Spoken
By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Brazil, June 18, 1989 (Originally In English)
Q.
If I stop eating meat, doesn't my body weaken if I do not have conditions
for preparing a vegetarian meal?
M.
No, but you must select a protein-rich diet to
replace the missing animal protein. In the English sample booklet, I
talk about the vegetarian diet and there I tell you what foods you can
eat which have enough nutrition. Meat is not all that good. We all know
already. You see, the hospitals are full of meat-eating people. Vegetarian
people hardly ever go to the hospital. The more civilized, the more
meat we have, the more hospitals we build. If you fear that vegetarians
don't have enough nutrition, look at the elephants, look at the horses,
look at the cows. Is there anything stronger than an elephant? What
does it eat? It doesn't even care about protein. Don't cheat yourself.
Vegetarianism is very healthy.
Even
Mohammed Ali, the boxer, eats vegetarian. So don't tell me any tales.
If you want to eat meat, then you eat meat. No one will say anything.
Just don't make excuses. Meat is no good. Very filthy! All kinds of
bacteria in it. All kinds of poison in it. All kinds of hatred, fear,
terrifying feelings, or say, magnetic fields in the meat of the animal
from when it was killed and they remains there. When you consume the
meat, you consume all these energies with it. It's very heavy energy,
so you can't climb back Home.
Spoken
By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Malaysia Oct. 1, 1989 (Originally In English)
We
must see the suffering of other creatures as our own. Therefore, we
should not ejoice in the killing of animals, and then eat them. That's
the reason why we should beVegetarians. That's what I mean by leaning
more and more towards compassion and extending love to all creatures.
Every religion, not one doesn't mention that we should extend our love
to all beings, not only human beings. So, whether we believe in any
religion or not, we all can believe in the "Hsin Ben Shan",
in the goodness, in the compassion of our hearts. So we try to save
as many lives as possible.
That
doesn't mean that if you eat one piece of meat, many things will change.
But it is the principle of training our hearts towards compassion. Let
our compassion grow, don't kill our compassion. The intention is important.
Vegetarian Era
The
Reasons For Becoming A Vegetarian -- Health and Energy