Pearls Of Wisdom
 

Ordinary People
Can't Afford The Praise

If I said to you somebody is good and I am very pleased with him. And next time he makes a mess. He will trouble. So very seldom I dare to praise you or anything. Because you can't bear it. Maybe you can bear my scolding better. You can bear it better but you can't bear my praise. I don't know why? If I scold you, you're better. You are more concentrated and you are more efficient and you are more on guard about what you do. But when I praise you, that's it, you are finished. Everything is gone. All the ten year's concentration wash down the drain. And you make a lot of trouble.  

--Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai At Group Meditation in LA, CA USA March 13,1994 (Originally In English)--

The Sickness Of The Ego Is The Hardest To Cure Ordinary People Can't Afford The Praise