and an ecological biospherethat supports life, this wondrous planetis our earthly home. from our animal co-inhabitants to the lush rainforestsand life-giving soil, we cherish all theseas gifts from the creator.

health vegetarian diet, it is a common themein the world’s major faiths that during our temporary stay here, we should be goodstewards of mother earth. throughout the years,

supreme master ching hai has shared the messageof leading a balanced life while following a spiritual path. not only must we nourish our spirits, but we share the responsibility to care for natureand our fellow beings. let me tell you a story. once upon a time, in a place called xuan cheng county,

there was a person, probably a chinese, named su ben-yu. he hadn’t eaten steakfor a very long time. he didn’t want to eat steak. so whenever peopleoffered him steaks, he wouldn’t eat them. instead, he would give themto his family members or his subordinates.

he thought thathe was sinless this way because he didn’t eat any steak. one day, he suddenly fell ill. mr. su got sick. most doctors out there used medicinesthat contained animal ingredients. his doctor mixed cow brainwith alcohol for him to drink. he gave that as medicine to him.

wow! it sounds horrible! then that night,he had a dream in which he saw a godwearing a beautiful yellow robe in bright golden color. the god came to himand scolded him loudly, “you! you must have eaten steak. otherwise, why is your body so stinkylike the smell of steak?” mr. su said,“no, i didn’t. i didn’t. i have never eaten any steak.”

he meant he had never eaten beef. then the god in the golden robe said, “bring the book. let’s check.” he asked his subordinateto bring him the book. what book was that? can you guess? it is the book that recordseveryone’s bad karma and blessed rewards. so the book was broughtto him and he said,

“ah! i know why! even though you didn’t eat any steak, you broke the preceptwhen you were ill.” he meant that he had notwanted to eat beef, and he had vowed not to eat beef, but he had broken the vowwhen he was sick. “also, you had given beefto your subordinates and the servants of the family. your life should have beenreduced because of this,

but since you’ve sincerely repented, i will forgive youand spare your life. also, for you to setan example for others, i’ll spare your lifeso that you can tell your story to othersto let them know.” so mr. su was very happy! he couldn’t thank the god enough. so he bowed to the god and said, “but in case someone gives me beefin the future,

what should i do?” maybe he was a kind of official, so sometimes he helped people and they would give him beefto thank him. so he asked, “in casepeople give me steaks in the future, the god smiled and told him, “aiya! just bury them. just bury them under the groundand it’ll be okay. the main problem isyour lack of determination.

i’m not worried thatyou won’t do good deeds. if you truly want to be a good personwho loves and protects the animals, you’ll do anything for it. you’ll know what to do. you have to do the thingsthat avoid harming the animals. but it’s best to tell people ‘no!’ put up a signon the front door saying, ‘i don’t want steaks!’ put a sign outside your front door

and another onea few kilometers away, saying, 'mr. su, who livesat such and such place, does not eat beef. please don’t bring it over.' then it’ll be okay.” but it’s very difficult, right? he may have beena low-ranking official. he couldn’t do that. at that time, there was no newspaperto post the notice,

nor the sos flyers. yes, he could have made some flyers and distributed them everywhere. the ones who gave him beefmust be from his own town. it’s impossible thatthey came from far away, right? so it’s easy. he could have written downthis story in his flyers and distributed them. he could have alsoposted it on his door

for everyone to read. maybe he could have done that,maybe not, because sometimes,it was not legal to do that. so maybe he couldn’t have done that. so in that case,he could only bury the beef. actually, even if he buried the beef,the cow had already been killed. so, it was a difficult situation! but it’s better thangiving it to others to eat. once people ate it,they would get used to it.

then they would sit thereand pray that the bodhisattvas wouldsend more people to bring them beef. once his subordinateswere used to beef, when it ran out, they would pray to the bodhisattvas to bring them moremeat and beef to eat. then, maybe it wouldencourage people to kill. it’s not just that piece of steak;

it’s the killing karma. so, maybe if he buried the meat, he would at least let people know. but if he let people know,it might hurt their feelings. so it’s not perfect adviceor a perfect suggestion. if it were us,what should we say? “don’t bring it! i won’t eat it! you should know by reading the flyer. watch supreme master televisionwhen you go home.

none of us eats meat. all my family membersare vegetarians.” it’s best this way. it’s best to tell yourrelatives and friends, or those you thinkmight bring you steak that, “number one, i don’t accept offerings. number two, if you can’t help bringing something,don’t bring beef.”

he meant that he didn’teat any kind of meat at all. beef was symbolic because it’s from the biggest animal. so when people mentioned beef, others would understand thatthey were meat eaters. this man was a vegetarian, but he gave meat to others to eat. we might makethe same mistake as well. we might think the same way.

sometimes, we might havebought something not good which contained meat or egg. we wouldn’t eat it, but we gave it toour neighbor, right? have you done that? yes. it’s best not to do that in the future. just throw it away. tear it into thousands of piecesand throw it away

so that other peoplewon’t get into trouble. we also won’t have the bad karmaof encouraging others to eat meat. once they eat it and like it,they will go out to buy more. they may get used to the foodthat contains meat ingredients because they are used to eating meat. then after eating what you give them,they may think, “ah! the food i had today,i’ve never tried before. it’s so tasty! i have to look for it,and buy more.”

then it’s not good, okay? i often givevegetarian food to people. for example, when i go somewhere and meet people such as doctors, nurses, or office workers, i give them a bag of food. for example, lately, i give people vegan chocolatethat doesn’t contain eggs or milk.

there are such chocolates available. i am not sure if they areavailable in china. i have them here. they are also made very beautifully. so i give these to people. there are also vegan sausages, and so-called vegan steaks, or vegan pork, etc. these are all vegetarian.

or vegan chicken; they are all vegetarian, containing no milk or eggs. so i keep a few bags at home. i usually don’t eat those things so i can save them for others. sometimes, it’s difficultto get certain things. so i save the rare ones to give to my guests,neighbors, visitors,

or people i visit. i give them these things together with thealternative living flyers and information about vegetarianismand global warming. sometimes, i alsoinclude teachings of all the religionsregarding the meatless diet, such as those from taoism, confucianism, catholicism,

and islam, etc. so i give them food like this. if they get used to that,it's also a good thing. they will find out, “yes! vegetarian food is also delicious.” once they start to enjoy it,they will find out, “oh! eating meat is so terrible! it's horrible! i will just eat this.”

sometimes, after i gave it to them, they even called me back and asked, “where did you buythe vegetarian pork?” for example like that. “can you tell me?” sometimes, the food isfrom formosa (taiwan), so i can’t help. i told him to go tothose chinese stores, and gave them the namesand the brands

so that they could order for him from formosa (taiwan),mainland china, or somewhere else. at least, he was interested. if he can’t find this one, he will look for something similar. chinese stores sometimes sellcanned or unpacked vegetarian food. i also told him to look forvegetarian health food stores organic stores.

to see if they havesomething similar. they all have these. starting from one thingthat he is interested in, he will look for others. i also gave him manydifferent kinds of food. some of them can befound in local stores; some have emails and addressesthat they can use to place an order. most people don’t know how bad meat eating is

and how good vegetarian diet is. they truly don’t know.how can they know? they have been taught differentlysince they were young. they were told to eat meatto be healthy, etc. after they've grown up,they continue to live like this. when they have children, they continue toteach their children the same thing. when their children have children,they keep living in the same way. that’s why it has become so bad.

it’s not that people are bad. they really don’t know. it’s because sometimes it's statedin the newspaper, “oh, milk is good. steak is good.they make you healthy, etc. every day you should eata certain amount of meat and drink a certain amountof milk.” right? the government also allows such advertisementsto go on

because the governmentalso doesn’t know. the government is very busy. sometimes, people sit thereand blame the government for not doing this or that; but actually they are very busy. they have a lot of things to deal with. each department handlesdifferent things. for example, a president or a chairmanis dependent on the ministry of health to report to him, right?

and the ministry of health is dependenton the health department. for example,the ministry of foreign affairs and the ministry of internal affairs are also dependenton the health department to report to them. the health department is dependenton the food department the food department is dependenton the meat or fish sellers or those researchers

because one departmentis reporting to another, the government has no wayof knowing everything directly. therefore, we have to do it ourselvesif we want it done. we have to tell people to work together, instead of blaming the governmentall the time. don’t wait for the government,either. it’d be greatif the government can do it, because as soonas the government issues an order,

everyone is okay. look at the smoking ban. since the ban, many people have stopped smoking and many diseases have been reduced, many lives have been saved, many children don’t have to inhale the second hand smoke. so, they are all healthy

and the country is more prosperousand stronger. it saves a lot of money! tens of billions of dollars. we can see the differencein a few months. many diseases have been reduced, and the hospitals arenot overwhelmed anymore. sometimes, the number of patientsin hospitals exceeds the hospitals’ capacity, so many emergency patientscouldn’t get in

because of those patientswho are already admitted. and now, the number of patientshas decreased, so hospitals have ample room. right? they also spend a lot of moneyon fuel to bring the patientsback and forth, right? it costs a lot of money, tax dollars from people. where do you thinkthe money comes from? if no one pays,then you would have to pay yourself.

some countries use tax dollarsto cover insurance for people, so that they have freeor very inexpensive medical care. some countries don’t havesuch an insurance system, so we have to payout of our own pocket. it’s also money, right?hard-earned money. it costs hundreds of billionsof dollars in america every year. how many people have died? how many people have gotten sick? how much moneyhas the country spent

because of meat-eating, drinking, smoking and drugs? it costs a lot of money,hard-earned money. the money is givento the government, but the government can’t use iton other better things. they can’t build schoolsfor children, gyms for the elderly, or nursing homesto make elderly people comfortable.

or they build lousy buildingsbecause there is not enough money. the buildings won’t be builtto provide enough comfort. sometimes, the nursing homesare like prisons. they are not nursing homes,but prisons. so people suffer a lot. when they are young, they work hardto earn money to pay taxes, but when they are old, they can’t receive any benefits.

it’s becausethe money is being used on critical illnesses. whatever is leftis then given to the elderly. so, if the money isnot spent on the diseases, we can save a lot. if there is no war,we can save even more money and the people will be much happier. there will be no needto talk about heaven. people will already behappy enough.

if people can live on earth,with enough clothes and food, and a place to stay and someone to take care of themwhen they get old, it will be like in heaven. isn’t that right? most people don’t ask for too much. as long as they can live peacefullyand have enough food and clothes, they are happy. no one stands upto demand that the government

should build a big building for him,buy a lot of meat for him or give him a luxurious life when he gets old. he doesn’t care too muchwhen he is old. as long as he has a roofover his head, a warm place, enough food, and someone to take care of him when he is sick or old,he is okay. but the government

can’t spend the moneyin so many places. so, even though many countriesare very rich, there are still homeless people who have nowhere to stayin the cold weather. they sometimes diein front of the government building. they have nowhere to go. sometimes, a person loses his job then his house will be foreclosed. he has to pay mortgage every month,

so without a job, he can’t pay the mortgage any more. not receiving the mortgage payment, the bank will take the house away. once the house is taken away,he is homeless. once he is homeless, he has a lesser chanceof finding a job. without a home,no one wants to hire him. it’s because he needs tofill out his address, etc.

there are many rules. so he has towander around outside. if our country saves the money, the homeless peoplewould have places to live. even though they are unemployedfor the time being, the government can stilltake care of them because there are enough funds. for example,there are so many people in mainland chinaand everyone pays taxes.

how much moneywould have been saved if there were no sicknessand disasters. right? if people drink, sometimes they have car accidents,die from fighting with others, or hit their children. once a person is drunk,he is disoriented. he doesn’t know who is who,or he loses all his manners. that’s why many disasters happen. with many disasters,there is much need for care.

all these are interconnected. they are not isolated issues. then the money will be spentin the wrong place. otherwise, people will all be able tolive in peace. there will be enough moneyfor everyone to live a comfortable,though not luxurious, life. you’ll have enough to usewith the money you make with your two hands. it’s true.

perhaps if people didn’t get sick, they wouldn’t need to payso much tax. even if they had to pay taxes, when they get old,they will be given even more, not so little. it’s because the government has to use the money to help people with illness, not to mention the disasters causedby the bad karma of meat-eating.

we don’t have to talk about karma. let’s just talkabout the vegetarian diet. the meat diet consumesa lot of the world’s resources, so there is less water, less land and even less oxygen,and more poisonous gases. it’s because it costs a lot to produce one piece of steak. but it costs very little to produce a piece of tofuthat we eat.

and tofu providesthe same amount of nutrition, actually even more than the steaks, and tofu doesn’t haveany ill side effects. so it’s not just about the disease. eating steaksdoesn’t just cause sicknesses. we can’t say, “if i am sick,i can go to the hospital. it’s okay. it’s my own fault, and i’ll endurethe consequence myself.” no. it will affect other people

and the whole world. it’s because meat eatinghurts a lot of people by harming the environment. it causes global warming. you have all seen me. so when you go home, please be more patient and pass out more flyers. if you cannot pass out flyers,then you can talk to more people.

do whatever you can. cook vegetarian food for others. european parliament supports reducing meat to lower greenhouse gases. ... reduce your meat consumptionor stop eating meat totally. during discussionson greenhouse gas reduction goals, the climate committeeof the european parliament officially recognizedlivestock’s contribution

to global warming and recommended a reduction of subsidies to the livestock industry to curb in methane. my name is jens holm. i’m a memberof the european parliament. please, be veg,go green, save the planet! the day before,

a person said thatshe and other sisters worked together at hometo prepare lunch boxes to deliver to offices for sale. they sell it very cheap, 40 nt dollars. they can still make money. even though they sell the foodfor such a low price, they still make money. many people order from them. they have about 200 orders every day.

they are planning to sell more. now other places are also doing it. she said they don’t need to pay taxes,nor do they need a restaurant. they don’t have toworry about anything. together they investeda small amount of money for the lunch box delivery. they work hard and save their earnings. everyone works together. because no one is taking the profit,

then collectively, they have money leftfor common use. then they can do anything they want. they can use the moneyto do anything they want, maybe to print flyers,many flyers. if someone gets sick, and needs help,or someone is poor, they can also help. they can do anythingwith the money. i think it’s very good. they do it with great pleasure.

then they are expandingmore and more. it doesn’t take a lot of capital,so they are not afraid of losing money. for example,if one day you cooked the food, but no one orders anything, or the order is suddenly cancelled,you can just take the food home to eat and close for the day. it’s nothing. it doesn’t cost a lot of money. sometimes,

it’s very difficultto run a restaurant. you may not have enough moneyto rent that restaurant space, or buy that restaurant. if you want to buy one, you have to fill outa lot of paper work. even the pen is tiredof signing papers, but you still may not ownthe restaurant yet. sometimes, at the last moment, you may be blocked.

so, if you just deliver lunch boxes, you won’t be botheredby this situation. they said that the sisters all workfor some companies, so today one person takes 20 boxes, another takes 30 boxes, and another takes 40 boxes to their companies to sellto their colleagues there. it’s so convenient, so easy.

this is also very good. even if you opened a restaurant,you could only have at most two to three hundred customers a day. now they are selling two to three hundredlunch boxes a day too. it’s so convenient. it costs littleand is easy to manage. it’s easy to do. they don’t need to organize anything.

they don’t need to check the landand feng shui. sometimes, to buy a restaurant you have to check it outeven when you can afford it. you have to checkwhether the location is ideal and its feng shui is good. you have to ask the feng shui expertto take a look. then there is so muchcomplicated paperwork to deal with. so if you can’t open a restaurant, just do like this! okay?(okay.)

it’s a good idea! i was so happyto hear about it yesterday. the initiates in beijingare doing it right now. we are planningto promote lunch boxes in beijing, because there is a big market there. about 16 million lunch boxesare served each day. about 16 million rmb worthof lunch boxes. you are making lunch boxes, too?(yes.) that’s wonderful! it’s not just in mainland china.

other places can do it, too. so there’s no problem to do it this wayas long as we keep it hygienic. it has to be hygienic,tasty, and affordable, just the way people like it. if it’s too expensive, then people would rathermake lunches themselves. so we should think of a waythat’s legal and has a little profit as well. if we have no profit,we can’t afford a new pan

if the old one is broken. if you spend all you have,you will be broke. after running for too many miles,tires get worn out, too. right? you’ll need new cars. even bicycles also need new tires. so, it needs to be just right. you shouldn’t starve yourselvesto save others. just follow the same waythose sisters do. do you know who they are?

they were here yesterday,or the day before? i don’t know which provincethey are from. (shanghai.) shanghai?you know them? formosa (taiwan). hong kong. kaohsiung. there is someone like thatin kaohsiung. there seems to be someone like thatin hong kong, too. okay, okay. we have this everywhere.that’s good. very good!

i am happy. it’s goodno matter where it is established. sometimes, even though we sell itfor a low price, with large quantitywe can still make money. if it’s too expensive,very few people would buy it. so, not only will wenot make money, we’ll even suffer a loss. so, if we charge less,we can sell more, and then we can expand the business.

this is wonderful. we don’t need to have restaurants. if we can open a restaurant,we’ll do it. it’s also very good to have a place. if we can’t,making lunch boxes is the best way. some restaurantsalso sell lunch boxes. (yes.) it’s great! it’s getting better and better! maybe when the people on earthearn enough merits,

maybe when the people on earthearn enough merit, our world can be saved. i said “maybe.” it’s my wish. i hope it will come true. but let me tell you. you have to be prepared,okay? (okay.) when you go home,you can plant vegetables or trees on your landor around your home.

if you plant trees,you don’t have to water a lot and you have fruits to eatall the time. fruits can fill us up as well. i am not referringto those sweet fruits only. there are many different kindsof fruits, including cucumbers, watermelons, white gourd, ridged gourds,and papaya. papaya. yes, papaya.

and “stone” melon. i call them “stone” melons because they can even growin stony soil. normally, plants have to growin fertile soil. but there are somethat can grow among stones, so i call them “stone” melons. plant whatever you can. plant the ones that can grow easily,are filling and nutritious, grow fast, and don’t need too much water,because we can live on anything.

so, we can live on anything,as long as our faith is strong. god will not let us die. if we have faith and kindness,we can’t die. the question is notwhether or not we will die or live. when we live,we live a meaningful life, and when we die, we die in peace with a pure heart. we die with a smile. we come and gowhen the time comes.

it’s not a big deal. when we are alive, we should be prepared. plant some fruits. even if we don’t eat them later on, we can give themto the neighbors. plant the good fruits. plant the fruit treesthat produce nutritious fruits. if you can’t finish them all,

you can make jams and give them to friends, etc.it’s fun. you can also sell them. master, i have plantedmy own vegetables for two years. two years? yes, we haveabout two acres of land. can it produce enough? we can’t finish it all. we give themto whoever comes to visit us.

give to fellow initiates,or sell to them. i use organic fertilizer so they grow especially well. yes, yes. a farmer was very curious. he said he planted vegetables, too, but they never grew as well as mine.(i know.) our sisters knowwhy they grow so well. of course.you have spiritual practice.

you practice spirituallyand you have love. the vegetables grow on love. my cucumbers grow as bigas zucchinis. i have seen them. when i was in hungary, i stayed at the centerfor a while. a sister there also knowshow to grow vegetables without harming any beings. she grows organic vegetables.

it’s “organic,” not “paints.” her way of plantingdoesn’t harm many beings. it’s easier to plant those vegetables that don’t require diggingor cutting. like beans – it’s also a kind of fruit. any fruits that can grow on trees. cucumber is also one kind. some look like fingers, such as various beans or squashes;they are all counted as fruits.

they also taste like vegetables, and they are very refreshing. fruits are not just orangesor apples. no, no. the sweet corns taste very good. they taste delicious.(we can eat them raw.) yes. while i was stayingat the hungary center, a sister planted something - it’s not cucumbers…

zucchini. (zucchini.) it looks like a cucumber. but hers are as big as my head, and they are this long. i’m not kidding. it’s true. if you go to hungary now, you’ll see them. she didn’t grow much, only a few rowsbecause she only had a small plot,

but she can’t finish them. she often brings themto the center to give away. they are enormous, like this big, and this long. i had never seen zucchinisthat looked like that. they were as big as white gourds.(wow!) wow! huge.and so delicious, so delicious. we never got tired of eating them,and we could never finish them. that was something.

she didn’t use any fertilizer; she just covered the plantswith hay. she learned the methodfrom helmut in austria. she learnedthe simple way of planting to avoid damaging the soil too much. just poke a hole in the groundwith a finger and throw a seed in, and then cover with hayto keep the moisture in. this way, the moisturewon’t evaporate,

so you won’t need to water much. just by using this method, her vegetables grew so big. i knew that, too. long ago when i was livingin a temple, i did the same, too. they had a small plant like this. for years, it didn’t grow. it was yellowish, small, and thin.

after i got there, i watered the plant. sometimes, i also pouredthe leftover tea from the temple. it grew to fill up the entire room, so i had to sit in a corner. originally, it was placednear the window. it’s true! i’m not kidding. it looked like this,a plant smaller than this one,

and was as short as this. it was in a small pot. after i watered it for a few days,it started to grow. then it became too big, so i changed to a bigger pot. then it just took off, so i changed to an even bigger pot, and it grew even more. it became as big as this,

and it extended to the entire room. later, it became too big,so i had to cut it up and planted each sectionin a small pot. i put them by the roadso passers-by could take them; otherwise, i couldn’t even enterthe room. such a tiny plant transformed into a forest. so, if we practice spiritually,we can live in any condition. even if we don’t eat,it’s okay, too.

i mean we have to trust god,the universal almighty power. you can call this power tao, god,or buddha nature; it doesn’t matter. from this power, everything can be created! look at the zucchini – with what how can it grow so big? it just grows from the soil naturally. we humans can alsodirectly absorb nutrients this way.

that’s why many people can survive without eating any food. they can survive liveon solar energy. some claim thatthey survive live on the air, some on earth’s energy, or forest energy, etc. we can survive liveon any of these. we can eat anything around us. you see, a cucumber just absorbswhat it needs

and grows into a cucumber. some are so small though grownon the same size plot. some people can grow them so big, so it depends on the grower. like that zucchini, it grew into such a big size. it lookedlike the biggest white gourd. so big. and she had many,not just one.

with one, this size, a whole family can’t even finish it. it was as big as this. in scotland, some people grewsweet potatoes also with a lot of love, and they grewas large as human heads! in the u.s.,some people grow pumpkins. they are as big as that chair. every year they have competitions.

they compete to seewhose pumpkin is the largest. and they win prizes. some are so huge.you can see them on tv. they are enormous. even though it’s the same species, some people can grow itinto this size because of their love. years ago in the u.s… in yogananda’s book,

he talked about it, right? an american, he cameto study with yogananda and later he became a saint. whatever he grewwould become so big and beautiful. he grew some plants with thorns,like roses. he asked the plantsto stop growing thorns, so they did. he practiced to a level that he could make anything obey him.

even plants obeyed him. i heard empress wu zetian triedto do this, too. right? once, the peonydidn’t bloom, right? (yes.) she ordered them to bloom,but they didn’t because they got upset. those peony plantsdidn’t agree with her, so they didn’t bloom for herwhen it was time. she then had them movedto somewhere else. so, if we have loving hearts,all things will listen to us.

like old monk guang qin, right? even that tiger didn’t eat him up. the tigers even wanted to follow him, its entire family. the “male tiger,”the “female tiger,” babies, all came to him. they wanted to follow him. it’s a true story because i asked himabout this personally.

i was in formosa (taiwan)at the time, and i visited him. i asked, “master, did youconvert those tigers? is it true?” he said, “yes, yes.” he wouldn’t lie. this is a true story,not a fiction. also, master fu hui is alsoa native of formosa (taiwan). formosa has producedquite a few saints, right?

she hasn’t eaten food, either, for a few decades, right?(for 20 years.) she hasn’t eaten foodfor 20 years. all she does isreciting the compassion sutra. right? all the monks who follow herlook plump, rosy, and handsome. those monks work very hard. they have to work every day. they get up early to recite sutras

and then start working. they eat the leftoversfrom other people. when guests come,they just cook a pot of noodles and then add some wild vegetablesto the noodles, together with some tofuor something, and then they serve thisto the guests. they serve the foodin a bucket. it looks like a small bucket. after the guests finish it up,they bring out another bucket.

can you eat only one meal a day?(yes.) let me tell you,when we are really busy, it’s enoughto eat just one meal a day. it’s no big deal. actually, we can give up the food. it’s just that we’ll be boredif we have nothing to do. that’s why we have to eat. this is true. if we havemore interesting things to do,

we’ll surely forget about eating.we won’t care about it. therefore, if we truly havevery strong faith, we’ll still be fine without eating. when the circumstances force us,maybe we can do this for a while because at that time,we’ll be more focused, knowing that we can’t eat, and we have no choice,so we might as well meditate. what i mean is that even the trees and vegetables

can nourish themselveswith the universal energy and grow to be so big, then we humans can do it, too. so, if you encountercertain situations, don’t be afraid! but it’s bestthat you plant some vegetables! so if you haven’t reached that level, you can also have some food to eat. we have plan b, or a backup plan,

meaning being prepared. in case we can’t surviveon air alone, we’ll still havesome home-grown vegetables to live on. even if you just plantsome sweet potatoes or sweet potatoes leaves, they will keep growing!(that’s right!) they come back every year, right?(yes.) sweet yam is very easy to grow.

very easy to grow, and also very nutritious,very nutritious, as i’ve heard,and you can eat that. potato. it’s like the sweet yam, right? it’s also very easy to grow,as i’ve heard. there is a kind of potato that just grows on its ownyears after years. that’s what i heard.is it like this?

i’ve never studied it. yes? maybe you can. otherwise, just plantsome sweet yams, and then you’re okay!(plant sweet yams.) they are deliciousand the leaves are tasty, too. when we have nothing to eat,whatever we eat is good. so, we can eat this and absorb the universal energyat the same time, meaning energy from nature.

jesus also said, “don’t worryabout what happens tomorrow. look at the lilies of the field. god takes care of them too,and they flourish. grass and trees can all tapinto nature’s nutrients to nourish themselves. we humans are so full of fear. we fear hunger,death, and everything. it’s because we’ve been taught this way

since we were young. if we had been taught differently, then we would be different. therefore, it’s not your fault. you are now older,and it’s harder to change. but you still need totry your best, okay? try your best. in the old days, some spiritual practitionersstayed in the desert,

and god gave thema kind of food called “manna.” they thought manna lookedlike pieces of jade falling from the sky, or like dews on the grass, and then these people ate it. it may not be like this. “manna” meansan inner contentedness. you tell yourself,

“from now on,i won’t feel like eating food. if i don’t have anything to eat,i’ll still be fine!” you should speak to yourselfin such a way, and then your own… that’s what i heard. you can try doing itand you’ll know if this is true. your cells will listen to you, then they will change,and they will say, “okay! from now on, we don’t need todigest any food any more.

we’ll then save more energy!” yes, you can do it. it’s just thatif you don’t eat anything every day, you might feel bored, but it doesn’t meanyou can’t do it, okay? when the time comes,give it a try, okay? (okay.) when you get home,try it for a couple of days. don’t do it for too long. he said thatit is a good thing that

master encourages usto be vegetarian. but it is a little hard to makethe entire population vegetarian. of course, of course.i know that, too. but this might happen one day. if people have no other choice,they will become vegetarian. because there is evenwater shortage now. (that’s right.) our land is becoming barren from lack of nutrients. the ice has been melting

and the climate is getting warmer. we don’t even haveenough vegetables to feed people,let alone animals. later when people havefewer and fewer choices, they will certainly become vegetarians. or, by then, very few people will continue toeat meat, and meat-eating will become illegal. that’s right!

in the past, gambling, drinking and using drugswere illegal. even now these thingsare still illegal. in the past, people didn’t know and they thoughtthese things were okay. now they know these are not okay. in the past, drinking wasoriginally not okay, and banned. then people started tomake bootleg drink, so the lawmakers thought,“oh, forget it.”

it is becauseif prohibition continued, people would makeeven more bootleg drink. they thought if it was legalized,they would make less and less, but it didn’t turn out this way. once a person becomes addicted, he would drag other peopleto drink with him. everybody knows that vegetarian dietis good for health and to save the planet.

they will be awakeningtheir own great, compassionate, loving, self-nature. and then their levelof 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. another thingthey found very strange.

they told usduring a conversation, “your master is so niceto everyone. why?” so nice to everyone? so nice to all beings.what is her intention? how did he knowi am nice to all beings? he saw the many good deedsyou’ve done. (oh!) and you have never doneanything bad. i love them. so sometimes…

when i go outside to see people,i see them the same as you. i love all people! i love people, animalsand everything. i cannot stop loving them. even if i want to, i can’t help myself. whatever i see, i love. i fall in love,and love each person that i meet. but it’s hard for me to changemy “loving” nature,

the “loving” nature. i treat whomever i meetas my family member. i can’t change this mentality. i love and trustwhomever i meet. i see them exactly the same wayas i see you. i never have doubts. i only knowwhen they start to do bad things. i then realize, “oh,so he is not the same as me.” but i still won’t get angryat this person.

those who are going home,god bless you and have a smooth journey.(thank you, master.) we’ll see one anotherin the future. the more you meditate,the more the situation will change. even if we don’t ask for it, it will come true. okay? good. i’ll see you in the future. go back to serve the world.(okay!)

help your country.(okay.) be loyal to your kingand love your country. if you don’t have a king, then be loyalto your party chairman. be loyal to your party. your party is your king. be loyal to your party.your party is your king. whatever government we have,we have to support. if you complain,

you might getan even worse government. it has always been like this.even higher “interest” to pay. i’ve said before thatthe government is very busy. they aren’t just in chargeof a few things. the government can’t yet take careof the global warming problem because they have too many thingsto take care of. they already have a full agenda. even if they don’t want totake care of these things, they can’t help itbecause all the things

have already been arrangeda year ahead. understand? for example, if the chairman needs togo somewhere today or tomorrow, or he needs to do somethingthe day after tomorrow, his staff has already madeall the arrangements in line with each ministry. he can’t do anything about it. he can’t finishvisiting all these places every day. so, don’t think thatbeing a government official is such a good thing,and complain about them.

all governments are like this. they are very busywith all sorts of things, international and domestic. they also have to deal with disasters, and different situations everywhere, and protect the country. otherwise, if the country became weak, and the people weren’t united, other nations would come to invade.

so it’s also very difficult. it’s very hardto be in the government. the higher the rank, the more headachesthe official has. everything is blamed on him. everyone comes to him with questions. some lower-ranking officialsask him for anything whether they understand it or not. and they blame him for everything.

they ask him for helpon everything, so it’s really very difficultfor him. he can’t sleep, or eat. that’s right. it’s not that easy. if his staff is smart, clever and loyal,then that’s all right. but some are not smart,clever, or helpful. they make more trouble for him,

or ask him all sortsof difficult questions. they like to get close to him because he is the highest, so people would findall sorts of excuses to come to see him. so, it’s very difficult for him. so, you should helpyour government more. (okay.) do whatever you canto help the people. this way, the government can havesome time and relax a bit.

after you are done helping,just leave. (okay.) don’t stay there and wait for the governmentto come to take pictures, or to give you awards. the kind of… medals. be unconditional! okay?(okay.) you all should be like this. (okay.) wherever you go,you are my representatives.

be an unconditionally loving group,okay? (okay.) this world lacks love,so we have to give. we can’t take!okay? (okay.)

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so you know.i’ll see you later. thank you, master! be good, be good, and that’s the wayyou should be.

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and an ecological biospherethat supports life, this wondrous planetis our earthly home. from our animal co-inhabitants to the lush rainforestsand life-giving soil, we cherish all theseas gifts from the creator.

health vegetarian diet, it is a common themein the world’s major faiths that during our temporary stay here, we should be goodstewards of mother earth. throughout the years,

supreme master ching hai has shared the messageof leading a balanced life while following a spiritual path. not only must we nourish our spirits, but we share the responsibility to care for natureand our fellow beings. let me tell you a story. once upon a time, in a place called xuan cheng county,

there was a person, probably a chinese, named su ben-yu. he hadn’t eaten steakfor a very long time. he didn’t want to eat steak. so whenever peopleoffered him steaks, he wouldn’t eat them. instead, he would give themto his family members or his subordinates.

he thought thathe was sinless this way because he didn’t eat any steak. one day, he suddenly fell ill. mr. su got sick. most doctors out there used medicinesthat contained animal ingredients. his doctor mixed cow brainwith alcohol for him to drink. he gave that as medicine to him.

wow! it sounds horrible! then that night,he had a dream in which he saw a godwearing a beautiful yellow robe in bright golden color. the god came to himand scolded him loudly, “you! you must have eaten steak. otherwise, why is your body so stinkylike the smell of steak?” mr. su said,“no, i didn’t. i didn’t. i have never eaten any steak.”

he meant he had never eaten beef. then the god in the golden robe said, “bring the book. let’s check.” he asked his subordinateto bring him the book. what book was that? can you guess? it is the book that recordseveryone’s bad karma and blessed rewards. so the book was broughtto him and he said,

“ah! i know why! even though you didn’t eat any steak, you broke the preceptwhen you were ill.” he meant that he had notwanted to eat beef, and he had vowed not to eat beef, but he had broken the vowwhen he was sick. “also, you had given beefto your subordinates and the servants of the family. your life should have beenreduced because of this,

but since you’ve sincerely repented, i will forgive youand spare your life. also, for you to setan example for others, i’ll spare your lifeso that you can tell your story to othersto let them know.” so mr. su was very happy! he couldn’t thank the god enough. so he bowed to the god and said, “but in case someone gives me beefin the future,

what should i do?” maybe he was a kind of official, so sometimes he helped people and they would give him beefto thank him. so he asked, “in casepeople give me steaks in the future, the god smiled and told him, “aiya! just bury them. just bury them under the groundand it’ll be okay. the main problem isyour lack of determination.

i’m not worried thatyou won’t do good deeds. if you truly want to be a good personwho loves and protects the animals, you’ll do anything for it. you’ll know what to do. you have to do the thingsthat avoid harming the animals. but it’s best to tell people ‘no!’ put up a signon the front door saying, ‘i don’t want steaks!’ put a sign outside your front door

and another onea few kilometers away, saying, 'mr. su, who livesat such and such place, does not eat beef. please don’t bring it over.' then it’ll be okay.” but it’s very difficult, right? he may have beena low-ranking official. he couldn’t do that. at that time, there was no newspaperto post the notice,

nor the sos flyers. yes, he could have made some flyers and distributed them everywhere. the ones who gave him beefmust be from his own town. it’s impossible thatthey came from far away, right? so it’s easy. he could have written downthis story in his flyers and distributed them. he could have alsoposted it on his door

for everyone to read. maybe he could have done that,maybe not, because sometimes,it was not legal to do that. so maybe he couldn’t have done that. so in that case,he could only bury the beef. actually, even if he buried the beef,the cow had already been killed. so, it was a difficult situation! but it’s better thangiving it to others to eat. once people ate it,they would get used to it.

then they would sit thereand pray that the bodhisattvas wouldsend more people to bring them beef. once his subordinateswere used to beef, when it ran out, they would pray to the bodhisattvas to bring them moremeat and beef to eat. then, maybe it wouldencourage people to kill. it’s not just that piece of steak;

it’s the killing karma. so, maybe if he buried the meat, he would at least let people know. but if he let people know,it might hurt their feelings. so it’s not perfect adviceor a perfect suggestion. if it were us,what should we say? “don’t bring it! i won’t eat it! you should know by reading the flyer. watch supreme master televisionwhen you go home.

none of us eats meat. all my family membersare vegetarians.” it’s best this way. it’s best to tell yourrelatives and friends, or those you thinkmight bring you steak that, “number one, i don’t accept offerings. number two, if you can’t help bringing something,don’t bring beef.”

he meant that he didn’teat any kind of meat at all. beef was symbolic because it’s from the biggest animal. so when people mentioned beef, others would understand thatthey were meat eaters. this man was a vegetarian, but he gave meat to others to eat. we might makethe same mistake as well. we might think the same way.

sometimes, we might havebought something not good which contained meat or egg. we wouldn’t eat it, but we gave it toour neighbor, right? have you done that? yes. it’s best not to do that in the future. just throw it away. tear it into thousands of piecesand throw it away

so that other peoplewon’t get into trouble. we also won’t have the bad karmaof encouraging others to eat meat. once they eat it and like it,they will go out to buy more. they may get used to the foodthat contains meat ingredients because they are used to eating meat. then after eating what you give them,they may think, “ah! the food i had today,i’ve never tried before. it’s so tasty! i have to look for it,and buy more.”

then it’s not good, okay? i often givevegetarian food to people. for example, when i go somewhere and meet people such as doctors, nurses, or office workers, i give them a bag of food. for example, lately, i give people vegan chocolatethat doesn’t contain eggs or milk.

there are such chocolates available. i am not sure if they areavailable in china. i have them here. they are also made very beautifully. so i give these to people. there are also vegan sausages, and so-called vegan steaks, or vegan pork, etc. these are all vegetarian.

or vegan chicken; they are all vegetarian, containing no milk or eggs. so i keep a few bags at home. i usually don’t eat those things so i can save them for others. sometimes, it’s difficultto get certain things. so i save the rare ones to give to my guests,neighbors, visitors,

or people i visit. i give them these things together with thealternative living flyers and information about vegetarianismand global warming. sometimes, i alsoinclude teachings of all the religionsregarding the meatless diet, such as those from taoism, confucianism, catholicism,

and islam, etc. so i give them food like this. if they get used to that,it's also a good thing. they will find out, “yes! vegetarian food is also delicious.” once they start to enjoy it,they will find out, “oh! eating meat is so terrible! it's horrible! i will just eat this.”

sometimes, after i gave it to them, they even called me back and asked, “where did you buythe vegetarian pork?” for example like that. “can you tell me?” sometimes, the food isfrom formosa (taiwan), so i can’t help. i told him to go tothose chinese stores, and gave them the namesand the brands

so that they could order for him from formosa (taiwan),mainland china, or somewhere else. at least, he was interested. if he can’t find this one, he will look for something similar. chinese stores sometimes sellcanned or unpacked vegetarian food. i also told him to look forvegetarian health food stores organic stores.

to see if they havesomething similar. they all have these. starting from one thingthat he is interested in, he will look for others. i also gave him manydifferent kinds of food. some of them can befound in local stores; some have emails and addressesthat they can use to place an order. most people don’t know how bad meat eating is

and how good vegetarian diet is. they truly don’t know.how can they know? they have been taught differentlysince they were young. they were told to eat meatto be healthy, etc. after they've grown up,they continue to live like this. when they have children, they continue toteach their children the same thing. when their children have children,they keep living in the same way. that’s why it has become so bad.

it’s not that people are bad. they really don’t know. it’s because sometimes it's statedin the newspaper, “oh, milk is good. steak is good.they make you healthy, etc. every day you should eata certain amount of meat and drink a certain amountof milk.” right? the government also allows such advertisementsto go on

because the governmentalso doesn’t know. the government is very busy. sometimes, people sit thereand blame the government for not doing this or that; but actually they are very busy. they have a lot of things to deal with. each department handlesdifferent things. for example, a president or a chairmanis dependent on the ministry of health to report to him, right?

and the ministry of health is dependenton the health department. for example,the ministry of foreign affairs and the ministry of internal affairs are also dependenton the health department to report to them. the health department is dependenton the food department the food department is dependenton the meat or fish sellers or those researchers

because one departmentis reporting to another, the government has no wayof knowing everything directly. therefore, we have to do it ourselvesif we want it done. we have to tell people to work together, instead of blaming the governmentall the time. don’t wait for the government,either. it’d be greatif the government can do it, because as soonas the government issues an order,

everyone is okay. look at the smoking ban. since the ban, many people have stopped smoking and many diseases have been reduced, many lives have been saved, many children don’t have to inhale the second hand smoke. so, they are all healthy

and the country is more prosperousand stronger. it saves a lot of money! tens of billions of dollars. we can see the differencein a few months. many diseases have been reduced, and the hospitals arenot overwhelmed anymore. sometimes, the number of patientsin hospitals exceeds the hospitals’ capacity, so many emergency patientscouldn’t get in

because of those patientswho are already admitted. and now, the number of patientshas decreased, so hospitals have ample room. right? they also spend a lot of moneyon fuel to bring the patientsback and forth, right? it costs a lot of money, tax dollars from people. where do you thinkthe money comes from? if no one pays,then you would have to pay yourself.

some countries use tax dollarsto cover insurance for people, so that they have freeor very inexpensive medical care. some countries don’t havesuch an insurance system, so we have to payout of our own pocket. it’s also money, right?hard-earned money. it costs hundreds of billionsof dollars in america every year. how many people have died? how many people have gotten sick? how much moneyhas the country spent

because of meat-eating, drinking, smoking and drugs? it costs a lot of money,hard-earned money. the money is givento the government, but the government can’t use iton other better things. they can’t build schoolsfor children, gyms for the elderly, or nursing homesto make elderly people comfortable.

or they build lousy buildingsbecause there is not enough money. the buildings won’t be builtto provide enough comfort. sometimes, the nursing homesare like prisons. they are not nursing homes,but prisons. so people suffer a lot. when they are young, they work hardto earn money to pay taxes, but when they are old, they can’t receive any benefits.

it’s becausethe money is being used on critical illnesses. whatever is leftis then given to the elderly. so, if the money isnot spent on the diseases, we can save a lot. if there is no war,we can save even more money and the people will be much happier. there will be no needto talk about heaven. people will already behappy enough.

if people can live on earth,with enough clothes and food, and a place to stay and someone to take care of themwhen they get old, it will be like in heaven. isn’t that right? most people don’t ask for too much. as long as they can live peacefullyand have enough food and clothes, they are happy. no one stands upto demand that the government

should build a big building for him,buy a lot of meat for him or give him a luxurious life when he gets old. he doesn’t care too muchwhen he is old. as long as he has a roofover his head, a warm place, enough food, and someone to take care of him when he is sick or old,he is okay. but the government

can’t spend the moneyin so many places. so, even though many countriesare very rich, there are still homeless people who have nowhere to stayin the cold weather. they sometimes diein front of the government building. they have nowhere to go. sometimes, a person loses his job then his house will be foreclosed. he has to pay mortgage every month,

so without a job, he can’t pay the mortgage any more. not receiving the mortgage payment, the bank will take the house away. once the house is taken away,he is homeless. once he is homeless, he has a lesser chanceof finding a job. without a home,no one wants to hire him. it’s because he needs tofill out his address, etc.

there are many rules. so he has towander around outside. if our country saves the money, the homeless peoplewould have places to live. even though they are unemployedfor the time being, the government can stilltake care of them because there are enough funds. for example,there are so many people in mainland chinaand everyone pays taxes.

how much moneywould have been saved if there were no sicknessand disasters. right? if people drink, sometimes they have car accidents,die from fighting with others, or hit their children. once a person is drunk,he is disoriented. he doesn’t know who is who,or he loses all his manners. that’s why many disasters happen. with many disasters,there is much need for care.

all these are interconnected. they are not isolated issues. then the money will be spentin the wrong place. otherwise, people will all be able tolive in peace. there will be enough moneyfor everyone to live a comfortable,though not luxurious, life. you’ll have enough to usewith the money you make with your two hands. it’s true.

perhaps if people didn’t get sick, they wouldn’t need to payso much tax. even if they had to pay taxes, when they get old,they will be given even more, not so little. it’s because the government has to use the money to help people with illness, not to mention the disasters causedby the bad karma of meat-eating.

we don’t have to talk about karma. let’s just talkabout the vegetarian diet. the meat diet consumesa lot of the world’s resources, so there is less water, less land and even less oxygen,and more poisonous gases. it’s because it costs a lot to produce one piece of steak. but it costs very little to produce a piece of tofuthat we eat.

and tofu providesthe same amount of nutrition, actually even more than the steaks, and tofu doesn’t haveany ill side effects. so it’s not just about the disease. eating steaksdoesn’t just cause sicknesses. we can’t say, “if i am sick,i can go to the hospital. it’s okay. it’s my own fault, and i’ll endurethe consequence myself.” no. it will affect other people

and the whole world. it’s because meat eatinghurts a lot of people by harming the environment. it causes global warming. you have all seen me. so when you go home, please be more patient and pass out more flyers. if you cannot pass out flyers,then you can talk to more people.

do whatever you can. cook vegetarian food for others. european parliament supports reducing meat to lower greenhouse gases. ... reduce your meat consumptionor stop eating meat totally. during discussionson greenhouse gas reduction goals, the climate committeeof the european parliament officially recognizedlivestock’s contribution

to global warming and recommended a reduction of subsidies to the livestock industry to curb in methane. my name is jens holm. i’m a memberof the european parliament. please, be veg,go green, save the planet! the day before,

a person said thatshe and other sisters worked together at hometo prepare lunch boxes to deliver to offices for sale. they sell it very cheap, 40 nt dollars. they can still make money. even though they sell the foodfor such a low price, they still make money. many people order from them. they have about 200 orders every day.

they are planning to sell more. now other places are also doing it. she said they don’t need to pay taxes,nor do they need a restaurant. they don’t have toworry about anything. together they investeda small amount of money for the lunch box delivery. they work hard and save their earnings. everyone works together. because no one is taking the profit,

then collectively, they have money leftfor common use. then they can do anything they want. they can use the moneyto do anything they want, maybe to print flyers,many flyers. if someone gets sick, and needs help,or someone is poor, they can also help. they can do anythingwith the money. i think it’s very good. they do it with great pleasure.

then they are expandingmore and more. it doesn’t take a lot of capital,so they are not afraid of losing money. for example,if one day you cooked the food, but no one orders anything, or the order is suddenly cancelled,you can just take the food home to eat and close for the day. it’s nothing. it doesn’t cost a lot of money. sometimes,

it’s very difficultto run a restaurant. you may not have enough moneyto rent that restaurant space, or buy that restaurant. if you want to buy one, you have to fill outa lot of paper work. even the pen is tiredof signing papers, but you still may not ownthe restaurant yet. sometimes, at the last moment, you may be blocked.

so, if you just deliver lunch boxes, you won’t be botheredby this situation. they said that the sisters all workfor some companies, so today one person takes 20 boxes, another takes 30 boxes, and another takes 40 boxes to their companies to sellto their colleagues there. it’s so convenient, so easy.

this is also very good. even if you opened a restaurant,you could only have at most two to three hundred customers a day. now they are selling two to three hundredlunch boxes a day too. it’s so convenient. it costs littleand is easy to manage. it’s easy to do. they don’t need to organize anything.

they don’t need to check the landand feng shui. sometimes, to buy a restaurant you have to check it outeven when you can afford it. you have to checkwhether the location is ideal and its feng shui is good. you have to ask the feng shui expertto take a look. then there is so muchcomplicated paperwork to deal with. so if you can’t open a restaurant, just do like this! okay?(okay.)

it’s a good idea! i was so happyto hear about it yesterday. the initiates in beijingare doing it right now. we are planningto promote lunch boxes in beijing, because there is a big market there. about 16 million lunch boxesare served each day. about 16 million rmb worthof lunch boxes. you are making lunch boxes, too?(yes.) that’s wonderful! it’s not just in mainland china.

other places can do it, too. so there’s no problem to do it this wayas long as we keep it hygienic. it has to be hygienic,tasty, and affordable, just the way people like it. if it’s too expensive, then people would rathermake lunches themselves. so we should think of a waythat’s legal and has a little profit as well. if we have no profit,we can’t afford a new pan

if the old one is broken. if you spend all you have,you will be broke. after running for too many miles,tires get worn out, too. right? you’ll need new cars. even bicycles also need new tires. so, it needs to be just right. you shouldn’t starve yourselvesto save others. just follow the same waythose sisters do. do you know who they are?

they were here yesterday,or the day before? i don’t know which provincethey are from. (shanghai.) shanghai?you know them? formosa (taiwan). hong kong. kaohsiung. there is someone like thatin kaohsiung. there seems to be someone like thatin hong kong, too. okay, okay. we have this everywhere.that’s good. very good!

i am happy. it’s goodno matter where it is established. sometimes, even though we sell itfor a low price, with large quantitywe can still make money. if it’s too expensive,very few people would buy it. so, not only will wenot make money, we’ll even suffer a loss. so, if we charge less,we can sell more, and then we can expand the business.

this is wonderful. we don’t need to have restaurants. if we can open a restaurant,we’ll do it. it’s also very good to have a place. if we can’t,making lunch boxes is the best way. some restaurantsalso sell lunch boxes. (yes.) it’s great! it’s getting better and better! maybe when the people on earthearn enough merits,

maybe when the people on earthearn enough merit, our world can be saved. i said “maybe.” it’s my wish. i hope it will come true. but let me tell you. you have to be prepared,okay? (okay.) when you go home,you can plant vegetables or trees on your landor around your home.

if you plant trees,you don’t have to water a lot and you have fruits to eatall the time. fruits can fill us up as well. i am not referringto those sweet fruits only. there are many different kindsof fruits, including cucumbers, watermelons, white gourd, ridged gourds,and papaya. papaya. yes, papaya.

and “stone” melon. i call them “stone” melons because they can even growin stony soil. normally, plants have to growin fertile soil. but there are somethat can grow among stones, so i call them “stone” melons. plant whatever you can. plant the ones that can grow easily,are filling and nutritious, grow fast, and don’t need too much water,because we can live on anything.

so, we can live on anything,as long as our faith is strong. god will not let us die. if we have faith and kindness,we can’t die. the question is notwhether or not we will die or live. when we live,we live a meaningful life, and when we die, we die in peace with a pure heart. we die with a smile. we come and gowhen the time comes.

it’s not a big deal. when we are alive, we should be prepared. plant some fruits. even if we don’t eat them later on, we can give themto the neighbors. plant the good fruits. plant the fruit treesthat produce nutritious fruits. if you can’t finish them all,

you can make jams and give them to friends, etc.it’s fun. you can also sell them. master, i have plantedmy own vegetables for two years. two years? yes, we haveabout two acres of land. can it produce enough? we can’t finish it all. we give themto whoever comes to visit us.

give to fellow initiates,or sell to them. i use organic fertilizer so they grow especially well. yes, yes. a farmer was very curious. he said he planted vegetables, too, but they never grew as well as mine.(i know.) our sisters knowwhy they grow so well. of course.you have spiritual practice.

you practice spirituallyand you have love. the vegetables grow on love. my cucumbers grow as bigas zucchinis. i have seen them. when i was in hungary, i stayed at the centerfor a while. a sister there also knowshow to grow vegetables without harming any beings. she grows organic vegetables.

it’s “organic,” not “paints.” her way of plantingdoesn’t harm many beings. it’s easier to plant those vegetables that don’t require diggingor cutting. like beans – it’s also a kind of fruit. any fruits that can grow on trees. cucumber is also one kind. some look like fingers, such as various beans or squashes;they are all counted as fruits.

they also taste like vegetables, and they are very refreshing. fruits are not just orangesor apples. no, no. the sweet corns taste very good. they taste delicious.(we can eat them raw.) yes. while i was stayingat the hungary center, a sister planted something - it’s not cucumbers…

zucchini. (zucchini.) it looks like a cucumber. but hers are as big as my head, and they are this long. i’m not kidding. it’s true. if you go to hungary now, you’ll see them. she didn’t grow much, only a few rowsbecause she only had a small plot,

but she can’t finish them. she often brings themto the center to give away. they are enormous, like this big, and this long. i had never seen zucchinisthat looked like that. they were as big as white gourds.(wow!) wow! huge.and so delicious, so delicious. we never got tired of eating them,and we could never finish them. that was something.

she didn’t use any fertilizer; she just covered the plantswith hay. she learned the methodfrom helmut in austria. she learnedthe simple way of planting to avoid damaging the soil too much. just poke a hole in the groundwith a finger and throw a seed in, and then cover with hayto keep the moisture in. this way, the moisturewon’t evaporate,

so you won’t need to water much. just by using this method, her vegetables grew so big. i knew that, too. long ago when i was livingin a temple, i did the same, too. they had a small plant like this. for years, it didn’t grow. it was yellowish, small, and thin.

after i got there, i watered the plant. sometimes, i also pouredthe leftover tea from the temple. it grew to fill up the entire room, so i had to sit in a corner. originally, it was placednear the window. it’s true! i’m not kidding. it looked like this,a plant smaller than this one,

and was as short as this. it was in a small pot. after i watered it for a few days,it started to grow. then it became too big, so i changed to a bigger pot. then it just took off, so i changed to an even bigger pot, and it grew even more. it became as big as this,

and it extended to the entire room. later, it became too big,so i had to cut it up and planted each sectionin a small pot. i put them by the roadso passers-by could take them; otherwise, i couldn’t even enterthe room. such a tiny plant transformed into a forest. so, if we practice spiritually,we can live in any condition. even if we don’t eat,it’s okay, too.

i mean we have to trust god,the universal almighty power. you can call this power tao, god,or buddha nature; it doesn’t matter. from this power, everything can be created! look at the zucchini – with what how can it grow so big? it just grows from the soil naturally. we humans can alsodirectly absorb nutrients this way.

that’s why many people can survive without eating any food. they can survive liveon solar energy. some claim thatthey survive live on the air, some on earth’s energy, or forest energy, etc. we can survive liveon any of these. we can eat anything around us. you see, a cucumber just absorbswhat it needs

and grows into a cucumber. some are so small though grownon the same size plot. some people can grow them so big, so it depends on the grower. like that zucchini, it grew into such a big size. it lookedlike the biggest white gourd. so big. and she had many,not just one.

with one, this size, a whole family can’t even finish it. it was as big as this. in scotland, some people grewsweet potatoes also with a lot of love, and they grewas large as human heads! in the u.s.,some people grow pumpkins. they are as big as that chair. every year they have competitions.

they compete to seewhose pumpkin is the largest. and they win prizes. some are so huge.you can see them on tv. they are enormous. even though it’s the same species, some people can grow itinto this size because of their love. years ago in the u.s… in yogananda’s book,

he talked about it, right? an american, he cameto study with yogananda and later he became a saint. whatever he grewwould become so big and beautiful. he grew some plants with thorns,like roses. he asked the plantsto stop growing thorns, so they did. he practiced to a level that he could make anything obey him.

even plants obeyed him. i heard empress wu zetian triedto do this, too. right? once, the peonydidn’t bloom, right? (yes.) she ordered them to bloom,but they didn’t because they got upset. those peony plantsdidn’t agree with her, so they didn’t bloom for herwhen it was time. she then had them movedto somewhere else. so, if we have loving hearts,all things will listen to us.

like old monk guang qin, right? even that tiger didn’t eat him up. the tigers even wanted to follow him, its entire family. the “male tiger,”the “female tiger,” babies, all came to him. they wanted to follow him. it’s a true story because i asked himabout this personally.

i was in formosa (taiwan)at the time, and i visited him. i asked, “master, did youconvert those tigers? is it true?” he said, “yes, yes.” he wouldn’t lie. this is a true story,not a fiction. also, master fu hui is alsoa native of formosa (taiwan). formosa has producedquite a few saints, right?

she hasn’t eaten food, either, for a few decades, right?(for 20 years.) she hasn’t eaten foodfor 20 years. all she does isreciting the compassion sutra. right? all the monks who follow herlook plump, rosy, and handsome. those monks work very hard. they have to work every day. they get up early to recite sutras

and then start working. they eat the leftoversfrom other people. when guests come,they just cook a pot of noodles and then add some wild vegetablesto the noodles, together with some tofuor something, and then they serve thisto the guests. they serve the foodin a bucket. it looks like a small bucket. after the guests finish it up,they bring out another bucket.

can you eat only one meal a day?(yes.) let me tell you,when we are really busy, it’s enoughto eat just one meal a day. it’s no big deal. actually, we can give up the food. it’s just that we’ll be boredif we have nothing to do. that’s why we have to eat. this is true. if we havemore interesting things to do,

we’ll surely forget about eating.we won’t care about it. therefore, if we truly havevery strong faith, we’ll still be fine without eating. when the circumstances force us,maybe we can do this for a while because at that time,we’ll be more focused, knowing that we can’t eat, and we have no choice,so we might as well meditate. what i mean is that even the trees and vegetables

can nourish themselveswith the universal energy and grow to be so big, then we humans can do it, too. so, if you encountercertain situations, don’t be afraid! but it’s bestthat you plant some vegetables! so if you haven’t reached that level, you can also have some food to eat. we have plan b, or a backup plan,

meaning being prepared. in case we can’t surviveon air alone, we’ll still havesome home-grown vegetables to live on. even if you just plantsome sweet potatoes or sweet potatoes leaves, they will keep growing!(that’s right!) they come back every year, right?(yes.) sweet yam is very easy to grow.

very easy to grow, and also very nutritious,very nutritious, as i’ve heard,and you can eat that. potato. it’s like the sweet yam, right? it’s also very easy to grow,as i’ve heard. there is a kind of potato that just grows on its ownyears after years. that’s what i heard.is it like this?

i’ve never studied it. yes? maybe you can. otherwise, just plantsome sweet yams, and then you’re okay!(plant sweet yams.) they are deliciousand the leaves are tasty, too. when we have nothing to eat,whatever we eat is good. so, we can eat this and absorb the universal energyat the same time, meaning energy from nature.

jesus also said, “don’t worryabout what happens tomorrow. look at the lilies of the field. god takes care of them too,and they flourish. grass and trees can all tapinto nature’s nutrients to nourish themselves. we humans are so full of fear. we fear hunger,death, and everything. it’s because we’ve been taught this way

since we were young. if we had been taught differently, then we would be different. therefore, it’s not your fault. you are now older,and it’s harder to change. but you still need totry your best, okay? try your best. in the old days, some spiritual practitionersstayed in the desert,

and god gave thema kind of food called “manna.” they thought manna lookedlike pieces of jade falling from the sky, or like dews on the grass, and then these people ate it. it may not be like this. “manna” meansan inner contentedness. you tell yourself,

“from now on,i won’t feel like eating food. if i don’t have anything to eat,i’ll still be fine!” you should speak to yourselfin such a way, and then your own… that’s what i heard. you can try doing itand you’ll know if this is true. your cells will listen to you, then they will change,and they will say, “okay! from now on, we don’t need todigest any food any more.

we’ll then save more energy!” yes, you can do it. it’s just thatif you don’t eat anything every day, you might feel bored, but it doesn’t meanyou can’t do it, okay? when the time comes,give it a try, okay? (okay.) when you get home,try it for a couple of days. don’t do it for too long. he said thatit is a good thing that

master encourages usto be vegetarian. but it is a little hard to makethe entire population vegetarian. of course, of course.i know that, too. but this might happen one day. if people have no other choice,they will become vegetarian. because there is evenwater shortage now. (that’s right.) our land is becoming barren from lack of nutrients. the ice has been melting

and the climate is getting warmer. we don’t even haveenough vegetables to feed people,let alone animals. later when people havefewer and fewer choices, they will certainly become vegetarians. or, by then, very few people will continue toeat meat, and meat-eating will become illegal. that’s right!

in the past, gambling, drinking and using drugswere illegal. even now these thingsare still illegal. in the past, people didn’t know and they thoughtthese things were okay. now they know these are not okay. in the past, drinking wasoriginally not okay, and banned. then people started tomake bootleg drink, so the lawmakers thought,“oh, forget it.”

it is becauseif prohibition continued, people would makeeven more bootleg drink. they thought if it was legalized,they would make less and less, but it didn’t turn out this way. once a person becomes addicted, he would drag other peopleto drink with him. everybody knows that vegetarian dietis good for health and to save the planet.

they will be awakeningtheir own great, compassionate, loving, self-nature. and then their levelof 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. another thingthey found very strange.

they told usduring a conversation, “your master is so niceto everyone. why?” so nice to everyone? so nice to all beings.what is her intention? how did he knowi am nice to all beings? he saw the many good deedsyou’ve done. (oh!) and you have never doneanything bad. i love them. so sometimes…

when i go outside to see people,i see them the same as you. i love all people! i love people, animalsand everything. i cannot stop loving them. even if i want to, i can’t help myself. whatever i see, i love. i fall in love,and love each person that i meet. but it’s hard for me to changemy “loving” nature,

the “loving” nature. i treat whomever i meetas my family member. i can’t change this mentality. i love and trustwhomever i meet. i see them exactly the same wayas i see you. i never have doubts. i only knowwhen they start to do bad things. i then realize, “oh,so he is not the same as me.” but i still won’t get angryat this person.

those who are going home,god bless you and have a smooth journey.(thank you, master.) we’ll see one anotherin the future. the more you meditate,the more the situation will change. even if we don’t ask for it, it will come true. okay? good. i’ll see you in the future. go back to serve the world.(okay!)

help your country.(okay.) be loyal to your kingand love your country. if you don’t have a king, then be loyalto your party chairman. be loyal to your party. your party is your king. be loyal to your party.your party is your king. whatever government we have,we have to support. if you complain,

you might getan even worse government. it has always been like this.even higher “interest” to pay. i’ve said before thatthe government is very busy. they aren’t just in chargeof a few things. the government can’t yet take careof the global warming problem because they have too many thingsto take care of. they already have a full agenda. even if they don’t want totake care of these things, they can’t help itbecause all the things

have already been arrangeda year ahead. understand? for example, if the chairman needs togo somewhere today or tomorrow, or he needs to do somethingthe day after tomorrow, his staff has already madeall the arrangements in line with each ministry. he can’t do anything about it. he can’t finishvisiting all these places every day. so, don’t think thatbeing a government official is such a good thing,and complain about them.

all governments are like this. they are very busywith all sorts of things, international and domestic. they also have to deal with disasters, and different situations everywhere, and protect the country. otherwise, if the country became weak, and the people weren’t united, other nations would come to invade.

so it’s also very difficult. it’s very hardto be in the government. the higher the rank, the more headachesthe official has. everything is blamed on him. everyone comes to him with questions. some lower-ranking officialsask him for anything whether they understand it or not. and they blame him for everything.

they ask him for helpon everything, so it’s really very difficultfor him. he can’t sleep, or eat. that’s right. it’s not that easy. if his staff is smart, clever and loyal,then that’s all right. but some are not smart,clever, or helpful. they make more trouble for him,

or ask him all sortsof difficult questions. they like to get close to him because he is the highest, so people would findall sorts of excuses to come to see him. so, it’s very difficult for him. so, you should helpyour government more. (okay.) do whatever you canto help the people. this way, the government can havesome time and relax a bit.

after you are done helping,just leave. (okay.) don’t stay there and wait for the governmentto come to take pictures, or to give you awards. the kind of… medals. be unconditional! okay?(okay.) you all should be like this. (okay.) wherever you go,you are my representatives.

be an unconditionally loving group,okay? (okay.) this world lacks love,so we have to give. we can’t take!okay? (okay.)

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so you know.i’ll see you later. thank you, master! be good, be good, and that’s the wayyou should be.

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