07/06/2026
Q: Isn’t it difficult to meditate such a long time, two hours per day, in our time with work, earning money, and so forth? Isn’t it a long way?
Master: Yes, it’s difficult, but if you want it, you will pay the price. We work eight to ten hours a day just to feed our bodies that last about sixty years. And if we work two and a half hours for eternal life, it’s worth it, isn’t it? For me, to work in the world eight or ten hours is even more difficult. You are the true renunciant. You renounce Heaven and practice asceticism for ten hours every day, and you don’t complain. You’re better than all the yogis in the Himalayas.
I always marvel at how people in this world endure, and how they sacrifice for a short life span, that’s even full of sickness, unhappiness, and misfortune, sometimes. Whereby, to step into Heaven is so easy, full of love, bliss, and happiness every day. And we can even have the worldly life at the same time, without forsaking it, only at the cost of two hours and a half. Just throw away the beefsteak, that’s all! And many people don’t want it. And they worship all the yogis who do nothing but enjoy only the bliss of God. So I think I worship you.
- Excerpt from "The Key of Immediate Enlightenment - Special Edition - The Supreme Master Ching Hai’s 1993 World Lecture Tour Volume 5
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