"If
we are not strong enough to withstand the temptation
of life, then of course we fall into the other side
of nature, which is negative. When we are strong enough,
we stay in the middle, we can have both positive and
negative as our disposal. That is the way of the enlightened
person."
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai in Montreal Univ.,
Canada
Apr. 17, 1993 (Originally in English)
"Now
if we look around in this world, we see everything
are created in a kind of balanced manner. So in order
to live our life in this world and understand Heaven
at the same time, we should try to balance our life
so that the spiritual part of our self will be kind
of blossoming and also the worldly part of us will
be more developed."
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Tokyo, Japan
May. 22, 1993 (Originally in English)
"The
Tao cannot be analyzed with knowledge; the Tao is
inner understanding and an internal enlightenment."
Extracted
from "The Supreme Master Ching Hai News"
No. 25, Aphorisms