Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
West Virginia, U.S.A. February 17, 1991
(Originally in English)
If
we read the Bible, the Buddhist texts, or any other religious scriptures,
we see that it is always stated that the kingdom of God is within us,
we are the temple of God, or we have Buddha nature within us. Now, why
don't we make use of this Buddha nature, or the kingdom of God within,
to deal with things instead of using just outer material power, which
is unstable, unreliable, and causes a lot of misery and the loss of
the lives of many talented, young, beautiful, creative, intelligent
human beings, which is a waste.
It
takes tremendous creative power from God or the Universal Force to create
a human being. It takes a lot of intelligence, time, money and love
to raise one human being. Now, in just one second, it is destroyed,
along with thousands and millions of others in war. That is very, very
miserable. It is very unfair of us to do these things. It doesn't matter
if we are right or wrong in war; it always creates misery for both parties.
We
understand that even our enemies have souls, sentiments, intelligence,
compassion and understanding. It's just that we don't sit together and
talk. We don't make friends. We're not supposed to make friends with
our enemies, so we sometimes forget that they are also human like us.
Therefore, it is easy to slay someone whom we do not think much of or
whom we don't hold in high esteem.
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Hong Kong, May 28, 1993 (Originally in English)
We
have always looked for peace in this world. Many nations and the United
Nations, etc. have tried their best to reconcile broken ties between
the countries that are having conflicts with each other - sometimes
with success, sometimes without. It's not because the United Nations
has not tried its best; it's not because many presidents or politicians
are not pure in their motives. It is because many of our brothers and
sisters have not truly found peace within themselves, and they are forever
still searching for happiness and true peace outside. So long as we
still have these brothers and sisters who are trying to look for peace
and happiness outside of themselves, we will not have true and everlasting
peace in this world. Therefore, most of us know that despite all the
finances, all the time, all the energy spent in making world peace,
we often fail. Even if we succeed, the outcome is only temporary, or
if we succeed in having peace in one country, war will break out in
the next country.
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Brisbane, Australia, March 20, 1993
(Originally in English)
People
make war with each other because they identify too much with their bodies,
with the immediate needs and all the demands of their bodies. Therefore,
they kill each other. The only solution to this problem is to find a
way to realize that we are not our bodies, and therefore no one opposes
us and we are in no danger economically or politically. Enlightenment
is the true and lasting answer; otherwise, we will continue to identify
with our bodies and try to fulfill the needs of the body out of worry
that other people will come and steal our crops, take our wives, or
invade our nations.
Some
nations make war with each other because they want to expand their economic
power. In order to feed their overpopulated countries, they fight to
gain more land, to gain more of the economic market, etc. It all has
to do with the body. Even though we say it is differences in ideals,
it all amounts to bodily demands. If we become enlightened, these wars
will stop by themselves. We will realize truly the brotherhood of humankind.
