問：如何才能積極又快樂地生活在這個社會中？因為我內心很想遠離塵世，專心想念上帝，不過我又告訴自己必須像師父一樣，必須堅強、在社會上謀生，同時一邊修行。

答：是，沒錯，那會使你堅強。你幾歲了？（同修：我今年二十二歲）才二十二歲！你還有很多事要做。別擔心，繼續生活下去。

問：謝謝您的加持！我知道您與我同在。

答：你看起來那麼年輕漂亮，要在外面做個好榜樣。如果每個人都來跟著我或隱居山林，世人就無從得知其他任何事了。你們要當我的眼睛、我的耳朵、我的手，及傳遞加持的管道，代表我的愛和我的言行，讓世人看見你們就如同看到我，並且效法你們。這就是我們加持世界的方式，所以我們才要修行。

問：謝謝您。

答：不客氣。我也不會逃到什麼地方去，只是有時上蒼會說「不行」，那時候我就得做其他靈性上的事情。雖然有些看起來像是世俗的事，不過也跟靈性有關；我在不同的時候做不同的事。我們哪裡也不去，就算要走，也是等到最後一刻才到上面的天堂去！（師父笑）我們哪裡都不逃，就待在這裡。

問：而且要堅強。

答：對，要堅強，因為所有這些工作和挑戰都會使我們更有智慧，而各種苦難有時也會使我們更有慈悲心。每件事都對我們有好處。不然，最起碼也可以清付自己的業障，我是指你們的業障（大眾笑）。好吧！是我們的業障。我們是一起的、是同夥，是嗎？好了，親愛的！別擔心。（同修：我愛您！）你做得很好，我也愛你。我非常以你們為榮，特別是年輕的同修，真的很不容易。社會上有那麼多誘惑，而你們年紀輕輕，很容易受到各種打擊與引誘，卻還能堅持吃素、不暴力、持五戒、儘量多打坐，實在很了不起！我十分以你們為榮。不必擔心，你們很好。

問：有您當我的師父，我真的引以為傲。

答：我所做的很多事都會讓你們相當引以為傲！（大眾笑）不過我不告訴你們，因為大多是默默做的，跟你們所做的事差不多。這幾年來，還有今年，發生了這麼多災難之類的事情，但是我為你們感到驕傲，世界各地的同修一直都將我的愛散播到各個需要的角落去，令我感到很欣慰。我們盡全力安撫生還者，並拯救死者；我是指他們的靈魂。重要的是靈魂得救，而不是肉體。如果能夠，我們也救肉體；否則，救靈魂比較重要。當靈魂離開肉體後，我們就照顧靈魂，那比救助傷者還重要，不過我們兩方面都做。

這才是最佳之道。我想不出還有其他任何事會比我們現在所做的對社會更有貢獻。我們利用書刊、錄音帶、錄影帶，透過言談以及美好的能量，默默地幫助世人的靈性，同時也給予物質上的援助。我覺得沒有比這樣更好的了；我認為這個星球上沒有其他人或其他團體會做得比我們更好，所以我十分以你們為榮。我也很感謝其他所有的同修（師父對著攝影鏡頭，以手勢表示指的是全世界所有的同修），你們樹立了非常好的榜樣。

問：感謝師父。

答：反正我們有「家」可回，這才重要。我們只在這裡待一陣子而已，對我們多數人而言，並不算太久，是嗎？（同修：是）不，你還年輕，你得留下來，你不會那麼快走。不過快慢都一樣，沒有差別。不管多留幾年或少留幾年，我們都一樣完成了任務，等我們走了以後，會留下遺產。我們離開這個世界、離開這個星球以後，不是留下這個肉體，而是留給後代子孫美好的靈性遺產，那是我們送給這個星球的最佳禮物。雖然很多人不珍惜它，但我們不是為了別人的賞識而做，就像我們幫助有形的災難也不求回報，是一樣的道理。

http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/ch/news/170/

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Selected Questions and Answers

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai,
London, United Kingdom, December 31, 2005 (Originally in English)

 

Q: How can I be motivated and be happy to live in this society? Because inside me, I want to run away and just focus on You. But then I tell myself that I have to be like You, to be strong and to survive in this society and also maintain my spiritual practice.

M: Yes, that’s right. That will make you strong. How old are you? (Q: I am 22.) Only 22! You have a lot to do. Don’t worry; just keep going.

Q: Thank You for Your blessing. I know that You are with me.

M: You look so young and beautiful. Stay out there and make a shining example. If everyone comes and follows me or hides in the mountain, no one will know anything else. You have to be my eyes, my ears, my hands, my blessings extended, my love, my example. If people see you, they see me, and they follow you. That’s the way we bless the world. That’s why we practice.

Q: Thank You.

M: You are welcome. I’m not running away anywhere. It’s just that there are times when Heaven says No. At that time, I have to do something else, spiritually. Sometimes it looks like materially, but it’s also spiritually. At different times, I do different things. We are not running anywhere at all. If we run, then we run up there, to Heaven, at the last minute! (Master laughs) We are not running anywhere; we stay here.

Q: And be strong.

M: Yes, be strong, because all this work and all these challenges make you more intelligent. And all the suffering sometimes makes you more compassionate. Everything is good for us. If not, then at least we clean the karma, our karma. I mean, your karma. (Everyone laughs) OK, our karma; we’re together, as accomplices, right? Alright, love! Don’t worry. (Q: I love You.) You’re doing fine. I love you, too. I am so proud of you guys, especially the young ones. It’s very difficult. In this society, there are so many temptations. And you’re young and vulnerable to all kinds of attack and all kinds of seduction, and yet you still go on being vegetarian and non-violent, keeping the Precepts and meditating as much as possible. That’s very fantastic! I am very proud of you. Don’t worry, you are fine.

Q: I am so proud to have You as my Master.

M: Many things I do, you’d be very proud! (Laughter) But I don’t tell you. Because mostly I do it quietly, similar to the things that you are doing. Over the years, and this year, there are so many disasters and all. I am so proud of you; I am very pleased that all of you around the world have been extending my love to every corner that needs it. We do the best we can to comfort the living and to save the dead, or their souls; it is important that the soul is saved, not the body. If we can save the body, we do that as well. But if not, more importantly is the soul. When the soul leaves the body, we take care. That’s more important than even giving aid. But we do both.

That’s the best way. I cannot think of anything else better to give to the society than what we are doing. We help spiritually, silently or quietly, with books, with tapes, with talks, with your beautiful energy, and we give also material aid. I don’t think we can do any better than that. I don’t think anyone or any group on this planet could do better than what we do. So I’m very proud of you. And I thank you also, all of you out there (Master looks directly into the camera and gestures to indicate all practitioners in the world), for being a good example.

Q: Thank You, Master.

M: We have Home to go to anyway. That’s the thing. We just sojourn here for a while. For most of us, it doesn’t take long, right? (Q: Yes.) No, you’re still young. You stay here! For you it’s not that quick. But quick or not quick, it is the same. A few years more, a few years less, and we’re done. And then, we leave the legacy behind us. After we leave the world, after we leave this planet, we don’t leave the physical body here, but we leave a beautiful spiritual inheritance for our next generations. That’s the best gift we can give to the planet. Many people don’t appreciate it, but we don’t do it for appreciation. Just like when we help with the physical disaster, we don’t ask for anything in return. It’s the same.