at least, so together we can make a strong impact to save the world, to make the world a more sustainable place and a better world for ourselves and for the future generations. That is so wonderful. Im planning on what I call Vegan Earth Day. And maybe well get together on that for the first day of summer every year. Especially this coming June 21st, a Vegan Earth Day, where perhaps we ask everybody on Earth to go vegan at least for the day, preferably for a month, so at least they feel some of the benefits. But why not for the eight years to take methane out of the atmosphere and end global warming, right? Yes, correct, correct. And it might not even be eight years. Really? Youve seen some scientific evidence that it might be shorter? No, because once we generate a loving kindness atmosphere, things change quicker. We have to think more in a spiritual way, not just physical way. Great, okay. Im just so happy with Your line of clothes. Im sure youll be happy to wear it because its all about vegan. That just makes me so happy. Ill be handsome when Im wearing some of Your new clothing line. Please let us know your size, well send to you.
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MC1. Hallo and youre all very welcome to Sunday night with Louise Kings and The Sandman, East Coast FM spiritual, holistic and enlightened show. Im your host, Louise Kings. And Im The Sandman. And what a show we have for you on this fine Sunday as tonight we are honored to be talking live to Grand Supreme Master Ching Hai. Supreme Master Ching Hai is a world-renowned humanitarian, environmentalist, best selling author, artist, designer, musician and spiritual visionary, whose love and assistance extends beyond all cultural and racial boundaries to millions of people around the world and She has graciously agreed to do this interview from Her extremely busy schedule to talk about the condition of our planet and what we really can do to help it. If youd like to find out more, you can go to Sky Channel 835 where Supreme Master Television is. Or if youre listening to us on the internet, its www.SupremeMasterTV.com and theres full details of all the different programs and the life and passions of Grand Supreme Master Ching Hai, who were going to be talking to in a just a couple of minutes. MC2. MC1. MC2. I discovered it through you, by the way. I only discovered the channel and its quite amazing. It has subtitles in how many different languages? 30 different languages. So its probably the most global television station ever. You might even see it in the Guinness World Book of Records. Its also very, very interesting. Were here a long time now and weve talked to a lot of people. But Im a hard guy to convince, but it took me a very short time to be convinced about what the message is; it is quite amazing. The figures there are obviously done scientifically and what really struck me is that were feeding cattle from food thats
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beside us and we could take that food and feed the people thats beside the food. So I think we have someone special online there, Louise. MC1. Hallo, Grand Supreme Master. Hallo, good evening. [M: Good evening.] It is Louise, how are You? [M: How are you, madam? Im fine.] Im doing very well. Were very honored to be speaking to You. I believe You have got an incredibly busy schedule at the moment. Its all right, it just looks busy. [Laughter] I believe this is Your first Irish radio interview? First with you, yes. [MC1: It is.] Thanks for the honor and privilege. The honor and privilege is ours. Thank You so much. We are going to go straight to some questions, Grand Supreme Master, if thats okay? Because I am aware of how busy You are. [M: Its all right, yes, please.] Supreme Master, about the issue of global warming, because I believe this is certainly an area that is quite close to Your heart, I think what we are asking is what that means for the fate of ourselves and indeed our planet is one that more and more people are becoming aware of. And many of us are about the burning of fossil fuels and how that increases greenhouse gases. Now, although we do our best to recycle and change our light bulbs and drive hybrid cars and eat organically, local grown food and so on, but according to the United Nations report Livestocks Long Shadow from November 2006, thats actually not the number one cause of greenhouse gases. But in fact, the report found that 18% of all greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the livestock industry which is more than all forms of transportation put together. For example, scientists have shown that, say, the average car produces three kilograms a day of CO2 gases, while clearing rainforest to produce beef for maybe one hamburger produces 75 kilograms of CO2 gases. Thats a huge difference of 2,500%. So, for anyone wanting to reduce our carbon footprint, this clearly shows that eating meat has a much bigger impact on the environment that, say, driving your car. Would You be in agreement with what the scientists are saying? Yes, maam. 18% pollution is just part of the estimates. Actually, there are other hidden side causes of global warming because its not included, like people get sick and the price we have to pay for the hospital and the taking care and to develop medicine and research and et cetera, et cetera. And the cost of the sorrow of people who lost loved ones due to meat-related illness. And all the change that we advocated up till now by society is helping, but its very little as you can calculate it yourself. Only vegetarian diet can truly help. And as every action provokes another action and like attracts like, so if we save lives, ours will be spared. Everything else is just secondary. In my opinion! Thank You. In the research community, this information is nothing new, in fact the Union of Concerned Scientists, more than 1,700 of the worlds leading scientists, including the majority of Nobel laureates in science, warned all of humanity and governments about global warming as far back as 1992. This was their warning, that, No more than one or a few decades remain before the chance to avert the threats that we now confront will be lost and the prospects for humanity immeasurably diminished. [M: Right.] But more recently, in his testimony before United States Congress on the 23rd of June in 2008, James Hansen, the director of NASAs Goddard Institute for Space Studies, as well as being NASAs top climate expert, stated that, Weve let it go so far that urgent action is now needed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to prevent the point of no return where disastrous climate changes would spiral out of humanitys control. So it
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seems that the facts have been out there for quite awhile, but somehow weve not paid enough attention to it to let it reach this critical stage. What changes are the scientists talking about that we need to make? Is the situation really that critical? And if so, do we have enough time to make these changes? M. According to the scientists, whatever they have predicted or prescribed about our critical situation is accurate up to 99%. Certainty, exceeding even 99%. So they want us to change the way we live our lives, to protect our fragile ecosystem, by cutting down CO2 emissions. And the fastest way that individuals can do, without a lot of protocol and ado, is to be veg. Choose a vegan diet, as evidence point out, that to produce just meat alone would cause 18% of greenhouse gas pollution. Its truly critical now, as we have witnessed increasing disasters worldwide, due to climate change. And yet madam, we still have time, we still have a little time to change the course of destiny, thanks to the vegetarian population, old and new members that reduce the most karmic retribution in the shortest span of time. Thus we have like an extended deadline before the no return point. But its not much. We must change fast to avoid much more damage to the Earth as well as loss of more lives and resources. Thank you. Thank You. Its about public awareness really. Policy makers and leading environmental organizations as well as the transportation industry are doing good job of informing the public about greener transportation options and greener energy, and are working towards solution with wind, wave and solar power, et cetera. But up to now they have been slow when it comes to livestock issue, which means that also the public isnt being informed and that the urgent changes we need to make are not being made quickly enough. What can we do to raise public awareness, so that its not just the research scientists that know about it, but every man, woman and child know about it? Thats a very good, good question, madam. I think the media like yours play an important role in raising pubic awareness about this urgent planetary situation. And some other media agencies have also begun to make related info available to the pubic at large. Its just not often enough for my liking, sorry to say. I just hope that there are more announcements concerning climate changes and the solution be made to the whole public. The best solution for our urgent situation right now is a vegetarian diet, and it should be openly endorsed and even made into law if possible, to protect people, animals and our planet, the only one that we have. And right now we have Supreme Master Television, with 14 satellite platforms broadcasting worldwide, we have seminars, we have flyer distribution, vegetarian restaurants, more and more every day we open, and classes for vegetarian diet and websites, et cetera, et cetera. We try our best in our individual group to inform the public also in many ways. But if everyone who knows the planetary urgency and the benefit, the miracle benefit of a vegetarian solution to save the Earth, if all of them would extend their help by being an example and spread out the news, then it will be quicker and more hopeful. And, above all, if the governments make it a policy to inform the public and to endorse the vegetarian diet openly, it becomes like a trend and to change the bad habit of meat eating and encourage the new, good tradition of vegetarian diet. It will work if the government endorses it. For example, in many countries, as you know it, all the citizens, 99.9% of citizens follow one religion alone or another, because that or this religion is recognized as national faith. MC1. Thank You. Another question that we have for You. Recently, Supreme Master Television interviewed Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, head of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), in Wellington, New Zealand, at the
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World Environment Day Conference. He once again re-stated his position that people should cut back on the meat consumption so that we can drastically reduce the effects of global warming. In Your opinion, would that alone be enough to have an effect on global warming and how much will we have to cut back on to have the effect for our environment? M. We have to cut back two-thirds of our meat consumption and dairy product at least, and everything else concerning animal product, like leather and all kinds of things. Twothirds of the population must cut back on animal product. Be vegan. Then we have at least the minimum positive good energy to counterbalance the negative dark impact right now on our planet. Everything else will then move along more in a more beneficial direction. Thank You, Supreme Master. Supreme Master, this month in August in Ireland, there was a salmonella scare and there was a nationwide recall of meat products from one of the countrys biggest sandwich chains. In fact, these recalls seem to be coming more and more frequent, we read about them almost every day. Somewhere in the world meat is being recalled due to E.coli or salmonella poisoning or some other disease. It seems that if we eat meat its not only affecting our environment but were actually taking risks with our own health. Why do You feel that were seeming more and more of these recalls? Well, madam, clearly it is a warning sign, as heavens last resource, to sound an alarming bell. We must listen, and now. The animals, they are also trying to help waking up human race by sacrificing their lives. Anyone who can communicate with the animals by telepathy would confirm my view on this. Now please, if anyone is listening, we must stop all act of harming and killing, hurting humans or other species, stop damaging the environment and live a simple life, as simple as possible, according to our resources, more in tune with nature. Live and let all live, so that our lives may be spared and blessed with happiness. Thank you. Thank You. Supreme Master, actually we have had a number of animal communicators on our show and they have said the very same thing. Yes, wonderful. Thank you so much, please thank them for me. I will, of course. Supreme Master, apart from the increasing incidence of recalled meat, theres also more and more reports coming out about other diseases that animals have that have been found in the meat and how these animals diseases can affect our own health. For example, just this year, the American Society for Microbiology reported that people with Crohns disease are seven-fold more likely to have in their gut tissues the bacterium that causes a digestive tract disease in cattle called Johnes. This disease is a severe and fatal bacterial infection that strikes cattle, sheep and other livestock. With this new information coming to light and with all the other risks associated with the consumption of meat from just the point of view of our own health, on the individual level, it seems as if were taking our life into our hands each time that we eat meat. How bad is meat for our health? Oh madam, very, very bad! Every time we eat meat, we are shortening our lives and inflicting suffering to ourselves. I could read just a few examples if you allow me, if time allows. [MC1: Yes, weve got time.] We have countless diseases relating to meat, this is some example: High blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, stroke, Parkinsons disease, bladder cancer, colon cancer, prostate and ovarian cancer, lung, skin and
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kidney cancer, breast cancer, blue tongue disease, E.coli, salmonella, bird flu, mad cow, pig disease, shellfish poisoning, listerosis, pre-eclampsia, campylobacter, et cetera, et cetera. And over 17 million lives lost globally each year for heart disease. In the United States alone, it costs USD1 trillion per year for cardiovascular disease. And over one million new people affected by colon cancer each year. More than 600,000 colon cancer-related deaths annually. In the United States alone, colon cancer treatment costs USD6.5 billion. One million people are newly diagnosed with meatrelated cancers every year. 246 million people affected with diabetes. An estimated USD174 billion spent each year on treatment. And obesity, 1.6 billion overweight people, and 400 million more obese people, and costs are USD93 billion each year of medical expenses in the United States alone. At least 2.6 million people die annually from problems related to overweight, et cetera, et cetera. And we use up 70% of clean water, pollute most of the water bodies, deforest the lungs of the Earth, use up 90% of world cereals, cause world hunger and wars, 80% cause of global warming, and a lot more. And even milk causes breast cancer, prostate cancer, testicular cancer from hormones present in milk; and listeria, Crohns disease. Hormones and saturated fat leads to osteoporosis, obesity, diabetes and heart disease; and a higher incidence of multiple sclerosis. Classified as major allergen; lactose intolerance, et cetera, et cetera, madam. I could go on forever, but I know you dont have time. Thank you. MC1. Thank You, the list really is endless. Supreme Master, many people think that we need to eat meat and dairy to have a healthy diet and that the vegetarian and vegan diet is less nutritious. Even some of the greatest athletes of our time, such as Muhammad Ali, Carl Lewis, Martina Navratilova are vegetarians. Some doctors have been known to encourage their patients to eat meat. We used to be told that we need animal protein to survive, but as weve seen there are so many reports now that say just the opposite, that meat can cause cancers and many other diseases which Youve just listed. But why is there still this misconception that we need meat and animal products in our diet? Why? Because theres not enough information and reverse action taken to correct this misconception. And people are not aware of the true harms and cost of meat. Although there are plenty available in the internet and some scientific research reports, most people do not even know about it, to even check it out, and they have very little time to. It has to be more, like prominently endorsed, through government, through law, through media, it has to become a matter of fact way of life, to abstain from harmful meat diet and living the beneficial way of a noble, healthy vegetarian diet. And I could tell you a little bit about vegetarian diet, how beneficial it is. It lowers blood pressure, it lowers cholesterol levels, it reduces type 2 diabetes, prevents stroke conditions, reverses atherosclerosis, reduces heart disease risk 50%, reduces heart surgery risk 80%, prevents many forms of cancer, stronger immune system, increases life expectancy up to 15 years, higher IQ. We conserve 70% clean water, save up to 70% of the Amazon rainforest from clearance for animal grazing. And it would free up to 3.5 million hectares of land annually. It frees up to 760 million tonnes of grain every year. Half of the worlds grain supply, can you imagine that? Consumes two-thirds less fossil fuel than those used for meat production, reduces pollution from untreated animal waste, maintains clean air, saves 4.5 tons of emission per United States household per year. And it will stop 80% of global warming. My calculation. Thank you. Thank You. Supreme Master, in relation to world hunger, the United Nations has said that a child still dies of hunger every five seconds. Yet 55% of the worlds grains and 80% of the worlds soya are fed to livestock. There are 860 million people going hungry in the world, and yet the grains fed to livestock is enough to feed two billion people. At
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the same time, each and every second an area the size of a football field of tropical rainforest is destroyed to produce just 275 hamburgers. How has it come to this and what can we do about it? M. Madam, its been a long time now, so I think in the name of the free world, we exercise our power over many powerless corners of the planet for whatever reason, sometimes beyond my imagination, all for profit and control. Even heaven would shed tears of pity, but how many of us would? The obvious thing to do to correct this is to turn to the vegetarian diet, which consumes far less resources, and we would have more than enough to sustain the whole world population and more surplus! Then the rest of what we dream of will follow. When the Earths atmosphere is saturated with loving peace and kindness, we will have all calmness of mind to think of higher purpose, to invent better technology, to be a more enlightened being, worthy of the title children of God. Thank you, maam. Thank You. Many great thinkers and humanitarians past and present have spoken about the benefits of the meat-free diet, such as Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci and Edison were vegetarians, and spoke out in favor of the vegetarian diet. Albert Einstein actually was a vegetarian, he said, Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances of survival for life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet. Why are so many great thinkers and humanitarians vegetarians? What does it actually tell us about the vegetarian diet in regards to mental health? Well, your question answers itself. Actually, in England, the British Medical Journal reports that the more smart you are, the more likely youll be vegetarian. Trish Kennett, the chief executive of the International High IQ Society, Mensa, explained that the smart people consider all the aspects of their life very, very carefully. People who think about the ethics of killing animals will naturally choose vegetarianism more often. In the research that followed 8,000 people from birth, scientists discovered that those with an IQ five points above the average had become vegetarian, the latest by the time they were about 30 years old. So you see, all the thinkers they are smart too, so of course they are vegetarians. I invite everyone to join the club and prove that you are smart. Thats a good way of looking at it. Supreme Master, in the United Kingdom, Prince Charles recently expressed his concern about the urgency to fight global warming in the article entitled 18 Months to Stop Climate Change Disaster published in May 2008 in The Telegraph newspaper in the United Kingdom. Would You endorse his concern? Oh yes, of course, indeed. His Royal Highness is a very, very responsible and concerned leader. I really, really support and admire him. If we have more people like him, we can save the world. When His Royal Highness spoke about 18 months, that was long ago. And every day is a long day if we do not stop the global warming. At that time he was correct. At that time I also say the same. In similar time frame, I also say the similar things. Like I said we had only two years, a little bit long before him, a few months before His Royal Highness spoke. And now, because we have propagated the vegetarian diet to every corner of the world we can, and with the Supreme Master Television and all that, and with new restaurants open everywhere, we have gained more vegetarian members. And thus, we have gained some beneficial good karmic merit, so we have gained more time to change history. Thank you. Thank You. And recently, Grant Supreme Master, You were a guest speaker at an international global warming seminar in Los Angeles attended by many press and government officials. Our listeners can find out more by going to the website
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www.ecofoodprint.org. Do You feel that the conference had a positive influence on the participants and the people who attended the conference or watched it on Supreme Master Television? M. Yes, madam. Even as we are speaking about things right now, Im sure some people would have turned to become vegetarian. There were evidence of that. You see, the audiences at that time who were attending, they pledged a vegetarian lifestyle. And many who wrote to the Supreme Master Television, that they became vegetarian because of the info from our television. And one rancher viewer even turned vegetarian and stopped stock raising. And she doesnt want to even sell her cattle for fear they would be killed for meat. So shes keeping them right now, but not selling them anymore, and not killing them anymore. Isnt that nice? [MC1: That is lovely.] Lovely, thank you. Its a true story. In a recent video seminar in Thailand, You mentioned that the mass killing of 56 billion land animals each year creates negative energy resulting in dark forces which surround the Earth, which in turn cause more frequent and stronger disasters, which were all witness to. As this concept of energy is rather abstract for many people, is there any way we can demonstrate the materialization of positive or negative energy? Well, these things are abstract, of course. But we can somehow demonstrate. In Japan, they have made an experiment with water. Dr. Masaru Emoto [MC1: Weve studied his work on the show many, many times, Grand Supreme Master. Were a big fan of his.] with the frozen crystal form of water, and if you recite the name of a holy person or tape that name of holy person on the glass of that water and then when that water crystallize, its in beautiful form, and pure and nice. And if you recite some bad peoples name or some evil names or some evil thoughts projected into that water, or tape some bad peoples name on it, then the crystallized water of that glass will become very murky and it looks very ugly and very strange. So the more positive and purer the energy, the more beautiful frozen water crystal is. And then if its surrounded by hatred or pollutant, then the frozen structure is ugly or sometimes cannot be formed even. And in our daily life, we can prove it. Like if you are in love with each other, even far apart, you feel elated from the love energy. And when you quarrel or hate each other, though even you are not speaking into words or expressing it, there is a heavy air and oppressive cold war, no? And moreover, the magician, black or white, they harness their mind energies to heal or to harm, even from a distance to target the person that they like to heal or to harm. The priest, they use the prayers energy to bless or to exorcise the possessed person or animals even. We all know this. Its just some example. Thank you. MC1. Actually Supreme Master, I see many Irish people walking around with bottles, where theyre written positive words on them. Another question, the biggest challenge facing people, particularly mothers who wish to help their families move on to a maybe healthier animal-free diet are not knowing where to start. With so many other things in life to take care of, what advice would You offer to mothers to make it easier to change these life-long habits? Thats right, madam. Yes, I am very sympathetic with the busy people, and not just mothers, but people are very busy. But we have to make priority, madam, otherwise its life and death matter. We have to make priority. First, we must know what to cook and where to buy. Getting internet knowledge nowadays is easy, or get in contact with the vegetarian group and stay with supportive vegetarian people. They will help you, they
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will teach you how to cook and where to buy things. And they will get you all the possible facts of vegetarian and how good the vegetarian diet is and how harmful the meat diet, so that you can convince yourself, your family and your friends, so they do not redo your decision and make you regress. And pray for heavens grace to stay strong in your commitment to compassion and kindness. That is the beginning. And later on it will be very easy. MC1. Speaking of children, Grand Supreme Master, Ive heard its said that most of our children would choose vegetarian if we hadnt encouraged them to eat meat. [M: Thats right.] Is it healthy for our children to be vegetarian and will there be enough protein and nutrients and what age is healthy for our children to become vegan or vegetarian? Theres no age for this, madam. From the mothers womb already would be the best. In our group, children of our Association members are all vegetarians and even from birth already. Theyre healthy, pinky and active and intelligent. And theyre very, very obedient, very cooperative with the parents. Theyre calm and kind from childhood on. They will be at the top of physical and mental fitness. People can check on our website for more proof or rewatch our past programs on vegetarian family, introduction of families who are vegetarians and the children who are vegetarians, a lot on our program. And even in any vegetarian society they would have it. Check with other vegetarian familys children, et cetera, et cetera. Even my dogs are vegan and they are so strong and healthy. And one last question, Master Ching Hai. If Im a listener to this show right now and I would say, Okay, right now, from now on Im not going to eat any more meat. Where should I start? And I know You mentioned a couple of places. In Ireland, you have an Ireland Vegetarian Society. [MC1: We do.] Yes. And many online websites nowadays, yes? Health shops and veggie burgers, sausage. Even Linda McCartney sausages in Tesco you have, yes? [MC1: Thats right.] Rashers and so on. And we have cooking shows almost daily on Supreme Master Television. And we have all the free to download, free of charge, free of obligation, fantastic, delicious international, from all corners of the world, from the jungle of Africa to the Great Wall in China. We have all the exotic and beautiful international vegetarian menus for you to download any time. You can make two or three books out of them and cook them every day. Its on www.SupremeMasterTV.com and its free of charge, free every time, anytime you want to download anything from it, not just the vegetarian diet and vegetarian menu. Everything is free from that television and we dont even have commercial, so you can watch them always free. [Master laughs.] Just to finish off, we have some good news, Supreme Master Ching Hai. All new homes built in Ireland from 2013, according to the Environmental Minister John Gormley, will have to be carbon neutral and emit no harmful greenhouse gases, using solar panels, wind turbines, and triple glaze windows. I thought that might make You smile. Wow! Big time smile, yes! So good of Ireland and her people. God bless you so much. God bless your country. Even Ireland was the first country in the Northern hemisphere, even first one in Europe, to ban smoking. [MC1: Yes!] They just support the government even, nobody complain. Wonderful, and they even were happy and many people said that since the ban came into effect, they even stopped smoking, it helps them, too. Bravo, bravo! I love Ireland!
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Oh, I love you for that. And bless You in Your work. Bless you! Thank You. Bless you in your radio work. Thank You very, very much and hopefully well talk again some time soon. Thank you and all your loved ones be blessed. Thank You so much. Thank You once again. So long, love. So long, now. Weve had numerous texts regarding Supreme Master Ching Hai, who we just had on. Im going to read you this one. It says, I just want to express my deepest gratitude for interviewing the Supreme Master Ching Hai. The subjects that were disclosed are vital to the survival of our beautiful planet, and all its precious co-inhabitants. And it makes me so happy that a station such as yours aired such an insightful program. Thank you, thank you, thank you. From Starlight. Well, the pleasure was ours, as Im sure any of you that was listening to Grand Supreme Master, She really does have the most beautiful energy. In fact, heres another one: I heard your radio online broadcasting the live interview that you have with Supreme Master. I found it educational and enchanting. I love Supreme Master Ching Hais conversation, you should interview Her more. I agree, it was Her first time, and yes, we do hope to have Her on. Theres tons and tons and tons of emails and texts, its just unreal. If you want to find out more about Supreme Master Ching Hais work, you can just go onto www.SupremeMasterTV.com. So thats the channel thats aired 24 hours a day that Supreme Master was talking about. Or you can go to Sky channel 835.
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MC. Ladies and gentlemen and Supreme Master Television viewers, welcome to the SOS Environmental Seminar. We are so very happy to be here today to discuss the important issues affecting every living creature on this planet. Supreme Master Ching Hai is a world humanitarian, writer, artist and spiritual leader. In addition, in 2006 She and Her NGO members established global broadcasting, covering worldwide by our 14 satellites, which is named Supreme Master Television. For the past several years in particular, She has been concerned about the critical situation of the Earth and has been continuing to deliver the global warming information based on precise scientific data and how to stop this critical situation via segments on Supreme Master Television. Thanks to
Videoconference with the Japanese people at the SOS: Stop Global Warming Seminar, Tokyo, Japan, July 27th, 2008 (Originally in Japanese and English). * Note: This conference is recorded verbatim only the question-and-answer session with Supreme Master Ching Hai.
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Her enlightened insight, Her compassion, wisdom and Her wide range of activities, we can share in Her loving kindness and demonstrate it as a model to the people of our planet. We will have a comment question-and-answer session with our honorable guests with us today. Now, before we begin, please enjoy this short video segment about Supreme Master Ching Hai, and animals in Her daily life. Thank you. Video. These are the examples of what should be the life of our friends, sweet animals, be it on land, on air or in the sea. They should be loved, protected, and cherished, just like the life that we so wish. Dearest heaven, dear lord of karma, please do love and care for all creatures, for it breaks my heart to see their plight. I cannot bear to see them suffering. There are plenty of places in heaven above, take them all up and give them love. This is my little prayer for all beings. Just your little love and compassion, may all be well, live and let live. All love, all care, and all forgive. Supreme Master Ching Hai. MC. As many of you know the Supreme Master Ching Hai is a huge lover of animals of all kinds. She has a lot of dogs and especially birds, and there are two books that She has out right now that are published in English and Japanese and those are called, The Dogs in My Life and The Birds in My Life So if you speak English then you can get the English version online or in an English speaking country. Or if you speak Japanese you can also get it at Kinokunya in Tokyo. Theyre all available and they are wonderful books. Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to say that we have our honored guest with us right now. Welcome Supreme Master Ching Hai. Lets give Her a warm welcome. Hallo, how are you? Im great. How are You doing? Yes, Im fine. Thank you for inviting me for this. It looks like a lot of people there. Everyone okay? Master Ching Hai, a very warm welcome from Tokyo, Japan. So we are doing our SOS Global Warming Seminar in the heart of Tokyo right now and we are very happy that You can join us today. Greetings to all the people, greetings. Greetings and all my love for you. Supreme Master Ching Hai, we truly appreciate Your kindness and Your willingness to join our seminar today and wed like to inform You of some of the good things that have been happening in Japan so far. Wow! Good news, always welcome. Great! Well, first let me talk about this. The Japanese edition of Your book, The Dogs in My Life Part I reached number one ranking in sales for the week of July 7th in the largest bookstore in Tokyo, Kinokunya, Shinjuku South Branch. [M: Wow!] In addition, The Dogs in My Life Part II achieved the second place ranking for the week of July 14th. Congratulations.
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Wow, wow, thank you so much all involved. Thank you, Japan. Thank you. Youve been working very hard. Thank you so much. I hope these books will help people to understand that animals have souls, and they also have feeling, passion, and love just exactly like human beings. I hope it will bridge the gap between us and our coinhabitants, animals. Thank you for working so hard. Thank you so much. Speaking of that, on July 24th we had quite a large earthquake in Japan, in the Tohoku region. [M: I know.] Luckily there were no fatalities, but there were several injuries. We thought that delivering Your edition of Your book, The Dogs in My Life, that would bring great comfort to the victims and so far it has. So thank You very much. Thank you. Thank you. Please continue to help them in any way we can and convey my love. And if you need any additional financial help or anything else, please let me know. We will for sure. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Im so sorry that it happens. Luckily there were no fatalities. So we were very blessed here in Japan, during the last earthquake. Thats good, thats very good. But still people would be traumatized and confused for a while. Please help what we can, all right? Well do our best. Supreme Master Ching Hai, would You please share a little bit about how You wrote The Dogs in My Life with the Japanese audience now? [M: Sure.] It seems to me that there is a common deeply connected underlying message in this book and that message is to save our planet and to be one with our animal companions. Is that right? Yes, of course. Thats what it is, you got it, you got it. Why did I write the book? Its not just The Dogs in My Life, but I have also The Birds in My Life and also The Noble Wilds. I hope one day they will also be translated into Japanese and we will publish there for the people to enjoy and to know much more about our animal co-inhabitants. You have got the essence of why I wrote the books. Yes, its a cool idea, no? Many people love their dogs and their pets, cats and birds, and its better for them both to know each other, or to let other people also know more about their true life and the value of animals. They are really fantastic. The more people know the animals feeling, the better they will treat them and the more loving atmosphere we will have, because love generates beautiful ambience, which will, in turn, makes all feel good and we will feel more peaceful and the planet will have more peace. It benefits our world to no end. I think we should print more languages soon anyway, as many languages as possible. People in the world should know that there are also animal psychics, the animal communicators everywhere and that there is a possibility to talk to their pets, or the animals in the wild even. It is a fairytale to many people, but it is the truth and very simple. We can always talk to our co-inhabitants, the animals. And if we cannot, we can always go through an animal psychic, and its very exciting. If you have dogs and sometimes you wonder what is going on with him or her, or a cat or birds, and if you cannot intuitively communicate with them, there are many animal communicators. We have them on www.SupremeMasterTV.com list for you. Its all free of charge. You can download them and try them. There are many animal communicators around the world in different nations. Enjoy. My book is just an introduction. You will be surprised what the animals tell you or what your pets tell you. Sometimes you will find out why theyre
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sick, or why theyre sad, or why they did what they did and why they do what they do. Its amazing, its amazing. Animal world is really amazing. Its just like us. Its beautiful. Thank you. [MC: Thank You so much.] Thank you, James. MC. M. If its okay with You, wed like to start our comments and Q&A session. We have some wonderful guests today that have some great questions for You. Please. Greetings to all the distinguished people who take time in their precious schedule to come and enjoy this program. May God be with you. May love be with you. Please start your questions. Thank You so much. Our first speaker today is Mr. Masashi Nojima. He is a Research Institute Instructor at Tokyo University of Science. Hallo. My name is Nojima, from Tokyo University of Science. We scientists are trying to understand the mechanism of the global warming issue. However, in terms of making a general level of explanation available to the public, I am sometimes frustrated with how to explain this comprehensively. So is it okay to ask You about this issue? It is a new subject, and many of the public are not aware of this situation, of course. So we can use either the media, the normal media, like television, radio, newspapers, or we can use our own media, like email, internet, telephone or our group also uses flyers. We go distributing to people. It takes some time. It takes some time. Thank you for your concern. Thank You very much, Supreme Master Ching Hai. All right. Our next speaker today is Mr. Takehiko Takada. He is the Chief Executive of E Planning Limited and the Secretary-General of the non-profit, the Japanese Vegetarian Society. Hi. I saw Your video and documents this time, and I really agree with whatever was said in there. In the Japanese Vegetarian Society, I have been working hard to spread vegetarianism in Japan and intend to do my best this time, too. However, in order to save the Earth, not only Japan but also the entire world needs to be interested in stopping global warming and spreading vegetarianism throughout the world. However, there are not only developed nations but also developing nations with various religions and customs of the world. In this aspect, I think that many difficulties are posed because of this. Is there any preferable way to stop global warming and to spread vegetarianism throughout the world? Yes, first of all, thank you so much for what you have been doing, and your noble work will bear fruit. Its just our shared, common frustration that it takes longer than what we want it to be. But, please, continue doing whatever you can and we are also doing whatever we can to spread the vegetarianism to the people on the planet, because that is the only solution we should take to save our planet right now. We have a television, like Supreme Master Television, and we also have an internet website called www.SupremeMasterTV.com in which we collect all the information, so that people can log onto it and inform themselves. We also send people out to distribute flyers. And the flyers are printed all out the information of the urgency of the planet, as well as the solution to save it. We also advertise on the newspapers but, of course, its never enough. I do hope that we can write to the government or the mass media so they can help spread the news quickly because the situation is really urgent. Thank you so much for your care.
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Thank You very much for answering our question. Our next speaker this evening is Miss Hema Parekh. She has been an expert in the vegetarian culinary arts for over 20 years in Japan and has published three books on the subject. Good evening. It is an honor to be here today amongst such esteemed personalities. I want to say a little bit about my Jain upbringing. I was born in India into a Jain family. Jainism is an ancient Indian religion and philosophy that is based on the principles of non-violence, so in a sense, all Jains are strict vegetarians. In fact, my grandparents diet was even devoid of fruits and vegetables, such as potato, onion, and carrot, because when the vegetables were removed from the ground, it killed the little insects that were surrounding it. And both my grandparents lived up to the age of 90. They did not eat anything after sunset and nothing before sunrise. And todays science has proven that that is the only way to be healthy; eat early, eat light and include lots of fruits and vegetables in your diet. [M: Thats right.] And when I came to Japan 28 years ago, it was very difficult to explain the concept of a vegetarian diet, and everyone around me almost pitied me when I said that I do not eat any meat, animal meat, and they would quickly run and bring me a green salad because they thought that is the only thing possible if you do not eat meat. But I would like to share with people that it is possible to enjoy foods from different cuisines and eat vegetarian, eat healthy and still eat good food, because vegetarian food is made with the freshest of ingredients and seasoned and flavored with herbs and spices to create exotic flavors. So my question to You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, is how do we spread this message of vegetarian food amongst people and create a little more compassion amongst our people? As I have just mentioned before, we can do like through the media or through our own personal effort. Nowadays we have internet; its very, very convenient. Please use all of them to spread it out to the people. People visit internet every day, all day, in any hours. So if you spread the news on the internet, I think it is very, very effective. Besides personally distributing flyers and information and all that, internet is very useful. Thank you. Thank you. Congratulations for your vegetarian lifestyle. Thank You so much, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Our next speaker this evening is Mr. Tatsuo Murakami. He is an Industrial Designer and the Executive Director of Hario Glass Corporation, which, incidentally, is an outstanding eco-friendly company in Japan. Hallo, I am Murakami. Well, I work as an industrial designer, so I create many things for our convenience. However, these convenient things become excessive in turn, and recently I have come to the awareness that I may be creating harm. For years, I have been burning oil to ride in cars, and I have created many products which foster rapid consumption. So, as a result, I have been creating something for which there is a oneway trend in the pattern of consumption. Now, we have come to know the limitation of this, and know it is not a good thing. It has actually caused a crisis. So one of my questions is how should I reconcile with this fact? How possible? Well, you have to do some research, yes? And see what is a better solution. There are many choices. But it takes some time. Meanwhile, do not blame yourself so much; you can do only your best. What you have been doing was according to what you know as the best. What the people have been doing up to now also is according to what they know as the best. But if you think anything is not good in our lives, then we have to change it, and we can do research on the internet or all kinds of scientific information available nowadays to try to make life better. Thats why I suggest a vegetarian diet, including not wearing animal products and all that. And we have to help one another as well and slowly everything will change for the better.
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Thank You very much. I am very grateful to receive such an encouraging answer. I have one more thing to ask You. Now I am creating various products using glass which I believe to be the safest substance. Employing a method that uses a substance which is normally regarded by the world as being not very pure, we have set out to create new utensils for cooking. For now, this has become my direction in policy: To recycle and not to create something that is one-way only. I would like to ask for Your advice whether this direction is correct or not. Yes, of course, sir. Everything recyclable is more healthy for us and for the planet. And thank you for doing that. I hope other people will emulate you and do the right thing. Thank you for being eco-conscious. Supreme Master Ching Hai, our next speaker this evening is Dr. Eiko Mochinaga. She is a dermatologist at Akita Hospital and Nishigoshi Hospital in Kyushu, Japan. First of all, Im very grateful to be given this opportunity today. I had the honor to read Your book The Dogs in My Life the other day. There is no difference between humans and dogs. We feel hurt when we undergo hardship. We feel happy when we are loved, and then we will start responding to others with love. I was reminded of such things. Each and every life that lives on this Earth is equally precious and their existence should be loved and respected. I was deeply moved by this fact. I have been a vegetarian for more than 10 years. As well as being a doctor, I am a mother of two sons, and I have been bringing up my children as vegetarians, too. I have chosen to do this out of my love for other beings, and because I want to live a lifestyle that is friendly to the Earths environment. I explain why I am vegetarian to people who ask and to my children at times. When I have the chance, I hand out documents showing how helpful being a vegetarian can be to prevent global warming. So I talked about how, as a doctor, I instructed my patients about what they can do individually to keep their skin healthy. Similarly, regarding the prevention of global warming, I do what I can as an individual, by being a vegetarian, using eco-friendly shopping bags and so on. However, I am feeling the limitations of the power of an individual. I live in the Kyushu region, which is in the south of Japan. I feel helpless when we experience regional rain like squalls in tropical areas, and water damage near our home. We have never had this kind of climate in our area before. If global warming continues, I feel like the Earth may become a dead planet. We must do something for our children who carry the future on their shoulders, and for the innocent creatures that live in the seas, the mountains, and in the air. So what I would like to ask is, what can we do, at this moment? Please advise us on this. Dr. Eiko, how are you? Thank you for being such a noble example for your family, your patients, and your Japanese society, and the world at large. Please continue your noble way of living and everyone else, they will look up to you and emulate you. Your children are already in the right direction. So your neighbors may be next, and your co-workers, your patients, anyone you can talk to, you pass on the information that you know. We have also more information on our Supreme Master Television and www.SupremeMasterTV.com. If you need more of the concentrated dose of information, you are free to download them and print them out in a concentrate form. Then you can hand it out to your patients or to whomever you meet because, as a doctor, you are quite busy already. I think you can only do your best and you are already doing your best, to which I am very grateful. Im sure the animals are very grateful and the Earth is very grateful to you. As individual, being a vegetarian, it is already a great step towards saving the planet. If everyone is doing the way you do,
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then the planet will be safe and becomes better even than now. Thats all we can do. Thank you so much anyway. Thank you, Dr. Eiko Mochinaga. Q. M. MC. M. Q. MC. Thank You very much for Your kind comments. I will try my best to as You mention. Thank You so much. Youre welcome, love. Youre welcome. Thank You very much, Supreme Master Ching Hai. You look beautiful anyway. You look beautiful and young. Good skin. See? Being vegetarian can be very beautiful. You are a good example. Thank You so much. So our next speaker this evening is Mr. Tetsuro Mori. He is a Representative of Shiawase Soken and a Consultant for Corporate Social Responsibility. He is also a Member of the Japan CI Society and the Japan Holistic Medical Convention. Im very honored to be here to ask questions and Im a vegetarian, so it is a great opportunity to ask You some questions about vegetarianism and et cetera. The vegetarian cuisine such as macrobiotics that I am studying uses meat-alternative ingredients and other things which are conceivably expensive. This is not a problem to the rich, but to the poor people it seems to be a huge hurdle to overcome. I feel that it is important to think up inexpensive vegetarian cuisine and propagate these. Supreme Master, what do You think of this idea? Of course, it is good to be macrobiotic followers, yes. But not all vegetarian foods are expensive. Perhaps in Japan things are expensive anyway. When I was in Japan, I found that things are a little more expensive than in other countries. Because Japan has little land, mostly are mountains, and the islands are smaller, and the people are greater in number. So maybe we just have to live accordingly. It doesnt have to be exactly macrobiotic. Tofu is not very expensive there, is it? And dry beans and wheat and lentils, for example, they are full of protein and can be made into delectable meat-like dishes at home without spending so much. But I guess in Japan things are a little bit more expensive in any case. There are many alternative lifestyles. So even growing your own organic foods in your apartments, et cetera. It doesnt have to be extremely one way or another or ready made food. Create for yourself what you need. Just simple food to appease your hunger demand and put trust in the Divine to nourish us of whatever extra we need for the body. Because we dont just live by food alone. Remember that. Remember well. We have the divine power within us. Thats why some people can continue to exist without food even. So the important point is trust in the Divine to care for our need and to do our best as well. Suppose you dont have enough nutrition according to the worldly justification, yes, but you trust in the Divine, you meditate, you pray, and then the power within us will nourish us and supply us with whatever extra we need. But we have to be really firm in our faith and live a virtuous life. Our mentality has to change, thats all. That is to be compassionate. We choose vegetarian diet to save life and stop suffering. Lets live and let live so that all beings will be happy and live in peace with one another. And we bestow the gift of fearlessness to all beings, and then all goodness and necessity will come our way. Just be compassionate, live a virtuous life and trust the Providence within yourself. Trust the Providence, yes, trust the Divine which is yourself, inside you. Thank you, Mr. Tetsuro Mori.
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Yes, it takes time, it takes time, doctor. I have all my sympathy with you and your expression. Most often, if there is something new, people seem to ridicule it or react with unfriendliness and thats the reason why we have not progressed so far, the human race. And thats why we have missed so many opportunities to progress physically and spiritually. We could have a better world already if we heeded the counseling of wise sages, inventors and good strategists, economic strategists or world management strategists. But instead we inhibited our growth by ridiculing something new or something that is seen to threaten our economic gain or our reputation or prestige even if the new things are good for all, including for us. People are afraid of new things, and thats why many saints and sages have been denied their holy teaching on the planet. And even nowadays, its not much different from Jesus or Buddhas time, concerning the Truth and the vegetarian diet. Well, its much better as we have more information on the internet, so people do know that vegetarian diet is really healthy and the alternative way of life is truly beneficial. But still, some are still afraid to be openly vegetarian, or raw food eaters, or breatharian, solarian, et cetera, et cetera, because people around them are not very supportive; but perhaps the time has come now that all will be opened and welcomed as mankind is facing present danger of extinction. People are trying to unite now to solve this urgent crisis. I see improvement and acceptance everywhere. I see peace efforts, I see generous helping hands from all nations and individuals and groups and organizations. I see love growing in different ways. These signs might be still insignificant now, but they are like the sparks of fire that will soon turn to mighty flames, that will cinder past ignorance and hatred, and making new beginning of a nobler and saintlier race on Earth. Please think positive and keep doing what you can to awaken our neighbors. And keep dreaming of a heavenly world in our lifetime and continue to the next generations to come. We are together. We are fearless. We are strong. We are determined to change the world. We are courageous. We are with all humanity who wish for a peaceful, safe, loving world. And we all deserve it! Please continue. Thank you, Dr. Uchiba. One more question, please. Probably in the near future we will not be able to eat poultry around the world due to a new type of bird flu. The pandemic is close at hand and no one seems to be concerned about it. But those who know about this are emphasizing about it in the same manner as global warming. So very soon we will have to stop eating poultry, and I have a feeling that the same scenario will occur with other things as well. Would You agree with this? Well, doctor, it has already begun many places on the planet about the bird flu. And now we have mad cow disease, bluetongue disease, et cetera. And so many millions of tons of beef have been recalled in many different countries. And beef temporarily has been banned in several countries in Europe as well as Asia. So you are right in this matter and the animals do really sacrifice their well-being to warn us. But I do hope that human heeds their warning and change the way of life. We have to change to live a noble way of life as befitting a human being. Human being is the crown of the creation. We have to live accordingly. We have to live in dignity and responsibility to ourselves, our family members, our nation and all the co-inhabitants on the planet. But I do hope that people wake up soon and the animals do not have to suffer so much. But this is a warning that humans should forsake the bad habit of meat eating. It is very clear. I dont understand why people do not see it yet, but I hope they will see soon, doctor. Thank you for bringing it up. Our next speaker this evening is Professor Shietung Peng. He is a Professor of Computer and Information Sciences at Hosel University in Japan.
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Dear Master, it is my great pleasure to attend this seminar and see Master. I think the most important thing is to provide the core information about the global warming to everybody as soon as possible. [M: Thats right. Thats right.] Most people dont know the urgency of the current situation. None of the media except Supreme Master Television broadcasts the message that if we dont act quickly to stop the global warming it is possible that all of us will die in just a few years because there is a potential the poison gas will be released from the depths of the warm ocean to kill almost everybody. By knowing this I think many will think how to save their life as well as the life of their beloved ones. Once they realize they must do something to save their life, then they will look for the most efficient way to stop the global warming and then carry that out by all means and at any cost. For example, in the hospital, after a patient completes all kinds of medical test for his illness and then finally faces the doctor, the first question is always like this, How long do I have for my life? Three weeks, three months, or three years? The answer from the doctor will be the major factor that determines the attitude of the patient to the treatment the patient wants to endure. To know something is good is one thing. To do it quickly or slowly is another thing. It depends on peoples will to do or not to do it now. We know going veggie and being green is good. It is the most efficient way to stop global warming. However, many are postponing their action for change. Therefore, my question today is how much time do we have to stop global warming, and can we make it? Thank You. Yes. Professor Peng, we have gained some time. Last night I had conference with the United States, Hollywood conference, and I have told them that we have three years and four months because we have gained some time due to a lot of people joining in the new vegetarian comers. And they generate more merit that touches heaven and erased some of the negative bad consequences. Therefore, we have three years and four months, up to date. Even as Im talking to you now, we gained one more month; that is, three years and five months that we have to change the planets situation. So maybe we still can make it. We have to inform more people, we do as quick as possible this information spreading, and the more people know, of course, the better. And the quicker they know, the better. Even though we have three years and five months, but we do not want to wait until the last minute, do we? So its good that you know about the Supreme Master Television. Please spread this news as well about the Supreme Master Television. Its all free of charge and all the information there we have collected for everyone to download and to pass it onto people around them, as many as possible. Or let people watch the Supreme Master Television themselves. We have it also in Japan. We have 14 channels; it covers the whole planet actually. But if you do not have satellite dish, then you can also watch on the computer, on internet, its www.SupremeMasterTV.com. We have more information than you can collect anywhere else, I think. Up to now. Thank you, professor, thank you for being good and being vegetarian. That's fantastic news that we have an extra month, but it also highlights the urgency that we all have a responsibility to make sure that we do something very early within that time period. [M: Right.] Thank You so much, Supreme Master Ching Hai. [M: Youre welcome.] And our final speaker for this evening is Dr. Hui Zhang. He is a Doctor of Oriental Medicine and a Lecturer at National Heilongjiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Japan. It is an honor to have this opportunity to ask You a question. In oriental traditional medicine and traditional culture, there is a concept called feng shui. In this concept, it is believed that the energy from the natural world has a great influence on the human bodys health and fortune. However, through my clinical work and communication with
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various patients, I have come to realize that the energy in the human body is also, on the contrary, having a great impact on the energy in the natural world. For example, in oriental medicine, cerebral vascular diseases are like a typhoon within the body, or cancer is like a fire in the body, and diabetes is like a deluge in the body. This is the way we think. So it is believed that if these patients, with their lifestyles and diets, increase in their number, we will have similar disasters occurring in the natural world. I would like to ask Master if this way of thinking is correct or not. M. Doctor, luckily we dont have that many patients yet, even if that concept is correct. It is true that we are related to the great cosmos in some ways, but not to the extent as you have mentioned. And, luckily, we dont have as many patients as I have mentioned. However, you are right at some point because our lifestyle affects our environment. And if we are doing something that is not correct to our micro-cosmos, that means our body, then, of course, it will also affect a little the macro-cosmos, that is the universe. But we affect more or less, it depends on the degree of our bad deeds or good deeds. So, luckily, the patient, maybe even if he influences the environment, its just a little around him. Like his life will be turbulent, like a typhoon around his life, or in his surrounding. But it might not cause as great upheaval to the planet. But still, because the humans are in great number now, so if all of us are not doing good things and not abiding by heavenly rule Actually, feng shui is just a corner, one of the details of the universal concept, universal rule and regulation. So the solution for us to affect the environment in a positive way is that we have to do positive things, we have to do good deeds, so that our body also becomes well-protected and healthy, because of the good consequence of good actions in life. So in this urgent situation of our planet, a vegetarian diet can save the world through the elevating good karmic consequences and benevolent energy from the compassionate good lifestyle. And through saving great amount of Earths resource and energy and food to feed the hungry, et cetera, et cetera, and also will minimize war or eliminate war altogether. Thank you for being a conscientious doctor who advocates this moral, virtuous, lifesaving vegetarian diet. God bless you! May you live long to help more patients to understand the consequence, the relation between our individual body, mind, to the environment around us, and how to take care of their health from the root cause, that is, to be loving and kind to all beings including animals, and choose only benevolent food choices, and live a virtuous life. Thank you, Dr. Hui Zhang. Thank You very much. I would like to ask You a further question. I recommend my patients to become vegetarians and they all put it into practice. I would like to know if You have any simple advice for those people who cannot become serious in this practice. Well, if they have the desire then maybe sooner or later they will come to the decision. The desire is already very good. So you tell them maybe if they cannot go through completely with the vegetarian diet, then maybe they begin, you know, baby steps a couple of days a week and then continue, continue to increase, maybe two days a week, and then later on, as soon as possible when they are ready, three days a week, and then four days a week, and five days and seven days, and complete vegetarian diet in time. In Japan, its very easy to be vegetarian also because one of the best vegetarian ham is made in Japan. It tastes very good. But maybe you cannot buy it in Japan, thats the thing. They make it to export, or make it for the other countries. When I was in Japan I have a little cottage, wood house in the forest, next to the stream, and we brought some of this ham from Formosa with us and I offered it to the person who sold me the house he is a very kind Japanese person, he is a real gentleman. And I gave it to him to eat, to serve him vegetarian, and he ate and he said, Wow, it tastes so
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good, tastes so good! Where can You find this? What country made this so good? I say, Its made in Japan, made by Japanese people. Its a Japanese company. Yes, you can do research on the internet. You have to also give people more information if you can, where to buy food and what food is tasty and nutritious. We have all this information on www.SupremeMasterTV.com. Its free of charge, and Supreme Master Television also airs it, rotatingly like which country has what distributor of vegetarian diet. You could even order online, they could also deliver to your doorstep. And also there are free vegetarian menus that we show every day. And I also cook some simple vegetarian food to show it on Supreme Master Television. Encourage them to watch this television or to download whatever information they need from www.SupremeMasterTV.com concerning vegetarian diet. Tell them to get in touch with vegetarian people, like our group for example, so that they have the support, mental support that they need, and also physical help. We can help them to prepare delicious Japanese food, for example. You know, when you have a group, you have group support and mental encouragement. That may help them also, doctor. Thank you for your concern. My God, you are such a good doctor. The patients are so lucky to have you. God bless you, sir. [Q: Thank You very much.] Thank you very much. I think I say you are welcome like, Youre welcome. MC. Yes, thats right, Master. Its so interesting that Japanese culture is so resourceful and innovative, and they have all these technologies for alternative energies, as well as vegetarian food products. But a lot of people really dont know about them. So I would say that we make a promise today that everyone here at this seminar do their best to get the word out and to tell people, and to make this information available to everyone in Japan, and even outside Japan, that these technologies and these food products are available here and that they taste good, they work great, and theyre made in Japan by Japanese people, which is fantastic. Yes. Thats my favorite brand of vegan ham. My favorite, really my favorite, number one favorite. Were happy to hear that! Supreme Master Ching Hai, before we conclude today, wed like to ask You one or two more questions in regard to the Japanese population here today. Is that all right with You? Please, go ahead. [MC: Great.] I am here for you. Thank You so much! Recently, the Japanese television media features the issue of global warming day after day, and this hot topic highlighted in every magazine as well. [M: Thats good.] Thats great. But, there is hardly any media which delves into this matter deep enough to find out the relationship between environmental pollution and eating meat. Therefore, even if we try to convey this crucial message to many people, they look puzzled. So it is a little hard to deliver the acuteness and the urgency of this matter to the public. Will there be any good method to get closer to their hearts in a meaningful way? What a pity, what a pity. But at least they are doing something, the Japanese newspaper. Perhaps in the future they will delve more into this subject and the solution. So maybe you could supply them with more information about how to stop the global warming, and the relation between meat diet and our perilous situation right now. So maybe the media dont even know much, who knows, theyre busy covering war or any other sensational topic. So maybe you send all this information to them by email even. Nowadays, we have technical tools, we have fantastic information services. We can use
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all of them, all of the tools possible to get the news out to the media, to the government officials, to the people at large through internet. Internet is a very, very fantastic tool to use for information dissemination. Please do it! [MC: That is a great suggestion. Thank You so much.] And ask the media to highlight the solutions also, not just the problem, because the solution is more important than the problem. Well, of course, they should highlight them all together. And the Supreme Master Television has gathered lots of upto-date information concerning meat diets harmful effect and the vegetarian benevolence for the people to inform themselves. You can collect them from www.SupremeMasterTV.com again and send them to all the possible media people, government officials, as many people as possible, and as many times as possible. Sometimes you send one time they dont react, the next time maybe they react. Some people when they want something, they send many, many times, mails, to some special organization or people in order to get what they want. So if we really want to save lives we have to be persistent in our effort, because its not that easy. Peoples habit, peoples concept is not easy to change overnight. We shall be patient and we shall continue with our work until its done, all right? [MC: That sounds good to me. Thank You so much, Supreme Master Ching Hai.] Just a few more years we have to go all out. We have to go all out in this time frame. Thank you, also. MC. We have one more question for You, if thats all right? [M: Any question, love.] Great! In addition to the previous question, how will Japan change if people make wise choices and the ratio of vegetarians surpasses that of non-vegetarians? Well, we will see, wont we? [MC: I hope so.] Right now we have to get the population going into vegetarian direction and then we shall see. Not just Japan, but everywhere the world will change into a heavenly abode. The ice will stop melting, the Earth will be cooled down, and all the things that have been damaged in the past will be repaired by nature itself, by our own merit of virtuous life. Every action begets a reaction. If we do good, the reaction, the outcome will be good. Just believe that because thats scientific, its not even religious doctrine. Every action provokes a reaction, so if we do good action, the reaction will be definitely good, thats it. So if we dont kill, we will save our lives. So if we stop all the killing right now, including war and killing the animals for meat, then our planet will turn into paradise. And Japan, wow! There will be much more invention that the Japanese smartest scientists right now could not even imagine in their dream. Because Japanese people are already smart, but if we couple it with more inside wisdom and a virtuous merit of our daily action, meaning vegetarian diet, meaning saving lives, and even now if we go vegetarian with the intention to save lives on the planet, that means our heart has become so noble, so compassionate, this thing will generate enormous positive energy and that will help our mind, our heart to become more clear in the future, and Japan, especially, will develop more, much more technological extravagance that the world will be in awe again, and it will help the world to live a much more comfortable life and almost like heavenly life. We will have flying car, I mean, not just the way they do it now, but more conveniently. We might even have just flying belt like other planet. Other planet, they have just a belt on their waist, they push a button on their belt and they fly anywhere, for example. And we have so much to learn from that. But we dont have to go anywhere to learn. If we change our lifestyle to a more heavenly quality, then the heavenly intelligence will be awakened again within us and then we will have endless the list of invention and convenience at our finger tips. Not just Japan, everywhere. Isnt that exciting? But its a dream. Well, a dream might come true. Thank You so much. With the massive amounts of traffic in Tokyo, I am really looking forward to those flying cars.
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Please, please have a dream and then a dream will come true. The Americans, they say, Youve got to have a dream because if you dont have a dream, how will you have a dream come true? This now is just a dream, but it will come true one day, and it will come quicker if we quicken our virtuous way of life. Its not because of religious belief, it is because every action will invoke another reaction. So whatever we do good, the outcome will be good, the return will be good, the reward will be good, the consequence will be good. As you sow so shall you reap. Its scientific. If you sow a seed of apple, you will not get orange, no? You will get an apple, an apple tree. And then, in turn, the apple tree will bear thousands of fruits, all your life even. So its the same with our action. We just sow one little good deed, it will return to us thousand-fold more. This is very scientific. Originally religion is a very scientific way, but people just kind of forget it or turn it into something like a belief. It is also good that way. But its very scientific. Whatever the religious scriptures say is scientific. Now, just please help us to save ourselves, help us to save everyone else and all the animals on the planet, then your life will become heaven and your world will become heaven. Even if we cannot save the planet, we save our conscience. We ennoble our life. We purify our environment and uplifting the social standard. It is something that we should do. Vegetarian diet is very easy. Just we have to know how and get all the information we need to be confidently vegetarian. Help each other. Show other people how to be vegetarian. Not just tell them to be vegetarian, but show them how. Thank you for inviting me today. Thank you for organizing this event and giving me the opportunity to interact with you and the Japanese intelligent people. I think we can do something. We still have a little time, if we do it. And the more vegetarian people join us, the more time we will have. That is the thing. Well, green technology, planting trees does help, but this is very secondary, very little. But the vegetarian diet will help stop 80% of the global warming and save our lives. Thank you very much. Thank You so much for Your time. We really appreciate it and Your words of wisdom have really touched us here in Japan. Thank You so much, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Thank you. My love be with you. So long for now. God bless. God bless you. God bless Japan. Now, let us conclude the second session of our SOS Environmental Seminar. We would like to extend our heartfelt appreciation to all the distinguished panelists. With your great participation, we were able to hold such a wonderful seminar. And, a special thank you to the rest of the attendees. Thank you again for coming today. Thank you all so much for joining us today, and remember be veg, go green, and make a difference. Thank you so much.
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MC. All right, we are so excited today to have with us one of the leaders in this movement. He is the author of the bestselling book, The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony. What a great title, what a great book, and let me introduce now, Dr. Will Tuttle (WT)! Its great to be here. As we just heard, Im Dr. Will Tuttle and I am the author of The World Peace Diet and Ive been a vegan for about 28 years. Thank you. About 10 or 15 years ago I started thinking again someone should write a book that gives not just the
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environmental implications and the health implications and the implications for animal cruelty to our meals, but actually the bigger picture of what it does to us spiritually and psychologically, the history and anthropology of this whole culture, and the main role that seeing animals merely as commodities plays in our own difficulty in solving our problems. So I was thinking someone would write a book that would give this big picture and I was waiting for it to be written, and Madeleine, my spouse said, If you want to read that book, I think youd better write it. So I spent five years and wrote the book and Im really honored to be here today and be part of this movement, which I believe in my heart is the most powerful movement on this planet for a positive evolution for peace and harmony. Id like to take some time now to introduce Supreme Master Ching Hai. When I first saw the videos of Supreme Master Ching Hai back in the 1980s, I was immediately struck by Her benevolent presence and Her relaxed and profound wisdom. As the years have gone by my respect for Her as a spiritual Teacher has grown so much that I see Her as one of the most brilliant and inspiring lights shining on this Earth today. Whenever I become despairing of humanitys blindness and cruelty, I need to only think of Supreme Master Ching Hai and Her loving and enthusiastic students, and all the work they are selflessly doing to promote compassion and peace. I know She is inspiring a great movement to raise consciousness here on this planet. When people ask me whose spiritual teachings and example I recommend most highly, it is Supreme Master Ching Hai. To me, She is a living miracle. On the outer physical side, She is a petite Asian woman from an ordinary village. Growing up in Au Lac, She partook of both the Christian and Buddhist traditions, and also knew firsthand of the horrors of war. I think that from Her childhood, there was a love for all life shining in Her like a bright star, always leading Her, and She eventually moved to Germany and married a German doctor, and worked in social programs there. Her spiritual calling beckoned so strongly, though, that She felt She had to travel to India, and with Her husbands loving blessing, She went to the Himalayas seeking an authentic spiritual Teacher. She endured many hardships there, but eventually found a great Teacher in the remote mountains, and through Her intense meditation practice, She attained deep insight into the nature of reality. She returned to Eastern Asia with no thought of teaching, but the Light of Her love and wisdom was irresistible, and She quickly became a magnet for students seeking spiritual inspiration and guidance. As awareness of Her teachings and healing presence spread, thousands of people were inspired by Her example, and spontaneously, Meditation Centers were formed all over the world, with both regular meditation sessions as well as community outreach projects to help those in need. As I mention in my book, The World Peace Diet, the worldwide followers of Supreme Master Ching Hai have set up vegan restaurants in many cities and contribute vegan clothing, food, shelter, and aid to disaster victims, prisoners, children, and the elderly in countries around the world. Though She requires students to meditate two-and-a-half hours per day, wow to eat no flesh or egg products, refrain from alcohol and nonprescription drugs, and not work in jobs that promote the exploitation of animals or people, Her movement continues to spread. Rather than impede Her movement, Her insistence that Her students reduce the cruelty in their meals may paradoxically promote it. People who are serious about spiritual growth are apparently capable of embracing fundamental change in their lives, and may even welcome the opportunity. I feel everyone on Earth owes a debt of gratitude toward Supreme Master Ching Hai and to Her students as well. Kindness anywhere blesses everyone everywhere we are all interconnected. Her efforts to bless the world are magnified by the purity of Her intentions, making the efforts of this petite woman absolutely enormous in their impact. People often ask me what the best strategies and methods are to help us be more
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Mr. Swami, organic farming is always ideal for health and ecology, as we have had it proven from the scientists. And now organic farming is not only good for health and ecology, it keeps the water clean and the environment safe. Because at present, this practice is not widely spread and encouraged by the government or by the media. So in my humble opinion, instead of subsidies for the farmers who lose money on meat or because the meat was tainted with disease or something, instead of subsidies for that, the government can subsidize the farmers so they have more financial support to fall on until this becomes more stabilized as a practice and the market has more demand for organic food. Then farmers will be happy to grow more vegetarian food to supply for the health of human and the planet. Thats what I mean by subsidize more for the organic farming, because it helps in many, many angles. Not just health, but the water, the health of planet, and right now were short of food. So if the farmers are encouraged to grow more and the government supports and subsidizes, then, of course, we will have no problem then and people will have more vegan food to choose from, and the farmer will also be happy to supply. Thats what I mean. Thank you, Swami. MC. Lets hear it for Howard Lyman and Supreme Master! [Audience stands up and extends their applause.] Howard and Supreme Master Ching Hai, thank You both for Your amazingly insightful comments. Howard, for your eye opening speech. You know, the whole world needs to hear what Supreme Master is saying and what Howard Lyman is saying. And I just wonder, why is it that it takes Supreme Master to tell the world what really the mainstream media should be telling the world but isnt? You know, ask yourself that question, why are they not conveying this information? All you have to do is look at the television commercials and youll have your answers. Think about it. You know, Jane, shes a vegan but shes so energetic. If you look at her, should feel like they want to be vegan right away. Look at the energy she has all the time, not just today, all the time. [MC: Thank You, Supreme Master.] I saw you on many programs. Youre always like this. You are a very good example of a vegan person. Thank you. Thank You, Supreme Master. And you know, my mother is 92 and shes a vegetarian. And shes the one who taught me this. And she is amazingly sharp. She doesnt have Alzheimers. Shes on the internet. Shes on YouTube. Shes on Google. [Laughter] Shes always telling me to get off the internet because she wants to use it. [Laughter] So if you want to live long and healthy, go vegan. Youll be 92 and youll be running around like a pistol. [M: Thats right, thats right.] And now, we have a very short video that really outlines this problem. And so many people just dont want to face it. They dont want to watch the videos. They dont want to see whats really going on. And I applaud all of you, and all of you watching at home, for taking a look at this important information about the realities of Livestocks Long Shadow. Well, weve got quite a program planned for you. And Im so happy the whole world is watching and listening to this because, thanks to Supreme Master Ching Hai, this information is getting out to the world. Again, 30 languages and more, 14 satellites, and the internet. This is being broadcast around the globe and people are watching and people are changing as a result. Now, were going to have our first of three panels. And were so excited to have some of the real top experts in this field, in this movement, with us today. Dr. Gurminder Singh (GS) of the Green Technology Institute, Dr. Jim Stewart (JS) of the Sierra Clubs Global Warming Committee and, last but not least, Professor Ryan Galt (RG), a leading agriculture expert from the University of California Davis. [After Dr. Gurminder Singhs speech.] Dr. Singh, you have a question to ask Supreme Master.
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Why is it that Al Gore never talks about vegetarianism or veganism? I cant answer for Al Gore, I can just speak for myself and for the facts, and the facts as we have already discussed are that if you do go vegetarian, you will help to save the planet. But, he has all these websites and Ive contacted those websites and I say, Why are you talking about light bulbs and transportation when the biggest cause of global warming, according to the United Nations, is meat production? And you know what they say? We dont want to go there. I had that as a quote; I called as a journalist. [Turning to Dr. Ryan Galt.] Could you give us your perspective on the meat industry please, what is its impact on our present situation? [After Dr. Ryan Galts speech.] Before I end, I am going to pose a question to Supreme Master Ching Hai and that is, weve heard a lot about industrialized meat production, Id say made a good case in terms of going vegetarian, especially in industrialized countries, but there is also charges of neocolonialism when the first world tells the third world what to do or the developing countries. So what do You think about vegetarianism and herding cultures, say the Fulani or the Bedouin and charges of neocolonialism? Thank you, Professor Galt. Yes, thank you for bringing this up. You see, anything natural, it should be good. Otherwise, of course, its not good. But once our planets social structure is stabilized and the economy is in full bloom everywhere due to vegetarian diet and the blessing of heaven and the new technology, et cetera, et cetera, then I think the herding practice will also be absolved naturally, as they are just a small percentage anyway, compared to the organized meat industry as a whole. We, of course, should spread out the great benefit of veganism, and elevate our spiritual level to an extent so that all humans will understand that only a noble, compassionate way of life, such as vegetarian lifestyle, is truly sustainable and benefit humans as we are the crown of the creation. And by the way, Jane, you have forgotten Mr. Al Gore has made a surprise visit to a meeting in Austin, Texas, on July 19th. He was speaking to the internet savvy political activists there. Its a Netroots Nations conference. When one journalist asked him about vegetarian diet, he said, It is true that vegetarian diet is good for peoples health and can save the planet. So he did say something, maybe not on the web, but he did say elsewhere.
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vegetarian meals. And other schools bring their own meal; they dont cater meat anymore. So you can suggest the same to the schools Board of Directors. Give the parents also the info, the sheets that you have printed out from anywhere on the internet or from our www.SupremeMasterTV.com about the harmful meat diet and the beneficial vegetarian diet. Good luck and blessed be your noble endeavor, Janice. MC. Q. Some excellent suggestions. Thank You, Supreme Master. Thanks to the panelists for being here, and thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for spreading Your love in action around the world. I would like to ask about the methane gas trapped under the permafrost layer. Could Supreme Master Ching Hai and Dr. Singh elaborate about what research is saying and the risk to human health? Thank You. Dr. Singh has told you a lot already and I ask his permission to answer your question. Roughly speaking, the research shows that methane gas can cause headaches. Im not talking about global warming and trapping heat and all that yet. Now the methane gas can cause headaches, respiratory system, heart malfunctions, and in more concentrated dose, death by suffocation. It is similar to carbon monoxide poisoning. It is 23 times more deadly than CO2. And livestock produce up to almost 40% of global methane gas, also accounted for 65% of global nitrous oxide, which is 310 times more lethal, more deadly than CO2, carbon dioxide. And they remain many long, long, long years in the atmosphere. And methane gas causes global warming to accelerate, and in turn, the warmed up ocean and permafrost will also release more and more methane gas, and also even hydrogen sulfide, which is credited with wiping out the 90% plus living creatures in our Earths history in the past. So its not just methane we are worried about. There are so many gases from the ocean. And depends on the concentrated dose, just the hydrogen sulfide alone can cause irritation of different body organs: Eye, nose, throat, bronchial constriction, spontaneous abortion, impaired bodily functions, headaches, dizziness, vomiting, coughing, difficult breathing, eye damaging, shock, coma, and death, et cetera. If concentrated dose is high enough like, for example, 1,000 parts per million, ppm, then even one single inhalation, causes immediately breathing stop and collapse. So there were some reports about animal farms in Minnesota which produced also hydrogen sulfide that caused people in the vicinity to vomit so much that they had to flee their own homes. You can look for the article on July 17th, 2008 on the Environmental News Network. And another incident in North Carolina, in which residents from 26 counties are forced to stay indoor as the air quality was so poor and filled with pollutant, including highly toxic gas, hydrogen sulfide, from animals. So this article you can find also on the News and Observer dated June 19th, 2008. These are, you know, the recent event and probably much more before. Im sure these are not the single incidents concerning hydrogen sulfide produced by livestock raising. So other articles by the Telegraph on December 9th, 2007 on the Earth Times also reported cases of deaths in other countries due to methane and hydrogen sulfide gases. Im sure there are more if we have time to do research on this subject. Im sure you have more instruments to do this. The United Nations has recently offered a website concerning these matters. Maybe you could find more info there. [Q: Im sure we can, yes.] But thats scary enough already, I think. [Q: Thank You, Supreme Master.] Youre welcome, love. We have another question here from fellow Canadian, Florence Etienne. Bonjour, Maitre, Im Florence Etienne. Im a linguist and Im so pleased to be here and I want to thank You so much for teaching us the one main language, the language of
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love. My question is for You. What percentage of the American people would be necessary to make a major change in climate change and in world hunger? M. Good question, madam. Good question. Im sure you must have been very concerned in order to think of this question. In all my calculation and insight and humble opinion, in the United States of America, if we want to make a truly real contribution to halt global warming, then 70% of the population of Americans should be vegetarian. I hope they will be. The trend is growing, madam, the trend is growing. I hope we will reach 70% pretty soon before the three years and four months is up. And the more people join vegetarian, the more time we gain to be able to deal with the global warming. And also vegetarian will stop world hunger as well, you know that. Supreme Master, I think that that wraps up our questions for this panel. Thank You so much, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your wisdom. Thank you so much our amazing panel for their wisdom. We have another extraordinary panel for you on spirituality, Why all life is sacred. Thank you, Jane, thank you. Its not just wisdom, Jane, its the information. Information that is available nowadays on the internet. Im an investigative journalist and proud vegan, Jane Velez-Mitchell, and we are talking about how to save the world. People from all around the world are watching this broadcast, not just on the internet, but on satellite television more than 14 satellites downloading this around the globe. So you in the audience and you at home, we are changing the world today. We have had amazing discussions so far and it continues. Now we have a panel about spirituality and diet. And those two things are very, very linked. If youre talking about spirituality, but youre eating fast food and youre eating burgers, something is wrong. Were going to talk about why all life is sacred and, of course, we are as always delighted to have with us Supreme Master Ching Hai the woman who is responsible for this message being spread around the world. Thank You once again, Supreme Master. Thank you, love. Thank you, my love. We also have an amazing panel. And Im very, very delighted to be able to meet in person Lionel Friedberg (LF) who is the Emmy Award-winning producer and director of A Sacred Duty, which is an amazing documentary about the horrors of animal agriculture. And really, horror is the word. If any of you have ever seen this documentary, it really exposes the toxic secrets and the underbelly of this industry. Also delighted to have somebody who I am a big admirer of, Dr. Elliott Katz (EK), who is the president of In Defense of Animals, an organization that does so much for animals and really spreads the word about a host of problems involving the animal community, whether its factory farming, testing on animals across the board. And finally, once again, we have Dr. Will Tuttle who is the bestselling author of the amazing book, The World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony. And as I mentioned, Supreme Master Ching Hai is joining us on an international web and satellite hook-up. And we are very much delighted to have Supreme Master participating in this panel discussion. [After Mr. Lionel Friedbergs speech.] And Id like to end with a question then to Supreme Master and that is: Is there any way that we can break through this apathy that is preventing people from taking up this issue and converting to a vegetarian diet? When the facts are clear as a bell, we all have access to it now.
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Yes, hallo, Mr. Friedberg, thanks for the honor. I thank you, first of all, for being so concerned, and you are right, I think the religious people and leaders should speak up about this subject, should be taking more of the leading position to help the public understand the great problem that were facing and the solution to curb the global warming. But it is not going to be that easy or overnight. But I think right now, maybe we can just offer them, the public, the vegetarian diet. Even if the religious leader doesnt help us to give a hand in this, we can go all out and spread the news through internet, through flyers, through media, through television, and through word of mouth. We can offer them all the information that is very up-to-date now about the climate change and the solution. And right now the only solution, the best, the fastest and the most effective, is the vegetarian diet. That is the major solution to global warming, as per scientific evidence even. Im not even talking about the moral obligations and the karmic retribution from a meat diet. But if we give enough information to the public at large, and if they care enough to forego animal food to save the world, then their heart will have been enlarged enough to be more compassionate towards other species. And then they will understand gradually, naturally also, due to their kind living standard, that to love others is to love themselves. It will be more automatic mental attitude after the majority or the whole planet population turns to a vegetarian diet. Now, once we have saved the world, we will have more time to help them to understand in a deeper level about compassion towards animals. Thank you, sir. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai and Mr. Friedberg, for sharing with us. Dr. Katz, could you please share with us your thoughts on how compassionate living drives your own life purpose? [After Dr. Elliott Katzs speech.] Your thoughts on how to change the paradigm, to get people to realize that we are but one species among many, and to give much more consideration to the other species that we share the planet with? Thank You. Thank you, sir. You see, you have very good suggestions through your question, that we should really change the attitude towards our animal co-inhabitants. Yes. But this will take a little time and a lot of public informing activities in order to change everyones attitude. Every one of us can contribute our part, whatever way we can, to change the public opinions. I wrote three books The Dogs in My Life, The Birds in My Life, and The Noble Wilds in the hope that I can give as much information as possible to as many readers as possible, so that they understand and accept the fact that our magical animal kingdom has a lot to offer and has a lot in common with us. In fact, some of them are more endowed than us humans. And I have suggested to use the word, our coinhabitants in the Supreme Master Television in referring to our co-inhabitants animals. And some people already use caretakers, guardians, a human companion, et cetera, et cetera, instead of pet owners. Its a good sign, and I hope this trend will be more common in the future. But even if they say, Okay, I am the owner of the dog, its just a term to refer to his companion. But if he treats the dogs well, humanely, compassionately, and lovingly then it doesnt matter, we also dont mind. As long as peoples mentality has to change, they have to look upon our animal co-inhabitants with all due respect and understanding. The best would be that they can communicate with the animals. But you see, at least if we have domestic animals, we should love and respect them as family members and give them names and comforts and the way we would like to be treated. My books are also to let people know that we can really communicate with animals just like the way we can communicate with our family members or friends. Therefore, I even suggest with the Supreme Master Television to list all the animal psychics, the animal
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communicators, on the television website and the television screen. People can refer to it and really can test it out. They can call any of these animal communicators or psychics and talk to them about their animals feeling and wants and habits. You can test them even. Suppose these animal psychics never know where you live and never know what your dogs look like even, you just give them the name of your dog, and then he will tell the animal communicators or you call it psychics, can immediately tell you the intimate details about your dog. Then you know that he really knows. And then you can ask them further question about what your dogs want and is there any question from the dogs part or anything that the dogs request from the companion, the human caretaker. So nowadays, theres no excuse anymore to treat animals the way the majority of us used to do. So it is good that we have a television and good that we list all these communicators, and its a little good of me to write these books to inform people about what I know about animals through my communication and interaction with them, internally as well as externally. I think everybody should begin to realize that animals really have souls and theyre just like us. Theyre just like us; theyre just different shape. Different shape, just like different flowers some big, some small flowers theyre all flowers. And living beings some big, some small, some two legs, some two wings theyre all living beings like us. Thank you, sir, for bringing this up and giving me a chance to explain a little. God bless you. MC. Thank You. I had the great pleasure of reading Supreme Masters books about animals and they really are beautiful and spiritual, and theyre international bestsellers, which is always a good thing, because She, again, is spreading the word about the relationship between people and animals around the world. And, of course, this is really all about evolution when we become incapable of killing a pig or killing a dog, essentially, were going to be incapable of murdering each other and waging war. [M: Thats right!] So how do we evolve to that next level? All right, love. Well, we just have to do it one step at a time. Actually, global warming is a tragedy, but in a way, it has a little positive effect, in that people are united together to fight global warming. Thats number one. And number two, people are getting more awareness about our co-inhabitants and how we should treat them. So I think thats already half of the next level. [MC: Absolutely.] And the next, we will go further and further as we work along. Dr. Tuttle, would you like to weigh in on the evolution aspect of this spirituality crisis? [After Dr. Will Tuttles speech.] What a fascinating conversation and discussion we are having. If only every human being on the planet could hear this discussion. As we continue our discussion, Lionel Friedberg, do you have another question for Supreme Master regarding this issue of spirituality and evolution and how we need to regard other life as sacred if we are to survive? I would like to get some feedback from You as to Your audience: Are we actually getting this message through to people and if so, how are we able to extend? I think Supreme Master Television is a wonderful institution and I want to commend You from the depth of my heart for what You are doing. How can we get more of this into the world, into society? How can we reach more people? Is there anything that You can advise us on this? Thank you, sir, for trusting me. We are doing just whatever we can. Not just on television, but the people from the Association, they are going out of their way, they are printing thousands, hundreds of thousands, millions of leaflets containing the
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information about global warming, SOS, and the alternative lifestyle of a vegan diet. And they go out, they put the flyers in their pocket, in their handbag and they distribute it wherever they go on the bus, on the train, in the restaurant. I even do it myself whenever I go out and when I see some appropriate situation, I would also hand out a leaflet about SOS and vegetarian diet. And also, nowadays, we have emails, we have internet, we do whatever we can. There is no other way that I can even suggest. What you are doing already is very wonderful, and what Dr. Tuttle has been doing is wonderful. He wrote books. Some people wrote books, some people go on television, some people go on radio, some people write articles on the newspaper, some people go out and distributing flyers, and some people gather information about vegetarian diet and the urgency of our planet and they just give it to everyone that they can. And thats all we can do for now, sir, or else I think we can hire airplanes and go in the air and let all the flyers fly down everywhere. [Laughter] Or what else do you think we should do? Maybe you have better idea! The governments must involve. The media must involve because it should be official, the vegetarian diet. Vegetarian or vegan should be the norm in society right now, should be the official solution, the immediate solution, the immediate effect for our planet. The government, the media should please help. Anyway, we could spread out whatever way we can, because if the government and the media dont join us, then we are a little bit short, and maybe slow, but we do it. We do individually whatever we can. All the vegetarian, vegan people out there, please just print any leaflet you can concerning the urgency of the planet and the benefit of the vegetarian diet in connection with saving the planet. Please do it. Please dont be shy anymore. Its time now. I know you dont want to boast about youre being vegetarian, but why not? This is the noble way of life. [MC: Thank You, Supreme Master, for such appropriate advice.] Thank you, sir. MC. Well, I loved hearing Supreme Master and as we listen to our amazing panel that we have here today and try to process all of this, it occurs to me that while we are here pushing for evolution and pushing for compassion and pushing for kindness, unfortunately, a lot of the country is being brainwashed by hamburger ads, and being conditioned to eat more and more meat. [M: Thats right.] So I was hoping that perhaps Supreme Master could share some of Her experience and wisdom about how we get to change the medias outlook so that the mainstream media does promote healthy diet, given all we know about global warming and the impact of a high cholesterol diet on health. How do we make the mainstream media take a fair approach to this issue and not minimize it or ridicule it? Yes, Jane. I was asking myself the same. But you see, somebody has informed me that the media are sometimes, or often times controlled by big corporate companies. And sometimes theyre even meat corporate, so we can go direct to these so-called bosses, by approaching them personally, talking to them or sending them emails, giving them leaflets, we change from the root. And once the bosses change, maybe their employees change. And I also do hope that the journalists, the reporters, the media agents do remember their noble job as informative agents for the people. Thats why people buy newspapers; thats why people watch television. Because in their daily life, everyone is so busy, busy to earn a living, so they rely on the noble journalism to inform them whats going on the planet. They also rely on the government to do this job for them, to lead them into the right and beneficial direction. Well, just in case some people want to know about how precious our life is and how we are really treating this kind of precious life, Im going to give you a very brief info. I think you know some of it already, and maybe some of you dont know. Some people out
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there dont know. So Im going to inform you about the cost of meat diet in our lives. Apart from costing lives, they are costing a lot of taxpayers money. And I am surprised that we are paying all that and no complaint. Hard earned money just wasted down the drain. According to the University of Pennsylvania, and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Dr. Colin Campbell, all these three agents have told us that the cost of meat for health alone to take care of people who are sick because of meat the cost of it in the United States alone is around USD120 to USD150 billions of dollars per year, just to take care of meat-related disease. Thats how we treat our lives. Because we eat meat, we get sick, and then we have to work hard to pay tax, to go to the hospital and get dissected and get poked and get injected. Now, the cost of cigarettes per year for taking care of health related problems concerning cigarettes alone in the United States is USD96 billion. The cost of alcohol abuse for the United States alone is USD186.4 billion. Up to now its all billions. And the cost of drugs-related problems per year in the United States is USD181 billion per year. And now the cost of war per year in the United States right now is USD192 billion per year. Add them all together. This is all your money down the drain it went. All this is from the World Health Organizations statements, from the White Houses statements about drug control policy, and from United States Congressional Research about Arms Control and Non-Proliferation. Its not from me. And the war cost is about weapons yet, its nothing to do with even damage or rebuilding or helping the wounded personnel and soldiers and innocent civilians as well, et cetera, et cetera. So this is really too much. When we think of how we treasure our life, how we want to live long, how we want to be healthy, how we love life as is, nobody really wants to die, nobody really wants to get sick. But look at how we treat our life. We poison our system of the body by meat, by cigarettes, by alcohol, by drugs, and by war as well. This is not the way we should treat the precious life that we got. The more we say we love life, look at all these facts and turn around. Im not talking about spiritual yet. This is only the cost of all the poisons that weve been taking into our precious temple of God which is the body. Im surprised, how come people dont think about it? All this talk about protecting lives and protecting health and all the kinds of preventive systems to protect the health of the people, it comes to nothing if we continue to poison our bodies with meat, cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs, and making war as well. Because all this money is a waste. We could have had better life for every citizen in the United States, if all this spending money were given to them in a better education or helping the underprivileged, building better schools, getting better information for everybody, helping the disabled, helping the terminally ill children, spend it on research for medical treatment, et cetera, et cetera. And continue for this trend one serving of beef, we use 1,200 gallons of clean good water; one serving of chicken, 330 gallons of water, clean and good; and one complete vegan meal, including rice or bread, or tofu, that is full of protein, and vegetables, it costs only 98 gallons of water. Now, we are complaining about shortage of water everywhere on the planet. We are complaining about shortage of food. We use 90% of grain to feed animals instead, and we leave 862 million people hungry. That is in 2008 alone. For the grain that we use for livestock, we can feed two billion people, many times over for the world hunger people that we have right now. So I do not understand, truly, from all the intelligence that I have, would someone explain to me what kind of world we are living in and what kind of policy we are following and what kind of kindness we are doing to ourselves and our fellow beings, not to talk about animals yet. Because we cannot even love our own species. So it would be incomprehensible, of course, for many to understand how to love animals. Now you know why.
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In Ohio alone, the climate change is going to cost that State USD1 billion because the water bordering their State, the lake will be going down drastically due to climate change. And they will have to rebuild their harbors and infrastructure to meet the new level of water, new demand. So that climate change, it will cost more. And why? Because of the meat diet. All we do is just forsake that piece of meat on our plate and replace it with protein from the vegetarian kingdom. We have food to eat, we have choices, and they are wonderful, theyre nutritious. Its not like we dont have choice. We dont have to kill to live. We dont have to degrade ourselves into a murderous agent of the planet. We can live and let live. The way it is right now, it seems like we will be working forever, forever busy just to pay tax. Because we earn the money and then we have to pay tax so that we can have our sickness repaired, our body checked up, and thats not even guarantee that we can live. That is the point. So much suffering, so much medicine, so much blood tests and x-rays and operation and all that. All this doesnt even guarantee that our life will be saved due to the way we dont treat ourselves kindly, due to the way that we are taking poison for food. Meat is poison, scientifically speaking, physically speaking. Im going to leave out the religious side right now because people will think I try to convert them. I dont want to convert anyone because the more I convert, the more I have to work only. So its good enough for me if people just go veg. Do good deeds. Thats all I ask: Go vegetarian, do good deeds. Whatever good, you do it right away, whatever bad, you stop. Doing good right now including saving the planet, that means go veg as well. So it all boils down to going vegan. If you cannot go vegan, please go vegetarian first. Because if we dont eat meat, even though we eat cheese there will be much, much less livestock raising and it would be much less killing on the planet. It is the killing karmic retribution that contributes to the danger of our planet right now. But just scientifically speaking, meat contributes 80% of global warming and pollution. So if we just throw that piece of meat out of our mind, then the planet will be saved and you will have a longer life. And mark my words, you will be a much happier person, you will be less anxious, sleep better at night. You will have no sickness. If all the planets people go vegetarian, we will have no sickness, almost zero. Because the vegetarian people also get sick sometimes due to their immune system is still not completely recovered, because they have not been vegetarian since child, most of them. Then, other people who are not vegetarian get sick all the time and then transmit it also to the poor vegetarian people. But if all the people are vegetarian, nobody gets sick. So talking about all life is sacred, it begins with us. Lets begin with the human life, lets treat with all kindness and respect to the body that has been toiling day and night for us to enjoy all the pleasures that life has to offer. Lets begin the sacred life with us, lets begin to treat our life more kindly by turning to nutritious food instead of poisonous food like meat, cigarettes, alcohol, drugs. War will stop if we all turn vegetarian in any case. The best is war stops also before were vegetarian. But if not, the war will stop because once were vegetarian, we know why were vegetarian, our heart will be more compassionate and its automatically we dont want any war. So its amazing that we still can produce children and do anything else in life for all the poison that we take into our lives every day. But would anybody ever stop for a few moments to ponder themselves what kind of world we live in. Is this the kind of world that we want? Thats it. That we have to kill to live, that we have to murder lives in order to survive, or we have to even murder each other to survive. This is not truly the kind of life, the kind of world that we want to live in. We want a better world; we want a more compassionate, loving world. So we have to
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about. Dr. Cousens, lets talk about what were trying to do here and how constructive television plays a role in that. [After Dr. Gabriel Cousens speech.] Dr. Gabriel Cousens, do you have a question for Supreme Master? GC. Yes, I do actually. We understand that veganism is clearly a major lifestyle change. What other lifestyle and consciousness change would You recommend, one other one that You would recommend as most important to make that change into the culture of life? Thank you, Dr. Cousens. You know already, veganism is just one of the aspects of our life. The next one, together with veganism we should also develop spiritual practice. Because the more we delve deep into our great self, the more knowledge we have, the more wisdom we will gain. And then nobody needs even to tell us anything. We will go in the right direction in life. And then once we go into the right direction, everything else will be correct. So spiritual life is very essential, but Im afraid that that probably is the next phase after vegetarianism. First, people have to open their heart to be compassionate to all beings, meaning forsake meat eating and returning to the noble way of life, the vegetarian diet. Then after that, their heart will be even more open and then the next we can probably suggest more spiritual development. Even if they did not want spiritual development per se, after being vegetarian for a while, they will also become somewhat spiritually elevated and maybe they would want to search more understanding about this subject and go deeper into enlightenment. Thats what I hope and thats what I think. We are delighted to have with us today, John Raatz, legendary film promoter and founder of Visioneering Group and Global Alliance for Transformational Entertainment. Tell us how you are shaping the world. John, in terms of how youre using the media to try to bring a message of peace and compassion. [After Mr. John Raatzs speech.] Supreme Master Ching Hai, would You like to weigh in on the issue of transformational media? I think hes right. Its very good, Mr. John Raatz, very good idea, very positive direction. Its very inspiring to hear you. It is true what he said. Nowadays, we have internet, we have email, so I think hes right, we could become ourselves the media that we would like it to be. So its a very good idea. Very good idea. So all of us can become journalists now. In the CNN system, they also have the iReport and the people who watch the television they report it themselves. So why not? Thats why I said we all go out of our way, print all the information that we get about the urgency of the planet and the solution to save the planet. We do the media task. Very good, Mr. John. Mr. John, continue doing that. Thank you so much. By the way, are you a vegetarian? [JR: Yes.] Great! Wow, I knew it! Bravo. Why I ask, because you are so enlightened. And the way you talk is very spiritual conscious, so I thought you must have been vegetarian some time before this. Thank you so much for walking the talk. Theyre beautiful people today, arent they? You collect all the beautiful people. Im so glad to know them. Thank you, Jane. It must be your attraction. You are like a magnet. MC. M. Thank You so much, Supreme Master and now we have Scott Badenoch, Chief Executive Officer of Creative Citizen. [After Mr. Scott Badenochs speech.] Yes, we must. We must. Just like he said, we must do it. Either that or we will perish.
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business, one or two. You know, when you have a cow as a pet, he will also give a little milk, and if you use that a little bit that is not a great sin. The sin is to abuse them and make them produce so much that they could not even stand up. So now, if people agree to be vegetarian, I am already very grateful and once all of us, or at least the majority of us become vegetarian, then the bad karma of the planet will change, the pattern of our destiny will change, and everything will become better, and we will invent much, much better things for our comfort without costing the Earth. And vegetarian diet will stop the global warming immediately almost, two weeks until two years, thats the maximum. Within two years is the maximum. Otherwise, if we all become vegetarian, or almost all of us become vegetarian, it takes maybe two months or three months to see the effect right away. Like the ice will go back to where it was, the Earth will cool off again and our life will be much more in abundance. And war will stop. Everybody will think completely differently, they will treat each other completely differently because the compassion in their heart will return to its pristine power again. Right now, because of all this meat and poison, drugs and cigarettes, alcohol, the compassionate nature of people are being suppressed by the heaviness of the negative power that we have generated by using these poisonous stuff. Especially the killing energy, that is the worst thing we can do to ourselves. So I have only one solution, that is being vegetarian, and the sooner the better, and then everything else we will have time to take care. We will have time to develop different technology, we will have time to invent new cars, we will have time to tackle many other things that right now is not that urgent as the planetary warming. Because truly it might destroy the whole planet and we will all go. Well, I dont mind going, its just that how about the other people who like to live, who want to live on this planet because they do not know yet there is another place that they could go. And if they die in such a situation, its very difficult for their spiritual upliftment. And this is still a very beautiful planet, its still repairable. So just one request: Vegetarian diet. Then everything else, we will have time to do and to think of. Very simple. 80% of global warming is caused by meat eating, so 80% of global warming will be solved by turning away from meat diet and adopting vegetarian diet. Now, another 20% it is no problem really. Even if we still keep the cars, airplanes, trains and take a lot of shower, it doesnt matter that much because only 20% of pollution, only 20% of damage, the Earth can take care for us. Truly its like that. So just spread out the vegetarianism, spread out all the information about the benefit of it. And thats the best thing we can do for the planet and for our children. Thank you so much for having me, thank you so much for your trust and your love for me. I wish all of you all the best. God bless you and your mission. MC. Thank You, Supreme Master Ching Hai. Im speaking for Donald. Im sure, this has been Im humbled and honored to have had the privilege of MC-ing this amazing event and meeting so many wonderful evolved people. It gives me hope, because sometimes I do get depressed about whats happening in the world today. Theres a lot of reasons for hope as we wrap up tonight and conclude. Let me tell you that here in California there is a proposition on the November ballot called Prop 2, which is the Prevention for Farm Cruelty Act, which will ban pig gestation crates, veal crates, and battery crates. And its on the November ballot so you can vote yes on Prop 2. And this weekend we are holding parties all across, Im holding one with 375 RSVPs in Beverly Hills tomorrow, where people are coming together and all of Hollywood is coming there to say we want to do whatever we can to stop this cruelty. So we are caring people, we are going to turn this around and we can solve all these problems, literarily waking up tomorrow, and not only going vegan ourselves Im vegan and I hope most of the people in this audience raise your hand, are you vegetarian or vegan? How many of you? Okay, right there. Thats great! And Im sure the rest of you after this are on your
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way, on your way! So Im filled with hope and I have a renewed sense that we are going to keep moving forward and we are going to make this world a compassionate place and a compassionate planet. Right? [Audience: Yes!] Lets do it! And on behalf of the rest of the Canadian team who came down to help with this event this weekend, I would like to express our sincere appreciation to Supreme Master Ching Hai for giving us this opportunity, and to our incredible Los Angeles host. We appreciate everything youve done and wish you all the very best in taking what youve learned today out and expand it around the world. Thank you. M. Thank you! Thank you, everybody, really thank you. Thank you, Jane, thank you all the MCs, thank you all the hosts, the panels, great personage, we thank you all. Thank you the organizing people as well. God bless you all. Goodbye now, so long and please be a vegan if youre not yet, try it, it will help you to see the world in a different perspective and to be closer to heaven. Just envision for me at least the world in which all beings live without fear of one another. We will all be vegan and we will all live in happiness and blessing from heaven. God bless you.
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MC. Q. Next, we will open the floor to the guests. The first question is from Father Brendan OConnell. He is the founder of the Bethlehem Cultural and Education Foundation. Im Father Brendan OConnell. Im a Maryknoll priest. Ive been in Formosa now for more than half my life 45 years. Its been a long time. [M: Hallo, sir. God bless you.] Today we come to this critical moment to save the Earth. Its a big problem. Let me tell you though, what Ive been doing to save and to help another problem. For more than 30 years Ive been working with bringing special educational facilities and environments for children with learning disabilities and intellectual disabilities. The biggest barrier that I met was attitudes. Changing attitudes Ive seen a large change in the attitudes of the people of Formosa towards children and adults with learning disabilities and intellectual disabilities. There has been a big change. I think what we have to do now to meet the problem and the challenge of this global warming is to change attitudes. So let me just ask this, Supreme Master, how are we going to change attitudes? Thank You. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Father Brendan OConnell. Thank you for what you have been doing. The answer is that we have to remember what Jesus has taught us, what Buddha has told us. That is, we have to live in compassion, in love, in dignity towards our fellow humans as well as the co-inhabitant animals. I thank you for what you have been doing to contribute to a better life for many people who need your help, and also help to change the attitude of the people of Formosa, that they pay more attention to the important issues. And I pray to Jesus, Buddha, heaven, God almighty, that we will all rediscover this great love within us and spread it out in all that we do, especially now, to save all lives on our planet. Love in action is what we need, like you, Reverend Father, have been doing. That is a kind of love in action. Right now we need a more special love in action. We need to make peace with our God, with our almighty God. We have to make peace with ourselves. We have to make peace with our neighbors and all beings that is the created glory of heaven. Peace we must have. Love and peace begin on our table. Love and peace begin with our food plates in our own home. We should love ourselves and our loved ones and other beings. We should love them all enough to stop the cause of global warming, and to prevent it to continue so that our loved ones can
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have a safe haven to enjoy their life with us and after us, after we have gone. Thank you, sir. Thank you for your care and your love. MC. Q. Thank You, Master. The second person to ask a question is a teacher, Lee Ai-De from Language Center of Chang Jung Christian University. Lets welcome Teacher Lee. Hallo. Thank you. Im a teacher at Chang Jung University. Im here as a guest of another teacher there, Kalina, whos been involved in raising this issue with our students a lot. And a problem we encounter, I think not only with the students but generally is fatalism and cynicism. A lot of people think disaster is inevitable, that it cannot be stopped. And in wonder, given the scale of the problem which Your media has done such a good job in publicizing in Formosa and throughout the world, are You hopeful about the future, or are You pessimistic? Do You manage to retain a feeling of hope? Well, I am both. I am both, sir. I am both hopeful and a little less optimistic, put it that way. Just for the moment only, but I never give up hope, okay? This is a very big question and at this critical point, everybody should ask themselves this question, and not just asking, but seeking answers and trying to solve the problem. Now, the quest for fame and gain has driven many of us to forge ahead at all costs, up to date. And thats why we have arrived at the point of almost no return now. So now that we are already aware of the urgency of our situation, it is only a matter of redemption for us. We must do the opposite. We must not emphasize too much on development, financial gain, at the cost of the Earth and at the cost of lives on the planet. In the old time, people were satisfied with few necessities. So we could do the same. We could be satisfied with whatever necessary and take only what we need, not what we desire. Because I have always emphasized that what we need are very few; what we desire are many and not always necessary. So before we go onto the next phase or the next developmental level, we should always do diligent research for all the pro and con of our choices, before we decide to invest in any project, so as to be protector of the planet while we contribute our part, lest we would cause more harm than good to the world. Thats what I think, sir. Thank You for that and thank You for the work that Youve done raising this issue. I think its been very important, especially in Formosa, that the information doesnt only come from scientists and politicians. Thank You. It will, sir. Thank you. Thank you for going there to teach the children all the good things that you know. The third question: I am an English teacher and a vegetarian. But my Formosan students say they would fall ill if they dont eat meat. Whats the best way to reply to that? You may ask them to look at you as an example, to see if you have fallen ill. It seems not. You continue going to school to teach your students so you are not sick. Also ask them to look at the big strong animals such as elephants, giraffes, large monkeys, et cetera. They are all vegetarians, yet very strong. Vegetarians may get sick, just like ordinary people, but not because they are vegetarian. On the contrary, vegetarians get sick less often. This has already been proven and published by scientists. Since we are short on time, may I suggest that you visit www.SupremeMasterTV.com or Supreme Master Television, where we have a collection of all available information up to date about the medical problems associated with meat-eating, and all the benefits of
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switching to a vegetarian diet. So if you can print out the harms of eating meat and the benefits of a vegetarian diet for them to read, or ask them to watch our TV channel, or read the information on www.SupremeMasterTV.com they will no longer believe that the vegetarian diet causes illness. Thank you. MC. Thank You, Master. The fourth question is from Miss Kelly Kao from Japan. She asked this question on behalf of Chairperson Hirohisa Abiko of Abico Bulletin Board Company. Miss Kao, please. First of all, I represent Chairperson Hirohisa Abiko of Abico Billboard Company, to give his best regards to You, Master. Due to an urgent business matter, he couldnt stay in Formosa to join this seminar and I would like to forward his regards, appreciation, and also his wishes to Master. Chairperson Abiko read the SOS flyer this April. He realized the present crisis of global warming. He soon set up two billboards of Supreme Master Television in Yonezawa City, Yamagata County, Japan. He is also planning to set up more billboards of Supreme Master Television in all major Japanese cities. He wishes to spread this SOS information of Be Veg, Go Green to stop global warming immediately to the whole Japanese nation. Also, he started to have a vegetarian diet. When he came to Formosa, he visited twice the Taipei Center and Loving Hut. He said, if he could have such a delicious veggie diet everyday, he could be a vegetarian, without worrying any illness would occur to him. He also said, after he started to adopt a vegetarian diet, his mind became clearer, he reacted faster, his mind and body became relaxed so he could work more efficiently. Following is the short letter he wrote to Master: Dear Master, to succeed in saving the warming Earth by way of Be Veg, Go Green please use Your supreme power to bless us. As a member of human society, we will try our best to help promote this campaign. From the society point-of-view, in order to repay society, we are willing to take action. Master, to promote the campaign of Be Veg, Go Green for anti-global warming and carbon emission reduction in Japan, please give us some advice and encouragement to the Japanese society and Chairperson Abiko of Abico Company. Thank You. M. Thank you, sir, for your kindness and noble ideals. God bless him. God bless him. Please send my love to him, and send my gratitude for his support in this noble mission to save the world. People will thank him, animals will love him, and heaven will uplift his soul. All that already happened. Thats why he feels happy and blessed. Tell him I love him. Our next question is from Professor Lou Ji-Zhong. Professor Lou Ji-Zhong is from the Institute of Environmental Engineering at Sun Yat-Sen National University. Lets welcome Professor Lou. Before I ask Master, I would like to answer Legislator Lin. I am an environmental protection scholar from Kaohsiung City. I didnt feel so down before, but when I heard Legislator Lin say that Kaohsiungs carbon emissions are eight times the national average, I started to wonder what could be done. Currently, I am a Committee Member of the Environmental Protection Bureau of the Taipei County Government, Environmental Protection Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs and National Science Council. So I wish to be able to collaborate with Legislator Lin in the future to make more contributions.
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Being from Kaohsiung is putting me under such great pressure, which I didnt expect when I received the invitation to come here. Facing such severe global warming, besides planting trees and conserving energy to reduce carbon emissions as mentioned by Legislator Lin, what is the fastest way to solve this problem? Based on what I have learned, currently, there is massive die-off of marine life. Based on the information I have read, methane gas is bubbling out of the ocean floor. Master, is there any way to prevent the massive die-off of marine life? M. Welcome, thank you. Shall I speak Chinese or English? [MC: Yes, Master, please speak in English.] Thank you. A vegetarian lifestyle is almost all that we need right now to stop the global warming, to balance the scale of the negative consequences. Even physically speaking, most of the pollution will be stopped by being vegetarian, by all the people on the planet being vegetarian. I really mean it. 80% of the pollution will be stopped. 80% of the global warming will be stopped if all people begin to be vegetarian. I mean, whole vegetarian, or at least more than two-thirds of the time should be vegetarian. But why not just be vegetarian altogether? It wont hurt. It will only do us good, it helps the world, it saves the planet and it saves our children. If we really love our children, this is what we must do. Because the governments sometimes hesitate to broadcast to limit people to eat this or eat that. Maybe the governments are too polite. But consider the dangerous and urgent situation of our planet, this is the solution thats the best, the fastest that we can do. Please refer to www.SupremeMasterTV.com for more scientific proof concerning the magical vegetarian lifestyle. Meat diet consumes more energy, a lot, a lot more energy than vegetarian diet and pollutes the planet much more than any other activities of humans, if not most of it. So a vegetarian lifestyle is a must. Truly, it is a must. Im not speaking as a religious believer. Im speaking as a citizen of the world, concerning about our home, loving our co-inhabitants, human and animal. Im speaking as your friend, as your co-citizen, as the one who lives in the same home that you do. Please go vegetarian. And go green, that we can do also. But go green takes longer time and it does not help as much as go vegetarian. If you really want to know the truth of it, just go on the research, the scientific evidence on the internet or look up on our Supreme Master Television or www.SupremeMasterTV.com if you cannot look on your television in your area, we have internet access 24 hours every day of the week, every week of the month, every month of the year. Truly, we dont need to talk about bad karma or karmic consequences anymore. Physically speaking, vegetarian diet will save the planet. That is your first question. The fastest and the easiest and everyone can do it. And its so easy. The second question is the same. Refer to the first question. We have to stop killing people and stop killing animals. We also have to stop using insecticides and those substances that are terribly harmful to our health and the environment. And also if we stop global warming, at least the gas will stay put where it is and do not release into the atmosphere. Also, it will not increase due to animal raising. Because livestock raising, animal breeding is the number one cause of damage to our planet and it is going to destroy our world if we do not stop. I really mean it. We have to stop this. We have to stop the killing. We have to stop the meat eating. We have to stop insecticides. We have to go organic. And vegetarian is a must. Otherwise, there will not be just the dead zone in the ocean. I repeat: Otherwise, if we dont do anything now, if we dont go veggie and we dont stop polluting our planet in many ways, then there will not be just the dead zones in the ocean. There will be a dead planet. And we also will be dead beings, too. In four or five years time, the way it is, we cannot survive. Thank you, sir, for asking. Please do something.
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know Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association is a worldwide organization. Therefore, the power is even greater. So I want to ask Master, beside the fact that all the members of Your International Association are vegetarians, if You have a concrete plan to promote the vegetarian diet more broadly so that more people can adopt this diet. Thank You. M. Thank you, Ms. Liu, for caring! In addition to keeping a vegetarian diet ourselves, our Association members have initiated some campaigns. For example, our Association members distribute flyers to encourage people to be vegetarian, to explain to people why we should be vegetarian, and to tell people that our Earth is in a critical situation. Thats also the reason why we have Supreme Master Television. We have also put advertisements on all the newspapers available. I told our Association members that everyone could invite their neighbors, friends and relatives to their homes and cook vegetarian food for them. After they taste it, they will be delighted to think that vegetarian food is good and tasty. So, apart from doing these big and small things, I still think we need a lot of help from the government and the media. Because they are more powerful, while we are just a spiritual group. We can only do our best, but the government is important. The legislator has just said that our government should do a lot more on a bigger scale to formally tell people the benefit of the vegetarian diet, such as saving the Earth, saving themselves, their relatives, friends and protecting their children, their next generation. Therefore, the government and the media should help. Ive been doing it for over 20 years, and the result is not as good as I want. I really want the whole world to become vegetarian. But each one of us can only do our best according to our abilities. Thats all. The most important thing is that humankind, and all citizens around the world, should know the great benefit of becoming vegetarian to save the Earth. They should know how dangerous and how urgent our current situation is. This is the most important thing. They should also know how much benefit the vegetarian diet, the non-killing diet, can bring to humankind. Let alone the moral aspect; firstly we talk about how the vegetarian diet benefits our health and saves the planet, then our children would have a home to live in the future. We only have this one home: Earth. If it is destroyed, another one cannot be built. Unlike a house, which can be rebuilt, we cant build another Earth if it is destroyed. Its not that easy. Therefore, the most important thing for the government to do is to spread information to the public. Also, all media outlets should fully support the effort. Otherwise, it will be too late. Its truly like that. Really. Thank you! Thank you for your concern. Please help! Thank You, Master. Next, a student named Yang Yin-Guang from the Mechanical Engineering Department of National Formosa University would like to ask You some questions. I am a student from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at National Formosa University. I want to ask You a question. Now the situation is getting more critical, as we have only two years and four months left to save the Earth. As a student, what should I do? Should we students put down our studies and join the force of environmental protection and promotion of vegetarianism? If so, whats the purpose of studying? Whats the true purpose of studying? Thank You, Master. Mr. Yang, if you ask Shakyamuni Buddha this question, He would say, Yes! Yes! Spiritual practice is the most important thing. If you ask, Jesus Christ would say, Follow me! But you asked me, and I say, You make the decision with your family, your father and mother as to what is best for you and for them. I cant decide for you the direction of your life. In my own case, Ive been doing my best for the good of the world and other people. But when I do these good deeds, I also dont want to interrupt the social flow.
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Can I continue in English? [MC: Yes! We have interpreters here.] I have also tried to do what is good, what is the best for the world at large while maintaining at the same time the uninterrupted social flow for myself and for those who join my ideal, as well as for the society. But I understand very well your noble intention and the urgency sense that moves you to ask this question. Im very impressed with your intelligence and your sense of priority. You have to talk to your parents to see what they think, okay? To this question, there is no perfect answer, but just do what you can to save yourself and the world. And even after you try your best and the world does not listen, at least you have tried your best and the blood is not on your hands. Just continue if you can. Be vegetarian, choose to walk the way of love, share your urgent knowledge with as many people as possible and pray for heavens grace. Thats all you can do for now. Thank you. And I wish you all the best luck. MC. Q. Thank You, Master! Next is Ms. Zhang Shu-Mei, the Principal of Wu Lai Junior High School and Elementary School. Beloved Master, hallo! In these recent years, we have seen constant disasters around the world such as earthquakes, tsunamis, floods, and droughts. And they seem to be getting worse. So how should humankind look at these disasters and how can we minimize or avoid the harmful effects of the disasters, especially earthquakes and tsunamis? Thank you, Master. Thank you for your concern. I think people should see these disasters as a warning. Its a sign of warning, telling us, Wake up! Wake up! Wake up quickly! We can only do our best to help the disaster victims physically, spiritually and emotionally. We can only help them a little and comfort them at the time of disaster. And we can only give them some material help. But we should try to prevent the biggest cause of disasters so that we can stop them from happening again in the future. How can we do that? We should choose the nobler and more virtuous path. We should look for enlightenment. Its because only when we are enlightened can we use our inner almighty power. This almighty power is the so-called God, or Buddha nature. Only this almighty power can direct us to the right way, which will lead us further and further away from these disasters and all the suffering. Only enlightenment and virtue can offer us true protection. Right now, we can do two things. To become enlightened, we can seek for an enlightened Master, I dont mean me. I am not advertising myself. Find an enlightened Master and ask him or her to give us directions. This is the first thing. Second, we have to protect other peoples lives. We have to protect other peoples lives and other animals lives so that we can protect the lives of ourselves, our relatives and friends. If we truly seek enlightenment and choose the noble and virtuous way of life, and walk in this direction, all natural disasters will disappear. And we will find heaven on Earth. Thank you. Solar energy seems to be the best green energy at present but the power generation efficiency from the solar cells is currently very low. Production of solar cells also consumes a lot of electricity. At the same time, oil prices continue to escalate. Therefore, many countries are working on the development of biofuel as an alternative energy source. The production of biofuel however demands consumption of a considerable amount of agricultural crops such as corn and sugarcane and, thus, speeds up the increasing of world food shortage. Master, with such a seemingly contradictive yet simple strategy which also seems to be inevitable, will the Earth continue to survive or not? Thank You.
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Ice Data Center warned that the North Pole would be ice-free by this year. The low-lying cities are facing an imminent threat from the rising sea level. Hence, I would like to ask Master here: Does it mean that global warming has already passed its tipping point? Do human beings still have a chance to reverse the situation? If there is, what should we do? Thank You! M. Here, and again I emphasize, we can save the planet, we could, we should. We have hope. We have the chance, but we must do it. We must leave all the moving creatures in peace. Leave them alone. Leave them in peace, then we will have peace. Respect and protect all life, then we will have life. And due to the merits of some of the new vegetarian newcomers, we have a little bit more time, I have told you. Originally, we have only one year or so, but now we have two years and four months. Its a little, but we still have time, if everybody just joins in and does it. Please, all the governments in the world, join hands and do it. All the newspaper men, all the people in power, please help people to spread the information of the urgency of our planet. And help them to understand that the vegetarian diet is the only solution right now. Its the only solution right now. Its the only solution right now: Vegetarian diet. Everything else takes too long and we dont have time. So we have to choose the vegetarian diet; no more animal breeding. Choose organic farming, helping each other, sharing the food that we have, because if we are vegetarian, all of us, we would have so much food to share with everybody: No one will ever go to sleep hungry at night anymore. And then we will save a lot of time, energy, money to help them also combat disease and rebuild their lives. Everythings possible because there will be no more war, even with animals. Peace begins at home. Now, we still have two years plus four months to change the destiny of our planet and our lives. Please, everyone, wake up, wake up now. Please wake up and help us to save ourselves and the children in the future and all the animals on this planet. Its very easy. Just break the flesh-eating habit. Go back to the natural diet, the vegetarian diet. Please try the vegetarian diet. Its very easy, just try! You will be glad you do. Because the way things are going right now, most of the living beings on the planet will perish. Very much likely, within a few years only. So if, in that case, if well perish anyway, so what is the use of meat or not meat? Our parents, ourselves, our friends, our beloved animals, pets, our children, and the future generations. Please just forsake that piece of meat and replace it with a piece of tofu or any vegetarian protein; its full of life, full of love, and it will save the world, the world we live in. Thank you so much for asking this question. We still have hope, thats why Im still here. Im still working for you; Im still with you. Im here to laugh with you, to cry with you. Life and death dont mean much to me. I will only live as long as Im useful to the world, to the planet, to your well-being. And I think most of you also think that way. You see, its not how long we live, its how we live our life. So now is the time to prove that. Now is the time we have to invoke our loving-nature self thats within our heart so that it will help the planet to survive. Its not just because we want to live maybe we do want to live also but for everyone else. And to be a vegetarian, it means love in action, means peace in our heart, peace in our home, peace on our table. Not just meaning that, okay for health, or for even saving the planet. You know, even if we cannot save the planet, we should be vegetarian. But to save the planet, to save our loved ones and to save our future generations loved ones, its really a very high moral ideal, and may I say, obligation. So please be a vegetarian. Please save the planet, please save life. Even if we could not save it because not everybody else does it, then we die with a happy smile because we have done the most noble thing that humans should do. Thats our motive, okay? To be noble. Thank you.
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Master, our next guest asking a question is Mr. Lin Hong-Rui, General Manager of SUIIS.COM. Mr. Lin, please ask your question. I am Lin Hong-Rui from SUIIS.COM. Since 11 years ago, our website has been promoting vegetarianism. [M: Very good!] We are very grateful to the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association and the Love Ocean Arts Center led by Master for Your efforts in uniting many of our environmental and animal protection organizations to launch the million-men petition campaign this year. We are very happy to have exceeded the target and collected 1.2 million signatures. After this campaign, since our group has continuous interactions with Legislator Lin, I hope, in addition to promoting vegetarianism with urgency, we should also cater to the needs of many of our vegetarian friends. We know that an enormous number in the 1.2 million petitioners are not vegetarians. But because of our volunteer workers and Masters disciples enthusiastic promotion, they became aware of the necessity of vegetarianism, which is also a diet feasible to save the planet. Therefore, we are thinking about how to create a perfect vegetarian environment in Formosa, which will be very essential and beneficial to these vegetarian friends. We hope that the government agencies and our NGOs can work together to achieve our common goals. The first goal is to take advantage of the existing good vegetarian environment in Formosa to make Formosa a global vegetarian tourist attraction. Currently, many are promoting tourism in Formosa for its beautiful scenery. We should expand the economy with our natural resources instead of industrial development. We already have such a good vegetarian environment which can provide for people around the world coming to enjoy the delicious vegetarian food, and to become an example and a sacred land for vegetarianism. The second is that we just talked about the benefits of vegetarianism, but the nutrition policy regarding this is not well developed in the country. For example, the national guidelines for the diet, the pyramid of the daily-diet guidelines, have not been amended for more than 10 years. And there are no standard guidelines on the nutritional needs of vegetarians. This has caused difficulty in promoting the vegetarian diet because the government agency has not formally recognized the vegetarian diet as a healthy eating habit. Therefore, we urge the Department of Health to amend the diet guidelines so that the vegetarian diet represents a healthy diet. The third is to proceed with the study on tracing the carbon footprint in food, and then to promote education on the low carbon diet. We all know, as mentioned by the legislator, the meat we eat are not mainly from the raising of livestock in Formosa. Most of the meat in Formosa is imported. The importing process not only consumes the Earths resources, but its long distance transportation also increases the release of carbon that causes a lot of pollution. Therefore, if we trace and list the carbon footprint from our daily diet, we can clearly see the amount of carbon emissions from the daily food consumed by us. [M: Yes! Yes!] That is very accurate and scientific. Everyone can have a daily goal to achieve so that we can work on reducing the carbon emissions with our best efforts. [M: Yes! Yes!] The fourth is that although there are many vegetarians in this country, the vegetarian environment is not well developed yet. For example, in terms of the national transportation, such as airplanes, ships, automobiles, and trains, there is no good vegetarian food provided on these modes of transportations or at the stations. When vegetarian friends or people who want to eat vegetarian food come into these environments, when they want to make an effort to help this world, they often find out that there is no vegetarian food for them to eat. This is the direction that we hope the Ministry of Transportation and Communication can work toward. The fifth is to popularize the vegetarian school lunch. My own child has been a vegetarian since he was little. Now he is in elementary school where he faces a problem because the school doesnt provide vegetarian food for lunch. He has to order a vegetarian lunch box from outside sources. This way, first, from the nutrition standpoint, it is not balanced. Secondly, sanitary measures are also a concern. Most importantly, the whole school
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cant wait until two years three months and 29 days later to do it. We cant do that. I meant that we had time to make a change, but we need to start right away. We need to pass out these flyers for people to know. If the government doesnt do it, we ourselves still need to do. We have no other choice. We must save ourselves and save others. We have to work harder. Everyone needs to pass out the flyers about the benefits of vegetarianism and the flyers about the worlds urgent situation. It doesnt cost a lot to print them yourselves. We have already printed a lot. We passed out a lot. But we need you to help out. If you dont want to print them, come and get them from us, and then pass them out for people to read. If you have time, go out to pass out the flyers. You can do it on your own. You dont need to have any connection with us. You dont need to work for us, or join our group; its not like that. Everyone should volunteer and do it for the sake of saving the world. Lets be united and lets do our parts. Please. Everyone can do a little. When you have time, go out to pass out flyers, and to let people know. Formosa isnt that big. You can even walk. You can walk around the island to pass out flyers. Thank you very much. Also, let our Supreme Master Television know about your website. We can post your link on our website, and let people know about you, okay? Thank you. [Q: Yes, thank You!] We have to save our planet so we have to make time no matter whether we have time or not. After we die, we will have a lot of time. MC. Q. Lets go to the question from a student, Fong Ge-Hou. In the last few hundred years, our technology has developed, however, our spiritual development has been static. For example, with the development of technology, we have created more pollution, disasters and wars. And we are not becoming kinder and more compassionate. So how can humankind be more respectful to life, develop more compassion and elevate our spiritual consciousness? Thank You. Then we should practice spiritually. Ive mentioned that we should be enlightened and practice spiritually! We should also help the animal. We do our best. We really need to help the animals, and our neighbors. We should help other countries that are less developed than us. Everyone knows it! Dear Master, I am from Central Mountain. I belong to an aboriginal group. Two months ago, we held an international aboriginal culture conference right here. Since Master said that we should ask more questions in the presence of the legislator, I want to emphasize some of the responsibilities of the legislator, because we have some special experiences. Last time we went through a lot of difficulties to have that conference and we hoped it would catch the attention of the leaders. Later Mr. Ma Ying-Jeou did write us a three-page letter and promised us that he would pay more attention to the national environmental policies and the ancient wisdom of the aboriginal people. Most spiritual practitioners are gentle and peaceful. But the legislator has power. As we all know, there is internal training in each department of a country or internal meetings. Sometimes, I was also invited to some high level meetings such as the National Council for Sustainable Department Affairs. Most of these meetings are attended by the department heads. So most of the information these department heads get in touch with is very advanced. So now we know that we have only two years to save the Earth. Its the most important thing. It is something we have to address within two years. So we want to ask Mr. Lin to use his power to get more signatures from the Legislative Yuan to make the issue of sustainable development a priority of the country. Then we can bring it to all the department meetings, the internal trainings, and treat it as top priority. Leaders should start to discuss this issue. Then it will flow from the top to the bottom so that everyone will know about it. Its because people should be truly informed about vegetarianism. So it takes time. We hope that people with authority make it a formal
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policy through governmental leadership and discussions. In todays discussions, we have discovered many seeds. There are experts, scholars, doctors, teachers and school principals. These are the seeds to make it a policy in the future. In the next two years, these people can join hands to talk to people, spreading the knowledge of vegetarianism a healthy and Earth-saving diet. Thank you. Thank You, Master! And thank you, Mr. Lin! M. Q. Thank you. This question Legislator Lin will have to answer. This is an excellent question. Ill answer it in two parts. First, indeed, the ordinary people probably understand more about the importance of being a vegetarian than the high ranking officials. However, its the officials who have the power so well have to help the officials understand this issue more. Its good that we have the people as pioneers, and the government who follows the people. Take for example, April 22, Earth Day. Many environmental groups and vegetarian groups worked together on that day to promote going veg to fight global warming. Originally, the government agencies didnt respond to the cause. But after the people held so many activities, the government agencies, county governments, and even central governments, started to respond. In my speech a moment ago, I mentioned that the former Premier, former Deputy Premier, and all department heads didnt know about this issue. But finally they pledged to go veg to fight global warming. They did this because people used their power to compel the officials to understand this issue. Its a good start. Now that the government has started to understand this issue, the people should continue to put pressure on the government to take action. As a legislator, I also have the responsibility to continue helping the government agencies understand this concept. On a second level, I feel that we vegetarians, or those of us who support fighting global warming by going veg, should stand up and speak out. Many people seem to be embarrassed to admit that they are vegetarians. Thats why not many people know the benefits of being vegetarians. [M: Right! Right!] Let me give you an example: There are two million vegetarians in Formosa, and yet many vegetarian foods are not labeled as vegetarian. Thats why when vegetarians go shopping for food, they often wonder: Can I eat this? or Does it contain animal product? et cetera. This has been going on for decades. I have been feeling that this is a very serious problem so at the beginning of the year, in the Legislative Yuan, I questioned the Department of Health on this issue, and they have promised to enforce labeling. It has already been announced, and one year from the announcement date, the law will be strictly enforced. All vegetarian products must be clearly labeled into one of the following five categories: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Pure vegan; Ovo vegetarian; Lacto vegetarian; Lacto-ovo vegetarian; and Vegetarian.
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for more than 20 years, and some for even 30 years. I was so surprised to hear that. Because these officials are vegetarians, they should have been aware of such issues, but they didnt use their position to promote it. So here Id like to call on all of you who have the same ideals to bravely stand up and promote them. To make the government make the policies, we have to speak up loudly and let them know our needs. Like what Hong-Rui just said, these are all the things we need to do from now on. Not only do the legislators need to stand up and supervise the government, but we all have to push the government. With me alone, one legislator, its not enough. Right now, in the Legislative Yuan, Im the lone vegetarian legislator so I will not shy away from my responsibility. But one persons power is not enough. We need all the people, those who have the same ideals, to stand up and talk to the government. And of course, we also have to do our best to talk to our friends and neighbors. Then it will be effective. Thank you. MC. M. MC. M. Thank you, Legislator Lin. Thank you. Bravo! Bravo! Legislator Lin, thank you! Thank you very much. Can we go to Fong GeHous question? Could you translate his question into English for me? Sure. Master, it is said that aliens are hundreds of times more scientifically developed than us. Do aliens know the current crisis of our planet? Will they help us? Yes, they are aware, they know our situation very well and they are of course hundreds or thousands of times more developed. I mean, just technically, theyre more developed than us. And they know our situation very well. You can see they come sometimes. Everybody sights them now and again, the UFO shape of the flying object, yes? So they do know our situation and theyre observing with interest, with sympathy, but I dont think they can help us. They would like to help but they dont dare, you know? They dont dare to intervene because who would listen to them? Who would listen to them? Suppose they come to tell you, Okay, eat vegetarian, and maybe you call the police, and say, That guy, they look like a ghost! and then you might even harm them. Nobody dares. If they go too near humans they might be harmed, because history has proved that humans, we kill things that do not look like us, or look like us, even! We dont even listen to each other. Even when we talk about the most logical and urgent issues and we are pleading in our own language for other people to listen, but not many people listen. Look at how many Masters have graced our planet with immense love, foresight and wisdom. And how many have listened to their consult? How many listened to their wisdom? How many people practice their teaching? Tell me, how many? Not many. They just read the theory but they do not practice the teachings of the Masters, of the saints in the past. And the saints were even lucky if they can stay alive for a while on this planet, with all their knowledge and best intention. We all know that very well. And when the saints or the Masters or the Buddhas or the sages were alive, they were persecuted, and lived mostly like a fugitive: They have to hide; they have to do things undercover; they have to live quietly; they have to watch out for themselves, because the humans have been famous for killing these wise, benevolent Masters of the past. And after these Masters or saints have gone, then some humans made business out of their Godly teachings, or fight for the supremacy over their doctrines. What aliens would dare to venture into our daily war zone? Some of them are observing us in despair and deep sympathy, but from a far distance. You see, whenever they see us, they disappear quick, no? Very quick, they run. They may be running for their lives. We have a lot of massacring weapons; we can destroy them also. We can harm them, we can even capture them or we might even torture them, or we might do anything to experiment: Who is this kind of strange creature that comes to visit us? Even with all their good intentions, they could not make us believe. So you see, thats why they cannot intervene
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and even if they wanted to help us, its very difficult. I understand their feeling very, very well, dont you? MC. Q. Yes. The next question is from Lin Chin-Feng, the Principal of Taipei College of Maritime Technology. Principal Lin, please. I heard the global warming crisis that we are facing right now on Earth is absolutely related to killing. The whole process of industrialized animal farming is very inhumane, and makes the animals suffer a great deal. People nowadays are busier and it seems that they have gone numb. Often times people dont even understand their pets. I heard Supreme Master can communicate with animals and understand their feelings. Can Master teach us how to open our hearts and understand animals feelings? If people can understand animals, then maybe naturally they will not kill them anymore? Isnt it the best thing that we can do to save the planet? Thank You, Master. Thank you. Yes! Yes! If everyone can understand animals language and thoughts, most of us will not kill them anymore. We will become vegetarians right away. That is if we have this ability. Originally, we had this ability. We used to have this ability, which is the sixth sense, or communicating with animals directly. We all have it. But we are too busy. And we eat too much meat and drink too much alcohol. So our spirituality is numbered. But if we become vegetarian again, we will have this ability again. If we have time to listen, we can hear them talk. But as you know, in this era we dont even have time to talk to or discuss amongst ourselves. We dont have time to listen to the most logical theories. We dont have time to talk to our relatives and friends about the most important issues in our life. How can we have time to talk to animals? Thats why its more difficult for people to understand animals and its more difficult to become vegetarian. They dont understand why we should have compassion for animals. Thats how our Earth has degraded to such a state, become so dangerous, and is facing such an urgent situation, which is at the point of collapse. Its one of the reasons why I have been spending my time, energy and effort explaining it to people over the years. Its not as successful as I wanted it to be. Because everyone has become numb, its difficult for them to understand. I will continue to work hard. Okay! Thank you! Next. Thank You, Master. The last question is from Principal Li Po-Ling of Taipei Hsih-Hu Junior High School. Principal Li, please. Good evening, Master, and everyone. Before asking Master a question, I would like to thank Legislator Lin. Really, our school received an official letter advising us to try our best to encourage our teachers and students to plant trees on April 22, Earth Day, and surprisingly for me, to eat vegetarian foods. So, on that day, with the support of official guidelines, all the students in our school ate vegetarian meals. [M: Wow! Wow!] Although it was only one lunch meal, it was still a very good start. So here we really should express our deep gratitude to Legislator Lin. I have another dream. I hope that Legislator Lin will, apart from letting the superiors and government leaders know about the benefits of the vegetarian diet, will also provide more of such guidelines or documents to junior high schools, so that we have official sources to refer to when we try to educate the children about No Meat, No Heat. On that day, taking the opportunity of the vegetarian lunch, we explained to the children why the vegetarian diet can stop global warming. The next day, a parent called and asked me why we ate vegetarian food the day before. We told him it was because yesterday was Earth Day. He asked me, What has the vegetarian diet got to do with Earth Day? He said he never knew that there was any relationship between the vegetarian diet and global warming, or protecting the Earth. So I think this is a void that we should work harder to fill. So I
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would like to thank Legislator Lin. I heard that Master has a dream. She hopes that our Earth, which is created over trillions of years with love, will not be destroyed. She hopes that the Earth can continue to be preserved with love, peace, and beauty. I feel that this is a very noble ideal, and I think all Earthlings would hope for the same. So here I would like to ask Master, if this is what we want, then what should we do? Or, what does the school education have to offer in this aspect? Thank You, Master! M. Thank you, Principal Li. This dream of ours can be realized. And it doesnt have to take a very long time. In just a few weeks, if everyone in the whole world changes to be vegetarian, our dream can be realized immediately, in just a few weeks. If all our Earth citizens turn around to look for their own loving self within, and stop killing living beings, do not kill any humans or animals, then this dream will immediately come true. It is not difficult, not very difficult. In my opinion, it is very easy; adopting the vegetarian diet is very easy. We should not eat the body of another living being. This is very easy if we care to try. Our time is running out now, really running out. No matter what happens on our Earth, at least these people who can understand and really do it, who become vegetarians, will find this dream come true, whether we have this Earth or not. We can have this dream come true in a matter of weeks if all humans turn back to their inherent nature, the loving, compassionate nature that we really have. And thats what we really are. We are love. We are compassion. We are gods personified on this planet. We are the Buddhas. So if we turn back to this loving, compassionate nature in our heart, and stop killing humans and animals for any purpose at all, then this dream will come true. This dream of mine, this dream of yours, this dream belongs to everybody on this planet. Everybody wants peace and love and a harmonious lifestyle. It is very easy to have this dream come true. We just turn to our loving nature. No more killing any humans, no more killing any animals. Use only vegetarian diet. Use blood-free products. Live a bloodless lifestyle. Its easy. Im sure we all can do it if we try. Time is short. So whatever happens to the planet, at least the ones who listen and try will find this peace, will find the beauty and love for themselves, will find that the dream comes true in their heart, whether or not we still have the planet. Thank you, all of you. Please be veg, go green, and save the planet. We can do it together. We can do it. Theres nothing impossible to humans powerful mind. You see, people can hypnotize somebody or fly in the air without wings, doing bicycling in space, and some doctor in England or elsewhere, they even use the power of suggestion, of hypnotism to perform surgery without anesthesia and to pull out teeth without any anesthesia. We can do it if we set our mind to it. We all can do it. Please, be veg, go green, save the planet. MC. M. Thank You! We thank Master again! Master, would You like to give us a last reminder about what key actions we can take immediately when we go home? Yes, I would like to request the government officials to openly encourage everyone to adopt the vegetarian diet, and to protect the environment. Do it openly. Id also like to request those vegetarians to announce openly with pride that they are vegetarians. Also, openly spread all the information we know to all people we meet. I would like to thank Legislator Lin for his brilliant speech and genuine sincerity today. He alone may not have a big power, but that doesnt mean one person alone cannot make it. Look at history and see how many individuals have done so many extraordinary things. Dont see yourself as a person. You are God. You have God within you, you have Buddha within you. Whatever you want to do, you surely can do successfully. I give all my best wishes to the Formosan government, the Formosan people. Make Formosa the number one vegetarian country and benefit the Earth. When you go home: Be Veg, Go Green,
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M. What can I do for you, ladies and gentlemen, you want to interview right now? So are you ready with youre a 1001 questions? [Laughter] Youre so beautiful, very noble. Number one question? Are there any special readings that You recommend for individuals who are seeking greater enlightenment? Oh, many, many, yes. Some examples? For example, for those westerners who are Christians there are books like from Yogananda on Christianity, and from Sant Mat, Light on Saint John, Light on Saint Matthew, et cetera. And my books, of course. And as we approach the 21st century, what would You wish for mankind and the world? I wish whatever you wish: Peace, prosperity, and love between brothers and sisters. Do You think that there is a message in all the human tragedies that we are witnessing, one event right after the other the hurricanes, the floods, the fires, the earthquakes? Yes, definitely. I think you know. I think all of us know. What are we missing? Are we doing something wrong? Are we doing something to displease the universe or anyone? We are doing it all the time, and we have been doing it since thousands of years. That is, unkind to each other, killing each other, suppressing each other, including our younger brothers and sisters like animals. I know I will displease many people by saying that, but since you asked me, I have to be absolutely frank. Please, by all means.
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Yes. You see, anything in the universe will return to where it begun, right? And in the bible since we are in the western world in the bible, it is said that as you sow so shall you reap. And if we believe in the bible, we sowed too many things that unfortunately will yield undesirable fruits for us. And sometimes, its accumulated in such a great intensity that individual cleansing or purification is insufficient. So there has to be a kind of great cleansing action, just like disasters earthquake, and fire, and flood, and hurricane, et cetera as you have mentioned. So the only thing to avoid this, to avoid the fruit, is to avoid sowing the seed. Yes, we have to start to be more God worshipping, God loving, God fearing. Doesnt mean we go to the temple and bla bla bla all day long how we love Hirm but we have to love in action. Love Hirm and love Hiers children. In the bible, it is said very clearly, Who told you to kill all these she-goat and he-ox to make offering to me? Repent yourself, because your hands are full of innocent blood. If you do not stop all this, then I will never listen to you when you pray, and when you seek me, I will turn my head away. God doesnt permit us to kill even to make offering to Hirm, so much less to kill to satisfy our very temporary physical appearance. So this is the cause of most of our disasters and sicknesses in this world. Scientifically speaking, we can prove that, since in America, the majority of the people love red meat and they eat a lot. So the rate of cancer is the number one in the world, compared to other poor countries because they dont have too much meat. The cancer is very, very, very low, just like nothing, compared to America. That is according to the research of all the doctors and scientists. So, therefore, you see, the connection between the fact and the science, and the religious statements. Im not saying that we all have to be Catholic or anything. We just have to be loving and thats the only religion there is.
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and had a day declared as Supreme Masters Day, October 25, I do believe it is? [M: Yes.] And is it to be from this day forward that it would be honored as Supreme Masters Day? M. Q. M. Q. I believe so, if not, it doesnt matter. [Laughter and applause.] You are about the business stand of having every day be a good day for mankind, for people who need help or assistance of some sort? You mean Im always willing to be there? [Q: Yes.] Yes, as long as Im physically fit, yes, any day. And where do You proceed from here? You have come through California. You and Your followers made a contribution I believe some USD200,000 to the fire victims in California. And earlier this year You made a contribution of perhaps USD100,000 or so to the flood victims of the Midwest. As You move now across the United States and out of the United States, where will You go next to offer aid and assistance? We also offered USD200,000 for Veterans Day, for the women, the day of the women who were recognized. The day of the veteran women. That was November 11th this year. So I thought it is very honorable for the women who have fought in Au Lac who have been recognized. [Q: Yes, the nurses of the Au Lac war.] Any, yes. They are as brave as men if not braver. [Q: Indeed.] If we consider their physical body and some of the discomfort that the women have to go through which men dont. In comparison, I think women who do such a service are even braver. But dont tell the men. [Laughter] [Q: We dont.] I always speak very fair. Thats all. And with our various religions as they are today, why do You believe weve had such a history of so many different religions? What has man through the ages been seeking through religion and philosophy? What is that need that were seeking to satisfy, or that fear? Yes. Yes, fear is one of the reasons. And another reason is that we, innerly, are the essence of the most high. We came from God, otherwise, where do we come from? You think we come from plant or from the wall or stone? So we must come from God, the most high, the most intelligent, the highest consciousness. So that inner inherent, the latent consciousness always keeps seeking itself. Despite all the coverage, like position, wealth, fame, and all this worldly knowledge keep occupying our attention outwards. And then the highest consciousness inside always keeps telling you that you are not that. You are not the Ph.D. and youre not this garbage that you accumulated, you are not Mr. So-and-So, or Mrs. That-and-This. You are that, you are the consciousness. You are God-like, before you came to this world and get a Ph.D. or became Mr. and Mrs. and have all kind of knowledge and habit that you call yourself. That is another self and the real self that is the God-like that belongs to the kingdom of God, thats Gods children were called Gods children, that means we are God-like. Yes, the Gods qualities always keep reminding us that we are not this and that and other. Are we supposed to believe then that we are part of that universal, and divine, God energy and intelligence? Sure. Not supposed to believe, you just are. [Q: You are?] Yes, and then now you look at what you identify yourself with, Mrs. So-and-So, and I have so much knowledge, I have so much wealth, and I have such and such habit. All this is not you. You are the
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one behind all this and all this is covering us. Therefore, we make ourselves suffer because we identify ourselves with our mistake, our success, our failure, our this and that and other, and our circumstance that affects us. And we forgot the real super consciousness, the supreme inner self, the supreme spirit which is God which dwells within us. Thats what the bible says, God dwells in you, that means you are God, apart from the body, its God inside, nothing else! Q. Are we closer to our true self when we are children? You were wonderful with the girls up here a while back. Are we more God-like as children because weve learned less or is it when we get older that we take on all those trappings and then become too physical and materialistic? Youre right, youre right, yes. When we are born as children at least we are cleansed already, partially, from the residues from the last life or whatever existence we had, you see? So when we were born, we were nearer to God. We just come directly from the rest place, more peaceful and abundant. So thats why children are more innocent, and they forgive easily. And they have no worries or nothing, yes? But we, the more we come up, the more we grow up, the more we accumulate all these experiences and then we identify ourselves with that. For example, Im an angry person, Im an agitated person, and Im a bad-tempered person. This is not you! Its just that youve grown up with all kinds of circumstances that make you are like that then you think you are like that, and that is the you. Its ridiculous! When you were born you were not like that. Or Im an alcoholic, and that and this and other. It is not true. There is so much crime in the world now, so much one-on-one violence with mankind. What can we do to begin to have a greater respect for ourselves and human life so that we are not killing one another, so that we are not so violent and so cruel to one another? Spreading the love message all the time, always broadcasting positive. Its better to tell the children that. Honey, you Just say it in a positive way instead of a negative way that we most often do. For example, you say, Dont be so dirty, then we could say, Honey, keep yourself clean. And the word clean will go inside the mind instead of the word dirty, it doesnt matter the dont or do. Its the essence of the sentence thats important. So most people say, Dont be so dirty, or Dont be so cruel, or Dont be so nasty, this and that and other. Instead, just say, Be kind, be gentle, be gracious, be graceful, and then the essence of the words will boil down into graceful, gracious, kind. And when everything else is gone, only the essence remains. So we always keep telling children, You are dirty, Dont get so dirty, Dont stay late. Just say, Go to bed early, even if you say dont before. Well, American television and all the messages that it sends the various media, as a matter of fact, the newspapers, the magazines, the movies do You think that we have a long way to go in order to reorient ourselves towards a better way of life, a higher spirituality? Yes, we have a long way. But I hope its not too long. We try our best. You see, everyone has to try. I was thinking on the way back here that when we met our neighbor, and then I invited him also to come along here, and then we talked to the driver who let me stay in his wifes house, so I said, Why dont you do more parties often and get to know your neighbors, start from individual? Thats what I did when I was married to my ex, the best husband. Yes, I always made party. At that time I was not practicing Quan Yin method. I just meditated with another kind of method, and we
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were vegetarian. So I thought in Europe, the neighbors dont know each other. Its different from our tradition like, for example, in the East or in Africa, people are more friendly toward neighbors. So I said I start. So I made parties once in a while, maybe once every few weeks, and invited all the neighbors, whoever want to come, come. I just dropped the invitation in the box and said, Hallo, we have a know-your neighbors party, can you come? Thing like that. And if they dont come this week, they come next week. So if everyone does this, and then spreading out love and the message of togetherness, every unit, then all the neighbors will know each other and the whole nation will know each other. And then we have better communication, then we have better understanding. You wouldnt fight with the one who you at least know and have dinner with. You know, at least, you know, something will stop you. And then you think twice before you want to harm him at least. So these things will keep people together. So why dont we all start to do that? Each one just take care of his neighbors is enough, yes. And then everyone takes care of the neighbors and then the whole nation will be taken care of and united in love and friendship. At least, before we start to talk about heaven and kingdom of God and enlightenment and anything else, why dont we just love our neighbors. Very easy, no? Q. M. What is immediate enlightenment? I dont know. Enlightenment implies Light, so when anyone helps you to see Light from heaven immediately, thats called immediate enlightenment. [Q: All right.] Thats what we help people to do. People can see Light or hear the heavenly music, it means the message of God, what is called the Word in the bible: And the Word was God and the Word was with God. Remember? The Word that is what we can hear from God. At the moment we hear that, it is called the moment of enlightenment, yes? Its difficult to hear that, the Word from God, the message from God. Its difficult to see Light, but nevertheless some people see them in deep prayer or in deep sorrow or in a blackout kind of situation where they contact with the higher world instead of this physical one. But rarely. So when you cannot see the Light or hear the message of God yourself, and you find somebody who helps you to do it quicker, that is called the process of seeking the Truth, seeking the Teacher. And whoever can help you to see the Light and hear the Sound immediately, that is a so-called spiritual Teacher. A friend once told me to never judge a person by their physical appearance and their physical trappings because amongst us in our midst are individuals who are of a higher calling or a higher soul and that we are daily walking amongst people who are more spiritually advanced than we might ever guess. [M: Yes, see? All these are very advanced people.] All right. I recently saw the movie about the tragic life of a rock-androll singer, Tina Turner, Whats Love Got to Do with It. And they opened the movie with a Buddhist saying which I can only paraphrase now about the most beautiful lotus flower finds a way to grow through thickest mud. Do You believe that there is some merit or something to be said for struggle and suffering and tragedy? Is there goodness to be found in bad? No, I dont believe it. Goodness is never to be found in bad. Of course, for some, okay. Suppose this suffering awakens us, and makes us realize the ephemeral nature of life and the suffering kind of existence that we have to lead sometimes. Suppose that is good. But it is better that we dont have it altogether, better if we are awakened that we avoid it altogether by not sowing the suffering seed.
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which dwells within you. Know you not you are the temple of God, and the holy spirit dwells within you? Its all the same thing. Or seek your Buddha nature, the highest Buddha nature. Its the same thing, honey. Its the same thing! Q. M. Q. Will we see You in the company of the Pope? Have You had occasion to meet Pope John Paul? He is a holy man, he is a very nice person. But you ask me, I am startled because Ive never thought about it. Well, I saw in some of the literature, You were comparable to the Pope in the Asian world, and I just didnt know in the effort to make mankind and our human condition better that maybe we can bring all the spiritual philosophers and teachers together and get the world in order. Yes, thats good. Maybe you organize that. [Laughter] Maybe not. Thats about all the questions that I have for You, Supreme Master, at this point. I thank You for the audience here and the time with You. I think that that was extremely generous and kind of You. [M: Its all right.] Thank You.
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How is everyone? Was the food okay? You had food? [Audience: Yes, very great.] Very good? Then why do you laugh? [Audience: Because were still talking about food.] Yes! Of course. I mean, isnt that the most important issue of the world? Because of food, we started war and then we make peace and then we started war again all because of food. So what you like to hear? [Audience: Meditation.] Meditation? Okay! [Audience: Inner peace.] Inner peace. Well, if you have one then you have the other. If you meditate then you will have inner peace. Nobody knows how to meditate? Yes? You do! You do, everybody does. You meditate every day on different things. Some meditate on money, some on food, some on boyfriend, some on girlfriend, some on business, some on children, wives, husbands, and text books, and sometimes on fame, position, power, then occasionally on God when business doesnt go well. [Laughter] When other meditation fails, then we might meditate on God for a while. I will have to tell you about a different kind of meditation and by which and with which we will overcome most of the difficulties in this life. And then we do not need to meditate on too many techniques or too many subjects. Instead, meditate on one only, and we get many things or all the things. Just like the bible stated that, Seek you first the kingdom of God and all the things shall be added unto you. You feel familiar with the bible, yes? More familiar with the bible than with other scriptures; otherwise, I am also familiar with many other kinds of religious texts. Now, its not that we have to sit there and think about God all the time. Its just that we have to merge in God and become one with God, and that were always in God consciousness. That is what it meant by the kingdom of God. Because Jesus said to us that the kingdom of God comes not through observation, but the kingdom of God is within you. If it is so, then what shall we do? Still, we must meditate even though it is said that the kingdom of God comes not through observation means not through meditation even. When you observe something, it means you really pay attention to that subject, so that also means meditation, contemplation. But, even then, that doesnt give us the kingdom of God. It just makes us more aware of the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is not made of meditation or by meditation or with meditation or
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through meditation, but by doing meditation we become aware of our kingdom of God which is already existing. So that is the wisdom of old. But, nevertheless, even then, in the other part of the bible, it is also said, When you pray to your Father/Mother, enter into your secret chamber or the closet and pray in secret and then your Father/Mother who sees you pray in secret will reward you openly. So now, how do you pray in secret? The bible teaches us that we must not pray loudly like the heathens do. Dont make loud noise like the hypocrites or the heathens do, but enter into the secret chamber, and pray secretly. Now, the secret is there. So thats why mostly we pray a lot, very loud; everybody hears it, except God. So most of the time, our wish doesnt get the fulfillment that it deserves because we probably do not do what the bible taught us. If we believe in the bible, then we must study more carefully about what to do. According to very reliable sources of research and archaeology, unearthed materials, we know that Jesus had been all over many countries especially India, Tibet, and studied with many enlightened Masters of different schools at that time. And when you go to India and you truly search for Masters then you will find those who are with the meditative way of life. They will teach you, at least, meditation. I dont mean you just pick any on the street and worship him as a Master. You must truly look for it. Any of the Masters I know practice meditation and most of the famous Tibetan lamas do too, even though probably in their different ways, but they do meditate. So if Jesus went there more than a dozen years, then He probably had a chance to meet some of these so-called Masters. He probably had met some of the under-qualified masters before, probably taught Him some mantras or do some yogi exercise, or miracles or things like that to turn water into milk, or water into wine, et cetera. He probably had learned these things in the earlier days before He met the so-called meditative Masters of the Himalayas. But, finally, He would have met them. And even then, to do those tricks you must also do some kinds of meditation techniques, even though for some time only, temporarily. Now, when Jesus met these people, then He must have meditated. He must have learned how to meditate. Otherwise, how could He shut Himself in the desert for 40 days without a break? Can you just now suddenly go into the desert and shut yourself there for 40 days alone? Its impossible except with training, with preparation before. For example, for us, those who practice the meditation technique we call Quan Yin method means observing the inner Word, or the inner Sound, the Word of the bible, or the Sound of God we often do a seven-day retreat or sometimes one month retreat. For us, it is very usual. But for ordinary people who do not practice meditation, you cannot sit for five minutes, never mind five days. You want to try and sit for five minutes without moving your mind or your body, then you become Master already. Therefore, when we know that Jesus went to the desert for 40 days to meditate, we also could conclude or could get out the hint that He had been trained in meditation technique. He had been doing meditation all the time and that probably is the last retreat that He did in order to go out to preach the message of God. Most of the Masters do that before they go out into the world or before they decided whether they want to take the cross or not. It is a kind of last minute when you hear the alarm clock in the morning, you dont just wake up right away. You know you have to go, but last minute enjoy the warmth of the bed. Similarly, most of the Masters, after enlightenment, if they know that God has assigned them the mission of being the prophet of the age or the messiah of the day, they would go into retreat for some time, just to prepare themselves mentally, physically, psychically, to face the hard task ahead and to walk the long road that God has assigned to them. So you see the life of Buddha, no? Before He went out to preach the message, He also went on retreat for 49 days. Probably Jesus also went for 49 days. Why 49 days? Because its seven times seven. When you study many so-called mystical sciences, people believe in the number
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And so, What happens with the free will? you would ask me. The free will is for you to believe that you are the one who does things. [Master and audience laugh.] You are free to believe that, nobody stops you; but you have also the free will to believe that God is the one who runs the universe. And in order to have this confidence to believe that God is the one who runs the universe, we must contemplate on God in a right way. Otherwise, our free will just runs free, runs wild. We believe in all kind of thing that is brain-washed into our knowledge. We believe in the societys customs and dos and donts, to be and not to be, and to do and not to do, and we do not believe in God. The negative power teaches us that we have sins; that we are terrible; that we are originally born in sin and die in sin; that except Jesus, we have no one else as savior; that we are always sinner anyhow, we could never become like Jesus, or we could never have any worth as human beings. But, why? In the bible, it says, God made man in Hiers own image. That means at least we are very similar to God. Why should we be sinful if we are in the image of God? When somebody is made in the image of someone, is that very much alike? Is that not so? So now, if we are very much like God, then we are nothing else except we are God. Didnt Jesus say that everything He does we can do, and that we are all the children of God? If you are the children of Rockefeller, what do you think you are? You are Rockefellers, no? Yes. You have all what the father has. Or not? Ask them, ask the Rockefellers children what do they have? They have all the prestige of the father, they have all the possession that the father left for them or even when he is alive. Is that not so? Now, the negative power, the satanic power, likes us to believe that we are not God, that we are sinful, that we are bad, that everything we do is sin. And we believe in that; therefore, we dont truly believe in God, no? We like to, but we are conditioned to believe in the opposite direction; therefore, we are cheated to believe in the opposite power instead of in the power of God. So thats why Jesus had to suffer because most of the people do not support Him, do not support His ideas, do not support His positive power of speech, of action, of faith. So they killed Him; but at least, He had awakened some people in His time and continues to affect many generations after His crucifixion. So He has done a great deal to mankind and brought us great civilization. That is the work of the messiah, of the prophet. But He was not the only one, and He is not the only one, and He will not be the only one because He already promised, Everything I do you can do even better. John the Baptist said the same thing, I baptized with water, but the one who comes after me, who will be mightier than I am, He/She will baptize with the holy ghost. So each prophet who came after another will be mightier. Thanks, God. It is not that He/She is mightier, probably He/She is not. Because Jesus, when somebody asked Him, Are You Elias incarnated? Then He kept silent. What does it mean by keeping silent? Keep silent means yes. Otherwise, He would say, No, no, no. Its wrong. You should not have that crazy idea. He should have taught His disciples when something they say is wrong. So He kept silent means He accepted. Actually, so it means that He and Elias, those prophets before Him, are equal. At least equal, not more, not less. But why did He say that, What I do you can do better? Or John said, The one who comes after me will be mightier than I am, whose shoelaces I am not worthy to untie? Well, they are just being humble. All the Masters are humble like that. And also, they stated the truth. Its not that the Masters have different powers when they are commissioned by God to come to Earth to teach mankind. Its just that the people of their times are different in understanding, in intellect and in the ability to accept new ideas. Because people have Gods power; if people support you, understand you, means God supports you, God understands you. God is within everyone, so if they listen to you, God listens to you. If they agree with you, it means God agrees with you, the God in them that agrees with you, that makes things happen. Because if all the gods come together and agree with you, do you think this power is little? Yes. Therefore, even the Masters need the supportive surrounding and energy in order to be mighty. Otherwise, if the Master cannot teach anybody, nobody listens to him, then what kind of Master? No use, understand? Or, a king who is not supported by the whole kingdom, then he is a powerless king. Is that not so? Or, even if a physician, after he has qualified himself in medical study and he never cures any patient, you call that a good doctor?
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No use, useless. Then, to be a doctor for nothing. So the more he cures patients, the more famous he becomes, the more confident he will be, and the more people will believe him. So anyhow, things dont go mighty by themselves, but they have to need condition. Like water is necessary for plants to grow, for flowers to blossom, for fruits to yield in the appropriate season. Therefore, when Jesus said, You can do better than what I do, He didnt mean you will be mightier than Him. It just means in a better condition, if we are assigned, if we are empowered with the wisdom of God, with our own inner inherited wisdom, then we can do mightier things than Jesus. Its because by each generation, our world becomes more civilized, more powerful, more intellectual, more clever. You can see our world is getting more civilized each day because the Masters of different times have come and graced our Earth with their wisdom, with their blessing, with their positive, intelligent energy. So even though sometimes we are not in direct contact with these Masters, their energies, their blessings still grace our life and make things different for us, and make the world become better and better for us. Therefore, when Jesus said, What I do now, you can do better, He meant the better condition will help us. And also, when the time comes, probably better also. Because the understanding of the Master also has to be enlarged by the requirement of the understanding of the people. For example, a college professor, when he goes to a primary school, he cannot use all his knowledge with the primary school students. He has to talk in the way they understand. And if he continues to do that, then all his knowledge would be minimized; he will forget also what he knows. Therefore, if he is put in the college, his wisdom will become more and more as the students are more clever and they request of him many better things. Sometimes when I speak to different audiences, I also feel very different. To some audience, I feel very relaxed and I can speak on and on and on for hours without feeling tired; I feel very inspired, and all things I talk, its very good for both of us. I also like it. Its not that I talk for myself, but I understand that these talks are good quality, very high, highly enlightened. So now, in order to understand all these talks in the bible or what Jesus is teaching, we must also do what He did: Comtemplate on God, pray in secret. If you have already studied some meditation techniques, please continue. At least it will help you to find some portion of the kingdom of God. And for what I know, the technique that we are doing its not truly a technique because nothing is written down, but the transmission comes through silence and through the inner perceiving faculty, not through verbal exchange and so, for what I know, this kind is the best, quickest and the last door to Gods kingdom. So in case you have any question, youre welcome. Yes, chef? Q. Most of the audience is here to hear about the spiritual aspects of eating and of food choices and vegetarianism. But I think people are more interested in finding out more about why we should be vegetarian? Thank You. Why? Because it also said in the bible that we should eat vegetarian. God said, Dont kill any more she-goats and he-bullocks to make offering to me. Stop all this killing of the innocent lives. Otherwise, your hands are full of innocent blood. When you pray I will turn my head away, I will not hear you. Stop all this, otherwise I will not forgive you. Is that not so? Yes? And elsewhere, it said, Meat for the belly and the belly for the meat, and God will destroy both. Also elsewhere, it said, Dont mix with people who drink wine and eat meat. No? Is that not so? And elsewhere, it is stated in the story that some of the people requested God give the meat to eat, and He was very angry, Hes made meat rain down from heaven and after that Hes killed every one of them who ate meat. Is that not so? Are you not frightened enough? And Hes said elsewhere, Do not make your body become a graveyard to bury dead bodies. Didnt Hes say so in the bible? All these what I said, was it not true? Did you read it? Yes. But you didnt want
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to hear, [laughter] you didnt want to understand, you just passed it by, passed it by, passed it by. And you read the portion wherein, the priests slaying all these beasts and roasted them, and smoke came all black to the heaven, and made the temple become a slaughterhouse. Q. M. What are some of the spiritual benefits that we can get from being a vegetarian? Im glad you ask in this manner because that means you only concentrate or care about spiritual benefit. Most people would care for health, diet, and figure when they talk about vegetarian diet. The spiritual aspect of vegetarian diet is very clear. Non-violence. Thou shall not kill. When God said to us, Thou shall not kill, Hes did not say human beings, Hes said all beings. Didnt Hes say that Hes made all the animals to befriend us, to be helpers to us? And didnt Hes 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 and eat them and become the only king, no one else is there? [Master and audience laugh.] Yes. So now, you understand when God says that, we must do it anyhow, no need to question Hirm. Hes said very clearly but who understands God except God. So now, we have to become God in order to understand God. I invite you to be God-like again, be yourself, be no one else. To meditate on God, doesnt mean you worship God, means you be God. You realize that you and God are one. I and my Father/Mother are one, didnt Jesus say so? And if He said He and His Father/Mother are one, we and His Father/Mother are also one, because we are also the children of God. And He said what He does we can do even better. So we might be even better than God, who knows? [Master laughs.] Why worship God when we dont know anything about God? Why so blind faith? We must know first what we worship, just like you must know who is the girl youre going to marry before you marry her. Nowadays, its modern, we dont marry by blind date anymore. So why should we worship God in all blind faith? Yes. 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. And by all scientific reasons, we should be vegetarian. And by all health reasons, we should be again vegetarian. And by all economical reasons, we should be vegetarian. And by all compassionate reasons, we should be vegetarian. And by saving the world, slogan in spirit, we should be vegetarian. It is stated in some research that if the people in the West, America, would eat vegetarian once a week, we would save 60 million people every year! So be a hero, be vegetarian. By all reasons. Q. Reoccurring patterns in a personal development like a pattern of jealousy or a resentment that gets in your way, how do you just move through those and let go of them? Its difficult. Well, jealousy is normal behavior, just that we should not let it rule over us and make us become miserable and make us become cruel. Its a sign that we are not loving ourselves enough, or that we are loving the wrong person, or that our love is not yet under control. Its also a sign that our feeling is still very raw, that we are still alive. So be happy. When youre dead, then youre finished with jealousy, not before. Well, when somebody nips you and you feel pain, you dont need to give an anesthetic injection to that part to stop the pain, just know that pains. If you can, stop the cause of the pain, but not to make your body deadened in order not to feel the pain anymore. Thats bad. If you couldnt stop the pain, the cause of the pain, then accept it and be happy that your body is still alive, is still flexible. When some doctor wants to test your
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reflex, he will put a hammer on your knee and if it jumps, its good. Fancy if it doesnt jump. [Laughter] So now, the sea doesnt have waves by itself, but the sea has waves by the rotation of the Earth and by the winds pressure. But when the sea resists that, it doesnt become the sea anymore, its not the sea any longer. It has no water in it and it has no waves dead sea. So when the sea has waves, it is the sea still; it has true quality of the sea. So when you have jealousy, its good. Of course, you dont enjoy jealousy, but at least you know that you are alive, that your feeling is very sharp, and you are very human. Just make it under control. Dont let it use you to harm the opponent instead of knowing that the other probably has the same jealousy as you. Try to support that person and try to make that person happy instead of yourself. If you can help it, stop the cause. Q. As a strong believer of self-determination, of natural consequences, I feel, in me, I feel like Ive reached an inner peace. But how do you, or what can you do, to help someone to achieve that, who you really care about, and who you want the natural process to take place, but what can you do to assist that process? You already reached inner peace, you say you want to help somebody else, is that right? [Q: Yes.] That is a very good-will wish. [Q: Without forcing yourself on them.] Well, just do it naturally. If somebody listens, you talk. If they dont, you stop. Provided anyone around you. Like today, Im invited, so I come. If you didnt invite me, I would not appear. And if you dont want to listen and you walk out, I would not come and drag you by the collar and say, Sit down. [Master laughs.] I just talk to those who like to listen. Do it that way. Do it like when you are hungry you eat, when you are tired you sleep, as much as possible. Of course, sometimes the suitation is not so black and white. But just surrender, Gods will be done. Whoever God brings to you, thats correct. If Hes doesnt bring anybody, it means you are free of karma. [Master and audience laugh.] Be happy, be happy. Is it possible to be fully divine and fully human at the same time? Yes. A fully divine person is a fully human being. A fully human being is fully divine. Now we are only half human beings. We do things with hesitation, we do things with ego. We do not believe that its God who arranges all these for our enjoyment, for our experience. We separate sins and virtues. We make a big deal out of everything, and accordingly judge ourselves and other people and accordingly suffer by our own limitation about what God should do and things. Actually, because God is inside us and we limit Hirm. Hes likes to enjoy and play everything but we dont know. We just said, Ah! You shouldnt do that. We say to ourselves, I shouldnt do that, I must not do this. But why vegetarian? you would ask me. Yes, I know. Vegetarian is just because the God inside us wants it. Its against our principle of not wanting to be killed. We ourselves dont want to be killed. Or, we ourselves dont want things to be stolen, for example. Now if we do that to other person, it means we are against ourselves and that makes us suffer. Everything you do against yourself, makes you suffer. You cannot beat yourself, and you shouldnt starve yourself, for example. Same thing, we should not kill. Because thats against the principle of life. That makes us suffer so we dont do it. It doesnt mean we limit ourselves in that way. That means we expand our lives to all kinds of lives. 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. Is the idea of a dark force just something in our minds?
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meditation on the Word, on God, you will know for sure that is God. And you will know that you and God are one. Q. M. Q. M. The next question is: What is the Quan Yin method? That is the one who recognizes the Word of God helps you to recognize instantly the Word of God, or the Word which is God. Satan seems to be personalized evil, but is there an actualized evil being or demon that roam this world or they are within us? The world within is also the world without. So we couldnt really separate. Whatever is in our mind would normally manifest outwardly. Therefore, you see, two persons who stay in the same room would have different perception of the surrounding and the atmosphere surrounding them. It could be that one is miserable to death and the other one is joyfully in heaven every day, or at least at that moment. So we cannot say that evil is within or without us it is both. Just like God is within and without us and is everywhere. Depends on our perception. Our perception is God or evil, makes God or evil appear our conception and perception. We have to change the conception. If we think in a godly way, practice the way of God, then we are always in Gods presence. If we practice the way of evil, think of evil, then we are always in the presence of satan. Satan is not a person, is not a personality, is not a character. It is a force which is released out of our negative thinking, action, and speech. It exists all over the places. But we dont need to know him if we turn ourselves into the kingdom of God. We tune in to the kingdom of God, then we are in the kingdom of God. We tune in to the kingdom of evil, then we are in the kingdom of darkness. All depends on our conception and tune in ability. So when we meditate and we know the technique to tune in to the kingdom of God, we are always in the kingdom of God. Just like your radio, you can turn it to a different channel. What is the spirit? Does it manifest itself only at moments or can it be recognized constantly? It can be recognized constantly by constant awareness, by meditation. By repeatedly being aware of the spirit, of the holy spirit, we will be making a kind of habit to be aware of the spirit all the time, and then later it becomes like an automatic process. Then we are always in it, doesnt matter where we are or what we do. Like the Zen, they say, Eating, sleeping, walking its all Zen. Like that. This person wants to know how to meditate. Simple. Just turn your attention to where you should, to God instead of to money and other things. You already have meditation ability. Otherwise, you couldnt do your business, couldnt take care of the children if you have no attention there. So just turn the attention to the kingdom of God. But we will teach you more precisely, with time, about a few hours. It is not that the enlightenment takes that long, its just that all the procedure the before, between, and after initiation we should tell you all. And the way from here to heaven, go through which planes or what kind of level of consciousness, we must tell you. Therefore, it takes a longer time. Otherwise, you just close your eyes and get enlightened instantly. Could You speak on vegetarian eating and how that can contribute towards world peace?
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nothing to do, its just totally the emotional body, it has nothing to do with your Buddha nature? M. No, no, no. The Buddha nature is not there. It is all over the places, not even in the wisdom eye. But if we want to know the Buddha nature we should find it through the wisdom eye, thats all. Through the wisdom eye, we see clearly where the Buddha nature is, thats all. While Im here, may I ask You another personal question? [M: Yes, please.] Its regarding the Sound. When the Sound comes, is it okay for the Sound to come throughout the entire body or must it just lie above the forehead? It comes through the entire body but it should be concentrated on the wisdom eye in order to lift you up so that you be out of the body. Yes. Thats all. But its fine when you hear it all over your body, it feels nice too. Yes, it feels nice. This person asks: Why are we here? I would ask: Why not? [Laughter and applause.] If we are here, we are here, no? Are You God? [Laughter] Are you not? [Laughter and applause.] Do You feel that there is more aggression in societies that consume more meat than in ones that consume less? Yes. You can compare countries who eat more meat, then youll see the difference. And you see the animals who eat meat are more aggressive even than the animals who eat vegetables. No? Even in the animals kingdom, there are differences. You talk about in Your sample booklet that You can study all Your life, You can study the bible, You can study the Eastern philosophies, You can study everything. But, You need a Master in order to reach You can only go so far, and it doesnt mean anything, all that You read. But, You need a Master. Could You explain that and how You go about doing that? You need the key, thats what it is. You need the key. So a Master is someone who has the key for you to make you become a Master, thats all. To make you realize that you are also a Master, that you and God also are one, you and your Father/Mother are also one. That is the only role of the Master, not that I glorify any person, or make an advertisement. You cant do that on your own? I mean just through reading? [M: If you can, yes. If you can, please do it.] No, I dont know. Can You? It sounded like in Your book that You couldnt do it without a Master like Yourself. Well, even Jesus had to be baptized by John even though John knew that Jesus was great. Just has to go through that procedure. Now, you can speak English very well or maybe better than your English teacher when you studied under him, but you should study with him first and develop your own talent later, okay? That is all.
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Videoconference with the Aulacese people at the book premier of The Birds in My Life by Supreme Master Ching Hai in Aulacese Edition, October 11th, 2008, Bangkok, Thailand (Originally in Aulacese) Q. Master, ancient sutras often described beings at a higher level of consciousness who descended to Earth as animals. Master, how can we differentiate between those animals and the ordinary animals? And how do we know that there are many high level beings currently on Earth in the forms of animals? Thank You, Master. In every era, there are always Bodhisattvas and high level beings from higher spritiual realms who come to Earth as animals, as humans to help sentient beings. Buddhas also had many past lives in which He was an animal deer, or bird in order to help the animals or to help human beings. If we dont have the wisdom eye, we cannot distinguish the difference between these beings and other ordinary animals. Human beings are also the same. For example, there are many practitioners who are at a very high level, but we couldnt perceive the difference between these high level spiritual practitioners and other ordinary human beings, much less the birds or other animals. We just have to treat all beings with unconditional love, and not just focus only on the saints who have transformed into birds. Its very difficult for us to tell them apart. There are always high level saints coming down in every era, not just this one. We have to love and protect all beings, then heaven will be touched. It doesnt matter if those animals are ordinary or the reincarnation of saints. Thank you. Q. Respected Supreme Master Ching Hai. Today we are very honored to ask a question. [M: The honor is mine.] After reading the book The Birds in My Life, we find that this is a wonderful book and realize that Your sympathy towards the animals contains a
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boundless love. But to go further than that, we would like You to share with us Your feelings after Youve completed the book The Birds in My Life. Would You please? M. Thank you, Professor. Thank you, Doctor. Of course, after I completed the book, I gave a sign of relief. Because in writing this book as a professor, you also know its very difficult. Its not like when we want to write we can just sit down and write immediately. Sometimes when preparing the lessons for students, to have topics that are interesting, you have to rack your brain for a long time, very difficult. So after I finished writing it, of course, like any writer, I gave a sigh of relief. Now I can go sleep. Meaning thats it, I can rest for a few days, sleep a little bit because, oftentimes, when you write a book, you dont have time, sometimes you dont sleep at all. So when the writing is done, I was very happy. But then I thought I cant rest. I have to continue working to complete the book in order to contribute a small part of my duty in protecting the environment, starting with the protection of the animals. Because these helpless animals, they dont do anything to harm us, but only bring joy to beautify the life of humanity. To take it a step further, they also show us unconditional love. Because the animals, when their friends die, a lot of times they stand there and cry all day. They dont go anywhere. They want to lift up the bodies of the dead animals, hoping they will come back to life, just like we humans do. Its so touching. Therefore, after I finished writing that book, I felt that I could contribute somewhat to humanity so that people understand more and realize more that animals also have emotions, also have divine souls like us, and they understand morality, have kindness, and loyalty. And from that understanding, we hope humanity will progress a step further, that is, develop our inherent compassion to love our animal co-inhabitants more and stop killing them. Not only that, we also take care of the environment, care for the animals so that their lives become better. Thus, this will bring merits to the planet and reduce global warming as well as bring about the viability of humankind and protect our Earth so that our children may continue to live for a long time and in happiness. Thank you, Professor. Q. M. Q. Thank You, and Your answer is very good and very compassionate. Thank you, Doctor. After the book The Birds in My Life, English edition and the translated Chinese, Korean editions had become number one international bestsellers in 2007, how did Your birds react to this phenomenon? And at that time what important message did Your birds share and confide to You? Please explain, Master. Of course, they congratulated me. Theyre also very proud to contribute a part to the survival of humanity and the planet. They also hope that if human beings love birds, then they will love other animals. And from then on, they will stop the killing, stop harming human beings as well as animals, to live together in harmony. From the birds, we can understand other animals, and we will stop the killing to create blessings for the world. I also thank the birds for allowing me to reveal their very personal feelings to all humanity, mainly to contribute to the work of saving the planet. Thus, those birds are very pleased, completely in agreement with it and very proud that they have helped in this work, thats all. Usually the birds, their spiritual levels are high, they dont talk a lot like us. They just use telepathy to understand each other, sometimes it takes just a few seconds to understand a lot. While we humans, a lot of times we talk so long but our
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understanding is not very deep. In general, they are very happy and proud. And they hope we will awaken. Q. Generally, animal friends have very high spiritual levels, and they still choose to contribute a lot to humankind. However, their sacrifices have not been perceived by humandkind and they continute to harm them. Why do the animal friends choose this method of service when humans dont even realize it? Thank You, Master. These animal friends, if their spiritual level is high, then, of course, they dont mind any sacrifices. They dont attach much importance to their life, but only think about serving others, similar to any noble human being. Animals and humans are similar. There are people who are very noble, who would sacrifice anything, including their life, to save others. So the animals that are noble, they are also the same. Most animals understand their duties and maintain their noble and beautiful consciousness. Regardless of what happens to them, they accept it all. As for humans, we have a lot, too many choices, thus the material temptation causes us to forget our noble and beautiful inherent nature, and forget our divine mission. But the animals do not. They know their duty and they keep their beautiful consciousness. They would rather die than to lose their divine quality and benevolence; therefore, they continue to fulfill their duty to help human beings and elevate the spirituality of humanity. Thank you. Q. Master, the bible says that God created animals to be friends with human beings. So, apart from playing that wonderful role, do animals have any other mission in the life of human beings, in particular, and the overall evolution of this planet? The animals that come here also obey God to remind human beings of the selfless, unconditional love, and to protect and care for humankind in many ways, materially and spiritually. Therefore, whoever loves and raises those animals with kindness will be justly rewarded in many ways, if not in this life, then the next life. Usually you can experience it immediately in this lifetime. For example, good health if ill, then a quick recovery; you feel happier, more loving towards others than when you dont have the animals; sometimes you become richer. There are many stories to prove this. You should look for them to read. There are so many stories about animals repaying humans kindness saving their life, curing their sickness, and comforting them. So many, many stories that we cant tell them all. We can write thousands of books about animals helping and benefiting humans. You can never write enough, or recount all the stories about animals benefiting humankind. I dont understand why until now, with so many of these stories, that humans still dont treat animals well. I just cant understand this. What Hes said is true, you see? In the bible, God already said that Hes created animals to comfort us, to be our friends. But we still dare to kill our friends to eat. I dont know where is our reverence for God. Three-day retreat, Paris Center, France, October 25th, 2007 (Originally in Chinese) We have to remind each other to love, love each other, including the animals, our animals. Also, they seem weak and helpless and need our help, our love and our protection. We are talking from the worldly point of view, from the visible aspect and material existence. Otherwise, if we really know animals, their spiritual levels are very high. If we truly love an animal, it will help us a lot. But we are not helping animals to gain benefits. We help animals because they are weak and small. This is a great gentleman, a real hero. To be a hero, we dont have to go to the
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battlefield, we dont have to do a lot of big things either. A real hero starts from the heart. If we can love a small animal, then we can love all other beings. Someone told me that if a person can love a dog, or a bird, or any other small and weak animal, he must love people. So if we love animals, we are contributing to world peace. If we love each other, we wont have wars. When we love an animal, our love will develop naturally. You have your own dogs, birds and other pets so you understand this situation. When you are with them, when you look at them, you just want to love them. You have no other thoughts, no other way. Then you just love them and dote on them. The loving atmosphere just exists naturally in your home. The loving atmosphere will fill the entire house, the entire family, and spread out into the world. If every family has this kind of loving atmosphere, the world will definitely be at peace because the atmosphere is very important. Everyone knows this. If we see two or three people stay peacefully together or love each other, we also feel very comfortable when seeing them. We would suddenly feel very happy, right? In case we entered a house and saw a few persons quarrelling or fighting over there, we would suddenly feel uncomfortable, right? So the animals, they can help us to reveal our love inside. Then the whole atmosphere is different it becomes happy. This happy atmosphere will also influence the whole world. Can you imagine that every family is happy like that, and has that loving atmosphere? Of course, the world will then be at peace, right? So we dont need to talk about animals spritiual aspect. We dont need to care about whether they can help us with anything tangible. The key point is that the animal can bring out our loving heart. Once we have the loving heart, we ourself will also feel very comfortable. When you are sitting with a dog, you just touch him and dote on him, your whole body will feel very comfortable after a while. I mean physically, no need to talk about the atmosphere. Then your whole body feels like theres an electric current, a sort of gentle electric current. You will feel very good. So we can see very clearly that dogs are really helping people, no need to talk about communicating with them using magical power, or being able to read their mind, or understand their language. No, just the material body, physical or mental feeling has already proven that dogs are really helpful to humans. So we dont need to say we should help dogs or love dogs so that they will help us later. Or at least we can say we are helping each other. In the bible, God says Hes created the animals to help us, so we must think about what kind of help they are offering. Personally, I already experienced their help. Scientists have also proven that if you love animals, or if you have a pet at home, you will be healthier and happier. If we are happy, we will attract good luck, we will attract those happy atmosphere to our family. Like attracts like. You see your dog or your pet every day, then your love will flow out. This love will attract other love. When you go out, people will love you. You will attract this kind of love and bring it back to your home. Therefore, by helping the animals, we are truly helping ourselves. Helping others is helping ourselves. We often think we are helping the other person, its not always true. That person will also send love back to us. If we help him, he will feel grateful, then he will pray that your life would become happier and more comfortable. Praying really helps. Animals normally communicate directly with heaven, so if we help the animals, they must communicate with heaven, saying that this person is very good. They can also pray for us, we can put it this way; otherwise, God knows everything. When we benefit someone, or help someone, heaven will record it. How much we help the animals, heaven will also record it. There is a tradition in Au Lac, that we have to be nice to dogs. When we die, we will pass a bridge, if we are kind people, and treat dogs nicely, he wont bark at us. Because if he barks you
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will get scared and you will drop into the bad river where there are lots of crocodiles and snakes, et cetera that means almost in hell. If you are kind to a dog, he will greet you while you cross the bridge. He will let you cross it safely and protect you until you reach heaven. That bridge separates heaven and hell. That is what the legend means. I have never crossed that bridge. [Master laughs.] But it makes sense. Our ancestors really are wise. They dont need to cheat us, right? It doesnt matter if this story is correct or not. When we see the weak and helpless, we need to be a good person and protect them because if we love the weak and the helpless, it means that we have that kind of heros heart, a great and generous heart, then we are already a noble human being, no need to mention if dogs help us or not. Of course, they help us. They help us to develop our noble quality. That is much more important than money and any position, right? So we should love and protect animals. Every country has animals. We should help whatever we can. If we cant adopt one, we can donate money or contribute physically to help such organizations for dogs or other animals, help them to take care of the dogs until they are adopted by a good family. In America, there was a billionaire not just a billionaire, a trillionaire he was originally a homeless person. Later, a dog came to him and became his friend. Every day, the dog loved him as if it was encouraging him. Then he got his thoughts sorted out. Later, he became a very successful businessman, and a billionaire. This is a true story that happened in San Francisco. I didnt make it up. You can check it out. So before he died, he wrote a will. The will said all his possessions would be donated to dogs. Then they built a very big house, a dog center. All dogs were treated well. Every dog has a room. The room has a window to look outside. There is a garden for the dogs to run around every day. There are people to take care of the dogs. The dogs are very comfortable there. If anyone comes to adopt them, its nice. Otherwise, they can live there the rest of their life until they return to heaven. Dogs will definitely go to heaven. So if we help dogs, we will be connected with them, and we will definitely go to heaven, too. If we have a dog, and we treat him nicely, he will awaken our inner soul and we will be able to communite with other animals. We can begin with the dog. We will become a more intelligent person and a more spiritual person. Then we can communicate with other animals. Our love will develop. We can really change ourselves 360 degrees, I promise. You dont need to learn with me. You can learn from the dogs. [Master laughs.] They can teach us and educate us silently. Three-day retreat, Paris Center, France, October 25th, 2007 (Originally in English) You cant blame the people on this planet. When I look at the way the karma sways them around, and swings them about, and pushes them around, I can only shed tears. I dont know how humans live in this world and still can practice spirituality. Im telling you the truth. Everything seems to be pounding on them, pushing them down on the floor and tramping upon them, tearing them to pieces, harassing their mentality, stabbing on their emotion, tearing them apart. Every day something. It is a pity! Its a precious human life, but it comes with a big price. And only the strong, the heroic at heart could overcome it. Even just to eat vegetarian, my God! To replace one piece of hamburger with a piece of tofu, whats so difficult? Cant do it! Not to talk about anything else. I hope one day, maybe year 3000, the whole world becomes vegetarian then. But you have to be more diligent. Write letters to governments. Tell them maybe, Look here! All the cows have already been slaughtered, and the cows have been dead again, again, and again, cruelly, and have been sick again and again and again as a warning. And still they continue to eat meat. Just to change the meat for the tofu or the vegetarian ham, which is delicious anyway. Cannot! So difficult, difficult. Because the habit, because social custom, and because misconception. Everything, everything, just
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pounding upon the humans little strength thats left, so they succumb to everything that they should not do. Some people say if you cannot avoid meat, then eat the three kinds of pure meat like the meat that you dont know they kill, the meat that you dont hear them crying when theyre killed my God, where do you go to hear the animals crying? And the meat that is not killed specially for you, something like that? Of course, theyre not killed specially for you. They dont write on the piece of meat: This is for Mr. Smith, and that is for Mrs. Muller. No, of course not! Theyre killed at random outside somewhere, out of your sight. And if you dont eat, people dont kill. Its very simple! Theres no need to talk about pure meat or not. Up to now, 21st century, how many Masters have come and gone, how many teachings have been left behind? All the bibles, the scriptures say vegetarian diet, love the animals. All the scriptures say that. Maybe you can try to change. Maybe people will listen. Maybe if you do something. Looks like the whole world becomes a non-smoking place. More schools have vegetarian food. More health food for lunch and all kinds of stuff. And now alcohol is going to be also on target. Cannot advertise alcohol in many countries, many places now, and cannot sell alcohol within the vicinity of schools. And the age of drinking goes up, something like that. Its not just planting trees. Its the loving atmosphere that we have to create. Its not about the animals that suffer only. Its about our loving nature that were killing. And its not about eating animals who you see suffer, or you dont see suffer. Its also the green policy for the planet. The more animals we eat the more they raise, the more they raise the more non-green it becomes, the more endangered our planet becomes. So its not just about for you, whether you can or cannot eat that kind of meat, whether, its not about you can or cannot. Its not about the Buddha forbidden or the compassion even. It is you, yourself. We have to save the planet by cutting off unnecessary food, which is no good for us anyway. Everybody knows already about meat is not good for us. Why dont we just cut it altogether and save everything else? Everybody knows that raising animals are the heaviest cause, the worst cause of our planet pollution. Everybody knows that! Its everywhere! Its from the United Nations report, everything; the whole international community comes together and reports all that, and concluded that is so! We just plant some more trees. We protect the forest. Nobody stands up and say, Lets be vegan, be vegetarian! Nobody stands up and says that! One of the leaders, Im waiting for whoever that leader may be, just stands up, and says, Look, we be veggie. Thats the quickest way first, everything else later ethanol gas, change the bulb, less water. The water that youre using every day may be a lot, but not a lot compared to the water they use for animal raising. Dont run the water while youre brushing your teeth. Of course, it saves a few gallons, but they put hundreds of gallons out there for one cow, just for a few days to wash, to rinse, let them drink, or to water the grass or whatever it is for them to graze upon so that they will end up on a plate anyway. So the main cause, they dont want to talk about it. Everybody just runs around it, tries to avoid it. They dont ever talk about being veggie! Everybody knows about the report. Nobody touches it. Nobody talks about it. Cant even just put down one piece of meat for the sake of health, the planets health and your own health and your childrens health. So whatever happens is our own doing. Not even God can do anything if we dont want to do it. God puts us here to do things, and if we dont do our job, what is Hes going to do? European three-day retreat, Paris Center, France, August 22nd, 2007 (Originally in English) I told them that every one of them has a gift, they really come to help mankind. Like the bible said, I make them to befriend you and be your helpers. Its truly like that. But not every human can avail of this help and thats a pity. Instead, they kill them. They come to help you, really.
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They all have something to do, and its a pity that humans dont avail themselves of the help of animals. I will produce another book called The Noble Wilds. And I cant say all the things that I interact with them, with the wild ones, just a little bit here and there. These things are supposed to be discreet between us, but sometimes inevitable, I let the readers know a little bit. When the situation arises that I have to tell, then I tell a little bit but I cannot tell everything in one book. It needs to be like a hundred books at least, ten books for each. For example, a hundred books at least if I want to tell everything; but Im not specializing in that. I just want people to love animals unconditionally and then whatever develops between them, that will be good for them. They are tremendous help to mankind. Its a very pity that people dont know about it, just go on killing them. You kill your helper. You could have let them live and use them and develop even your own telepathy. In a while, if you really love an animal, you will contact and then through that contact you can contact other animals as well. Im forever grateful. But that comes later. I did not know that before, I have to tell you honestly, because love makes you blind. I just love them and take them home, thats it. Because they are helpless, thats what I think. But, actually, now I think humans are more helpless than them. We need help, not them. We need help to develop compassion and to make use of the help that the animals will give us if we love them and contact them. Its really a pity. They are like the physical angels for humankind. You understand how some people always pray to the angels for help in some situation? We have angels running all over the planet in the form of all kinds of animals. They are the angels in the physical form to help you in different situations. Well, you know it yourself. For example, we watch on Supreme Master Television, there was a dog, a stray dogs from nowhere, the name Hero, remember? And there was a woman who has an accident and lay on the roadside, and he just comes and drags her to the edge of the highway so that everybody can see her. You know that. And he is a stranger from nowhere. If its not an angel what is it then? They know everything because they are very psychic, they are more inside. They are not too much outward seeking like us, thats why. They eat a little bit, and theyre satisfied, its finished. They rely absolutely on the Divine for protection and food. So theyre always in contact with the Divine; theyre truly angels, protectors of humans. Just humans dont know. Its a shame, its really a shame. So humans really are the ones who need help; need help to wake up; need help to know every other being is also very special and sometimes better than us in some ways; need help to develop compassion; need help to recognize that we need help. It doesnt really matter to the animals because for them, okay, if they have to die, they die. Their lives are short, most of them, anyway. Its just that if we kill them, we have bad karma and we lose ourselves one of the very great benefits. They dont lose nothing. You kill them, they go back to where they belong. Everyone has one life anyway and the animals, they go straight to heaven. If you dont let them help, then they go Home, so they dont lose nothing. Its just the one who kills them will lose lose the merit, lose heart, lose compassion, lose a great part of love and lose a great part of help that God has sent here for us. In the bible it says, I create animals to befriend you and to be your helpers. It is truly like that. How come nobody listens? How come nobody realizes this? Isnt that amazing? They read the bible every day, nobody realizes it. What did God say? God said animals are here to help you! Find out what they can help! No, eat them; before they can even help, kill them already. How come people are so oblivious to such a very obvious truth which is stated in the bible, the first page even, no? Almost. One of the first pages about creation, the Old Testament. Its incredible. Yes, I think definitely humans need help, not animals need help. Of course, they would not like to die, like everyone else, because they have a job to do here. But if they die, they die, they lose nothing. Physical life doesnt mean that big deal to them because theyre always in contact with
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International gathering, August 23rd, 2008 (Originally in English) Right now, the Americans already worry about the shortage of water. Their glacier has melted a lot, more than usually. So only a little bit left on the top of some mountains in the west of the United States of America. And the river has become drier, and they predict that in a few more years only, a couple more years, the water might not be even enough for 23 million people who depend on that water to survive. Can you imagine? Its not happening in Africa, its not happening in some dry, desert country, its happening even in the United States already, and in Australia and all that. We all know, right? Its just getting worse and worse now, and I really, I dont know how to do. If I could just go out and beg everybody on the street, Just please stop eating meat and stop raising livestock and stop abusing the resource of the Earth. Stop wasting water! I would do that. There are some reports that people are listening. From a global conservation organization, WWF, World Wildlife Fund, states that: Although the average Briton uses only 150 liters of water per day for activities, such as drinking and washing, the indirect or virtual water used through food and textile purchases bring the average up to 4,645 liters per day. So much of this hidden amount is among from meat consumption. Now they admit it. Wonderful, wonderful! I mean, some. I wish the whole world, just say the word, Veg. Lets say just one word that we like very much, the magic word, Veg. Every time when take photo, say Veg! Pleaes, Veg! So much of this comes from meat consumption, I told you, yes? With the meat and dairy lifestyle using some 5,000 liters of virtual water per day versus a vegetarian diets use of around 2,000 liters. I think its less. Less vegetarian, and more for the meat, but they just calculate approximately. These findings are supported, mark this, by another report commissioned by, mark this again, United Kingdom Prime Minister Gordon Brown which recommends reduced consumption of meat and dairy for personal and environmental health. Wow! I told you so! No, no, truly, when I read this, I was so happy, happy. Finally, somebody did something. I think he is so brave, prime minister. We support him! [Master and audience laugh.] Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah! Im going to write him a thank you letter. All of you, the Britons, you write him, thank you! Hes
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so brave! I love this guy. Oh, such a good guy! Who would believe it? He even recommends reduce the consumption of meat, and dairy even, for personal and environmental health! Wow! He probably is the first prime minister ever said this openly. Hes cool guy, hey? So cool. Such a good news like this. Beautiful! This report, commissioned by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown. My God! Its the best thing hes ever done to his soul, and his country, and his world! Bravo! Applause! The report even commissioned by him, by His Excellency Prime Minister even points out the known health risks of consuming meat and dairy, which include cardiovascular disease, cancer disease, illness and even death from contaminated meat products. The report also highlights livestocks significant contribution to global warming. Alright, looks like we have hope to begin setting the trend for the whole global vegetarianism. When Prince Charles was telling some people in the politician arena that we have to do something for global warming, like protect the forest, organic farming he voices his opinions a lot and some say that hes meddling with politics. I think that is not fair to him. He is a prince, and maybe hes a future king of England, one of the most powerful countries in the world. He has the right to say whatever he thinks. Its correct. Thats number one. Number two, global warming is not politics, is it? No! Its life and death, concerning anybody, everybody, including himself and his children even! So even as a private citizen, he already has the birthright. More than 100% right to speak his mind about how people should begin, or already should start long time ago, to protect the environment or to go vegetarian even. Protecting the environment, vegetarian diet is not politics. Where can politics go in there? So I hope His Royal Highness will speak much more. England is very democratic, yes? But we have to use democracy in the right way! I really feel very sad for those people who are not having self-respect by not respecting someone else. This is not civilized and gentleman manner. This is not the British way of behaving, no? We have to respect each other, not to talk about that he is a prince, he is the head of the state. He represents England. The Queen is England, Prince Charles is England. As a prince, he sometimes has to do things not the way he wants. But hes just true to his heart, as much as possible. And you cannot blame somebody who is true to his heart, no? You should be proud that a prince has everything he wants, but so true to his heart! In protecting the world and in everything else. He is as true as possible for a prince. All they did was trying to do good, to be good, to behave the way the Royal Household should behave. If anything else happens, its not in our hands always. Its in destiny also. And also in the destiny of the nation. Everything happens in that nation, to one individual or to the head of the state, its also a reflection of the whole society of that nation. We mention Prime Minister Gordon Brown being so brave and commissioned such a report to spreak out because he wanted to inform the Bristish subjects what he thinks is correct. Because he cares about the life and the health of the people of his country. For a head of state to come out and to state the truth like that, one of the first ones, to commission such a thing and admit it publicly that meat is no good for you, even dairy product is no good for you. So its incredible. I really love this. Milk and dairy product gives you a lot of diseases as well. So, anyway, mostly people only say meat is no good. But even in the report says that dairy is no good also. A guy who is so brave like that deserves to lead the country, yes? Being a prime minister even, deserves all the votes of the British people. Whoever tells the truth is my friend. Whoever tries to protect the life of his co-citizens and co-animal inhabitants is my friend. And my friend deserves the best. Just like I give you the best, I will give any of my friends the best. That is the only thing to do. Thats the only logical thing to do. Oh, Im so happy, Im so happy about this. I hope the Prime Minister of England is not the only one. This is going to be a trend. Critical mass is working. Its not yet reached, but its already working. I love it. Even if I have to work day and night, not eating and not sleeping, I dont mind, until we reach the goal, and then it will
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work by itself. We almost reach the critical mass. If people repent in their heart and react quick enough, turn to a vegetarian diet, with the grace from heaven, with the interference from the positive power, we might be able to save 80% of the population of the planet. Otherwise it would be 80% of the population, minimum, would be gone. Instead, it will be 80% saved. International gathering, August 22nd, 2008 (Originally in English) Q. Im really sad a few days. We know Master and all the brothers and sisters in our group, and other groups try to voice about the global warming. But scientists say the government does not listen to them. So maybe its a few years, this could happen. If all the governments in the world dont listen to the scientists or dont listen to Master yet, what would happen for the beings in the future? What happens? You will see what happens. I dont want to say yes or no, right now, all right? I hope its okay. I hope they will change. And Im fixing my attention on that. Its better to fix attention on the positive. If not, then it would happen like what you saw. Not only the flood, but the fire from the volcano hidden in the earth will also break out, and its difficult to hide from both. And also erosion a lot of things. And not just that; the diseases, shortage of water and people might die slowly and agonizingly. And I just hope that day wont come or at least to the majority of the people, that they will change their way of life. Because only walking in the way of heaven, that they will find safety and protection. Theres nothing else that can help them in this time of urgency. Thats why I keep telling them, have to be compassionate, have to be vegetarian, turn away from blood, turn away from killing, turn away from murderous action or supportive action. Because when people eat meat, its pitiful, they just dont know what they are eating. They know it, but they just dont really think too much about it. Its already made, its chopped into pieces, put on their table. So mostly, they do not realize that so much suffering is going behind this piece of meat, so they keep eating it. But even if they dont kill the animal themselves, the collective bad karma still will go onto them. But because of the excuse that they dont know, they have not been truly educated about the harmful side of meat, and not just physical, but the spiritual, mental, emotional, everything for the soul, they have not been truly educated on that topic. So because of that excuse, heaven is still lenient and waiting for them to turn around. And I do hope they turn around. Thats why we are doing our best to inform them, to tell them the truth about meat. And so we hope that they can understand it soon. Otherwise, it will be like what you saw and worse. Its too late now to save the whole planet. Its too late now to save everybody on the planet. We can save some, only if they turn around. If they turn around one step, heaven will come to them 99 steps. Its the time of grace, but its not extended forever. It can be postponed for a while on the intervention of good people, spiritual people, loving people like yourself, like your brothers and sisters here, praying for grace of other people. Yes, it could be extended for a while, postponed for a while, so that they have a chance to turn around. But it cannot be extended forever. Its very sad for people who are not educated about this and have been told oppositely. Thats why I feel sorry for the people. They dont know what theyre doing. International gathering, August 21st, 2008 (Originally in English) We came with nothing, we will go with nothing. But meanwhile everybody tries to take what they can, and therefore we are short. Some are taking too much, some are having none. And, because the more we eat meat, the more we have to deforest, and the more resources we
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Because the vegetarian diet is good for you. It will purify your spirit, purify your aura, and make you clear, inner and outside, and protect you. Its not only for me. Its not for the precepts that you should eat vegetarian. Its for the loving kindness to other beings, like animals, that you should be vegetarian. Even if God allows us to eat meat, out of our own love, individually God will not forbid you not to eat meat. Because if you love your dog, for example, you raise dogs and cats, you wouldnt want to kill them and eat them. So why discriminate between a dog, a cat, your pet birds and other outside birds and outside cats, dogs or other animals like chickens and ducks and, ox and cows, and things like that? You know what I mean? The way you love your dogs and your cats, and your children, you could also love a cow and a pig. So thats the way of love. Therefore, because of this law of love alone, we would not believe that God would let us kill an animal and eat it. Also, in the bible, God already says very clearly, Who told you to kill all these she-goats and he-buffaloes to make offering to me? Stop all this killing of the innocent lives. Otherwise, when you pray to me, I will not listen. God said that clearly. So no need to ask me any of these fundamental questions. You should read more the bible, because in the bible, there are many, many hints inside. Not only hints, very obvious statements that God says we dont touch meat, Meat for the belly and the belly for the meat. And God will destroy both meat and them. Is that not so? That means dont touch meat. Also, Hes says, Dont mix around with the people who eat meat and drink wine. Is that not so? Yes. That is very clear. Group meditation, Kuala Lumpur Center, Malaysia, February 27th, 1992 (Originally in English) Do you know how much goes into cows? How much acres to raise cows? And that land can never be productive again, once a cow tramples on it and eats the grass from it. How much land, how much water, how much medicine, how much pounds of grains, and kind of protein, grains from different poor countries, pour into the cattle, before it delivers a piece of meat for one meal? It is a waste of human resources to eat meat. They say if everybody eats vegetarian diet, nobody is hungry, at least. We have more, more, more, too much more, we can export to Mars or Venus when we happen to find people there. Truly, you ask the researchers, we will print some articles soon about how vegetarian benefits in many ways, not only you alone, benefits the whole planet. They made a list of conclusions, of the research, why vegetarian benefits, and they calculated everything. If everyone, not everyone even, if even one quarter of the world eats vegetarian, nobody goes hungry, can feed the whole population without even having to work much. Now, we work a lot to raise cattle, to kill thousands, millions of animals every day. Sometimes you pass by a countryside, where they raise cattle, and when you pass by, you see the whole field is black with cattle. And when you come back empty gone. The whole field, many, many acres of land so vast, full of cattle, and when you come back, all gone, all gone, finished. You understand what I mean? Its a waste of product to eat meat. Never mind talking about compassion or love or enlightenment, or moral standard, nothing. Not yet! We owe it to mankind to eat vegetarian, not only to animals. Its a terrible waste of time, of the Earths energy and resources to feed the animals. They use more water than we humans ever do, to wash them, to feed them, to let them drink. And they use more vegetarian protein than humans ever can eat. And you have to raise cattle many years before you can eat it in one meal. Its too much. We will print some articles from the experts, in our next magazine. I have already selected some, and I have told the editor to print it next time. So you wait and research for yourselves. You can get in touch with them and ask them how they come into this and ask them for the proof. But you dont need it; when you see the figure, you know what it is, you know the proof right away.
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Videoconference with Penghu Center, Formosa, August 2nd, 2008 (Originally in Chinese) Q. M. Saving the Earth requires the unity and cooperation of all. Will Master please speak to our Penghu fellow practitioners about this issue? Thank You, Master. At this time, the test is more strict. Therefore, for those people whose spiritual practice is not good enough or whose concept is not correct, they would fall the test. For example, sometimes, because they are at a low level, they are hard to satisfy, refuse to do good things or keep finding faults. Then just be patient and wait for them to grow up. If they are willing to cooperate and work with everyone to help the Earth, their merit would be greater. This work of saving the Earth is not only for saving the Earth, but also for saving ourselves, elevating our spiritual level and expanding our love. However, if there are people who do not understand this, let us not force them. Let them grow up slowly. Of course, some are lower in spiritual practice. Some dont have an ideal situation to go for group meditation, as their families or friends dont allow them, or they might not have enough courage. Their situations are different. So we have to be patient. If they want to cooperate, we cooperate with them. If not, we still treat them with love. Just have peace with them. Every one has a different level, different situation, and different obstacles. The fact that they can come to meditate, keep a vegetarian diet, and try to improve themselves, is already very good. They can be vegetarian and cooperate with you; that is very good already. Encourage them more and be more tolerant and loving. Thank you. Q. Master, regarding the current crisis the Earth is facing, besides awakening humankind so that they change their lifestyle and start eating vegetarian and protecting the environment, is it possible to help the Earth pass this critical period through other external forces? External forces, such as the advanced technology from higher level beings, or prayers. No. No. No. If we are immoral, our prayers are not very useful. Because we have done the bad deeds ourselves, we must improve it ourselves. Suppose I am an alien who has a lot of power and a lot of advanced technology and I come to Penghu to help you and others right away. What happens next? The Earth continues to exist and humankind continues to kill one another, to wage war against one another, and to harm animals. Do you like this kind of Earth? [Q: No, I dont.] This is the point. Even if there is an external force, we should still rely on ourselves. Others can only help us for a while. If we dont change our hearts, our bad karma wont change and our morality wont improve. I want the sentient beings to change their own conscience. If this Earth perishes, there are other planets. If people dont have a conscience, no matter where they go, they still dont have it. Of course, you asked this question out of love. I understand it. I am also very worried, but thats the only thing we can do. We can only help the Earth and ourselves by persuading people to change their lifestyle and live their life with conscience and love. Suppose aliens came to help our Earth to stop global warming, but the sentient beings continued to kill one another without conscience and love and the animals continued to suffer, then later when these people die, they would still go to hell. Saving humans
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ephemeral lives while letting their souls stay in hell for a very long time, I dont think its appropriate. Therefore, even if the aliens could help, they wouldnt. As I said in Taipeis videoconference, the aliens are also afraid of us. They are afraid that if they came down, we would kill them before they could save us. We should rely on our inner self. Our inner self has everything. Our inner self has the almighty power, Gods power. If we turn to our inner self, keep a vegetarian diet, be moral and be a truly good person, we can surely save whatever we want. Videoconference with Bangkok Center, Thailand, July 24th, 2008 (Originally in English) Q. We have been seeing dolphins and whales stranding themselves in many places throughout the world, more often in the past few years. Are these events related to global warming, and are these animals trying to tell humans something? Yes. They have been telling humans long, long time ago. They have been telling us a long time already, but very few listen. The humans cannot listen to the animals, most of the humans. And some humans can listen and nobody else will listen to that person anyway. Poor souls. What suffering they must have endured due to our carelessness and unkind habits. Lets hope the humans will develop more, spiritually, and understand the needs of the animals, and give them love and respect as they deserve. I hope the humans wake up soon, for their own sake even, and the animals sake. Is this great change happening on Earth because the Earth is being uplifted to a higher consciousness? And what will happen after this process is done? Will this great change on Earth bring every living being on Earth into unity? The cleansing effect is very unpleasant to bear. But if people realize this is just a warning, change to a better, nobler lifestyle in love and peace, then all living on Earth will be in unity. And lets pray that this happens very soon. We need it. We need a change in humans consciousness. We need peace and love on this planet, for a change. We have been living long enough in the shadow of wars, cruelty, troubles, famine and suppression of all kinds, due to the killing karma. We really need a breath of fresh air. We need peace, comfort, safety, happiness and love among all beings on the planet. Master, I have one question. [M: Sure.] Its regarding eating meat. If we have a celebration and if we have guests who request to eat meat instead of vegetarian, is it okay to offer them meat? My son is going to get married very soon and my in-laws are meat-eaters. I understand from my future daughter-in-law that the parents would prefer that their guests, their relatives to be served meat. And for my guests, I will offer only vegetarian. But I dont like to offend them. Yes, you offer them vegetarian. And the other, if they want meat, they offer the meat themselves. You stay away from the blood. Keep your hands free of blood. [Q: Okay, so all my guests Ill offer only vegetarian?] You offer vegetarian and if anybody wants to eat meat, tell them they can bring their own meat. The vegetarian diet is so delicious. There are vegan hams, vegan chickens, everything. People just would love to eat it. They dont even know that it is vegetarian. Remember the story about when I was a householder and married? I offered my neighbors always vegetarian food when they come to my house every weekend. And one time, my husband thought, Poor people, they eat vegetarian all the time. They should eat meat or else they die. And he bought some fish and meat and nobody
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wanted to eat it, because they wanted vegetarian, because they loved it more. They said they like a change. So now, you can also suggest the same. You say, Okay, we eat meat every day already. Im going to deliver something more exciting, a new way of life, a new menu, and exciting and very colorful, tasty, and you try all together, one day, and then see if you like it or not. And if you dont like it, well, the meat is waiting for you in your fridge when you go home anyway. And after all that, if they still dont want it, they can bring their own meat. Marriage is very important. Its a once in a lifetime of a person. In the Buddhist sutra, in the sutra of the Earth Store Bodhisattva, the Earth Store Bodhisattva says that if, when the mother delivers babies and when youre married or anything like that, people always killing animals to celebrate, that harms the couples a great deal and that harms a mother-to-be a great deal, as well as a newborn child. It is better always to be vegetarian. It doesnt incur bad retribution. How can you be so happy, happy day and the marriage day is the most joyful day of your life and you go and murder some other being? You should have let him live. He also wants to be happy. He should be rejoicing in your marriage and congratulate you in his heart. Why do you cut his throat and eat him? Its a joy to be married. Its a joyful day. Everyone should enjoy and be joyful. Its not logical to kill somebody, make a misery when you are in the most happy day of your life. And suppose they want to, they can bring their own meat. You wash your hands clean of the blood. You have to influence people, not let people influence you. From now, I want all of you to be stronger in your opinion. Stronger in your standpoint in life. You do not do what is not good and you know killing is no good. You stop it. Stop where you are. Stop on your table. Stop from your house. Do not condone any more murdering. Do not condone any more cruelty. Do not encourage any more suffering to anybody, whether directly or indirectly. Let peace begin with us. All right? [Q: Yes. Thank You, Master.] Its enough now that we follow all the trends in the society just to look social and look like them. No. We dont want to look like them anymore. We want them to look like us because our way is nobler. Its correct, its compassionate, its loving, and its saving lives, and it will save the planet. Do that. Thank you for all your questions and your support and your walking the way of love. You have to be strong now, because the planet depends on us, the planet depends on you. All lives on the planet depend on you, okay? Q. M. I heard someone predict that there will be disasters happening in regions of Thailand. I would like to know if these predictions are really going to happen? Well, if your Thai people are doing good deeds, and minimize the effect of killing then you can avoid it. If not, I dont know. Right now, there are many disasters happening around the world and more frequently than ever before and even more deadly. It is because the force of the negative retribution of the killing karmic consequences is more ripe than before. So we are suffering a lot around the world. People suffer a lot, not just Thailand. Thats why I am working very hard and also asking you to join me in the effort of informing people that the cause of all our suffering is from killing, from eating meat. Because if we dont eat meat, nobody will kill for us, to offer us meat. So the vegetarian diet will minimize all the disasters and even clear it all out. If people just turn their heart around, be compassionate, be loving, like a real human being, because the humans are inherently very compassionate and loving. Its just they have been misled. They have not been informed since long time and the bad habit, the
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deny this alternative lifestyle and would get involved in the global warming campaign. Master, what is Your opinion on this? M. Yes, its very good, a very good idea. Many of your brothers and sisters are doing that. For example, they go to university or school kindergarten or primary school to demonstrate the vegetarian diet and give to students to sample. And the professors, the teachers and the students have pledged to become vegetarian. Many children know the cruel treatment of animals, they will stop eating meat. And also they know the benefits of vegetarian diet, and they will continue. But its still not fast enough. I think we need more cooperation from many angles, like the government, the press and the people at large. Try your best anyway. Go back to school. [Laughter] In some countries there are a huge amount of vegetarian people, like Formosa or India. Is this because of the spiritual level of the country? For Thailand, is it possible to be like Formosa or India? Thank You, Master. Its possible if all the monks and nuns there turn to a vegetarian diet. Because in India, all the monks, they eat vegetarian. They dont kill, they dont take meat. Even if they go out begging, the people know, they dont give meat to them. It is a tradition since long time. And in Formosa, all the Buddhist monks are vegetarian absolutely. Therefore, the people emulate their examples. So you try to give all the information to the monks first. See if it works. Good luck. Good luck to your country. Most Thai people are Buddhists under the Hinayana sect. There are many Buddhists who believe this prevents people from becoming vegetarian. For example, Hinayana monks believe that eating meat is not forbidden except for 10 certain kinds of meat. Moreover, some Buddhists believe that indirect killing incurs no sin, or monks cant be selective and have to accept anything that people offer to them. So a lot of people seem to get stuck by their interpretation of what is supposed to be the teaching of the Buddha and continue to eat meat. What words of encouragement would You give to these people to help them open their hearts and minds? I have told the Supreme Master Television staff to collect all the sayings of the Buddha concerning the vegetarian diet. He always said that we should not eat meat, Whoever eats meat are not my disciples. In the beginning when they came to the Buddha, He allowed them to slowly change into vegetarian diet. Just like now I allow Convenient Method, that people have to be at least 10-day vegetarian, in order to slowly change into vegetarian diet. And we teach them a little bit of Convenient Method, so that they slowly get experience and then get acquainted with the vegetarian diet if they cannot be vegetarian immediately. Similarly, the Buddha did allow in the beginning perhaps, but He told again, again, and again in many, many sutras that you should not eat meat. Whoever eats meat destroys all the good merit, and all the dharma guards even stay away from them. And they will destroy this root of compassion and et cetera, et cetera. One of the monks asked, If we go out begging for alms and if people give us some meat together with the vegetable and rice, what would we do? The Buddha said, Wash away the meat part and then you eat the rest. Even that, even you have to wash it away. So there is no way that the Buddha asked people to eat meat or to kill animals to eat. He was even one time carrying a little lamb because the lamb was too weak to walk. And He didnt want the herder to keep beating the lamb or force him to walk when hes wounded or was weak. So the Buddha offered to carry the lamb to the hill for the
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herder. Buddha has never advocated meat eating. So you can collect all of these, we have it on our website. You print them in the leaflet and give it monks and the people, hoping that they will understand. And if they dont understand, they can always refer to those sutras where the Buddha has said it. Because we also state, where did the Buddha say this, in what sutra and what paragraph, in what chapter. Q. I think one reason that some people dont want to become vegetarian is that they dont yet see the connection between the killing and the bad karma resulted from it. For most people, the world seems okay as it is, despite several warning signs such as many disasters or sicknesses that befall upon them. Dear Master, how can we make them see the connection between the killing, whether direct or indirect, and the resulting bad karma? How can we make them believe in karma before its too late? There is no need to make them believe in karma. It takes too long. Either you give them the Buddhist scriptures about what the Buddhas saying, that Ive just mentioned, or you just print out all the scientific evidence between the meat eating and the global warming. It means if they continue to eat meat, they are going to die, to destroy the planet. There is no need karma involved even. It depends on who they ask. If they are Buddhists and believe in karma then okay you give them the Buddhas sayings. If not, you give them scientific evidence about the harm of all the meat eating, even to their health. We have it all on the Supreme Master Television. Please ask somebody with good English to translate it all in Thai, print it out, even very small, so you dont have to print many papers. You print small, just the headline very big and they get curious, they will read it. If they cannot read, theyll ask somebody to read it. Even if its small, they will read it. You just say something very eye-catching like, To eat meat is to kill yourself. Do you want to die young? Something like that. Or Do you want to live long? And then underneath you list all the harms of meat eating and all the benefits of vegetarian diet. Make some eye-catching headline and then print all the facts out. Even karma or not karma, or scientific evidence and karma all together. Q. M. In terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, would You be able to give us an idea of how much we would actually have to reduce to stop this global warming crisis? We have to reduce 80% of the pollution from the gas and everything else. And stop eating the animals. That is the only way to stop immediately the 80% gas pollution. The rest, 20%, more or less, nature can absorb and take care of it and the Earth can repair herself. The Earth has a mechanism to repair herself. Its just that we overload the planet. We pollute too much and we create too much of murderous karma. Therefore, the Earth is not even allowed to repair herself because of the bad karma of the inhabitants. As soon as we erase this bad retribution from the killing effect, then the Earth will turn around, will be allowed to repair, reproduce, and sustain life again. Its all come around about the bad karma. We overload her capacity, the Earth, so we have to reverse our actions. Thats all there is to it. Meat eating produces 80% of global warming from pollution. So if we just stop meat eating, stop killing animals for food, then that 80% gas pollution will disappear. And we will live in peace, health, happiness, and long life again.
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have to cut trees to build a house, but wild animals, they dont need all this. They dont need a house, they dont need clothes, they dont need cars, they dont need a hospital and medicine and things like that. So why do we have to make so many changes to the environment and to the ecological sphere to live a so-called civilized life? What was missing in the human societys civilization? M. Yes, why? Do not blame the humans so much. It is a physical world here and because the physical world has so much pressure, they have to do many things to survive. The physical worlds pressures force them to forget the connection with the Divine, the inner glory, and they become more and more greedy as fear for survival looms large in their life. Though a human is so smart, he lets his head overrule his heart. But they could still change once they are determined to improve, as they all have that heavenly spark of love within themselves. Whats missing here is a real spiritual practice and true divine value. As we helplessly drown in the whirlpool of existence, material things cloud themselves around us and blur our judgment and sway our better understanding. Survival pressure and the allure of temptation of this world challenge and confuse our mind, taking up all our strength and reason, while leaving us not much time at all to even remember our Gods power within or to even know that it exists. Thats why spiritual Masters, daughters and sons of God, have come to Earth again and again to help remind us of our splendor, so that we are awakened and start the journey back Home towards heaven where we truly belong while we are still living on this planet even. Thats what youre doing. Q. Due to the grace of God, most of humans level has been raised to a high level. How many other species of the planet? Good animals like horses and primitive animals like tigers, will we continue to have vicious animals on the planet if the planet has been saved? The animals with good NQ (Noble Quality), or more developed NQ, are already on high levels anyway. And of course they would be also elevated to higher realms if they prove to be good while living in this world. If theyre good of service to mankind or to their own kind in any way, even the tigers, if their behaviors are good according to their situation, yes, they can also be elevated to a higher level. And if the planet is saved, we will still have them, the so-called vicious animals, but they will also change with time. They will change in their characters for the better. If not, there will be a natural elimination. How can we be a good resident of this planet while we are here? Thank You. Very easy. You know, be veg, go green, do good. Better still, seek enlightenment. We are very grateful to see You here. [M: Its nice to see you.] While were promoting vegetarianism, and people think that vegetarian food is healthy and tasty, but some people still think that vegetarian food is not that healthy and lack of nutrition. And at this point the government and the media still didnt do much to educate these people. So, in Your opinion, how should we improve this situation? Well, if you are not happy with the government or the press service, you can write to them. You write to the government, write to the press. Tell them what you think. I have done my best. Im still doing it. So you do your part. The thing is, the press also must first know about it. The government also must first experience about it before they can tell the people. Just like you are vegetarian first, and you practice a moral lifestyle and
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compassionate spiritual practice, then you can go out and tell people, Look here, I know it works. I know vegetarian is healthy. Im still alive. I feel good. I know spiritual practice is good for you. I do it and I benefit from it. So, first, we must try it ourselves. But you can write to your government and your press and tell them what you think. Maybe they will rethink their policy and help the planet. Good idea. Interview by Katarina Trontell, writer for Ona and Aura magazines, Ljubljana, Slovenia, February 26th, 2008 (Originally in English) Q. M. What are the changes in a person before initiation and after initiation? Of course, when you awaken your own wisdom, then you are more clever, and when you are really more clever, you can see things clearer and, of course, you will have love for all creation of God. Just automatic. Just like you suddenly realize, maybe you got sick and you lost your memory somehow, you dont realize this is your son, this is your daughter, suddenly you forgot them and you dont care about them, whoever takes care of them you dont care. But then one day you remember somehow, someone helps you, gives you medicine or the time has come that you remember, Oh, this is my son. Oh, my God, come back here! I will take care of you! I will make up to you, I will protect you. No? The same. After you are awakened, you see that all people, all animals are your children, your family members. You love them so much, there is no word to express. What is that power that really awakens people? God power. [Q: Directly?] Yes. Does it come through You, or You just wake up You just help the person to get ready? No, he has it, he has it, all the time. I told you the 10 dollars in your pocket hes just too busy, he forgot. Too busy running from one job to another, too busy doing this Everything is so important in this world, What to wear? Of course, you can have all that, but the main point is Gods power is your great self. Everybody forgets. Its very easy to remember, you just have to commit, inside. You say, Okay, I really want to know myself again now. I really want to know God. Truly I want it. Then it will happen. Of course, I show them how. The very important thing is actually, that people come to the point where they decide with their own will, their own decision, that what are they going, that, Okay, its enough. Now I want to be Gods child and work like that. Thats it, thats it, thats the time they say, Enough is enough. Now I want to go back Home, I want to know God, I want to know my real self. Nothing can stop them then. No turning back. But if they are not ready, even if I give them the gift of awakening, if I help them to do it, to see themselves, they still dont care, and later they will forget it, and they go back to the same darkness as before; no more Light, no more improvement, same like before, or just a little bit more than before, but less. Just the inside decision, thats what I said. We have to decide. Just like for the environment, and the planet now, we all just have to decide that, Thats it. Now I am going to do something. Whatever it takes. Even if animal eating is not a sin, even if it is not, for the sake of compassion, we should stop eating them, and torturing them, for any reason at all. Even if eating animal doesnt harm our environment, or our health, we should stop it because for love! Protection of the weak and the helpless. We are so big and powerful, we can find
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anything to eat, why do we have to kill little things like that to eat? They are not our size even, some are so small and helpless, and they have children, they have feelings even. Thats the thing about awakening. Afterwards, you can feel what the chicken feels without losing your humanity. You will be more human, you will know everything, thats why you love everything. You will treat the Earth with respect. Even now, Im telling you the truth, even cutting vegetables, for me, is very sensitive already. I have to do it sometimes to show some people how to cook easy, because at least the plants, they dont have pain, physical pain, like we do. And we ask them to give permission. Thats okay. The plants can grow again. If you cut one branch, they grow three, four branches, sometimes they need it, like you trim the trees so they grow stronger. Then its good; excusable. But even then, I cannot go out in the garden now, in this stage of my knowing, to cut anything, any plant, any grass without feeling a tingle in my heart. I cannot do it. Just plants and grass, and even vegetables already cut in the supermarket. Sometimes, I cut to show some cooking, I feel like I dont want to do it already even plants, even already cut. You just feel you are one with everything, and everything you destroy you feel like youre destroying you. But, of course, there is a difference between cutting a piece of your hair and cutting a piece of your finger, you see? So killing animals is like cutting your fingers. Killing plants or cutting plants, for the sake well, we have to eat something to survive, is just like cutting your hair, see what I mean? So this we can afford to sacrifice. Even then, I dont feel easy doing it now. It got more and more sensitive. So now, I cant even go out to take the plant or cut the flower. No, I cant, without feeling bad. I just wont do it anymore. I cant do it. Q. Why do You think compassion is something so rare and hard for some people? Like, everybodys talking about compassion, a lot of people are talking about it, but actually a lot of people just cant really express it. You see, we all have it. Just that some people choose, decide to develop it, to go with it, to express it all out. Some people, somehow, choose not to, for protecting themselves because they think that its better for their survival, if they push somebody else down, and step on him to go up higher, that will be better for them. But whatever is better in this life is only ephemeral, temporary, anyway. So we always have to choose the way of heaven, the way of love. Thats the only choice we should make, even if it costs our lives. Everybody worships Jesus. We have to emulate Him. Everybody prays to Buddha, but we just have to emulate the Buddha. They are here for us to follow their example. Of course, we worship them, for sure, because they are worthy. But they are not coming here actually, really, for the sake of that we worship them, but to show us the way to be a true human, to be truly children of God, because we are all children of God. Everybody told us that. Jesus told you that, Muhammad told us that, Buddha told us that. Nobody tells us that, You are bad, you are evil, or anything. They all say, You are just like me. You are children of God. Or, I am the Buddha, you will be the Buddha. You are the Buddha, you forgot. Now, Ill show you how to remember your Buddha self. Jesus said, What I can do, you can do. You are all my Father/Mothers children. Yes? Nobody looks down upon us and tells us we are something else. We are children of God, then we have to act like one, no? You think the children of God would go around killing another child of God, or another being thats made from God, like animals, the weak and the defenseless? That is not the children of God, destroying nature, killing others. Its not children of Gods behavior. You say it. Some of us act less than human. That is not worthy. To be worthy is to have compassion and show it, and dont be afraid of losing even your life, because Jesus had told us. Im not just Christian, I am not
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advertising for Christian here, but since everybody knows the bible, I cite it: Whoever forsakes his life will gain eternal kingdom of God, will gain eternal life. Whoever clings to it, will lose it. See? So we should even honor the creation of God, even at the cost of our lives. But most of the time, we do the opposite. Heaven is always forgiving, but there is a law in the universe, that whatever you sow so shall you reap. You plant an apple, you get an apple fruit. You plant an orange, you get an orange. You plant a thorny bush, it will have pickies on the bush. Just the physical law. Just like the law in our country; even the president loves everybody, but if we dont act according to the law, then the police will get you, not the president. The president can say, No, no, I love him, that guy, he is okay, but the police will just act out the law of the country. You see, there are two laws in the universe, the law of love and the law of retribution. The law of love is all compassion, all forgiving, but we have to turn back to that law, you see, because if we continue to do the things that are violating the law of retribution, means as you sow so shall you reap, then we have to reap the bad retribution of it. But if we follow the law of heaven, you see? Every Master told you already what to do: Do not kill. Do not steal. Do not covet neighbors wife or property. Do not tell the untruth. Love thy neighbor. We have to do that. Otherwise, what kind of human are we? Even animals, they dont go out mass-killing for no reason. Public lecture, Cape Town, South Africa, November 27th, 1999 (Originally in English) Q. M. The first question is: God is all merciful and compassionate. How do You explain earthquakes, tidal waves? There are many ways of looking at things. If we think this physical body, this physical possession, this physical life is all there is about life and the universe, then of course we will think God is so careless, destroying things, taking lives from people. But if we see things in a spiritual way, if we trust in Gods wisdom, then we know everything is all right, everything is perfect. That is another way to look at it. More practically speaking, we also are responsible for all the disasters in this planet. Not all, but many of them. We cut down trees, so we reduce rain, and we encourage more landslides, encourage more droughts, which in turn affect the harvest and make a lot of people hungry. And we test atom bombs here and there, everywhere. We interfere with the stability of this globe, of the way it vibrates and changes and turns. Yes. And we cause many of the unspeakable disasters to ourselves. But whatever God takes away, Hes gives another. Because Hes is the creator, Hes can create and Hes can destroy. We never know for what purpose unless we learn to be one with God, to ascend into a higher dimension, where intelligence is boundless, where the vision is limitless. Then we can see the order of work of the universe. Then we understand why some things have happened. We will know that everything is for the best. Then we will not blame God anymore.
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Nobodys destiny is pre-destined or fixed. There is always an alternative choice. For example, when you catch a fish, you may choose to eat it or to release it. A simple choice. You will release it if you have compassion and good conscience. We choose the path of love. We say, No, I can kill but I dont. Thats all. Nobodys destiny is predestined or fixed. It will be fixed when you decide to kill the fish: Fixed to die! Is it not true? Similarly, we have the free will to walk the path towards liberation or towards hell. If you choose to follow Master to learn noble ideals and meditation, to regain your own intelligence and wisdom, then of course you will walk our path. There are various paths to choose. Just like on the street, if you choose to walk on a certain path, then it will lead to a certain destination, and you will see such and such buildings, houses, et cetera. If you choose another path, youll see other different objects. Thats why people say, Our destiny is pre-destined. Because whatever path we choose, it will lead us to a certain destination. Its impossible that same path leads to another different destination. That is all there is about fixed destiny which path you choose to walk, your destiny will be fixed there. It depends on which direction you wish to fix your destiny. Never believe that our destiny has already been fixed. We can always make another choice. For example, supposed that you used to do bad things, such as killing animals, eating meat, drinking wine and taking intoxicants. Now, you may choose to walk on the right path. It is wrong to believe that once you have walked on the wrong path you can never return. You can just turn back to another direction. Thats all. You can always make your choice at any time, no problem. Group meditation, Phnom Penh Center, Cambodia, May 11th, 1996 (Originally in English) Sadly, many of us have always tried to grasp everything for ourselves in every circumstance. Even in spiritual practice we still cannot stop being greedy and selfish to try to snatch spiritual blessings at the expense of others. Its even graver than trying to snatch property, or possessions from other beings in the mundane world because we are already on the spiritual path. Whatever we take, we must earn ourselves. And we can ask for blessing and guidance and help whenever we need, this is okay, when the need arises, when its necessary, but never at the cost of other peoples happiness and convenience. Try to remember this. In every situation in life, we must always be considerate and fair-minded. Not that I ask you to always sacrifice yourselves even for the other peoples happiness or gain. But at least to play fair, you understand? Because if we are as practitioners and we cannot play fair, how can we expect the world outside to be fair to us or to be a fairer place for everyone to live in? Is that not so? Your soul knows what is right and what is wrong. Your soul knows. Thats why you came. We should never forget our dignity and our noble purposes everywhere for whatever price. If we practice well and if we love the Master and love God, God knows, the Master knows, dont they? Sure. And if they dont know, so what? The Master is inside. Even the deer is better than many human beings; and the golden goose, et cetera. So we should learn from all these golden animals. We dont care whether he was a Buddhas previous reincarnation or not, their action bespeaks their inner spiritual achievement. So dont be too proud that we are human beings if we are not up to it. Actually, I dont know why we should be proud that we are human beings. I read in the newspaper, I heard on the radio, I saw on television, so many noble animals that rescue people. They rescue their own kin at the expense of their own life even. There was a picture of a cat. She was totally burned black and scarred all over because she came four times into the fire, burning house, to rescue four of her kittens. And she was burned blind and beyond recognition. But she brought them all out to safety. A cat! A cat is very independent. After she is pregnant, I
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think she is not helped by any male or father. She raises her children alone. And I have seen many cats in our surroundings sometimes who do all these beautiful things to her children. I saw her bringing food for the children. And I am touched by her devotion. She has done her best to provide nourishment for her children while eating garbage for herself. I saw it with my own eyes. I am only very moved by her love. And this picture is still vivid in my mind every time I think about cats. So I dont know why we human beings treat animals so cruelly, most of us, and think of them as low level beings. I think many of them, the animals, are so noble, so noble and so loving to their own kind as well as to others. And sometimes you see a cat or dog swim into the very dangerous river to rescue his friends; be it a human friend or a dog friend, or a cat friend, they do that, at the risk of their own life! But not many of us human beings dare to do this. When we see the situations dangerous, we dont risk our life. But the animals, they see danger, they still risk out of love. So if we human beings cannot return to this basic compassion and love of the natural instinct which the animals still possess, then we should feel more sorry for ourselves than being proud of us. And that is the reason why we must be vegetarian. Because they are truly noble, they truly possess the human quality and a soul within them, just like ourselves. So I think its also good when we learn from the animals. Some of the qualities, not that we learn to become an animal. But their good quality we should remember so that we dont feel ashamed to be lower than animal standard, at least. We should rise to the noble position of a saint. And to do that, we must possess compassion and love and understanding and unselfish sacrifice at all time, be it in retreat, at home, in a supermarket or anywhere else, even in the forest where nobody else can see us, and nobody else is there to record our good deeds or to praise our noble effort. We must always be noble alone because we alone know what we are, and God knows. Group meditation, September 17th, 1995, Hsihu Center, Miaoli, Formosa (Originally in Chinese) If we keep burning forests there will be nothing to hold the water and to keep it flowing slowly. Instead, it will flow down all at once. It will cause many big floods on Earth. Its all because weve destroyed too many forests. Since there are no trees, nothing else can hold the water there. If trees preserve water, so it flows down slowly and forms a river, stream, or lake, it would be fine. However, if the water rushes down all at once, any river would overflow. Thats why weve had more and more floods recently. Although our country and our planet become more civilized, there still are too many disasters such as floods, droughts and fires. Because weve carelessly destroyed too much of nature. For example, at this time of the year, its supposed to be cold. But this year its been very hot for a long time. It still feels like summer. Famers need rain. If theres no typhoons, theres no rain here. Thats the problem. Sometimes a typhoon comes with a lot of clouds and then it rains a lot. However, we also need to protect our forests. Otherwise well have heavy floods. So protecting nature is protecting ourselves. Now you know. You see, here when we cut down one tree, we plant two. In case one dies, the other one can gradually grow up and will retain the water. Since the younger trees are smaller, we need two of them to replace a bigger one. You see, there were no trees here before. Weve planted them all. So this place is becoming better and better. Public lecture, Portland, Oregon, USA, March 3rd, 1991 (Originally in English) Q. M. Dear Master, besides tofu as a source of protein, what else can a vegetarian eat to stay healthy? Besides tofu we have gluten, and many other cereals contain a lot of protein, too. Just eat normally, eat normally, eat any kinds of vegetables, nuts. Theres a lot of variety in the vegetable kingdom. For example, corn has 13% protein, and oatmeal 13%, even
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Videoconference with the German people at the book premiere of the German and French editions of Supreme Master Ching Hais The Noble Wilds and the Polish edition of The Dogs in My Life at the 61st Frankfurt Book Fair, Frankfurt, Germany, October 18th, 2009 (Originally in English, German and French) Q. Supreme Master, as we conclude this session on animals, would You like to comment on what has been covered including the work of the guests, their organizations in protecting our animal co-inhabitants? Its horrible. Its absolutely horrible how we behave as humans. Its unimaginable. The more we do research into all this animal treatment, the more we cannot imagine how we, as a human race, are behaving in such a way. My God! Oh, my God! We must change, we must change fast. We cant live like this, we cant. We just cant go on like this. [Master is crying.] Its just killing our heart. I thank all people for coming and joining us today to widen our knowledge and that of the public, about how we should treat our beautiful, innocent, beneficial animals, and how we should stop all this beyond imagination cruelty to our beautiful friends, the coinhabitants. [Master is crying.] I cant really speak much. Im just so choked with emotion. Even though I know some of the cruel treatment to animals, but it seems to be no end to the suffering and agony that we, the strong and intelligent and capable humans, are inflicting upon the defenseless, weak and very pure creatures of God. I just beg all the people, please dont do it anymore. Please find some other thing to do, some other job to earn your food, to earn your living. Please wash the blood from your hands,
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please. No matter how much money we have, we cant live with this conscience, we cant sleep with this, we cant eat the blood of all the beings knowing that they suffer so much. How can we do this? Please, just stop all this; there are many jobs to do. Even if we have to die, dont inflict suffering upon others just to earn your few meals a day. Thats really not worth your dignity and your status as the crown of the creation of God. It is a very joyful occasion today, and Im supposed to be very happy and Im supposed to tell you happy things, but I just am sorry I cant Anyway, thank you all of you, the speakers for widening our knowledge about how we should uphold our dignity as a human and protect our compassionate nature. Because no matter how you torture the animals, they will die only once. Just like us. We will die only once no matter how we die. Its just how we live our life, how we live our life, and how we will answer in the kingdom of God when we face the creator of all these beautiful beings that we are blessed to live with. You dont have to believe that animals can communicate, you dont have to believe that animals have feeling, you dont have to believe that they bless us, you dont have to believe that they are beneficial, but just look into their eyes. Just see how weak they are, how meek they are, just see how innocent they are, just see how defenseless they are, then you can tell yourself that this is not right to torture them in any way at all, with any excuse at all. We have to protect them even at the cost of our lives. But we didnt have to even sacrifice any life to protect them. We have to protect them because, otherwise, we cannot face ourselves. We cannot do this. We have conscience, we have heart. We cannot just kill something just because it looks different. I dont know how to express it, but we just cant do it, we just cannot do this and expect blessing, happiness, longevity and all the blessing from heaven in return. We have to create heaven, otherwise we dont have it. Thats all I can say. We have to protect others, otherwise we cannot expect protection. We must live as an honorable, dignified, worthy being thats called human, the crown of the creation. We cannot do this. Even animals we call them animals they dont do this to each other except one or two wild beasts we call them. If we call them wild beasts, what do we call ourselves? Even the wild beast, they dont torture their victims like this. They only have to kill when they are hungry; they have no choice. We have a lot of choices, we have a lot of choices to survive. Please, just stop this. Just stop doing this. You will be sorry the day you die if you dont stop this. I promise you. You will be very, very sorry, I promise you. Im telling you with all the honor that I have in my life, that if you dont stop killing or torturing the animals, you will be very sorry, you will be in a place that you wish you have never been born. Please stop it. Q. All kinds of pollution and environmental problems have been created by humans. I think this is because humans do not live as stewards of all living creatures; instead, we live according to the law of the jungle. Could You please tell us how we can restore our original peaceful nature and live in harmony with all living creatures? Your question shows your deep kindness and I appreciate it very much. All the Masters in the past have already mentioned how we should live our lives. So, as I have already mentioned before, we should return to our religious teaching. Look deep into the meaning of the scriptures of our own religions. Even if we do not think that all religions are the same, nevertheless, just look into our scriptures and see what our religious leader has told us to do. Its all in there. Its all compassion, its all loving, its all caring. You see, the thing is, we have to live up to it. So I would summarize in brief what is noble and good, we do it as soon as possible. What is bad and base, stop it immediately. Whats good, do it; whats bad, stop. So, right now, whats good for our planet vegetarian diet, new technology, new energy we do it. We try as best as we can. What is bad for our planet violence, war, killing and all the immoral issues we
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stop it. Thats it, very easy. But you see, its an individual choice. They need strength; they need courage to do it. Just change the habit, how difficult can it be? Just change it. It will not hurt you; it will only do good to you. So whats good, we should do it; whats bad, we should stop. If anyone is not aware of the urgency of the global warming then they should study it. They should research on the internet. They should look into www.SupremeMasterTV.com. We have gathered all the latest up-to-date information and evidence of global warming and how, from an individual point of view, to stop the majority of it, like 80% plus of it. I say 80% because I want to be more objective. I would say a 100% if you believe my words. Nevertheless, even if we do not develop technology quickly enough, we could keep all the cars and even the CO2. Its still not as bad as eating meat, as killing people and animals, because these cause the worst of all pollution, and that is the bad retribution of what we do. That is a taboo, killing anyone or killing any animals, our co-inhabitants; that brings very bad retribution back to us. Thats what it is. Because the CO2 is not only from the cars; its in the ocean. And once the ocean is warm, it will be released. And also methane gas, all this is scientific evidence. I am speaking as a citizen who is well informed of whats going on in the world and I, in turn, am informing you. Please do look into all the sources of information. If you cannot find it, then the www.SupremeMasterTV.com will have it for you. The evidence is enough on there. Besides, sir, its good that youre concerned because its not only global warming that will be facing us. There will be other things like the gentleman advisor of the United States Democratic Party for Asia has mentioned, that we also have sunspots exploding and its going to be bigger this time, and we also have comets that might hit the Earth, and we might have even explosive like volcanoes from the middle of the Earths oceans that will blow everything up. So its not the technical problem or the technical reparation we have to concentrate on. Its the cause and retribution that we have to pay attention to. The cost of killing or violence is far worse than any suns explosion or any ocean explosion combined together because we have to be responsible for our actions. Every action provokes a counter reaction. So we just have to stop killing. We just have to stop killing animals and man. We have to stop it. And then everything else will suddenly come clear. We will find better technical means to tackle the climate problem, and the sun might even stop exploding. The ocean explosions might just stop. The typhoons might just stop. The cyclones will be silent. The earthquakes will just be gone. Everything else will turn to a peaceful way of life because we create peace and then we will have peace, not only among humans but among all co-inhabitants. Thats why I keep emphasizing the vegetarian diet. Its the moral code of being a human. It is the mark of a great human. Its very easy to do, especially nowadays. There are all kinds of means to do it. The meat diet not only causes the greatest emission of poisonous gas into the planets atmosphere, there are many other costs. Its not only the animals who emit the methane gas because we keep multiplying the animals and they keep multiplying, spraying gas into the air. But thats not only the damage. Its not only methane gas from the animals waste. There is the transportation energy cost; theres electricity energy cost; theres water wasting cost; theres a land resource occupation cost; theres a deforestation cost, theres a related illness medical cost; and theres the grievance and sorrow of the people who lost loved ones due to diseases related to the meat diets cost. And because we use food to feed livestock for human consumption instead of feeding directly to humans, there is thus the cost of war and famine due to shortage of food and resources. Add them together, then we will see the real answer. There are many causes that breed negative energy into the atmosphere of our planet, and you know what Im talking about.
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planet. Forget about the war, forget terrorism, they are just small numbers compared to the meat industry. Meat industry is the number one killer, is the number one murderer, and a legal murderer and we endorse it! We accept it! This is all our wrongdoing, its all our fault. If the planet is to be gone forever, we cannot blame anything else, anyone else, except ourselves if we dont do anything at all to change this. Furthermore, its not only the Amazon. NASA states that the single biggest direct cause of tropical deforestation is livestock grazing land. The livestock sector is the single largest human use of land. We have only 30% of land that covers the Earth. The rest is 70% its water, yes? Its ocean. We have only 30% of land, and of that precious 30%, one-third of it is used, not for our true survival, but for livestock pasture or growing tons of grains for animal feed all to produce a few pieces of meat. And you swallow it in two seconds. And that few seconds will bring you tons of sickness, disease, and suffering, sorrow, for yourself also. Even if we dont have compassion for the animals, please do have compassion for ourselves. Do not eat poison and continue to suffer more in the hospital with all kinds of treatments related to it. In fact, we are losing 55 square meters of rainforest for every beef hamburger patty. Every little beef hamburger patty, that costs 55 square meters. This is a pity, because we have better, more delicious, more nutritious, more healthy, and safer alternatives to hamburgers to nourish ourselves anyway. How can we, as very intelligent human beings, do this to ourselves? Not to talk about the cruelty that we committed to animals which degrades us to this level. Im so sorry to have offended you, but I also take responsibility as a human being here on this planet for this for all the things that I have not known before, for all the things that Im doing with you, I have been doing with you, in this respect. So please, do forgive me for being straight, honest, and just the facts. This is not to mention that besides destroying our precious forests, livestock farms also contaminate or even completely kill our water systems. They degrade once-fertile soil, they destroy our biodiversity, and they release vast amounts of extremely dangerous methane and nitrous oxide, and what you call hydrogen sulfide as well, which are heating up the planet now 100 times, 300 times more than carbon dioxide. So please, keep your airplane, keep your car, keep your train, keep your ship, leave them alone for the time being just take out the meat from our diet. And stop blaming the CO2 for every problem of global warming on our planet. We are to be blamed. The meat industry is to be blamed. The meat industry is the one we have to focus on to stop, to abolish. To stop the climate change and to stop the waste of the forests and lands, stop talking around the subject. Talk to the point: Meat industry must stop. Apart from destroying our planet, it is destroying our human quality. It is destroying our compassionate nature. It is destroying the spark of God, the part of God that we belong to. We must stop the livestock industry. I hope the leaders of the Copenhagen conference will do this, otherwise I dont know what else to say anymore. If they wont do this, I dont know what else to say anymore. I really will be speechless. Stop the livestock industry that would be the most effective way to halt global warming and restore our planet. It will save our precious forests, which takes decades to grow, and create more natural forests that we need to reduce global warming. Without our lungs, we cannot survive. So Prince Charles has lately been highly active about climate change, and particularly about protecting the tropical rainforest. He said to the European Parliament, The lives of billions of people depend on your response and none of us will be forgiven by our children and grandchildren if we falter and fail. Im sorry to say, but I cannot even guarantee that our grandchildren will have a chance to be born to say that, if the Copenhagen climate change conference leaders dont agree together to stop the meat industry. Talk direct to the subject, not talk
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around it. Its really that urgent. I pray the world leaders will awaken to this reality, immediately, and act properly, now (October 18, 2009), even before the Copenhagen meeting in December. I could talk forever, but only the main point is that we must stop the meat industry. Thats all there is. Your second question that you asked: What will most inspire or encourage people to adopt the vegetarian or vegan diet to avert global crisis? How about that we still have our planet? How about that we still can live here? How about that we dont have sickness again? How about that our children will be healthy, beautiful, intelligent, loving and kind? We all wish our children to grow up intelligent, loving and kind, but what do we teach them from the beginning of their very fragile life? What do we teach them? We push the symbol of violence into their mouth. Even if they spit it out, we force them to put it back in again until they get used to it. Violence is a part of our life, up to now. Violence is what we teach our children, and we expect them to be loving and kind. Not only violence, that piece of meat or fish or animals, stuff that we try to stuff into our childrens unaware stomachs, that also decreases their intelligence, decreases their loving quality, humanity. So we expect our children to be the best, and we give them the worst. The worst of all the worst is the meat diet. So how about the promise that our children will be what we expect them to be without a meat diet? Intelligent, loving and kind, and noble beings. And how about the promise of a repaired planet, with lush green forests thriving from horizon to horizon, clear rivers, clean streams, healthy living ocean, pure water to drink, without having to put chlorine or any chemical into it, to even destroy our health further. How about all that picture of paradise? If we just put down that piece of meat and fish and dairy, whatever the animal piece that we want to put in our mouth. How about cleaning our system make it healthy, alive and not as a graveyard? You know sometimes if we go through a graveyard, we feel so scared, right? As a kid, I was scared. How about you? Any of you are scared when we walk through the cemetery, the graveyard at night or even day time? [Audience: Yes.] Imagine you yourself are a graveyard. Isnt that scary? [Audience: Very scary.] Yes. And day in and day out, 24 hours a day, a graveyard you carry with you. We picture, we show them, we invoke their imagination of such a revitalized and calm environment, healthy world. All the inhabitants will live together in peace and harmony. I know were all reciting that since times immemorial, but we have to do it now, we have to realize the harmony and peace, not just talk about it. We will live in peace and harmony as we never did before. Because in a vegan world, we think differently, we act differently, we live differently, we treat each other differently, our mind functions differently, our heart feels differently, our intelligence activates differently. There is no more reason that we can see for animals to fear humans, there is no more reason to make anyone suffer, for animals and humans alike. We will see no reason; we will see only reason to love, to protect, and help each other, and no more grounds for humans to fear one another, because everyone will honor life and protect both theirs and others life, simply by being vegan. Your life will change, your thinking will change, your whole being will change. Believe me, I know it because Ive done it. You will change, completely. You will love yourself more, you will have more self respect and youll be glad that you walk the noble way of the compassionate vegan diet. Without this deep-seated fear for one another or from the animals, there will only be love, peace, both with animals and humans. The wise sages and thinkers like Pythagoras said, For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other. And Leo Tolstoy, the famous Russian author that every one of us knows, also said, As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields. It is like that, truly like that. In the United States, for example, the Federal Bureau of Intelligence, the famous FBI of America, they officially consider animal cruelty as part of how much a
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criminal is a threat to society. Many serial killers in their childhood tortured and abused animals. They practiced this first on the animals, and later on humans. And so, the opposite will be true. If we are kind and loving to animals, we will also be even more kind, more loving to our human companions or human co-inhabitants. Without slaughterhouses, we wont participate in the habit of killing, or even have the subconscious participation of the habit of killing, the habit of oppressing the weak and the defenseless and innocent just for our palate. It is really below our dignity. Our minds wont be in conflict so much between our wish to be compassionate, to be loving and peaceful, and our behavior that speaks louder than our words the opposite. And further, with no weapons, no armies for battles, only time and energy and financial power remaining for constructive works to better our society imagine what a society that will be. Of course, its a heaven on Earth. We will have the means and the fearless heart to solve poverty and hunger, which themselves are in many ways a product of meat-eating. We will live in beauty and health and so much joy, the whole atmosphere will be brimming with happiness, like a real paradise. If we become vegan, such a simple, easy step, we dont just win our beautiful planet back, we stand to gain an even more beautiful, wonderful, elevated world. Because the vegan lifestyle carries such a powerful energy all positive, all loving, all constructive, all blessing, all intelligence that could melt all the negative energy away, destroy it forever, and neutralize the destructive forces in our environment and in our lives in the shortest time that you could imagine; and then replace them with constructive energy and peaceful vibrations. It will be just like the difference between walking into a slaughterhouse and into a vegan caf, which you could try yourself to compare the atmosphere and the feeling you will see what I mean. Actually, there is also very strong motivation for people to be vegan when they see the animal cruelty that occurs with their own eyes. The horrors that take place behind the factory farm, behind the walls of the massacre house door I dont call it slaughter house, I call it massacre house. Behind the door of those massacre houses, there are horrifying actions going on. Or if they go on the massacring fishing boat or the bloody whaling boat to witness it for themselves, I wonder how anybody could ever do this for a living? But, of course, they have been cheated into doing that. We have all been cheated into doing the things that we should have never done, should have never even imagined. Because our hearts are originally full of compassion and love, but we just ignore our feeling. If you ever wondered if hell exists, just go into those massacre houses or the boats that kill the whales and go to the seal-massacring areas. Go there to find hell, then youll believe that hell will exist. Our original God nature is compassion and love. I repeat again and again and again: You are not that. You are compassion, you are love incarnate. Please return to it. So when we force ourselves to watch the videos of animal cruelty, which by the way are purposefully hidden from us for a reason so that we dont know, we flinch when we watch this cruelty even on video, or even when we heard reports about it. Just like before, we heard one of our brothers report about the cruelty everywhere we flinch, we cringe, we look away, we cry, or we scream. We have nightmares. We cannot bear to see the cow, the pig, the chickens throat punctured or slit so they bleed to death. And other more gruesome, unimaginable ways of torturing animals. Or the force-feeding of a foie gras goose, or purposeful underfeeding of a baby veal calf, of confining him so that he has to keep his tender meat, that he could not even move his body for the rest of his tender short life. Or the gruesome fate of baby chickens where the females have their tender beaks cut off while hanging upside down and males are grinded alive or suffocated to death, or the non-stop misery or panic of the pigs, who are so intelligent and loving and clean, yet forced to stand knee-deep in their own filth and choking on
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The former President has always expressed his appreciation for Supreme Master Ching Hai, as well as his admiration for Her own work for peace. Upon receiving the donation, Mr. Ramos, now Chairman of the Ramos Peace and Development Foundation wrote the following message of gratitude: Dear Supreme Master Ching Hai: On behalf of the Board of Trustees and Members of the Ramos Peace and Development Foundation (RPDEV), allow me to extend our appreciation for your donation of USD30,000. Your support to the Foundation truly reflects Your commitment to empowering the Filipino people, especially the youth, as we aspire towards a world class Philippines. Your caring, sharing, and daring inspires us to work harder as RPDEV continues to contribute its modest efforts to enduring peace and sustainable development for the Asia-Pacific region. Mabuhay (Best Wishes)! Fidel Ramos. Our respectful accolades, Your Excellency, for your dedication to the interests and empowerment of citizens in the Philippines and beyond. We thank Supreme Master Ching Hai for Her many thoughtful contributions to promote greater peace and wellbeing among the worlds people. Wishing the best for all noble endeavors that benefit fellow humans, we pray for the realization of a more heaven-like-Earth. MC. President Ramos, you are a very dear and much respected friend of our beloved Master. You led the Philippines into prosperity and economic development during your illustrious term as president. In addition, you gave 5,000 Aulacese refugees a new life. In 2007, although you were not able to attend our gathering here in Formosa, our beloved Master, during a sincere and touching ceremony, brought flowers to the Presidents photo on the main stage and praised Your Excellency for all your noble deeds for humanity. Now, wed like to review this heart-warming moment. Please. Today, we also wish to humbly show our deepest appreciation and respects starting with the flower offering. For almost two decades, the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association members often went to the Philippines for relief work. There are more and more typhoons and flood disasters due to the global warming effect. Master has always instructed us to perform relief work at the start of disasters, when the help is most needed. Last year during 2008, the relief team went to the Philippines four times to provide urgent assistance. Climate change is the most important global issue facing the planet at this moment. Scientist have proven in many ways that climate change is causing natural disasters more frequently and more severely. The scientific solution proposed by Supreme Master Ching Hai: Be Veg, Go Green, and Save the Planet. President, as one of the most renowned leaders of the world, and an environmentalist, we know that we have to act now for a more peaceful and safer world. But how? Although our beloved Master cannot come back to Formosa to welcome you due to Her tight schedule, She has instructed us to welcome you the best we can, for She has much respect for you. Thankfully She can talk to you during the videoconference. Through this videoconference we can discuss most of the important issues that were facing today. Greetings, His Excellency President Ramos (P) and distinguished guests. Welcome to the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Associations Taipei Center. Ive just been informed; wed like to invite Supreme Master Ching Hai. Master, are You there? M. Yes. Hallo, sir and everybody. Thanks for coming.
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Master, You look stunning. [M: Thank you.] Thank You so much for taking the time, Master. We know You have a very busy schedule and You work so hard for us. No, I love to see the President, even personally, just I cant. First of all, I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Formosan government and officials for facilitating this event. And I also thank the Association members for your full support in organizing this special conference to greet the great President Ramos and making him feel a little comfortable, welcome at least, after all this long voyage of travel, and enduring all this inconvenience of a long flight. I hope youre okay, sir. Are you all right, sir? I am better than the others, thank You. [Laughter and applause.] You are so good. Youre always good. My humble greetings and well wishes to all of your distinguished entourage, as well as the honored guests present in our assembly today. I wish you all the best and may the divine grace be with you always. And now if you give permission, I would like to address His Excellency former President Ramos of the Philippines because I feel so sorry that I could not be there to greet him personally, and to bow to him personally again. Welcome, benevolent sir, Mr. Ramos. For me, you are Mr. Ramos, my hero. Not the President even; youre more than President. You have come from far away, from beyond the great sea and high mountains of another nation to grace Formosa and our Meditation Center with your gracious presence. I feel so privileged, like all of us there, but I feel so regretful not to be there with you in person to show my respect. I just hope that you can forgive me. Its just that there has been arrangement long ahead, many months ahead, even a year ahead, for me to meet my students. And particularly these, many of which are from overseas, if they cannot see me now, like if I cancel the meeting, they might never be able to see me again in the future due to some restriction of their countries visa policy. Im sure you are aware of that. Not every country is the Philippines, and not every country has such a freedom that the Philippines government offer to their co-citizens. Now, but there are also other reasons for me as well that I cannot mention. You know there are prices to pay for whatever we do. You know that. So please, I tell you all this so that you will find it in your heart to forgive me for not being there and so that you know that Id very much like to be there physically. We are so honored, and I am personally very grateful for your esteemed visit in Formosa. Right now, all the Aulacese in Formosa, as well as all over the world, are rejoicing through the Supreme Master Television live broadcast of your visit. Moreover, billions of global viewers who watch the Supreme Master Television would have also the chance to see your compassionate countenance. Sir, every time I think of your grand gesture of magnanimity many years back, heroically saving thousands of homeless, helpless Aulacese refugees lives, I still feel a surge of gratitude, grateful sentiment that fills my heart, and often tears well in my eyes still. And Im sure, sir, that numerous Aulacese people would have the same feeling as I have. We are forever indebted to your fatherly kindness. As the bible stated, I will make you the father of many nations. You are the beacon of that godly promise, which goes beyond any border and humans limit. I have not enough words to express my emotions and gratefulness to you. I pray God to protect you. May your stay in Formosa be pleasant and successful in your noble endeavor to bridge nations and people in building a sustainable, better, loving, and peaceful world. And may heaven watch over you, sir, and light your way for more goodwill missions to come, and may the relation between Formosa and the Philippines flourish in mutual respect and lasting friendship. Thank you again for your visit. We love you! Welcome!
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Thank You very much, Supreme Master Ching Hai, for Your kind words personally. But we acknowledge that Your message of goodwill and friendship and harmony is for all peoples, regardless of where they are, regardless of in what condition they may be, and regardless of what they hope for the future. If we all work together hard enough, Im sure their aspirations and their hopes can be fulfilled. Thank You. Thats right, sir. Thats right. And please convey my greetings and best wishes to Mrs. Ramos because, as they say, Behind a great man, theres always a great woman! [Master laughs.] And I wish your family all the best and happiness. Thank you, sir. President Ramos and honored guests have come to Formosa to grace Taipei Center. We have just shown our distinguished guests some of Your Celestial Art creations. Master, in the past, people have strived to help political refugees, but now the focus turns on climate refugees. Master, in this critical time, how can we have a more peaceful and safer world? Could You and President Ramos give us some suggestions on how we can act now to mitigate climate change and to save our planet? Here we have two questions for President Ramos and Master. First question: Global climate anomalies show the influence from climate change in our world. According to the latest research, there are 2,000 islands at risk of being submerged. There were 25 million people uprooted in 2007 alone, as climate refugees. Whats Your solution to the international crisis facing climate refugees? Please, President. Master. Sir. Beauty before age first. [Laughter and applause.] Well, Im not sure who is older than whom. [Laughter] I have never asked your age, sir, so Im not sure. But as a stateman, I think you might have more experience in governing than I am. Thats why, could you please answer this question? And any leftover that you have forgotten, maybe I can chip in. [Laughter] I started earlier by citing a very simple example of what an individual and his family or her family can do. And that begins with wise and a sharing mind of consumption. Let us not waste anything in our households. Let us save for those that do not have as much as we have. And let us also spread the word about our common responsibility to our respective communities, our respective nations, and to the world at large. But let us accept that the fight against global warming which leads to climate change begins with the individual person and his or her family. Having said that, let me add that communities, whether a small village or a big province, must likewise cooperate in order that the national policy that will govern, taking care of Mother Nature and, thus preventing global warming and climate change, becomes a generational continuous national policy instead of being limited just to the one term of a president or a prime minister. And then after that, there is a new successor, and the policy is reversed or overturned. That will not solve our global problem of climate change. The entire community of nations beyond that must learn to cooperate more closely because it is a threat to everyones better future. Even if right now they may be very affluent, they may be very advanced, they may be even very self-sufficient, but in the end, Mother Nature will punish everyone, unless now, today, we take responsibility for performing our duty to the world and to ourselves by protecting the environment. Overall, we need to network more and more at the level of governments and nations. But likewise, because this is still a very loose, or uneven, or unorganized kind of collaboration, the non-
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government organizations around the world, including the Supreme Master Ching Hai Foundation, and our own Ramos Peace and Development Foundation, plus thousands of others around the world, must close ranks and really apply pressure on those governments, big or small, that do not yet fully cooperate with the global protocol or convention or agreement on the prevention of global warming and, therefore, the prevention of climate change. The NGOs like us must collaborate even more closely than we have done before. And maybe we can be the example for the governments themselves if they cannot, on their own because of so many political considerations, come to one agreement and that is the protection of our Mother Planet Earth. Thank you. M. MC. M. Wow! Wow! Well said, sir. Well said. Master, could You be kind enough to share with us some of Your ideas please? The President has said it all, and he is right that we have to work together with the governments, provided the governments accept our suggesting ideas and even support. We also support the governments, if they let us. And I think all the governments should let us, yes? Some powerful NGOs would have had more say in the governments policy more than the small group like us, but we are behind all of these powerful NGOs, in any case at all, in any way we can, we help to support or doing anything possible to strengthen their power and to encourage their endeavor so that the government will work with all the people in order to protect this only home that we have. The President is right. We must unite together, all the people who care for the planet, and to let the governments know that its time to act. They have to be also awakened. The governments should not be too busy submerging themselves in some of the issues which might not be so urgent as saving the planet right now. And I think I have one more wish that all the nations who have a more favorable situation like more land, more economically sound situation, must accept the so-called climate refugees because they are truly refugees. Without any excuse, without any delay, all the big countries, the able countries should help to settle them in their country, to support, to protect, and to afford them any possible means to make their new home or their nation within that nation. Only by doing that will we truly show the spirit of brotherhood, we truly can proclaim that we are the Light bearer of God. Any nation who has faith in God at all must help the weaker brothers and sisters. Especially we are all responsible for global warming, including myself. Especially we are all responsible for global warming which caused their present predicament in any case, in the first place, which caused them to lose their home. So any able countries, please, we must help them and quick. We must give them land, must give them economical support and all the moral support and anything at all to make them feel safe and at home again in the new territory. Thank you so much in advance. And thank you, sir. Thank You, Master. Sir, if you could please, regarding political refugees to climate refugees, this is a very important worldwide issue. Could you give us some of your suggestions on the refugee situation? The original Aulacese boat people, after 1975, for a long period, were the examples of political refugees. In todays world, while many of these original political refugees have already been resettled and now become stabilized in their family and community lives, a new kind of refugee is being created because of global warming. First of all, those that are out there in the Pacific and Indian Oceans, are subjected to the ravages of global warming, which is manifested by the rise of the mean ocean level every day, by small increments, but in their totality, you see, they create floods, and damage and death, of
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course, to so many of those living on small islands, those out there in the Pacific Ocean, those in the coastal areas of the Indian Ocean. I mentioned that in the case of the Philippines, this is our misfortune, because we are an archipelago of 7,107 islands, during high tide [M: Thats right.] and then more islands appear during low tide. We are the second largest archipelagic nation in the world next to Indonesia. And so we are not only concerned but more concerned than others in regard to climate change because of global warming. We can visualize our large cities like Manila or Cebu or Davao, which are coastal communities, to slowly disappear as the level of the Pacific Ocean, and were in the middle of that, as well as the level of the China Sea, and were also in the middle of that, because the Philippines happens to be at the junction of these two great oceans, the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. And so unless we ourselves provide and implement the protective as well as the preventive measures at this time now, it is foreseeable that maybe within one generation much of our coastal communities will disappear under just one meter of the rise of the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. Fortunately for us in the Philippines, unlike the small Pacific nations out there, like Fiji, Vanuatu, Micronesia, Nauru, Kiribati, they have no more other areas to run to in case that ocean becomes higher and higher. They can only climb the coconut trees in order to survive. [M: Oh God!] But in our case here in Formosa, Japan, Indonesia, and the Philippines there are still some high mountains to which to seek refuge. But again, that will just be only temporary survival. [M: Thats right.] In the end, if that water level keeps rising and rising, even the highest mountain will be submerged. But we dont have to wait for that condition to be reached [M: Thats right.] because, as Ive said, as the space becomes smaller and smaller, the food becomes less and less, and very soon theres only one glass of water remaining near the top of the mountain, between my brother, this guy here on my right, who is always smiling, and myself. But we do not want that to happen, we dont want to reach that point because right now we can still do something about it. If we collaborate more closely as governments, and more closely as non-government organizations, or NGOs, and for governments and NGOs within nations to collaborate even more closely than theyre doing now. MC. M. Thank you. Dear Master, would You like to contribute as well? Thank you, sir. I think the President has told you everything. He is very right. The situation is really urgent. And honesty, every day Im worried as much as the President is about the fate of many people, such as the ones in those small islands where theres nowhere to go. Its truly so desperate and it must have been very scary for these people, and I dont know how to comfort them. I just dont know what else to do for them. I wish and pray all the able governments and great nations, please help them. Please take them in your country and make them a nation there. After all, theyre also human like us and they suffer the way we do. Just put ourselves in their situation, then we will know how they feel. Suppose its us, suppose its me, suppose its you, who are in that situation. How would you feel? So please, great nations, able nations, please give them some piece of land. It wont be much. They are able people, they are dignified people, and suddenly they have become hopeless and beggars. But they will rise again, given that they have enough time and comfort and a place to settle down, then they will begin their life again, and Im sure they will be a great contribution to your nations as well. Please, for Gods sake, help these people before its too late. We cannot just sit here and watch them drown. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Thank you, sir, for reminding us of that. [MC: Thank You very much, Master.] We do hope we do something so that we can stop the rising sea level the way it is right now and not getting worse so that other
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nations can still help the already sinking nations. Otherwise, if were all sunk, then, oh God help us! MC. Our following question: The whole world is now in economic recession with higher unemployment. Is it the right time to encourage the use of self-sustainable, simple organic farming techniques? Should we return to a more simple way of agriculture and encourage a loving plant-based diet? Sir. Yes. In fact, we hosted in Cebu, in the Central Philippines last September, the Asia Pacific Conference on Sustainable Production and Sustainable Consumption. We were not talking about long-term development, as we pursue under the umbrella of the United Nations pursuant to the United Nations Earth Agenda 21, Agenda for the 21st century. But we discussed very short-term measures, in Cebu, that have to do with producing with total efficiency; a certain item needed by human beings must be the result of maximum efficiency so that nothing is wasted. At the same time, we must also change our patterns of consumption. Again I go back to my simple model in our own home of eating everything on your plate and drinking every bit of water in your glass. Because we must think all the time about the 51% of the worlds people who do not have enough to eat, they do not get three meals a day as you and I do, or eight glasses of water. Maybe the food they may eat is coming from garbage because they have to scavenge from the garbage can, the food that they must eat. They have nothing else. And maybe the water theyre drinking is dirty water, just, you know, drawn or picked up from the nearby river which is already so polluted. So this is the condition of the majority of the world today. The United Nations says that more than half of the worlds people are earning the equivalent of USD1 a day. Thats what? 47 Philippine pesos or 35, 34 New Taiwan dollars; its so small as an average. And, therefore, its our responsibility who are more comfortable and this is said in the bible and also in the Quran and in the holy book of the Jewish nations that it is our responsibility to prosper our neighbors if they are needy, [M: Right.] if they are in want, if they are poor, if they are suffering, if they are deprived, if they are disadvantaged. We must look around us and see how the rest of the community are doing, are living, are existing. And surely, we all have neighbors who are very much more in need than we are right now where we are. So lets have a thought next time we sit down for a meal for those people out there who are not getting much on a daily basis. There are many countries where the average food intake is 3,500 calories, when what is needed is maybe for that age group 2,500 calories. The rest of it is thrown away as garbage. And then maybe some people from the same country, from the same community, look through the garbage where that food was thrown to get their daily meal. This is, to me, inhumane already. So the practical means of making sure that we consume wisely and produce wisely, is to be simpler, to be more efficient and to be totally cooperative. What happens to those that eat at the rate of 3,500 calories a day? They become overweight. They overwork their hearts, their cardiovascular system does not flow efficiently because of high cholesterol blockage. [M: Right.] And they cannot exercise very much anymore because they become lazy. They feel sleepy instead of being fit [M: Right.] and energetic like Supreme Master Ching Hai. Shes all over, and She shows it, and the results of Her advocacies. And Her humanitarian activities are evident everywhere. 17 Centers here in Formosa alone and so many more outside. And so, each of us has a responsibility to last as long as possible on Earth so that we continue to be able to help our neighbors. In other words, we must also exist, survive, work not for ourselves or for our immediate families, but also for others. This is why our Foundation has adopted a very simple motto, three words: Caring, Sharing and Daring. Caring and sharing, every easy to do, but daring is so much more difficult because that
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means daring to give more than to take. Meaning daring also to enhance the environment instead of abusing it. Daring also means to take united action, as people, as families, as nations for the common good. And maybe just as important, daring in order to make a difference. So it all adds up to what this Center is all about. And it also, in equal manner, is what our own Foundation is trying to do. Thank you! MC. M. Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir! You are very daring, sir, also. You are really doing what you preach. Back many years ago, when the whole world said that the Aulacese refugees must go home, nobody wanted to accept them anymore, you are the only one that go against that trend, that you could have offended other nations, you could have offended other leaders, but you did it. You just let them stay in the Philippines because you are daring and you are the man of your word, and thats why we respect you so much. Its easy to say, not easy to do. You are the doer. And we are so honored to know you in this lifetime. You are a very good example of a true man. Thank you for being with us on this planet. Dear Master, could You share with us also some insight on the same topic? I will just chip in. [MC: Thank You.] I will just pick up what the leftover, maybe, or emphasize what the President has already said. You see, maybe some of you dont know, in 1995 even, long time ago, President Ramos has already talked about environmental protection. Im sure he has done way before that, but as he wasnt the President, maybe his voice wasnt all that publicized. But in 1995, I remember there was a conference on Population, Environment and Peace, and the President has emphasized that there is a need, a real need for a sustainable balance, if I quote it right, a sustainable balance between man and nature, between development and the environment. You see, so President Ramos was very protective of the environment long before it became even a trend nowadays. His foresight, wisdom has exceeded far beyond our present vision of the world climate change. He knew it before that. He saw it before that. So I think organic farming would satisfy this need that the President has mentioned back in even 1995, before we even made this global warming into a so-called fashionable trend. So I think the President has said that there is a need for a sustainable balance between man and nature, between development and the environment I think the need will be satisfied with all the farmers changing to organic farming method. In that case, we will be able to balance the need between our development and the environment, our need and a sustainable planet. The benefit of organic farming is immense, including great advantage to both human health and the environment. Organic farming actually restores the topsoil and cleans the air and water supplies even. It is so much more beneficial that we could not list them all in a few minutes. It is even good for animals, all beings on this planet, including even trees and lands, in part because it does not use chemical fertilizers or pesticides, many of which are considered by the United States Environment Protection Agency and the European Union to be potentially cancer-causing. And also depleting of our bees colonies and killing many other animals that we cannot even all name here. One of the United States studies indicate that if the United States eight million acres of produce farms went organic, then the risk of consuming dietary pesticides would be reduced by 97%. Can you imagine? Chemical fertilizer and pesticide runoffs are also known to contribute to the ocean dead zones. We are killing our planet by pesticides
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and chemical fertilizers. Now, scientific studies have found that organic farming not only reduces energy usage and produces less CO2, which helps lower greenhouse gases, but it actually allows the soil to absorb even 40% of presently in the air CO2 emission. Before we even invent any technology to reduce CO2, or before we even reduce all the cars and transportations, if we go organic we reduce 40% of the current CO2 in the air already, and the daily emission. And furthermore, organic produce is free of genetically modified organisms, and its nutrient content is actually higher than that of conventional grown fruits and vegetables. It is for these reasons that we in our group use as much organic produce as much as possible. First, to encourage the organic farming to develop and progress and prosper more into a better trend for everyone to enjoy. Second, of course, is for our planet. And third, for our health and all that on this planet. I wish that all the governments in the world would encourage organic farming to save our world. Give them subsidies, give them all the facilitated means in order for the farmers to continue their organic farming method because its not only helping them, its helping the planet and all the people. I am sure if the governments support organic farming, it will be a trend in no time. If the governments lead the way with the message that this is how to be green and how to protect the planet, then the farmers would be happy to grow more vegan food. To spread the practice of organic farming would help in so many ways. The benefit of organic farming for human livelihood, for human health, and for animals health, natural resources and protection of our planet, all these benefits we cannot even underestimate, we cannot even estimate all in here. Organic farming not only helps to protect the planet, it will even help to eliminate hunger. So I just suggest vegan organic, or organic vegan, if you dont like. Thank you very much, sir, for your good answer and for inspiring me for the further ideas of your answer of the question. [MC: Thank You, Master.] You have to thank the President. He inspired me all that. MC. Yes. Thank you, sir. Thank you, Mr. President. Now, Master, regarding the organic farming in combination with the simple life, could You tell us more of that? A natural way of living? A more simple way of living? As the President has stated, we have to be frugal, starting from the table already. We should not eat too much. We should just eat enough, or even a little bit less, so that, number one, physically and practically speaking, we can last longer. The more we eat the less we will have, and other people will be hungry. And spiritually speaking, we should not eat too full, even with vegetarian food. 80% full is enough so that Gods Light and wisdom can be also filling our being with a better understanding about what to do with ourselves and how to help others and how to live a true humane life while we are on this planet. Without Gods Light and wisdom, we are reduced to merely mortal: Working, eating, sleeping, producing children, and die. Theres not much we can contribute to our great self and other people, meaning they are also great beings on this planet. So being frugal is the key. Being frugal meaning also we go organic and vegan because this method will help to eliminate the excessive use of natural resources for producing meat and dairy products. And in that case, we will have enough to feed everybody. And also reduce the CO2, reduce the methane, reduce all the toxic gas, even hydrogen sulfide, the one that if you inhale it when its too condensed, you will die immediately. That is produced also by animal raising livestock and methane also. If we reduce the livestock raising, then we can reduce all the toxic gas that is lingering in our air right now. And if we go organic vegan, then everything will be back to normal as before and even better. The weather will become better. Not only will the ice stop melting, the toxic gas will be reduced, hunger will be eliminated, war will be done with, but also our planet will revive itself, and will become even better than now, more lushful,
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more plentiful, more abundant for all to enjoy in clean air, peace, love, good health, and long life. Thank you so much. Hydrogen sulfide, that is one of the toxic gases, deadly gases which is emitted from livestock. Another is methane. Another is, of course, CO2. And the methane can even trigger more CO2 if it warms the climate. Thank you so much. We can talk forever about this, but as the President said, we have to be frugal, in all means. Frugal. Saving everything we can. And the best way, the quickest, is to be organic vegan. So encourage organic farming. Be vegan. My humble opinion, and after all the research. Thank you so much. MC. M. MC. M. Thank You, Master. Thank You for this inspiring speech. Thank you, sir. He inspires me, the President. I think he inspires us all. Yes, Im so happy he came to Formosa. My God, he honors me so much! And even come to our humble Meditation Center. I am sorry I havent got even a better place for you, sir. This is all we got. I mean, in some other cities, we have also Meditation Centers. And in Europe, we have some, one or two Meditation Centers with about 20 rooms or something like that. And I could even afford a couple rooms or all the rooms for you and your entourage, but in Taipei, I didnt even really have a very good center yet. Im sorry that we have not treated you like God the way you deserve. Thank you and forgive us. You inspire us all with your heroic spirit. Please do live long with us. Please do live among us long, to inspire us further and to help the world. We need you now. We need your example. Daring, you know? Sharing is easier, as you say, sharing. Caring, you can show caring when you feel touched by some special situation now and again, individually. Sharing, okay, we have enough money, why not? We give a little bit. Its okay. Its easy. But daring, not everybody has it. Not everybody has it. Its very difficult to be daring. And please, be a shining example continuously. Be daring. Show everybody how to be daring. Thank you very much, sir. MC. Due to the Presidents tight schedule, we only had these two questions for the videoconference. So we do apologize for that. Thank you, President Ramos. You often said, caring, sharing, daring. Today, they should discuss this absolutely with a caring and sharing heart. Youve said in the past, If more people were daring enough, maybe the world would be a better world. At the end, allow us to quote your speech ending Mabuhay, long life, as you gave us a perfect example and definition. Earth 2000, 3000, 4000, infinity. [M: Forever!] Let us please give a big round of applause to thank His Excellency and all the distinguished guests. Thank you, sir. Thank you all the honorable guests. May you be well, live long. May you be well, may you be very well and lucky. [Extended applause.] Thank you for coming to Formosa. Thank you for visiting our humble Center. God bless you, sir. God bless you. God bless you, sir. God bless you. God bless the Philippines.
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Videoconference with Sydney Center, Australia, August 17th, 2008 (Originally in English) MC. There ought to be a way to wake up the whole population. Maybe the catastrophes are the only messages to shake up the peoples mind set and habit and for the world to change? We are doing that we can already, sweetheart. Its up to the people now. Its up to the people now. Especially its up to the government and the media to help to alleviate the situation. If they dont turn into the compassionate way of life, then I dont know what else to do. The law of cause and retribution has to take place, no matter we like it or not. Just the same like in the law in your country. If you kill, you will be in prison or even dead. Well, the law of the universe is similar: Killing will beget killing and suffering. There is no escape from that. And we are trying to let people know this, to remind them the law of universe, to remind them of their true great compassionate, loving self. And now, its up to people. We continue to do that and we wait. Just doing what we are doing and be patient. Okay, love? I wish I have a magic wand and wave it around and hoop la everybody becomes vegetarian, planet is saved. But its not like that. They have to awaken themselves. They have to practice compassion. Then the compassion will beget compassion; love will beget love. If I force them to become vegetarian, thats not the same. You get it? [MC: Understand. Understand.] Yes, very good. I know you understand but I explain a little bit more in case somebody else doesnt understand. The thing is they have to do it themselves. So that their compassion, their love in their heart will beget the compassion from heaven, beget the love of heaven, and thats how it works. Suppose I save all the people on this planet right now, suppose I could do that, would you like me to do it? [Audience: Yes.] You would, of course. Fine, I would also. But the thing is, what will happen to our planet? Think about it. They will continue warring with each other. They will continue to massacre en masse the animals. They will continue to be living in not a noble way. What is the good of this planet to exist like that? Its like hell. For the mass of animals and other people in the war conflict zone, its like hell. So, for people to be awakened to be compassionate and noble, thats more important and then the planet will be saved by itself. I know you are concerned. Me, too. But this is the only way, its the correct way. [MC: Thank You, Master.] Youre welcome. Because I love humans, but I love animals as well. And I love the humans to be more elevated, now and hereafter. Because if theyre just thinking, Oh, nothings happening. Even if we continue to live our wicked way, continue to kill and do anything that is no good and we still live, and happily and so why not? You understand me, honey? And thats no good for them. Because life continues. After their life finishes here, their life will continue elsewhere. And if their merit is not good, if they have bad karma, after they die, they will get even worse retribution. So I dont want that to happen to them also. So rescuing their physical life is not as important as saving their souls. Q. As we have got more and more time to save our planet, and we continue to do our job, does that mean the final disaster will not happen? If the final disasters do happen, is the deadline still 2012? Well, it depends on humans behavior. If the majority of the population do not change their way of life, and do not change the bad karma of the planet, then the retribution has to take place then. But if they do become vegetarian and stop warring with each other and be compassionate and kind, then of course we will stop where it is and the final disaster will not occur. And the final disaster deadline will not be 2012. It will not be at all.
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Videoconference with Seoul Center, Korea, August 9th, 2008 (Originally in English) M. We have discussed this before. Its not just about saving the planet. Its saving the souls of your brothers and sisters on Earth. The people, if they understand the urgency of global warming and they have the heart wanting to save lives on this planet, then that person who has such a heart will be saved, their soul will be elevated into a higher level. They try vegetarian because they want to save lives on the planet, they hope to save lives on the planet; at least they join in the effort of saving other people, saving other animals, saving life on Earth. Moreover, the Earth is also a being in herself. So its not about saving you, your lives. Its not about just saving lives, its saving the souls of the people, elevating their nobility, awaken their higher consciousness. So Im just saying even if we do not save the planet, we will save many souls so that they can go up to a higher level of consciousness in heaven. Or at least they will be born in a more favorable planet so that they can continue their spiritual journey from a higher level already. So now, do away with your pessimism. Whatever you do, it will save lives. Not life at the physical maybe, but life eternal, and that is a very noble purpose. Theres no need to worry whether the Earth will be destroyed or not. We live eternally, and if we can save any of the souls to live eternally in happiness and blessing, we should do that. [Extended applause.] [MC: Thank You, Master.] Youre very welcome. But be positive, maybe we can make it. Thank You, Master. Master, You said that if we all understood the language of animals, nobody would eat meat. I wonder what we need to do help humans understand the animals language? They have to help themselves. In my three books, either in The Birds in My Life, The Dogs in My Life, or The Noble Wilds, I have mentioned also a little bit how to telepathically communicate with the animals. You have to sit with your animals quietly whenever you have time to sit with them, just touch them, caress them, or just sit together quietly, and try to listen inwardly what the animal tries to convey to you. Ask them if they want to tell you something. They dont always tell you something because maybe nothing to tell. They dont always chatter a lot the way we do. But you keep doing that, and then maybe one day youll have the connection. The thing is, all humans can telepathically communicate with animals. Its just that they could not even communicate with themselves yet. They cannot even know what they want. They cannot even listen to their own heart. Theyre too busy, too buried alive in this material, humdrum existence so its more difficult to listen to themselves. But with practice, they can. Just like now, you have learned the practice of meditation I taught you. You can listen to yourself more clearly, if you pay attention, then you know really what you want and you really know what advice you take and what direction you go. And many things in life become clearer to you because you listen to your self, which is the great spirit within you, which is God. So the same if people try to calm down and live a more virtuous life and truly love their animals, then there will be a connection. They will be able to listen to their animals. Its just that, do they listen? Do most people ever listen? We talk a lot, but we dont listen, not even to our partners, to our wives, husbands, or friends. We hear, but we dont listen. We dont try to understand what the person says. So often we do the wrong things, not to talk about listening to the God within you. God is always there, always ready to communicate with us whenever we ask something. But do we listen? Animal sometimes want to talk to us, but do we listen? Thats the thing. They telepathically communicate to us some things when they need to and when they want to warn us of
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something or to tell us something that we should do or should not do, or warn of coming danger. But do we listen? That is the thing. We dont listen. Not that we cannot telepathically talk to animals, its just we dont listen to what theyre saying. So if the people learn to listen, then there is a telepathic communication always available. This, you cannot really teach you. They have it within themselves. Only if they want to exercise it or not. Q. What I feel while living with animals is that they accompany us humans to help us find true love and to make us realize something. Is it true? And what would be the difference between having animal companions and not having them? According to medical and scientific reports, the people who have an animal friend in their house experience better health, better outlook on life, more cheerful, and more loving, and live even longer, healthier. So they are good for you. Scientifically speaking even, medically speaking. But not everybody needs animal companions because you have your husband, wife, human companions. As long as theyre good for you, they are also fine. Animals are there to help you if you need their help. Its always good to have animals anyway. They will teach you unconditional love. They will make your life cheerful, happier, more giving, more understanding. It is even advised to have a pet animal for children at a young age, like a dog, for example, and that will help the children to grow up more loving, more tolerant, more understanding, and more responsible. But, its up to you. No one should say what is good for you. You have animals if you love that animal, if you feel the connection between you and that dog, cat, bird. You have to love them, otherwise you cannot treat them as a friend. You have to love first, and then in turn, you will have love and all the benefits that come from that love. When we love, we have a lot of good things going on. Q. Beloved Master, I am the president of an animal protection organization. In addition, since the SOS International Seminar on Global Warming held in Seoul, Ive formed a new vegetarian organization called Green People, and Im actively working for it because I think the fastest way to end the suffering of animals is by recommending the vegetarian diet to people. Thanks to Master, Ive learned that many animals come from higher worlds and have higher NQ (Noble Quality) than humans. However, animals are still undergoing a lot of suffering on Earth. Is this because of the bad karma of the animals or is there any other reason for their suffering? Some animals are also undergoing their own bad karma, that is correct, especially those so-called vicious animals. But some of the animals, they suffer at the hands of humans because some of the humans have not learned to be themselves, have not remembered their greatness, have not remembered their real nature, which is loving, compassionate, and helpful to all beings. Some people have not realized their great self, their loving self. So some animals, they suffer because of that, because of the humans incomplete knowledge about their real self, which is loving and kindness. And so some animals suffer to awaken human beings; they sacrifice themselves to awaken human beings. Some animals sacrifice for some human beings that they love. For example, your pet, like a dog or a cat or bird, if their life is worthy enough, they can exchange their life for your life so that instead of you dying, they will die for you. Instead of you having accident and suffering, they will have accident and suffer for you. Sometimes they are going near some people who are too heavy karma, they also bear or be infected by the burden of that persons bad karma. The bad retribution of that person will somehow infect the animal who is nearby to that person. So you cannot just
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say, Okay, its all the animals bad karma, or its all this and that. There are various cases why the animals suffer. Videoconference with Central Center, Au Lac, July 20th, 2008 (Originally in Aulacese) Q. The worlds religions since ancient times have had an influential voice in the global community. What should they do now to contribute to improving the condition of global warming? Thank You, Master. Of course, the religious leaders must set an example for their followers. First, of course, they must encourage their adherents to eat vegetarian, to do good and avoid evil, to encourage them to protect the environment. If religious leaders can announce to their followers to do these things, then our Earth will be guaranteed safety and will be saved. Because peace begins with our plate of food. Peace begins from our dining table. Love has a great power to change people and elevate their lives. What role will love have in saving this planet? Love, of course, is very great. Love is the greatest thing in life and the greatest thing in the entire universe. But most people nowadays are lacking that love. Humanity must show more love than before. We must love even our enemies, our neighbors, animals and the environment around us, then we can overcome the crisis and have a peaceful life. Love must be manifested outwardly. Love cant be talked about but must be shown through action. That is, to eat vegetarian, do good and protect the environment. Master, with the goal of 80% of the world population to be vegetarian and other objectives such as praying, going green, modern technology to save the world, this is very difficult, if not impossible to achieve. Why doesnt God arrange other planets for people to live depending on their spiritual levels so that each being has a chance to develop spiritually rather than try to save this planet? Thank You, Master. So we just let the Earth be destroyed? No need to save it? Of course, as I already said, there are many planets in the universe. People with different spiritual levels, after leaving this world, will go to other planets depending on their spiritual level. Of course, its like that. Were not saving this Earth per se, as I already said, but just to have a reason for the people on this Earth to transform spiritually, to become more noble, to become good, that is, they want to save the Earth, to save humanity. That purpose makes them noble. When they have a purpose, that is, they want to save the Earth, they want to be vegetarian and do good to save the Earth, then their goal is very noble. That noble goal of theirs will raise their spiritual level from very lowly level to very noble level so that they can go back to heaven later and can join the realms of the saints. Its not that were attached to this planet Earth, whether or not it should be saved. Its not like that. That is only a reason for people to raise their level of consciousness. If this world is destroyed, there are other worlds. We are not afraid. Spiritual practitioners, of course, after leaving this world, will go to high or low heavens depending on their levels. Not 80%, as I already said, but it must be 100%. But our people who are vegetarian add in the extra percent. 60-something percent is fine. And the vegetarians who practice Quan Yin method, one of us becomes like 1,000 other vegetarians. Q. Revered Master, what can we do to influence the younger generation to help raise their consciousness about global warming in the future?
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that people are not familiar with all these things. Cannot blame people. They are busy. They want to enjoy their life. So if the government that they elected dont inform them and dont find the good solution for them, then they think that its not their job to do it. They rely on the government to inform them everything that is good for them. They rely on the newspaper to give them all the news that is necessary and important to their life. Thats why they read the newspaper. Thats why they spend money to buy it, or to pay for television channels. For an average person, how do they get all the information, that the media has it more available or the government has more access to? Its not peoples job even to inform themselves, just some people who do it. But, normally they read newspaper and whatever is printed in there, they believe it. So if its not printed in there, they dont know or they dont believe it. Thats the power of media and the government. I hope they use it for the best cause right now and the noble cause right now. I hope they do use it. Q. Master, I know from conversations that people are familiar with the subject of global warming, because everybody has something to say about it. Yet how it all fits together, the cause and effect seem not to be obvious. Is it really a matter of people lacking information or are there other factors that must be considered? Its many things. Lack of information is one of it. Another thing is peoples habits are hard to wipe out. Another thing is that they do not know anything about the bad retribution of animal killing. They do not know the benefit of saving lives and being compassionate to other beings other than just humans. That is the problem. They do not know even that meat eating or animal diet has anything to do with global warming. Thats why we are here. Thats why we do as much as we can to spread the news. Thats why we have Supreme Master Television every day, informing people. And even if they dont look at it, the information is in the air. It will spread to all corners of the world. How much people can receive, it depends on how we can overwhelm the negative waves of destructive media, if you will, and destructive energy of the world. But well try our best. Its better than nothing, okay? Theres one guy in the Netherlands who is some important manager of the WWF. [M: World Wildlife Fund.] I happen to know this guy. Hes in the position in the organization that they can analyze satellite data and they put it into the computer and they can foresee kind of in the future, You know, what is going to happen with the natural resources. They can measure the carbon emissions and all that and its very scientific. [M: Yes, so what now? What did he say that our future holds?] He was very worried and we talked like for two, three hours and at the end I asked him, Then, what is the solution? And he told me, I dont know! Nobody knows. Nobody wants to do anything. We have a solution but they dont do it. There is a solution. Only three steps, no? Vegetarian, sustainable energy, plant trees. How more simple can it be? We try our best. Apart from working very hard already, we spread the news, we go out with flyers and everything. We advertise on newspapers from our own pocket. We air it on televisions from our own money. We tell everybody we know. Some do care, they say, Oh, yes, theyre interested, they want to know, they really care, but maybe they forget afterward because there is television to watch, theater to enjoy, husband and wife relationship, and children, and they dont seem to know what is the priority. Or more still, money, business. Everybody knows by now, from the United Nations report that meat eating, animal raising, its one of the worst factors, or even the worst factor of climate change, of global warming. And nobody talks about it. Everybody new energy, hybrid car, compressed air car, carbon sucking machine, dig a hole and
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store the carbon, as if will not burst one day. And before that you have to breathe in already, as if will not affect you. I dont understand this. I mean, what is so difficult to put down one piece of meat, and replace it with one piece of tofu, which is exactly the same, better nutrition? Better for your health. More economized. How can anybody not just sacrifice a little palate taste? Even if the meat tastes that great, even if they so love the meat, how can they not sacrifice it, just for the sake of everybodys survival and their own children? How can you not? Just replace one piece of meat with another piece of tofu, thats all there was. Especially even nowadays we have all kinds of vegetarian meat, it tastes so delicious. Like even soya. It looks the same. I dont know if it tastes the same or not, it tastes good to me. It tastes delicious, even better. Still cannot put down that piece of meat. And no mater if they die tomorrow, or their children suffer or not. Its not just about dying, its the suffering mental and physical, psychological, emotional before dying. Because of all this gas. Its already in the air. It affects people a lot. But they dont admit it, they dont even claim on it. Suppose nobody does anything and the planet kaput. What will you do? Any idea? You see how many Time to Act before? Before, they dont have. Now, if you look everywhere, theyre doing something for the environment. Yes, I hope they do it all, and quick enough. I hope the government really puts their thumb into it. Thats all I hope for, and the media every day. And just ban this, ban that, and just no meat anymore and then were saved. Truly! Very simple. Just use meatless diet. Animal-less diet. Sustainable energy, limitless sun or wave power. And plan trees. Everybody plant a couple of trees only. Not a lot. And the government, instead of putting money into war, they just use the money to pay people to plant trees, where the desert, where the dry climate, where its already damaged, to revive the atmosphere. Very simple. Wed be happy to also go out and plant trees free of charge, and our labor and anytime we can if the government is really behind every part of this program. We will also be happy to go out and cook vegetarian, show everybody. In all of our houses, we invite people to come into our house and show them how to cook vegetarian. After a few weeks, they know how. You can do that first. But what I mean is, if the government is really behind it and the media is behind it, they just have to put down that piece of meat even if that is a sacrifice, its really worth it. Its really the most noble thing they could do in their whole life. Just put down that piece of meat and replace it with the veggie meat. We have so much food to eat, not that we dont have a choice. Why dont they just try it? From now, each of you should be a teacher. Anywhere you go, anybody you meet, you talk about it. You invite them to your house, show them vegetarian cooking. Show it on hand, otherwise if they just see it on television, it may be different. Use your personal energy, love, to show them. We just spread out, we do what we can. Use your time for saving the planet. Show them how to cook vegetarian food. Capish? Every house, I want it to turn into a restaurant, a veggie restaurant. Show them what you eat. If they dont know what vegetarian is, they dont know how to do it. Truly, they dont know. Even if some people know how, know that vegetarian is good, they dont know how. They even ask on the internet, How did you do it? You see? Truly some people never heard of it before. They never think about it. So we do that. All of you in the world, teach them how every day, every time you can. Invite them at random, show them how. Invite them as a guest, unconditional. Show them how. Anybody who smiles at you, you talk to them. And invite them for coffee and then invite them to your home, I live nearby! I didnt know such a lovely neighbor exists. Wow, what an honor! Lets go to my house, have a cup of coffee. And then from then on. Start it. Im not joking. Do
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something. Because youre out there. I do it on Supreme Master Television and cook for my dogs. I talk to whomever I can also. Learn to cook well and learn to show it. With your smile, stone will melt. And with your food, the heart will melt. It wont lose anything. Vegetarian is very cheap, you can always afford to invite some. And its a good investment. It saves the planet. Its worth it. You try what you can, through Supreme Master Television, through flyers, through books, through internet. Influence a lot, a lot. But still, habit dies hard. Just tell them change the habit, thats it. Invite whoever you can, show the vegetarian diet, make them feel welcome. Its like everything else. Put candles and all that. How much does it cost? Not so much. It doesnt have to be a lot. Make it festive and welcome and homey. Make the food taste good and then theyll come back for more and then show them how to do it. Because truly, they dont know. Im telling you the truth. Not many people know how to cook vegetarian. Just to think vegetarian, they think just to eat beans, green beans, the string beans, and then they worry they become like a string. Surely, many would advise you, Oh, vegetarian! Can you live on that? Is it nutritious enough that way? They ask you like that because they dont know, truly. Because they dont research into that, theyre not used to it. I hope I live to see the day that the government really bans meat because its also poisonous to people. Not to talk about methane gas, or waste gas, or depleting energy, or water or medicine nothing yet. Yes, its poisonous. Meat makes everybody sick. Meat is poisonous. Everybody knows that. Leader of the people, supposed to be leader, you have to help to protect people. Suppose you know something is poisonous to your children, will you deliberately give it to them? To harm them? No! No, right? So now, all the evidence points out that meat is also poisonous, alcohol is bad. Just ban them outright. Theres no more discussion. Poisonous things, you dont give it to your people. You dont allow it to be near your people. And even children have access to alcohol, not to talk about meat. Okay, thats it. We have to ban meat. Were banning it now by showing people how to eat, to cook vegetarian. We go all outright. This is really for survival. Make it your mission in life to inform people about the danger of eating meat and show them the solution. Meat is really not good for our planet. Meat is bad. Because meat is the reason, not the people! Not the people, right? They dont know! Truly they dont know. They influence each other, and theyre really the poor victims of the situation. Really, truly like that. You have to do it with love. You have to have big compassion, to sacrifice your time, your energy. Q. Theres an organization called Animal Aid its an organization and I got an email from them the other day, and theyve got a system where they train you to, or you can train yourself, you can go and speak at schools and they get the schools for you and you can pick the age group of people you talk to. And Tim is thinking of going and doing it to younger children. [M: Yes, we can do that.] You can speak about vegetarianism or climate change or anything. Yes, you can volunteer to go to any school, to cook a free meal that day, or sample. Or ask whoever wants to come learn with you about vegetarian food. Everybody brings a few carrots. [Q: Because the children love the animals and then they start to nag the parents saying, We cant eat these, theyre beautiful beings. Yes, children are great.] Yes, if we can.
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Videoconference with London Center, United Kingdom, June 13th, 2008 (Originally in English) M. You know how I really want to embrace the leaders and the non-leader people of this world, Wake up, wake up now. Wake up, my love; wake up my friend, save yourself. Wake up and save yourself and save all of us. How I really love to give them all the knowledge that I have, because that is the best present that anyone could give to anyone. Master, how could the government give incentive to animal farmers including growing crops for animal feed to switch to the production of plant-based food for human consumption? The governments, first they have to be willing to want to do it. First, they have to wake up themselves. They have to go over the boundary of protocol and habitual routine work because this is a special situation. And it needs special measurement, even desperate measurement. So they could encourage the farmers to grow crops and give them subsidies to grow vegetables replacing the loss of meat. Just give them subsidies for growing vegetables. The more they grow, the more subsidies they get, you see? And the farmers also have to be explained that they would be doing the world a great service. They would be a great hero, the world savers, if they grow vegetables to feed humans instead of raising animals, and let the animals be. You have to tell them. The government has to tell them that they have to treat the animals with all kindness the ones that exist until they have gone back to heaven naturally. Not breeding them anymore, not to talk about killing them. We have to stop all that. To save the planet, they can do it by stoping raising livestock stop breeding animals and stop butchering them for a living. They will understand if the government really uses their power to explain to them and giving them some other alternatives to live on. Give them explanation, the subsidies they need, the alternative jobs, or the alternative choice. We have choices. We have jobs. We create green energy sustainable energy and even growing vegetables now is on demand. We are short of food; everywhere is food shortage. Everywhere the food price is rising so high that even middle class people are having difficulty to make ends meet. So growing vegetables now should be profitable, should be a very good incentive already. If the government encourages them, explains to them, they will know it. And the best is if the government can do it. But you, individual citizens of the world, can also do it. Try to go to the farmers, one by one. Whenever you can, make the time to go. Even though we are not in a power position, like the government. But we can try, one by one, to persuade the farmers to change their lives, to grow vegetables to feed humans instead of raising animals. Tell them the picture. Tell them the situation. Tell them again and again until they understand. Write to them. Talk to them. We can only try our best. Because the rest is up to the karma of the world, up to the people to understand and to change to a more compassionate life. But they are in need of great help because they have been poisoned for so long. Dont be surprised if it would be a difficult task to even make them understand. But the government can do it, by subsidies, by incentives, by making it all open and like a trend everywhere. And the government and the media again and again, Ive said these are the people in a position of power who can make change faster than we, ordinary people. But still, if they dont do it, we have to do it. Whoever wants to do it, whoever can, do it. Go to the farmers, talk to them. Change from the grassroots. Thats
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all I can say for now. And some of the farmers will change, or all of them will change in time, and I hope its on time. The government can let the public know about the beneficial effect that we can have by having vegetarian diet. They have to publicize it everywhere. They have to give leaflets to people to read, make it a public job to do it. And then make classes of vegetarian cooking available to people, free of charge, in the school, night school, or something. I used to teach vegetarian in a night school in Germany, free. There are people who would like to go there and teach free. The governments just have to encourage it and make it available, make it publicly known to everybody, then everybody will follow. After all, they are so-called leaders, no? Theyre presidents. Theyre leaders of the countries. So if they lead, people will follow. Thats why they vote for them, to lead them. So Im sure people will follow what the government proposes, especially when they know its good for them, and good for the planet, and good for the future of their children. Because they dont want to harm their children. If the planet is damaged, ruined or bad, or uninhabitable in any way, their children will be affected. And I think everybody loves their children, including the leaders, and the government officials, the ones in power. They all love their children. So they have to do it now. Theres no other choice. You see, they have to give an official endorsement and let everybody know about the benefits of the vegetarian diet. They have to create websites for vegetarian menus, all free of charge, class for vegetarian cooking, vegetarian club. Make it official, then everybody would follow like a happy trend, some new change in the world. And they have to explain more to people the seriousness of the change that were facing right now, the danger that were facing and the worst consequences if we dont do something, if we dont follow the vegetarian diet, and we dont cut out emissions. They could also put high tax on meat or ban it altogether or ban the killing of the animals, and educate people into a brand new, exciting way of life. Tell them to do some other job, give them some other new job to do, and explain to them the benefits of a new life, which is full of health, full of vigor, and peace, love, and happiness. Everyone would look forward to that. At least they would try. And then once they try, they know it works. And if everybody else is trying it, their neighbors are trying it, their friends are trying it, then there is a supporting energy, and the whole world will change. I cant wait to see that day when we all enjoy love, contentment, and enlightenment. And live in peace. And as you know, according to the United Nations report and scientific evidence, CO2 is not even the most lethal. Its not even the most deadly of all the pollution. Ill give you some example. For example, methane is like 23 times more potent than CO2. And nitrous oxide is approximately 300 times more potent than CO2. And livestock is the number one cause of methane. And by-products, also nitrous oxide is also from livestock. You see what I mean? Meat, egg, dairy are responsible for 65% of worldwide human cause of nitrous oxide emission. So now, you see the picture. We all know that already from United Nations and scientific reports. So now, even we know that methane gas and nitrous oxide are more deadly, more poisonous than CO2. And we have a lot of them. We have less CO2 in the atmosphere now than what is even in store for us in the ocean bed. Because the ocean, the river also absorb CO2 and they store it there. And when its cold then its just compressed there and lay there, harmless. But now, as the weather is getting warmer and these gases are going to be released. Its already releasing into the atmosphere, as you know it from scientific reports. So now, the permafrost layer is melting each day. And the methane gas, or other gas even, are releasing into the atmosphere. I really hope and pray that someone is listening. Methane and nitrous oxide are made by livestock raising, animal keeping. So they are
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all the cost of sickness, all the cost of building hospitals, training more doctors and making more medicines, and then making people even cannot think because theyre sick, and all the heartache of being sick and causing trouble for the loved ones by being sick, and then all the trouble or the cost of war because of hunger, because of food insecurity. You add them altogether. And all the preservation. The Chief of United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said that all the refrigeration also. And all the sickness that goes into the body of the animals and then goes into you. Im not talking about karmic retribution yet. Im just talking scientifically and the evidence physically. Now, vegetarianism is the only solution. Its the best, the fastest solution. Surprisingly, everybody goes around it, doesnt mention it. Just some few people mention it. The rest just try to around it, Okay, we will recycle. Okay, we use less car. Okay, we go bicycle. Everybody knows by now, the people who has the power to know, who has enough communication ability. Nowadays, there are televisions, radios, newspapers, and even mouthpieces, everyone knows already that vegetarianism is the solution to save the world. But it seems that vegetarianism escapes from the minds of many leaders and the people of the world. So I dont know what to say anymore. I keep telling everyone and you also keep telling everyone that you know and you try your best to spread the news. Some people do turn into vegetarianism, thats for sure. Q. Master, could we share some positive news with You? [M: Yes.] Great. [M: I like that.] Ive got some feedback from one of our Association members in London who owns a vegan restaurant. Recently, theyve noted a rapid increase in the numbers of nonvegetarians seeking an alternative diet. After the delicious and nutritious food that theyve been trying, many have been convinced of the lifestyle and environmental benefits of a meat-free diet. [M: Yes, Im happy. Very good. Very good. Im happy!] Theyve got really, really busy recently. Its great. [M: Cool. So congratulations!] And Ive got another one for You as well. The author of the Vegetarian London Guide who visited this restaurant, the same restaurant, has reported that 40 vegetarian outlets have opened in London since the last edition, the last publication of the Guide. [M: So we have more choice now, in London?] Yes, more choice. Congratulations! Good for you. Im so happy. It could be also due to the fact that you are meditating and you are going out distributing leaflets and all that and then people get more used to the idea, you see? So thank you very much, for what you have done and what you are doing. I have read a book along time ago. It was a spiritual book. It was talking about the history of our planet, and other planets, told by the Pleiadians, the Carrier of Light. They mentioned that there were periods when instant karma was necessary, imposed on the human race at the time to restore order on Earth. Is this not the time now for this law to be applied to help the humankind to stop destroying ourselves and the planet? [M: How did the law apply at that time?] The law applied instantly for any bad deeds. Anyone who behaved badly would get the bad result straight away. [M: You mean from heaven or from the government?] From heaven. [M: I understand. Well, dont you see to some degree it is now applying?] Yes, but its not instant enough, I think. Oh, baby, we have to be merciful. We have to be merciful and patient and give people chance to change. I would not like this instant karma stuff. But to some degree, we have some karmic law apply already, like we have war, terrible plagues, we have famine, we have disaster, climate heat up now, et cetera, et cetera. Well, it does happen already, over the period of time of human history, and its happening worse now. To some, they
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would know that instantly, to some its later or even after this life. You see? But just people dont realize it, that it is bad karma retribution. They dont realize that its the bad effect of their action. You see? They are not in direct communication with the law of divine so they do not understand it. So if they have a sickness, if they have disaster befalling them, they would just take it as natural, and theyre just lamenting their bad luck. But they do not understand that this is the bad karmic retribution of what they have been doing, maybe in a past life or even in this lifetime. The more theyre entangled in this poisonous way of life in this world, the less the message of heaven can get through to them. The soul is perfectly pure, but the soul cannot get through the mind, to tell the mind, Stop this, this is no good for you! Sometimes, the people have a flash of intuition that this is no good. But then, the busy humdrum of this world makes them forget again next minute. Theyre too busy. The king of illusion makes them busy, makes them slaves to the senses, to the immediate survival needs. So they have lost the divine contact. You see, this is to be more pittied than to punish. You dont understand. They have been poisoned. Just like when youre sick, you take some certain medicine, it makes you drowsy, groggy, you cant even think, you dont even want to wake up, you cant even want to talk on the phone with your friend, you dont even want to do anything. You cant even think of doing anything. This is almost the same situation with the people of the world. They are very, very pitiful. They came here with the best intentions, but they get entangled and poisoned by the atmosphere, by the way of living in this world. When the baby was born, he was just taking milk. But later on, the parents, or anyone, forced meat upon them. Most of the children they dont eat meat; they spit out the meat but then the parents keep forcing them until they get used to it. And then they grow up eating meat like everyone else. Do you understand me? Thats why most women, when they are pregnant, the first or second month, they keep vomiting. They cant eat fish. They cant even smell fish! Anything animal goes into their mouth, they vomit for one or two months long. You know that? Because the baby inside tells them, Dont eat this! I cant bear it! Its not for me! Youre polluting me! Youre degrading me! Youre making bad karma for both of us! Do you understand that? Thats what the babys telling the mother. But she just doesnt listen! And she keeps forcing her way, and then later on, of course the baby gives up. Otherwise, both of them would die of starvation. Do you understand? And after they are born, the baby is still in contact with heaven for a while. But how long can the babys mind withstand the poison of the meat and all that that they give to them? Then so later on, after some years, they succumb to the same situation, like everyone else on this planet. They are very pitiful, the people of this planet! Thats why Jesus came to rescue them. Thats why Buddha has patience for 80 years. Thats why Muhammad endured all the persecution and all the dangers, it was to rescue His disciples or whoever belived in Him. Thats why Mahavira came down, and many other Masters, like Guru Nanak, and you know, I cant mention it all. Of course, you know. You know I respect all of them. Thats why, despite the denseness, the coarseness, the suffering of this world, much more suffering for the senstitive soul of the saint, they still come down. Because they feel sorry for the people here, who have been blindfolded under the influence of illusion, been poisoned, and still have to continue on living and pay the penalty for what they dont even know what theyre doing. Thats why Jesus forgave them and said, Please Father/Mother, forgive them, because they dont know what theyre doing. Its truly like that. He knows they dont know what theyre doing.
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So the karma is very strict law, of course, but I would like him (the king of illusion) to be more lenient to the people, of course. Of course, sometimes I talk to the lord of karma, I say, Please, they dont really know, all this is too much. So we try to prolong it as much as we can, until the people wake up and whoever can wake up, you see? But still, to some people, they have been too deeply indebted which they have not even borrowed, but they did not know that the lord of illusion of this world has already made them indebted, that they have to account for their actions. Therefore, for some people, they cannot escape. Therefore, for those people, its quicker, the bad karmic reaction, the bad karmic retribution. For some people, its prolonged, because for some people, they have a better karma in their previous lives or even this life, due to some good merit that we dont even know what they do. Sometimes they do some good things that nobody knows. They may give to charity or they may be good to some Master which they dont know. They might serve some saints that they dont even know they are saints. Maybe they help some holy person, who doesnt appear to be a holy person, but when they help them, they help with all their heart, in their previous lives or in this life. So they still have the stored good merit, the storage of good merit has not run out. So some of these people are still waiting. And I hope I can wake them up or they awaken up by some reason before their merit bank runs out. Q. As I know, many people in Germany have stopped meat-eating. I mean, they dont eat beef, pork, et cetera. But they still eat fish. If more and more people give up meat eating, but keep on eating fish only one or two times a week, with this, how much can it help to save our planet? And could You also tell us how we can more effectively advise people to stop fish eating? Thank You. Its already very good that they stop eating red meat and big animals meat. Its already very good. You tell them that, Bravo! Bravo! Thank you very much. You are very brave. And I thank you and the planet thanks you! And many animals thank you! And after that, you give them a flyer. You gather all the information about the harm of fish eating and you give it to them. You say, Now, if you go one step further, and no more fish eating, then youll be perfect! Youll be my hero. Because fish eating is also very depleting to the planetary ecosystem. They have proven that overfishing of sardines has resulted in many dead zones. Because they are there for some reason. They are there for maybe oxidizing the ocean, or give life to some other kind of species or cleaning the environment. Whatever the species that God has left on the planet, they have work to do. The species has work to do. Just like humans, we have work to do. Animals, they have work to do. Even little fish like sardines, they have work to do. Its just many humans are ignorant. They think its just a little fish, theyre helpless anyway; theyre useless. No, theyre not useless. They think theyre useless so they fish them up and eat them. But theyre very, very useful to our ecosystem and to the health of the planet and, consequently, to the health of humans and all beings on it. So you gather all these facts from Supreme Master Television or the internet, or information you can find in the library or anywhere, and then you print it all on the flyer, and you give it to the fish eaters. [Q: Okay, we will do that. Thank You, Master!] Of course, they do not know. Maybe they dont know. Not everybody knows about everything. My God, how can they know everything? Some people know this, some people know that. So if they dont know something and you know it, you give them the information.
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In any planet at all, if people are well-informed on time, they can always take measures against similar calamity by heeding a wise counsel and reacting according to correct advices. All the inhabitants of those planets can still reverse the situation and bring back to life the favorable result that they wish to achieve. Things can always change overnight if people turn and walk in the right direction. If we know that we are in the wrong lane and the opposite is correct, you just turn as soon as possible, right? You make a U-turn or you turn wherever you can. Its the same with our planet situation right now. We know meat-eating, scientifically, physically speaking, is the major cause of our planets destructive direction. Then we must turn around and walk in the opposite direction. The opposite of meat diet is a vegetarian, compassionate diet. All the animal products, all the killing of men or animals must be stopped if we want to stop the climate change. Stop killing and global warming will stop, immediately, because we turn in the other direction. If youre driving north, now you realize youre wrong, and the moment you turn back to southward, that is the moment you stop going north, is that not so? Well, the same with planetary danger right now. We are endangering it because we are living in the opposite direction, opposite lifestyle of what is good for us. So if we want to have good things happening to our planet and our life, we have to turn to the opposite direction. Thats it, very simple.
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forget that its not just vegetarianism. They have to reverse the technique, the technology and everything else, as well. [Q: Yes, of course.] Yes. Vegetarianism is for the long-term benefit, to lessen the bad karma, to touch the mercy of heaven. But everybody else has to also contribute, like sustainable energy, et cetera, et cetera. It takes the whole planet to do it together. Q. I was thinking we could boycott major polluters, companies that are not helping at all in the global need to address climate change, things like this. Many things We can write down all the suggestions and send them to You. Thank You, Master. Just following up on what You said about You going to the restaurant, I showed one of my friends the NASA climate ad and he seemed to be convinced with it, and then I said, Well, are you going to go veggie? And then he said, Maybe in a few years time. So how do You convince them more, how do You make them take actions? I dont convince anybody. Even if I go around from door to door and stick the NASA sticker on everybodys house, I dont know how convinced they will be because human habits are very difficult to change and also reverse psychology. You understand me? Sometimes you tell them to do it, they dont. Just because they want to do against what you say. Its the human, reverse psychology. Also its difficult for people to know how to eat vegetarian. They dont know how to cook a vegetarian meal. For the Chinese, Aulacese its more easy because we cook tofu, we cook tasty meals and all that, or chop suey. Its difficult, and even if they want to, they just dont know how. Thats why we have to teach them how to cook vegetarian on television. The data from the NASA climate reports indicate that the polar ice cap will be gone by 2012, this coincides with the end of the Mayan calendar so is this like a conincidence or something else? [M: What Mayan calendar?] The Mayan calendar is from a group of people from South America and they said that 2012 is when their actual calendar will finish and there is no new calendar coming from that. Maybe its not conincidence. Some people do see things. Some people do see things in the future but people still can change! The thing is would they like to change? Would they be strong enough to change? I try everywhere I go of course. Our programs and leaflets and the lectures, they change many people, millions of people, but that is not enough. Has humankind evolved sufficiently in the last years to be able to address the challenges adequately? They have evolved somewhat, honey. But not quick enough. They have evolved because of the grace of heaven. Therefore, they listen better than they would have done long ago, like years ago or decades ago. They listen better now, but still, theyre still too busy with their material existence to even think deeply about it. Another question is that a lot of people are aware of the climate change and the consequences. But about the toxic gases, many people are not aware from the ocean. So Supreme Master Television has made some research about this and found some supporting studies from the university. They say that 250 million years back, already 90% of Earths species were already destroyed. So, is this climate change comparable to anything else in the history of the Earth?
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Videoconference with Auckland Center, New Zealand, August 19th, 2008 (Originally in English) Q. Master, with the serious environmental health of our precious planet, every day there is some new catastrophe happening somewhere in the world. Is there more to the big
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picture than just environmental imbalance? Is there maybe a preparation of sorts occurring with regards to an ascending process for our beautiful planet? Is she going to be safe? Also, is there any assistance available and allowable from our brothers and sisters from other planets in case we need it? Thank You, Master. M. You are very welcome. Regarding your last question, they are helping quietly already. But this is a very easy problem. We can solve it ourselves, just by being veg. How more simple can it be? Only if the humans listen, all they do is just be veg, and everything else will take care of itself. How simple! But only if anybody is listening, alright? Now, concerning the ascending of our planet, that is the universal plan for our planet that we should catch up, that we should ascend with other higher spiritually developed planets. That is the plan. But the humans are given free will, and for that free will, they have not been using it wisely. That is the problem. And now, Im calling everyone to use their free will in a better way to free themselves, to free themselves from bad karmic retribution, to free themselves from guilt, free themselves from blood on their hands, free themselves from blood debt, free themselves from hell retribution hereafter, free themselves from destroying the only home that they love which is our planet free themselves from the murderous status that they are in by eating meat, freeing themselves from all the crimes, past and present. So if they will be vegetarian, everything will be forgiven, everything will be well and good. The planet will be restored, the animals will be thankful, the humans will be healthy, and all will be happy and blessed. Thats all there is to do. Be veg. Nothing else heaven asks from us. Nothing else we really have to do. Nothing else other planets even need to help us. Very simple. Be veg. So we cannot be demanding heaven to help us any more than this, its just to be veg. So if we have more urgent and justified cause of desperation or urgency, of course other planets will help or heaven will help, but its just to be vegetarian and if we cannot do that, then Im sorry, we dont deserve any help. [Q: Yes, I can understand that.] I am sorry, I truly am. But the thing is, people are not too much aware of this, being indoctrinated too long in the meat diet, believing that it is healthy and good for them and necessary for them. Therefore, we have to try to reverse this concept and its not easy for all of us, but I beg you all to do it. Continue, save as many as you can, and then, if most people are good, then, of course, our planet will ascend to a better level of consciousness, equal with other planets in the hierarchy of the galaxy. And then, of course, everything will be good. What else can I tell you? I cannot tell you if the planet is going to be saved or not. I can only tell you that I have positive feeling and that if we are working hard, and with the help of all the vegetarians, fruitarians, breatharians, waterians, all the non-meat eaters out there, if theyre all helping us, and even the meat eaters, if they are helping us also, then the planet will be saved. I love everyone. I want them to be safe and sound. But for their own good only, not just to keep them alive and they continue to make others suffer. Because, in that way, they will suffer themselves now or later on. So thats not the kind of love that I want to give to people on this planet. My kind of love is to awaken their own love. Then they will be well, here and hereafter. That is the true love that we can give to others. And thats the true love that I can give to you and everyone out there. Q. Yes, I can understand. It would be like if I was to tidy my daughters bedroom all the time, she would never learn to keep her own bedroom clean and she would be spoilt.
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Videoconference with Supreme Master Television staff, Los Angeles, California, USA, July 31st, 2008 (Originally in English) Q. In Monaco recently, You have spoken about the need for the media to promote the message of vegetarianism. Weve been seeing more press from print, broadcast to radio, such as the vegetarian segment covered in one of Frances largest news programs. Its been discussed several times in the United States TIME and other major publications. So Master, how much more do we still need to see in the major media to truly be making a big difference in the publics awareness of being vegetarian to save the planet? Thank You. This should be done on a more frequent basis, like daily reminder as I mentioned in Monaco. They have to print a line every time they print out a newspaper or a magazine. They should print it on every page on the newspapers and magazines. Even one or two headlines daily, even on films, or movies, advertising boards, televisions, computer boards, everywhere this should be the topmost concern topic. My God, we are short of time already. Please, everyone wake up. The wealthy ones should spend money to advertise these headlines if the media dont do it. All the vegetarians and vegans should go all out to inform people and tell them the grave situation of our time due to meat diet and convince others to switch to vegetarianism. I would call on all the vegetarians and vegans, dont just be a quiet vegetarian, least of all, a closet vegetarian. You are the pioneers, the heroes, the world saviors. Come out and showcase your most needed shining example. Help in any way you can. Be an active vegetarian; the world needs you. We have all the information on www.SupremeMasterTV.com for you to convince people that meat diet is bad and vegetarianism will save the world. Please do it. Print them all out, give it to people. How much time does it take you? You carry some in your pocket; just print it out on www.SupremeMasterTV.com. All the information about harmful meat diet and beneficial vegetarian lifestyle, just print them out, put it in your pocket, and wherever you go, just give it to people. It doesnt take time, not much money. Even if it does, please do sacrifice to save the planet, if you still want to live here, and also to save the animals that you so much love. And to save our people who are not aware of the bad consequences of a meat diet. Its our duty to do that. All the vegetarians, all the vegans, all the fruitarians, breatharians, solarians, waterians out there, please do this. We cannot do it all alone. We can also save some people, but we cannot save all if we dont have your help. Please do help us to help everyone. Thank you so much. And by the way, I also want to take this opportunity to congratulate and thank the new vegetarian club members. You do make a big difference, and thats why we gained many more months. Q. Master, this is a nice one. You know that yawning is contagious, yes? [M: Yes, I know.] For example, when someone is tired which causes them to yawn, and theres another person around it, usually it automatically triggers them to yawn, too. [M: Im yawning now.] [Laughter] So there must be some invisible physical trigger or maybe some mental or spiritual connection. So why cant I just say, Be Veg. Go Green, to someone and they will automatically adopt it for their way of life?
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destruction. They had five years in advance, but they did not change quick enough. They did not change, so they didnt have a chance to save the planet. They did have a chance, but they did not do it. [Q: Why is that, Master?] The reason they did not change fast enough because they did not know about the vegetarian diet that could change. At those times, there were not enough people to stand up and communicate the urgency of the planet, as well as the solution like vegetarian diet, the way we are doing now. Q. M. And Master, how about our planet, do people know the chance? There are some people who dont know what to do. And of course, some people who know what to do because we inform them or the United Nations inform them or the scientists inform them, but they still did not change their habit. So if we continue not changing our habit, then the planet will be destroyed, just the way Mars has been destroyed. Right now, we are doing a lot of things; we inform people and we are distributing leaflets and all that, but we will have to rely on heavens grace if we are to survive because many people still dont listen. Even if they know, they dont listen. Just like people who know smoke is very harmful to them, as long as they still can puff it, they puff it. Thats the problem. So the people, whoever can listen to us, they will survive. So at least, if we cannot save the whole planet, we save these people. And if these people cannot help to save the planet, at least they save themselves. Its still helpful. Thats how we gain time. Master, the animals must feel sad because many of their species are being forced to leave their corners of the biosphere as they cannot adapt quickly enough to the changes. We hope that we can ask for their forgiveness. From their perspectives, what are their hopes and wishes for the Earth at this time? They just feel sorry for human beings as they know where they are going, but most humans dont. They do love life like we do, but they are not that attached to it the way humans are. They are not very afraid of death. Its just the natural reaction that they want to live, but if they have to die, they die, because they know they are going back to where they came from, which is heaven. Thats why they are always satisfied in any circumstances. They know life here and hereafter and they know their maker (almighty God). They wish the human race can see what they see, know what they know and stop all this madness centering around temporary time on Earth and focus more on life eternal. They wish the Earth be saved. But its not about saving the planet, but about humans returning to a virtuous life and compassionate heart. And all things will be all right. They know that. Then the Earth will be saved if people are compassionate as a by-product. If we live according to the law of love, all things will be all right. The animals know that, and they would really wish humans understand this concept, the only concept that matters, the concept of love.
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diet that is more important means the less bad karma we will have and the more time we will gain. So be positive. Even the governments and many groups go green and be vegetarian. Maybe we will have longer time. And now, I want you to focus more also on what you want the world to be. Like veg, green, good. Veg. Green. Good. [Q: Yes, Master. Thank You very much.] Youre welcome. But still continue to do your job, like distributing flyers, meditation, praying, helping each other, helping others. Meanwhile, having a very positive vision and attitude. Things might change overnight, who knows? Yes, it could happen all the time. Q. I know the future will depend on the change made by the people on this planet. They are changing now but theyre doing it slowly. I got some feedback from my relatives, friends, and the people I talked to, I gave out the global warming SOS DVDs and flyers, that they did change their diet by reducing meat consumption. But is it enough if theyre still not 100% vegetarian? It is better than nothing, at least better for their life, for their health, better for many animals and better for our planet. If they cannot save the world, at least they can save their souls, and that is very important for them. And try to somehow convince them to be completely vegetarian, that would be even better for them. Its good, you see. It is effective that youre going out and give them the flyers, and some people would reconsider and then do understand the importance of it, and then they did change. Thats very good. Well done. Bravo and thank you. I have recently heard of some elementary school students who were speaking about what they wanted to be when they grew up and one of the answers was, We wont be alive then because of global warming so whats the point of answering? And I was just wondering what kind of inspiration You can give these children who are feeling hopeless about global warming? Well, you tell them to be positive. Tell them to keep up hope and be veg if they can. And please go green and do good, then heaven will protect them, and we will have a future still. Tell them everything can always change. So, it depends on their attitude, depends on everybody elses attitude and their contribution. If they all veg and encourage everyone else, then things will look bright. Yes, Master. This question is from my lovely baby. Thanh Linh is 11 now. Her question is: How can we restore the ice back to its natural order, if were able to stop global warming, and how long will it take if its possible? Thank You. If all humans are vegetarian, then the bad karmic retribution will change, and nature will restore its balance automatically. It will be slow or quick; its up to us. Suppose if the people are slow to become vegetarian, and we take too slow action, then maybe two years, that means 104 weeks. And the quicker one would be two months, that means eight weeks. We will see the change almost immediately. You have suggested that, in addition to promoting vegetarianism, that we open vegetarian restaurants, be frugal, and plant trees. Beyond these, could You give us a list of maybe the top 7 to 10 most important things that we can go out to do to help save the planet? Thank You, Master. Meditate. Positive vision. Spread SOS flyers. Promote vegetarian diet. Be frugal. Planting trees. Use hybrid cars or less fuel consumptive means of transportation, like carpool, bus, train, walk, bicycling. They are all important actually. There are many more
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than that. And try to be organic. Buy organic food to support organic farmers, et cetera. Do anything you can to support this organic vegetarian farming. Thank you. Videoconference with Seattle Center, Washington, D.C., USA, July 6th, 2008 (Originally in English) Q. Master, I know more people are becoming vegetarian and more media are talking about changing into a vegan diet is the best solution to halt global warming. Do You think that has something to do with the UFOs or us, like Supreme Master Television? Im thinking UFOs from a different planet, they might try to educate us, to help us, to give us the information. No, they did not give any information. Has nothing to do with UFOs, as I told you already. It is us. Its you who go out of your way to distribute the Alternative Vegetarian Living flyers and the SOS Stop Global Warming flyers and all this information about the solution, how to stop the global warming. And its the Supreme Master Television thats broadcasting all the urgency messages, and promote vegetarianism, as well as many other organizations, green, vegetarian organizations who are helping in spreading this message. What is the best way to motivate meat eaters to go veg? It seems to be getting easier for them to add than to give up meat, because most of the advertising things, grocery stores or restaurants, only focus on meat products for sale. Thats right. Thats right. Thats right. I ask myself the same question, my love. I havent got the answer yet. [Master laughs.] Just give them, whoever you encounter, the SOS flyers, and the Alternative Living flyers, introduce them to Supreme Master Television so that maybe they can get more information and that they might decide to be veg. Everybody talks about, Okay, change the light bulbs, turn off the heater, open the window instead of air con, but they dont talk about vegetarian diet. They dont talk about ending the meat habit. Because meat habit is the number one cause of global warming. And everybody talks around it, just like to try to avoid the issue. So thats why the vegetarian diet is not widely spread. And the urgency information of the global warming has not really been widely informed to the pubic at large. So you see, I have always asked the leaders to help to do this. I am waiting. I hope they will respond and on time to save the planet. Meanwhile, we try the best we can. Master, what will happen to us? Will our bodies be vaporized and our spirit be lifted? Is it the same for everybody or is it different between disciples and non-disciples? Your bodies might avaporate. There are two cases. If it is a total destruction then it is not different between disciples and non-disciples. Because if we dont have enough vegetarian people or virtuous people to balance out, to over weight the negative power of the non-vegetarian people, and the killing, meat-eating people, killing for food, and killing for war and all that, if we dont have enough virtuous people and positive people and vegetarian people to over weight that, then maybe its a total destruction. In that case, your body or any body will be whatever accordingly. And of course, our spirit will be lifted. Your spirit is already lifted, after initiation. So it will be the same for everybody, but the difference is that our soul, the spirit of the virtuous people, will be lifted.
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Group meditation, Monaco Center, Monaco, May 4th, 2008 (Originally in English) M. Thats really beautiful. [Master is referring to Her birthday cake.] This is a birthday for all of us, that every day we renew our strength to be a good person on Earth and to help whoever we can and to improve ourselves. Something I want to tell you about protecting the planet. Even if the whole population of the planet, everybody eats only half vegetarian, we can save the planet already. Thats the best, the quickest way. Because meat is not only about the land, its about water, medicine, energy, transportation, pollution from transportation, everything and conscience makes people sick. So if you can tell people to be vegetarian, thats the best thing that you can do for them and for the planet. Even we can keep all the airplanes, we can keep all the cars, we can keep all the things now, because CO2 is not as bad as the conscience sickness, and not as bad as spending so much water on animal raising and wasting land and deforestation, and transportation. Even if we eat vegetarian, we still can keep all the airplanes, cars, trains, everything as usual even. Dont even need to rely on the government, because the government cannot always do everything. The government cannot forbid people to eat meat, for example. Maybe they can, but they dont want to do it. So the best to save the planet is the individual. Just be vegetarian and we save a lot of methane gas and a lot of transportation pollution, a lot of waste on water and land, and those land we can cultivate. There is enough food for everybody. And the food that we feed the animals we can feed the hungry. We can never go hungry. The whole planet can be fed if people go vegetarian. And then we can even still keep all the styles that we have now. Like the airplane. Yes, we can. Of course, its the best if we dont. But still, even if we still have car, airplane and train and all that, but the planet people are vegetarian, then we can save the planet still. But not everybody knows that. Tell whoever you can to save the planet. But even if we cannot, then we cannot. Q. I would just like to say one remark about the planet, because we are all talking about that. The nature is not changing. No, we are changing the nature. And we have to bring that out to everybody, because you are all on a good way, to be vegetarian. I am so happy to see that and to hear that. I am afraid about that because most of the people all over the world are very nervous and yearning for money. But its not the money in our life. Its the personality and to be together with nice people and to live in peace all together. One more thing about the climate that everyone worries about that you keep asking me. You know, if we have the blessing of the government, it would be good. But otherwise, everybody can do it. Just be vegetarian and we can save it. Save a lot. Because of the bad karma: As you sow so shall you reap. If we do bad things then we get bad things. Its not just about the physical energy or the waste of water and all that, even. The bad karma will come back on us and nobody can save us, not even God. Because God told us to do this and we dont do it so Hes lets us free. If you want to make mistake, its your freedom. God is not somebody who controls you all the time. It would be good if Hes does some controlling, but Hes doesnt do it. So we have to control ourselves, we have to know whats good, whats bad. Read the bible. Read the scripture of your religion. Really study well to see what the scripture tells you to do. All the tips in any scripture of any religion tell you how to survive here, how you save the planet, and how to live well, and how to go to heaven afterwards. Its all in the scriptures. Its not me saying anything.
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But now, physically speaking, if all the governments give us the blessing and encourage more, and Im happy that many governments now are encouraging children to eat vegetarian, more vegetables, less meat and more vegetables. And Im so happy. Maybe we can still save the planet. And one more thing is if we have the blessing also of the media, every newspaper, every day when they print out the newspaper, they could just print one sentence, Be Veg. Go Green. Be Vegetarian. Go Green. Thats it. So easy. All the newspapers can do that. They dont have to say anything more. Every day, when they print the newspaper, just one headline somewhere, Be Veg. Go Green. Save the Planet. And all entertainment programs, whenever they do some entertainment, they could say it before or after, Please Save the Planet. Be Veg. Go Green. Everybody helps. And the governments put billboards everywhere, Be Veg. Go Green. Save the Planet. And then, all the billboards, every advertisements should add one sentence, Save the Planet. Be Veg. Go Green. Then well be fine. Well be smiling. Even if people eat only half vegetarian, like if youre a meat eater, like you eat every day meat, now if you eat only half a week meat and half a week vegetarian, we already can be singing, can be happy. So thats what I think. Thats the solution for the planet. If you know some newspaper man, you can suggest this. Just one little headline, or any headline anywhere. Every day, when they print the newspaper, Please Save the Planet. Be Veg. Go Green. And if you want to know more, they can ask everybody else or you can watch our television or they can ask our website. Its easy. Were already advertising a lot on newspapers but its not enough. I think all the media should help to save the planet. Because if the planets gone, theyre also gone. Everybody should realize that. Money useless, house useless, power useless, everybody will be gone. So we do what we can to make people realize that. We have to save the only planet that we have and the most beautiful one that we know. Its the only one we know. Of course, you know some other better planets, but they dont know that. They dont know that. For the most people they dont know that. They dont know that we can see other planets. So we do this for the people who dont see other planets. But they think we do it for us. Well, also for us. The longer we live here, the better. We can meditate more, eat more pizza. Come here and have more fun. We enjoy this planet also, even if we know other planets. Even if we know heaven, we still enjoy this planet very much. And we wish that all the inhabitants can have a safe, beautiful and contented life here. And all they do is just sacrifice the piece of meat and put in place a piece of tofu. How difficult can it be? My God! If you call that a sacrifice. Its worth it, for your children, right? For the next generations to have the planet. And at least until we find a better solution for the planet. Right now we have to stop it. Stop the global warming because millions of people already hungry and displaced because of the global warming every day. And if we dont stop it, we even have war. Because when people are too hungry and have nothing to eat for their children, they will make some trouble. And you cant just kill everybody, you cant just go out and kill millions of people if they rob your house, you cant just do that. See what I mean? So the solution is just be vegetarian. Dont even have to be green yet. Just be vegetarian, then we can save the planet. Because the consequence of the ecosystem, because it takes so much to raise animals than to plant vegetables, it takes so much to feed animals than to feed the hungry people. We use all the resources to feed the animals so that we can eat the steak. Two minutes, not even, maybe one minute, finished. So much work, so much transportation, so much energy, so much money, so much water. Too much goes into one piece of steak. And a lot of people hungry for it, too. And we create bad karma for ourselves as well. So we suffer some liver problem,
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will we live anyway? Even if you die, you do it. [Q: Thats true.] So if you tell everybody to be vegetarian, to save animals, to save the planet, even if they criticize you, take it. It is for the noble cause, but one day theyll worship you. Yes, look at how they follow you. They follow your idea in the beginning because you change into the choice. Thats step one, and now we make plan B. Just like you started vegetarian choice in the school, people criticize you a lot, but you didnt care. The only one choice in this world is one choice, the right choice. Because Waldorf is a very prestigious school and if you did that, everybody will follow. I hope they follow on time, that we have enough time. Not until 15 years or 50 years later waiting and still thinking that we still have time. We dont. Maybe the world doesnt end immediately at four years but suffering gradually and die in agony, with sickness, disease, disaster everywhere before it ends. And we dont want that to our fellow human beings or animals. You have to save them, in your world. You have the world to save; you save it in your world, and each one saves it in his little own world, maybe we can save the whole world then. What else can we do? So we have to do it in our capacity, yes? You convince people first, of course. You tell them the desperation of it. Do something. You, too both of you. The world and its survival is even more important, more urgent. After the world has survived, we can still help each other. But if we dont help the world, then I cant even help anymore. Group meditation, Kuala Lumpur Center, Malaysia, February 23rd, 1992 (Originally in English) Our motive is actually not to run away from our duties or from our Earth. Its just that if we could not stay here, and if we could not change it, then we have to go. So if you love our world, if you are a down-to-earth person, if you think the Earths people are still worthwhile, trustworthy, then save them. Save them with your wisdom, with what you know about the practice, about compassion, about love, about the Quan Yin method. That is our duty. And even after all, if everyone changes into Quan Yin and vegetarian eaters, you still dont like this planet, well, other planets are ready. Other places are waiting for you. The best glory youll find in meditation, in bettering yourself, in making yourself become a very beautiful citizen of this world. Our world can become as beautiful as nirvana. It is that the worlds people dont work toward it; otherwise it can be as beautiful as any nirvana can be. All the money we waste in arms, in wars, in killing each other, in capturing each other, in chasing each other around the world, we can use to pave all the streets in the whole planet. And plant all the beautiful trees, all the exotic flowers, and the most nutritious fruits and food, even just to look at.
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Initiation into the Quan Yin method of meditation

Supreme Master Ching Hai initiates sincere people longing to know the Truth into the Quan Yin method of meditation. The Chinese characters Quan Yin mean contemplation of the Sound vibration. The method includes meditation on both the inner Light and the inner Sound. These inner experiences have been repeatedly described in the spiritual literature of all the worlds religions since ancient times. For example, the Christian bible says, In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This Word is the inner Sound. It has also been called the Logos, Shabd, Tao, Sound stream, Naam, or the celestial music. Master Ching Hai says, It vibrates within all life and sustains the whole universe. This inner melody can heal all wounds, fulfill all desires, and quench all worldly thirst. It is all powerful and all love. It is because we are made of this Sound, that contact with it brings peace and contentment to our hearts. After listening to this Sound, our whole being changes, and our entire outlook on life is greatly altered for the better. The inner Light, the Light of God, is the same Light referred to in the word enlightenment. Its intensity can range from a subtle glow to the brilliance of many millions of suns. It is through the inner Light and Sound that we come to know God. The initiation into the Quan Yin method is not an esoteric ritual or a ceremony for entering a new religion. During the initiation, specific instruction in meditation on the inner Light and inner Sound is given, and Master Ching Hai provides the spiritual transmission. This first taste of divine presence is given in silence. Master Ching Hai need not be physically present in order to open this door for us. The transmission is an essential part of the method. The techniques themselves will bring little benefit without the grace of the Master. Because we may hear the inner Sound and see the inner Light immediately upon initiation, this event is sometimes referred to as sudden or immediate enlightenment. Master Ching Hai accepts people from all backgrounds and religious affiliations for initiation. We do not have to change our present religion or system of beliefs. We will not be asked to join any organization, or participate in any way that does not suit our current life style. However, we will be asked to become a vegetarian. A lifetime commitment to the vegetarian diet is a necessary prerequisite for receiving initiation. The initiation is offered free of charge. Daily practice of the Quan Yin method of meditation, and the keeping of the five precepts are our only requirements after initiation. The precepts are guidelines that help us to neither harm ourselves nor any other living being. These practices will deepen and strengthen our initial enlightenment experience, and allow us to eventually attain the highest levels of awakening or Godhood for ourselves. Without daily practice, we will almost certainly forget our enlightenment and return to a normal level of consciousness.
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Master Ching Hais goal is to teach us to be self-sufficient. Therefore, She teaches a method that can be practiced by everyone, by themselves, without props or paraphernalia of any kind. She is not looking for followers, worshippers, or disciples, or to establishing an organization with a dues paying membership. She will not accept money, prostrations, or gifts from us, so we do not need to offer these to Her. She will accept our sincerity in daily life and meditational practice to progress ourselves to sainthood. The five precepts 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. * ** Refrain from taking the life of sentient beings. * Refrain from speaking what is not true. Refrain from taking what is not ours. Refrain from sexual misconduct. Refrain from using intoxicants. ** This precept requires strict adherence to a vegan or lacto-vegetarian diet. No meat, fish, poultry, or eggs (fertilized or non-fertilized). This includes avoiding all poisons of any kind, such as alcohol, drugs, tobacco, gambling, pornography, and excessively violent films or literature.
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The Supreme Master Ching Hais teachings on line

Quan Yin (Light and Sound) method of meditation worldwide websites English www.SupremeMasterChingHai.org 74 languages are available www.GodsDirectContact.us 74 languages are available www.GodsDirectContact.com www.GodsDirectContact.org.tw English, , English www.GodsDirectContact.net English www.GodsImmediateContact.com English www.GodsDirectContact.co.uk English www.GodsDirectContact.org English www.RememberGod.org Espaol www.ContactoInmediatoCondios.org u L c www.GodsImmediateContact.net/aulac www.GodsDirectContact.or.kr www.SupremeMasterChingHai.tv www.GodsImmediateContact.org Bahasa Indonesia www.GodsDirectContact.or.id www.GodsDirectContact-thai.org Nepali www.Nepali.GodsDirectContact.net Franais www.ContactDirectAvecdieu.org Polish www.QuanYin.pl Portugus www.ContaoDiretoComdeus.com.br Deutsch www.GodsDirectContact.de Deutsch www.Direkter-Kontakt-Mit-Gott.org www.QuanYin.narod.ru esky www.GodsDirectContact.cz Magyar www.Kozvetlenkapcsolatistennel.hu Svenska www.GodsDirectContact.com/swedish Romnete www.GodsDirectContact.eu/rom/index Italiano www.ContattoDirettoCondio.it Supreme Master Ching Hais book store www.SMCHBooks.com SM celestial shop www.TheCelestialShop.com www.SMCelestial.org www.LoveOceanCreative.org www.LoveOcean.org www.EdenRules.com International vegan chain of restaurants www.LovingHut.com
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Supreme Master Ching Hais lectures are not a complete meditation instruction. Please do not try alone. If you wish to learn and meet with Supreme Master Ching Hai for immediate enlightenment and eternal liberation, please contact our local Meditation Centers for free of charge guidance. For the latest information on our liaison practitioners worldwide, please visit the following URL: www.GodsDirectContact.org.tw/eng/cp/index.htm Headquarters PO Box 730247, San Jose, CA 95173-0247, USA PO Box 9 Hsihu Hsiang, Miaoli Hsien, Formosa (Taiwan 36899) Supreme Master Television Email: Peace@SupremeMasterTV.com/www.SupremeMasterTV.com Tel: (1) 626 444 4385/Fax: (1) 626 444 4386 TV Program Videotapes A Journey through Aesthetic Realms Email: TV@godsdirectcontact.org Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association Publishing Company Limited, Taipei, Formosa (Taiwan) E-mail: smchbooks@godsdirectcontact.org/www.SMCHBooks.com Tel: (886) 2 8787 3935/Fax: (886) 2 8787 0873 Love Ocean Creative International Company Limited Email: info@loveoceancreative.com Tel: (886) 2 2706 5528 Fax: (886) 2 2707 7727 Address: B1, No. 5, Alley 30, Lane 78, Sec. 2, Fusing S. Road, Da-an District, Taipei 10664, Formosa (Taiwan) S.M. Book Department Email: divine@godsdirectcontact.org/Fax: (1) 240 352 5613 or (886) 9 4988 3778 (You are welcome to join us in translating Masters books into other languages.) News Group Email: lovenews@godsdirectcontact.org/Fax: (1) 801 740 9196 or (886) 9 4672 8475 S.M. Celestial Company Limited/The Celestial Shop Email: mcj@mail.sm-cj.com/www.SM-CJ.com www.TheCelestialShop.com Tel: (886) 2 8791 0860/Fax: (886) 2 8791 1216 Spiritual Information Desk Email: lovewish@godsdirectcontact.org/Fax: (886) 9 4673 0699 Loving Food Company Email: lfhealth@ms32.hinet.net/www.EdenRules.com (on line shopping) Tel: (886) 37 723 886 Fax: (886) 37 724 065 Address: 1499 Chung-Hwa Road, Ho-Long Chen, Miaoli Hsien, Formosa (Taiwan) Loving Hut International Company Limited www.LovingHut.com
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Introduction to our publications

The Key of Immediate Enlightenment * A collection of Supreme Master Ching Hais lectures. * Available in Aulacese (Vols. 1-16), Bulgarian (Vol. 1), Chinese (Vols. 1-10), English (Vols. 15), French (Vol. 1), German (Vols. 1-2), Hungarian (Vol. 1), Indonesian (Vols. 1-5), Japanese (Vol. 1-4), Korean (Vols. 1-11), Mongolian (Vols. 4 & 6), Polish (Vols. 1-2), Portuguese (Vols. 1-2), Spanish (Vols. 1-3), Swedish (Vol. 1), Thai (Vols. 1-6), and Tibetan (Vol. 1). The Key of Immediate Enlightenment Questions and Answers * Question-and-answer sessions between Master and spiritual practitioners. * Available in Aulacese (Vols. 1-4), Bulgarian (Vol. 1), Chinese (Vols. 1-3), Czech (Vol. 1), English (Vols. 1-2), French (Vol. 1), German (Vol. 1), Hungarian (Vol. 1), Indonesian (Vols. 13), Japanese (Vol. 1), Korean (Vols. 1-2), Polish (Vol. 1), and Portuguese (Vol. 1). The Key of Immediate Enlightenment Special Edition * A collection of Masters lectures during the 1993 world lecture tour. * Available in Chinese and English (Vols. 1-6). The Key of Immediate Enlightenment My Wondrous Experiences with Master * Available in Aulacese and Chinese (Vols. 1-2). The Key of Immediate Enlightenment Special Edition/7-day Retreat * A collection of Masters lectures during a 7-day retreat in Formosa, 1992. * Available in Aulacese and English. Letters between Master and Spiritual Practitioners * Available in Aulacese (Vols. 1-2), Chinese (Vols. 1-3), English (Vol. 1), and Spanish (Vol. 1). Master Tells Stories * Available in Aulacese, Chinese, English, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, and Thai. Aphorisms * Gems of eternal wisdom from Supreme Master Ching Hai. * Available in combined language editions of Chinese/English, English/Japanese, English/Korean, French/German, and Portuguese/Spanish. I Have Come to Take You Home * A collection of quotes and spiritual teachings by Supreme Master Ching Hai. * Available in Arabic, Aulacese, Bulgarian, Chinese, Czech, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Korean, Romanian, Russian, Polish, Spanish, and Turkish. Gods Direct Contact The Way to Reach Peace * A collection of quotes and spiritual teachings by Supreme Master Ching Hai. * Available in Chinese and English. Coloring Our Lives * A collection of quotes and spiritual teachings by Supreme Master Ching Hai. * Available in Aulacese, Chinese and English. Of God and Humans Insights from Bible Stories * A collection of quotes and spiritual teachings by Supreme Master Ching Hai. * Available in Chinese and English. God Takes Care of Everything * Illustrated tales of wisdom by Supreme Master Ching Hai. * Available in Aulacese, Chinese, English, French, Japanese, and Korean.
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The Supreme Master Ching Hais Enlightenment Humor Your Halo is Too Tight! * Available in Chinese and English. Secrets to Effortless Spiritual Practice * Available in Aulacese, Chinese and English. Living in the Golden Age Series The Realization of Health Returning to the Natural and Righteous Way of Living * Collected excerpts from the lectures of Supreme Master Ching Hai. * Available in multi-languages The Dogs in My Life (Vols. 1-2) * Stories by Supreme Master Ching Hai. * Available in multi-languages The Birds in My Life * Stories by Supreme Master Ching Hai. * Available in multi-languages The Noble Wilds * Stories by Supreme Master Ching Hai. * Available in multi-languages Supreme Kitchen International Vegetarian Cuisine * A collection of culinary delicacies recommended by Master and fellow practitioners from all parts of the world. * Available in Aulacese, Chinese/English, and Japanese. Supreme Kitchen Home Taste Selections * Available in Chinese/English. DVD, VCD, Video, Audio & MP3 * Almost all of Supreme Master Ching Hais lectures, interviews and talks with groups of practitioners during the past decades have been recorded and are available on audio or videotapes, as well as VCD and DVD, subtitled in multiple languages. Detailed catalogs of Masters videotapes, audiotapes and books are available from www.smchbook.com. All publications are offered at near-cost prices. Direct inquires are welcome; please contact your local Center or the Formosa headquarters smchbooks@GodsDirectContact.org with any questions or requests. Supreme Master Ching Hais Art World: Poetry * Wu Tzu poems (in Aulacese, Chinese, and English). * Silent tears (in Aulacese/Chinese/English, Filipino, French/German, Korean, Portuguese, and Spanish). * Traces of previous lives (in Aulacese, Chinese, and English). * Pebbles and gold (in Aulacese, Chinese, and English). * The lost memories (in Aulacese, Chinese, and English). * The dream of a butterfly (in Aulacese, Chinese, and English). * The old times (in Aulacese and English). * The love of centuries (in Aulacese, Chinese, English, French, German, Korean, Mongolian, and Spanish). The Collection of the Art Creations * Series of paintings by Supreme Master Ching Hai. Celestial Art * A collection of Supreme Master Ching Hais creative works. * Available in Chinese and English. Musical Creations * Collections of music and songs composed by Master. * Poetry recited by Master Herself. * Available on CD, audiotape, videotape & DVD.
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Benefit Concerts * Long Beach, CA (1996), Washington, D.C. (1997), and Hollywood, CA (1998). These benefit concerts held in honor of Supreme Master Ching Hai, feature Her poetry set to music by world-famous composers and performed by renowned singers and musicians. Specially Recommended: One World of Peace through Music * Benefit concert held at the Shrine Auditorium in 1998. * Available on video, CD and one exquisite book (in Aulacese, Chinese, and English). An Evening with the Stars With Hollywood Celebrities * Available on DVD. Paintings, Lamps, Clothing and Jewelry Design SM Celestial Fashion Album * Appreciate Masters art work online www.GodsDirectContact.org.tw
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Beautiful gifts for yourselves and your loved ones

Animals are celestial beings, just like humans. We can talk to each other from deep within. Love is our common language, the celestial language. The books entitled The Dogs in My Life, The Birds in My Life and The Noble Wilds share the loving feeling between any pet and their Master. The deeply personal relationship between a human and an animal companion is intimate, touching and full of unconditional love. Reading these books helps us to build an interactive intimacy with our own loving pets. We invite the readers to experience the beautiful and blissful love between a humanitarian and spiritual Teacher and Her noble, loving pets. Supreme Master Ching Hai has millions of adoring fans around the world, but none so close as Her own loving pets. Book descriptions The Dogs in My Life In the newly released The Dogs in My Life (Volume 1 & 2), the first publication lovingly written and personally designed by Supreme Master Ching Hai, readers will rediscover the simplicity of the love and rejoice in the sincerity of friendship, as exhibited by the 10 canine friends, with names like Benny, Lucky, Happy, Goody, and Hermit. Learn about the Scholar, Fruity, Princissa, Chip Ahoy, the Shadow Hunter, and others; listen to their engaging tales. They all have diverse life stories and distinctive personalities, yet their devotion for their human pet is unequivocal, and their humor, intelligence and many other noble qualities are truly from the same source. The Birds in My Life Following The Dogs in My Life, Supreme Master Ching Hai wrote another book entitled, The Birds in My Life, for the twenty-three beloved winged members of Her household. In this beautifully illustrated book, each feathered creature is described in a biography lovingly composed by Master, together with pictures from the birds daily life and captions with bird talk. Each of these beautiful birds comes from a different background and has an interesting and unique personality. Some of their stories will move us into tears, while others may make us smile. Their cute mannerisms have brought much joy and laughter to Master. Hidden inside these tiny creatures are highly developed and loving souls. Master said that She has often been touched by the expressions and actions of the birds, and even inspired by them. She hopes that all of us will understand other living beings such as birds, and love and respect them as equals.
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The Noble Wilds With a rhythmic, meditative tone, the words of The Noble Wilds flow gracefully along the pages, complemented by the luminous photos of Gods creations in nature. Turning the pages, one is transported to Amoura, the place where the lady lives and is visited by cherished beings of the wild. The lady is none other than Supreme Master Ching Hai, and The Noble Wilds is yet another of Her simple but deeply touching gifts. Written, photographed and compiled personally by Master, this precious gem opens the door to a world of unique beauty. Here, the reader can witness firsthand the noble spirit and dedication of our co-inhabitants whose homes are under the open sky the swan, the goose, the squirrel, the beaver and even a tiny garden snail. Although generally shy of humans, these animals allow themselves to be photographed, and indeed can even be seen eagerly approaching the ladys gentle offering of favorite foods. The love conveyed is unlike any other full of dignity and grace, yet as deep and enduring as the eternal. All books are printed by soy ink for environmental protection. Such ink is not only nontoxic but also very helpful for environment of the Mother Earth, which is a good example of time to act. Through these books, we will understand how deeply our animal friends can feel and how intelligent they can be. They are absolutely loyal to partners, friends and human caretakers. They can be very sensitive and tender in expressing their love, and when they lose a loved one, they suffer the same sadness as humans do. Thats why Master Ching Hai says, If humans could love each other that much, peace and happiness would be ours forever. These 300 pages of wonderful pictures and stories will lead us to a world populated by beautiful birds and help us understand their lives, their deep emotions and thoughts. Read The Dogs in My Life, The Birds in My Life and The Noble Wilds, and fall in love with some of the most special beings on Earth. The Dogs in My Life, The Birds in My Life and The Noble www.amazon.com/dp/9866895084/ ; Wilds are also available online at: www.amazon.com/dp/9866895149/ and www.amazon.com/Noble-Wilds-Supreme-MasterChing/dp/9868415233. These books are beautiful gifts for yourselves and your loved ones. Have them delivered as soon as possible to our doors and begin experiencing Gods love and blessing flowing on every page! Celestial Art Celestial Art is a distinguished volume in which the author interprets artistic creation from a spiritual perspective to reflect Truth, virtue, and the beauty of heaven. As readers are invited into the boundless world of Supreme Master Ching Hais celestial art and uplifted through its resonance with the Divine, they will be profoundly touched by the deep emotions of a poet, the subtle touches of a painter, the unique ideas of a designer, and the romantic heart of a musician. Above all, one is blessedly introduced to the wisdom and compassion of a great spiritual Teacher. Supreme Master Ching Hai personally named this book Celestial Art, to bring the beauty of heaven to this world. The works of art collected in this book symbolize a noble way of living in real practice. As a collection of Supreme Master Ching Hais creative works of art throughout the years, this book is presented in exquisite color photographs and simple yet profound comments by the author Herself. She speaks of the natural process behind Her creativity and Her source of inspiration, revealing for readers an appreciation of the true meaning of Her works. She also
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shares ways to help us develop our own creative talents. Although Supreme Master Ching Hai never received formal training in the arts, She is gifted with refined creative ability. Many of Her works, inspired by spontaneous intuition, are natural, expressive, and tenderly graced with divine love: If we can find our Truth, virtue, and beauty again, then the material world will become more meaningful to us and the world will be more beautiful. We can find the Truth in this illusionary world because we can always track down the real thing by following its shadow. says Supreme Master Ching Hai. About the author Supreme Master Ching Hai Supreme Master Ching Hai is a world-renowned spiritual Teacher, artist, and humanitarian, whose loving assistance extends beyond all cultural boundaries. Born in central Au Lac (Vietnam), Supreme Master Ching Hai studied in Europe and worked there for the Red Cross. She soon realized that suffering exists in all corners of the globe, and Her yearning to find a remedy became the foremost goal in Her life. She was happily married at the time to a German physician, and although it was a difficult decision for both of them, Her husband agreed to a separation. She then embarked on a journey in search of spiritual enlightenment. Eventually, in the Himalayas in India, She received from a true Master the divine transmission of the inner Light and Sound, which She later called the Quan Yin method. After a period of diligent practice, She attained the great enlightenment. Soon after Her return from the Himalayas, at the earnest request of those around Her, Supreme Master Ching Hai shared the Quan Yin method with others, encouraging them to look within to find their own divine greatness. Before long, invitations arrived from the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Africa for Supreme Master Ching Hai to give lectures. Supreme Master Ching Hais compassionate heart has also been reflected in Her meticulous care for the less fortunate in different circumstances. The funding generated from Her artistic creations has enabled the support of Her mission of comforting Gods children in times of need. More recently, Supreme Master Ching Hai has authored books that have become number one international best-sellers, namely The Dogs in My Life, The Birds in My Life, and The Noble Wilds. These volumes reveal many insights into the deep emotions and thoughts of our treasured animal co-inhabitants, highlighting their gracious spirit and unconditional love. Wishing to acknowledge others for their actions and influence toward developments of goodness in the world, Supreme Master Ching Hai founded the Shining World Leadership Award in March 2006. Since then, She has also established other prestigious awards, such as Shining World Compassion Award, Shining World Hero and Heroine Awards, Shining World Honesty Award, Shining World Protection Award, Shining World Intelligence Award, and Shining World Invention Award. This honor is bestowed on individuals, nations, and organizations such as the second President of the Republic of Slovenia, Dr. Janez Drnovek, Dr. Jane Goodall, and Save the Children whose exemplary works have significantly contributed to the harmony, beauty, and sustainability of our earth. Supreme Master Ching Hai is among notable pioneers in our society today who wisely and courageously express concern about climate change. In fact, for more than twenty years, She has talked about preserving the environment. She catapulted the Alternative Living and SOS Global Warming campaigns to promote a benevolent lifestyle without animal products. Be Veg, Go Green, Save the Planet is now a well-known motto that originated from Supreme Master Ching Hai. In our era, Supreme Master Ching Hai is truly a selflessly dedicated individual, tirelessly helping world citizens create a bright future for our beloved planet.
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Veganism in religions
THE BAHAI FAITH Regarding the eating of animal flesh and abstinence therefrom, know thou of a certainty that, in the beginning of creation, God determined the food of every living being, and to eat contrary to that determination is not approved. (Selections from the Bahais writings on some aspects of health) CAO I ... The most important thing is to stop killing... because animals also have souls and understand like humans... If we kill and eat them, then we owe them a blood debt. (Teachings of the saints about keeping the ten precepts Abstaining from killing, Section 2) BUDDHISM All meats eaten by living beings are of their own relatives. (Lankavatara Sutra (Tripitaka No. 671))
CHRISTIANITY Meats for the belly, and the belly for meats: But God shall destroy both it and them. (1st Corinthians 6:13, Holy Bible) And while the flesh was yet between their teeth, ere it was chewed, the wrath of the Lord was kindled against the people, and the Lord smote the people with a very great plague. (Numbers 11:33, Holy Bible) ESSENES I am come to end the sacrifices and feasts of blood, and if ye cease not offering and eating of flesh and blood, the wrath of God shall not cease from you. (Gospel of the Holy Twelve) ISLAM Allah will not give mercy to anyone, except those who give mercy to other creatures. Do not allow your stomachs to become graveyards of animals! (Prophet Muhammad, Hadith)
CONFUCIANISM All men have a mind which cannot bear to see the sufferings of others. The superior man, having seen the animals alive, cannot bear to see them die; having heard their dying cries, he cannot bear to eat their flesh. (Mencius, King Hui of Liang, Chapter 4) HINDUISM Since you... cannot bring killed animals back to life, you are responsible for killing them. Therefore you are going to hell; there is no way for your deliverance. (Adi-lila, Chapter 17, Verses 159-165) He who desires to augment his own flesh by eating the flesh of other creatures lives in misery in whatever species he may take his birth. (Mahabharata, Anu. 115.47. FS, page 90) JUDAISM And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood (flesh); I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. (Leviticus 17:10, Holy Bible) TAOISM Do not go into the mountain to catch birds in nets, nor to the water to poison fishes and minnows. Do not butcher the ox that plows your field. (Tract of the Quiet Way) ZOROASTRIANISM Those plants, I, Ahura Mazda (God), rain down upon the earth, to bring food to the faithful, and fodder to the beneficent cow. (Avesta, Venidad Fargard 5-20)
JAINISM A true monk should not accept such food and drink as has been especially prepared for him involving the slaughter of living beings. (Sutrakritanga)
SIKHISM Those mortals who consume marijuana, flesh and wine no matter what pilgrimages, fasts and rituals they follow, they will all go to hell. (Guru Granth Sahib, page 1377) TIBETAN BUDDHISM The offering to the deities of meat obtained by killing animate beings is like offering a mother the flesh of her own child; and this is a grievous failure. (The Supreme Path of Discipleship: The Precepts of the Gurus, the Thirteen Grievous Failures, Great Guru Gampopa)
Everybody knows that vegetarian diet is good for health and to save the planet. They will be awakening their own great, compassionate, loving, self-nature. And then their level of consciousness will rise up automatically. And they will understand more than they ever did. And they will be closer to heaven than what they are right now. (Supreme Master Ching Hai, Videoconference with Sydney Center, Australia, August 17, 2008)
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Benefits of a vegan diet and harms of meat consumption

Benefits of a vegan diet Lower blood pressure. Lower cholesterol levels. Reduce Type 2 diabetes. Prevent stroke conditions. Reverse atherosclerosis. Reduce heart disease risk by 50%. Reduce heart surgery risk by 80%. Prevent many forms of cancer. Stronger immune system. Increase life expectancy up to fifteen years. Higher IQ. Conserves up to 70% clean water. Saves 80% of the cleared Amazonian rainforest from animal grazing. Free up 3,433 billion hectares of land. Free up 760 million tons of grain every year (half the worlds grain supply). Consumes 1/3 less fossil fuels of those used for meat production. Reduces pollution from untreated animal waste. Maintains cleaner air. Saves 4.5 tons of emissions per United States household per year. Stop 80% of global warming. Harms of meat consumption Some diseases related to meat consumption production Fatal prion diseases transmissible through air and milk. Rabies. Anthrax. Sleeping sickness. Q fever. Norovirus. Swine flu. Ebola-reston virus. Cured meat and fish increase leukemia risk in children. Antibiotic-resistant superbug infections from a strain of staphylococcus aureus. Blue tongue disease. E coli. Salmonella. Bird flu. Mad cow disease (Creutfeldt-Jakob disease, 90% of the population at risk). Pig's disease (PMWS). Listeriosis. Shellfish poisoning. Pre-eclampsia. Campylobacter. Clostridium difficile. Diseases hidden in healthy-appearing livestock. Some of the costs of meat eating Infertility Eating just one serving of meat per day increases the risk of womens infertility by 32%, with additional meat consumption increasing the risk. Heart disease Over 17 million lives lost globally each year. Cost of cardiovascular disease is at least USD1 trillion a year. Cancer Increased childhood cancers and adult reproductive cancers from hormones in meat. Colorectal cancer. Over 1 million new colon cancer patients diagnosed each year.
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Harms of meat consumption More than 600,000 colon cancer-related mortalities annually. In the United States alone, colon cancer treatment costs about USD6.5 billions. Millions of people are newly diagnosed with other meat-related cancers every year. Diabetes 246 million people are affected worldwide. An estimated USD174 billions spent each year on treatment in just the United States. Obesity Worldwide 1.6 billion adults are overweight with 400 millions more who are obese. Costs USD93 billions each year for medical expenses in the United States alone. At least 2.6 million people die annually from problems related to being overweight or obese. Environmental Uses up to 70% of clean water. Pollutes most of the water bodies. Deforests the lungs of the Earth. Uses up to 43% of the world's cereal. Uses up to 85% of the world's soy. Causes world hunger and wars. 80% cause of global warming. Plus more Some of the costs of milk consumption Cowpox from milking cows. Bacterial microbes, pesticides, and enzymes found in cheese, derived from the inner stomach linings of other animals. Up to 80% of the calories in cheese are from pure fat. Breast, prostate and testicular cancer from hormones present in milk. Listeria and Crohns disease. Hormones and saturated fat leads to osteoporosis, obesity, diabetes and heart disease. Linked to higher incidences of multiple sclerosis. Classified as a major allergen. Lactose intolerance. Plus more
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Alternative living
Change our life Change our heart Change our diet
No more killing Be healthy and loving

Examples of nutritious, life saving food: Foods Tofu (from soya). Gluten (from flour). Corn. Rice. Soy beans, kidney beans, chick peas, lentils, et cetera. Almonds, walnuts, cashews, hazel nuts, pine nuts, et cetera. Pumpkin seeds, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds, et cetera. Protein concentration (% by weight) 16% 70% 13% 8.6% 10 35% 14 30% 18 24%
Concentrated multi-vitamin tables/capsules are also a good source of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants. Fruits and vegetables are full of vitamins, minerals and anti-oxidants and contain high-quality fiber for maintaining good health and a long life. The recommended daily allowance: 50 grams of protein (average adult). Calcium from vegetables is more absorbable than from cows milk. To diminish the real threat of a worldwide pandemic from bird flu; To avoid the danger of mad cow disease (BSE) and pig disease (PMWS), et cetera; and To stop the continuing gruesome sacrifice of billions of our sweet domestic animals, marine life and feathered friends daily. Its wise to change to a vegetarian diet for good: Its health; Its economy; Its ecology; Its compassion; Its peace; and Its noble. For more information, visit our websites: www.GodsDirectContact.org/www.SupremeMasterTV.com.
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The heavenly cardinal Supreme Master Ching Hai

A biography of Supreme Master Ching Hai

HEARTFELT PLEA TO THE WORLD FROM SUPREME MASTER CHING HAI 2

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WORLD VEGAN WORLD PEACE: A CONSCIOUS CHOICE 6

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SPIRITUAL BLESSING PORTALS AND GATES TO HEAVEN AND HELL 8

REVEALING THE MYSTERY OF THE PYRAMIDS AND CROP CIRCLES 10

AN INTERVIEW BY JAMES BEAN OF SPIRITUAL AWAKENING RADIO (1) 11

PREMIERE OF THE MONGOLIAN EDITION OF POETRY BOOK THE LOVE OF CENTURIES 12

PREMIERE OF THE ENGLISH EDITION OF POETRY BOOK THE LOVE OF CENTURIES 13

BREATHARIANISM, GOD QUALITY, AND WAYS A MASTER HELPS HUMANITY 14

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NEW YEAR'S ASPIRATIONS: BEING CLOSER TO GOD 15

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PREMIERE OF THE CHINESE EDITION OF POETRY BOOK THE LOVE OF CENTURIES 16

THE WHOLE UNIVERSE IS BLESSING US 17

BE SELFLESS AND UNCONDITIONAL ALL THE TIME 18

BEING A VEGAN: THE ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE FOOD CHOICE

HOW TO GET THE MOST BLESSINGS 20

ORGANIC VEGAN DIET: THE SOLUTION TO EARTH'S 'CIVILIZATION BUSTERS' 21

REVELATIONS ON THE MAGNANIMOUS SUN AND THE UNIVERSE 22

Hallo? Oh, is that Eric? Its Eric Roberts.

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SPIRITUAL BLESSING LINES AND OTHER SECRETS TO SPIRITUAL PROGRESS 24

You are so positive!

THE EXTRAORDINARY LOVE AND IMMEASURABLE WISDOM OF A LIVING MASTER 25

SOS: A QUICK ACTION TO STOP GLOBAL WARMING 27

HUMANITYS LEAP TO THE GOLDEN ERA 28

THE CAUSE AND EFFECT OF CLIMATE CHANGE 29

PROTECT OUR HOME WITH L.O.V.E 31

GLOBAL UNITY: TOGETHER IN SAVING LIVES 32

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CHILDRENS HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE PLANET 33

GLOBAL WARMING: YES, THERE IS A SOLUTION 34

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THE SECRETS OF VENUS 35

SOLUTIONS FOR A BEAUTIFUL PLANET 36

AN INTERVIEW BY CHARLES NORTON OF THE HOUSE MAGAZINE 37

WE HAVE TO SAVE THE PLANET AT ALL COST 38

CONSIDER OTHERS AS WE WOULD OURSELVES 39

International gathering, July 25th, 2009 (Originally in English).

DO WHATEVER WE CAN TO SAVE THE PLANET 40

AN INTERVIEW BY JAMES BEAN OF SPIRITUAL AWAKENING RADIO (2) 41

AN INTERVIEW BY BEN MURNANE OF THE IRISH INDEPENDENT 42

VEGAN EARTH DAY FOR A VEGAN WORLD 43