73/You May Not Know /The Real Heaven Is Within Us
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You
May Not Know
Spoken By Supreme Master Ching Hai, Group
Meditation In Thailand
January 2, 1994 (Originally In English)
We
should always remember we have heaven inside and that never goes away, never
ever. Whenever we forget, try to remember again; pull yourself inward again;
and then you feel such a peace, tranquility and comfort.
That, no one can ever take
away from you. That is the real heaven, not to run away above the stars the
way I sang to you last night. That is only for the non-initiates, or the not-very-high-level
practitioner.
In the beginning we have to
tempt them with some kind of cakes or something so they'll say "Wow, I have
heaven. Ya, sure, there are heavens, but like every other place. Nirvana heaven
is not for you to reside in permanently. It's not a private property. Nothing
in the universe should be a private property or permanent residence, thing like
that; because that is no good. Then you get stuck there. Even if you have a
beautiful nirvana, you'll get stuck there all the time. What a boring Buddha!
Attached to Nirvana.
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The
Real Heaven Is Within Us