從愛心出發

編號：838（2片裝） 日期：2008.07.05 地點：福爾摩沙台北 性質：視訊研討會 用語：英文＋中文

字幕：英、簡體中文、正體中文、悠、韓、印尼、泰、印度、旁遮普、希伯來、波斯、阿拉伯、土耳其、俄、波蘭、羅馬尼亞、保、匈牙利、德、法、義、西、葡 (23種)

我們如果能拯救地球與所有的物種，那就太好了！前提是，所有世人都採取愛護生命的素食飲食，這樣我們就會存續下去，並享有繁榮、長壽、和平、快樂的生活，非常長久，甚至永遠。世界會繼續存在，並充滿榮耀與愛心，就像天堂一般。如果每個人都吃素、做好事，就會實現。我們只要做到這兩件事︰吃素、做好事，就可以拯救地球，非常簡單！做不到的話，我們就無法拯救地球。

除了仰賴上帝的恩典和自己的道德，我們無法做什麼。我們要保護自己，只有靠道德，靠正直、善良、慈愛和寬容。我們只能靠保護人類和動物來保護自己。保護人類就是提醒他們過高雅的生活方式，不要傷害自己和別的眾生，包括動物和環境。根據上天的要求，盡力去做所有的好事，時時相互幫忙、原諒別人。

只有兩件事︰吃素、僅做好事，非常簡單！這是目前和所有時刻，我們最需要做的事。到時是安然無恙，或有3天、3個月或永遠的黑暗期，一切就看人類如何回應來自上天和地球接連不斷的警告。我們已收到來自四面八方的警告，現在該是我們留心警惕、回歸我們慈愛天性的時候，將內在的愛以行動展現出來，保護並尊敬所有生命，也就是要吃素，停止使用所有動物性產品；不只是食物，而是所有動物性產品，這才是真正地吃素。

再次強調這兩件事：吃素、做好事，為了他人，當然也為了自己。做好事利益別人，等於做好事幫助自己，因為我們都同一體。不論做什麼事，都會有果報；做善事，就會有善報。所以那些走在愛的路上的人，他們吃素、做好人，就會蒙受上天垂憐和保護。除此之外，我們無法做什麼來防備。 

http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/ch/news/207/index.

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The Way to Heaven’s Mercy and Protection

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Videoconference: Eden on Earth Art Exhibition, Taipei, Formosa July 5, 2008 (Originally in English)

If we can save the planet and all species thereof, then it is excellent. That is, if all turn to a life-loving diet, the vegetarian diet, then we will continue to live and enjoy prosperity, long life, peace and happiness for a long, long time, forever. And the world will continue to exist in glory and love, like Heaven. That is, if everyone becomes vegetarian and does good deeds. That’s it; only two things that we have to do to save this planet: vegetarian diet, doing good deeds. Very simple. If not, then we cannot save the planet.

Nothing we can do, except to rely on God’s grace and our virtue. We have to protect ourselves, only by being virtuous, by being correct, kind, loving and forgiving. We can only protect ourselves by protecting others, humans and animals alike. Protecting humans means reminding them of the noble way of life. That is, refrain from all harm to self and others, including animals and the environment. Strive to do all good according to Heaven’s mandate, helping each other and forgiving at all times.

Two things only: be a vegetarian, do only good deeds. Very simple. This is the best we can do, for now and for all time. Whether it will be the same or it will be darkness for three days, for three months or forever, that depends on humans’ reaction to the present continuous warnings from Heaven and Earth. We’ve been warned from all sides. It is time that we take heed now and return to our natural loving Self. Manifest our love outwardly by protecting and respecting all lives, in action. Meaning again: being a vegetarian and abstaining from all animal products. Not just food, but all animal products. That is the true vegetarian.

So, just two things again: being a vegetarian and doing good things for others and for ourselves, of course. But doing good things for others means doing good things for ourselves, because we are all one. And whatever you do, you will reap the reward. If you do good, you will have good reward in return. So for those who walk the way of love, that is, being a vegetarian, being a good human, they will have Heaven’s mercy and protection. There is nothing else we can do to prepare.
http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/news/207/   

編號：DVD882（3片裝） 日期：2009.10.03 地點：香港 性質：視訊研討會 用語：英文

清海無上師以英文講於香港「心連心、救地球」視訊會議 2009.10.03
問：吃素救地球，是我們所能採取的最刻不容緩也最可行的行動，但是我們也應該顧及畜牧業、副食品工業和運輸、批發零售、餐飲等相關行業，以及其他既得利益者，這些衝擊和改變可能會對他們影響非常大。即使政府願意拋開經濟考量，但對有些人來說，要他們從這些慣以為生的專長、投資、習慣等等轉型，仍是難以調適。請問師父，怎樣才能讓他們重新投入別的行業並願意做出改變？

師父：多謝！感謝您的提問，也謝謝您關心其他人。我們的確必須顧及那些您所提到的從業人士，以及他們要如何改變生活，不過這並不難。

首先，我們必須了解，我們除了改變，別無選擇。那些行業和地球無法並存；我們要不就改變，要不就全部滅亡，別無選擇。我們若不停止畜牧業和肉食習慣，就無法拯救地球，包括業者自己和他們的肉品事業都無法存續。所以，我認為我們必須在生命與事業間作抉擇。我們必須先存活下來，必須顧及全體世人，而不是只考慮到一些行業。情況真的是很緊急！

處在這個緊要關頭，那些以肉品業為生的人若能獲得適當資訊，並了解改變他們的生活方式和職業事關重大，就會願意改變。他們有許多強烈動機，舉例而言，首先是讓地球免於氣候災難，拯救這個世界的所有生命。如果我們不懸崖勒馬，再下去就要面臨全面的災難和大滅絕，無論你是否從事肉品生意、肉品運輸業或其他相關的職業，每個人都會受到影響。

　

肉品業是無利可圖的行業

其次，我們所談論的肉品業是一種糟糕的行業，對整個地球或對任何人都毫無利益可言。它是最無效率的行業，中文我們說「虧本生意」。現今，肉品業並非是有利可圖的行業，生產成本很高，必須耗費很多電力、水和穀物，才能生產等量的所謂「食物」，而這種食物卻有更好的替代品，我們有比肉更好的食物。若政府不給予肉品業任何補助，那麼光是在印度砍伐林地所製造出來的漢堡，就會要價200美元，而不是像你在某些商店買的那樣只要99分錢。一個漢堡的實際代價，會是200美元。

目前在美國，甚至在豬流感影響養豬業之前，養豬業即已虧損數十億美元。為什麼？因為高糧價使他們無法負擔餵養牲畜的飼料。現今糧價日益高漲，他們怎麼生存？你們繳給政府的稅金，政府再拿去補助他們，這就是他們的生存之道。所以這是虧本生意。世界各地，從美國到中國，政府每年都必須補助動物養殖業者至少數百億美元，每年支付肉品業數百億美元！這些錢從哪裡來？

聽眾：納稅人！

師父：納稅人！答對了！你們真聰明，是你們的錢！你們每天辛苦賺的錢，流汗、流淚所賺的寶貴的「錢」，要養活自己、照顧家庭、保護自己的小孩和親朋好友，卻輾轉流入肉品業，為了讓他們活命。然後大家去買肉，還覺得：「哇！真便宜！一個漢堡才99分錢，天啊！」然後不斷光顧漢堡店，但吃的卻是自己的錢。

吃肉危害我們的健康

師父：如果吃肉會讓你健康快樂，那還說得過去，但卻非如此。那些漢堡和牛肉餅是由動物的各個部位製成，動物甚至來路不明，而且也含有各種細菌和疾病。

如果您從醫學雜誌或醫學家那裡查詢相關訊息，就會得到所有這些資料。我們不僅繳很多稅金去補助肉品業，而且還要負擔更多醫療費，然後花錢埋葬我們所愛的人，並一輩子承受失去一位或多位至親的悲痛。好，就算生死在所難免，然而徘徊於生死間的痛苦--戳、挖、打針、呼吸器、氧氣罩等住院治療的折磨--我們脆弱的身體不需承受這一切痛苦。如果我們不吃肉，就可避免這些痛苦，以及住院治療所花的錢。

不只是我們要忍受生病治療之苦，在那之前，還會造成更多動物受苦，因為他們被抓去做實驗--活體解剖、注射化學藥劑進入他們的身體，讓他們遭受無盡的痛苦、折磨--只為獲取我們認為人類可以安全使用的藥物，然而到頭來人類還是無法安全使用。這一切痛苦，以及繳納不完的稅金；大家日夜拼命工作，勉強維持生計，養家活口，而這些稅金卻被用在相反的方向。你們根本沒有受益，只是浪費資源、財力、國力，以及蹧蹋人類的健康幸福，就這樣白白蹧蹋而已。這真是糟糕透頂的行業！

由此可見，肉品業很可怕，在每個層面都對我們造成巨大的危害。現在如果政府不再補助支持他們，畜牧業的經營根本入不敷出，他們早就結束營運了。因此，我建議政府別再補助畜牧業，反而要勸告他們轉行從事純素農業。

除此之外，肉品業對多數工作者而言並非安全的職場，反而是最危險、受傷率最高的行業之一，工作人員還得暴露在化學藥品和疾病當中，像是流感、豬流感、禽流感等等，以及無可救藥的致命狂牛症。狂牛症至今仍無法治癒，任何人罹患狂牛症，只有死路一條。

現在我們必須捫心自問：這樣值得嗎？我們還沒談到吃肉所引發的各種疾病--癌症、糖尿病、心臟病和其他健康問題，幾乎所有說得出來的病，都是由吃肉或肉品相關產業所引起的。因此，若有更好的謀生選擇，難道我們不該選擇對自己有益又可讓他人保持健康的職業，而非那些會導致大眾和自己生病又早夭的職業？大家同意嗎？

全體聽眾：同意！

師父：謝謝各位！萬分感謝各位！

師父：我以前就建議過，我們應該告訴農場經營者--寫信給他們，如果可以的話，甚至一一拜訪他們--設法告訴他們有更好的替代方式，例如種植有機蔬菜等等。有機食品現在供不應求，很流行，現在許多人都改吃素或純素，大家都知道有機蔬菜對健康很有益處。

你看，如果吃有機蔬菜，就幾乎不必上醫院，而可以將那些錢省下來，讓孩子受更好的教育，使老人得到更好的照顧，建造更美的道路、更多設備、發明，以及提供永續能源給大家免費使用；讓大家免費使用能源、讓所有孩子免費接受教育、讓所有老人免費享有照護、讓全世界至少十億飢民有免費的糧食可吃，好處不勝枚舉。我可以寫1萬本書，列舉吃素的好處和肉品業的危害，不過我讓各位作點研究，因為你們都懂得當代的電腦科技，知道如何上網找資料。

您提到我們也應顧及肉品業者，也提到他們可能難以改變，其實並非如此！現在已有許多人轉型為有機農民，愛爾蘭的農業部長甚至致函愛爾蘭的所有農民，建議他們轉種有機蔬菜 ，甚至還給予補助。目前有極大比例的農民都轉型從事有機農業，我真替愛爾蘭高興！

現在再舉一個例子供您參考。美國有位豬農養了許多豬隻，全都擠在骯髒的養殖場內。在著名的純素作家約翰‧羅賓斯（John Robbins）來訪後--大家可能知道他，他是知名冰淇淋企業的繼承人，卻為了純素的理想而放棄繼承父親數百萬美元的冰淇淋事業--這位豬農突然記起自己小時候很愛一隻豬，視他為摯友和伴侶，但由於家庭和社會的壓力，迫使他否認並遺忘這份親密的感情……你知道的，來自傳統、家傳事業的壓力。但他在明白這番道理之後，就再也無法傷害那些溫馴的豬隻，他決定退出這個行業，不再養豬。他買了一個小型的有機農場，販售有機蔬菜，而且做得有聲有色！他還在世，我想他的內心一定比從前更有活力。此外他還有個副業，他從以前的養豬場保留了10隻豬當寵物，現在經常帶著他們走進校園，讓學童了解豬是多麼聰明友善，進而不再吃豬肉，比方說這樣。他不僅不再養豬，相反的，他進一步去保護動物。

有位養牛大亨是德州人。德州飼養很多牛，是「牛仔」一詞的發源地。他擁有一座大型牧場，後來因肉食罹癌，突然改頭換面。他病癒後改吃純素，現在是動物保護人士。他到處演講，告訴大家關於畜牧業的真相，揭發這種黑心事業的殘酷真相。這位堅定不移的動保人士就是霍華‧李曼（Howard Lyman），他來自德州，曾在「無上師電視台」的節目中擔任演講嘉賓一、兩次。若您想了解他，可下載有關他的訪談內容，網站上有檔案可以下載。

最近伊朗有位酪農來函講述他自己的故事。為了幫助地球，並對得起自己的良心，他也決定轉業。他安排他所養的牛都被好心、安全的家庭收養，可以有尊嚴地安度餘生。目前他任職於一家純素餐廳。

另外一個故事是，福爾摩沙有位養豬戶在看了「無上師電視台」後有所領悟，他想要保護環境，並避免給自己和家人造下惡業，因而改吃純素。您知道他目前從事什麼行業嗎？他將自己所養的豬當成家人般寵愛照顧一生，而且改行從事農耕。

在所有這些例證中，當事人都過得很好，甚至比以前更好。但我建議那些將所養的豬或牛當寵物照顧的人應先為他們結紮，才不會繼續繁殖太多動物，否則又將重蹈覆轍，若動物繼續大量繁殖下去，情況甚至會更糟。這些當事人想要改變自己的終生職業，一開始需要極大的勇氣，但他們都可以保證，這麼做很值得，太值得了！他們的內心和精神變得非常輕鬆自在，家人也都快樂而健康，這是很值得的。

改採慈悲生活方式，刻不容緩

現今，農民、零售商、運輸業者有越來越多的好機會。運輸業者還是從事本業，只不過是將運送豬隻改為運送有機蔬菜。農民、零售商可以從肉品業轉行從事有機蔬菜的種植和販售。回歸傳統的有機農法，在非洲已證實成功，這是其中一例，另外在美洲、 歐洲和澳洲等地，有機純素農業目前成長極為快速，獲利也極為可觀，因為需求日增，民眾越來越了解肉食的害處和素食的好處。因此有機純素農業對任何想轉業的人應是很好的選擇。我們在「無上師電視台」也有專門介紹有機農業的節目，網站（www.SupremeMasterTV.com ）上也設有專區，分享許多有機農法的資訊。有機農業獲利豐厚、用水較少、農務大減，而且對我們、業者和地球的健康都極為有益。歡迎大家瀏覽這些資訊，並發掘這種和諧農業所帶來的巨大利益。

我們應該立即摒棄有害、不永續的肉品業，採取更文明、更有效率、更永續、更人道的謀生方法，也就是從事有機純素農業、經營純素餐廳、生產或販售純素產品等等，事不宜遲。凡是與慈悲生活有關的，就對您有益，並能取悅上天，還可拯救地球。這不僅是好的行業，還可拯救地球，而且現在和未來都將救人無數，包括那些肉品業者。因此佛陀才說肉品業是人們不應從事的5種行業之一。大家想知道其他4種嗎？

全體聽眾：想。

師父：其他4種是：販賣武器、販賣人口、販賣酒類或麻醉品和販賣毒品。這些有害的行業對業者的現在和未來都不好。

如果你相信有來世，如果你相信有天堂和地獄，就應立即停止肉品業，最好昨日就停止了。因為一旦你造成其他眾生痛苦，不管是人或動物，以後你都不會有好報，痛苦會加倍奉還，而且會持續好久。因此，那些肉品業者應加入這股已經開始日益擴展的風潮，我很高興這麼說。謝謝各位。開始吃素！加入環保！種植有機蔬菜！

http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/ch/news/206/index.htm

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Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Videoconference: Global Unity: Together in Saving Lives, Hong Kong, October 3, 2009 (Originally in English)

Q: Being veg to save our planet is the most urgent and feasible action we can take. However, we should also care for the livestock raising industry, non-staple foodstuff industry, and related businesses like transportation, wholesale/retail, catering, and others who have established vested interests in the business. The impact and change might be great for them. Even if the government is willing to put aside economic considerations, some people may still have a hard time coping with the shifts in their area of expertise, investments, habits, etc. I would like to ask Master, what can be done so that they will be able to restart a new business and be willing to change?

SM: Thank you! Thank you for your question, and thanks for your consideration for others. It is true, that we have to take into consideration those people who are in the businesses that you have mentioned and how they would change their lives. But it’s not difficult.

First of all, we have to know that we have no choice but to change. We have no choice—either that or the planet! Either we change, or we will all go. There’s no choice anymore. If we don’t stop the livestock-raising and meat-eating practices, we will not be able to save the planet, including them and their meat business. So, I think we have to choose between our lives and a career. We have to survive first. We have to think of the planet’s people as a whole, not just some business. It is truly that urgent.

Given this critical necessity, those people who are economically tied to the meat industry would be willing to change, if they were properly informed and know how important it is to change their lifestyle and their career. They have many strong motivations. For example, the first is to save the planet from a climate catastrophe, to save all lives in this world. If we don’t stop it, we will continue on a course towards total disaster and mass extinction, affecting everyone, whether you are in the business of meat, transportation for it, or other jobs related to the meat industry or not.

Meat Business is a Losing Business

Second, the industry that we are talking about is a bad business. It is not lucrative at all for the whole planet, or for anyone. It’s a most inefficient business. In Chinese, we would say “a losing business (‘Kui Ben’).” Now, the meat industry is not a very lucrative business, with very high production costs for electricity, water and grains that have to be wasted to produce the same amount of so-called “food,” which is replaceable and better. We have better food than meat. If the government didn’t give the meat industry any subsidies, then the hamburger that some people eat—produced by clearing forests in India alone—would cost US$200! Not just 99 cents like you buy it in some shops. It would cost US$200—the real cost of a hamburger.

Now in the US, even before the swine flu impacted the pig farming business, the pig industry was losing billions of dollars. Why? Because they could not afford the grain to feed their livestock due to the high food prices; and the food prices are getting higher and higher nowadays. So how do they survive? Your tax money goes to the government, the government subsidizes them—that’s how they survive. So it’s a losing business. Everywhere, from the US to China, the government has to subsidize animal farmers by paying them at least tens of billions of US dollars every year! Tens of billions of US dollars every year for the meat industry! And where does the money come from?

Audience: Taxpayers!

SM: Taxpayers, yes, correct! You are so smart. Your money! Your money from your hard-earned daily, sweating, and tears to earn that precious substance that we call “money” to feed yourself, to take care of your family, to protect your children, your relatives and friends. This money has been draining into the meat industry in order to keep them alive, and then when you buy some piece of meat you think, “Wow! So cheap! A hamburger—99 cents! My God!” Then you keep going to the hamburger shop. But that’s your money that you’re eating.

Meat Eating Is Detrimental to our Health

SM: If you could eat that and be healthy and happy, then it would be reasonable. But it’s not. These hamburgers and beef burgers contain all parts of the animals that you don’t know where they even come from, and contain all kinds of bacteria and all kinds of diseases.

If you want information from the medical journals or medical scientists, they will tell you all this. Not only do we pay a lot of tax money into subsidies for the meat industry, we pay a lot more tax money for the hospitalization, for the burying of our loved ones, for the heartache that we have to bear our whole lifetime for losing one of our dearest, or many of our dearest. Okay, life and death we can’t avoid, but the suffering in between—the hospitalization, the poking, picking, injecting, breathing machine, oxygen supporter, etc.—all this suffering is unnecessary for our fragile body to bear. If we avoid meat, we will avoid all that, the money for hospitals and medicine.

Not only that, before we get the medicine, we make more animals suffer by experimenting with them—by vivisection, by injecting chemicals into their bodies, by making them suffer, torturing to no end—just to obtain the medicine that we feel is safe for human use. And again, it’s still not safe for human use. All this suffering, all this tax money, paying again and again; and you’re working day and night to make ends meet, just to survive, and all this money goes into different directions. It doesn’t help you at all. It’s just wasting resources, finance, national strength, and human health and happiness. It’s just a waste. It’s just a very, very bad business.

So, you see, the meat industry is terrible, terribly harmful to us in every imaginable situation, in any imaginable aspect. Now, if the subsidies stop going in support of them, the farmers of the animal-raising industry could not make ends meet with their business. They would have gone out of business already. So, I suggest the government not give any more subsidies to the animal-raising industry. Instead, tell them to convert to vegan farming.

Now besides all that, for the majority of the workers in the meat business, it’s not a safe workplace either. It’s one of the most dangerous jobs with some of the highest rates of injury and exposure to chemicals and diseases, like influenza, swine flu, bird flu, etc., and mad cow disease, which is always fatal, always deadly. Mad cow disease, up to now, we can’t even cure. For anyone who contracts mad cow disease, their life is terminated.

Now we have to ask ourselves: Is it all worth it? This is not to talk about the effect on the meat consumers in terms of all the sicknesses—cancers, diabetes, heart disease and other health problems. Almost all diseases that you can name come from the meat diet or related industry. So, given a better choice of livelihood, wouldn’t we choose the one that helps ourselves and others stay healthy, over a profession that makes people and ourselves sick and die young? Would you say yes or no?

Audience: Yes!

SM: Thank you. Thank you so much.

Organic Farming Is “In”

SM: I have suggested before that we should talk to the farmers—write to them, even go to them one by one if you can afford it—to try to show them that there are better alternatives, such as growing organic vegetables. Nowadays, organic food is very much in demand, very “in.” Many people turn into vegetarian or vegan now. And everyone knows organic vegetables are very healthy.

You see, if you eat organic vegetables, you will hardly have to go to the hospital, and all that money we can save for better education for the children, for better care for the elderly, and for building more beautiful roads, more equipment, inventions, and use it more for sustainable energies for free for everyone. Free energy for everyone, free education for all the children, free care for all the elderly, and free food for all the one billion, at least, hungry people in the world. The benefit has no ends. I can write 10 thousand books about the benefits of the vegetarian diet and the harms of the meat industry. But I’ll let you do the research a little bit, because you know all the good techniques nowadays with computers and information on the Internet.

You mentioned that we should also care about the people who have been in the meat industry and that it may be difficult for them to change. It’s not so. There are many who are converting themselves into organic farmers right now. In Ireland, the Agriculture Minister even wrote to all the farmers in Ireland to tell them to convert themselves to organic vegetable farming, and they’ll even subsidize them. Right now, there’s a huge percentage of farmers converting to organic farming. I am so happy for Ireland.

Now, as another example for your reference, there was one American pig farmer who had owned many pigs all crammed into a filthy factory farm. After being visited by the famous vegan author John Robbins—you probably know him, the famous ice cream heir who left his father’s multi-million dollar ice cream business in order to go into a vegan direction—this farmer suddenly remembered that in his childhood he truly loved one pig as his close friend and companion. But he was forced to deny and forget this loving feeling due to the pressure of his family and society . . . you know, tradition, business from the father. But after realizing it, he could no longer abuse the gentle pigs one second more. He decided to quit. So instead of raising pigs, he bought a small organic farm and sells organic vegetables; and he’s doing fine! He’s still alive! And his heart is still more alive than ever, I guess. As a side job, he brings his10 pet pigs—he has 10 as his pets that he kept from his old farm—and often visits schools now, to show the children how intelligent and friendly pigs really are, so the children will not eat the pigs, for example. Not only does he not raise pigs anymore, he goes in the opposite direction to protect the animals.

There was a rancher, he’s a Texan. In Texas, they raise a lot of cows and that’s where the word “cowboy” comes from. He owned a big ranch of cows but then suddenly he changed because he had cancer from meat. After he treated himself, he became vegan, and now he’s an animal advocate. He goes everywhere lecturing, telling people the truth, the real truth, the cruel truth and the bad business truth about raising animals. He’s a very staunch advocate for animals. His name is Howard Lyman. He’s from Texas. He was a guest speaker once or twice on Supreme Master Television. You can download his interview again. It’s still in the file to download if you want to know about him.

Recently in Iran, there was a dairy cow farmer—he even wrote to us telling his story—who also decided that he needed to change his career to help the planet and his own conscience. So, he made sure all his cows were adopted into good, safe homes to live the rest of their dignified lives. Now, he works at a vegan restaurant.

Another story comes from Formosa (Taiwan) where a pig farmer just became vegan after watching Supreme Master Television and realizing that he wanted to protect the environment and avoid bad karmic retribution for himself and his family. So right now, you know what he is doing? He is keeping all his pigs as spoilt family-member pets, for life; and he is switching to a different kind of farming.

In all these cases, the people involved are doing just fine, even better than ever before. But I suggest that all the people who keep their pigs or cows as pets, I think we should sterilize them so that we don’t continue to breed too many animals, because then we would be in the same position as right now, or even worse if they keep multiplying. It took a great amount of courage in the beginning to change their whole life career around, but all of them would guarantee that it was worth it, more than worth it. It’s worth the great freedom of their heart, their spirit, and happiness of their family as well, and health.

It’s High Time to Switch to the Compassionate Lifestyle

 

Nowadays, there are more and more good opportunities for the farmers, retailers, transporters. They just do the same: instead of transporting pigs, they transport organic vegetables. The farmer retailers could switch from the meat business to organic vegetable farming. Returning to traditional organic farming methods is already proven successful in Africa, for example, and in some places like the Americas, Europe, and Australia. Organic vegan farming is growing very, very fast, and is very, very profitable right now, because there is a growing demand. People are more informed about the harms of meat and more informed about the benefits of a vegetarian diet. So organic vegan vegetable farming should be very, very good for anyone who wants to switch business. On Supreme Master Television, we also feature a whole section about organic farming, on our website as well, at www.SupremeMasterTV.com. On this website, we share a lot of info about how to do organic farming, which is very profitable, uses less water, is a lot less work, and is very beneficial to our health, to the workers and to the planet. So please, feel free to take a look and discover for yourself the great benefits of harmonious farming.

It’s high time we turn away from the harmful, unsustainable meat business and move toward a more civilized, more efficient, more sustainable, more humane means to earn a living, namely organic vegan farming, vegan restaurants, vegan products, vegan product selling, etc. Everything to do with compassionate living is good for you and it’s pleasing to Heaven. And it will save the planet. It’s not just good business, it will save the planet, and it will save countless lives, now and in the future, including the ones involved in the meat business. That’s why the Buddha named the meat business as one of the five businesses that people should not engage in. Do you want to know the other four as well?

Audience: Yes.

SM: The other four are: business in weapons, business in human trafficking, business in intoxicants and business in poisons. All these harmful businesses are bad for you, now and in the future.

If you believe in the life hereafter, if you believe in Heaven and hell, you should stop the meat business immediately, like yesterday, because nothing good awaits you in the life hereafter if you cause suffering to others, be they humans or animals. You will have multiple suffering in return, and for a long, long time. So instead, these people in the meat industry should join in the trend, which has already begun and expands hugely every day, I am happy to say. Thank you. Be Veg! Go Green! Plant Organic Vegetables!
 

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清海無上師以英文講於  泰國素可泰‧塔瑪提勒空中大學  氣候變遷研討會 2009.8.15

《愛爾蘭獨立報》記者安德莉亞‧邦妮專訪清海無上師 的內容精選 2008.11.21 （原文為英文） 問：清海無上師，去年11月愛爾蘭科克（Cork）舉行了一場氣候變遷合作會議（Partnership for Climate Change Conference），其中一位演講嘉賓是美國太空總署戈達德太空研究所（Goddard Institute for Space Studies）的主任暨頂尖氣候專家詹姆斯‧韓森教授（James Hansen），他指出人類需採取緊急行動，我們只有一年就會到達臨界點，而2009年將是世界關鍵的一年。依您之見，減少溫室氣體排放，讓我們不至於超越這些臨界點的最快又最有效方法為何？ 答：好，女士，那就是採取不含動物成分的純素飲食。不僅要吃純素，我們還要避免使用所有的動物性產品，也就是過一種更慈悲的生活方式。這種飲食或生活方式不僅慈悲，也簡單、容易、經濟又環保，從嬰兒到老年人每個人都能做到，而且百分之百有益健康。這不只是我的見解，也是所有專家、科學家、醫療顧問、環保人士的看法。 有機耕作--自然的選擇 問：愛爾蘭經濟部經濟社會研究組的理查‧托爾博士（Richard Tol）是頂尖的環境經濟學家，他說如果真正想要減少愛爾蘭的碳排，國內的牛肉和奶製品將會沒有前景。他也說，如果愛爾蘭未達到 《京都議定書》設定的目標，未來預計每年將繳交近十億歐元的罰款，直到2020年。愛爾蘭的農場經營者除了生產乳製品和牛肉外，還有什麼其他的選擇？ 答：我們可以改成有機耕作，那很容易、簡單、成本低又省水，而且經濟又環保。如果所有的可耕地都採行有機耕作，甚至可以吸收四成的二氧化碳，可能還更多。根據 《京都議定書》，如果哪一個國家的農民種植有機蔬果，那就無需支付補貼。有機食物和產品是以嚴謹的永續方式種植與加工，僅用少量的化學物品，或甚至不用任何化學物品，因此有機食品也不含基因改良成分。有機農業可以保護表土，而密集使用化學肥料與農藥，是造成表層土壤遭到沖刷流失的重要因素。科學家發現有機耕種的土地，其土壤穩定度高出多達六成，而且較不易受到侵蝕。目前有超過三分之一的愛爾蘭河川已被污染，主要是因為農場廢水外流；或許比三分之一更多，但在此我們想保守一點。有機農業可以減少有毒的農場廢水和污染物，它們會污染我們的水源、土壤和空氣，因此有機農業對農場工人、周遭社區和野生生物都比較健康。 目前環境保護局（Environmental Protection Agency，簡稱EPA）認定有六成的除草劑、九成的殺菌劑及三成的殺蟲劑，可能會使人類和動物致癌。有機農業讓有害的化學物品和殺蟲劑遠離我們所吃的食物和所喝的飲料，因此農場經營者可向農業部申請高達六萬歐元的補助金。愛爾蘭的有機食品銷售已增加了八成二，至2008年7月，銷售金額已達一億四百萬歐元。 所以農場經營者可以在自己的土地上這麼做，這樣也能幫助地球冷卻。至於造林則可幫助美化大地，對愛爾蘭的觀光業有好處。 問：每秒鐘就有一個足球場大小的熱帶雨林被摧毀，以生產257個漢堡。您覺得如果大眾知道這個信息，他們會改採比較永續的飲食嗎？ 答：是，我認為他們會。問題是，像這些資訊很少傳播給大眾知道。我們被很多其他的新聞淹沒了，它們當然不是全部都像拯救森林和拯救地球那麼緊急。依我的淺見，世界領導人必須在這項重要議題上共同努力，媒體也一樣。順便謝謝您，貴報也是肯定的媒體之一，我們很感謝。您們正在幫助環境。 純素飲食能治癒許多疾病 問：心血管疾病是全球和愛爾蘭的頭號殺手，幾乎佔死亡總數的40％。這類疾病使歐洲經濟每年付出1,920億歐元的代價，其中57％用於醫療保健，21％為生產力損失，而22％為非正式的看護。有沒有證據證明素食能幫助治癒心血管疾病？ 答：這些年來，頂尖專家的研究提供了大量的證據。舉幾個例子，例如美國加州大學（University of California）的狄恩‧歐尼斯博士（Dean Ornish）、俄亥俄州克里夫蘭診所（Cleveland Clinic）的寇威爾‧艾索斯丁醫生（Caldwell Esselstyn）、紐澤西州的喬爾‧傅爾曼醫生（Joel Fuhrman）等，還有很多專家也都提出蔬食療法，這比手術或藥物更能有效又迅速地治癒這類疾病。患者在痊癒後，即使是過了幾十年仍不再復發。（註1） 問：愛爾蘭估計有二十五萬人被診斷患有糖尿病，另外預計還有十萬人尚未被診斷出來。治療糖尿病每年讓愛爾蘭付出大約六億歐元的代價。純素飲食對糖尿病患有何影響？ 答：純素飲食可以治癒他們。有許多研究與臨床治療證實純素食能有效逆轉、控制與治癒糖尿病及相關的健康問題，諸如心血管疾病和肥胖症。 在美國，至少有三位醫生研發出三種不同的蔬食療法，可適合不同的需要和飲食偏好。喬治華盛頓大學（George Washington University）的尼爾‧巴納德醫生（Neal Barnard）說：「只要是純素、低脂和低糖，你想吃什麼、要吃多少都可以。」那些採行他的飲食計畫的病患，都非常成功地控制和逆轉糖尿病的病情，他們不僅減少糖尿病和其他相關疾病如心血管病變的藥物攝取量，而且在實施飲食計畫大約一年左右就痊癒了。美國紐澤西的喬爾‧傅爾曼醫師有另一套相當成功的計畫，稱為「營養飲食計畫」，他強調應該注重攝取高度營養的食物。例如在他的飲食計畫中，微量營養素如維生素、礦物質和植物化學成分，含量最高的食物是綠葉蔬菜，其次是水果、豆類和堅果。他的飲食計畫強調蔬菜應作為我們飲食的基礎，而且應偏重豆類多於穀類，豆類非常有益於平衡血糖。在他的著作《為生活而食》（Eat to Live）及《為健康而食》（Eat for Health）中，他提到凡是遵循他的飲食計畫的人，都能很輕易地克服糖尿病，甚至在大約三個月內就復元了。另一位醫生蓋布瑞爾‧庫森博士（Gabriel Cousens）也有一套生食飲食計畫，先是百分之百生食，不久後再改成20％非生食。他還強調排毒的重要，如戒煙、戒咖啡因。庫森博士曾見證遵循他飲食計畫的人，僅二十一天就治癒了糖尿病。（註2） 吃純素，享有健康妊娠期 問：懷孕期間吃純素有什麼好處嗎？ 答：當然，如果我們吃純素，母子都會很健康，生產也會很順利，甚至不會害喜，這是她們跟我們說的。我要同修們對此做些研究，結果發現吃純素的孕婦真的不會害喜。多數孕婦都會害喜，這是因為她們吃肉、魚等等，嬰兒太敏感而受不了。所以孕婦如果想吐，就表示身體試著要排去這些毒素，以保護母親也保護孩子。這是身體以自然的方式告訴我們，我們所吃的東西對身體和孩子不好，但我們多數人都不聽。從很多現有的研究和參考資料來看，純素飲食也保護孕婦免於罹患妊娠毒血症。這是懷孕造成的高血壓，有可能會致命。而孕婦吃越多豆類和蔬菜，就越不會害喜。 營養又可口 問：很多人不願意吃純素，他們說太喜歡肉和起司的味道了。您對他們有什麼忠告？ 答：如果我們必須在生命和口味之間作選擇，那我們應該選擇生命。如果我們因為吃肉而生重病或死亡，那味覺也會被破壞或喪失，反正我們已經往生了。再說，素肉和植物性乳製品也很美味，而且現在各地的健康食品店都買得到。只不過是嘗試一種新的生活方式，有何不可呢？新的食譜、新的發現，令人快樂驚喜的新口味、新生活。與一些吃素或吃純素的鄰居、網友結識。是的，在生活中嘗試新的事物，反正我們都有不同的品味，但可以試試不一樣的。大約一週左右，任誰都會習慣新的口味。許多人馬上就放下肉，並開始吃純素，沒有人有口味的問題，因為現在素食有太多選擇了。但吃純素應該注意均衡的飲食，謹慎地吃，確保飲食中含有必要的營養，如脂肪酸、鐵質、蛋白質等。 動物對我們的安康很重要 問：從動物這方面來說，顯然動物對我們的生活十分重要。您認為他們對我們有多重要？ 答：非常重要。動物對於人的安樂，無論是情感、心理或精神方面，其重要性再怎麼強調都不為過。想像一下，假如我們的世界完全沒有動物會是什麼樣子。任何有養狗、貓、鳥、火雞、雞、鴨、鵝或任何其他動物作為寵物的人，他們會更深刻了解動物對我們的身心安樂有多麼重要。根據醫學研究，那些有貓和狗為伴的人比較健康、長壽，即使他們生病，也會很快就痊癒；甚至只是和動物在一起，摸摸他們、拍拍他們、關愛他們、照顧他們，就會增進你的健康。科學家和醫學研究都這麼說，可見動物多麼重要。動物會散發一種療癒的能力，就連野生動物也會對身邊的同伴或人類散發出治療的能量，他們的重要不在話下。 創造一種仁慈的氛圍 問：「無上師電視台」是建設性的正面電視頻道的先驅，節目內容翻譯成四十種語言在全球播放。您為人們帶來許多啟迪，因此世界各地有越來越多的正面頻道，您是否有同感？這表示世人的意識等級正在提昇嗎？ 答：這無疑顯示世人的意識正在提昇。人的自我會表現在言行思想和寫作上。意識提昇又思想肯定的人，他們會寫正面的題材、樂觀看待事物、行動積極肯定。心地善良的人看別人都很善良，反之亦然。我們內心如何，就會有那樣的想法，然後表現在各方面，比如電視、戲劇和寫作。所以整體而言，如果世上有更多正面的頻道和媒體，那必然表示世人的集體意識已更提昇、更健全。此外，我相信每個人都能啟發世人，都能貢獻己力，創造更美好、更優雅、更值得嚮往、更高尚的生活，讓大家一起享受。因為當我們創造出肯定、仁慈的氣氛，自己也會受益，我們就生活在其中。所以我們必須為自己創造仁慈的氣氛，這點人人都該牢記。 註1：以下網站提供以純素飲食預防和扭轉心血管疾病與糖尿病的相關資訊： http://www.heartattackproof.com  http://www.webmd.com/diet/ornish-diet-what-it-is  http://www.drfuhrman.com  http://www.nealbarnard.org  http://www.treeoflife.nu  http://www.drgreger.org 註2：線上觀看「無上師電視台」所播出的專訪--糖尿病的純素療法：與尼爾‧巴納德醫師及蓋布瑞爾‧庫森醫師的深度訪談：http://video.Godsdirectcontact.net/magazine/AW641s.php

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Vegan Lifestyle – The Solution to Climate Change

Selected Interview with Supreme Master Ching Hai by Journalist Andrea Bonnie
from The Irish Independent newspaper November 21, 2008
(Originally in English)

H: Supreme Master Ching Hai, last November the Partnership for Climate Change Conference was held in Cork, Ireland. One of the guest speakers, Professor James Hansen, head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and NASA’s top climate expert stated that urgent action is needed. He said we only have one year before we reach tipping points, and that 2009 is going to be a crucial year for our world. What in your opinion are the most effective and fastest ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, to stop us going beyond these tipping points?

M: Well, madam, that would be vegan/vegetarian diet without any animal product. Not just vegan, but we avoid all the animal products, means we live a more compassionate lifestyle. And this diet or this lifestyle is not only compassionate but is easy, simple, economical and ecological. Everyone, from a baby to the elderly, can do and it’s 100% healthy. It’s not just my opinion; it’s also the opinion of all the experts, the scientists, the medical advisors, the environmentalists, etc.

    Organic Farming- the Natural Choice

H: A top Irish environmental economist, Dr. Richard Tol from the Economic and Social Research Unit of the Department of Economics, stated that if you are serious about reducing emissions in Ireland, there is no future for beef and dairy in the country. He also said that with Ireland failing to meet the target set out by the Kyoto agreement, that penalties are expected to run close to one billion euros a year in the lead-up to 2020. What alternatives do Irish farmers have to dairy and beef?

M: We can turn to organic farming. And it’s easy, it’s simple, cost- and water-effective. And it’s ecologically, economically sound. It will absorb even 40% of CO2 if all the tillable lands are organically cultivated. It could be more than that. According to the Kyoto agreement, if in any country where the farmers grow organic fruit and vegetable, then there would be no need to pay subsidies. Organic food and produce are grown and handled according to strict sustainable procedures, with limited chemical input or we could even use no chemical input at all. So, organic food is also GM-free (free of genetically modified organisms). Organic farming preserves top soil. Chemically intensive practices are a key factor in the erosion of top soil. Scientists found that soil in organic plots were up to 60% more stable and are less prone to erosion. So, over 1/3 of Irish rivers are now polluted, mainly due to farm run-off, could be more than that, but we want to try to be conservative here. Organic farming reduces toxic farming run-off and pollutants that contaminate our water, soil and air as well. So, organic farming is healthier for farm workers, the surrounding communities as well, and for natural wildlife.

Now, the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) considers 60% of all herbicides, weed killers, or 90% of all fungicides, that means mold killers, and 30% of all insecticides, that means insect killers, are potentially cancer-causing for humans and animals of course. Organic farming keeps harmful chemicals and pesticides out of the food that we eat and the beverage that we drink. So, farmers may apply for a grant from the Department of Agriculture, for up to a maximum of €60,000. So, organic sales in Ireland have increased, you see, by 82% already, reaching a value of €104 million in the year up to July 2008.

So farmers can use their land to do that, and this will help to cool the world also. And forestry, it also adds to the beauty of the landscape, and that’s good for Ireland’s tourist industry.

H: Each second, an area of the size of a football field of tropical rainforest is destroyed to produce 257 hamburgers. Do you feel that if the public were to know this information that they would move to a more sustainable diet?

M: Yes, in my opinion they would. The problem is, very little of this information, such as this, is propagated for the public knowledge. We are inundated with a lot of other news, which is not all as urgent as saving the forests and saving the planet, of course. The world leaders, I think, in my humble opinion, should work together in this important issue, and so should the media. And by the way, thank you, you are one of the positive and we are grateful. You’re helping the environment.

    Vegan Diet Cures Many Diseases

H: Cardiovascular disease is the number one killer both globally and in Ireland, causing nearly 40% of all deaths. It costs the European economy €192 billion per year, 57% of which is used on healthcare, 21% in productivity losses and 22% for informally looking after people. What evidence is there to suggest that a vegan diet would help cure people of cardiovascular disease?

M: Plenty of evidence through all the years of study and research by the top experts. To name a few: for example, in the USA, Dr. Dean Ornish, University of California; Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn, from Cleveland Clinic, Ohio; Dr. Joel Fuhrman, from New Jersey; and many more all offer plant-based programs that cure this disease more effectively and quickly than surgery or drugs. The patients are cured and never have this symptom again, even after decades passed.*

H: Ireland has an estimated 250,000 patients diagnosed with diabetes and another 100,000 who are estimated to be undiagnosed. Treating diabetes costs the Irish economy about €600 million per year. How does a vegan diet affect people with diabetes?

M: It will cure them. There are many researches and practices proving the effectiveness of a vegan diet to reverse, control and cure both diabetes and related health issues such as cardiovascular disease and obesity.

In the United States, there are at least three doctors, who have developed three different plant-based approaches, suiting different needs and dietary preferences. Dr. Neal Barnard of George Washington University stated that, “You just eat whatever you want and as much as you want, as long as its vegan, low fat and low sugar.” People who follow his program are very successful in controlling and reversing their diabetes, lowering their medications for both diabetes and related illnesses such as cardiovascular. And they were completely cured within about a year on the program. Dr. Joel Fuhrman in New Jersey, USA has another highly successful program which he calls a nutritarian program. He emphasized that you want to focus on eating the most nutrient-dense food. Like in his program, the foods with the highest degree of micro-nutrients like vitamins, mineral and phytochemicals are leafy green vegetables, followed by fruits, legumes and nuts. His diet has an emphasis on vegetables as being the foundation for our diet, and a preference for beans rather than grains. Beans are very good for balancing blood sugar. In his books, “Eat to Live” and “Eat for Health,” he mentioned that people who follow his program get over diabetes very easily, within about three months even. Another doctor, Dr. Gabriel Cousens, has a raw food diet program that is 100% raw; and 20% non-raw, a little bit later. He also focuses on the importance of removing toxins from the body, like stop smoking, stop caffeine. Dr. Cousens experienced that people who are following his program are medically cured from diabetes within 21 days only. *

    Healthy Vegan Pregnancy

H: Are there any benefits to eating a vegan diet during pregnancy?

M: Of course, if we are vegan, the mother and the child will have a healthy life and have a good delivery, easy. No morning sickness even, that’s what they told us. I asked my people to do research on it and truly, no morning sickness. Most of the pregnant women, they have morning sickness, because they eat meat, fish and all that, and the baby cannot bear it, being too sensitive. So, when we have morning sickness, that means the body tries to get rid of the toxins, to protect the mother and the child as well. That’s a natural way of telling us that what we have been eating is no good for the body and for the child, but many of us don’t listen. From many of the research and references we have, the vegan diet also protects the mother from pre-eclampsia, which is pregnancy-caused hypertension and potentially fatal. And the more legumes and vegetables a mother eats, the less morning sickness she will experience.

    Nutritious and Great Tasting

H: Many people state that they are reluctant to eat vegan, stating that they basically like the taste of meat and cheese too much. What would you say to them?

M: If we have to choose between life and taste, then we should choose life. If we are gravely ill from meat diet or if we are dead from it, then the taste will be ruined or gone. We are gone, anyway. Besides, veggie meats and vegan dairy are delicious, and available in all health food stores everywhere nowadays. Just try a new lifestyle. Why not? New recipes, new discovery. Happy, exciting new tastes, new life. Meet new vegetarian, vegan friends in the neighborhood or online. Yes, just try something new in life. We all have different tastes anyway, but we can try a different one. After a week or so, anyone will get used to the new taste. Many just drop the meat diet immediately and start out on the vegan diet and nobody had any problem with taste. Because nowadays, we have so much to choose from the vegetarian diet. But being vegan, we must take care to have a proper balanced diet. Eat responsibly. Make sure meals are including essential nutrients like fatty acids, iron, protein, etc.

    Animals are Important to Our Wellbeing

H: In terms of animals, obviously, animals are very important in our lives, how important do you think they are to us?

M: Very important. We cannot even over-emphasize how important the animals are to our wellbeing, emotionally, psychologically, mentally. Imagine our world with no animals at all, just imagine it. And if anyone who has dogs, cats, birds or any other animal, turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, if they have them as pets, they would understand more than I can express how important the animals are to our wellbeing. And anyone who has cats and dogs, according to medical studies, they are healthier, they live longer. Even if they are ill, they get cured quickly. Even just by being with animals, stroking them, petting them, loving them, taking care of them makes you healthier, according to scientists and medical research. That is how important it is. The animals, they emit some kind of healing. Even the wild animals as well, they emit a healing energy to anyone around or to humans as well. They are more than important.

    Create a Benevolent Atmosphere

H: Supreme Master Television is the pioneer of constructive and positive television, airing globally and translated in up to 40 different languages. Do you feel that you have been an inspiration to others as more and more positive channels are appearing all over the world? Does this show that the level of consciousness of the world is rising?

M: It’s a sure sign that the consciousness of the world is rising. People present themselves by acting, thinking, talking or writing. People who are elevated and have a positive mind, they write positive things, they see things in the positive way, and act positively. People who are good at heart think good about others and vice versa, etc. Whatever’s in our heart, we will think like that; then we express it in different ways, in television, theater and writing. So, if we have more positive channels and media as a whole, that is a sure sign that the collective consciousness of the world is more elevated and more wholesome. And by the way, everyone, I believe, can be an inspiration to the world, to contribute to a better life, a more elegant life, a more desirable life, a nobler life on this planet for all to enjoy. Because if we create a positive atmosphere, a benevolent atmosphere, we are also benefited, we live in it. So, we have to create benevolent atmosphere for us. And that, everyone should remember.

http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/news/202/     Master Says

我們已經盡己所能在做了，現在就看世人要怎麼做，特別是看政府和媒體是否要幫忙減緩整個情勢。若他們不做出改變，採行慈悲的生活方式，那我不知道還能怎麼做。因果法律絲毫不爽，不論我們喜歡與否，就像國家的法律一樣，殺人就要坐牢，或被判死刑。宇宙的律法也類似，殺生將招致被殺與痛苦的果報，那是逃不掉的。我們試著讓人們了解這個道理，提醒他們宇宙的律法，提醒他們記起內在真正慈悲博愛的偉大自性，現在就看世人的決定。我們繼續做，繼續做我們目前正在做的，然後耐心以待。

我希望我有根魔杖可以四處揮一下，然後「呼啦吽」，每個人都變成素食者，而地球也得救了。但情況不是這樣，人們必須自己覺醒，必須發揮慈悲心，然後慈悲會帶來慈悲，愛心會引來愛心。如果我強迫他們吃素，那就不一樣了。

重點是人們必須自己選擇吃素，這樣他們的慈悲愛心才會引發上天的憐憫，才會獲得上天的眷愛，就是這樣。假設我現在救了地球上所有的人，假設我做得到，你們要我這樣做嗎？（大眾答：要！）你們要，當然，好，我也願意！但問題是，我們的地球會如何？想想看。人們會繼續彼此交戰，繼續大量殺害動物，繼續過著不高雅的生活，像這樣的地球存續下去又有何好？那就像地獄一樣！對眾多被殺害的動物和戰亂地區的人來說，就像地獄一樣。所以讓人類覺醒，變得慈悲、高貴，這才是更重要的，然後地球自然會得救。我知道你們很擔心，我也是，但這是唯一的方法，也是正確的方法。

我愛人類，但也愛動物，而且我希望人類能更加提昇，現在與未來皆如是。因為如果世人只是認為：「喔，沒發生什麼事。即使我們繼續過著沒有道德的生活，繼續殺生和做不好的事，我們仍可快樂地生活，那有何不可呢？」這樣對他們不好，因為生命永不停息，他們的生命在這裡結束後，會在其他地方延續下去。若他們功德不夠又造了惡業，他們死後就會承受更壞的果報，我也不願看到這種情況發生在他們身上。所以拯救他們的肉體不如拯救他們的靈魂那麼重要。 

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Only Love Begets Love

Videoconference with Supreme Master Ching Hai
Sydney, Australia
August 17, 2008 (Originally in English)

Many people are worried and wonder what else we can do to speed the awakening of people in our efforts to save the planet for ourselves and future generations. During a videoconference with our Association members in Sydney, Australia, Master spoke of how important it is for love and compassion to be awakened among humankind so that danger may be averted and the planet uplifted.

We are doing what we can already. It’s up to the people now. It’s especially up to the government and the media to help to alleviate the situation. If they don’t turn to the compassionate way of life, then I don’t know what else to do. The law of cause and retribution has to take place, no matter whether we like it or not. Just the same as the laws in your country: If you kill, you will be imprisoned or even dead. Well, the law of the universe is similar; killing will beget killing and suffering. There is no escape from that. And we are trying to let people know this, to remind them of the law of the universe, to remind them of their true great compassionate, loving Self, and now it’s up to people. We continue to do that and we wait. Just do what we are doing and be patient.

I wish I had a magic wand and could wave it around and “Hoop-la,” everyone would become vegetarian, and the planet is saved. But it’s not like that. They have to awaken themselves. They have to practice compassion. Then the compassion will beget compassion; love will beget love. If I force them to become vegetarian, it’s not the same.

The thing is, they have to do it themselves so that their compassion, the love in their heart will beget the compassion from Heaven; it will beget the love of Heaven, and that’s how it works. Suppose I saved all the people on this planet right now; suppose I could do that. Would you like me to do it? (Audience: Yes!) You would, of course, fine. I would also! But the thing is, what will happen to our planet? Think about it. They will continue warring with each other. They will continue to massacre the animals en masse. They will continue to be living in not a noble way. What is the good of this planet to exist like that? It’s like hell! For the mass of animals and other people in the war conflict zones, it’s like hell. So, for people to be awakened to being compassionate and noble, that’s more important – and then the planet will be saved by itself. I know you are concerned. Me, too. But this is the only way; it’s the correct way.

I love humans, but I love animals as well. And I would love the humans to be more elevated, now and hereafter. Because if they’re just thinking, “Oh, nothing’s happening. Even though we continue to live our wicked ways, continuing to kill and do things that are no good, we still live and happily. So why not?” That’s no good for them; because life continues. After their life finishes here, their life will continue elsewhere. And if their merit is not good and they have bad karma, after they die, they will get even worse retribution. I don’t want that to happen to them also. So rescuing their physical life is not as important as saving their souls.  

http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/news/202/   Master’s Words

清海無上師2008年10月11日 講於泰國巴吞塔尼
「遏止全球暖化︰馬上行動」視訊研討會  （原文為英文）

師父: 艾尤迪亞博士，根據每天所有的報導顯示，我們已經遭到氣候變遷的侵襲了，只不過這些情況是發生在世界各地，所以我們並沒有在同一時間看到所有的衝擊。無論如何，如果我們繼續保持現狀而沒有做出改變，那麼大約在四年內，最糟的情況就會來臨。如果大家沒有改採慈悲的生活方式，那麼惡報就會降臨我們身上，因為「種什麼因，得什麼果」。由於這些不好的共業，我們將無一倖免或只有極少數人能存活。

根據宇宙法律，全球暖化的真正原因是因果律或作用力與反作用力的定律，也就是我們種什麼因就會得什麼果。所以戰爭受害者、遭迫害者和無辜眾生的一切痛苦與哀嚎，從叢林深處至浩瀚大海，從已開發國家至開發中國家，這一切痛苦與悲痛此刻正吞噬著地球，並籠罩地球的大氣層，甚至直達天聽。所以，如果無數眾生在這種連地獄都會相形失色的痛苦中承受煎熬，我們怎麼會有善報？至於全球暖化何時會襲擊我們？喔，我們正深受其害，但我不確定情況還會變得多糟。祈願我們人類能覺醒，並迅速採取行動，要很迅速，最好是昨天就做了，這樣我們才不需承受即將面臨的最壞結果。

政府的支持是拯救地球的關鍵

少年法庭首席陪審法官坎妮卡‧斯里坎特拉柏恩女士（Kannika Sirikantraporn）： 您如何說服社會上每個人，包括國家和社區的領導人、精神領袖和一般民眾，還有那些貧窮和未受教育的人改變態度，並開始認真幫助解決全球暖化這類環保議題？

師父: 是的，女士。我認為政府必須加強新法的制定，並且使相關的訊息傳播到世界各個角落，每個國家都必須負起責任向人民說明這項生存計畫的重要性。人類必須先存活下來，才能談其他的方面，因此政府扮演了一個很重要的角色，媒體亦然，如果我們能得到他們相助的話。如果政府說明情況，並提供所有的資訊，人民就會了解。再怎麼無知的人民都會了解，因為這攸關他們的生死。我們必須深入民間舉行研討會，提供全球暖化的證據、前因後果和解決的辦法。當災難迫在眉睫時，政府會立即疏散民眾；當發生戰爭時，人民都會被告知該如何保護自己，政府甚至會徵募新兵，好讓他們出去保衛國家或出去打仗。

既然這樣，全球暖化的危機甚至比戰爭更急迫，我確信政府會有解決的辦法，我確信他們可以把這些訊息告知國內每個地方的人民，因為政府有權力這麼做。所以我只能懇求世界各國政府，請運用他們強大的力量來拯救地球。謝謝妳，願上帝保佑我們大家！

問: 謝謝您。我還有另一個問題︰畜牧業是造成全球暖化的原因之一，但那些依賴畜牧業為生的人，他們該怎麼辦呢？

師父: 好問題，女士。他們可以種植有機食物。現在有機食物非常流行，這類食物非常有益健康，而且需求量很大。此外，世界糧食短缺已經是眾所皆知，飼養牲畜又讓食物更加短缺。而有機耕作使用較少的水、較少的時間、較少的勞力，卻能生產更健康豐足的食物給所有人享用。

我們世界會有許多會員正在從事有機耕作，而且事實證明任何人都能做。有興趣的人可以登入我們的網站，查閱有機耕作的所有資訊。有機耕作非常簡單容易，甚至不需灌溉太多水，而且作物生長很快，即使一兩個人也能輕易照顧好幾公頃的農田。

我們的「無上師電視台」網站（http://www.SupremeMasterTV.com ）有提供相關資訊給有興趣的人。有機耕作甚至不需要很多資本；就算需要資本，政府也應該補助有機農夫，而不是用那些錢去幫助肉類生產，那會危害人民。推動有機耕作對每個人都有益，包括農夫在內，所以我認為這是非常明智的行動。謝謝妳，女士。

以慈悲的作法因應全球暖化

泰國溫室氣體管理局自然資源、環境政策與規劃處處長普拉塞蘇克‧查莫爾曼女士（Prasertsuk Chamornmarn）： 社會大眾該如何為全球暖化即將帶來的衝擊做準備？

師父: 我們沒辦法做很多準備，而只能靜觀其變，因為我們不知道災難何時會侵襲我們，不知道能在哪裡準備和準備什麼。即使我們儲備一些食物等等，也不見得會有幫助，只會使世界的糧食短缺更為嚴重。所以我們只能依靠自己累積功德，而這一點我們都能做到。藉由改吃素食，我們現在就能救自己。吃素是慈悲又很有愛心的行動，我們以愛心對待其他眾生，上天就會慈悲對待我們，因果法律總是很精確的。

所以唯一能救我們自己的方法，就是展現慈悲心並改採更高貴、仁慈的生活方式，不吃肉、不使用動物性產品。然後你們會立刻看到結果，氣候會變好，各方面都會回復到更和平、更充裕的狀態。因為上天是慈悲的，我們必須開始像上天一般慈悲，才能體驗天堂。我們沒有其他方法可以防止這樣的災難，這是我能告訴你們的唯一方法。

我們現在所採行的方式無疑都是毀滅性的，在物質上、心理上、科學上、道德上都完全錯誤。如果我們造成其他眾生痛苦，就不可能期待獲得快樂的回報。我們必須採取與目前相反的作法，然後才會有相反的結果。我們的所作所為，正為我們帶來災難與麻煩，或許還會在不久的將來造成大規模的毀滅。所以如果我們想扭轉情勢，就必須徹底改變我們的行為，因為有因就有果。所以若想要有好的結果，就必須開始做好事，要吃素、做環保與行善。

我們唯一的「生路」是做好事

《每日新聞報》記者彭普拉派‧蘇宜喬小姐（Pornprapai Sueakeow）： 我們聽說科學家已承認全球暖化的問題，了解它會造成天災和水患。有消息說科學家正在其他星球尋找適合人類居住的新地方，我想知道您是否知道此事，還有您對於將人類移居到其他星球的情況知道多少？謝謝您。

師父: 我們無法逃避惡業，我們無法逃避自己行為所導致的後果，妳知道我們必須清付。所以，如果我們不想得到惡果，那就必須做好事。無論如何，如果妳想要去另一個星球，我想我們走不了多遠。我們有一些太空站，但那是否足夠供全部的地球人居住，我不確定。我們在火星上有些升降攝影機，還有從月球上拿回一些泥土，這是我們目前所擁有的太空成就與進展，這不是很樂觀。妳想要去哪裡呢？我們必須吃素、必須有愛心，然後一切都會改變，因為功德福報和愛心的氣氛會改變一切。

全球吃素所帶來的立即成效

管理系統認證中心的策略計畫和業務發展經理薩通‧山畢帕先生（Saton Sanpipat）: 全球暖化的問題是否該被列入全國的議程？如果是，我們該怎麼做才能達成此一目標？

師父: 首先最重要的是，我們應該利用政府系統去鼓勵新的計畫，像是增進人民的合作，也就是我們必須讓人民知道現在情況緊急，遏止全球危機刻不容緩。時間急迫，我們必須同心協力拯救我們的世界，必須拯救我們的生命和地球上的所有生命。其他方法都太耗時了，我已一再告訴大家，即使科技能幫忙，但它所需的時間太長了。所以最快又最簡單的方法就是停止使用動物性產品，然後我們會有更多時間發展更好的科技。如果我們停止飼養牲畜，也不再殘忍對待人和動物，結果會像奇蹟般出現，幾乎是馬上或在幾週之內就看到結果。如果現在大家都停止吃肉，不到八個星期的時間，氣候就會變得宜人，被破壞的一切都會在八週之內恢復正常。如果所有世人都不再吃肉並轉向慈悲愛心，結果馬上就會顯現。現在的情形就像是我們要往南，卻朝北走。所以要去南方的唯一方法就是掉頭往南走。我們現在所做的事--殺害動物和人，既不慈悲也不尊重生命，這是錯誤的行為。因此，如果我們想要為自己和自己的生活帶來不一樣的結果，就必須做與目前相反的事，這很簡單又合邏輯，每個人都懂。非常謝謝你。

杜絕動物性產品，地球就會成為天堂

公共衛生部新興傳染病管理局副局長達莉卡‧金耐特博士（Darika Kingnate）： 目前我們正面臨北極冰層快速融解，同時我們也看到人類從動物感染到數十種新的疾病，譬如瘋牛症、豬隻病毒和禽流感，這主要是由人類畜牧生產所造成。請問師父，您認為是否有可能說服人類減少畜牧生產？而且該用什麼方法呢？謝謝您。

師父: 當然可能，博士。減少畜牧生產與牲畜飼養，就可以減少全球暖化的主要禍源至少八成以上，而且也可以減少氣候異常、天災與吃肉所引發的致命性疾病。連科學和醫學也都證明人類應該採行可以拯救生命的素食，遠離所有的動物性產品，這樣我們就能拯救地球，並拯救我們自己、我們子孫和動物的生命。我們必須改採這種有益的素食，也就是不含動物成分的飲食，然後一切都會如你們所願。地球會變成天堂，人人不虞匱乏，沒有人會挨餓、沒有戰爭、沒有疾病、沒有災難、沒有全球暖化，世界和平、快樂、富足，我以佛陀之名保證如是，謝謝。

真正善行所建構的防護罩

國稅局電腦工程師亞歐瓦玲‧斯里柴南女士（Yaowarin Srichainan）: 全球暖化的效應會讓泰國受到多大程度的影響？我們所能預期的最壞情況又是如何？怎麼做才是讓世人認知全球暖化嚴重性的最有效方法，以便每個人能盡一己之力，盡早預防此一危機的發生？謝謝。

師父: 我們不該強調全球暖化所造成的最壞影響，不該預期災難發生，而應該開始把重點放在如何預防它。我們必須掉頭轉向，朝著對泰國人民和世界最有利的方向邁進；再說一次，那就是過慈悲的生活、吃素，吃純素更好，也就是不使用任何動物性產品，如此一來，善良的氣氛就會包圍我們的地球，當然也會包圍泰國。

有了上天的保護和加持，我們所孕育的非常慈悲和強而有力的愛心氣氛，會在我們和地球的周圍形成一道堅固的防護罩，這才是唯一安全又永久的保護。所以我們必須幫助傳播這種對全球暖化的認知，以及救亡圖存的解決方法。政府自己必須先了解清楚，然後告知人民，這樣大家才能一起決定最佳的行動方針，將負面的能量改為善良慈悲的能量。如此一來，大家都會得救，從現在開始一直到未來，都能享有快樂的生活。我們必須依據佛陀慈悲的教理生活，吃素、行善，之後再加上環保。  
　

線上觀看「無上師電視台」對「遏止全球暖化︰馬上行動」研討會的完整報導：http://video.Godsdirectcontact.net/magazine/WOW787s.php

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The Blessing of
Benevolent Action

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai,
during the
“Stop Global Warming: Act Now”
Videoconference,
Pathumthani, Thailand,
October 11, 2008 (Originally in English)

Dr. Art-ong Jumsai Na Ayudhya, former NASA scientist, Thai Parliamentarian and educator : When will the crisis of global warming hit us? And what is the actual cause of this global warming?

M: According to all the reports every day, Dr. Ayudhya, we have been hit by the climate change already. It’s just in different areas of the world, and so we do not see the total impact of it at one time. Anyway, if we do not do anything more than right now, the worst will come still, in approximately four years. And if no one has turned to the compassionate lifestyle, then the bad retribution, or, “As we sow so shall we reap,” will be upon us. According to this collective bad karma, none of us or very few will survive. The actual cause of the global warming, according to the law of the Universe, which is the law of cause and effect or the law of action and reaction, is that we will be reaping what we have been spreading. So, all the anguish, the crying of war victims, of the oppressed and the innocent beings - from the deep jungles to the vast sea, from a developed country to a less developed country - all this suffering and lamenting engulfs the Earth right now and covers the planetary atmosphere, piercing even to Heaven. So, how can we reap any better reward if countless beings grovel in such agony and suffering that even hell would pale in comparison? And when will it hit us? Well, it’s already hitting us, but I’m not sure how more worse it will become. I pray that we, as a human race, wake up and take action quickly, really quickly, like yesterday, so that we will not have to bear the worst consequence that is awaiting us.

Governmental Support in Saving the Planet Is Key

Mrs. Kannika Sirikantraporn, President of the Associate Judge of the Juvenile Court : How can you persuade everyone in the society, including not only the leaders of the country and communities, the spiritual leaders and the lay people but also those who are poor and uneducated, to turn around and start seriously helping and taking care of the environmental issues such as the global warming?

M: Yes, Madam. I think the government must reinforce new laws and make information available to all corners of the world. Each nation must take responsibility to explain to her people about the importance of the survival project. The humans have to survive first before we talk about anything else. So, the governments play a very important role, and also the media, if we can have their blessing. People will understand if the governments explain it and make all the information available. No matter how uneducated, people will understand, because it’s concerning their life and death. We must make grassroots seminars to offer evidence and logic and the solution to the global warming. In the case of imminent disaster, the government would evacuate people in no time. And in the case of war, people are always informed how to protect themselves. The governments even recruit new army members so that they can go out and protect the country or go out to war.

So, in this case, it’s even more urgent than war. I’m sure the government will have a solution to it. I’m sure the people can be informed anywhere in the nation. The government has the power that’s vested in them to do this. So, I can only beg the governments of the world to please use their mighty force to rescue the planet. Thank you. May God bless us!

Q: Thank You. And then I have another question: Cattle farming is one of the causes of global warming, but for those whose life and well-being depends on the occupation, what should they do?

M: Good question, Madam. They can grow organic food. Right now, organic food is very “in.” It’s very healthy for everyone, and it’s in very big demand. Also, we are short of food; we are already informed of that. Raising livestock makes us even more short of food. So, organic farming uses less water, less time, less labor and produces more healthy food in abundance for all to enjoy.

In our Association, we have many members who are doing organic farming. And it’s proven that anyone can do it. Anyone who is interested can log on to our website to know all the information of how to do organic farming. It’s so easy and so simple; you don’t even need much water at all. And the food grows so fast, even one or two person can take care of many hectares without much problem at all.

So, we have the www.SupremeMasterTV.com to inform everyone who is interested in it. It doesn’t even need much capital, but if capital is needed, the government should give subsidies to help the organic farmer instead of using those to help the meat production, which is harmful to us. To help organic farming is helpful to everyone, including the farmer. So, I think it’s a very wise step. Thank you, Madam.

To Prepare for Global Warming, Just Change to Compassion

Mrs. Prasertsuk Chamornmarn, Director of the Office of Natural Resources, Environment Policy and Planning, Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization : How should a community prepare for the upcoming effects of global warming?

M: We cannot prepare much. We can only wait and see because we don’t know when it will strike us and where and what we can prepare anyway. Even if we stockpile some food and so on, it is not always helpful. It just makes the world food shortage worsen. So, we can only rely on the good karma that we can create. And that we can do: We can save ourselves right now by turning to the vegetarian diet, which is benevolent and very compassionate. And by being compassionate to others, Heaven will be compassionate to us. The law of cause and effect is always very correct.

So, the only thing we do to save ourselves is to be compassionate and to change to a more noble, benevolent lifestyle without meat or animal products. Then you can see immediately, the weather will change. Everything will return to a more peaceful abundance because Heaven is merciful. And we have to start to be merciful like Heaven; then we can experience Heaven. There’s no other way we can prevent such a disaster like this. That’s the only thing I can tell you.

The ways we are going right now are destructive by all means - physically, mentally, scientifically, morally - which is all wrong. If we cause suffering to others, we cannot expect happiness in return. We have to do the opposite of what we are doing right now; then the outcome will be opposite. What we have been doing is bringing us disaster and trouble and maybe mass destruction in the very near future. So, if we want to reverse the course, we have to reverse our action because every action provokes another reaction. So, if we want to have a good result, we have to start doing good. Be veg, go green, and do good deeds.

Our Only “Escape” Is through Good Action

Miss Pornprapai Sueakeow, news reporter from Daily News : We have heard the scientists acknowledge the global warming problem and that it will cause natural disasters and flooding to come. There is news that scientists are finding a new place for humankind on another planet. I would like to know if You know about this and how much You know about the situation to move humankind to somewhere else. Thank You.

M: We cannot run away from bad karma. We cannot run away from the consequence of our actions. We have to pay, you know that. So, if we don’t want to have the bad consequences, then we have to create good action. So, anyway, in case you want to go to another planet, I don’t think we are very far at it yet. We have a couple of space stations; if that’s enough for the whole planet, I’m not sure. And we have some crane camera on Mars and some dirt from the Moon. That’s what we have for now, and that’s where we are. It’s not very optimistic. But where do you want to go? We have to be vegetarian and be compassionate; then everything will turn around because good karma and loving atmosphere changes everything.

The Immediate Response of a Meat-Free Planet

Mr. Saton Sanpipat, strategic planning and business development manager, Management System Certificate Institute : Should the issue of global warming be made into a national agenda? If so, what actions should we take to make this happen?

M: First of all and foremost of all, we should use the government system to encourage new projects, like new levels of citizen cooperation. Namely, we must let people know it’s urgent now and it’s time to stop the global crisis. Time is short and we must all act as one to save our world from disappearing, to save our lives and all the lives on the planet. Everything else takes too long. I have told everyone many times that technology takes too long, even if it helps, it takes so long. So the fastest and easiest way is to stop consumption of animal products. Then we will have more time to develop better technology and scientific advancement. If we stop livestock raising and the cruel practices on human and animals, the result will be like a miracle: almost immediately or within a few weeks. If everyone stops eating meat right now, within eight weeks’ time the weather will change into benevolent, immediately: Everything that has been damaged, will return to normal, in eight weeks’ time. If everyone on the planet stopped eating meat and turned into a compassionate heart, the results would be immediate. It’s just like we want to go south but we are heading north. So, the only way to see the south is to turn to the opposite direction and head south. The way we are doing right now, in killing the animals and humans, it’s not benevolent or respecting lives. It’s wrong. So, if we want the opposite effect for ourselves and for our life, we have to do the opposite. That is very simple and logical, and everyone understands that. Thank you so much.

Eliminate Animal Products and the Earth Will Become a Paradise

Dr. Darika Kingnate, Assistant Director of Emerging Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Public Health : We are at a time where the Arctic ice is melting at a very rapid rate and concurrently; we are seeing more than ten new human diseases being transmitted from emerging animal diseases, for example, Mad Cow Disease, pig virus and bird flu. The main reason is caused by human livestock production. Master, do You think it is possible to convince people to reduce livestock production or not and using what means to do so? Thank You.

M: Of course, Doctor. Reducing livestock production and livestock raising will reduce the major cause of global warming, at least 80% of it. And it also reduces weather turbulence, natural disasters and fatal diseases for which animal consumption is the cause. It’s even scientifically and medically proven that people should adopt the life-saving habit of the vegetarian diet and stay away from all animal products. Then we will save the Earth and save our lives and the lives of our children and animals as well. We must turn to this beneficial vegetarian, meaning animal-free diet. Then everything else will be as you want. The Earth will become a paradise. No one will ever lack anything. No one will go hungry. No war, no disease, no disasters, no global warming. Nothing anymore except peace, happiness, and abundance. I promise in the name of the Buddha, it is like that. Thank you.

The Protective Shield of True Goodness

Ms. Yaowarin Srichainan, Computer Engineer, Bureau of Internal Revenue : To what extent would Thailand be affected by the effects of global warming and what would be the worst we could all expect? What would be the most efficient and effective way to create awareness of the seriousness of global warming to the world so that everyone would help do their part to prevent this crisis as soon as possible? Thank You.

M: We should not emphasize the worst effects of global warming. We should not expect the disaster to come; we should begin to focus on how to prevent it. We have to turn to the opposite direction, which is in the best interest of Thai people and the world. That is, again, to live a compassionate lifestyle, to be a vegetarian, better even, vegan, meaning no animal products whatsoever so that the benevolent atmosphere will envelop our planet and of course Thailand.

With protection and blessing from Heaven, we create a shield around us, around our planet, by a very compassionate, powerful, benevolent atmosphere. That is the only protection that is safe and everlasting. So, we have to help spread this awareness of global warming and the survival solution. The government must inform themselves well and then inform the people so together they can decide the best course of action to change the negative energy to a beneficial and merciful one. Then all will be saved and live happily now and in the future. We must live according to the compassionate teaching of the Buddha. Be veg, do good and we can go green after.

To watch the Supreme Master Television coverage of the “Stop Global Warming: Act Now” videoconference, please visit: http://video.Godsdirectcontact.net/magazine/WOW787s.php

Master Says   http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/news/201/

我們拯救了地球以後，那時人們當然會有所不同。他們現在就必須不同以往，才能拯救世界。所以你們的本分就是要保持積極肯定。先拯救地球，然後其他的事情會跟著改變。光靠你們還不足以拯救地球，人們必須改變意識才行。如果他們吃素、力行環保、做好事，那就表示他們已經變得更好，他們的意識等級已經提昇了，這樣他們當然值得當地球的公民，而能繼續住在這裡，而且他們的後代子孫也能繼續住下去。那時，人們會有較高的意識等級，大家看事情也會比較透澈，我們會生活在和平與愛之中。

你們必須展望一個正面肯定的世界、一個你們所想要居住的人間天堂，你們必須展望更高雅的世界、正面肯定的世界、美麗的世界、天堂的世界。

拯救世界是慈悲的作為，就算救不了世界，你們也會得救，你們會因為自己的愛心仁慈而得救。你們的功德會倍增，因為你們想救別人，這一點你們很多人都還沒有想通。如果你想救世界，如果你想盡力達到這個目標，你就擴展了自己的高貴品質、天國品質。所以如果你鼓勵大家拯救地球，如果你吃素、力行環保、行善、幫助別人，因為你想拯救地球上其他眾生的生命，那你就具有聖人的品質，你重新喚醒了自己的神聖品質。這不只是拯救物質的地球和肉體的生命而已，也因為你們很偉大，才會想這麼做，而且又實際參與這個拯救生命的任務。

所以如果人們真的願意為了拯救地球而吃素、做環保、行善，那他們就具有高貴的情操，他們已經提昇自己了。我希望你們繼續努力，即使你們救不了地球，也能夠救自己。換個方式說，如果我們無法救整個地球，我們也能救一些靈魂--那些願意與我們並肩同行的人，那些因為你們勤奮散播消息而願意回歸原有高貴本性的人，至少那些人會得救。 

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So after we save the planet, of course people will be different. They have to be different now in order to save the planet already. So, your part is to be positive. Save the planet first and things will change after. It’s not you alone who can save the planet. It’s the people who change their consciousness. If they would be veg, go green, and do good, then that means they have changed for the better. Their consciousness has gone up to a higher level; then of course they merit the Earth and could continue to live here and also their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on. At that time people will be in a higher level of consciousness and things will be clearer to them and to all. We will live in peace and love.

You have to envision a positive world, the Heaven on Earth that you would like it to be. You have to envision the nobler world, the positive world, the beautiful world, the Heaven world.

Saving the world is a compassionate act. Even if the world is not saved, you are. You are saved by your loving kindness. Your merit will be multifold because you want to save others. This is the point that many of you still don’t get. If you want to save the world, if you want to do anything toward this goal, you’re enlarging your nobility, your Heavenly attribute. So if you spread the encouragement to save the planet, if you go veg, if you go green, if you do good deeds or you help others because you want to save other beings’ lives on Earth, then you have a saintly quality. You reawaken your holiness. It’s not just about saving the physical planet and the physical lives. It’s also about how great you are for wanting to do so and actually partaking in this life-saving crusade.

So if people do want to be veg, go green, and do good because they want to save the planet, then their spirit is noble. They have elevated themselves. And I hope you continue the way you’re doing. Even if you cannot save the planet, you save yourself. Let’s put it this way: If we cannot save the whole planet, we will be able to save some souls, the ones who will walk the way with us, the ones who, due to your diligent spreading of the news, will return to their original noble Self. Those people will be saved at least.

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http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/news/200/  Master’s Words

問: 師父，最近世界各地的災難是否和每年有數十億動物被屠宰以供人類食用有關？

答: 當然有關係！「種什麼因就得什麼果」，還有「同性相吸」。不論從科學的角度或從靈性的角度而言，我們都被告誡過了。因此，世界各地所發生的這些災難，當然和人類沒有善待動物有關，這就是我們欺凌無辜的動物所必須付出的代價。動物沒有傷害我們，他們也是上帝的孩子，是被派來地球幫助我們，為我們生活帶來歡樂的。通常一般人在出生前也有非常好的功德，他們才能投胎為人，然後再從他們既有的功德去加加減減。要不是這些功德抵銷了一些惡業，情況可能會更糟糕，也許地球早就整個毀滅了！所幸人類確實有些好的功德，而且功德還沒用完，所以現在我們還在這裡。

問: 師父，假如全世界的人從現在開始吃全素，地球會變成什麼樣子？這對世界經濟會有何影響？還有，會產生多大的變化？要過多久才看得到它改善環境的效果？

答:如果全世界的人從現在開始吃全素，大約六十天或八週就可看出成效。八週內我們就會立即見到成效。當然你們也會幾乎馬上看到改變，但是全面性的成效在短短八週內就可看到。那時地球會變成什麼樣子？那將是伊甸園再現，和平會立刻降臨，突然間大家會明白所有國家、所有人類，還有人與動物之間都是平等的，我們會開始意識到這點。不需多做解釋，人們會突然了解我們大家都是平等的，我們和所有一起住在地球上的居民，包括動物等等，都是平等的，人類甚至會尊重樹木、植物。

我真的希望我們現在就住在伊甸園裡，那麼物產會更加豐饒富足，人們會莫名地感到更快樂幸福，他們也不知道為何自己會這麼快樂，而且每個地方都糧食充裕，河水會再度豐沛，災難會停止，上天會眷顧人類，美好的願望也都會實現。

那就稱得上是伊甸園了。如果全世界的人都吃素，就會變成那樣，這正是我們所期望的。

實行非暴力是第一要務

問: 師父，世人做得夠不夠？在這緊要關頭，我們同修所做的努力是否足以拯救地球？

答: 你們一直做得不錯，大部分同修都有誠心盡全力幫忙，但世界的人做得還不夠！他們有在做一些事，有嘗試在做，但做得不夠快，而且做得也不夠，他們做的那些事甚至經常偏離正確的方向。抱歉，我必須直言。這幾年來我一直太客氣了，結果沒有用！

現在的問題是，世人大都在做一些次要或更不重要的事。比如王位的繼承順序，有第一順位、第二順位、第三順位等等，但他們不去追求王儲的位子，反而去追求第二、第三、第四或第五、第十一的位子。

目前最重要的第一要務就是實行非暴力，包括對人類和動物。當然，這意味著要吃素，意味著完全不使用動物性產品，這一點至今仍被大家忽略。有些人已提出呼籲，即使有些政府官員與組織已呼籲要吃素，但還是太少了！如果我們停止所有殺生，對人類和動物實行非暴力，那麼所有的惡報就會停止，幾乎立刻停止。殺生是造成災難的主因，如果我們停止殺生，就會在身心各方面得到無邊的快樂與自在。災難的發生，主要是人類的暴力行為造成，大多是人類造成的，所以我們必須停止所有暴力，必須停止所有殺生。這一點我一直強調、一再提醒，我們必須和平共存，必須尊重和拯救生命。但是，有誰夠明智而願意聽從？有誰夠堅強而能夠加以實行？這才是重點。也許每個人或多或少都知道這些道理，但這需要堅強的意志來實行，不只是知道而已，還要確實實行，實行是非常重要的。

我們要尊重所有生命，甚至包括我們所謂的敵人。不論直接或間接，我們必須停止殺戮。我們必須吃全素，完全不用動物性產品，這樣就能停止殺生，其他的都是次要的。

問: 師父，歐普拉‧溫芙蕾（Oprah Winfrey）是世界知名的人物，她最近吃純素21天，而許多知名人士也逐漸明瞭吃純素的利益，並進而影響世界各地許多人。師父，這是朝著正確方向所做的美好轉變嗎？

答: 是的，為歐普拉鼓掌！依我看來，這是她整個演藝生涯中最輝煌的事，而且我認為她會繼續吃素。她是明智的女士，又有眾多擁護者，所以如果她能繼續下去，將會為她自己、人類以及她的支持者貢獻良多。我記得她在部落格中說過︰「如果你對動物完全沒有愛心，你怎能自稱是靈性追求者呢？」所以我認為她是一位明智的女士，我認為她會繼續吃素，那就太好了！

畢竟身為有尊嚴的人類，我們啃食死掉的屍體有什麼好處呢？人類可以征服月亮、探索火星，做許多驚人的壯舉，為何無法克服自己的口腹之慾？因為大多數人的口腹之慾，對弱小又無力抵抗的動物造成無盡的痛苦，而我們甚至還有豐富的食物可以選擇，並非我們別無選擇。人們只要停下來思考一下，就會了解掉入這個必須殺生求生存或「你死我活」的陷阱，是多麼不幸！這對人類是非常可悲的情況。任何人只要花點時間想一想，就會發現這真的很可悲。

所以我希望人們最終能想通。若他們停下來想一想，就會了解人類掉入這個陷阱真的非常悲慘，這讓他們失去愛心、失去人類愛的天性，而屈服在這種殘忍的行徑之下，真的很可憐！這完全不是人類想要的。

任何努力都能幫助拯救地球

問:師父，有越來越多新聞報導提到吃素是對抗氣候變遷的解決之道，例如2008年6月3日，英國廣播公司第二台（BBC2）的「新聞之夜」，就在節目中探討因應氣候變遷的方法，標題是這樣說的：「該開始吃素了吧？」裡面提到最好的解決之道就是大家都吃素。所以似乎世界各地的人正逐漸了解這些訊息。然而，我們仍有時間拯救地球嗎？

答:是的，他們正逐漸了解，但還不夠，還要多加推廣才行。在每個電視頻道、每個佈告欄、每條人行道、每戶人家、每份報紙上，素食的訊息應是我們每天談論的話題。我指的當然不是整份報紙或整個節目，而是一部分版面或節目必須談論目前最刻不容緩的事，那就是遏止氣候變遷。

不過，他們有在做了，我非常感謝。我要告訴你們一些好消息。如果大家聽得進這些訊息，而且更努力去做，我們當然就能拯救地球！現在因為人們努力付諸行動，像種樹、減少開車和使用永續燃料，讓我們獲得更多時間來改變世界。此外，還有許多人改吃素，而且一些新聞媒體也幫助提醒大眾，政府也做了一些事或想採取一些措施。人們誠心付出努力，所有這些微小但正面的能量累積起來，就會產生功效。而越多人改吃素並保護地球，期限就會進一步往後延，然後我們就有更多時間，越來越多時間。

我們必須感謝那些改變飲食習慣而開始吃素的人，感謝政府致力保護環境，也必須感謝一些新聞媒體努力提醒人們目前危急的情況。所以如果你們繼續幫忙提醒大家，如果政府更支持我們，而新聞界也繼續提供更多訊息給大眾，那我們仍能拯救地球，我真的希望如此。感謝英國廣播公司第二台！

我們向明智又勇敢的領導人致敬

問: 師父，查爾斯王子最近在一篇題為《十八個月遏止氣候變遷災難》的文章中，表示對抗全球暖化是刻不容緩的事，並對此表達關切；這篇文章刊登在2008年5月英國的《電訊報》（Telegraph）。身為皇室成員，還有其他在政界的達官顯要等等，他們被建議在面對公眾時，什麼該說、什麼不該說。或許師父可以講些鼓勵的話，讓這些領導者勇於說出真相，並傳達重要的訊息。 

答: 我很感謝王子殿下和世界上其他勇敢的領導者挺身為大眾發聲疾呼。即使大眾不感激他們的好意，上天也會記錄下來，他們以後會得到很大的獎賞。當然，當權者的位子不好坐，這一點我了解，我也很高興你了解他們的立場。當然會有顧問建議他們該做什麼、不該說什麼，但顧問不一定都是有智慧的，因此我認為領導者自己應該根據高等意識層次所具有的直覺來行事。身為領導者，必須兼備勇氣、慈悲與高貴的品質，這就是他們當上領導者的原因。當然，領導者的位子不好坐，所以領導者才很少。

在一個國家裡面，只有一位國王、一位皇后、幾位公主、王子、一位總統或總理。相較於世界的多數人，領導者很少，而勇敢、正義、有智慧的領導者更是少之又少。對於這些有智慧又勇敢的領導者，我們全力支持並尊敬他們，同時祈求上天賜予他們更多力量和智慧來完成他們高貴的任務。我們當然要向查爾斯王子和其他領導者喝采。查爾斯王子多年來一直都是環保人士，他對環保議題也越來越直言不諱，我希望他繼續成為其他領導者的榜樣。因為正如我說的，領導者很少，而有智慧又勇敢的領導者更是少之又少！身為一位領袖，我們必須了解什麼對人民好、什麼對人民不好。好的事情，我們必須鼓勵人民或協助他們去做；不好的事情，我們就必須阻止，以保護他們，這才是真正的領導者。

查爾斯王子是個好人，他是一位紳士，我一直很喜歡他，他很正直，坦率直言。身為一位王子，他仍忠於內心，這是很好的品質。他不會為誘惑、讚嘆及利益所動搖，真的是一位坦誠的人。我期望他有更多力量，繼續造福他的子民和世界，且越做越好，成為模範、高貴的領導者，供世人效法。

殺生不可思議的代價

問:師父好！最近「無上師電視台」的工作人員前往蘇格蘭的斯凱島（Skye），訪問一個動物庇護所的創辦人。他們解救農場動物，其創辦人瑞瑪‧莫瑞爾（Rima Morrell）也是一位作家和動物靈媒。當她跟一隻豬在一起時，那隻豬發送訊息說：「現在是人類必須停止宰殺動物為食的時候了！」這項訊息似乎很緊急。問題是，我們要如何才能讓更多人不再以動物為食？

答: 是的，多年來我一直在問自己這個問題，你們也是。這是很令人沮喪的問題，因為我們知道人類習慣難改，所以沒有立即可行的方法。世界各地有這麼多頻繁的災難和不治之症，我只希望這些來自上天的警告已足以讓人們真正醒悟，並停止所有虐待我們動物芳鄰及人類彼此間的殘忍行為。任何人只要停下來想一想，就會發現人類現在還在彼此殘殺或甚至想互相殘害對方，真是不可思議的事，更別提那些可憐、無辜又毫無防備的動物了。 

我們只能儘可能地傳播消息，盡力向人們解說，希望一些有智慧的人會聽進我們的話。多數人確實都有心電感應的能力，但他們已完全失去這種能力，所以無法直接聽到動物痛苦、悲傷的哭喊或建議的呼聲，因為他們完全被來自幻象之王、魔王、所謂魔鬼的無明面紗緊緊蒙住，因此很難聽到什麼。但我希望值此危險時刻，他們也許會醒悟。所以我們試著告訴他們一些具有信服力的事，也許他們會覺醒，也許有些人會聽進去，也許一半的人或三分之二的人會聽進去。我希望他們全部都會聽進去，我希望能活著看到那一天。

我是真心告訴你們，因為雖然我很愛動物，但我知道他們的苦難終會結束。即使動物受苦，在屠宰場中受虐、受折磨或被殘殺，他們只有這一世受苦，然後他們會獲得解脫而到天堂去。這讓我心碎，我無法想像他們所受的苦。但即使如此，這還不比人類虐待動物所承受的惡果更糟，所以其實我對人類的同情比對動物更多，你們了解嗎？（同修答：了解）

動物如果被虐待，他們往生後會去更高的天堂，但是殘害他們的人將付出可怕的代價，那才是我所擔心的。雖然我很愛動物，但他們無論如何都要承受肉體上的痛苦，即使人類也是，不過靈性上的苦難、靈性的淪喪，損失太大了。而人類每天都犯下不利自己的可怕行為，因為宰殺動物、彼此殘殺和吃動物，會使自己失去靈性的功德，所以我擔心的是人類。

我們正盡全力喚醒他們的真知，但這並不容易。感謝你們一直以來的努力，感謝你們跟我一起忍受所有這些挫折，也感謝你們信心不動搖，相信人類會轉變。也許他們會改變，也許我們還能拯救地球，我們必須繼續努力，好嗎？（同修：好的，謝謝師父）

強而有力的茹素訊息 

問: 師父好！我們最近採訪了一位女音樂家，她住在英格蘭南部的巨石陣附近。她告訴我們她曾吃素許多年，後來又還葷了。但有一天她和母親收看「無上師電視台」的節目後，她們又開始吃素了。她告訴我們，她每次看我們的節目都會感動落淚。她還說重新開始吃素後，她覺得良心很安穩，也覺得很純淨、更好、更淨化了。

她也說，「無上師電視台」已告訴世人當今的重要問題以及我們每個人所面臨的挑戰，但人們對於「如何吃素」及「為何吃素」卻一無所知。她認為大家應該開始收看「無上師電視台」，因為依她看來，電視節目就是應該這麼做，而電視的功用也在此。

答: 對，所以我們才會這麼做。我也認識一些人，他們本來吃素，後來又還葷了，但他們遇見我、和我聊一聊之後，知道我吃素，於是他們又開始吃素了！我自己也努力在推廣，我本身就是「迷你的無上師電視台」。我們大家都可以透過某些方式影響別人，這樣很棒！但我覺得還是不夠快。無論如何，我們已盡力在做，這不僅是為別人，也是為我們自己，為我們的子孫、朋友與家人，他們全都很重要。可惜世人沒有和我們合力進行！如果他們這麼做，那麼在八週之內伊甸園會立刻重現人間！在八週內所有的災難會停止，天堂就是這樣來的。否則你們認為天堂是怎麼來的？在天堂裡，所有眾生有相同的行為方式，不是表面上的一致，而是基於相同程度的慈悲心、相同程度的愛心、相同程度的靈性了悟和高貴品質，這就是天堂。任何時候我們都可以把這個世界變為天堂，只要人類趕快回頭，全部都會被寬恕，上天是寬容的；因為 人類不了解肉食與殺生的關聯，不了解殺生的後果。當然他們知道一點點，但是沒有人強調這些，沒有人真的正視這個事實。如果政府、媒體與所有有權勢的人都能把權力用在正確的方向，告知或教育大眾，使他們能分辨是非，知道吃素是必要的事，而且是大家應該採取的唯一飲食，那就沒問題了！

看看已有多少人減少吸菸！即使吸菸尚未完全禁止，只有在公共場所禁菸而已，看看已有幾成人口減少吸菸，避免了多少疾病！才幾個月而已，就有多少納稅人的錢被省下來！你們看電視就知道，立即就見到成效了，看看這些例子！甚至還沒完全禁止吸菸呢！你們能想像如果有一天完全禁菸，或禁止肉食，或勸導民眾逐漸減少吃肉，你們能想像會有多大利益嗎？

政府本應妥善正確地治理國家，所以現在該是政府善盡職責的時候了，這是天經地義的事，就像孩童必須上學一樣，有些國家立法規定父母必須送孩子上學。因此有一天或許我們會要求所有人都必須讓動物自在，就像我們自己想要自在一樣。我們不希望自己被割喉殺害，那為何去割別的眾生的喉嚨，然後喝他們的血、吃他們的屍體，這樣還自稱是文明人！天啊！都已經21世紀了，而且自古至今有這麼多明師降世，教導我們不殺生、不吃肉、不喝酒、不吸食迷幻藥…一個世紀又一個世紀，長期不斷地教導人類，所以現在該是我們展現為人應有的風範的時候了！

好吧，以前我們不知道，所以犯錯，但現在該覺醒了！我們要研究資料，要了解這方面的事。到處都有很多關於素食的建議、書籍、食譜，連我們的電視台也每天介紹許多各國佳餚的烹調方法，免費提供，大家隨時都可以下載，在家裡自己煮煮看。素食色香味俱全，又不傷害任何生命，所以沒有任何藉口放不下口中那塊肉；無論如何那都是腐爛的肉，我不懂人們怎麼吃得下這種東西。吃肉不但有失尊嚴，而且既不衛生又危害健康；吃肉會毒害自己，並令人不齒。請原諒我直言不諱，我已經好言相勸太久了。

所以現在該是我們覺醒的時候，我們應該改變行為，具備為人應有的高貴與尊嚴，然後所有的動物就能過著祥和的生活，沒有恐懼、不再受苦，這才是重點。重點就是伊甸園會在地球重現。 

線上觀看「無上師電視台」所播出的完整精采實況：
http://video.Godsdirectcontact.net/magazine/BMD646-647.php

http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/ch/news/200/

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A Vegetarian Eden on Earth

Teleconference with Supreme Master Ching Hai
Surrey, United Kingdom June 12, 2008 (Originally in English)

Q: Master, are the recent disasters around the world somehow connected with the billions of animals slaughtered every year for human consumption?

M: Of course they are. “As you sow, so shall you reap,” and “Like attracts like.” Scientifically and spiritually speaking, we have been warned. So, all the disasters that have happened around the world, of course are connected with humans’ unkindness to their co-inhabitants. That’s the price we have to pay for what we have done to the innocents who have done us no harm, who are also the children of God, who have been sent to Earth to help us and to cheer our days. Because, generally, humans also had very good merit before they came to Earth. That’s why they became human, because of their good merit. So, from their good merit, there has been give and take and deductions and additions. Otherwise, if things had not been canceling out some of the bad retribution, then it would have been worse. Or the Earth might have disappeared altogether already, but luckily the humans also do have some good merit, and it has not run out yet. That’s why we are still hanging in here.

Q: Master, if the world were to go 100% vegetarian right now, what kind of Earth would we live in and what effect would this have on the world economy? Also, how great would the changes be and how long would it take to see the effects of these changes on our environment?

M: If the world were to go 100% vegetarian right now, the good effect of it would be seen within more or less 60 days, or 8 weeks. Within 8 weeks we would see an immediate effect. Of course, you’ll also see almost immediately. But to see the whole big picture, you can realize it within 8 short weeks. And what kind of Earth would we live in? It would be Eden again. We will have sudden peace, and sudden realization of sameness between all nations, between all humans and between humans and animals. The realization will dawn upon us. There’s no need for explanation; people will suddenly understand that we’re all equal. We and all co-inhabitants, animals alike, are equal. And people will have respect even for trees and plants.

I really wish that we could have it right now. Things will be more lushful and abundant. People will feel happier, even without reason; they will not know why they feel happy, and food will be enough everywhere. Rivers will run plentiful again. Disasters will cease. Heaven will smile on humans, and good wishes will be fulfilled.

That is a kind of Eden. If we were to be vegetarian, all of the humans on the planet, that will be the effect. That’s what we wish to have.

Practicing Non-Violence Is Number One

Q: Master, is the world doing enough, and are we as initiates doing enough to save the planet at this critical time?

M: Well, you have been doing fine. Most of the initiates are doing their best, and sincerely. But the world… no. They're doing something; they are trying but they are not doing it fast enough and they are not doing enough. And even the “something” they are doing is often off track. I'm sorry, I have to be blunt; I’ve been too polite all these years and it doesn’t work.

Now the thing is, most often the world is doing things that are second or third important in line. Like you have the throne, with number 1 in line, number 2 in line, number 3 in line and so on. But they are not running after the Crown Prince. They are running after the second, the third, the fourth or fifth and the eleventh.

The number one thing that is most important is non-violence - to humans and animals. Of course, that means vegetarian diet; that means completely abstaining from all animal products. That is the thing that has been ignored up to now. Some people have spoken out; even some government officials and organizations have spoken out about that, but too little. If we stop killing, if we practice non-violence to humans and animals, if we stop all the killing, then all bad effects will stop, almost instantly. There will be no end to happiness and freedom, of any aspects, body and mind, if we stop the main cause of disaster, that is the killing. The main cause of disaster is the violence of the people, mostly from the people. We have to stop all this. We have to stop all the killing. I keep saying it again, and again and again. We have to live and let live. We have to respect and save lives. But tell me, who will be wise enough to listen? And who will be strong enough to carry this out? That’s the point. Perhaps everyone knows this, one way or another. But it needs a strong will to carry out. Not just knowing, but practicing. Practicing is very important.

We have to respect all lives, including that of our so-called enemies even. Directly or indirectly, we have to stop the killing. We have to all be vegetarian and abstain from all animal products. And that’s how the killing will stop. Everything else is secondary.

Q: Master, Oprah Winfrey is well known by many people around the world and she recently has gone vegan for 21 days. And a lot of high-profile people are realizing the benefits of a vegan diet, and in turn are influencing a lot of people around the world. Master, is this a good turn in the right direction?

M: Yes, it is. And Bravo to Oprah. She has done the most glorious thing in her entire career, methinks. And I think she will continue in this direction. She’s a wise woman, and she has a huge bunch of followers. So if she continues in this direction, she will do a great service to herself, humankind, and her believers. I think she’s very wise; she will do it because, I think she put something in her blog, saying, “How can you proclaim to be a spiritual seeker, when you have no compassion for animals at all?” So I think she’s a wise woman. I think she will continue that and it will be very great.

After all, what is the good of gnawing or biting on a dead corpse, for such a dignified human as us? As the human who can conquer the moon, can explore Mars, and do many other incredible feats, how can we not conquer our own appetite? Because the appetite of most humans has caused untold suffering to the weak and defenseless animals. And we even have an abundance of food choices! It’s not that we don’t. So if people just stop and think about this, they will realize how unfortunate it is that we have fallen into this trap that we have to kill to live, or that “If I live, you must die.” This is a very pitiful situation for human beings. If anyone takes a little time to think about it, this is really, really tragic.

So I hope people will realize it in the long run. If they stop and think about it, this is a really very tragic situation that the humans have fallen into, to let themselves be deprived of compassion or the loving instinct of a human. To succumb to this kind of cruelty, this is really a pity. It’s not what humans intended to be at all.

Every Effort Counts in Saving the Planet

Q: Master, more and more news reports are mentioning going vegetarian as a solution to address climate change. For example, on June 3, 2008, BBC2 “Newsnight” featured a program about measures to tackle climate change, and the headline said something like this: “Is it time to turn vegetarian?” It said the best solution would be for us all to become vegetarians. So it seems that people of the world over are getting the message. Do we still have time to save the planet, though?

M: Yes, they are getting the message. But it’s not enough. I want more of that, and on every television channel, every billboard, on the sidewalk, in every house and in every newspaper. This should be the topic that we talk about every day. Not the whole newspaper or the whole program, of course, but I mean some part of it has to be devoted to the most urgent need of our time, which is the climate change, and to stop it.

But nevertheless, they are doing something, and I am grateful. And I want to tell you some good news. The message, if people listen to it and do more, then of course we can save the planet! Right now, because of all the efforts that people have put into action, like planting trees, and driving less and sustainable fuel, we’ve gained more time to change the world. Also, many people have turned vegetarian, and some of the news media have helped to remind the public. And the governments also have done something or have thought about it. All this, however little, positive energy that people sincerely put their efforts into will bear fruit, and the more people turning to vegetarianism and preserving the planet, the further the deadline will recede. And then we will have more time, more and more time.

We have to thank the people who have changed to the vegetarian diet, and thank the governments who have put effort into preserving the environment, and we have to thank some of the news media who have been putting in efforts to remind people about our deadly situation. So if you guys continue helping to remind people, and if the government gives us more blessing and the news people continue the trend of giving the public more knowledge, then we still can save the planet. I do hope so. Thanks to the BBC2!

We Salute the Wise and Courageous Leaders

Q: Master, Prince Charles recently expressed his concern about the urgency to fight global warming in an article titled “18 Months to Stop Climate Change Disaster.” It was published in May 2008 in the Telegraph newspaper in the UK. And being a member of a Royal Family and other people in such high positions in the political field, and so on, they’re being advised what they should and should not say to the public. I was wondering what words of encouragement Master would offer these leaders to help them speak the truth and get their important message through.

M: I am very grateful to His Royal Highness and other courageous leaders in the world for stepping out of their boundary and speaking out for the sake of everyone. Even if the public does not appreciate their goodwill, Heaven will take note. And they will have a great reward hereafter. It is, of course, very difficult to be in the position of authority. I understand that and I’m glad you understand their position. Of course they’ve been told what to do and what not to say. But the advisors are not always wise. So I think the leaders themselves should act according to the intuition of a highly developed human being. To be a leader is to be endowed with bravery, compassion and nobility. That’s why you are a leader. It’s not easy, of course, to be in the position of a leader. That’s why leaders are few.

In a nation, there’s only one king, one queen, some princesses, some princes, one president and one prime minister: very few leaders, compared to the multitude of this world. But fewer even still are brave leaders, courageous leaders, righteous leaders and wise leaders. To such wise and courageous ones, we offer full support and respect. We pray that Heaven gives them more strength and more wisdom to carry out their noble duty. Of course, bravo to Prince Charles, and other leaders. Prince Charles has been an environmentalist for many, many years. And he’s getting always more and more vocal about this. And I hope he continues to set an example for other leaders because as I told you, leaders are few, and fewer still are those who are wise and courageous. Being a leader, we must know what is good for our subjects and what is not. What is good, we have to encourage or facilitate for them to do. And what is bad, we have to stop, to protect them. That is the true meaning of a leader.

He’s a good man, a gentleman. I have always liked him. He’s honest and straightforward. Being a Prince, he is true to his heart. That is a very good quality. And he’s not swayed by glamour or praise and gain. He’s really a truthful man, and I really pray that he will have more strength to continue and do better and better still for his subjects and for the world, to make an exemplary, noble figure of a leader, for the world to follow.

The Unimaginable Cost of Killing

Q: Hallo, Master, recently a Supreme Master TV crew visited the island of Skye in Scotland, and they interviewed the founder of an animal sanctuary where they rescue farm animals. Rima Morrell, the animal sanctuary founder, who is also an author and animal telepathic communicator, when she was sitting with one of her pigs, he started sending messages saying, “Now is the time that humans have to stop killing animals for food.” And the message seems really urgent. So the question is: "How can we help stop more people from eating animals?"

M: Yes, I have been asking myself that question, and you also, for many years already. This is a very frustrating question, because we don’t always have the immediate answer, knowing that the habits of humans are hard to quit. I just hope that Heaven has been warning enough with so many frequent disasters and incurable diseases, so that people truly wake up this time and stop all this cruelty to our co-citizens of the world, namely the animals and each other as well. If anyone would stop and think about it, it is really incredible how we still kill each other or even think of killing each other these days, not to talk about the poor defenseless innocent animals.

Well, all we can do is spread the news and explain to people as much as you can, hoping that your words or my words fall into some wise ears. Most humans do have telepathy, but they have completely lost it. So they cannot hear directly the animals’ cries of suffering, their cries of sorrow or their cries of advice, because they have been covered up tightly with a veil of ignorance from the King of Illusion, from Maya, from the so-called devil. So it’s very difficult for them to hear anything. But I just hope that at this time of peril, maybe they will wake up. So we try to tell them anything that is convincing. Maybe they can wake up; maybe some of them will listen; maybe half will listen or maybe two-thirds will listen. I hope all of them will listen. I hope I will live to see that day.

I’m telling you truly because, as much as I love the animals, I know that their suffering has an end. Even if one animal suffers by abuse, torture or massacre in the slaughterhouse, they have only that life and then they will be free to Heaven. It breaks my heart; I don’t want to imagine how they suffer. But even then, it’s not as bad as what the humans have to go through because of mistreating animals. So actually, I’m more sorry for the humans than the animals, do you understand? (Audience: Yes.)

If they are abused and badly treated, then they will be in a higher Heaven. But the humans who have done all this to them will pay terribly. And that’s what I’m worried about. Even though I love animals so much, the physical suffering, we will endure one way or another, even humans too. But the spiritual suffering, this spiritual loss, it’s a terrible loss. And humans commit terrible acts against themselves every day, causing them to lose spiritual merit because of killing animals, because of killing each other and because of eating animals. So, you see, it’s the humans that I’m worried about.

We’re trying as best as we can to awaken their real knowledge. But it’s not easy. I thank you for all you have been doing. I thank you for bearing all this frustration with me. And thank you for still having unwavering faith that the humans will change. Maybe they will change and maybe we can still save the planet. We just have to continue. Okay?

(Audience: Yes. Thank You, Master.)

The Powerful Vegetarian Message

Q: Hallo, Master! We have recently interviewed a musician lady who lives near the stone circle in south England. She told us she used to be vegetarian for many years, and then she went back to eating meat. But on the very day she and her mom watched Supreme Master Television, they went straight back to vegetarian diet again. And she cries every time she watches the channel, she told us. And she said after going back to vegetarian, her conscience feels great, and she feels pure, better and cleaner.

She also said the channel informs people of the important issues of our time and the challenges we all face, and people are blind to it, about how and why to be a vegetarian. And she thinks people should start watching Supreme Master TV because to her, this is how the television should be and this is what TV should be used for.

M: Right, yes. That’s why we’re doing it. I also met some people who had been vegetarian before and they went back to a non-vegetarian diet. And after meeting me and talking to me, and seeing that I eat vegetarian, they became vegetarian again! Personally, also I’m working; I am also a “mini-Supreme Master TV.” All of us can have some influence in some way. That is cool. But it’s just not fast enough for my patience. Anyway, we’re doing what we can, and it’s not just for other people; it’s for us also, for our children and grandchildren, our friends and family members. They all are important. It’s a pity that the world is not doing it together with us! If it were, then we’d have Eden on Earth right away, within 8 weeks! Within 8 weeks all disasters would stop. That’s how Heaven is created. Where do you think Heaven comes from? Heaven is a place where all beings act in the same way, not uniformly, but in the same level of compassion, the same level of love, and the same level of spiritual knowledge or understanding, the same level of nobility. That’s what Heaven is. And we can turn this world into Heaven anytime. If human beings just turn around, all will be forgiven. Heaven is forgiving, because they did not know about the killing of the meat diet, they did not know anything much about killing. Of course they knew a little bit, but no one emphasized it; no one really made it like a matter of fact. If the government, the media and all the people who have the power can wield their power in a correct way and inform or educate the public to make them know what is right and what is wrong, and that vegetarian diet is a must and the only diet that everyone should follow, then it will be done!

Look at how many people have decreased smoking. Even if smoking cigarettes has not been banned completely and has just been banned in the public only, look at the percentage of people who have decreased smoking and how much disease has been minimized. How much money of the taxpayers has been saved, just in a few months? You watch television; you know this. You know the effects immediately. Look at that! And it’s not even banned completely yet. Can you imagine if it’s banned completely someday, or if meat has been banned, or has been advised to be less and less, can you imagine how good it’d be?

The government is supposed to govern goodly and rightly. So this is the time the government should do their governing like a righteous, natural thing! Just like children have to go to school. In some countries, the law obliges parents to send the children to school. So maybe one day we will oblige all the people to leave the animals in peace, just like the way we want to be left in peace. We don’t want anyone to cut our throat, so why go out and cut some other being’s throat and drink blood from it and eat their corpse. And we call that civilization! It’s the twenty-first century, my goodness. And so many Masters have been on Earth, teaching us already that we shall not kill, we shall not eat meat, we shall not drink alcohol, we shall not take intoxication… http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/news/200/