I love you, Mom.
A little kiss.
I love you, Kayna.
What you'd like to
wish your mom
for Mother's Day?
I want to wish
her Happy Mother's Day,
and I love her very much.
I would like to offer her
a jewel.
Hi Mama!
Happy Mother’s Day!
I wish you
the best of health;
wish all mothers
the best of health, while
leading happy lives.
Happy Mother’s Day.
Happy Mother’s Day
to all the mothers
in the world!
Welcome, loving viewers.
Today is Mother’s Day!
Mother’s Day lands on
various dates
according to each culture,
sometimes corresponding
with a traditional day
honoring a goddess
like Cybele, the mother
of all the Greek gods, or
a holy being like Mary,
the mother of Jesus.
Today, the most widely
celebrated Mother’s Day
was established by
an American named
Anna Marie Jarvis.
What started with a
memorial for her mother
became a national holiday
for all mothers by 1914
and eventually a popular
international observance.
She’s my best friend.
There’s no one like her.
On this Mother’s Day,
let us remember
the reasons that we adore
and cherish our mothers,
our grandmothers,
and all those who
have been like mothers
to us in our lives.
We have all come to this
world through a mother.
She is a life giver who
welcomed us
with a most immense,
beautiful love
unlike any other.
Every day as we grow up,
she cares for
everyone’s needs.
Her quiet devotion
could never be
appreciated enough.
Every time when I
come home late at night,
I always see three dishes
of food and a bowl of rice
ready there,
waiting for my return.
Whether it gets cold or
is still hot doesn’t matter,
for my heart always
feels the warmth.
That’s why I want to
thank my mother.
A mother’s presence
is a special gift
in a household that is
often busy yet
well-ordered and healthy,
thanks to her!
She feeds all the members
of the family.
She knows the needs
of each one in detail.
She is charged with the
education of the children.
She is the one who
exudes joy in the house.
And as we say here
in our area,
she is the “minister
of the interior.”
Besides being a tender
caregiver, our mother
is also our first teacher
and best friend.
She helps us do what
is right and what is good.
A group of high school
students from the Islamic
Foundation School
in Canada share about
what mom has meant
in their lives.
When I am with
my mother I learn
something new every day.
And if there’s something
I wanted to tell my Mother
it’s that Mama,
I love you so much
and that, I don’t know,
there’s something
about you that speaks
a thousand words and
I have no words to
thank you as much as
you’ve done for me.
When I used to be
memorizing the Qur’an
every day, she used to
wake me up every day
in the morning at 4 am.
And she used to help me
like day in and day out,
strive me for,
me doing the best,
projects, homework.
She used to always say,
“Siraj,
you can always do it.”
She was my motivation
in life.
I just wanted to say
to my mom that if I’ve
done anything wrong
to her for her
to please forgive me.
I love you a lot and
I don’t think I have
enough words to describe
how much you mean
to me and how you are
the best mom in the world.
There is a man who
came to the Prophet,
saying that, “Oh
Prophet of Allah, who
should I love the most?”
And the Prophet replied,
“Your mother.”
And the man asked again,
“ Who should I
should love so much?”
The Prophet said again,
“Your mother.”
And then,
again the man asked ,
“Who is the person who
I should love the most?”
And the Prophet again
replied, “Your mother.”
Mother, whatever
you have done for us
we can’t tell in words
how much.
We love the way you care
And we wish to be
like you and we feel
very happy to have
a nice mother like you.
Mothers shape
who we become.
In ways big and small, it
is her faith that motivates
us as we become greater
than perhaps
we could have imagined.
In Ireland, Mother's Day
was a different date.
It was the day
I took the yellow jersey
it was Mother's Day
in Ireland.
So I called my mother,
and said I took yellow
for Mother's Day.
I mean everything
I've done, cycling,
I couldn't have done
without my mother's
grounding
when I was young,
the support she gave me,
and good genetics as well,
from my mom's side.
She's been really
important for everything
I've done since.
So, yes, to everyone,
Happy Mother's Day!
There was
a poetry competition
a few years ago and
I really didn’t think that
I would be able to do it.
And so my mom
she encouraged me,
she told me that
you can do it.
And really, when
I thought of her words,
I thought that
maybe I can.
So reflecting on her words,
I did my utmost best,
and she helped me, she
helped me so much, and
I won that competition .
It’s an immense
achievement for me if I
become half the person
my mother is.
And I am who I am
because of my mom,
today.
Indeed, a mother’s role
carries strength
and wisdom that
light our path.
Once loved by a mother,
we are loved over
a whole lifetime and
can pass on the same
to others.
The things I remember
most about my mother,
she was a very kind,
warm, loving mother,
and particularly the
kitchen was a great area
we loved to go when
Mom was always baking
and doing preserves.
And just
a very hospitable lady.
And I would like to wish
all the mothers
around the world a very
happy Mother’s Day.
Since ages ago,
a mother’s selfless love
has always resonated
with the nourishing love
of the universe.
In fact, in many cultures,
mother is a name
for planetary features:
mother lands,
mother rivers,
mother nature,
Mother Earth.
These give birth to
and nurture perfectly
all living beings.
Formosan (Taiwanese)
Earth scientist
Dr. Chung-Ho Wang,
who studies
global warming,
shares his thoughts.
The Earth actually is
very good to human beings.
It’s like a mother,
sacrificing and paying
consistently without
complaint and regret.
Mother’s Day is coming.
It tells us that,
to our mothers, we
need to know how much
they’ve given to us.
And to our Mother Earth,
we have to cherish more.
We introspect
our improper behavior,
and then change
ourselves from diet,
action, living and
basic necessities of life.
If it brings changes,
the mother land will
get the comfort that we
the children are finally
starting to change,
and there is still hope
for our future.
I’d like to say
Happy Mother’s Day
to all the mothers
in the world.
My mother is the champion
of the whole world.
Happy Mother’s Day
to every single mother
in the world!
This is David “Avocado”
Wolfe here today
with you on
Supreme Master
Television
and I am sending to all
your mothers out there
warm wishes and
deep levels of gratitude
and appreciation
for the incredible work
that you’re doing and
raising our children with
spirituality, integrity
and raising children
with hope.
Thank you, thank you,
thank you for doing
what you’re doing.
Mom, I love you.
You’re so wonderful,
having to bear
all our faulty deeds.
My mother
is my best friend.
All right, you are going
to give her a big kiss.
Yes, I love my mother
very much.
And you, what do you
want to say to your mom?
I love you very much,
Mom.
Thank you. Thank you.
I also love you very much.
Please stay tuned to
Supreme Master
Television.
When we return,
our Association members
from around the world
share some of their stories
in deep gratitude to
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
a beloved
spiritual mother.
A mark of
an enlightened Master
is his or her
unconditional love.
As a special caretaker
of the soul and treasured
spiritual messenger,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
is a living
enlightened Master.
She teaches the path to
liberation from the cycle
of birth and death
through an ancient
method of meditation.
She also loves
and assists the world
with all her heart.
The elating kindness of
Supreme Master Ching Hai
has been
experienced, whether in
a visible or invisible way,
by many people,
her students
as well as others.
On today’s program,
our Association members
from around the world
share some of
their experiences and
express their gratitude to
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
who is for them
a most precious
and special Mom.
The same dedicated love
of all beings
characterizes the very
campaign which
Supreme Master Ching Hai
has launched.
Through Supreme Master
Television,
videoconferences, letters,
publications, flyers,
and more,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
does all she can to
call for a compassionate
lifestyle in order to
safeguard the future of all
Earth citizens as well as
their planetary home.
Our Native American
Association member
conveys his thankfulness
for these endeavors.
I’m Native American.
My grandparents came
from Mount Browning,
Montana.
They were Peigan of the
Blackfoot Confederacy.
And I’d like to
thank you,
Supreme Master Ching Hai,
for the honor on this
occasion to give thanks
to you for loving me,
and for loving all
my brothers and sisters
all around the globe.
I also have a very special
thanks from the creepers
and crawlers, the flyers,
the swimmers,
the four-legged,
the tree people,
the stone people whom
you have loved
very much as a mother
cares for her child.
Through your example
and your caring
for the environment and
the animal kingdom,
we come to be
better human beings.
I came to be
a better human being.
Because of
your compassion
and your love to all
the animal beings,
we wish to be the good
care keepers of the Earth,
and to all of the beings
that are on the Earth
as well.
So I thank you
with all of my love
on this Mother’s Day
for being in my life, and
wish this day to be
the most beautiful day
of your journey.
There are millions
of ways a mother
would love her child.
As a mother figure
to her disciples,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
is the mom
who encourages all in the
family to do good deeds,
the mom who with
her infinite creativity
designs clothes
for beauty and comfort,
composes poems
and sings songs that
soothe the soul, tells
stories that delight and
bring new understanding,
and so much more.
Yet the true extent of
all that an enlightened
Master does for others,
disciples and
non-disciples alike,
shall never be known,
for she does much
in ways that are silent
and invisible.
Those who have had
a glimpse of awareness
can never forget
the incredible depth
of a Master’s
sacrifice and love.
The following is
such a case from
Formosa (Taiwan).
Hsihu Center always
maintained a hygienic
and eco-friendly
environment.
At nightfall,
the place would turn into
a paradise for
insects and reptiles.
Therefore, Master
often reminded us to
carry a flashlight
to avoid hurting them.
On a hot summer night,
after group meditation,
I tried to fetch
some water
to quench my thirst.
In my haste, I forgot
Master’s instruction
to carry a flashlight
and just fumbled my way
in the dark towards
the pillar where
the light switch was.
Just as my hand felt
the pillar, my foot
seemed to have stepped
on something.
Was it a water hose?
But there seemed to be
a scream. Oh my God!
I stepped on a snake
in samadhi
[a state of high
meditative concentration]
at the bottom of the pillar.
It was unhappy
and bit me.
Though it felt just like
a mosquito bite,
the venom spread quickly
and my left leg went
completely numb.
The doctors worried that
the venom might spread
and my left leg might
need to be amputated.
How could I,
a member of my school’s
tennis team and
an energetic player
on the sports field, accept
such an arrangement?
With only one leg, how
could I go with Master
to enjoy the landscape
in San Di Mun?
I kept praying to Master
to help me and I
finally escaped the fate
of amputation.
When I limped back
to Hsihu Center
with a crutch to join the
Sunday group meditation,
I found that Master was
also using a crutch, and
her left foot was bandaged
exactly the same
as my left foot.
I still have with me today
this photo of Master
with the bandaged foot
to remind myself that if it
hadn’t been for Master,
I would not be able to
move about freely
and my whole life
would be wrecked.
Early in the morning
of one Sunday
group meditation day,
Master especially
granted a session to
fellow initiates who
arrived early on Saturday.
When I eventually came
before Master,
Master compassionately
kept asking me
if I need any help,
and gave me
a lot of blessed food.
I was speechless,
but could only smile
and shed tears
with great emotion.
Thanks to Master’s grace
in shouldering my karma,
I have been able to
travel smoothly
on the spiritual path,
but the scar on my ankle
has imprinted Master’s
immense compassion
and kindness like that of
a loving Mother, deeply
and forever in my heart.
Always wishing
that humans’
precious journeys in life
to be safe and
the noblest possible,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai
also cautions repeatedly
against the harms
of deadly substances,
including meat, alcohol,
addictive drugs,
and tobacco.
Illustrating
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
protective love is
a fond old memory of
our Association member
from Costa Rica.
Twenty years ago, after
an international retreat,
Master invited us
to enjoy a delicious wine
that she prepared.
One of the companions
asked her how she did it,
because it was delicious!
And I loved it.
And she, with all the love
and joy, told us that she
had spent all afternoon in
the kitchen preparing it.
And she told us
the ingredients she used.
It was all natural
products – fruit juices...
Currently, the wine
has become famous.
It is called
Heavenly Vegewine.
And this wine expresses
her great love; for us
to be delighted with
a wine without alcohol,
exquisite, delicious.
She wanted us to
know a wine that
does not need alcohol.
And it's a way to protect
us, to take care of us,
for all of us to
understand that we don't
need to look for products
that contain harmful
ingredients to our health.
She is always caring for
and teaching us,
for our well-being.
She is a great mom.
She expresses the love
of a real mom, who
always wants the best.
Master, thank you
for your great love.
Thanks for being
the most beautiful
and good mother
of the universe.
Indeed,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
is known for her
extraordinary meticulous
care for humans and
animals everywhere,
making her an
exceptionally busy mom.
Our Association member
from Hungary reveals
his first-hand account.
In 2007,
I was so lucky to be
with Master in person.
I was her driver.
My mom was ill
and at that time we had
a dog named Bogi and
he was also very sick.
When we were together,
Master inquired
many times about
their state of health.
Master always listened
to me with great attention,
and gave me advice.
And she also gave me
a large amount of money
to provide
the best medicines
and vegetarian vitamins
to my mom and dog Bogi.
Master expressly told me
to visit my mom
in the hospital and sent
her a handpainted shawl.
She was taking care of
me with special attention.
She told me
to eat the best foods,
to take the best vitamins,
to meditate a lot,
to rest well,
to sleep adequately,
to be in the best shape.
A homeless man
came to us, and
Master gave him such
a large amount of money
that he couldn’t believe.
And the man said that
he received this money
from God because
he needed exactly
this amount of money,
and he was smiling.
When we traveled,
the car’s back was
full of all kinds of
delicious treats.
Master was taking care
of everyone generously.
And another time
we visited a place,
where a dog lived.
He didn’t really have
a caregiver though
he was given food.
At that time
we couldn’t help, so
Master asked me to buy
him vegetarian dog food
and go back
and take it there.
Master always speaks to
people very attentively
anywhere she goes, and
she talks with great love
about everything.
Her way of caring
and generosity touches
those people who are
lucky enough to meet her.
I was very impressed
to see that no matter
how busy she was,
she always answered
people’s questions and
took care of them with
great love and patience.
I remember those times
together with gratitude
in my heart,
and would like to
take the opportunity to
wish Master great health
and much happiness
for Mother’s Day!
Thank you very much.
Next, our
Aulacese (Vietnamese)
Association member
recalls the unforgettable
deeds of a deeply
compassionate and
courageous comforter,
Supreme Master
Ching Hai.
In the refugee camp,
life was very miserable:
rice was not enough for all refugees to eat,
clothes were not enough
for all refugees to wear,
water was not enough for all refugees
to drink, even deaths
happened every day.
For example, those
who were in despair
committed suicide,
those who were weary of life got drunk
and fought and hurt each other. This things
happened almost
every day and no one
came forward to help everyone.
In such a hopeless situation,
the warden of
the refugee camp said,
“Tomorrow
Supreme Master Ching Hai
is going to visit us.”
At that moment,
the atmosphere in the camp naturally
changed at once.
Although Master
did not arrive yet,
but everyone in the camp felt her love and
were extremely happy.
It seemed that there
was no sight of hostility
and conflict any more.
When Master just entered,
everyone cried their
heart out and shouted
loudly, “Long live
Master Ching Hai!
Please save us!”
At that time, when
Master saw everyone,
my God!
Her eyes welled up with tears.
Master lovingly
comforted us like
a mother who very much
loved her children,
and did not see them
for thousands of years.
Master blessed
and advised them,
“All my compatriots you should
take care of your health.
Anyhow, I am always
with you and I will send
a messenger here
to care for you.
I advise you not to go
on hunger strike,
not to commit suicide
and I will find all the possible ways to help you.”
A messenger who was sent by Master brought
her love to us, then at that time, the
fellow initiates started to
serve people two meals a day.
At that time, the refugees
felt glad that
finally someone was
looking after them.
So, the refugees no longer worried
about problems in life.
Listening to Master’s
lecture tapes while eating their meals
made them forget
their troubles and sorrow,
and they no longer thought of suicide
or fighting with each other anymore.
Because of the love
that Master gave them,
the refugees could live
until they were allowed
to settle in a third country.
They are always grateful
to Master for her love.
I will try to learn the love from
Master and to follow
Master’s example
to serve people.
I am so thankful to
Supreme Master Ching Hai!
Our final story
comes from our
Association member
from the United States.
It is yet another grateful
insight into the miracle of
Supreme Master Ching Hai’s
motherly love.
Back in 1981, I was
in a very depressed
mental and spiritual place,
to the point where
I saw no decision
except to end my life.
Someone had come by
just when I was
in the process and saved
me and called the police,
and took me
to the hospital.
While I was there I was
kind of in and out, and
I saw this incredible,
incredible light, so bright.
This incredible white light
came to me in my kind
of sleep-awake state.
And all the darkness in
every part of my being
receded and disappeared.
It was like
this healing warmth
that enveloped me, and
this incredible love.
This woman came out
of the light and
it was mostly her eyes,
came to me, and
she spoke into my spirit,
into my mind, and said ,
“You do not have the
decision to take your life.
When your time comes,
it is God’s decision.”
Her love and her warmth
just healed me
throughout my spirit,
and it gave me hope.
That was in 1981,
and in 1999, I was
introduced to
Supreme Master Ching Hai.
At that time
I knew the eyes, because
those eyes came to me
back then.
I knew that she was
the one that healed me
at that time, and allowed
me to meet her in real life.
She has changed
and transformed my life.
She has enlightened me
in ways that I never
thought possible.
And in the 10 years that
I have been her disciple,
I have learned and
I have volunteered with
the Red Cross, with the
Community Emergency
Response Team.
And this is
all to help people.
I cannot express to you
how important and
how lovely it is
to know Master, and
to know that she asks
so little in return for
the gifts that she gives us,
and the love
that she gives us.
And I just want to wish
you a Happy Birthday
and Happy Mother’s Day,
Master.
You are so beautiful
and so wonderful!
And thank you, thank you
from the bottom of
my heart for being there
at my darkest moment
in my life. Thank you.
For all Supreme Master
Ching Hai has done
for humankind,
our animal co-inhabitants,
and our planet,
our Association members
are forever
filled with gratitude.
with her in my life
it feels like “a piece of
Heaven on Earth.”
I’m completely sure that
I have learnt a lot
for my own motherhood
through her deep
motherly care and love.
Especially,
I feel how the love
that I receive from her,
emanates not only
to my child but also
to all people with whom
I am in contact.
Master, I thank you
endlessly that you are
such an incredibly
good mother for me!
I belong to the lucky people
who have been living
with the presence of
Master since their birth.
Already when I was
in my mother’s womb,
she was practicing
meditation.
My mother told me that
whenever she meditated
in the night, I cuddled
especially close to her.
And since my eighth year
I meditate myself.
I know that I am very
happy and satisfied
in my life and that
I am looking with
much confidence
into the future.
I feel very secure
with her in my life.
Master, for that
I thank you very much!
Supreme Master
Ching Hai,
we love you very much.
During a May 1997
international retreat,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
graciously
attended a celebration
organized by our
Association members for
Mother’s Day as well as
her birthday, May 12,
since it occurred
around the holiday.
On the joyful occasion,
Supreme Master Ching Hai
conveyed
her heartfelt greetings
to all the mothers.
I wish every one of you
who have a birthday
today a very, very
successful, happy, and
wish-fulfilling year ahead.
Also, I wish
all the mothers
the best year to come.
I wish all the children,
I wish all your children
will remember
your kindness
and your boundless,
unconditional love, and
will treat you the way
that they should do
to a mother.
On this international
Mother’s Day, we are
ever grateful to
Supreme Master Ching Hai
for your wondrous
presence on Earth,
bringing such love and
light to so many hearts
and guidance and hope
for our world.
We sincerely wish you
the best of health,
youthful beauty
and happiness,
and the continuation
of your sacred mission
for a peaceful planet.
To all mothers with us
today, we join the globe
in appreciation for all
you do as representatives
of the Divine in our lives.
May Heaven
bestow upon you
all the blessings that
you richly deserve.
It was a pleasure having
your company on this
Mother’s Day program.
May faith and joy be
the hallmark of your days.