"Everything
we do affects everyone in this world and the
next. Every religion mentions to us that all
things; all beings are one in essence. Just
like our body has many parts. If our hands
hurt, it affects our whole body also. Just
because the universal body is so great, and
we the many beings in this great body cannot
understand, cannot see the whole universal
body, so we may not believe that our actions
concern any other beings. Should we develop
the kind of Celestial Eye, the Wisdom Eye,
we would see this for ourselves that we are
indeed connected with all beings; and then
we would be very careful about what we do."
Spoken
by Supreme Master Ching Hai
Columbia University, N.Y., U.S.A., Nov. 3,
1989
(Originally In English)