Wise Words from Dalai Lama

Hi, THese words are from Dalai Lama. Spirtual Leader in Tibet. Because wanna be tortured by China Government. He run away from his beloved country. And his wish, he can return back, live peacely at Tibet. Now please enjoy and get wisdom from Dalai Lama’s word.

1- Happiness is not something ready-made. It comes from your own actions.

2- If you can, help others; if you cannot do that, at least do not harm them.

3- If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.

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The  Secret  of  Sharing  Information

In ancient Greece, Socrates was reputed to hold knowledge in high esteem.
One day an acquaintance met the great philosopher and said, ” Do you know what I just heard about your friend ?”

” Hold on a minute,” Socrates replied.

” Before telling me anything, I’d like you to pass a little test. It’s called the Triple Filter Test.”

” Triple filter ?”

” That’s right,” Socrates continued.

” Before you talk to me about my friend, it might be a good idea to take a moment and filter what you’re going to say. That’s why I call it the Triple filter test.

The first filter is Truth.

Have you made absolutely sure that what you are about to tell me is true ?”

” No,” the man said, ” Actually I just heard about it and…”

“All right,” said Socrates.

” So you don’t really know if it’s true or not.

Now let’s try the second filter, the filter of goodness.

Is what you are about to tell me about my friend something good ?”

” No, on the contrary…”

” So,” Socrates continued, ” You want to tell me something bad about him, but you’re not certain it’s true.
You may still pass the test though, because there’s one filter left : the filter of usefulness. Is what you want to tell me about my friend going to be useful to me? ”

” No, not really.”

” Well,” concluded Socrates, ” If what you want to tell me is neither true nor good nor even useful, why tell it to me at all ?”

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“Enough is enough”, a very common expression that is usually not enough. Not enough to explain “what is enough”.

A fresh graduate gets a starting salary of one million rupiahs per month. Is it enough? Perhaps not, but does he have a choice? He looks around and finds most of his friends getting same salary as starters. Is it enough? Well, for now, okay, fine.

A laborer gets the same salary after having worked for years, and although it is not enough to take care of his household, he does not complain much. He knows many people who earn less than him, so he tries to make both ends meet with what he gets. But, is it enough? Well, ok, enough.

Ask someone who works as a house maid; she is on duty around the clock. And, she gets less than what a fresh graduate gets for working 8 hours a day. Does she complain? Is she jealous of the graduate? No, because she knows that he deserves it, “He is educated, I’m not.”

A year later…..

The graduate is no longer “fresh”, his salary is increased by 50%. And, he looks around; he finds some of his friends getting more. “What do you say friend? Is the increase enough?” He replies, “No, look at my friend working in another company. He is now drawing 2 million rupiahs every month, plus benefits.”

And, we meet the laborer who hardly gets 10% increment, similar to what the house maid gets. Both of them are excited, “We just got an increment of 10%. Not bad, thank God!”

So, how do we justify the graduate’s complain?

In the first place, is it justifiable at all?

And, if the graduate’s complain is justified, then what do we say about the laborer’s and the house maid’s sigh of satisfaction at what may seem to us a negligible increment of mere ten percent?

The question is, when enough is enough?

And, when it is not?

The question is, when complain is justified?

And, when it is not?

Complain is only justified when it is made by a deserving person. It is not justified when made by a non-deserving.

Has the graduate improved over the year? Has he worked well? Has he been able to deliver some results? He must also consider the size and the potential of the company he is working with. If his senior is drawing 2 million after having worked 4 years, then definitely he cannot claim the same for having completed one year in the company. In that case, the company is perhaps too small for him. Either he works to help it become big, or finds another company.

If he has not improved, he is still making mistakes, and his work is not really appreciated by his employees – then his complain is totally not justified. He cannot expect higher salary just because his friend working in another company is paid more. That would be jealousy.

We should consider our ability before complaining.

For, what we get or what we should get entirely depends on what we do – what we have done. Do not expect a good output, if the input has been bad. Do not expect a raise, if you have done nothing to deserve it.

The word “enough” is actually misleading. It is a misnomer. It is meaningless. For, it carries no yardstick.

If you want to use the word, then you must define it yourself. Give meaning yourself. Set your own yardstick. What is enough for you may not be enough for me, yes…. How you define it may differ from how I define it, yes….. But, both of us must know exactly our abilities before defining it, before even deciding on a yardstick.

Foolish people say “not enough” foolishly.

Foolish people complain foolishly.

The wise do not complain.

They do not have time for that. They do not waste their energies in that. Instead, they work hard to change “not enough” to “enough”.

So, finally what is enough and what is not enough?

We only complain it is not enough when our own ability to grow, to develop, and to change is not enough. In which case, our complaints actually mean nothing.

Those who are confident of their ability, those who are willing to grow, to develop, and to change – never complain.

“What I get is not enough to take care of my family at home and an ailing mother back in the village,” says a friend.

“So, find a better job.” I advised him.

“But, it is hard to find another job.” He explains.

Do you see the point here?

If it is hard to find another job, then you are just a commoner. The market does not very much need you. So, what are you complaining about?

But, he has a wife and three children to take care of.

He also has to help his ailing mother….. Well, well, well, your employer may sympathize with you. But, there are 999 other employees having similar problems. And, the company has certain salary scale. After all, a business institution is not a charity institution. Its objective is clearly commercial.

When you find it hard to get another job, a better job – then your complaint ceases to make any sense at all. Then, “enough is enough” – at least for time being.

When you do not find it hard to get another job with better prospects – then you do not complain. You move on to that job.

In either case, your complaint is not justified. It is not necessary.

So, enough of complaining, enough is enough…. Use your energies to work your way up, instead of wasting it in complaining.

source : http://www.aumkar.org/eng/?p=29

Forgive your self means to for give your guilty feeling to God.

Forgive can means too, to for give your mistakes as your past problem. And now you see new possibility. New Chance.

Forgive is to for give your burden, your all burden be a perfectionist. Because what happen is not like your wish, your ideal, then you blame your self.

Forgive is to let go the regret and gain more wisdom from what already be happen.

Forgive is to give your love.. your unconditional love towards other people that you think already make you miserable.

Forgive is truth it self. When realize the truth, there is forgiveness there. When we realize there is cause and effect law. We will not blame others any more.

Forgive is understanding. Understanding why a baby doing the baby’s actions, urine in his/her pampers, pants, etc. Understanding why others doing the uncomfortable things, because he/her self is not comfortable with their self. They only expressing their inside.

Forgive is wisdom actually. Only wise can truly forgive.

Forgive is an action of love. Like a Mother that love her child so much. How much her child doing the fault, there is still love there. To support her child, to help her child to be better, to help her child to walk.. to run.. to FLY.

You think You are great, but.. you never realize, you cannot make your hair be white or black naturally.

You know everyone will die, but.. you never realize, you will die soon or later.

You feel you are a hero, but.. actually no body care.

You speak like a good leader, but.. you cannot lead your self & control your desire.

You always pointing your finger to other people’s fault & weakness, but.. there are three other fingers that are pointing to you.

You try to help other people, but .. you do not know what are you doing is really good or not.

You predict the future, what the outer things will be. But .. you do not know, What will happen to you, five minutes later ?

So Who Are You ? Please.. Please Forgive Me.

You are dump. You are dumb. You are loser. You are nothing.

So Who Am I ?

I am same with You.

A Discussion with Supreme Master Ching Haion Global Climate Change

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai,

Teleconference with Supreme Master TV staff,

Los Angeles, California, January 20, 2008

(Originally in English)

Spiritual Practice Does Benefit the Earth

Q: Do You think that spiritual practice could help heal the world, and how?

M: Of course. We already help a lot, invisibly. You see a lot more peace news now and a lot more caring for animals now. Even climate change; they’re speeding it up. It’s just not as much as we want because not the whole world is practicing, just a group of us and some other groups.

It’s helping a lot, because I’ll tell you a secret: If there hadn’t been a lot of practitioners, then the world would have been kaput (disappeared) long ago already. It’s just not the way we want because this world is still under the influence of Maya somehow. That’s because the people carry it within themselves. They don’t want to wake up. They just worry too much every day about material existence and not the spiritual one. So, it’s still better than nothing.

Is Global Warming Reversible?

Q: I was just wondering, are the effects of what we have done to the planet reversible in regards to climate change? If we were to survive through this period, can we reverse the damage that we have done to the Earth?

M: To some extent. If the government and the people in the world act fast, maybe we can reverse it somehow, yes. Not so quickly to 100%, like the primordial state of the world before, but we can protect ourselves if we act quickly; then the world will not get worse. The Earth will be more protected if somehow we act very fast; then maybe some damage will be recovered.

We are just doing our best; we are really doing our best. Let’s hope they will do it faster, for the children’s sake; all of us who are already middle-aged and old, we don’t care. But we can also do something.

For instance, the Amazon rainforest, because it has been there for a long time - thousands or millions of years - it’s the lungs of the world. So even if you plant new trees, it’s not the same; but it helps somehow. The bigger the tree and the older the tree, the more effective it is for producing oxygen and neutralizing carbon dioxide. I don’t know if the governments are trained to build something to reflect and send the heat back into space in such a large area and in such a hugely effective way, like the way nature has made or like the ice does.

The Reason Climate Change Is Now

Q: Master, I wanted to ask You why all of these things are happening to us, in our generation?

M: Because karma accumulates; it takes time to accumulate until it peaks, like Rome was not built in one day. Even with all the teachings of the Masters from ancient times, people don’t listen, and that’s why it happens. It happens now and again; this is not the first time.

You remember Atlantis and so on; they were also happening similarly, and Noah’s time; that’s why he had to build a boat and so on and so forth. So it’s not the first time. And recently they even found a new city under a lake somewhere. This is just a thing that happens.

And now and again the world happens to go under like that because people don’t listen to all the teachings of the Masters. So, the Master comes down again, again and again. Different Masters come down and tell people, “Please be vegetarian, be moral, be good, be compassionate.” But no one listens, or not many people listen; and they even persecute the ones who listen, or the Master. Therefore, it just has to happen now and again, when it accumulates enough karma or enough destructive power.

But we have the shield. We have the power; that’s the thing. Everyone dies one day or another, anyway. The question is: Where do they go, or where do you go? You are under the protective shield of the Master. If you listen to everything that is moral and good, and kind and compassionate, then you will be safe in the high Heaven. Most people are unaware of the consequences because they have been misled by some so-called religious leaders. But even they will also be helped by the Master power of the present time. And they will be also elevated in some kind of Heaven.

So the real ‘baddies’ have to go to hell. That’s it. But it’s not a question about dying or not. It’s a question of whether they can be liberated. So the people of the world have been helped spiritually; their souls are liberated, because it’s not all their fault. It’s not all their fault that they eat meat. It’s not their fault that they don’t understand the Bible or the teaching of the Buddhas, because no one really expounded them really correctly.

So the ones who have been initiated, they are protected for sure, if they follow of course. If they break it, then they also have to bear the consequences. And the other people, the people who have not done anything wrong, who just follow the masses and are really ignorant, also have been helped; their souls will be helped.

Q: Almost all agree that climate change is happening, but some people still don’t believe that it’s caused by humans.

M: Well, it’s caused by humans most of the time. Everyone knows it by now.

Q: Some people still say that they’re not sure it’s caused by humans.

M: What else? What else is it that causes the carbon dioxide from the cars? You think the aliens are driving our cars and the aliens eat meat?

Q: Master, another question is: If You had a message for the world, what would it be?

That I love them very much. Because I know it’s not their fault, whatever they do. It’s just the veil of ignorance that has been cast upon them and makes them oblivious to the Truth. They have also been misled by circumstances, and by people who do not understand the doctrine of the Master. So, that’s all I can say to them: I love them very much. I feel more sorry for them than blaming.

Just Do Our Best to Help People Become Vegetarian

Q: I showed one of my friends the NASA climate ad, and he seemed to be convinced with it, and then I said, “Well, are you going to go veggie?” And he said, “Maybe in a few years time.” So with those kinds of people, how do you convince them more; how do you make them take action?

M: I don’t convince anyone. I don’t know how. I’ve done this all these years and not too many people are vegetarian. It helps some, but it’s not as much as I want. Even if I go around from door to door and stick the NASA flyer on everyone’s house, I don’t know how convinced they will be because human habits are very difficult to change and also because of reverse psychology. Sometimes you tell them to do it, and they don’t, just because they want to go against what you say. It’s the human reverse psychology.

Humans have been like that since time immemorial. It’s difficult. It’s not just about being vegetarian; it’s about many other things. People love me everywhere; it’s just when you tell them to be vegetarian, they hesitate. Because let’s face it, also it’s difficult for people to know how to eat vegetarian. It’s not all that popular, like all over the world vegetarian is a big trend. So the meat eaters don’t know how to cook a vegetarian meal. For the Chinese and the Aulacese (Vietnamese) it’s easier because we cook tasty meals with tofu and so on, or chop suey. But the meat eaters just put the whole chunk of beef in the oven, and that’s all they know.

It’s difficult; even if they want to, they just don‘t know how. That’s why we have to teach them how to cook vegetarian on TV, but even that is difficult. When I was in Germany, I invited my neighbors every week to vegetarianism, but that didn’t turn them into vegetarians. They loved the food I cooked, and then I gave them recipes and so on, but that didn’t make them vegetarian.

Q: So when a person chooses to become a vegetarian, is it because of fate or destiny, or else they will come back to not being a vegetarian?

M: It’s because the person has a strong will and wants to do something good that he or she knows is good. Only that person will change. The person who is weak, even knowing it’s good, he won’t do it! God gives the free will for people to change from bad to good and vice versa - whatever they choose to do. That’s the problem, the free will of humans, and there’s the ego to boost.

The thing is, if we have the planet, we have the planet. If we don’t, we don’t. I wish really that we do have the planet, that we continue to live, and that the children can grow up in a better environment. But you see, it’s not all up to our group. It’s not even up to Heaven. It’s up to humanity to decide what they want and which direction to turn. It’s just up to them to change. And with all the power of the leaders, they should do something faster than this. So, we just pray for the best. That’s that, okay? If half the population of the planet becomes vegetarian, that would be already fantastic news.

Climate change doesn’t mean only hot. It means the change of the climate around the world, and a lot of frequent disasters, with hot places becoming cold and cold places becoming hot. And then it becomes kind of chaotic, and it’s a lot of suffering for the people later on, with many countries and many cities that will be under the water, and so on. And more storms, like more typhoons, a lot before it really ends. It doesn’t just end like, “Okay, now it’s going to end,” and finito! It’s not like that.

It will be agonizing for a while, and a lot of people will suffer and they would not even understand why. So we contact people, like politicians and newspapers. Just write them letters or send them flyers; just do whatever we can to save the world. Each one of us is responsible; we do something as we can.

Q: The data from the NASA climate reports indicate that the polar ice cap will be gone by 2012. This coincides with the end of the Mayan calendar; is this like a coincidence or something else?

M: Maybe it’s not coincidence. Some people do see things. Some people do see things in the future, but people still can’t change. The thing is, would they like to change? Would they be strong enough to change? I try everywhere I go, of course, but it’s not that easy. Our program and leaflets and the lectures, they change many people, millions of people, but that is not enough.

Forbidding Meat Eating As a Harmful Substance

Q: I wanted to ask, if You have a message for the leaders of the world, what would You say to them?

M: I would say to them to use their mighty power to change the diet of the planet. Adopt immediately, new technology and sustainable energy, and set an example themselves by becoming a vegetarian or vegan. Change their diet; use their mighty power. Use their example to set a new diet for the planet: the vegetarian diet.

They first have to be vegetarian and then they can use their power truly. Like the way they forbid smoking, they could do that by forbidding meat as well, by citing all the harm that meat would do to humans and the planet. They can do that, just like forbidding smoking. Forbid meat eating, just like forbidding the smoking of cigarettes and drugs. That’s also another kind of harmful drug.

Q: Also, did other civilizations in the universe have the same problem?

They did. Wherever there are people and planets, these things can always happen. Once the technology has developed to a certain height, the side effects will follow. If people are not spiritually stable or developed, then the technological development will outweigh the spiritual balance, and they will destroy their planet.

Q: Dear Master, we want to take this opportunity to thank You for graciously accepting to have this session on the environment. For all the work and encouragement You’ve given us, we want to thank You. We love You very much. Thank You.

M: I love you too, guys. (Applause) Heaven loves you, all the animals love you, and I love you.

Audience: We love You! (Applause)

To view the complete Supreme Master Television coverage of this exclusive discussion,

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Seven Champions of the Earth 2008

By Singapore News Group (Originally in English)

On April 22 and 23, the United Nations Environment Program’s (UNEP’s) Business for the Environment Global Summit 2008 was held in Singapore with over 400 high-powered delegates from around the world discussing and agreeing on causes, problems and solutions to the global environmental situation. Each year the Summit focuses on a different theme, which this year was Resource Efficiency and Renewable Energy, highlighting how governments and private industries need to work together to create business and markets in a climate of global change. The overall message of the conference was that the world’s governments need to provide incentives and frameworks by which private enterprises can operate, and that private businesses and entrepreneurs need to rise to the call of changing their practices to be sustainable and responsible.

The UNEP conference also hosts and presents The Champions of the Earth 2008 award ceremony. This highly-regarded award is presented by UNEP to seven outstanding scientists, politicians and activists from around the world in recognition of their efforts to help in global sustainability, carbon reduction and the fight against global warming. Gracing the event were Singapore’s former Prime Minister Mr. Goh Chok Tong and several cabinet ministers and captains of industry, in addition to international dignitaries and delegates such as H.E. Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, President of the Republic of Maldives; Hon. Goren Persson, former Prime Minister of Sweden; and Mr. Achim Steiner, Executive Director UNEP.

source : http://www.godsdirectcontact.org.tw/eng/news/197/