Spoken
by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Sao Paulo, Brazil, June 15, 1989
(Originally in Chinese)
There
is nothing bad about marriage. It is not good only when some people
use it as a means to indulge in physical enjoyment. If a couple can
treat each other with respect, bear children to carry on the family
name, live in peace and harmony, raise their children, take care of
their parents, and serve society, then their marriage is good. It
will encourage us and let us live in a stable atmosphere. It will
give us a sense of reliability and warmth, as well as courage and
an enterprising spirit to work and face the future. This kind of marriage
is very good.
Spoken by Supreme Master
Ching Hai, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, July 23, 1996.
(Originally in Chinese) Videotape No. 561
There
is good in both marriage and friendship in this world. The greatest
advantage is that we can provide mutual help, and remind each other
of the Self Nature within and the importance of spiritual practice.
If there is any situation or relationship that can always remind us
of spiritual practice and the Self Nature inside, it is a good relationship,
with good affection and emotion.
Spoken by Supreme Master
Ching Hai, Malaysia, February 25, 1992
(Originally in English) Videotape No. 219
God
is not so narrow-minded as to forbid us to love our husband or wife
the way we used to. God is not so cruel as to separate loving couples
in order to attain Hirm. We must enlarge our hearts to love God and
also to include other beings, including our own family members. If
we can love other beings who are distant from us and strangers to
us, why can we not love our family members, our immediate loved ones?
Spoken by Supreme Master
Ching Hai, Singapore, March 10, 1993
(Originally in English) Videotape No. 329
Personal
problems, family problems, don't seem to belong to the spiritual field.
But they do. Because what is the good of you, of me, teaching you
to do meditation and to become a Saint while your life is in misery,
your husband is in trouble and lonely, and your children are feeling
unhappy because of a split family? And I already want to bring Heaven
to you now, not hell. Therefore, everything you can use of this world
to make your life better, to beautify your surroundings, and to solidify,
to consolidate your marriage, then please use it, and do not be bound
by it, but just use it.
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