Now
let's try to look into one part of Master Ching Hai's teachings, the
basis of vegetarianism. Vegetarianism or lacto-vegetarianism is one
of the compulsory points of the Quan Yin Method taught by Master Ching
Hai. Any animal products, including eggs, are not permitted. There
are many reasons for this, but the most significant is God's first
commandment "Thou shalt not kill". When you kill or allow
killing to satisfy your desire for meat, you collect karmic hindrance
for which sooner or later you will pay.
So
by being vegetarian you give yourself a unique gift. You begin to
feel good, your quality of life becomes better and before you opens
the entrance of your inner gentle world, the celestial world. Firstly,
vegetarianism helps your own health apart from anything else. The
history of the evolution of humankind shows that our ancestors, by
nature, were vegetarians. The human bodily structure is not suitably
designed for meat eating. A doctor of comparative anatomy, Dr. Huntingen
from Columbia University, has proven this. He emphasized that the
intestines of meat eaters are noticeably short, whereas herbivores
have long intestines. Humans, like other herbivores, have long intestines.
Because of this, meat stays in our intestines longer than it should,
and it can produce toxic substances, thus overloading the liver. Consequently,
this essential organ can be damaged.
As stated by Leo Tolstoy:
"As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will be battlefields."
Therefore, we should seriously
consider the benefits of vegetarianism. 
