清海無上師以英文講於美國加州聖荷西 1994.07.16（影帶編號#438）
有一個印度故事，是講一顆糖果去天堂見上帝，它跟上帝抱怨說：「親愛的上帝，我那麼甜、那麼好，不但遵守五戒，又一直都在打坐。」是啊！糖果一向都「坐」在桌上，無所事事。它說它從不曾傷害過任何人。「不過每個人一靠近我，就想把我吃掉，連螞蟻、蒼蠅也不例外，為什麼？我犯了什麼錯？難道因果法律已經蕩然無存了嗎？」因為上帝說過，假如你做壞事、傷害別人、對人不好，那麼別人也會對你不好。但如果你對別人好，又不傷害任何人，人家就不會傷害你，對嗎？
所以糖果說：「為什麼我不同呢？我是一顆糖果（大眾笑），這麼甜，而人們卻一直想吃我、虐待我，為什麼？」上帝說：「你最好站遠一點，我才回答你。」糖果說：「為什麼？您不喜歡我嗎？」上帝說：「只管照著做，站遠一點，拜託！」上帝快要發脾氣了，喊得很用力、很大聲。糖果在發抖，它以為上帝在生氣它，不喜歡它。它說：「老…天…啊！我做錯了什麼呢？」上帝告訴它：「你沒做錯什麼，只不過你如果站得太靠近的話，連我也想把你吃掉。」（大眾笑及鼓掌）
天地萬物各有其本質，有些東西很有吸引力、很誘人，像糖果、巧克力、蛋糕等；有些則像火一樣，任何東西一靠近就會被它燒掉。明師也是像這樣，我們永遠無法了解他們；她前一分鐘這樣，下一分鐘就變那樣，她做很多事，但是我們卻看不到她做什麼，她的一切都那麼令人難以捉摸，那就是明師，所謂的明師就是這樣。所以我們不能責怪明師為什麼這樣、為什麼那樣、為什麼責罵我們，而應該自己小心。在明師旁邊的時候，要保持單純的心。不過有時候你們掌握不了自己的頭腦，你們還來不及控制它，它已經胡思亂想了，那就太遲了。然後就被師父捉到，因為念頭已經在那裡了，真是糟糕！或是你們昨天做了什麼事，今天碰巧看到師父，也許你們已經忘了昨天的事，但師父還記得，這就是問題所在。 
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Candy and God
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, San Jose, California, USA, July 16, 1994 (Originally in English) Videotape #438
There is an Indian story about a bar of candy that came to see God in Heaven and complained: "Dear God, I am so sweet. I am so nice! I keep the Five Precepts. I meditate all the time." The sugar candy, as you know, it always sits on the table doing nothing. He says he never does harm to anyone. "But anyone, even the ants, the flies -- anyone who comes near me wants to eat me. Why? What have I done? Doesn't the law of karma exist anymore?" Because God says that if you do something bad, if you harm someone, if you are sour, then people will return sourness to you. But if you are sweet to people, if you are nice and you don't do any harm to people, then they will never harm you, right?
So the candy said, "Why me? I am a candy. (Laughter) I am so sweet, and people always eat me and abuse me, why?" And God said, "You better step a little bit further before I answer you." And the candy said, "Why, you don't like me?" So God said, "Just do it! Stand away, please!" Hes nearly lost Hiers temper. Oh, Hes shouted very hard, very loud. And the sugar was shaking, thinking that God got angry with him and didn't like him. He said, "M-m-m-y G-g-god, but what did I do?" So God said, "You didn't do anything, but if you stay too near, I will also want to eat you!" (Laughter and applause)
Everything in this world has a nature of its own. Some are charming, some are seducing, like the candy, chocolate, the cakes, and some burn everything like fire, as soon as you get near. It's like the Master: You can never understand him or her. She is one minute like that, the other minute like this. She does a lot of things, but we never see Her do anything. Everything is so incomprehensible. That is the Master. The so-called Master is like that. So, we can't blame the Master for doing this and that or for scolding us, but we should just be careful. If we are around, keep our mind pure. But sometimes you cannot catch up with your mind. Before you catch up with it, it's already thought about something. It's too late. And then the Master already caught it, because it is already there. So it's too bad. Or maybe you did something yesterday and you happen to see Her today, and you may have forgotten about it, but the Master doesn't. So that's the thing. 
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