http://SupremeMasterTV.com -- The Outer Teachings of Chuang Tzu: Heaven and Earth - P1/3 (In Chinese). Episode: 1707, Air Date: 18 May 2011. Script
It's time for Spiritual Awakening. There's not just one religion - there are thousands! After years of being concerned that too few voices，too few points of view were getting heard when it comes to spiritual paths and world religions，that the radio airwaves were not reflecting the diversity that really exists，I started producing my own programs，exploring the world of spirituality，comparative religion，mysticism，meditation，and books，bringing to the airwaves the gentle voices of saints，the wisdom of masters or mystics，world scriptures， sacred texts，the great spiritual traditions and classics of the East and the West. My name is James Bean.
My guest today is Supreme Master Ching Hai，environmentalist，humanitarian，peacemaker and spiritual teacher. Welcome to Spiritual Awakening.
@Hi，James.
* Nice to connect with you today.
@Nice to see you again. Thank you.
* Yes，it's nice to be with you today. I am becoming optimistic that the world is beginning to understand the connection between diet，health，and climate change. All new ideas are resisted at first，of course. The first time a truth is spoken，it's regarded as heresy，but if it continues to be spoken and it really is the truth，it eventually will be embraced，perhaps reluctantly at first，but it will eventually prevail.
My sense is that there will be some additional traumatic events making the headlines，more glaciers melting，more earthquakes，droughts，mudslides and so on，but eventually even the most resistant to change will be convinced. I was debating with someone on Facebook recently about climate change，and said to them that some leaders are still in denial about climate change，but their grandkids won't be.
Supreme Master Ching Hai，you were one of the early voices，one of the few spiritual teachers in the world leading the way on this issue of diet and climate change，years ago back before this information was widely known by many. How did you come to adopt the vegan diet？
@How？Yes. You know，my grandma practiced vegetarian. Actually，when I say 『vegetarian，』I mean 『vegan.』In Âu Lạc (Vietnam) we don't know much about cheese and stuff anyway. Yes？Except some children，babies，if their mother doesn't have enough milk，or some problem with the mother，then they took cow's milk. Yes？Yes. And all the Buddhist monks I met were all vegetarian. That was in my childhood. I studied also many contemporary scriptures especially Buddhism. It was from a world religion's doctrine.
And there is a voice always within us - you know，right，James？- that we should abstain from harm to others. Yes. And it's just often suppressed，the voice，due to circumstances and background. Otherwise，I think everybody knows vegan is the best for all of us and for the planet.
*Right. And how did you come to know of this link between the vegan diet and climate change？Is that really intuition，inner guidance，Knowledge from within during meditation，that there'd be this need to reach out to the world and to sound the warning if you will，you know，about the link between diet and the environment？
@Yes. It's also first by intuition. You know，some days when I... Just say one day，yes，I meditated and suddenly I was startled by some real grave images and information that came flooding in. Yes. Like，okay， there's methane gas，there is carbon dioxide，there will be catastrophic consequences from the meat industry，for example，yes？Yes. And then，of course，I will do research to confirm the facts，you know how people need evidence and facts. Yes. They don't just believe you. (*Right.)
There is a law，anyway，of cause and effect. Even if we don't have intuition or if we don't want to listen to our intuition or inner guidance，then we still know that in this physical world，there is a law of cause and effect. There is physical evidence everywhere we turn. As the Bible says，As you sow，so shall you reap， and the Buddhist，Hindu，law of karma (retribution). Just sow an apple seed，for example，then we will have an apple tree，and then apple fruits. That's very simple.
In your new book 『From Crisis to Peace，』you mention， 『Due to all inhabitants of the world's good karma，this beautiful planet was created. But if it's all covered up by the new bad karma，then the planet and／or the inhabitants will perish.』Recently，we have heard you speak about ＧＱ，or God Quality， and that it is our unwise decisions which have covered up our God Quality. What does ＧＱfully mean？
@ＧＱis God Quality，yes，the Light. That is the quality of God. That's why we must find the Light. We must find the source of the Light，which is God Qu
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