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Great Ways To Prevent

Mosquito Bites
 

Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Hsihu Center, Formosa Feb. 11, 1996 (Originally In Chinese)
 

The insect that kills the greatest number of human beings is the mosquito; it kills millions of adults and children each year. The number of human beings killed by mosquitoes far exceeds that of any wars, natural disasters or assassinations. This tiny but extremely vicious demon kills at least four million people every year! Many more people get all kinds of strange diseases because they are infected by the mosquito.

We have to protect ourselves, because there are more mosquitoes in the world than we could ever kill! We could not kill them all even if we wanted to, so don't be "silly" ("kill" and "silly" in Chinese have a similar pronunciation.), we should just endeavor to protect ourselves. Cover the children with mosquito nets when they sleep, just like you would cover a wok, (Master and everyone laugh) and let them sleep inside. You can do the same for the bigger kids as well -- it is convenient.

You don't have to kill the mosquitoes, just use mosquito nets and window screens! Your window screens are most inviting -- with mesh holes so large that even I can go through. (Laughter) I heard that even Master's transformation body can go through those small holes, not to mention the mosquitoes.

When buying window screens, choose those made of a fine mesh to prevent the tiniest mosquitoes from entering. There is a type of screen made of very fine mesh that can stop the mosquitoes while still maintaining ventilation. What is the use if the mesh holes are so big? At night, mosquitoes can see very clearly from outside the mesh just like looking through binoculars. So in they go. They would say, "Since the door is open, I'll just go in easily."

Even when you have installed window screens, do not switch on the lights too early. Try to see things with your naked eyes or use a flashlight, and switch on the lights later in the evening when the mosquitoes have gone to sleep.

About five to seven in the evening, it is dinner time for the mosquitoes, (laughter) so there are plenty of them around. They disappear at about nine to ten! If possible, do not switch on the lights when they come out to eat. Switch on the outdoor lights instead of the indoors ones; so even if there were some mosquitoes inside, they would go for the light outside. Should you switch on the lights indoors, mosquitoes will come in even if there were originally none inside!

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