Whatever We Have Is
for Distribution to Others

I wasn't born with any gold, so I won't go out of this world with any gold. Whatever I have is yours and belongs to the world, just like taking it from here and giving it there. It's the same for every one of us. We take water from the river, put it in a water tank, and the water tank will distribute it to the whole village or town. We should live our lives just like the water tank. Whatever we have is for distribution to others. We are only the receivers. Therefore, I may have a lot of money but I never feel that I have any. It's very relaxing this way. You don't worry because you already don't consider that it's yours, so whether it is there or not there doesn't matter.

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Taipei, Formosa May 23, 1994
(Originally in English)

Group Meditation is
for the Whole Planet

Every Quan Yin practitioner shares the responsibility of cleaning up the planet to some degree or another. Therefore, when we are sitting and meditating together in a group, it's not that we do it for ourselves or for the liberation of five generations of our families, or for America, or for our families alone. It's for the whole planet. And the more people do that, the better.

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Laguna Beach, CA, U.S.A. November 6, 1993
(Originally in English)