清海無上師以中文講於國際聚會 2009.10.11
問：請教師父，我們應該如何保有師父給我們的愛與加持，然後去幫助別人？
答：我們應該打坐，真的是這樣！我們的概念要改，要把重點放在打坐上。一定要打坐！任何不重要的事情要放下來才行，不能說「行住坐臥都是禪」。「行住坐臥都是禪」是指你一個人在山上，沒人煩你，你不用擔心生存的問題，不用跟誰交往。在這邊，你如果要幫助別人的話，一天要打坐最少4個小時，不是2個半小時而已。打坐2個半小時，只夠給自己用，分給別人一點點而已。 如果要幫助別人或是要在師父旁邊幫助，最少要打坐4個小時。
答案很簡單：打坐很重要，你那個問題一定要打坐就對了，絕對要打坐！不是說因為師父講，而是因為你不打坐的話，你的精神會死、身體會累，真的是這樣，我不開玩笑！從今天起一定要知道這一點。
我們真的要用功打坐，什麼時候能夠打坐就要打坐，5分鐘也好、2分鐘也要集中；工作的時候能念那個保護的聖句就要念，隨時都要保護自己。不然我們在這個世界，污染程度太高了，破壞力很強，我們隨時都會被傷害的，即使我們吃素、善良，還是被影響。所以只有打坐、念聖號、注意力集中，才能夠保護自己。特別這個時候考驗很多，世界如果沒轉變的話，就快末日了，所以我們要儘量打坐。
真的，為了幫助世界，我才不得已讓你們出去工作，不然的話，如果沒有世界末日的問題，我會勸你們隨時都打坐。因為我們如果打坐不夠，也不能幫助世界。師父旁邊的人如果打坐不夠，要幫師父忙也是很難。他不幫忙，就是賴在那邊給你做而已；他佔你的空間、佔你的時間，抓你的注意力，讓你無法集中精神。打坐不夠就會這樣，即使我們想要幫忙，也幫不了忙。所以要幫助別人的話，要先打坐4個小時，看你幫助多少而定。
住這邊的人天天替師父工作，替師父工作越多，越要多打坐，最少4個小時。你們的話，2個半小時、3個半小時是OK，看什麼時候幫助多，那天就要多打坐。隨時要多打坐就對了，存下來，萬一缺的時候就可以用。
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We Have to Meditate More to Help OthersSpoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
at an international gathering on October 11, 2009 (Originally in Chinese)
Q. Master, please tell us how to keep the love and blessing that You give us in order to help others?
A. We have to meditate; it is really like that! We have to change our concept and put our focus on meditation. We must meditate! We have to put aside any matters that are not important. We cannot say, “Everything we do in daily life is meditation.” This is only possible when you are all alone in the mountains, with no one bothering you, no need to worry about survival and not having to interact with anyone. While here, if you wish to help anyone, you must meditate for at least four hours each day, not just two-and-a-half hours. Meditating for two-and-a-half hours is only sufficient for yourself, and sharing a little bit with others. If you want to help others or want to help by my side, you have to meditate at least four hours.
So the answer to your question is very simple: just meditate. Meditation is very important. You absolutely need to meditate. It is not because I tell you so; it is because if you don’t meditate, you would be spiritually dead and your body would be exhausted. This is really true. I am not joking! You must realize this point from today onwards.
We really must meditate diligently; meditate whenever we can, even just for five minutes is good. Even if just for two minutes, we still have to concentrate. When working, recite the protective Holy Names whenever we can to protect ourselves at all times. Otherwise, we are in a world that is full of heavy pollution and very strong destructive power; we could be harmed at anytime. Even though we are vegetarians and benevolent, we can still be affected. Therefore, we can only protect ourselves by meditation, chanting the Holy Names, and being focused in the mind. Especially at this time, there are numerous trials. If the world does not change, the end will come very soon. So we must meditate as much as we can.
Truly, it is only for helping the world that I let you to go out to work. Otherwise, if there were no such problem as the end of the world, I would have advised you to meditate all the time, because if we do not meditate enough, we cannot help the world either. If the people around me do not meditate enough, it is very difficult for them to help me. They are not helping; they just idle there and let you do the work. They occupy your space and time, and drain your attention so that you cannot focus your mind. This happens if we do not meditate enough. We cannot help even if we want to. So, if you want to help others, first meditate for four hours, depending on how much you want to help.
For the people living here, working for me every day, the more they do my work, the more they need to meditate. At least four hours. In your case, two-and-a-half hours to three-and-a-half hours is okay. Anytime you want to help more, you need to meditate more on that day. Simply meditate diligently at all times and save it up for use in case you are in need due to shortage. 
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