只要放下肉食，就足以拯救世界

清海無上師以英文講於美國加州柏克萊大學1989.10.13（影帶編號#101）

如果我們不吃肉，沒人會殺生，沒有人會養牲口，所有食物都可供人們取食，使人人更健康強壯，這樣對每一個國家都有利，對我們自己國家也很好。我們浪費許多金錢在武器及畜養動物上，當今許多可耕種的土地都被浪費在養牛養豬等方面，如果我們用這些土地去種植有益健康的食物，我認為國家將更受益、更和平，那就不需要武器防備了！如果各國人民都遵照聖經、遵照佛教的教誨來生活，不殺生、不偷盜等等，那麼世界就不必再召開和平會議，浪費那麼多的咖啡、香檳、餅乾在圓桌會議上，卻毫無結果。我們越討論和平，戰爭就越多，這是因為我們的作法不對，如果大家都練習打坐，吃不殺生的健康素食，這世界早就和平了，而且我們也早就沒有饑荒的問題。所以，不必布施你們的財產，只要放下肉食，就足以拯救世界，確保自己和國家的安康。♥

尊重眾生，我們也受加持

清海無上師以英文講於巴拿馬記者之家 1989.11.29（影帶編號#106）

我們應當尊重所有由上帝計畫所創造出來的生命。我們自己可以看出來，所有的生物都會抗拒痛苦和死亡。所以當我們殺動物或是看到動物被殺時，可以觀察到牠們很痛苦、想要逃生，那就表示上帝賦予牠們求生的本能。所以，如果我們擾亂或是奪取牠們的生命，我們就妨礙了上帝的旨意。因此，我們希望別人怎樣對待我們，我們就應該怎樣對待所有眾生，這樣我們的生命才會備受加持，得到恩澤、長壽和智慧。♥

飲食應具備高等眾生的風範

清海無上師以英文講於美國加州聖塔克拉拉 1989.11.29（影帶編號#101A）

我們應該吃第一手的食物比較高雅，因為我們是最高等的眾生，何必去吃動物的第二手食物？你們拿榖物去餵雞，然後把雞給吃了，重新再消化一次。你們拿紅蘿蔔、蔬菜餵兔子，然後又把兔子吃掉，為什麼不自己吃蔬菜和榖物就好？吃第一流的，也最新鮮呀！吃肉太浪費時間了。既浪費能源，又浪費國家的財富，又會引起世界饑荒。♥

http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/ch/news/162/index2.htm

.................................................................................................................................................

Saving the World by 
Giving up the Meat-based Diet

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Berkeley University, California, U.S.A. October 13, 1989 (Originally in English) Videotape #101

If we did not eat meat, no one would kill, no one would raise cattle, all the food would stay where it was and they could eat it and become healthy and strong. It'd be good for every nation, and it'd be good for our nation as well. We waste a lot of money on arms and on raising animals. Most of the arable land is wasted nowadays on raising cattle, pigs and the like. So if we used these areas to cultivate wholesome, healthy food I think the nations would benefit more and our nation would have more peace and no need for armed defense.

If every nation lived according to the Bible, according to the Buddhist teachings, “Thou shall not kill, Thou shall not steal,” and so on, the world would have no more need for peace conferences, and would not need to waste so much coffee, champagne and cake at round table discussions that go nowhere. The more we talk about peace, the more war we have because we go about it in an inconsistent manner. If everyone practiced meditation and ate a wholesome diet without any killing involved, the world would have long since been in a peaceful state and we'd have no hunger. There is no need to give away your property; just give up the meat-based diet. That would be enough to save the world, as well as your own and the nation's health. ♥

Respect all Life and 
Your Life will be Blessed

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, House of Journalism, Panama, November 29, 1989 (Originally in English) Videotape #106

We should respect all life that’s in the creative plan of God. We can see for ourselves that all life resists suffering, resists death. If we kill or see an animal killed we notice that they suffer and try to run away, meaning that God empowers them with the instinct to want to live. So if we interfere and take their life away, we interfere with God's will. Thus, we should treat every being as we ourselves would like to be treated. Then our lives will be blessed with grace, longevity and wisdom. ♥

We Should Eat Like 
the First Class Beings We Are

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Santa Clara, CA, USA, October 14, 1989 
(Originally in English) Videotape #101A

It's nobler for us to eat first-hand things because we’re first class! Why do we have to eat secondhand from animals? You give grain to a chicken and then eat the chicken and re-digest it! And then you feed carrots and vegetables to a rabbit and eat the rabbit. Why don't you just eat the vegetables and grains yourself? That is first class and fresh! It is a waste of time to eat animal meat. It is a waste of energy and the national treasury and it causes world hunger. ♥

http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/news/162/index2.htm