---

Aphorisms

---

The More We Work, The More We Will Be Enlightened!

---

The Supreme Master Ching Hai

• Work is also a form of training. It helps us to assess our character, our patience, our talents and the extent of our enlightenment. Therefore, you must not be afraid to work. Being afraid to work is also a kind of phobia. The more we work, the more we will be enlightened.
• I do not need you to do any work for me. I need you to understand yourselves. Only then you can organize yourselves. Only then you can be more humble, to have a longing to learn and a longing to change yourselves to be good. After we become humble, and want to repair ourselves, we will naturally help others.
• Therefore, sometimes don't think that your work is hard. People in business work much harder than you do. It is just that the benefits are different. Even for a very little benefit they still work much harder than we do. We benefit others greatly, yet we still do not work as hard. So, I feel that you do not have anything to complain about.
• A gentleman needs to know how to respond, when to go forward or backward, and what is tough or tender, then he is truly a good person.
• We practice spiritually not to change the world but to change our wisdom. We change our concepts and thinking, and use your wisdom to change any situation that you feel is bad into a good one.
• If we are prepared at all times, we can immediately turn around and change ourselves under any circumstances. In this way our minds will not attach anywhere. We will not be overthrown by any situation.