素食主義：愛心尊重所有眾生－從愛心出發

清海無上師以英文講於愛爾蘭都柏林 1999.06.07（DVD#656）

問：我很高興知道您是素食者，請您說明為什麼採行素食是我們一生中很重要的事？

答：素食很重要，是因為我們與地球上所有眾生之間有一道無形的連結，如果這道連結的某個環節斷裂了，就會產生問題。可是因為這道連結是無形的，所以我們才不知道，要不然我們該如何解釋地球上這些災難、殺戮和戰爭的發生？

當你靜坐往內想念上帝時，祂會向你顯示慈悲心的重要性，讓你知道慈悲心應該擴及所有眾生，包括動物在內，那時你就會明白素食有多麼重要了。在聖經裡面，上帝說祂造人，也造田野裡的所有植物和菜蔬來當我們的食物。祂又說：「我也創造動物來做你們的朋友並幫助你們，你們要善盡管理之責。」可是上帝並沒有說人類應該吃動物。

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Vegetarianism: Compassionate Respect for the Oneness of All Life

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Dublin, Ireland,
June 7, 1999, (Originally in English) DVD #656

Q: I’m glad to read that You are a vegetarian. Can You explain why it is so important in life to be vegetarian?

M: It is important because we and all life on this planet are linked together by an invisible chain. And if one piece of the chain is broken, things go wrong. But because it is invisible, we do not know. Otherwise, how do we explain all these disasters, all the killing and all the war on this planet?

When you go inside and meditate on God, Hes will show you that compassion is very important and that compassion extends to all beings as well, even animals. Then you will know how important it is. In the Bible, God has said that Hes makes man and makes all the herbs in the field and all the vegetables for us as our food. And then Hes said, “Then I made animals also, to befriend you, to help you, and you will rule over animals.” But Hes did not mention that we should eat them.