Selected Questions and Answers


Giving Goes Beyond Destiny

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, European Retreat in Hungary,
February 24, 2005 (Originally in English)

Q: I understand that we don’t have to choose much because everything is destiny anyhow. (Master: Yes.) So, what does it mean that we have to do our best, if there is nothing to do, anyway?

M: We do that for the future. We do our best, like we meditate. That’s for Heaven; that’s a different reward.

Q: Yes, but is that really all we can do? Is there nothing that’s best for us to do?

M: You try your best. If you cannot do it, then you know it’s not yours. But you try your best in some way; for instance, if you want to help other people, you can always do that. You don’t need destiny for that. Destiny is only what happens to you and what you can have. But what you want to share, what you want to give, is always available. It’s free! Whatever you want to do, which is good for other people, is always free.

There are free things in the spiritual domain, the same as free things in life. In life you have to pay for many things, but there are free things also, like free education, free medical check-ups, free air and so on. These are free. Sometimes, the government has a grant. That’s something free. Maybe not a lot, but it’s something free.

Some people don’t have money or don’t want to spend money. So you know how they do it? They have a party every week! They go to those opening parties or weddings or funerals, where no one checks you. They look at the newspaper, and always there’s some party here or party there. So they go there all the time! They have free drinks and free food, and then go on to the next. The whole of their life is a free party.

I am not telling you to do that! (Laughter) It’s just an example of the free things in life that you could have. So, our free thing in life is that we can give to others. We can love: We can share spiritual news, spiritual merit and spiritual energy. That’s a free thing you can do. No one can stop you.