Pearls Of Wisdom

This is a world that is important to us, because our world is the most important foundation. Without our world, the big world, the big universe doesn't exist. Without one brick of this world, the big world would not exist. The world exists by many bricks put together; every brick is important. So, our small world -- our small unit of family, of friends, of neighbors -- is very important. That's why if everyone of us takes care of our small world, then the big world becomes peaceful alone.

~Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Munich, Germany
August 18, 1995 (Originally In English)

Only faith can bring things into actualization, because actually we are God, we are Buddha already. Help is always there. We don't even need help. If we are the Buddha, we know what to do. So believe it. If you cannot believe in your own Buddha nature, then believe in the Master Power, the Master's Buddha nature. Then that will help you.

~Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Cambodia
July 10, 1996 (Originally In English)

The more luxurious a life we live, the more we owe other people. If we can live a simple life, we have to thank God for not deeply involving us with other sentient beings. Because we live a simple life, we are more relaxed and the atmosphere cannot bother our minds, so we feel happy and comfortable. There are some people who live a more complicated life, so their minds are more complicated and bothered too. They have to struggle a lot for existence. There is too much competition, and they compare themselves with others, wear sophisticated clothes and eat sophisticated food; so they owe a lot to other sentient beings.

There is nothing that comes without trouble, but some things bring additional, unnecessary trouble. Therefore, the more we use them, the more unnecessary troubles and worries we will suffer.

~Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Hsihu Center, Formosa
May 30, 1990 (Originally In Chinese)

When we possess the great wisdom, we also possess numerous miraculous powers. But at that time, we have so much, too much, that we might not even know how much we have; and things just come out of us automatically without us intentionally doing anything. That's why the saints do things without doing.

~Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Montreal, Canada
April 17, 1993 (Originally In English)