With a brilliant sun
and turquoise sea,
friendly people,
tropical wildlife,
and the largest coral reef
in the Western hemisphere,
Cancún, Mexico
was the gracious host of
the 2010 United Nations
Climate Change Conference.
With dedication
and cooperation,
distinguished
COP 16 delegates
from over 190 nations
worked toward
reaching a hopeful accord
on ways to mitigate
urgent climate change.
Livestock production is, yes,
it’s a very
major contribution to
greenhouse gases emissions.
In the midst of
this two-week summit,
a special event
on December 5 held at
the leading eco-friendly
Fairmont Mayakoba
resort hotel welcomed
international dignitaries
to join in highlighting
the foremost solution
to global warming
as it celebrated
exemplary champions
of the planet.
Co-hosted by
Mayor of Cancún,
The Honorable
Jaime Hernández Zaragoza
and the Supreme Master
Ching Hai
International Association,
“The Greenest Heroes Gala”
opened with
vital messages shared by
the esteemed 44th
Costa Rican President
José María Figueres Olsen
and the 7th President
of Ireland,
Mary Robinson.
Gracing this
meaningful celebration
was special guest of honor
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
who was
personally attending
the COP 16 summit
at the invitation of
the Mexican government,
meeting with
conference delegates
and journalists in support
of their noble efforts
to protect the planet.
During the Gala’s
multi-course vegan banquet,
gifted performances
unfolded, including songs
inspired by
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
poetry that were presented
by celebrated artists.
These included soprano
Lynne Wintersteller
accompanied by
2-time Grammy- and
Oscar-winning composer
David Shire on the piano;
legendary Beach Boys
founding member,
Al Jardine;
Tony Award-winning
vocalist Melba Moore,
with songs by
2-time Oscar winner
Al Kasha; acclaimed
soprano Kerry Walsh;
award-winning
Italian-Mexican singer
Filippa Giordano;
multiplatinum recording
artist Taylor Dayne,
who has sold
over 75 million albums,
as well as
beautifully attired
traditional Mexican
dancers and musicians
and vibrant international
dances performed by our
Association members.
“The Greenest Heroes Gala”
was a tribute
to all Earth protectors
who participate in
and promote
the compassionate
plant-based lifestyle
for a more healthful
and peaceful world.
For their outstanding
representation,
eight people were
specially honored by
Supreme Master Ching Hai:
Ultraman
World Championship
athlete and attorney
Rich Roll;
internationally renowned
communication coach,
Richard Greene;
best-selling author and
speaker, Dr. Will Tuttle;
3-time Emmy
Award-winning filmmaker,
Cary Brown;
soprano Kerry Walsh;
accomplished
film producer and former
Warner Bros. executive
Julie Bergman Sender,
and the Gala’s two Masters
of Ceremonies,
Emmy Award-winning
filmmaker
Lionel Friedberg and
actress Mariana Tosca.
The evening also featured
the premiere of the book,
“From Crisis to Peace:
The Organic Vegan Way
Is the Answer,”
a compilation of
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
messages
on the environment,
along with the debut of
“Birds of Paradise,”
a feature animation
based on
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
#1 international
bestselling book,
“The Birds in My Life.”
During the gala,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
delivered an
elevating speech in which
she urged all leaders
to adopt benevolent
life-saving policies.
She also revealed certain
spiritual information
for the first time
as part of a vital message
for all to make wise choices
that determine the future
of our precious planet.
We can save all
that we wanted to save
because we have the power.
In addition to live coverage,
numerous print, radio
and television media
reported on the event,
highlighting its key themes
of veganism
and sustainability for
an even wider audience.
We now invite you
to watch the first of the
11-part series rebroadcast
of the grand live event,
“The Greenest Heroes Gala.”
They say I was born
among the oaks
They tell me I am muleteer
Because I whistle
and they stop
If I throw the hat to them
You will see
how it prances
Ay, ay, ay
Let the music
of the tambora follow me
Play for me “El Quelite”
After that “El Niño Perdido”
And at last, “El Torito”
So you can see
how I prance to it
Ay ay ay,
Mama my God.
They call me the lover
But I am none of that
Everyone calls me
the dark one
Dark but lucky
Because if I face a challenge
I don’t fear death
Ay, ay, ay, Mama my God.
I am from Sinaloa,
Where the waves break,
I’m in love with a lady
With no attachments
Staying out of trouble,
when she accepts me
Ay ay ay, ay ay ay.
Yes sir!
Bravo!Encore.
Ladies and gentlemen,
please welcome tonight’s
Masters of Ceremonies.
Greetings
ladies and gentleman,
and welcome to
Cancún, Mexico!
It’s one of
the most beautiful places
on Earth, with its music,
clear blue ocean
and warm sunshine.
And it certainly
makes you feel welcome.
No wonder people
from all over the world
love to visit here.
Yes, it certainly is a place
that makes my heart
beat faster.
You can tangibly feel
the presence of the great
Mayan civilization
that once flourished
in this area.
It’s quite a treat to be here.
You’ve just heard
the song, “El Sinaloense”,
performed by
Mariachi la Diferencia.
So ladies and gentlemen,
welcome to
The Greenest Heroes Gala.
It’s being held here
at the prestigious
Fairmont Mayakoba Hotel
in one of
the most beautiful places
in the world –
Cancún, Mexico.
We are privileged
to have you join us,
all of you, this evening.
And this beautiful city is
currently hosting COP16,
the 16th annual Conference
of Parties international
climate change conference,
with tens of thousands
of people here.
The decisions
made at the COP16 have
the very, very real power
to change the destiny
of the world.
Tonight we celebrate
the many areas
where great strides
to climate change
have already been made.
That’s what this lovely gala
in this lovely ballroom
is all about.
We’ve got an exciting
program lined up for you,
starting with a 5-course
gourmet vegan meal,
reflecting
international flavors
and the most sustainable
and compassionate diet
for the planet.
The main purpose
of this evening
is to celebrate and honor
the noble efforts of
those courageous people
who are championing
effective ways
to positively impact
climate change.
Throughout the evening,
we will enjoy entertainment
by celebrated artists
from around the world.
Before we start,
let me introduce you,
all of you, to my
very beautiful co-host,
Mariana Tosca.
Mariana is an
award-winning actress.
She won a Drama Critics’
Ovation Award
for Best Actress
for her performance
in Tennessee Williams’
wonderful play
“Orpheus Descending”.
And she’s a member
of the prestigious
Actor's Studio.
She’s a wonderful mix
of acting talent
and compassion,
and both inner and,
as you can clearly see,
outer beauty.
Thank you,
thank you, Lionel.
(And beauty, yes.)
Mariana starred
in the films,
“Christmas in the Clouds,”
as well as in the acclaimed,
“I Knew a Girl
Named Hollywood,”
for which she won
the Breakthrough
Performance Award from
the ICA Critics’ Society.
Mariana serves
as a board member
for Save the Chimps,
the world’s largest
chimpanzee sanctuary, and
at the National Academy
of Music for the Blind,
where she volunteers
teaching drama.
She received an Artists
for Humanity Award
for her work as founder
of the Los Angeles
Homeless Coalition,
and has the privilege
of serving as chief
animal welfare advisor
to United States
Presidential candidate,
Congressman
Dennis Kucinich.
When Mariana isn’t acting,
she devotes herself
to protecting animals,
humans and of course,
the environment.
A longtime vegan,
the brilliant Ms. Tosca
is also a member of
MENSA International,
which humbles me
just looking at her career.
I apologize.
That seemed to
have gone on interminably.
Thank you all.
And now it is my privilege
to introduce to you
my co-host,
the extremely talented
and world-renowned
film producer,
Lionel Friedberg.
His skills range
as director, writer,
cinematographer.
Lionel has made films
for television channels
like National Geographic,
Animal Planet, CBS,
PBS, the History Channel,
and Discovery Channel.
Lionel has received
numerous awards
for his work, including
the Primetime
Emmy Award,
the American Association
for the Advancement
of Science
Westinghouse Award,
three Columbus, and
two Golden Eagle Awards.
Noted for his compassion
for our world,
and all of its inhabitants,
Lionel is a vegan and
is very, very active in the
animal welfare movement.
So I applaud you, sir.
Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen,
we are honored to have
very many dignitaries
with us at
this evening’s gala event.
Heading the list, of course,
is our Guest of Honor,
none other than
Supreme Master Ching Hai.
Merely having her
in the same room with us
is more than a treat, it’s
an exceptional privilege.
Thank you,
Supreme Master,
for being with us tonight.
We have Mayor of Cancún
Jaime Hernández Zaragoza;
José Maria Figueres,
former President
of Costa Rica;
Mary Robinson,
former President of Ireland;
Eugene Chien, chair
for the Taiwan Institute
for Sustainable Energy;
Gurbangeldi Allaberdiyev,
head of delegation
of Turkmenistan Ministry
of Nature Protection;
John Topping, president
of the Climate Institute
in Washington DC;
Latif Amars,
project manager
for Tanzania Natural
Resource Forum;
Ezzat Lewis Hannalla
Agaiby, department head
of the Egyptian
Environmental Affairs
(EEAA), Mario Castro,
the Deputy of Cancún,
Heherson J. Alvarez,
Secretary for the Office
of the President
of the Philippines;
Deputy Director
Hamid Javaid Awan
of Pakistan’s Ministry
of Environment;
Consul General
Mark Carney
of the United Kingdom;
Ambassador Hamdani
Djafar of Embassy
of Indonesia;
and Mr. S. T. Kodikara,
Secretary to Sri Lanka's
Ministry of Agriculture.
There are many more
dignitaries in attendance,
however,
due to limited time
we cannot name them all.
Thank you all
for being here. Thank you.
Beautiful people,
this is impromptu,
spontaneous, because
our President must leave.
He has urgent business
to go.
It was very gracious
of him to come.
So I let him,
please say hallo to you.
To welcome you
and to tell you
“Be Veg, Go Green,”
something like that.
Please, the president
of Costa Rica!
Thank you.
Good.
Good evening,
good evening
to all my friends.
Dear friends,
thank you very much
for giving me
this opportunity.
To you, Supreme Master,
thank you so much
for honoring us
in this beautiful
(With pleasure.)
Mexican land.
I wanted to stop by and
not only pay my respects
but also thank you
for this event and for
celebrating the activity
that you are
celebrating tonight
in honoring heroes
that are doing good work
for our planet.
I would have loved
to stay here.
I am the Chair
of the Carbon War Room
and I have activities
this evening
that I must be present at.
So, with the music here,
I don't know if I should
dance or what, but…
They just welcome you.
They’re so excited.
The music went on by itself.
Okay, but in any case,
if I may, I come from
a country that has taken
environmental policies
very serious
and very at heart.
Yes, in Costa Rica.
In your country
many activities.
Please tell a little bit.
Many of you
have been to Costa Rica,
the Supreme Master
was sharing with me
that she was there
about two weeks ago
(Yes, yes.) in our country.
And, of course,
for us the environment
has become a way of life.
Sustainability has become
very much the paradigm
towards which
we have moved,
combining good
macroeconomic policies
with good social policies,
and at the same time
developing ourself
with nature. (Yes.)
In many ways
I would consider myself
and call myself
a tree hugger,
that expression they use
in North America
to identify people
that are very inclined
towards respecting
the environment.
But I would also say that
in bringing the resources
that we need
to bring to the table
and in bringing
all the strength
that we need to bring
from different sectors
of society to be able to
tackle the challenge
of climate change,
we would need to bring in,
very importantly,
the private sector as well.
This is an issue on which
I feel it is just too important
to our lives to be left
in the hands of
government themselves, or
of the political framework.
So, while I wish
the political framework
and the process
of the countries
coming together here
in Cancún
the best of lucks in reaching
important agreements,
I don't think
we can just wait for them
to reach an agreement.
This is something in which
we have to exercise
personal leadership and
personal commitment.
Your being here tonight,
your activity,
your leadership,
Supreme Master,
are already a fine example
of that leadership
and of stepping forward.
So I wish you the best
in your activities here
this evening
and in the times to come.
These are important times,
beautiful times,
challenging times.
Climate change may be
to some a big challenge.
To many of us, it’s
a tremendous opportunity
to move towards a world
that is free of
carbon emissions,
that provides better jobs,
that provides
better opportunities
for the private sector and
for civil society to interact.
That world, which is
a much better world,
is possible if we all
exercise our leadership and
we work in that direction.
Thank you so much,
God bless you,
and I wish you have
a very nice celebration.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
You’re the best.
God bless you
and your country.
Thank you so much.
Thank you for coming.
We thank His Excellency
for sparing his precious time
to come to grace us
with his presence.
Please do one more
thank you applause.
We would now like
to introduce you
to the co-organizer
of this event, the Honorable
Jaime Hernández Zaragoza,
the mayor of
this most beautiful and
welcoming city of Cancún.
A firm believer in the
importance of cooperation,
Mr. Zaragoza stated
when he recently
assumed his position,
“I want to send
a clear signal of unity,
peace and harmony.”
So please,
please join me again
in welcoming
his distinguished mayor,
Jaime Hernandez Zaragoza
and his wife,
Lady Mayoress
Ms. Paty Meneses
de Hernández.
First Lady of Cancún!
Without her,
he’s not as great. Sorry.
People say there’s always
a great woman
behind a great man.
So we welcome her
and honor her as well.
Beautiful couple.
It’s really an honor
to be in this place.
Apart from
what this piece of Heaven
that God has given us
represents,we are able to
share this place
with every one of you.
When one first hears about
global warming,
there is a great concern,
and a feeling of loneliness
that invades our heart.
However,
getting to know you all,
listening to you,
and to know that
more people are working
to reverse this effect,
that brings peace.
But it also increases
the commitment,
the responsibility
to take action.
Recently, in the city
of Mexico City
in the Federal District,
we had a gathering,
a summit of local
and regional mayors
where we were able to
come to an agreement
on 13 points.
But the main plan,
the main focus
was the commitment:
to stop being observers
and to become actors.
Altruism, generosity
and solidarity are values
that represent lights of hope
in the middle of
the incomprehensible
darkness of greed,
which envelops humanity
and our planet.
There are many of us
who realize that
an upside down world
is not an option.
However,
sometimes it is not easy
to find each other,
get united, organized,
to fight, to disseminate,
to straighten out
the twisted paths
that lead only to chaos.
This night is
an exceptional night,
a night of lights,
a night in which
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
enlightens us
with her presence
and motivates us
with her wisdom.
It is for me, truly,
a very special honor,
to give the utmost welcome
to this woman,
who has managed
to gather a large amount
of hearts and minds looking
to stop climate change.
And she also
works tirelessly
to bring help to those
who are already suffering
the consequences of
this terrible phenomenon,
which threatens our planet
and all its inhabitants.
I would like to express
in the name of
the municipal government,
and of all the inhabitants
of the municipality
of Benito Juarez,
Cancún, Mexico, and
also on my own behalf
and that of my family,
our great pleasure
because Cancún
has been distinguished
by the presence of
the members of
the humanitarian
Supreme Master Ching Hai
International Association
in the context of
this international summit
on climate change,
we hope that each
and every one of you can
enjoy the natural beauty
which characterizes
our municipality,
the quality of our facilities,
but above all,
the quality of our people.
We, the people from
Benito Juarez (Cancún),
are hardworking
and friendly,
who have learned to serve.
And today
we have in mind a phrase
that my wife often says,
“Those
who do not live to serve,
serve little purpose.”
And I add to that,
“The one who doesn’t serve,
is of little service.”
We work hard
to take care of you
and offer you
the necessary conditions
so that the goals
of your visit
are met and exceeded
and to make
a memorable experience
of your time in Cancún.
In this municipality,
this city, we are working
to transform history.
We cannot go on blaming
whoever has left us
what we are experiencing
today, because, today,
we are all responsible.
In this city,
we are opening spaces,
sports fields and parks,
for interaction
and family integration.
We are reforesting
our city, our parks,
and the goal this year is
to plant one million trees.
We are cleaning
our beaches, and today,
we do not limit ourselves
to cleaning, but also
disinfecting the beaches.
We are rescuing
our springs,
these places of pure water
which circulate
in the inner channels
of our planet.
We are working to
make Cancún an example
of safekeeping
of the planet.
But we consider
that among everything
that there is on the planet
and in the universe,
the key element
is the human being.
And we are aware
that this piece of paradise
that God gave us
does not make us owners,
but managers.
And we are also aware that
we must take in account
what we do or not do
in this place.
I would like
to say many words
but I am overwhelmed
by the emotion of
having you in my home.
Cancún is your home, and
I wish that in this place,
there will be
an agreement among
all the representatives
of the 194 countries and
groups and associations
that participate
in an open way.
And that
these commitments,
these proposals,
be not only policies
but rather realities.
On occasion,
I have commented
that when we were kids,
we had dreams that
we couldn’t transform
into reality because
we were not the right age,
nor did we have
the conditions
nor the power or authority
to execute them.
The problem is that
today, we are old enough,
we are adults.
The conditions exist,
and we have
the power and authority
to generate actions.
But we have
lost the dreams.
Let’s recover our dreams,
let’s be kids again,
take care of our planet,
there is no other place
for human life.
The commitment is
not only by the leaders,
although I accept
my responsibility as such.
I believe that
we have to make changes
in the mind of leaders.
And I will
start with myself.
I’m joining in this project.
I will disseminate
what is agreed on here,
what is proposed here,
and all the solutions
that are put on the table
and in this organization;
I shall make them
as my own,
with my family and
with all the inhabitants
of the municipality.
I’m very sorry
for having gone on
but you must know this:
Never put a microphone
in the hands
of a politician!
Truly,
thank you so much.
Welcome to you all!
Cancún is your home!
And we are your family!
I would like
to take a bit more time
and share this space
with my wife, because
there is something special,
my wife doesn’t
speak with the mouth,
she speaks with her heart.
And I would also like her
to give us a message.
And she is beautiful also.
Beautiful.
Thank you.
We see beautiful faces,
but we are not so different.
We have at least
one thing in common.
We are very concerned
about our tomorrows.
And tonight, it’s a really
special night for us.
And we want
to give to all of you
the very welcome
to Cancún,
to the Riviera Maya,
to Mexico.
That was a couple!
Thank you so much
for joining us here
this evening, Mayor.
We’re honored
to have you here.
Thank you for inviting me
to join you
in this beautiful event
carried out by
the Supreme Master,
here in Cancún.
The president
of Costa Rica.
One of
the major contributions
we can make to
lower carbon emissions
is a change in our diets,
and if we go
in that direction
we will be doing a lot to
lower emissions,
so it is an important
contribution.
The truth is that the level
of carbon emissions that
we have reached today
is excessive for the health
of the planet.
To welcome you and to tell you
“Be Veg, Go Green,”
something like that.
Please.
I thank Supreme Master
for her leadership,
thank her for her optimism,
thank her
for the people skills
she has that makes her
so unique and so special.
The evening was wonderful!
It was as special
as all of these
Supreme Master
events are,
and especially too having
Supreme Master Ching Hai
here, elevated it
to something unique.
It really was.
And so, of course,
we all had a wonderful time
up there and
trying to do our little bit
to make a difference,
(You are all my heroes.)
you know, and
following her leadership.
She is
such a wonderful leader;
it all comes from the heart.
I met her this morning
for the first time and
it was extraordinary!
This woman’s soul,
and her consciousness
is so amazing!
And of course, all of you,
you’re just wonderful.
I just wish
the rest of the world
would be more
like this organization.
It’s just great
to be part of this.
You know, a week ago,
no one knew
this was happening.
And suddenly tonight,
here was
this mammoth show,
very ambitious.
Looking from the stage
down at the audience and
how they were enraptured
by the speeches,
the songs, it was
just amazing to watch.
When one talks about
global warming
and climate change,
it’s a dour, darn, dark subject.
People are terrified of it
and there’s so much
bad news.
Something like this
comes along, there is
an optimistic side to it.
And that’s what
this was all about tonight.
You know,
we can make a difference!
And I think that
with what people take away
from a show like this
is invaluable.
Absolutely invaluable!
And, I’m delighted
to be in Cancún.
What a special place.
Just gorgeous to be here
with all of these
enlightened people.
Wonderful!
I am the co-Chair of
the UN Commission on
Sustainable Development’s
Education Caucus and
we have a climate change
delegation here
and we’re working on
a well-prepared society.
This event helped
raise my awareness.
It was delicious, tasty
and very, very delicious.
This was superb.
Whoever the chef was,
brilliant work!
Brilliant work.
The presentation, the colors
but the food itself
was incredibly tasty.
The program is incredible.
It’s fantastic.
Be Veg,
Go Green
2 Save the Planet!
It was nice to see
so many people
caring and concerned
with saving our planet.
I am very happy,
and willing to enter
in this movement
to save our planet and
to invite more mayors
so that they know
and participate
in this movement
to save our planet.
I am so impressed.
The dinner was delicious.
The salvation,
it starts not in our families;
it starts in our plates.
I think that is the most
important thing tonight.
And I really think that
it’s going to be helpful
for everything
and so blessing to us.
Thank you.
I think it’s very interesting
with all the culture
and the dinner
was wonderful,
the organization,
the music, and the Lady
[Supreme Master Ching Hai]
is fantastic.
Well, I have made
a number of films
on global climate change.
And if I make
a documentary film,
be it for Animal Planet
or whoever it may be,
I will always
embed a message in there
about compassion,
about caring for the world,
about caring
for our fellow beings.
I would love to see
humanity changing
to a plant-based diet.
Time is running out
but when you see
these huge quantum leaps
of change.
There was a time I would
fly on the airplane and then
ask for vegan food and
they wouldn’t even know
what I’m talking about.
You know, they’ll offer you
fish and chicken, and say,
“Well, you’re vegetarian,
you eat that, don’t you?
Or there’s cheese,
you eat that,
or there’s eggs.”
Now, I can order
a vegan meal
on just about any airline
in the world.
That’s progress!
I am ready,
and willing to do it
with a big commitment
for this to happen,
the change has to be made,
and I will lead that change.
Welcome to
Vegetarian Cancún.
You are welcomed,
this is the home of veganism.
Hi I’m Lionel Friedberg,
and you’re watching
Supreme Master Television.
Remember:
Be Veg,
Go Green
2 Save The Planet!
Thank you for your
gracious presence today
for Supreme Master
Television’s
rebroadcast of
“The Greenest Heroes Gala.”
Please join us
Saturday, March 5
for part 2 of this grand
multi-cultural event.
Stay tuned
to Supreme Master
Television for
Words of Wisdom.
Heaven bless
your noble hearts
in all your loving and
sustainable endeavors.
All information
concerning
the scientific evidence
of climate change
and its solution is in
Supreme Master
Ching Hai’s book,
“From Crisis to Peace:
The Organic Vegan Way
Is the Answer.”
Freely available
to read at
Another very special guest
with us this evening
is Her Excellency
Mary Robinson.
A graduate of
Harvard Law School,
Ms. Robinson was
the first woman
to hold the office
of President of Ireland.
She was also the former
United Nations
High Commissioner
for Human Rights.
The recipient of numerous
awards and honors
throughout the world,
Mary Robinson
is currently the President
of Realizing Rights:
The Ethical Globalization
Initiative.
Its mission is to ensure
fair and beneficial
human rights for people
all over the world.
Tonight she shares with us
some of her thoughts
on climate change
and its impacts.
Please join me in
welcoming Her Excellency
Ms. Robinson.
Good afternoon.
Good evening.
(Good afternoon.)
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
Honorable
Mayor of Cancún,
ladies and gentleman,
I am very happy to share
a few thoughts with you.
I had accepted
to give a few remarks,
and I am happy
that I do it after
another former president,
President Figueres
of Costa Rica.
He comes to the issue
of climate change,
I think, from a more
political perspective.
I come to the issue
of climate change from
a human rights context.
In my work
for the last eight years,
with my colleagues
in Realizing Rights,
we were working
on health issues,
we were working
on women’s leadership
and conflict situations,
we were working
on decent work issues
in African countries.
And the conversation
we were hearing
was increasingly
about the impact
of climate change
on subsistence farmers,
on indigenous peoples,
on poor communities.
There were
no longer seasons
that were predictable.
It wasn’t possible
to know for farmers
when they would sow
and when they would
reap the harvest.
The weather changes
were becoming
evermore threatening
to poor communities
who don’t have insurance.
And I learned from
some of my friends
that actually are here
with me this evening.
For example,
Constance Okot
from Northern Uganda
speaks about the good life
that she had in her poor
but stable community
as she was growing up,
because
they had food security
and they had seasons
and they were able to
feed their communities.
The children went to school
and life was
a normal village life.
But more recently
that has changed, and
changed in a very bad way
for the community.
Instead of
having regular seasons
they now have flooding
and then eight months
of drought and then
flooding again, and school
has been undermined
and the local community.
And it is Constance
and a group of women
who are trying to hold
their community together.
At first she told us
yesterday, at a meeting
of women leaders
on climate justice,
at first she said,
“We thought it was God
who was punishing us,
and we wondered
why God was punishing us,
a poor people
in Northern Uganda.”
And then she learned,
in fact through Oxfam,
I’m Honorary President
of Oxfam International,
and Oxfam brought her
to a meeting to
talk as a climate witness
about what was happening
in her community.
And when she
described this, she found
that in fact it wasn’t God
who was punishing
her people, it was in fact
rich people, people who
had profligate lifestyles,
that were punishing
her people.
And that is the essence of
the idea of climate justice,
that there are
poor communities
all over the world
who are in fragile areas
and are increasingly finding
that their lifestyles
are being undermined,
food security
is much more difficult.
And it is because of
the way the more developed
parts of the world
have used the resources
of the Earth.
So it is important,
as you know well
in this room, that
we change our behavior,
that we learn
to reuse, reduce, recycle,
and that we learn
how to be better stewards
of this earth.
So I admire the way
in which you are also
putting a lot of emphasis
on your own lifestyles,
what you eat,
what you grow,
how you behave.
I think we need to
have many diverse ways
and learn from each other
and encourage each other.
So I’m delighted
that I was able to
come here this evening,
but I, too, have to
go for urgent reasons,
to take part in discussions
that are ongoing.
It’s that kind of conference
I’m afraid,
as the Mayor knows.
We are here in Cancún
to try to change a very,
very important issue,
I think the most important
human rights issue
of this century, to ensure
that we get a very good
agreement from Cancún.
And I’d like to conclude
by paying a tribute
to Mexico,
to the government
of Mexico, which
has prepared so well
this climate conference,
which has
an open process for
this climate conference.
And I’m also very happy
that there is the opportunity
to bring the voices
that need to be heard.
Yesterday, in an event
which I co-hosted
with a number of
other organizations,
Wangari Maathai of Kenya
and her Greenbelt Center,
The Nobel Women
and Realizing Rights,
the foundation
which I have established
on climate justice.
We brought together
grassroots women
on climate justice.
Tomorrow with the support
of the government,
the support of
the leadership of Mexico,
we will have a meeting
of women ministers
on climate justice,
and we will
bring the perspective
of poor women
and their communities,
indigenous women
to women ministers.
We could not do that
without the support of
the government of Mexico.
So not only
is the conference
being well organized,
but there is a lot of thought
given to the important
gender dimensions
of climate, which have
not been enough part
of the previous COPs.
So here in COP16,
I think we have a chance
to really change attitudes,
change behavior,
and have an outcome
which will bring forward
this whole debate
on climate change.
So thank you very much
indeed and
enjoy the evening.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
If I just may say
on a personal note,
I’m so grateful
that there are voices
like yours out there,
who are so well spoken
and so impassioned
as advocates for especially
indigenous peoples.
So thank you
very, very much,
Mary Robinson.
Well,
ladies and gentlemen,
let’s begin the evening’s
entertainment.
With regard to the arts,
performing arts,
arts in all its forms,
our special guest
as you know tonight is
Supreme Master
Ching Hai.
She’s not only
a humanitarian,
and a bestselling author,
and spiritual teacher,
she’s also a poet
and very, very fine artist.
Her work is
so deep and touching
that it frequently
has inspired composers to
adapt her poetry to music.
So we have a treat
for you tonight.
Having met you personally,
I know that you’re
very shy and very humble
about your poetry,
so I would like you
to know how
very, very grateful we are
that your profound poems
can be offered
to the public at large
through songs like this.
Beautiful.
So our first
performance tonight
is a song adapted from
Supreme Master
Ching Hai’s
tender poem entitled,
“Visiting Me,”
with a musical score
written by
the wonderfully gifted
David Shire.
David has
composed prolifically for
theater, film, televisions,
and recordings.
Throughout
his outstanding career,
he has received
international recognition,
being honored with
2 Grammy Awards,
an Academy Award,
multiple Tony and
Emmy Awards as well.
His extensive list
of film scores include
the Oscar-winning
theme song for
“Norma Rae,” titled
“It Goes Like It Goes,”
and the well known
scores for
“Saturday Night Fever,”
and Francis Ford
Coppola’s film
“The Conversation”
starring Gene Hackman.
But David’s list
of achievements
is virtually endless.
I’m humbled merely
to be in his presence.
David has composed
hundreds of
television scores,
which have garnered him
5 Emmy nominations.
His work includes
“Sarah, Plain and Tall”
starring Glenn Close,
“Rear Window”
with Christopher Reeves,
and “The Women
of Brewster Place”
with Oprah Winfrey.
In theatrical productions,
David has multiple
Tony-nominated works,
including songs that
have been sung by the likes
of Barbra Streisand,
Johnny Mathis,
and Vanessa Williams.
Lynne Wintersteller is
a gifted soprano singer
and talented actress.
She has appeared in
several musicals including,
Richard Maltby Jr. and
David Shire’s hit musical
“Closer Than Ever,”
which ran for an incredible
312 consecutive shows at
the Cherry Lane Theater.
For her extraordinary
performance,
Lynne was nominated for
the Drama Desk Award
for Outstanding Actress
in a Musical.
Lynne’s debut on Broadway
was in Rodgers
and Hammerstein's
“A Grand Night
for Singing.”
She continues
her successful career,
appearing at
prestigious theaters
such as the Kennedy Center
and the Goodspeed
Opera House.
Tonight David Shire
and Lynne Wintersteller
combine
their musical talents
to present an original
composition based on
Supreme Master
Ching Hai’s poem,
“Visiting Me.”
The song will be sung
by Lynne, accompanied
on the piano by David,
and this will be followed
by his Academy Award
winning song,
“It Goes Like It Goes,”
with music and lyrics by
him and Norman Gimbel.
So please
ladies and gentleman,
will you help us give them
a very, very warm round
of applause?
We had a wonderful
surprise honor today.
The Supreme Master,
she made lunch for us.
It’s very nice!
And I know you refer to her
as the Supreme Master,
but to us, after our lunch
and our lovely conversation
and meeting you,
we are going to call you
“Mommy Heart.”
Beautiful.
And she’s a good cook, too!
We are combining,
as a surprise to you,
a poem that you wrote,
David Shire, writing
a beautiful song, music,
that goes with it,
for you to enjoy.
I'm embarrassed,
but I'm grateful.
I set out,
Spreading my wings to the heavens.
Spreading my wings to the heavens
I proceed to call on you,
The one I cherish…
The Earth is vibrant,
Exulting in our reunion
An uncommon day of happiness,
An uncommon day of happiness,
Together as on our first meeting.
Together as on our first meeting.
Let us overlook
The nights of our distress,
Because from now
We are together
A long time…a long time!
Vast, open arms
A profound, tender kiss
Together this night,
Let’s forget yesterdays
And the rest.
We depart at sunrise,
Return at twilight,
Sing on full moon nights,
Chorus on breezy days.
Life is an aromatic flower garden
Life is an aromatic flower garden
Oh, Mein!
Vast, open arms
A profound, tender kiss
Together this night,
Let’s forget yesterdays
And the rest.
We depart at sunrise,
Return at twilight,
Sing on full moon nights,
Chorus on breezy days.
Life is an aromatic flower garden
Life is an aromatic flower garden
Oh, Mein! What a voice!
Mommy Heart.
Ain't no miracle being born
People doing it everyday
Ain't no miracle growing up
People just grow that way
So it goes like it goes
Like a river flows
And time it rolls right on
And maybe what's good
gets a little bit better
And maybe what's bad
gets gone
Bless the child
of a working man
She knows too soon
who she is
And bless the hands
of a working man
He knows his soul is his
So it goes like it goes
Like the river flows
And time it rolls right on
And maybe what's good
gets a little bit better
And maybe what's bad
gets gone
So it goes like it goes
Like the river flows
And time it rolls right on
And maybe what's good
gets a little bit better
And maybe what's bad
gets gone
Gets gone
Thank you. David Shire,
ladies and gentlemen.
Thank you, David.
Thank you,
Lynne and David,
for you wonderful talents
and this absolutely
beautiful performance,
thank you so much.
It was just gorgeous.
So moving.
Thank you both,
your talent is just unlimited.
They are the countrymen
of the Secretary-General
of the United Nations.
Okay, so please welcome
the Korean group.
Thank you. Beautiful.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Thank you so much.
That was
absolutely gorgeous.
These are my people.
(They are your people.)
From Korea. I’m proud.
(And they represent you
very well.)
I’m proud of you.
(We’re all very proud of you.
That was really beautiful
and colorful,
and so vibrant.)
They are
Association members.
Spontaneous and
like impromptu almost.
Because we came here
not to dance actually,
just they like to offer
something to Mexico.
Thank you.
You saw them handing
out flyers somewhere
on the street yesterday,
yes, in front of
the (Cancún) Messe.
These, some of them, yes.
In homes and
in communities,
we can encourage
all kinds of changes,
and reducing, recycling,
reusing, and being aware
that we have to
hand this planet on
in good standing
to our children’s children
and at the moment
we’re not on course
to do that.
I think it’s important
that we all recognize
that we need to reduce
our consumption of meat
and other ways
in which we’re using up
the resources of the planet.
It was an excellent event
and I really enjoyed it.
And I hope
that this type of event
can continue
and you get a little bit
more of spiritual feeling
into your life
as opposed to a
totally materialistic world.
I’m quite impressed with
what’s been stated here,
you know,
that you have to reduce
your dependence
on animal diet.
And it’s very logical
that if you want
to reduce emissions,
from methane particularly,
that you don’t want to be
sort of pushing too much
on very large production
of livestock and then
clearing out of forests.
I think it’s important
to instill in the children
particularly, that
there has to be change
in the lifestyle patterns.
And I think it’s a fairly,
very healthy way
of living.
I was invited,
like everyone else
last Tuesday.
We just did it real fast
and a miracle happened,
we all just showed up.
“Cancún?
Sure, we’ll be there!”
I’ve never been involved
in something so exciting.
The word
that comes to mind
is “international.”
It’s a fantastic cause
and it’s also just fantastic
to be a part of all these
different cultures, and
all these different worlds
and all these different
costumes backstage.
And the Japanese garb
and the Chinese garb,
and it’s Korean,
it’s fantastic.
We’re having a ball.
And we have pop,
we have opera,
we have all sorts of styles,
and The Beach Boys.
With all the need for leaders around the world…
I was at a conference,
the World Climate Summit,
Richard Branson
and Ted Turner and
a bunch of other leaders
were there,
and I was there to attend
and to learn and to network,
and trying to help
figure out how do we
communicate that
which Supreme Master
was talking about.
How do we get people
to take that step forward
on an individual level, by
eating more consciously.
I applaud Supreme Master
for being a real leader
on this.
So we have the food,
we have the technology,
we just need
to have the political will,
and to sum it up,
the moral courage
to evolve individually
and collectively.
The music beautiful,
the Supreme Master
beautiful.
It was a beautiful experience,
I like it too much.
I didn’t imagine
that it was so nice,
and I didn’t imagine
that it was so cruel
to kill animals.
So I think that
I’ll change my habits,
my eating habits.
She’s [Supreme Master
Ching Hai]
a very impressive lady.
I am a Muslim, but I felt
that she is bringing
in ideas from Buddhism,
from Hinduism,
from Christianity, Judaism
and provide
a common platform
with some of her ideas.
She’s trying to make
the world a better place
for everybody
and I think that’s the way
human beings
should progress with life.
I love her
[Supreme Master Ching Hai].
I’m calling her
“Mommy Heart.”
We had a special treat
to meet her.
I guess a brunch, and
she had us up to her room
and she cooked for us.
I mean, it was
a spread of food and there’s
so much more backstage
that she brought, and
she wants everybody to
take a bag of food home.
So she’s quite remarkable,
she really is.
“Mommy Heart” I love you.
It was an honor
to meet her.
My consciousness
is elevated, it really is.
Keep doing
what you’re doing.
Keep elevating yourself,
because
as you elevate yourself,
you elevate us,
and God bless you,
and I love you,
“Mommy Heart.”
I’ll never forget you,
I won’t forget you.
I hope I see you again.
I know I’ll see you again.
There are no coincidences
in life.
Be Veg,
Go Green,
2 Save the Planet!
Please!
It was a joy to
have your company today
for Supreme Master
Television’s
rebroadcast of
“The Greenest Heroes Gala.”
Join us again Monday,
March 7 for part 3 of this
spectacular celebration.
Please stay tuned
to Supreme Master
Television for
Words of Wisdom.
May we treasure and
honor all co-inhabitants
with mutual love
and respect.
Our next performer
is well known
for three things,
and I bet you,
you can’t guess
what they are.
He has good vibrations.
He popularized surfing
in the USA.
And he gets around,
round, round.
He gets around. (Yes.)
Al Jardine is
a founding member of one
of the most well-known
and most loved band
of all times,
The Beach Boys.
Yes!
He is an American icon,
and the music
of this band still resonates.
There he is!
Thank you, thank you.
Yes, the music of that band
still resonates
in the minds and heart of
millions of fans worldwide.
So people,
Al, the guy in the middle,
provided
the harmony vocals and
was the guitarist, of course,
for The Beach Boys.
(Thanks for coming, guys.)
Singing lead on songs
such as “Help me Ronda”…
No, no, no, no,
you have to sing it.
No, I’ll leave that to you,
my darling.
“California Saga,”
“Vegetables,”
“Transcendental
Meditation,”
many, many others.
This outstanding group
has been awarded
the Grammy Lifetime
Achievement Award,
and Al was also inducted
into the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame.
For this evening’s
performance,
Al will be performing
three pieces for us.
The first is
his original composition
adapted from
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
own poem,
“Eternal Ballad.”
Again? My God.
His second number
will be “Surfer Girl,”
with music and lyrics
by Brian Wilson.
And finally,
he will perform “Kokomo,”
with music and lyrics
by John Phillips,
Scott McKenzie,
Mike Love
and Terry Melcher.
Al Jardine
will be lead vocalist
accompanied by his sons,
Matt and Adam.
Take it away, boys.
Thanks for coming.
Thank you so much.
Thank you.
Greetings to the God within!
Well, we are indeed
happy to be here tonight.
Supreme Master,
it’s very gracious of you.
And we have chosen
to sing for you, one of
our favorite poems,
called “The Eternal Ballad,”
which is just a gorgeous
poem, and very deep,
intellectually deep
and spiritually deep poem
that we’ve put to music.
And my two sons,
Matthew and Adam,
are going to be my
background singers, and
it’s going to be beautiful.
(Thank you.) And then
I would like to do
a couple of more familiar,
maybe some
contemporary songs,
by The Beach Boys.
And we just selected
a couple of random tunes
for you.
I hope you like them.
In my dream
You came to me,
Whispering love
Eternally
Whispering love
Eternally.
In my dream
You came to me
Me-mo-ry
When time was young
And life took wings
Beyond heaven!
Me-mo-ry
When time was young
And life took wings
And my heart sang
Golden time!...
Of longing pine
For the Home
We've left behind
For the Home
We've left behind
In my dream
The soul's so bright
The thousands suns
Adorn the sky
The trillion stars
Light the milky way!
The trillion stars
Light up the night.
Golden time!...
Of longing pine
For the Home
We've left behind
For the Home
We've left behind
We've left behind
We've left behind
We've left behind
Thank you so much,
I hope you like it.
(Thank you, thank you.)
Alright.
It’s a beautiful poem.
I love the concept
of the Milky Way,
the trillion stars
light up the night.
It’s just beautiful.
Thank you.
Well done.
Thank you.
Well done.
I am glad you like it,
and I am very honored.
Yes, these are
her original lyrics,
I want you all to know.
These are
very, very beautiful lyrics.
I am honored
that you like it.
And deserves
a nice around of applause,
I think, yes, indeed, yes.
Bravo! Bravo!
Now, The Beach Boys
recorded a song years ago,
about a little surfer girl
thatkind of
encapsulated the sound
of The Beach Boys in
their beautiful harmonies.
And I’d like to do that
for you now as well.
Thank you.
Thank you, thank you.
One, two, three.
Little surfer little one
Made my heart
come all undone
Do you love me,
do you surfer girl
Surfer girl,
my little surfer girl
I have watched you
on the shore
Standing by
the ocean's roar
Do you love me,
do you surfer girl
Surfer girl, surfer girl
We could ride the surf
together
While our love would grow
In my woody
I would take you,
everywhere I go
So I say from me to you
I will make your dreams
come true
Do you love me,
do you surfer girl
Surfer girl,
my little surfer girl
Little Girl surfer girl
my little surfer girl
Little Girl surfer girl,
my little surfer girl
Thank you,
thank you very much.
Thank you.
There is a little
Latin American tune
that we did.
It has a nice rhythm to it.
It reminds us of this area
here in the world,
where the ecology is
so beautiful and unspoiled.
And we would like to do
that for you now I think.
It’s called “Kokomo,”
and it’s in a fictitious island
in our dreams
that we want to go to
when we want
to get away from it all.
That’s in this area!
Yes, as a matter of fact,
it probably is.
Aruba, Jamaica
I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama
come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego
Baby why don't we go
Off the Florida Keys
There's a place
called Kokomo
That's where you wanna go
to get away from it all
Bodies in the sand
Tropical drinks
melting in your hand
We'll be falling in love
To the rhythm
of a steel drum band
Way down in Kokomo
Aruba, Jamaica
I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama
come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego
Baby why don't we go
Down to Kokomo
We'll get there fast
And then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo
To Martinique,
that Monserrat mystique
We'll move out to sea
We'll
perfect our chemistry
By and by we'll defy
a little bit of gravity
Afternoon delight…
Cocktails and moonlit nights
That dreamy look
in your eye
Gives me
a tropical contact high
Way down in Kokomo
Aruba, Jamaica
I wanna take you
To Bermuda, Bahama,
come on pretty mama
Key Largo, Montego
Baby why don't we go
I wanna take you
down to Kokomo
We'll get there fast
And then we'll take it slow
That's where we wanna go
Way down to Kokomo
Well, that’s it. That’s it.
That’s it, that’s about as…
Halo! Hey! All right!
We… I got one more
for you though.
You want to try?
For my vegetarian
friends out there,
we’d like to
dedicate this to you.
My friend Paul McCartney
a long time ago, came to
our recording studio.
And he is a vegetarian,
you know.
And he helped me,
he produced this song
for The Beach Boys,
I should say.
And so I’d like to do it
for you because
it’s kind of cute.
Please!
I think you’ll like this.
I’ll bet this will be
the first song ever
written about a vegetable!
I'm gonna be round
my vegetables
I'm gonna chow down
my vegetables
I love you most of all
My favorite vegetable
Oh, take a vego
If you brought a big
brown bag of them home
I'd jump up and down
and hope
you'd toss me a carrot
I'm gonna keep well
my vegetables
Cart off and
sell my vegetables
I love you most of all
My favorite vegetable
Table vego
I tried to kick the ball
but my tenny
flew right off
I'm red as a beet 'cause
I'm so embarrassed
I tried to kick that ball
but my tenny flew right off
I'm red as a beet 'cause
I'm so embarrassed
I know that you'll feel better
When you send us
in your letter
And tell us
the name of your
Your favorite vegetable
I know that you'll feel better
When you send us
in your letter
And tell us
the name of your
Your favorite vegetable
There you go!
All right for all of you
vegans out there.
That was a bonus track.
I knew you’d like it!
We love you! We love you!
We love you! We love you!
We love you! We love you!
We love you! We love you!
God bless you, Al!
(Thank you guys.
Thank you.)
Al Jardine.
Wasn’t that amazing?
Yes!
I love these guys!
What’s really extraordinary
is that Lionel and I
came here,
we did not meet each other
before this conference,
but having been here
for the past couple of days
together…
An added benefit of
of coming and sharing
our time with you,
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
is that we’ve met
other people of like mind
and have become
very good friends.
So now I’m
looking around the room,
I see a lot of people that
I feel are like family now.
And Al Jardine is
one of them. (Yes.)
I think she just appeared
from the celestial dream.
(She beamed down
celestially.) Welcome.
Thank you for coming.
Thank you for being here.
They told me that
our Association Members
just come in between
the great programs.
You know
like the Korean dance,
or the Chinese harp, etc.
We are the between people,
just like here, we are
the between in Cancún.
We are no one
and we are someone.
We’re nobody, and yet
we’re doing something.
Like that.
So, please,
don’t be surprised if
there is no introduction,
all right? And just enjoy!
This is one of
our Association members
from China,
if you would like to know.
They’re all beautiful
like that in China. Yes.
And Taiwan (Formosa),
and Hong Kong,
you know, wherever
the Chinese people are,
they’re like that, okay?
Now, you look at
one sample.
So, please do visit China,
Taiwan (Formosa),
Singapore,
Malaysia, etc. Go ahead!
I know you can
clap forever because
they are really beautiful,
but I want to tell you,
do you recognize them?
They pass on the flyers
on the street in front of
the (Cancún) Messe.
All of them,
whoever comes,
they are doing
all kinds of job.
I told you,
we are in between people.
We are the shadows.
So that’s why
you don’t recognize them.
They are beautiful, no?
It’s Chinese. Okay?
One Chinese,
one Taiwanese (Formsan).
They are all Chinese.
I love them so much.
They are so devoted.
I’m really humbled by
their sincerity and devotion.
If everyone works like that
we have world peace
in yesterday.
That beautiful delicate
melody reminds us of
the delicacy of the world
in which we live.
It resonates with the fact
that we are custodians
of our planet
and it is a delicate place.
We all share a role
in preserving it.
Just lovely.
And of course
the melodies,
Supreme Master,
just gorgeous,
thank you so much.
The beautiful melodies
that you just heard
were written off of
Supreme Master
Ching Hai’s poems.
The first one was
“I Will Forever Love You”,
which was originally
in English, and
the second was originally
in Aulacese (Vietnamese).
And that was
really quite beautiful,
so thank you again
for your contribution.
Off the Florida Keys
There's a place
called Kokomo
It’s quite diverse and
amazing and I must say,
it’s very impressive that
this was all put together
in a matter of days.
We have a song
called “Vegetables.”
We performed
that song this evening
for Master Ching Hai.
Matthew starts tapping
on his little glass,
because it’s
a little novelty song
that enlivens the senses
really and it’s cheerful,
you know.
And it’s about
enjoying your vegetables
and being healthy.
And I saw her face
light up out there
and then she started tapping
a glass or something.
You know everybody
participates that way
and I think it really,
it was the perfect place
to showcase that song.
Your favorite vegetable
It’s just a beautiful lyric.
It’s very expansive.
We looked at
many of the poems
and we thought this one
would fit our style best,
because it has rhyme,
it has meter.
And it’s very profound,
really. I mean
there’re not many songs
about the Milky Way,
and the stars.
And you know,
I like those kind of songs.
This turned into
a beautiful ballad, I think.
And it’s called
the “Eternal Ballad,”
so it really works.
We've left behind
We've left behind
It has been
an amazing event,
and I didn’t know
this organization before
and I think
it’s extraordinary.
Congratulations.
I think the message behind
is completely correct.
If we want
to change the planet
we have to
first change ourselves.
And definitely food is
the number one (way)
we can do, all of us.
And I’ve been a vegetarian
all my life,
so I completely agree
with this.
I think this is
how we’re going to solve
the climate problem.
You know, we can solve
a little bit in negotiations,
but much of it is really
going to happen just
through all the interaction
of many of the people
of goodwill
who’ve come together
from countries
around the world.
And tonight
we saw much of that
in this wonderful gathering
that happened here, really
bringing people together.
Looking at
the importance of food
as part of the solution
to climate change.
And our habits that we have
and the care that we take
for the planet
and for other beings.
In Florida,
there is pig farming,
they have these
pig culture places.
And it’s
poisoning the waters
for the manatees down
in the Florida area,
they found the toxicity
in the water.
I’m really glad I came
and I benefited so much.
I’m beginning
to see a different angle
as to vegan,
and it’s something
that’s worth looking into
definitely.
If you become a vegetarian,
you will not suffer.
You will only have
a proper diet
that improves your health
and your lifestyle.
And we help the world.
Actually,
I found it very interesting,
the event was perfect.
One more hero!
I was about
85% vegetarian.
About a month ago
when I went and spoke
to a meeting in London
and I guess I’ve now
become a 100% vegetarian.
My children have
all been vegetarian
for the last 25 years, and
you know, they’re healthy.
My son is a triathlete
and I think that
what we saw tonight
with many of the people
who’ve been active in this
is that their health
certainly has not suffered
and they look
remarkably healthy.
And I think that not only
the health of the planet
could benefit,
but also people’s
personal health,
their hearts and so on.
And just how
they feel about themselves
is also important
and advanced by this.
This decision
to change the world is
in the hands of all of us.
Because even if
the leaders take decisions,
if we don’t follow,
if we don’t change
our life habits,
our everyday habits
on how we use energy,
on how use food,
on what footprint
we leave on the planet.
So it’s a collective action,
that’s the beautiful thing
about making this change
in humanity.
It depends on all of us.
I’ve been working on
environmental education
all my life, and I
very much appreciate this,
and I’m very impressed
by her, Master.
I think it’s incredible
how such a small woman,
tiny woman
can have such an energy
to move all this.
And I want to thank her,
and all the organization.
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Blessed be all who lead
a compassionate,
planet-saving way of life.
Our next performer is
Miss Kerry Walsh.
She is an internationally
respected soprano
whose wide range
of musical talents
encompasses
a wide range of styles.
She trained at
the Juilliard School
in New York,
and her voice has been
highly praised by admirers
with words such as
“glamorous”, “rapturous”
and “meltingly beautiful”,
which is interestingly
the same words that
I used to describe Lionel.
She excels in lyric soprano
and dramatic coloratura
with a repertoire
that ranges from early
through modern music,
theatre, chamber music,
as well as
romantic opera.
Noted for
her wonderful grace
and her charm on screen
as well as on stage,
Kerry has also been
an actress in theatre,
television, film.
She can sing
in over 20 languages,
which is quite
an accomplishment,
and these include
Japanese, Ethiopian,
Balinese and Arabic.
With a seemingly endless
variety and reserve
of musical abilities,
Kerry is also
a very talented flutist.
Tonight
she will be performing
“Habanera” from
Bizet’s wonderful opera
“Carmen”.
Ladies and gentleman,
please warmly welcome
Miss Kerry Walsh.
Thank you.
I just wanted
to say a little word
about this song.
I was trying to decide
what I would bring to
this wonderful occasion,
and I thought,
what’s more appropriate
than a song about love,
because everywhere
Supreme Master is,
there is so much love
surrounding the occasion
and everyone there.
And you will hear
“amour, amour, amour”
over and over and over
again in this song,
very famous song
about love.
Love is a rebellious bird
That nobody can tame,
And you call him
quite in vain
If it suits him not to come.
Nothing helps,
neither threat nor prayer.
One man talks well,
the other's mum;
It's the other one
that I prefer.
He's silent
but I like his looks.
Love! Love!
Love! Love!
Love is a gypsy's child,
It has never, ever
known a law;
If you love me not,
then I love you;
If I love you,
you'd best beware!
If you love me not,
if you love me not,
I love you.
But if I love you,
if I love you,
you'd best beware!
If you love me not,
if you love me not,
I love you.
But if I love you,
if I love you,
you'd best beware!
The bird you thought
you had caught
Beat its wings
and flew away…
Love stays away,
you may wait.
When least expected,
there it is.
All around you,
swift, so swift,
It comes, it goes,
and then returns ...
You think you hold it fast,
it flees.
You think you're free,
it holds you fast.
Love! Love!
Love! Love!
Love is a gypsy's child,
it has never, ever
known a law.
If you love me not,
then I love you;
If I love you,
you'd best beware!
If you love me not,
if you love me not,
I love you.
But if I love you,
if I love you,
you'd best beware!
If you love me not,
if you love me not,
I love you.
But if I love you,
if I love you,
you'd best beware!
No matter how many times
I have sung that song,
it’s always so much fun. (Encore!)
I don’t know, I’ve sung it
a million times, but
it’s just always a blast.
I just wanted to say again
this is such an honor and
such a thrill to be here.
I’ve had the, the privilege
and the pleasure
to be acquainted
with Supreme Master
for twelve years.
And I can’t say too much,
because
I get very emotional,
but I hope everyone is
having a wonderful time.
It’s just magical.
I feel the energy in the air,
and I am so honored,
and this song I sang with
all the love in my heart
to Supreme Master.
Bravo! Bravo, Kerry.
(Wonderful!)
Thank you so much
for that truly
moving performance.
(Just gorgeous!)
What a voice! I wish
I had a voice like that.
There is a reason
why we are all here.
There is a very good reason
why we are all here,
and that is obviously
a concern for the world
in which we live.
Both Mariana and I
are vegans.
And maybe you want to
tell the folks in the room
as well as me,
because I don’t know
what made you
become a vegetarian,
what made you
adopt this lifestyle?
Well, I had
grown up vegetarian.
I have been a vegetarian
since I was four years old.
And that actually
happened one evening
when my family and I
were in a car
driving on a freeway,
and next to us was one
of those very long trucks
with the slats on the side.
And I looked over and
I locked eyes with a cow,
who was staring at me.
And these eyes were
just so soulful to me,
I knew that there was
sadness behind there.
And I asked my Dad,
I said, “Where
are they going?” And he
very unceremoniously
turned to me and said,
“They are going
to be dinner.”
And at that age, I knew
instantly that I didn’t
want any part of that.
There was an energy to it
that I didn’t want
to be part of.
(How old were you?)
I was four or five years old
at that point.
And that was the last time
that I ate anything
that had eyes
and possessed a soul
in the way
that I sensed it did.
And about seven years ago,
I visited
an animal sanctuary,
a farm animal sanctuary
and was schooled about
what really happens
on farms in terms of
egg production
and milk production.
I didn’t realize
that the process of
driving milk from cows
entails keeping them
(Very cruel!)
in a constant state
that was very cruel.
(I also did not know.)
And then the babies
that were born were put
into the whole cycle
of production.
And at that point, that’s all
I needed to know, and
I went vegan instantly.
I haven’t felt like I have
been in a deficit for it.
So…(And you are
still beautiful.)
Thank you very much.
Why don’t you tell us
about your story?
Well,
I became vegetarian
about…must be at least
45 years ago now.
I was working on a film,
and we were working on
a sound stage.
And during the break,
the lunch break,
the crew decided,
well, let’s go up the road,
and the closest restaurant
was a steakhouse.
And we had been up there
a number of times,
and so we decided
to go up there again.
And we sat down,
and on the crew,
there was a vegetarian.
And I ordered the usual
hamburger and salad,
and he stopped me
and he said, “Have you
ever thought about
what you’re eating?”
And I said, “Yes.”
And he said, “No, but
really thought about it.
You know that you’re
taking an animal’s life?”
And it instantly
clicked with me that
there is something wrong
with this.
So I come to it as well,
as Mariana did, I guess
from the moral standpoint.
It really bugged me.
It played on my mind
for a long, long time,
until I gained
enough conviction
to take up this lifestyle.
And of course,
ever since then,
one realizes
that this does make
an enormous difference,
not only to your health,
but to the planet.
And I think an occasion
like this, COP16 is
a great opportunity
to recognize it.
It’s not only about what
you put in your gas tank,
but what you put
on your plate,
is what is so important.
So, with that in mind…
Very well said.
Very well said. Thank you.
And now we have
a beautiful traditional
Mexican dance, titled
“El Son de la Negra”
performed by
the Ballet Folklorico
de Cancún.
Yes, Mexicans, the great!
Look at your people!
I love this!
I've always loved it!
So happy!
Bronzed girl,
cause of my sorrow,
flittering eyes,
Bronzed girl,
cause of my sorrow,
flittering eyes,
Say yes to everyone,
but don’t tell them when,
say like that to me
That’s why
I live in sorrow,
like a piece of tired metal!
Play it nicely!
Yes sir!
Let me hear it!
For sure!
Yes, sir!
For sure, yes!
Yes, sir!
Long live Mexico!
Bravo, bravo, thank you! Long live Mexico!
Long live Mexico!
That was fantastic. (Yes!)
It makes me
want to go out
and take dancing lessons,
doesn’t it?
I think I could do that.
(I know.)
Not with this dress, but…
Come up here and dance with me!
It’s very contagious,
when we saw something
like this.
We want to do the same!
The riches of our planet
doesn’t only consist of
the environment and
so on, but people as well.
People are what makes
the world so amazing.
So wonderfully spectrum
and colorful
and incredibly diverse.
And so when you come
to an opportunity like this
and listen to a group
like that, you hear
all this wonderful,
cultural richness that
we have at our disposal,
and it’s a real treat.
So thank you all again
very much for that.
Yes!
Long live Cancún!
Long live Mexico!
Mexico number 1!
I've had a spectacular time.
This has been
so much fun.
I can't even believe it,
magical from
when we arrived and
the buzz was flying around
and we were all sort of
giddy and giggling.
We were so excited
and there was just one
amazing performance and
we all support each other
and admire each other
and we’re all honored
to be here
and it's just wonderful.
I think we're very fortunate
with all the resources
we have
and we don't realize
how much gratitude
we should have
and how much blessing
there is all around us for
every, every tiny little thing.
Everything blesses us
and that's why
we need to be respectful
of all the beings around us,
our fellow humans
and our fellow creatures
and the Earth itself.
And I am very happy
to hear her and
I want to try to help get
all these messages across
as much as I can.
We should make the public
and each individual
realize that the Earth
desperately needs
our diligent protection.
I feel it’s wonderful
that so many people
are promoting
the vegan diet,
the plant-based diet,
and the act of non-killing.
To me,
it’s a brand new concept.
I didn’t pay much attention
to this idea before.
Today I heard some
of their speeches and saw
so many living examples
who do not consume
animal products.
They eat only
plant-based food.
I think this idea is
very progressive.
It’s one of the
very important messages
that we want to
deliver to our citizens.
In your own work
in the media,
will you increase
the coverage on veganism
in the future?
Yes! I will!
In my media work,
I have met some friends
who have started
to be vegetarian.
I admire this act
and I commend it.
I think it’s really needed
to come back to the roots,
and those roots to me
represent,
in a wider sense, being
in touch and aligned and
in harmony with nature.
And that means
having a good diet
that really supports the
entire planet and ecology,
and that does not include
at all eating animals.
Definitely, there’s more
than enough in the world
to supply everybody
without having to
eat any animals.
It was a very nice meeting,
a very good organization,
a very good quality
of artists.
I liked everything.
I think that these are
very important messages
that the Master is making.
Would you consider
going vegan
or moving towards
more vegetarian diet?
Sure, I will start tomorrow
to change it.
Please help!
Everybody meditate,
vegan, please help!
Okay? Not just help
yourself, help the world!
Supreme Master
Ching Hai, I’m
going vegan right now!
Wow! You’re my hero!
One more hero!
I was most impressed
by her
[Supreme Master Ching Hai].
I have received some of
your promotional materials
in the last few days.
I have started reading them.
I think veganism is
an excellent idea.
It’s very important
in terms of
protecting the Earth
and our civilization.
I respect her very much.
I think we should
help spread her ideal.
I think
more and more people
will follow her ideal.
I would like to really
thank Supreme Master
for her work to the world
and to uplift humanity,
and to uplift consciousness,
and I would love
to be able to contribute
to her work and message
in whatever way possible
at any point.
So what would you
like to say
to our viewers tonight,
any message from you?
Well, from me personally,
just to follow your heart
and try
to be a better person
in whatever way you can.
And watch
Supreme Master TV
because there's a lot of
very, very interesting
and inspiring programs
on there
that people have no idea
and you can learn all kinds
of interesting things.
And of course:
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your company today
for Supreme Master
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Please join us
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May all God’s creations
be cherished, respected
and protected.
For two decades,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
has been
raising awareness
about climate change,
and the vegan solution.
She has launched
international global warming
awareness campaigns,
and she’s participated in
over 27 climate change
conferences
in 13 countries.
She’s also
the guiding light behind
Supreme Master
Television,
a constructive
television station airing
from 14 satellite platforms
and reaching hundreds
of millions of households
around the world.
This global television
station offers programs
with subtitles
in 42 different languages,
and features current news
on climate change
as well as its solution,
the organic vegan diet.
To give people
the opportunity to
experience for themselves
how delicious
the plant-based diet can be,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai
has inspired Loving Hut,
the fastest growing chain
of vegan restaurants
in the world.
And now, this evening
Supreme Master Ching Hai
is releasing
her latest book,
I love the title of this book,
“From Crisis to Peace:
The Organic Vegan Way
is the Answer,”
which represents
the culmination of many,
many of these efforts
to share
this crucial message.
Her new book presents
clear, concise
scientific evidence, showing
how raising livestock is
a primary cause
of climate change, and
how the vegan lifestyle,
free from
any animal products,
is the solution.
Supreme Master
Ching Hai,
we thank you so much
for your efforts
and for your devotion
in preparing
this very important book.
We pray that
this life-changing book
meets with the same
outstanding success as
your three previous works,
and that your message
about the organic vegan
solution spreads quickly
throughout the world.
Would you do us
the honor,
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
of coming to the stage to
share a few words about
this new and critical book?
Thank you, darling.
Beautiful woman.
Hi guys!
My God!
What a beautiful program.
Did you enjoy so far?
Yes!
Some more are coming,
so I make it quick.
I have prepared something,
but I’m not sure
what you want to hear.
Here’s a choice, okay?
First is like I greet you
and I love you
and I thank you
and all that stuff, yes?
And the second one is,
I share with you
my spiritual diary,
how to earn more
heavenly reward.
Which one you want?
Or you want both?
Or you don’t want any?
Who is the first, raise hand?
First, oh… Okay,
who is the second?
Who are both?
Well, okay,
I have 20 minutes anyway,
I make it fast.
Okay, ladies and gentlemen,
respectful greetings
to all of you present…
like a machine.
Okay, now,
it’s serious now, okay?
My most respectful greeting
to all present in Cancún.
And I want to thank
the government of Mexico.
And I want to thank
the United Nations
for all that happens
in Cancún and in the world,
all the charitable things
they do, all the upliftment
for many different
countries in the world.
And I love Mexico,
if you want to know.
I came here many times.
I was here like 10 days
or 12 days ago,
before you came.
I thought I’d come and
take quick all the fresh air
before they all
coming here.
No, I just came here
to pray.
To pray before you came
so that everything will
go smooth, and that
all the great leaders of
nations and governments
will make
the rightful decision
to save our planet.
I’ve been praying.
Thank you, thank you,
you are all my heroes.
You are my heroes.
Because many of you
came from
such a long, long way,
with changing airplanes
and different languages
and different food
and different
all kinds of things.
When I was at the airport,
I met one person
from Uganda.
His airplane delayed,
and then he could not
change his airplane even,
because his luggage is
with the other airplane,
etc. etc. and
he was stuck in the airport.
And he didn’t know,
the person who supposed
to come pick him up
did not come
because he was delayed.
And then he was stuck
in the airport, etc. etc.
Now, that’s just
one of the examples
that the inconvenience
that you all
have to go through,
maybe more than that.
And I humbly
thank you very much
that you have come here.
The fact
that you have come here,
sacrifice the time
with your family
and your dogs, your pets,
your children, and
go through a lot of trouble
and bureaucracy and
protocol to come here,
that shows… testifies
your love for our planet
and all that thrives thereon.
Thus, you want
to save the planet,
and we all appreciate it.
Now,
our planet is so beautiful,
don’t you think so?
Yes.
Yes. I tell you a secret,
maybe you won’t believe it,
but I tell you anyway.
I’ve been to other planets
in my spiritual time,
while I meditate.
Many planets are not
as beautiful as this.
I want to tell you the truth.
This is beautiful.
Yes.
Some planets are better,
more beautiful than ours.
Some planets are more
spiritually developed,
or more
technologically developed,
but not all of them
as beautiful as this, okay?
And even some of them
envy our planet.
Many things
we take for granted,
for example, apple trees,
apricot fruits, they love
because they don’t
have them there.
Please appreciate
our home.
I just want to tell you
that so that you
appreciate our home
and try to save it.
We can save that.
We can save all
that we wanted to save
because
we have the power.
All of us, all of us have
the power to do that.
Well, you have been told
already that animal raising
is the number one cause
of all the illnesses
and all the disasters
in our world.
So if we stop that,
we’ll be okay.
Yes, then we’ll have
a beautiful planet still,
and peace, and no disease,
and rich, and no hunger,
no war no more.
We appreciate
the government subsidies
that go into different
sections of the society,
but I think the best,
the most beneficial use
of subsidies is to go to
the organic vegan section.
That will save lives. Yes.
Save not only animals’ life,
but our lives.
Because
if you do the research,
you know all the horrible
things that happen to us
through the meat, dairy,
and eggs, and fish, etc.
I’m not threatening you,
you please look onto
the internet, like
Physicians Committee
for Responsible Medicine,
for example.
That’s one of them.
He will tell you
that you have cancer,
heart disease, etc. etc.
I don’t want
to spoil your dinner,
so we just stop there.
All that disease that
we don’t want to have,
all the shortened lives
that we don’t want to have,
all the sufferings
for our family’s members
and children
that we don't want to have,
we can avoid that.
I guarantee if you
switch to vegan diet,
God is my witness.
Thank you.
You see,
We should subsidize life,
benevolence, love
and compassion,
not death, not war.
We have to stop the wars
between human,
and between humans
and animals.
Thank you.
You see, we are
the children of God.
Everybody told us that.
All the bibles tell us that.
The Buddhist tells us that
we are the future Buddha.
We have Buddha
within us.
We have to awaken it.
The Christians told us
that we are
the children of God.
So we have to
behave like one.
Sorry, it’s not the time
for politeness.
I tell you the joke
to prove it.
When I was younger,
I tried to learn Italian.
Learn, don’t try
the Italian embassy,
please don’t try. I can’t.
I tried to learn Italian.
And I remember this joke
forever.
It was a picture
of the two gentlemen
standing in front of
a burning house,
the doorstep,
inside the door.
With their hair
all smoking up
and their bodies all black
and clothes are on fire,
one says to the other
at the doorstep,
“After you, please.”
And the other one says;
“Please, after you.”
What I mean is,
if we are too polite
and don’t tell each other
the truth
and the correct solution,
that we might
lose our home.
Okay,
we have only one planet.
Please, do save it.
You have the power.
I count on you.
Can I count on all of you,
please? (Yes.)
Lovely.
Now, okay. Thank you,
all of you for coming
and thank you
for being concerned
about the planet.
It’s urgent, okay?
I really mean it’s urgent.
We should have
this kind of conference
50 years ago, at least.
Okay, now, I am going to
tell you something about
the spiritual diaries,
you know, just a part of it.
Concerning us,
and concerning your life
and the planet.
It’s our concern.
We’ve all heard that
a human’s life is precious.
Have you heard it?
Buddha said
that it’s easier for a turtle,
a turtle to go all the way
from the bottom
of the ocean
up to the surface
and to meet one random
little piece of wood
that’s passing by
with a little hole in it.
It’s easier than
to become a human, means
to have a human birth.
But you heard like that,
but you don’t know
how precious it is.
I am going to put it here
mathematically,
so you know how many.
It’s like money, you know?
You are all zillions,
zillions of zillions-aires
just being a human.
Not in terms of money
but in terms of
spiritual points.
Heaven does count points.
you know?
Even sometimes
my Association members,
they sit and meditate.
You know, they sit like this.
Sometimes sleep on
each other’s shoulders.
I know all that,
but I still tell them,
“It’s okay.
Even if you sit,
you try your best, but
you cannot concentrate
and you cannot even
go into samadhi.”
Samadhi means
a state of like,
how you say, theta,
something like that,
very quiet, tranquil,
all peaceful
inside and outside.
Nothing can disturb you
at that time.
They call it samadhi
in Sanskrit.
Now even if they sit
like this,
they would have points.
It’s just like in our world
we have business,
everything is
in a unit of money
or possession.
Heaven does have points
to classify who is who, yes.
Now we humans are
very, very precious.
I put it precisely –
9.2 zillions of zillions
spiritual points
to get a human body.
Yes, go ahead.
Applaud yourself.
Congrats yourself.
You are really precious
in the eyes
of the whole universe.
I wish you know
what I know.
Now,
20 zillions of zillions
to live a full 100 years,
after the 9.2 zillions
to be born as human,
you need twenty zillions
of zillions, yes? -because
after zillion I don’t know
if we have any more units
or not, so I say
zillions of zillions, to live
a full 100 years. Okay?
Now, we have
400 zillions of zillions
to get to Third Level
of spiritual heaven.
We have
different heavens, yes.
Many of us, if we don’t
practice anything
or we’re not even vegan
or vegetarian, but we
don’t do anything wrong
in this life,
we just live honestly and
we eat meat or anything
because we don’t know
the harm of it, then we go
to the First Level of heaven.
We call Astral heaven.
It’s beautiful.
It’s almost like here.
It’s just more friendly,
peaceful, lovely.
Everything you wish,
comes like that.
Okay, that’s just
even the first one
and people who die,
they call it clinically dead
for a few minutes,
they go to this heaven,
come back they cry
many months because
they don’t want
to come back here,
after knowing
the Astral heaven.
Imagine,
some people go higher
than that?
To the Causal heaven,
Second Level,
and the Third heaven,
and the Fourth,
and the Fifth.
We stop there.
Only purer beings live
above the Fifth Level.
Alright, we are lucky
if we go to
the Third Level already,
or the Fourth Level.
After the Third Level,
we don’t ever
have to come back
to the suffering level
of the planets,
like our planet.
Our planet has pleasure
and has sorrow.
Are you alright, love?
Yes? You okay?
Can somebody give him
a stand or something?
Or a chair.
Okay, now,
comes more here.
I just give you a little bit,
you know, not the whole
of my diary, of course,
that would take forever.
These things
I have researched
during my meditation,
and you never heard this
before.
So this is, how you say,
premiere.
Not even my
Association members
heard this,
so I share with you today
as an offer for Mexico
and Cancún, and to you
because you are
good, good, good.
Alright, now, there are
some extra things here.
If you want to be a human
and live a 100 years,
that’s okay already, yes?
Zillions of zillions already.
Now if you want
to be rich,
like a millionaire only,
not billionaire yet.
If you want to be
a millionaire while
being a human being,
you need an extra
300,000 zillion.
And if you want to be
healthy all your life,
you need another
350,000 zillions
of spiritual points.
Normal people, if you
want to have a mental
equilibrium all your life,
mean invincibility,
mental invincibility,
you need another,
oh my God, I could not
even read my writing.
Any pharmacist
around here?
I should be a doctor.
My God, writing like this.
60,000 zillions to be
mentally invincible, yes.
To be
physically invincible,
I told you already.
Now, we need…
you want some more
or not?
(Yes!) Okay.
Seven hundred thousand
zillion if you want to be
a king, or queen, yes.
There are prices to pay
just like everything else
in here.
Just spiritually,
just more difficult to earn
these marks, points,
than to earn money.
Well, it’s not always easy
to earn money,
but this is
even more difficult.
Well, it’s easy actually.
It’s easy if you know how.
I’m not going to tell you
because you won’t want it.
You just want
to save the planet and
that’s all right with me.
Now if you want to be
a president, for example,
of the United States,
don’t tell Mr. Obama this,
you need
530,000 zillions,
apart from everything else
I told you before.
If you want to be
a prince or princess,
or prime minister,
for example,
you need 460,000 zillion.
Okay, I make it fast.
If you want to have
like 150 IQ, like Einstein,
you need 220,000 zillions.
If you want to have
good looks, like me,
for example,
it’s a joke for you
to laugh at my expense.
If you want
to have a good looks,
for example,
like Mariana Tosca
over there,
then you need
200,000 zillion extra.
If you want
to have a good voice,
like you know,
You know whom before,
right?
Then you need
183,000 zillion.
If you want
a good relationship
with the world,
with the people around you
and whomever you meet,
then you need
270,000 zillions.
I’m stuck again.
What’s this?
If you want to be
born in a peaceful nation,
then you have
240,000 zillion
to earn extra.
If you want
to have a good marriage,
don’t complain
if you don’t because
it’s all your fault, okay?
A good marriage needs
230,000 zillion.
If you want
to have good children,
also don’t complain
if you don’t,
it’s all your fault.
Good children,
need 350,000 zillion.
If you want to be famous,
like you know whom,
then you need
170,000 zillion
to become famous
in this life. Okay?
While spiritual masters
are different.
Yes? Different.
This is for average people,
okay?
For the people
who are practicing,
for example,
like the method
that I share,
they have more benefit.
There’s just
more connection,
so you can get more from
the bank of the universe.
Quicker, quicker,
faster, yes.
And the more you have,
the more interest you earn.
For example, yesterday,
if I meditate,
I will earn like 300 zillion,
for example.
Today I would earn
like 600 zillions
because of the interest.
The more I have,
the more I am given.
This is the point, yes.
So, how do we get all this?
You want to know
or you don’t?
So I just go then?
Okay, please.
Okay, I will, I will tell you.
Well,
we have many blessing.
As you and I
are sitting here,
you are not aware of
so much blessing
you have from the deities
of the Heaven,
from the angels
that surrounding
the good people.
If you are good people,
you don’t kill.
I’m not talking about
vegetarian yet.
Even if you don’t kill
directly yourself,
the animals,
if you just eat the meat
because you don’t know,
because you buy it
from the market,
they make it
like a piece of chocolate,
then, you are not a very,
I don’t know what I call it,
sinful, please excuse me.
I don’t know what else,
I am just stuck with word.
For example, even if
you don’t eat vegetarian,
but you are
a good person at heart,
you help people,
you live your honest life,
you truly are
sincere and clean,
then you have…
Okay, the five precepts,
for example,
you don’t kill,
you don’t steal,
you don’t tell lie,
you don’t have
extramarital relationship,
you don’t take intoxicants,
like drug, alcohol, etc.,
you keep your life
straight like this,
you have five angels
always around you
to protect you.
Can you imagine?
Would you ever thank them?
The more discipline
you keep,
the more angels you have.
And these are real things.
Right, so these are things
we can earn, you know?
For example,
like 100 is the scale,
100%, then the angels
normally would
bless you 5%.
The deities will
bless you 5%.
All this blessing, all over.
If we don’t do
anything wrong
and if we even eat vegan,
we get more from that.
More and more all the time.
If we meditate,
we get even more than this.
For example, one person
who doesn’t mediate
gets 5%,
but the meditate person
gets like 15%. Why?
Because the vibration is
higher, and then it meets
with more level of
higher blessing, you see?
Because they are
on the higher level
of consciousness.
So the higher we go,
the higher blessing we get.
The higher it is,
the more blessing,
the more abundance, yes?
We have to just get there,
then we get it.
Now, a high level master,
a saint, for example,
would bless you 500%,
for example.
Normal saint, who,
for example,
a monk in India,
he meditates,
he eats vegetarian,
he meditates on
any other method,
it doesn’t have to be
my method, he would
even bless you 30%
by his own merit,
automatically.
But most people waste it.
That’s the problem.
We get all this blessing,
but we waste it every day,
because we don’t do
the right thing,
and we don’t remember.
We have to remember,
at least feel conscious of
your blessing every day.
And thank them.
Even if you don’t know
about it, just feel conscious,
be conscious.
Every day try to feel
that you are blessed,
you are protected.
And thank
whoever blesses you.
All right?
Now, okay.
There’s more to come.
There’s more to come.
Even UFO people,
you know UFO people?
Yes, extraterrestrial.
They bless you
from 10-60% every day.
If the Master is higher
than the Fifth Level,
he would bless the disciple
like 4,000%
spiritual blessing.
And bless, yes.
But because
this master is powerful,
for example, this master
on the Ninth Level,
which is rare, yes?
Most masters come here
from the Fifth Level, yes.
And Fifth Level can
bless you a lot already.
Yes, many thousands,
but if the higher master,
for example,
the highest one,
for example, Jesus status
and Buddha status,
they would bless you
4,000% every time,
every day, spiritual point.
Like for example,
if you’re near them,
or if you are
in the same world
with them, of course,
the nearer
the more blessing, yes?
They would just bless you
4,000% per day
without you doing anything.
But the thing is,
the people
who are not vegan and
who are not meditating,
they get only 3% out of it.
Because everything else
have to deduct,
deduct for animal karma,
bad retribution, deduct
for everything else
and 3% left.
That is the problem.
We deprive ourselves
of the benefit
of so many blessings
that’s all over us.
More to come.
Yes, you want some more,
or you’re bored already?
A Ninth Level of master
on Earth
remotely even blesses his
or her disciples 30,000%,
if a direct disciple.
Yes, yes.
And if nearer,
of course, more, even.
That’s afar,
that’s remote blessing.
Nearer, more.
But I am not telling you,
because what’s the use!
Okay, now,
even, oh my God,
where did I lose my stuff?
Pardon!
Okay, so you thought
that’s all we have? Or not?
You think we have more
blessing somewhere else?
Yes or no? (Yes.)
You are right.
My God, you’re so wise!
Now, the animals
bless us no end.
Example only,
we don’t have all life here.
Average…
I can’t even read my…
just…
I need a pharmacist.
Average people only,
there are exception.
For example, normal dogs
would bless you…
Just for example, I forgot,
I will read it later on.
The information
comes so fast, you know,
I just wrote it down,
but I don’t remember
everything, okay?
I don’t make it up.
This is all, look at the notes
I made in the dark night
with a little flashlight
or something.
So I can’t read it.
That’s why.
Now, for example,
your dog will bless you
3% everyday.
But my dogs bless me
6% or 8%,
because they are vegan
and I love them,
and they respond to love.
They don’t just
give to anybody,
not even their owner.
If the owner
doesn’t love them,
they don’t give.
And, for example,
I have caretakers
who help me
to take care of the dogs,
when I am not home
and the day
when I am not available.
They don’t bless them
that much.
They bless them,
yes, 1%, 2%.
Stingy. Okay.
But they bless me 8%,
6%, depends on the size
and the long term vegan
or not.
The longer
the dogs are with me,
the higher
the percentage of blessing.
I am surprised.
Now, even…
This is a vegetarian dog,
bless you 3%.
If a non-vegetarian dog,
they bless you less,
like 2%.
Now, because
they have to be deducted,
that’s all.
It’s not like they keep it,
but deduction.
If we eat animal,
our merits have to
be deducted and given
to that animal, yes.
Now, a medium bird,
for example,
will bless you 4%.
A parrot, for example,
big parrot, blesses you
even more, 8%.
Mine, yes, mine.
Vegan parrots, yes.
Now, a turkey that you…
I am sorry,
I don’t talk about that,
that some people have
for dinner,
if you are with them,
if you raise them
in your yard, he or she
will bless you 5-10%.
I mean spiritual points.
For example,
today you earn only
100 spiritual points
by something,
he will give you 5 more,
or 10 more, to add on top,
every day like that,
can you imagine?
Ten days,
then you have 100%
without doing anything.
Just to keep an animal,
a turkey.
A chicken even,
so small and helpless,
blesses you 2-6%,
6% or 10%, because
you give them vegan,
then they have
more power to bless you.
A rabbit, from 4-6%.
Now, the cow,
a cow will bless you,
give you 7-15%
of spiritual point.
But this is not just
like 100,
and he gives you 15.
If you have 400, this will
be four times more,
do you understand me,
yes? (Yes.)
The more merits you have,
the multiplied
of the blessing
from the animals
and angels and deities
and saints and sages and
spiritual practitioners.
A pig, a pig even,
would bless you 5-10%.
He gives you 5-10%
spiritual points daily,
if you raise him with love.
The lamb would give you
5-10%, the same.
A horse will give you
6-15%, etc. etc.
An elephant will give you
40% of spiritual merit,
the grown-up one.
A seal on the sea,
would give you 13%.
A goat would give you 5%.
A tiger even, imagine!
You think tiger can
bless you, yes or no? (Yes.)
A wild tiger. Yes? (Yes.)
Surprise, surprise, surprise.
Why does he eat
other animals?
That’s his job.
His job to balance
the population
of the jungle, so that
it’s not overwhelmed and
coming to harm humans
when they don’t have food.
Okay, that’s his job.
But nevertheless,
because of his job, he can
not bless you so much.
But he blesses you 2%
even if you are near or
if you live near the jungle
where tigers are.
But take my advice,
don’t go and live
near the tiger and blame me
if anything happens.
Oh my God,
that’s incredible!
Even a lion
blesses you 1%.
Even the way he eats meat,
the way he lives,
he still can bless you 1%.
Imagine all this blessing
we have!
Okay, we have
all the blessings,
of course, from the Earth
that we walk on.
If you walk barefoot,
in a clean area,
in the sand, beach,
for example,
you have 5% blessing.
Just to walk barefoot.
Okay. If you work
for Supreme Master
Television ,
oh, no, that’s
not for you, not for you.
Work for Loving Hut, no,
that’s not for you, either.
Sorry.
Okay, cutting trees
at the rate
of incredible speed
harms us,
harms our planet.
Trees are also a source
of great blessing.
A tree about this size,
that you could
put the arm around it,
for example,
the pine tree in the forest,
one tree alone
blesses you 15%
spiritual points daily,
by just being there.
And even the small plants,
when you walk
in the garden,
or you sit in the garden,
you meditate, you have
more spiritual points
than sitting on concrete
in a small room
somewhere.
And I talk about
the benefit of the sun
already, so
I am not going on here.
If you want, you can re-run
Supreme Master
Television and
research about the thing
that I told before.
Now, even the moon
blesses you 40%.
The stars bless you 40%,
the visible one
will bless you 40%.
The invisible one,
means the faraway stars,
bless you also, but less.
You just make calculation.
Now, there are some
bonus of blessing here,
my God.
You see
how blessed we are.
We live in blessing,
we breathe in the blessings,
we walk on the blessing,
we swim…
even the sea blesses you.
How much percent?
Probably
I didn’t bring it here.
The sea blesses you
so much, so much,
the sea water, yes?
And the sun.
The river water,
the wind, the air
blesses you also,
like 10, 15%.
We are swimming
in blessing.
We are walking
in blessing.
We’re looking everywhere,
it’s a blessing.
Please, be conscious,
so that you get
more blessing, so that
you can live your life
more in peace and
make a better decision
for you and for all of us,
for everyone.
Please, just be conscious.
And when you’re
very busy working
in the office, sometimes
you feel very stressed,
very tired, just
take deep breath like this
and then out,
a couple of times.
Do this any time.
It will give you more
energy, strength to go on.
That costs nothing.
Costs just not even
a second to do that.
Or exercise, you know.
Do something on the chair
and just kick around
from the chair.
Do something, yes?
And take in deep breath.
Be conscious, be aware
that all the blessing
that you’re taking in.
Breathe in all the best
from the universe,
and breathe out
to spread that blessing
and positive power
into the world, okay?
In, the best;
out, the blessing.
Okay,
there is some extra here,
extra blessing for you.
For example,
if you meditate,
normal meditation,
it doesn’t have to be
my method,
my method gets more.
It’s not because
I advertise, but because
I tell the truth.
If you meditate on Light,
for example “om,”
“om mani padme hum”
or breath, on the breathing,
Vipassana, Hatha,
Raja Yoga,
you get 5% more
spiritual blessing point.
If you are a breatharian,
and you meditate, you get
30-70% spiritual point.
Do you know
what a breatharian is? No?
The one who lives by air,
and by love of God alone.
No food, no drink,
all his life.
We have a show
every week
about these people.
Some are already
passed away,
some are still alive,
walking among us.
Now, if you are a vegan,
we talk about vegan,
no more vegetarian.
I don’t like cruelty to cows.
Now, if we eat,
if we are vegan,
for example, and
eat only one meal a day,
vegan, then we get like
40% more spiritual points.
Suppose you earn
100 points,
if you are a vegan
and eat one meal a day,
you earn 40
spiritual points more.
And if you eat twice a day,
two times a day,
you earn 20% more.
If you eat three times a day,
vegan, you earn
10% more. Okay?
Average,
Quan Yin practitioner.
Well, it’s not for you,
but you want to know?
You want to know?
Okay. It’s
my Association member.
For an average
Quan Yin practitioner,
means
our Association member
who meditates every day,
you have 30-40%
more extra, apart from
vegan meal and all that.
Okay?
I think we can go on forever.
Even fox blesses you.
Squirrels bless you,
beaver blesses you,
ducks bless you,
swan blesses you,
even shark, you know.
Sharks bless you,
geese bless you 15%,
bee, even bee, you know,
the bumble bee,
bless you 1%.
My God, so small, the bee!
Not only
he gives you honey,
he blesses you 1%!
Little one!
Please take care of the bee.
Even a butterfly
blesses you 1%.
Even a fly
blesses you 0.5%.
Wild birds bless you.
Seagulls bless you 8%.
Seagulls, 8%.
Crocodiles, even,
bless you 2%.
A wild hog
blesses you 8%.
Turtles bless you 15%.
A wild cat 6%, 2-6%.
A fox even 4%.
Okay, we can go on forever.
No wonder,
the Lord in the Bible
says that,
“I created all the animals
to be your helpers.”
Now we understand?
Okay, I’m done.
Is that 20 minutes
or 20 hours? Okay.
You should
have put the calendar
in front of me,
so I know when to stop.
Thank you very much, and…
And I love you all.
You’re my
brother and sister, and
you’re doing a great job.
I count on you
to save the planet.
What she
[Supreme Master Ching Hai]
was saying about
the points process,
I really think
there is something to that.
I really do.
And she said something
very interesting
about how every time
you harm something
in some way, that you're
actually creating a deficit
in the world.
And I had never been able
to verbalize that before,
but that's exactly
what it is.
When you do harm
something,
you are creating a deficit,
which is why you really
need to put the energy
into making up
for the harm
that you’ve created,
but in essence,
putting the energy
into perhaps
not taking the path
of causing harm
in the first place so that
there's no deficit to be paid.
She was incredibly
inspiring tonight
and very, very funny,
very funny tonight!
Her sense of humor
really shined through.
It’s a great honor
to be here with you,
within this event,
this magnificent event.
And with
the Supreme Master,
it’s incredible
that I have learned about
the blessings.
You can receive
all these blessings.
And thank you
for the blessing
that you are giving us,
to Cancún, to Mexico,
and all the world
to be together
for just one idea, the idea
to get better the world.
And we know
that together we’ll do it.
So you be conscious, one,
in our family,
in ourselves, then
within our own country
and then with all the world
we’ll commit
for the best of us.
She
[Supreme Master Ching Hai]
is a wonderfully
inspiring individual.
I remember
I saw a presentation
she made in London
where she talked about
the importance
of biodiversity protection
as well as climate protection.
And I think
what’s very impressive
is this movement has
really managed to look at
all the different aspects:
water, resources
of the world,
all these things
in a very holistic manner.
There have been
a lot of religious leaders
who have become active
in various ways
on the climate issue.
But what I found
very impressive
was the holistic approach
that she was taking.
And tonight was just
a wonderful celebration.
It was a happy event.
And you can see
people smiling and
I think the whole spirit
of that was
extraordinarily positive.
I think it’s one of
the most positive events
I’ve seen.
There’s a kind of spirit of
agreement and goodwill.
That’s something
that I hope will
carry into the final week
of this COP.
She’s obviously studied
for many years
and meditated
for many, many years.
As a studier of Kabbalah
and Buddhism,
I personally for myself,
you can see all roads
ultimately lead to Rome.
Because what
she’s really talking about
is metaphysics,
the laws of the universe,
that when you go
against the laws that,
you know, diet, vegan,
you’re talking about energy,
creating energy
and the light.
And the light needs,
the more light revealed,
the greater resistance,
a diet of meats, where
toxins are coming in and
death and these animals
that are going through fear,
we are ingesting that.
When you ingest,
when you take in
alcohol and drugs
you’re ingesting all those
poisons and toxicities,
you can’t be
at a conscious level and
you can’t as conscious
as one would be.
So she says you can
look at it like money.
You can look at it
like you are going to
get this amount of points,
this amount of points.
So I understood it
on a massive level.
And it was great
that she broke it down.
I had a great time with
how she broke it down.
You hang with the crow,
you get maybe 2 points,
I mean,
it’s really the blessings
and how you let it in.
And I really appreciate it.
It’s a great reminder
as always.
And every day
to wake up
and be very grateful
and it’s always hard
to remember.
That’s why we have
teachers to remind us.
If you understand
metaphysics,
and you understand
the Big Bang Theory
and you understand
the laws of the universe
and energy
and how it’s channeled
and our vibrations in
our natural state, I mean,
it’s just a great gift
to become attuned to.
Her
[Supreme Master Ching Hai’s]
awareness is very keen.
It’s very astute.
You know,
she really sees a lot.
And it’s all interconnected
as she told us
this morning.
And she doesn’t like
to be preachy though,
she says
if someone wants an idea,
she’ll give them
her thoughts,
but she won’t push,
which I think is cool.
But she has
very keen insight.
We support people
in this movement
for instance
who can affect others,
in the way
Supreme Master does.
And by supporting her,
we support the movement.
Tonight
I’m a changed man, really.
Before
I’m not really spiritual.
When she mentioned
the five factors of
being a spiritual person,
I was really impressed.
And in me,
I’m telling you particularly,
I’m changed.
I’m going to change
when I get back home.
I used to eat meat.
I like meat a lot, but with
what she told us tonight,
I must confess
I want to stop eating meat.
I want to try what
she has asked us to try
so that I can develop
my spiritual life as well.
Hallo,
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
this is Taylor Dayne.
It was a pleasure
being here this evening,
and I'm honored
to be interviewed
for your station.
And of course, giving
my little experiences, and
I will keep on the path.
Thank you for all
your messages tonight!
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