Master's Teachings

Heaven Is A State Of Being

• If we have God, then everywhere we go, God is there, and then we will feel happy anywhere. Nirvana or Heaven is not only a place in the universe, but it is also a state of being. If we reach this state of consciousness, we will always be satisfied and we will always have much too much, we will never want. --- By The Supreme Master Ching Hai Group Meditation in Berlin, Germany. May 5, 1993 (Originally in English)
• Be simple! Life is more simple for you, and you save all your energy for climbing up instead of spending it on intellectual corner somewhere here and there, and bind yourself there. You are beautiful, very beautiful. Free yourself. You burden yourself too much; it's not necessary. Just be yourself. Be free. --- By The Supreme Master Ching Hai Group Meditation in Berlin, Germany. May 5, 1993 (Originally in English)
• You have to work for yourselves, all of you, until you understand what you are, and not rely on anything. Be courageous. Don't put too much importance on your physical beings. Give it enough foods; give the body enough food, enough clothing, enough exercise, but that's it. Make it comfortable and that's enough. Otherwise we'll be forever bound in the physical dimension. Whatever we pay too much attention to, we're bound with that. I also have to work for my understanding. Maybe I work quicker than you, but sooner or later you will arrive. --- By The Supreme Master Ching Hai Group Meditation in Berlin, Germany. May 5, 1993 (Originally in English)
• Take it easy; meditate! And everything will be clear, I promise you, because that's the way I found out. Even to read the books from me is second class, even books from holy Masters; even I answer you is second class; even my lecture - everything is second class. Go inside yourself and find out the great treasure - wisdom, you have, the great intelligent you are. Don't even rely on me, rely on yourself. --- By The Supreme Master Ching Hai Group Meditation in Berlin, Germany. May 5, 1993 (Originally in English)
• If we do not suffer much, we do not know what suffering is. It's difficult to sympathize with other people when we don't know. Just like the rich people, they don't know what poverty means. Or the people of the free countries do not know what Communism is. Therefore, there are some, many so-called refugees from the Communist country, when they came to a free country and to take refuge, people rejected them. The people came from the Communist country say they are oppressed, they feel oppressed mentally, and they cannot breathe in the Communist country. But the people from the free countries, they don't know what that means. They are not oppressed; they have not been oppressed. They would not understand the situation of the citizens who were oppressed by any kind of "ism" which is controlling people's mental and physical activities.

If we do not have sympathy, and we criticize these people, later we have to suffer in the similar situation in order to learn what it is. Sometimes, it is that way. So, our suffering is not without a cause. Maybe in the last life we have not learn well the compassionate lesson. Maybe we have not been sympathetic to our fellow beings. So, this life we have to suffer a little in order to know what the suffering means. Okay? It's very seldom that we have compassion without suffering. If without personal suffering we already feel great sympathy to other fellow beings, then we're fortunate. And then, our life would be spared a lot of suffering. --- By The Supreme Master Ching Hai
Group Meditation in Malaysia. Feb. 6, 1992 (Originally in English)