"We
have to show a shining example of sacrifice
and true love. So regardless of all your small
obstacles in your meditation practice or in
your daily dealing with the world, regardless
of your mood, of your frustration, of your
personal emotion, and anger, fear, sorrow,
we have to move on with the greater ideal,
with the better, more nobler goal. We have
to keep this noble goal in mind, and forget
about the small thorns and the small pebbles
and stones along the road. We have to wear
big shoes, big boots, and walk on all the
thorns. This big boots of protection is our
determination to be noble, to serve in face
of difficulties and frustration, in face of
test of courage and faith. We must be greater
than we imagine we could be. We must be better
than what we expect our neighbor to be. We
must sacrifice more than we can demand from
our neighbors, or our close people, our associates.
Only in this way we can show others how to
be noble, how to sacrifice, how to love. We
have to sacrifice in such a natural way, in
such a repeated circle, until we do it without
knowing that we sacrifice, until we sacrifice
without thinking that we sacrifice, until
the word sacrifice doesn't mean anything to
us at all because we do things in such a natural,
automatic way."
Spoken
by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Hsihu, Formosa,
Apr.10,1992 (Originally in English)
Title: Leading The World To A New Era