清海無上師以英文講於奧地利 2007.05.27
無條件的愛是一種非常提昇的力量，你們必須儘量具備這樣的品質。不過我無法教你們怎麼做，教不來，你們必須親身力行，我無法強迫你們用無條件的愛做事。這不是口頭上光說：「我是以無條件的愛奉獻。」不是這樣。你必須真誠，必須發自內心。每次你們無條件做什麼事，真正沒有條件、沒有想到回報，一心只為了讓對方得到利益，你們就會立刻獲得一些啟示、美好的體驗、開悟的想法，或者體驗到前所未有的神蹟，或是上天的保護和恩典所帶來的加持與法喜快樂，你們會感覺得到。
這個我無法教你們，我只能告訴你們要這樣，但無法傳授。這要看個人的業障，看你是否決心向善，是否決心要取回自己失去的加持力。如果你真正下定決心，那麼你的想法自然也會改變，那時你就會無條件地愛人；或是從那一刻起，你就能無條件地付出，而你的生活也會跟著變改。但是現在我們只是在談論無條件的愛，我無法幫你們做，甚至無法讓你們重拾原有的無條件愛心，因為那是你們自己的，要不要用它，由你們自己決定。
無條件的愛是當你在做的時候，完全沒想到你是無條件的，你只是自然而然就那樣做，然後由上天來做評斷。你們隨時都要儘量保持無私，至少要訓練自己，這樣有一天就會變成真的，變成自動的反應。儘可能訓練自己在做任何事時都本著無私的精神，還有像我以前說的，隨時善待他人。我那樣做並不是因為我想得到上天的加持，而是為了讓別人高興，而且我可以體會到對方的感受，因為我設身處地為對方著想。
不是說我有他心通或天眼通可以看到，我不是說那種能力。我自然就知道一切，譬如一個超市收銀員工作一整天的感受，她必須不斷地動手結帳，有時還得拿起重物，像是一大箱礦泉水、一大瓶牛奶等等。她必須把商品拿起來掃描，然後放到另一邊，有時還得再拿起商品，為顧客裝進塑膠袋裡，或是把東西抬上來掃描等等，她整天都做這些事。我知道那種感覺，我知道她會感到痠痛，但不是每個人都知道。即使那就像你在看自己的手那麼顯而易見，你也不會感受到，但 是我知道，所以我才說我什麼都知道。我也知道計程車司機的心情，他每天過著單調的生活，賺錢養育兩個小孩，供他們讀大學，而待在家裡的太太甚至還設法幫忙遠在科索沃或非洲等故鄉的親人。我遇到很多計程車司機都是從外地移居歐洲的，所以我知道他們的感受，我就是知道，也很同情這些人。所以我才說我什麼都知道，也因此我愛他們。
不論我給他們什麼，全都是出於一片愛心，至少讓他們在那一天覺得生活好過一點。我跟他們聊天，問他們在當地生活的感覺如何，他們就滔滔不絕地向我傾訴：「噢，生活很艱難，語言不通，剛來時難以適應，到現在還是覺得自己像外地人，他們不把我們當法國人，也不拿我們當英國人看待。」他會向我吐露所有的心情和家庭問題，以及離鄉背井的感受等等。我相信他說完之後一定感覺輕鬆多了，如釋重負！重點不僅僅是我給他小費，而是我送給他愛心，也願意側耳傾聽，並對他的處境深感同情，因為我知道他的情況、他的感受，我就是知道。我說這個不是為了向你們誇耀這種無條件的愛心，不過，這正是無條件的愛。我這麼做全是為了他們，不是為我自己。有時我寧可坐在車上默默打坐，那樣對他也很好。但是對他來說，實質的幫助就是陪他聊天，還有給他可觀的小費，不然我可以讓他說，我在一旁打坐就好。不過我還是聽他說，而且他知道我在聽，這樣對他也有幫助。
這只是舉例說明而已。不論你為別人做什麼，如果純粹是為了讓對方舒服快樂，那就是無條件的愛，因此你根本不會去想獲得上天的獎賞或得到加持等等，這就是無條件的愛。但是你們必須真正去實行，必須重新訓練自己。你們內邊都有這份愛，你們是神聖的，你們來自上帝，至少都有一些上帝的品質，那才是你。你們只需要重新訓練自己，好嗎？重新訓練自己踏上神聖的腳步，朝那個方向努力，慢慢地你就會記得：「啊，就是這樣！」然後你自然會無條件地愛人，你會不由自主地以愛心對待你所遇到的每一樣事物和每一個眾生。
你們都知道，我看到任何動物都很喜愛他們，譬如松鼠、鴨子，他們在我看來都好漂亮、好可愛！他們每天來敲我的門要東西吃，但是他們的神情就像天真無邪的小孩一般，並且不失身為上帝子民的尊嚴。他們不是像乞丐那樣，而是昂首闊步走到我的門口，等著得到愛心的對待，而且他們也知道自己會得到愛，因此一副很有自信、很有把握的神態。他們不是來乞求食物的，不，不是那樣。他們很清楚我對他們的觀感，以及會從我這裡得到什麼，他們確信不論得到什麼，純粹都是出自愛和尊重，別無其他。我確實也很尊敬他們，所以他們走過來時，哇，真是漂亮！像皇室成員一樣。有時我會開玩笑，不說某某公爵，而稱他們蘆葦林頓鴨爵（The Duck of Reedlington），比方說這樣，因為在我住的湖邊經常有一大群「蘆葦林」的鴨子，所以我稱他們「蘆葦林頓鴨爵」。而母的就稱為「鴨爵夫人」（The Ducess），而不叫公爵夫人。這是我幫他們取的皇家稱號：蘆葦林頓鴨爵、鴨爵夫人。我的身邊只有皇親國戚，別無其他。我有一整國的王室貴族組成的氣派行列，有某某男爵、女爵和某某公主、王子，因為他們的風度就像那樣。
他們不是像乞丐那樣來找我，甚至也不是像小孩在等媽媽餵食，而是像上帝的子民。他們像小孩那樣天真無邪，毫不懷疑地相信我會愛他們，會給他們東西吃，他們心裡很篤定。而且也不會因為我給他們東西就顯得卑躬屈膝或低聲下氣，他們覺得那是很平常的事，只是透過麵包、麥片、水果、沙拉等物質而進行愛的交流。他們愛吃沙拉，有些天鵝吃沙拉，有時我們也會請他們吃我們自己種的苜蓿、萵苣或花生。我請人查查看他們喜歡什麼食物，然後就請他們吃。然而他們上門時並不是像乞丐一樣，也不會覺得丟臉，他們一路走過來都很有威儀，看起來好漂亮！
所以如果你是以無條件的愛心貢獻，接受的一方不會覺得丟臉，不會感到自卑，不會自覺像乞丐或受人恩惠，他們不會有那種感覺，而只會感受到愛--愛的綻放、愛的交流、愛的迴響或愛的互動。他們不會覺得自己需要那些麵包或是那筆小費，不會那樣！他們只是感到開心快樂並保有尊嚴，因為我不是用施捨的態度給他們。不管對方是誰，即使是計程車司機，我都是心存敬意給的，而且我真心尊敬他們，所以動物們感受到那份敬意；收到我的巧克力或小費的人，也覺得受到尊重。因為在給之前，即使當事人對自己的工作不覺得有何了不起，但我會讓他們明白他們的工作很有意義，而且他們也非常盡職，我很感謝他們維持機場環境清潔、行車很平穩安全、提供乾淨的計程車，還有每天都耐心地開車，盡職地當個好父親，賺錢養家。我讓他了解他值得接受我的贈予，他只是收下他應得的東西，不過我確實很尊重他的工作。沒有計程車司機幫忙，即使我有幾百萬，我能夠步行幾百公里嗎？如果沒有計程車司機，你也束手無策。所以我會透過交談先讓他們了解這些，不需要刻意解釋或說教，而是一起聊天，讓他感受到我尊敬他。對待動物也一樣，他們知道我尊敬他們，而且很疼愛他們，所以他們來的時候一派雍容自在，默默在那裡等著，不然就敲門，或是到門邊知會狗兒一聲，他們感到很自然。
所以無條件的愛會讓人感到有尊嚴、有價值、備受關愛，這是我們應當給別人的，不光只是布施金錢或講和善的話語。如果你們互相給予對方真愛和尊重，就會有這樣的影響力。（大眾鼓掌）
我不能用教的把你們教會，你們必須親自去實行。也許你們已經在做了，這樣很好，我想你們許多人都有這樣做，那很好，繼續做下去。即使一開始你還帶有目的，也要繼續做下去，至少別人會得到利益，以後就會變成自動，你甚至想都不用想。每件事都需要練習，就像騎腳踏車，一開始免不了會受傷，膝蓋破皮、手肘撞傷或是經常摔下來，但是後來你就能駕輕就熟，甚至可以站在座位上表演一些特技！如果能不斷地練習，你就會做得很好。你們心中已經有愛了，只要重新加以運用、重新訓練自己、重新學習如何運用這份愛心，將它散播、施予出去就行了。你付出越多，你就越有愛心，就是這樣。你沒辦法不愛，到後來你會不由自主地去愛你所看到的一切。現在你們已經在做了，已經開始對別人付出更多愛心，你們愛花兒，也比以前更關愛所有動物，因為現在你們是用不同的眼光看他們，用開悟的觀點、用聖人關愛的眼神看他們。就某種程度而言，你們已經是聖人了，不同等級的聖人，所以要繼續下去，要做更多。只要有機會展現愛心，就立刻去做，之後你就會有愛心，這份愛將無所不包，這樣你就會重新獲得自己無條件的愛，百分之百無條件的愛，方法就是這樣，你也會因而得到更多加持。不是說我們為了得到加持而做，而是結果自然會這樣。
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The Qualities of Unconditional Love
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Austria, May 27, 2007
(Originally in English)
Unconditional love is a very uplifting power. You must try to be like that, but I can't teach you that. I cannot. That you have to do yourself. I cannot force you into unconditional love. Then you'll say, “OK I'm giving this with unconditional love,” but that's not it. It must be real, from the heart. Every time, after you do something unconditional, really unconditional, without thinking of reward, just for the recipient's benefit, you immediately get some revelation or some good vision, some enlightening idea or something revealed to you that had not been revealed to you before. Or, the blessing or the bliss or the happiness from Divine protection or Divine Grace - you will feel it.
I cannot teach you this. I can only tell you to be this, but I cannot teach it to you. It depends on your karma; it depends on your determination to be good; it depends on your determination to get that blessing that you lost. If you're really determined, then your mind will also change automatically, and then you'll become unconditional at one point. Or you will be unconditional from that point and then your life will change. But all this is only talk about unconditional love; I can't help you to do that. I can't even give you your unconditional love, because it's yours. You use it or not; it's up to you.
Unconditional love is when you're doing it without thinking that you are unconditional. You just do it automatically and Heaven will judge for you. Try to be selfless at any time; at least train yourself, so that one day it will become real; it will become automatic. Train yourself in any selfless act you can; also random kindness as I have told you. I did that, not because I wanted blessing from Heaven; I just did it because it gives others pleasure. And I feel what he or she feels, because I can identify myself with that person.
It's not like I am a psychic or I have a third eye to see. It's not that kind of knowing I'm talking about. I just know everything, like how the cashier feels in a supermarket all day long when she's moving her hand and taking sometimes heavy things, like a big pack of mineral water or a big bottle of milk. She has to take it, scan it and put it on the other side, and then sometime has to lift it again into a plastic bag for someone. Or, she lifts something up to scan it and all that; she does it all day long. I know that. I know that she would feel pain, but not everyone knows that, even though it's as obvious as your hand here. You would not know that, but I know that. That's why I tell you I know everything. And I know how the taxi driver would feel in his humdrum everyday life of feeding two children and raising them into college. And even the mother who stays at home helping some relatives in Kosovo or Africa or wherever she originally came from. Many taxi drivers I met are foreigners in Europe. So I know how they feel. I just know it, and I have sympathy with all these people. That's why I tell you I know everything. That's how I love them.
Acting Purely for the Sake of the Other Being
Whatever I give them is purely love, just to make their life better at least for that day. I talk to them; I ask them about how they feel in this land, and they tell me everything. “Oh, it's very hard, the language, and being a newcomer is very difficult; now we still feel like strangers here. They don't think we are French and they don't think we are English.” He tells me all his emotions and his family problems and his uprooted feelings, everything. And I'm sure he will feel much better after that. He feels unloaded. It's not only the tip I give him; I give him my love, my sympathetic ears and my sharing of sympathy for him. It's because I know how he is and what he feels; I just know it. So I don't want to boast to you, saying that this is a kind of unconditional love. But it is a kind of unconditional love! I do it just for them, not for me. Sometimes I would rather sit there quietly and meditate, which is also good for him. But to him, the practical help is just to talk to him and give him good tips also. Or, I let him talk and I just meditate. But I listen, you see? He knows I'm listening, and that's helping him.
This is just an example. Whatever you do for others, purely for the sake of their feeling good and their own happiness - that is unconditional love. To not even consider having a reward from Heaven or having a blessing because of unconditional love - that is unconditional love. But you have to do it. You have to retrain yourself. You have it in you! You are divine. You're from God, or you have at least some quality from God. You are that. You only need to retrain yourself, OK? Retrain yourself into the divine footsteps. Go in that direction, and then slowly you will remember: “Yes, it's like that.” You'll do it automatically, and you just cannot help but feeling love for every thing and every creature you meet.
The Animal's Innocence of a Child and Dignity of a Creature from God
You know, I love all the animals around me that I see – the squirrels, the ducks; oh they are so beautiful in my eyes, so lovely, lovely. And they come knocking at my door every day for food, but they knock with the innocence of a child and the dignity of a creature from God. They don't look like beggars. They walk with their head high and come to my door expecting love, knowing that they will get love. So they're very confident, with a very secure kind of attitude. They don't come begging for food: no, no, no! They know very well what I feel about them and what they get from me and they are very confident that whatever they get is pure love, pure respect and nothing else. I really respect them as well. So they come in – Oh, so beautiful! Like royalty. Sometimes I make fun; instead of saying “The Duke of Something,” I say “The Duck of Reedlington,” for example, Reedling-ton, a ton of them, a ton of “reedlings” next to my lake. So I call him “The Duck of Reedlington” and the female duck, “The Ducess,” instead of the Duchess. The Duck and the Ducess of Reedlington - I give them some royalty names. I have only royalty around me, nothing else. I have a whole country full of royalty, beautiful brigades of “Sir This” and “Ducess That,” and Princess This and Prince That, because that's how they behave.
They come to me, not like beggars and not even as children waiting for their mother, but as creatures of God. With the pure innocence of a child, they have no doubt that I will love them and I'll give them food. They have no doubt in their mind. And they have no humility, no humble feeling that I'm giving them anything. They feel that this is normal. That's just love exchanging through physical means like bread or cereal or some fruit or salad. They love salads. Some swans eat salads, or sometimes we grow alfalfa , or lettuce or peanuts and give it to them. I ask someone to research what they like, and then I give them that. But they don't come like a beggar or feeling ashamed. They have dignity all the way through, which is beautiful.
So if you give something with unconditional love, the person or the beings who receive it don't feel shame; they don't feel degraded, they don't feel like a beggar or a receiver. They don't feel that. They just feel there is love - expanding love and exchanging love or recycling love or interacting love. They don't feel like they need this bread or they need this tip, nothing like that. They just feel happy. And they feel dignity because I don't give with the attitude of a giver, even to a taxi driver or anyone. I give with respect. And I do respect. So the animals feel the respect, and the person to whom I give the chocolate or the tip, they also feel respected. Because before that I make sure, even if the humans don't feel much, I make sure they know that their job is good, that they are doing well. I thank them very much for keeping the airport clean, for a very good ride, for a very clean taxi, for his patience, for driving every day like that, and for being a good earning father to take care of his family. I let him know that he's worthy of what I give and that he just receives what he deserves. But I do respect his job. Without a taxi driver, no matter if I have a million dollars, can I walk a hundred miles? Nothing can help you if the taxi driver's not there. So I make sure they understand all that - by talking, not explaining or teaching but by talking together. Then he feels that I respect him. Or, the same with animals; they know that I respect them and I love them so much. So they just come with a natural dignity and wait there. Or, they knock at the door or come next to the door and tell the dog. They feel very natural.
So, unconditional love will make people feel dignified, deserved and loved. And that is what we should offer to people, not just money or kind words. It has an effect like that, if you exchange with real love and respect. (Applause)
I cannot teach you, you have to do it yourself. And perhaps you're doing it, so that's good. That's what many of you do, I guess. So that is good. Continue doing that. Even if at first you do it with intention, just keep doing it. At least the other one benefits! And later on, it becomes automatic, so that you don't even think. Everything needs practice, just like riding a bicycle. First you have to get hurt, with skinned knees and bumps on your elbow, or you fall down oftentimes. But later, you ride automatically. You even stand on the seat, and do some tricks! If you continue your practice, you'll become excellent at it. So you already have love in your heart. Just reuse it. Retrain yourself. Relearn how to use this love, to spread it and to give it. The more you give, the more love you have. It's just like that. And you cannot stop; later on you cannot stop loving anything you see. You're already doing it now, you've already started to love people more. You love the flowers and you love all the animals more than you loved before, because you see them now with different eyes, with enlightened eyes, with the loving eyes of a Saint. And to some degree, you are a Saint already, a different degree of Sainthood. So, just continue it. Make it more. Any opportunity to show love, just do it. And then you have it, and then the love is all-encompassing again, and you will regain your unconditional love, the whole thing again, 100%. And that's how you do it. That's how you get more blessing. Not because you do it for blessing, but it's just the automatic outcome.
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