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"Whatever you do, if it's a good, noble idea, you put all your effort, that is devotion. So in everyday life, whatever you do, if it's good for yourself and other people, put all your best. That doesn't mean that you have to be successful in order to know that you are devoted. You don't have to. Whether you are successful or you fail, if you have put out all your best, your most sincere desire to do that, to accomplish whatever you do, or to try to make that person happy, that is already devotion; because devotion brings concentration, one pointedness; and devotion, one pointedness brings success and happiness to you.

Especially, if you do it for a good cause, for a noble ideal, because at that time you concentrate everything on that thing and then you forget everything else so your mind is very clear. That is also a kind of putting down everything. That's also a way of practice. Ah, that's also a kind of samadhi. That's why it will bring you happiness and relaxation, and then a contented feeling."

From News 82, Pearls Of Wisdom
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
7-Day Retreat in Hsihu Center, Formosa
October 25, 1995
(originally in English)

"That's the purpose of keeping the precepts, so that we'll remember where our limits are. We'll know where to stop. We'll know how we should behave, or at least how to be honest with ourselves. If we're honest with ourselves, other people will sense it. Inside of them is God. Outside, maybe we can cheat them by telling lies or flattering them with all kinds of untrue compliments in order to get something out of them. But inside, the God within them knows. So we can't cheat them for too long. That's why we must always be honest with ourselves. The precepts are there for that reason, so that we become purer, truer to ourselves and to other people so that we can be successful in every aspect of life."

From "Be True to Others and Honest with Ourselves"
News 142, Pearls of Wisdom
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
7-Day International Retreat in Hsihu Center, Formosa
October 30, 1995
(originally in English) Videotape No. 508

"Initiation is a chance that occurs once in a million years. If you don't know what it means, at least at the time you die you will know. At that time, no one is around you, and no one can accompany you. No money can buy you power. No position can protect you from hell fire. At that time, the Master is the only one that comes to you, and then you will know."

From News 104, Pearls of Wisdom
Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
3-Day Europe Retreat in Hamburg, Germany
August 25, 1995
(originally in English)

Retreats Schedule

Center/City/Country
Date
Language
Titles
Publication
Hsihu Center
Formosa
June 2-4, 1995
Chinese
Dragon Boat Festival International 3-Day Retreat
Video 475-476
Hamburg
Germany
August 25-27, 1995
Aulacese, Chinese, English
1995 Europe 3-Day Retreat
Video 493-497
Hsihu Center
Formosa
September 8-10, 1995
Chinese
Moon Festival 3-Day Retreat
Video 498-499
Hsihu Center
Formosa
October 25-31, 1995
Chinese, English
Ching Hai Day International 7-Day Retreat
Video 503A, 504-509
Hsihu Center
Formosa
December 23-25, 1995
Chinese, English
Christmas 3-Day Retreat
Video 518-521

   

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