Question:
Dear Supreme Master Ching Hai, You are delivering the words of Truth
to many people. However, some of them cannot understand what You
preach. Is Your idea based on any special religions?
Master:
I
don't belong to Buddhism or Catholicism. I belong to the Truth and
I preach the Truth. You may call it Buddhism, Catholicism, Taoism,
or whatever you like. I welcome all! By attaining inner peace we
will attain everything else. All the satisfaction, all the fulfillment
of worldly and heavenly desires, come from the Kingdom of God -
the inner realization of our eternal harmony, of our eternal wisdom,
and of our almighty power. If we do not get these, we will never
find satisfaction, no matter how much money or power, how high position
we have.
Our
teaching is that whatever you have to do in this world, do it wholeheartedly,
be responsible... and also meditate everyday. You will get more
knowledge, more wisdom, more peace, in order to serve yourself and
serve the world. Do not forget that you have your own goodness inside
you... do not forget that God lives within your body, and do not
forget that Buddha lives within your heart.
From "Inside The World Magazine, Korea •
June 1994"
News 36, Media Reports
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai

M.C.:
How do You show someone God face to face?
Master:
"God" is an abstract term to call our Creator, the Most
High. We could see Hirm the way Moses has seen Hirm, the way Jesus,
St. John, and other ancient Masters have seen Hirm. When God manifests
to us within our heavenly vision, we can see Hirm as Light, brilliant
Light, as thousands of suns. Or we can hear Hirm talk in a Voice
as mighty as the thunder, as great as the ocean waves, etc. There
are much more when we can calm our minds and go within the Kingdom
of God within ourselves. We can experience a lot more about God;
Hes manifests in many different ways.
M.C.:
How do You bring people to that revelation - to that understanding?
M:
I do not have to bring people to that state because we all have
the Kingdom of God within ourselves, as it says in the Bible. The
moment we calm our mind in a special way - there is a way to calm
the mind quicker than other ways, and our way is the quickest way
you can calm the mind and remember the Kingdom of God. It happens
almost immediately.
M.C.:
How do You do that, Master Ching Hai?
M:
It is not I that do this; it's the Father that uses this physical
instrument. When anyone is ready and wants to come to Hirm again,
then Hes will just do that. Hes will reconnect Hirmself to Hirmself
within us.
M.C.:
You make it sound very easy.
M:
Yes, it is absolutely easy, Madame.
M.C.:
Because there are so many people who struggle with faith.
M:
I know that. It is because they don't know the easiest way. We can
struggle for thousands of years and not see God, but if we know
it, then it's a second, a fraction of a second.
M.C.:
You said if you know the way, how does one know it?
M:
Some people who know the way show us.
M.C.:
For example?
M:
For example, I know the way; I can show people the way to concentrate,
the way to reconnect ourselves with Ourselves, with the greatest
God.
From "Interview from Radio 720"
News 110, Special Interviews
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Johannesburg, South Africa • November 28, 1999
(originally in English)