Aphorisms

By Supreme Master Ching Hai

We are really enlightened only if we are flexible in our spiritual practice. We should act flexibly according to the situation, so that we don't get the "Zen symptom"!

Being scolded by people is being praised by them!

Before we become a fully enlightened being, we must first become human. After we have become a good human, then we will become a fully enlightened being.

Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai (Originally in Chinese)

When you practice well, a few words from you can give great blessing to others. Looking at him could give him many opportunities to tie an affinity with the Almighty. These are your magical powers.

Magical power is: wherever we go, we cleanse the filthy atmosphere there. Magical power is using our hands to make a flower vase out of useless material, cultivating a vacant land into a fertile field, or transforming a dry wasteland into an orchard. These are our magical powers.

When a depressed person with a deep inferiority complex comes to seek our help, we should help him. Help him to become a high-spirited and self-confident person with an ideal; one who is no longer disappointed in himself or wants to jump off a building. This is our magical power; and this is "giving alms of fearlessness," just like the Quan Yin Bodhisattva.

By Supreme Master Ching Hai

Whatever you have to do, do it well. Devote yourself entirely to the work so you don't waste time.

To progress faster in spiritual practice, we must forget ourselves; be the lowliest person and do the dirtiest, the most unwanted work.

Meditation is also work. At that time, we are getting our spirit's food supply and energy replenished for us to go out and fight again tomorrow.