我們也幾乎是唯一密集播出又如此關心氣候變遷的媒體，而且還提供了這麼多資訊，包括科學證據與解決的方法。我們每天大幅報導，不惜花了很多錢，播出有關氣候變遷的種種問題和解決方法，每次十到廿分鐘。我們不拿任何捐款，也沒有任何廣告收入，我們是極少數真正無條件幫忙的媒體。其他人則似乎認為還有幾個世紀，事情才會真正開始發生。
我這麼賣力地推動，而方法又如此簡單。如果政府與媒體都一起投入，並幫忙傳播訊息，告訴大家：「情況真的很緊急，每個人一定要這樣做。」那麼我們還有時間，有兩年的時間。好，雖然很短，但我們還有時間保存地球的現狀；不會像以前那麼好，但最少可以維持現狀，不會更糟，只是他們不做。
有些人確實關心，他們說：「哦，是！」他們有興趣想要了解，他們真的很關心，但可能之後就忘了，因為有電視要看、有電影可享受、有夫妻關係、有小孩要照顧，或是要經營生意，賺更多錢。他們似乎不知道事情的輕重緩急。
所以我們做我們能做的，至少你們是發心去做，分發傳單等等，或許有些人會醒悟，然後那些人可能會影響其他人。我們只能這麼希望，我們總是懷抱希望，正面的想法總比負面的想法好。所以我們繼續打坐，一如以往地幫助人們，並且分發傳單，喚醒任何能醒來的人。
有些人會害怕，但他們必須做些事，而不是只把種子儲存在北極，以防萬一。儲存種子有什麼用？當毒氣散佈各地，人們紛紛死去或生病，誰會去吃那些食物？如果大家都死了，就沒有人去吃那些食物。即使他們儲存很多，可能也只夠少數人吃。只有那些有錢、有能力的人才能取得那些食物，只有他們能夠得到利益。
我真不了解人類！問題是，也許有些人認為只要自己有錢，就能生存，或只要能取得種子，就可以重新耕種等等。但誰知道！當災難來臨時，不管是貧是富，可能都拿不到。所以即使你有錢、有權力，也很難說你是不是可以活下來；而且就算你活下來了，能活多久也不知道。如果整個地球都被摧毀或污染了，你帶著種子、帶著錢、帶著權力，又能去哪裡？還有一點，如果所有窮人或大部分的窮人都死了，他們是勞動力，那誰來為你播種？為我們清理道路、種樹和播種的人，正是那些勞工、農夫、窮人。所以我不了解世人在想什麼。我知道你們懂，但我們只能盡我們所能。我們繼續分發傳單，誰知道呢？可能有用，不過你們了解那種感覺。
我不了解，這有什麼困難的？只是放下一塊肉，以一塊豆腐取代，事實上完全一樣，而且還更營養、更有益健康，也更經濟，為什麼有人就是無法犧牲一點口味？就算肉很好吃，他們那麼愛吃肉，他們怎麼會不願犧牲一點口味，好讓每個人和他們的孩子都能存活下去？怎麼會做不到呢？只是以一塊豆腐取代一塊肉，就這樣而已！特別是現今我們有各種素肉，吃起來那麼美味，雖然是豆製品，但看起來很像肉。我不知道吃起來是否一樣，但我覺得很好吃、很美味，甚至更好吃。但他們不管明天是否會死掉，或他們的小孩是否會受苦，還是無法放下那塊肉。
我們還能去哪裡？ 毒氣已經到處都有，只是目前還不是那麼強烈。當你經過一些地方，你可能會頭痛，但你不知道為什麼突然頭痛，為什麼心臟突然疼痛或有灼熱感，你不知道為何今天你的肝臟不好，於是你就吃了一些藥，然後就忘了。但如果我們不採取行動，毒氣會越來越強烈。
假如說大家都不採取行動，地球就會毀滅，那你們會怎麼做？有任何點子嗎？你們有沒有發現，一時之間出現了許多「馬上行動」？以前沒有這樣，現在可以看到各地的人們正在為環保做一些事。我希望大家都能一起做，並且要夠快！我希望政府和媒體能夠確實採取行動，這是我每天都期待看到的。只要禁這個、禁那個，大家不再吃肉，那我們就得救了。真的，非常簡單！只要採取無肉飲食、使用永續能源，因為我們有無盡的太陽能和波浪能源；還有種樹，每個人只要種幾棵樹，不用很多。政府可以付錢請人在沙漠、氣候乾燥或那些已經被破壞的地區種樹，以恢復清新的空氣，而不是把錢拿去打仗，這非常簡單！
我們也很樂意隨時付出勞力，義務到外面種樹。我們願意，只要政府真的支持每一個計畫。我們也很樂意到各地示範素食烹飪，或在家裡煮給大家看。我們可以邀請別人到我們家裡來，示範素食烹飪給他們看，幾個星期之後，他們就會煮了，如果你們先幫忙示範的話。不過我的意思是，如果政府和媒體真的支持，那麼他們就該放下那塊肉，就算是一種犧牲，那也很值得，那真的是他們整輩子所能做的最高貴的事。只要放下那塊肉，以素肉取代。我們有這麼多食物可吃，並非我們沒有選擇，為什麼他們不試試看？
從現在起，你們每個人都是老師，不論你們到哪裡，不管你們碰到誰，都要跟他們提到素食，邀請他們到家裡來，為他們示範素食烹飪，親手示範，不然他們只是在電視上看，可能不一樣。運用你們個人的力量和愛心，為他們示範。我們把它推廣出去，並盡力去做，花一些時間來拯救地球，為他們示範如何烹調素食。
開始去做，我不是開玩笑的，做些事，因為你們在世界各地。我在「無上師電視台」示範，並煮給我的狗狗吃。我也盡力跟別人談起素食，但為了拯救地球，我也非常忙。所以你們幫忙做，每個人都當餐館老闆，學習怎麼煮得好吃、怎麼示範，加上你們的微笑，石頭也會融化；用你們的佳餚，他們的心會融化。不會虧本的，素食非常便宜，請人來吃素食，你們一定負擔得起。而且這是很好的投資，能夠拯救地球，所以非常值得！你們盡力去做，透過「無上師電視台」、透過傳單、透過書籍、透過網路，影響很大。但儘管如此，習慣仍然難改。告訴他們，只是改變習慣而已。邀請任何你能邀請的人，為他們示範素食，讓他們感覺賓至如歸，就像平時請客一樣。可以擺幾根蠟燭等等，這要花多少錢？沒多少，不需要花很多錢。把氣氛弄得充滿喜慶、愉快、溫馨，把食物煮得很好吃，他們就會想要再來吃，然後你就可以教他們怎麼煮。
因為他們真的不知道怎麼煮。說實在的，知道怎麼煮素食的人不多。他們認為吃素就是吃四季豆之類的綠色豆子，然後擔心自己變得像四季豆一樣。肯定很多人會問你們說：「哦，吃素，吃素活得下去嗎？足夠營養嗎？」他們會這樣問你，因為他們真的不知道，他們沒有研究，所以不習慣。
我希望我能活著看到政府真的下令禁止吃肉，因為肉也會毒害民眾，還不用提到排放甲烷、廢氣，大量消耗能源、水、醫藥等等，還沒提到那些呢！吃肉讓大家生病，肉是有毒的，每個人都知道。人民的領袖必須幫忙保護人民。
師父：很短！兩年聽起來好像很長，其實不然，只有700多天，104週而已，很嚇人。所以我們必須幫忙，必須起而行，盡我們所能去做。如果我們死了也罷，但我們現在必須做些事。把它當成是你們此生的任務，告訴大家吃肉的危害，讓他們知道解決之道。
肉食對我們星球真的不好，吃肉很糟糕，因為肉才是肇因，不是人民。不是人民，對嗎？他們不知道，真的不知道。他們互相影響，他們真的是這種情況的受害者，真的是這樣。你們必須以愛心來做，必須有大慈悲心，願意犧牲自己的時間和精力。
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Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, European Retreat, Austria
February 28, 2008 (Originally in English)
No one wants to do anything. We have a solution but they don’t do it! There is a solution, of only three steps: Be vegetarian, use sustainable energy, and plant trees.How much more simple can it be? But no one does it because not all governments endorse it and there’s no sense of urgency. And in the media, we are the only one or almost the only ones airing it on TV.
We’re also almost the only one that airs so often and cares so much about it and gives so much information about the evidence as well as the solution. We air a big scroll every day. It costs a lot of money to air all these solutions and problems of climate change 10 or 20 minutes at a time. We don’t take any donations and we don’t take any advertising money. We are the only ones who really unconditionally help. For everyone else, it seems like it may be another few centuries until things really start kicking in.
I’m trying so hard and the solution is so simple. If the government and the media jump in and help and spread all this, and say, “It’s really urgent, and everyone must do it,” then we still have time: Two years. Okay, it’s short, but we have time, to keep the planet ‘as is.’ Not as good as before, but as is, and not worse. But they don’t do it.
One Solution: Stop Raising Animals for Meat
We have solutions. Everyone knows the solutions. They are doing some, but it’s not just doing; the government has to really broadcast it on their internet. They have a lot of money, and they can do anything; they’re powerful. I do my best: the flyers, seminars and everything are just for that, just to save the planet. But it’s too slow, just like a little bit here and there.The government has to say something, just like they ban smoking. When it is banned; it’s done. The government could do that. They ban cigarettes, and they’re banned. And they ban drugs, and they’re banned. They’re not legal. The cigarette reduction now also lessens a lot of illness everywhere in the world. People know that. The same with the climate change policy. If they just do what they know is good, then it’s very quick. In no time, we will recover, or we can stop the effects. If we don’t raise any more cattle or animals, then the Earth will be more sustainable, with no more greenhouse gas or methane gas from the animals and no more multiplying all the time.Whatever we have already, we keep it; and no more raising for profit and meat. Then the Earth will recover.
After a while, the cows will be gone the natural way and then all the land will be planted with trees and vegetables again. Because if you raise cattle, even 50 years later you still cannot truly cultivate on that land. It’s been stamped on and is hard and deprived of sustainable quality. They just have to stop meat eating because it’s bad karma also; it’s not just about the methane gas. Every day we air all kinds of warning signs and evidence. My God, what are we talking about all day except this! This is the only important thing right now. First you have to survive, and then you can do anything else you want. But if you don’t survive, if you don’t have the planet, what’s the use? Unless they want to kill their children. If that’s what they decide, what are we going to do? We try our best. Apart from working very hard already, we spread the news; we go out with flyers and everything. We advertise on newspapers from our own pocket. We air it on TV from our own money. We tell everyone we know.
Some do care; they say, “Oh yes!” They’re interested; they want to know, they really care. But maybe they forget afterward, because there is TV to watch, theater to enjoy, husband-and-wife relationship, children, or business and still more money. They don’t seem to know the priority.
Wealth Has No Value When Change
Affects the Whole Planet
There’s a film called “I Am Legend” with Will Smith. The city is besieged with mutated people who are sick and have been transformed into vicious animal-like beings. The main character who is still alive, is the only normal person in the whole city of New York. Everywhere is deserted and just full of mutated, vicious animals and vicious humans. As the main character walks into the bank, the whole floor is covered with money, and then he goes into the bank vault that’s full of gold bars. You just see the truly useless nonsense of making or amassing money. If you see him walking on the stacks of money, my God, it really drives home the message. But people watch it and just think it’s entertainment. Because if they were afraid, they’d have to do something - unless they don’t care whether they die or live; that’s also okay with me. Or, unless they want to kill their children knowingly, which is really gruesome; knowing that your children are going to die by your actions now, and you still let it happen.
So we do what we can do, and at least you’re doing it with your heart. Give the flyers and all that; maybe some people will awaken and maybe those people will affect other people. We just hope. We’re always hoping. Positive thinking is better than negative. So, we just meditate, help people the way we always do and distribute the flyers to awaken whoever can be. Some of them are scared but then you have to do something, not just put the seeds in the Arctic, and save it in case. What’s the use of saving the seeds when there’s poisonous gas all over, and people are all dying and diseased; who’s going to eat them? If we die, no one can eat them. Or even if they save so many, it may be just enough for a few. The wealthy and the able are the ones who can reach it; they’re the ones who will be able to profit from it.
I don’t understand humans. The point is, maybe some of us think that if we have money, we’ll be able to survive, or if we can reach the seeds, we can plant them again, and so on. But who knows, maybe you can’t, whether rich or poor, when disaster strikes. It will be difficult to tell, even if you have money or you’re powerful, if you can survive or not, and even if you survive, for how long. If the whole planet is destroyed or polluted, where do you go with your seeds, with your money and with your power? And, one more thing: If all or most of the poor people die, they are the work force. Who’s going to plant seeds for you? It is the workers, the farmers, the poor people who are cleaning the roads, planting the trees and sowing the seeds. So, I don’t understand the thinking of this world. I know you understand, but then we’re doing our best. We still do the flyers; who knows, it might help. But still, you understand the feeling.
Well, it’s happening everywhere already, or at least they are a little bit panicking now. It seems like all the governments concentrate on it. At least these are some of the topics that are being discussed, and they gather here and there to talk about it recently. They have to do it concretely. Everyone knows by now from the United Nations report that meat eating and animal raising is one of the worst factors, or even the worst factor of climate change, or global warming. But no one talks about it. Everyone talks about new energy, bio-fuels, hybrid cars, compressed air cars, carbon sucking machines, or digging a hole and storing the carbon, as if it will not bust one day. But before that, you have to breathe in already, as if it will not affect you.
Putting Down Meat Is a Key to Human Survival
I don’t understand this. What is so difficult about putting down one piece of meat, and replacing it with one piece of tofu, which is exactly the same, with better nutrition and better for your health, also more economized? How can anyone not sacrifice just a little palate taste? Even if the meat tastes that great, even if they so love the meat, how can they not sacrifice it, just for the sake of everyone’s survival, and their own children? How can they not? Just replace one piece of meat with another piece of tofu; that’s all there is to it. Especially even nowadays we have all kinds of vegetarian meat that tastes so delicious. Even soya, it looks the same. I don’t know if it tastes the same or not, but it tastes good to me. It tastes delicious, even better. But they still cannot put down that piece of meat, no matter if they die tomorrow, or if their children suffer.
It’s not just about dying. It’s the suffering - mental and physical, psychological and emotional - before dying. Because all this gas, it’s already in the air. It affects people a lot. Yet they don’t admit it; they don’t even claim it. But some have already said that it is because of that. Some scientists already do research and say it is because of global warming that people have more mental illness, more internal organ failure and so on. There’s evidence everywhere, but it seems like no one listens or no one cares. Still, we continue to do it. And then if we die, oh well, we die happy. Where else do we go?
It’s fuming everywhere. It’s just that at the moment, it’s not so intense. Then you probably have a headache when you pass by some place, and you don’t know why suddenly the headache comes, or why suddenly your heart hurts or burns. You don’t know why today your liver is no good, so then you take medicine and you forget about it. But it’ll be more and more intense if we don’t do something.
Suppose no one does anything and the planet is kaput. What will you do? Any idea? Suddenly, do you see how many “Time to Act?” Before, we didn’t have them. Now you can look everywhere, and they’re doing something for the environment. I hope they all do it and quick enough. I hope the governments and the media really put their thumb into it. That’s all I hope for, every day. And just ban this, ban that:No meat anymore and then we’re saved. Truly, it’s very simple! Just use the meatless or animal-less diet; use sustainable energy, with limitless sun or wave power; and plant trees. Everyone can plant only a couple of trees, not a lot. And the government, instead of putting money into war, they could just use the money to pay people to plant trees in areas of desert, dry climate or where it’s already damaged, to revive the atmosphere. It’s very simple!
We’d be happy to also go out and plant trees free of charge, and donate our labor anytime; we can, if the government is really behind every one of these programs. We would also be happy to go out and cook vegetarian, to show everyone in all of our houses. We can invite people to come into our house and show them how to cook vegetarian. After a few weeks, they’ll know how, if you can do that first. But what I mean is, if the government and the media are really behind it, they just have to put down that piece of meat. Even if it is a sacrifice, it’s really worth it. It’s really the most noble thing they could do in their whole life. Just put down that piece of meat and replace it with the veggie meat. We have so much food to eat; it’s not that we don’t have a choice. Why don’t they just try it?
Make Every Home a Veg Restaurant
>From now, each of you should be a teacher. Anywhere you go, anyone you meet, you talk about it. You invite them to your house and show them vegetarian cooking. Show it on hand; otherwise if they just see it on TV, it may be different. Use your personal energy and love to show them. We just spread it out and do what we can. Use your time for saving the planet. Show them how to cook vegetarian food.
Every house, I want turned into a veggie restaurant. Show them what you eat. If they don’t know what vegetarian is, they don’t know how to do it. Truly, they don’t know. Even if some people know that vegetarian is good, they don’t know how. They even ask on the internet: “How did you do it?” Truly, some people have never heard of it before. They never thought about it. So we do that. All of you in the world teach them how, every day and every time you can. Invite them at random, as a guest, unconditionally, and show them how. Anyone who smiles at you, talk to them and invite them for coffee in your home: “I live nearby! I didn’t know such a lovely neighbor exists. Wow, what an honor! Let’s go to my house and have a cup of coffee.” And then, from then on.
Start it; I’m not joking. Do something because you’re out there. I do it on Supreme Master TV and in cooking for my dogs. I talk to whomever I can also. But I’m also very busy with the planet things. So do that; be a restaurant owner, or restaurateur. Learn to cook well and learn to show it. With your smile, a stone will melt; and with your food, the heart will melt. There’s nothing to lose. Vegetarian is very cheap; you can always afford to invite someone. And it’s a good investment; it saves the planet. So it’s worth it. You try what you can, through Supreme Master Television, through flyers, through books, through the internet. It influences a lot. But still, that habit dies hard. Just tell them to change the habit, that’s it. Invite whoever you can, show the vegetarian diet and make them feel welcome. It’s like everything else. Put candles and all that. How much does it cost? Not so much. It doesn’t have to be a lot. Make it festive and welcome and homey. Make the food taste good and then they’ll come back for more and you can show them how.
Because truly, they don’t know. I’m telling you the truth. Not many people know how to cook vegetarian. They think vegetarian is just to eat green beans, like string beans, and then they worry they become like a string. Surely many would ask you, “Oh, vegetarian! Can you live on that? Is it nutritious enough that way?” They ask you like that because they don’t know, truly. They don’t research into that, so they’re not used to it.
Ban All Meat for the Good of the World
I hope I live to see the day that the governments really ban meat because it’s also poisonous to people. Not to talk about methane or waste gas, depleting energy or water or medicine, nothing like that. Meat makes everyone sick. Meat is poisonous. Everyone knows that. The people’s leaders have to help protect people.
Suppose you know something is poisonous to your children; will you deliberately give it to them, to kill them? No! So now all the evidence points out that meat is also poisonous and alcohol is bad. Just ban them outright. There’s no more discussion. Poisonous things you don’t give to your people. You don’t allow them to be near your people. And children even have access to alcohol, not to talk about meat. Okay, that’s it. We have to ban meat. We’re banning it now by showing people how to cook and eat vegetarian. We go all out. This is really for survival. You have only two years to change, two years. Four years is when it happens but within two years we have to do something; otherwise, it will happen, do you understand me? (Audience: Yes.) Do you know how long two years is?
Audience: Very fast.
M: Seven hundred something days; that’s it - 104 weeks. With 52 weeks per year, two years is only 104 weeks. 1...0...4...weeks. That’s all we have. Do you understand? Does it sound very long?
Audience: No!
M: It’s short. When you say two years, it might sound long. No! It’s only 700 days, 104 weeks. That’s a very scary number. Okay, we have to do it. We have to take matters into our hands. We do what we can. And if we die, we die, but we have to do something. Make it your mission in life, to inform people about the danger of eating meat, and show them the solution.
Meat is really not good for our planet. Meat is bad. Because meat is the reason, not the people! Not the people, right? They don’t know! Truly they don’t know. They influence each other. And they’re really poor victims of the situation. It’s really, truly like that. You have to do it with love. You have to have big compassion, to sacrifice your time and your energy.
D: There’s an organization called Animal Aid. I got an email from them the other day and they’ve got a system where they train you or you can train yourself, so you can go and speak at schools. They get the schools for you and you can pick the age group of people you talk to. And a brother is thinking of going and doing it with younger children.
M: Yes, we can do that.
D: You can speak about vegetarianism or climate change or anything.
M: Yes, you can volunteer to go to any school, to cook a free meal that day, or bring samples. Or ask whoever wants to come with you to learn vegetarian food, and everyone brings a few carrots.
D: Because the children love the animals and then they start to ask the parents, saying,
“We can’t eat these, they’re beautiful beings.” Yes, children are great.
M: Yes, if we can.
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我們有方法，每個人都知道方法。他們有在做一些了，但不能光做，政府還必須在網路上向民眾宣導。他們有很多錢，權力很大，可以做任何事。我盡一己所能，透過文宣、講座等各種途徑，都是為了要拯救世界。但這樣太慢了，感覺只是這裡一點、那裡一點。
一陣子以後，牛隻會自然往生，然後所有的土地就可以重新用來種樹、種蔬菜。因為如果你過度放牧的話，即使五十年後，那塊地仍無法種植農作物，因為長期被動物踩踏，土質會硬化而喪失地力。人們必須停止吃肉，因為這也會造下不好的業障，不只是甲烷的問題而已。我們每天播出各種警訊和科學證據，天啊，目前除了這個還有什麼好談的？這是現在唯一重要的事。首先你必須活下去，然後才能做你想做的事。如果你無法活下去，如果沒有地球，那有什麼用？除非他們想要扼殺自己孩子的生路。如果這就是他們的決定，那我們還能做什麼？我們一直盡力在做，除了非常努力地工作，我們還散播消息、分發傳單等等，我們自己出錢在報紙上登廣告，用自己的錢在電視上播出，並告訴我們所認識的每個人。
有一部由威爾‧史密斯（Will Smith）主演的電影，片名是《我是傳奇》（I Am Legend），戲中的城市被變種人佔據，他們因為感染病毒而變得邪惡，變成像動物一樣的眾生。主角還活著，他是整個紐約市唯一正常的人。所有地方都變成廢墟，到處都是邪惡的變種動物和變種人。當主角走進銀行的時候，地上覆蓋著滿滿的金錢，然後他進入銀行的金庫，裡面全是金條。這時你會發現，賺錢或積聚財富真的是毫無用處又無聊的事！當你看到他走在錢堆上時，天啊，它真的透澈傳達了這個訊息，但一般看的人卻認為那只是娛樂。因為他們如果真的害怕，就會採取一些行動；除非他們不在意自己是死是活，那我也無所謂。或者，除非他們故意要扼殺自己孩子的生路，這真的是很可怕；明知道現在如果你沒有行動，你的孩子會死去，你卻仍然讓它發生！
我希望你們每個家庭都成為素食餐館，讓他們知道你們吃些什麼。他們如果不了解素食，就不知道怎麼煮素菜。他們真的不知道！有的人雖然知道素食很好，但他們不知道怎麼煮。他們甚至在網路上問：「你們怎麼烹調素食？」真的如是！有些人從沒聽過素食，也從沒想過，所以我們幫他們。你們各地所有人，每天有空的時候就教他們煮，無條件地隨機邀請他們來作客，示範怎麼煮素食。任何人對你微笑，你就跟他們聊聊天，邀請他們來家裡喝咖啡。「我住在附近，我不知道有位這麼可愛的鄰居，哇，真榮幸！到我家裡喝杯咖啡吧！」然後教他們。
因此經由不是很好的職業賺錢，像是涉及殺生，或是損害別人的頭腦、精神和諧、情緒穩定或身體健康，對業主而言都是非常有害的，更別提買那些產品的人受害有多少。所以，對業主是最糟糕的。比方說，你開設公司製造武器，就會有最糟糕、最恐怖的業障等著你。如果你經營一家毒品製造公司，就會有最糟糕的業障等著你。這些業主、老闆、首腦，會有最糟糕的業障在某個地方等著他們，不是天堂，你們知道是哪裡！對這種人非常不好，死後必須忍受很多痛苦折磨，甚至在世時就已經開始承受了。
Thus, earning money by not-very-good professions, like the ones involving in killing or ones that damage people’s brains, mental well-being, emotional well-being or physical well-being, these are very harmful to the owner of the operation, not to talk about the person who buys his product. So, the owner is the worst. For example, if you manufacture weapons and you are the owner of that company, you have the worst, terrible karma waiting for you. If you own a drug-producing company, you have the worst karma waiting for you. The owner or the boss, the mastermind, has the worst karma waiting for him somewhere - not Heaven! You know where! It will be very bad for this person; he has to endure a lot, a lot of suffering after this life or even in this life already.
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