You are watching Words of Wisdom Rebroadcast of Live Videoconference with Supreme Master Ching Hai 『Children's Health & Sustainable Planet』 Jeju International Conference Jeju Island，S. Korea - September ２１，２００９

Grace (f): We have today's final question， again for Supreme Master Ching Hai.

Callie (f): And it comes from Mr. Kim Tae-Seong， the Chief of Jeju Island Agenda ２１， and Secretary General of Jeju YMCA.

Supreme Master Ching Hai: Welcome，sir.

Mr. Kim Tae-Seong (m): I'd like to give you a brief synopsis of some of the activities of our ＮＧＯs since I am a representative of one of the ＮＧＯs. This coming December， the United Nations Climate Change Conference will be held in Copenhagen，Denmark. Therefore， the climate change agreement will be decided upon. As a global citizen， I am hoping for the success of this cause.

However，I think we need more progressive efforts in order to curb climate change which is accelerating faster than expected. I think ＮＧＯs play an important role in implementing progressive action， therefore，I find today's conference to be very meaningful. Could you give some advice on how ＮＧＯs could cope with climate change in a more active and prompt way？ And what do you wish to see accomplished in the Copenhagen conference？ Thank you.

Supreme Master Ching Hai: Thank you. Mr. Kim，thank you so much for your effort， particularly for this conference. It wouldn't have been this successful without you. The fact that all the audience still stays here is because they felt your sincerity， yours and all the ＮＧＯs who organized this event. The audience felt your sincerity and your concern about Jeju and the world in this crucial time.

I'm deeply also grateful to you and all the ＮＧＯs that have organized this event. I am happy that you asked this question concerning the climate change conference. Are you going to attend？ Yes？ Good. Please convey some of the messages that we have heard today from the speech of the great scientists and medical experts and climate change experts，etc. Please convey to the leaders there. You are also a leader in the ＮＧＯs circle and I'm so honored to meet you. Nice to meet you.

And I am glad there is much enthusiasm and readiness for action on your part and the many ＮＧＯs present today or may not be present due to their busyness. The best way for ＮＧＯs to help is if all of you actively， together，encourage the number １ solution. The number １ and the most effective - that is，the vegan diet - to halt global warming， because we don't have much time now to wait for the green technology to even take effect. Even then， the green technology also takes more time even to install.

So the veg diet is the number １ because the meat industry emits the most heat trapping greenhouse gas for our planet， and pollution even - more than ５０％. Imagine？ Imagine if we eliminate more than ５０％ of harmful gas， then our planet at least cools off more than ５０％ almost immediately. And if we go into organic farming method， all the tillable land on the planet，if we use it all for organic farming， then that in turn also absorbs ４０％ of the CO２ in the atmosphere as well. So altogether combine this，we will cool the planet in no time. This is not anything mysterious or superstitious - it is all scientific. It's all proven and it's all clear.

So，it is you and your talents to organize， inform，and speaking out， that I rely on to get the governments' attention at the Copenhagen climate change meeting. Please do your best. And the government can further amplify this solution after hearing you out. The ＮＧＯs know well how to start the constructive movements in the world. They are very，very essential and very important to our planet. All the ＮＧＯs are very，very important to humanity and to our survival as well once they start the action.

And at this point， it takes all the efforts and all the ＮＧＯs， governments，media， the public， every single individual， to get involved. Our planet is a house that is burning. If we don't work together with a united spirit to put out the fire， we will not have a home anymore. One hundred percent of the world's people must be veg，soon， to save the planet. I thank you and all the ＮＧＯ leaders here today and the ones absent who started the vegan initiative. Please do more.

As for what I wish the Copenhagen conference to accomplish， I wish what you wish. I wish what everyone who cares about the planet wishes - that all the leaders come together for the highest benefit to all humanity and animals， and the environment. I wish they will gather not just as leaders， but as fathers，mothers， sisters，brothers and other concerned family members who truly wish to save their home for themselves and for their beloved ones. I wish they will all realize the urgent action needed to save this beautiful planet. With this kind of shared motivation， those gathered are more likely to be open to the real solution， which we all know is the organic vegan diet.

We can keep the emission goals， but must expand them and prioritize them wisely. First and foremost， eliminate the single largest source of human-caused methane， namely，livestock. Stop animal production then we will stop global warming - very simple，because global warming is caused by animal products. That's it. Very simple， straightforward， nothing mysterious， nothing difficult. Stop animal products，then we stop global warming. I can repeat that １０，０００ times and I never feel that I have said it enough.

Because to be honest， as the plans are going right now， we can't save the planet， I am so sorry. Not in time，not in time. It will be too late the way we are doing now， it will be too late to save our world. But，if we prioritize the vegan solution， be veg first， go green after we save the planet or a little bit slowly， because `go green' is too slow for the time that we have right now， for the urgent situation right now.

So we have to be veg first and that is also to go green at the same time. And then any other green technology， we will have time to develop and install. First，we have to survive. We cut down the number one cause of global warming. We have to eliminate animal products because we want to save the planet. Again， it really is so simple. And if it goes like this， we will have a saved world in no time. No animal products means having the planet.

And even a heavenly world we will have because being veg changes everything drastically， from the environment to people's mentality，to the standard of our world and to having peace in the world， to eliminate hunger， to have brotherhood truly for humankind. And we zoom it in， it will change Jeju Island into the greenest and most brilliant state we could ever imagine， as all corners of the Earth. With temperatures stabilized， ecosystems balanced， animals thriving in peace， and humans finding new health and happiness and incredible new inventions， our life will become a dreamlike Heaven as never imagined before. Thank you，Mr. Kim， and thanks again all the ＮＧＯs.

Grace (f): Thank you， Supreme Master Ching Hai， for all the amazing answers and for your precious time.

Supreme Master Ching Hai: Welcome.

Callie (f): We，the people of Jeju， are very much grateful to you for accepting our invitation and supporting us so much， supporting our children， our natural beauty， and our shared future.

Grace (f): Before closing this conference， Supreme Master Ching Hai， would you like to share a final message for us，please？

Supreme Master Ching Hai: Gladly. Yes，I could sit here and talk forever about how to save our planet. But since every happy time must end and you give me this privilege to close the meeting， I would also of course like to say: 『Sarang-heyo，Jeju.』 That means 『I love you，Jeju.』 I hope you understand my Korean. Love you，Jeju. And I thank you from the depths of my heart for your sincere presence， for your passionate care about the Earth，your precious participation and encouragement. I thank all of you， the precious specialists， the panelists， esteemed Governor， eloquent speakers， media members and all the caring audience members， for your precious time and your divine presence.

My appreciation again， goes to all the ＮＧＯs who organized this event， for your support and for making this meeting possible and in such an organized， orderly，beautiful manner. For everyone present， I would like to say; 『Your own voices have made it crystal clear that if we choose organic vegan as our solution， we can only win.』 Yes，we will win. Organic vegan is the healthy diet， which is the diet that calms the mind even， and，of course， will calm the climate， restore the green forests and harmony with all the animals. It's the diet that gives us peace of mind and frees our loving spirit. It's the diet that's mentioned in all the great religious scriptures of the world.

So please，remember， we have only to lose meat and we will gain everything else. You have taken the first step by declaring to be organic vegan one day a week. All the beautiful， noble ＮＧＯs， I thank you for that again. And now with this same courageous spirit， please be veg every day of the week， or just another six days， yes，and then next week， the same and the same for next week and the same for another week. One day at a time. One vegan day of the week， and the next day another vegan day of the week， and the next day， another vegan day of the week. That is very simple. Because organic vegan is the only way we can save the planet.

First，be vegan，okay？ If we can't find the organic vegetables or fruits，then please， be vegan first. Because this positive loving energy will envelop our planet， will be a protective shield for us. There's nothing else， no other green power can protect us in this crucial moment of danger. Please believe me. I have nothing to gain from telling you this， but I tell you because I'm one of you， because my love doesn't know any boundary between me， myself，my family or my country people or the people of Korea， or any other nationalities in the world. I love all people. I love all the beings on this planet and I want to save you all. I want to save them all. Please wake up and wake everybody else up before our house is burned down. Together we will win， together we will save this planet.

Not to save the planet for the sake of material existence，but because we save ourselves. We save our great Self which is compassionate， which is loving， which is merciful， which is godlike. All the scriptures of the religions tell us this， that we are the Buddha， that we can become Buddha as soon as we want， that we are the children of God. So we have to save our status as the greatest beings in the universe; the crown of the creation.

We must save our great quality; not just the planet， but ourselves，our heart， our nobility， our leadership on this beautiful spaceship we call planet Earth. We are the captains. We must lead the planet into safety and save our soul， save the best qualities that we have within us. Together， we can maintain not only the beautiful Jeju and all the South Korea as a wonderful paradise， but we will also save the whole world. You will all become heroes. You will all be my heroes. Please，be veg， go green. Love can change the world. Thank you. Be veg，go green， do good deeds. Thank you. Thank you，God bless you. God bless you all.

Grace (f): Thank you. Thank you very much， Supreme Master Ching Hai. From all of us here， we wish you the very best.

Callie (f): And we would like to once again thank all of the wonderful ＮＧＯs that organized this conference.

Grace (f): And our special thanks to Supreme Master Television. With headquarters in Los Angeles，USA， and inspired by Supreme Master Ching Hai， Supreme Master Television has been airing constructive programming for the world from １４ satellite platforms about climate change issues， the vegan lifestyle， love of animals and humanitarian works，and all the beautiful content is free of charge.

Callie (f): Ladies and gentlemen， let's give another warm applause for Supreme Master Television. Now，before we close the conference， I've got a question for you，Grace. Have you seen this photo？ Recently， (Grace (f): Yes，I have.) a German elementary student named Felix visited Korea. What he did was，he gently covered the mouth of His Excellency the Korean Prime Minister Han Seung-soo and this was to deliver his message， 『Please，no more talk. Take action！』

Grace (f): And ladies and gentlemen， we would like to close this conference with a similar call for action. Today，we discussed how to save the planet and keep our children healthy.

Callie (f): But we can only change the world if we are willing to change our lifestyles， starting right now. (Grace (f): Maybe even this evening.) Yes. And by adopting a vegan diet， we preserve the health of not only our children but also this beautiful planet.

Grace (f): So，ladies and gentlemen， tell us how you feel. Do you want to save the planet for all the beautiful children in the world？ If you do，please say， 『Yes.』

Supreme Master Ching Hai: Yes！ Yes！ Audience: Yes！

Supreme Master Ching Hai: Yes，we do it！

Grace (f): And can we do it？

Supreme Master Ching Hai: Yes！ We can！ Audience: Yes！

Grace (f): All right！ And how can we save the planet for our children？ Be Veg， Go Green， Save the Planet.

Be Veg！Go Green！ Save the Planet！ Yes！One more time！Be Veg！Go Green！Save the planet！ All right！

Supreme Master Ching Hai: Great people！ Great people！

Grace (f): Let's do it！ Let's all become vegans， and let's encourage everyone we know to be veg，too.

Callie (f): And this concludes the conference. We thank you all for your magnificent presence.

Grace (f): And thank you all the cherished viewers from around the world. We are all proud of you. Thank you.

Supreme Master Ching Hai: Thank you.

Grace and Callie (f): Bye. Bye.

Supreme Master Ching Hai: Bye. Wish you all the best of the best. Be veg， go green，do good deeds.

Shin Hee Sun (f): Hallo，everyone，my name is Shin Hee-Sun. I live in Jeju Island， South Korea and I am １８ years old this year. I am also a delegate of Korea for the climate change forum in Denmark，Copenhagen this December. Our planet is in a very urgent situation. I think that changing our lifestyle is the most important thing， and the easiest way. I totally agree with this idea about vegan diet. After listening to people from all over the world talk about how a vegan diet can change our life， I realized that not only vegan diet is good for our health， but also for the planet. Vegan diet is also the easiest and the quickest way to save our Earth. Be Veg！ Go Green！ Save the planet！

Yang Hong Gwan(m): As the person in charge of environmental issues in the Democratic Labor Party，I came here because I'm interested in climate change，which is the most urgent problem and requires action on a grand scale right now. The most important topics here were climate change and the vegetarian diet， and those are very significant solutions.

We should find ways to change what's on our dining table. This is the first thing to consider. The second thing to consider is is our school lunch， and thirdly， public institutions or industries as a whole. A vegetarian diet is a significant action， one that saves our physical body， our soul，and our planet， so I will choose this courageous path. Supreme Master Ching Hai， I'm so glad to see you. I got to meet you today so it was really joyful and a bit exciting，and I'm also very honored.

Lee Sun-Jae Principal，Folk Culture School，One Nation Cultural Institute (impression of master) Lee(m); It was so nice to hear what she (Supreme Master Ching Hai) said. I could really feel her sincerity， her love for humanity and for the world.

Reverend Kim Sang-Geun President，Jeju Consumer's Cooperation Rev. Kim (m): In this conference， I had the chance to learn the connection between children's health， global warming， and the vegan diet. There were so many good speeches today. We have to determine how to respond. We already have a plan: we set a vegan day and have vegan meals that day. We have to come to a social agreement that the entire island of Jeju should do this together.

Jeon In-Soo Chairperson，Jeju Ecology Nurturing Association English Jeon(f): Our nursery has been providing organic vegetarian meals once a week for seven years. As a result of this international conference， ２０ kindergarten classrooms are now required to provide organic vegetarian meals once a week， beginning October １.

Conference participants (in English) Be Veg！ Go Green！ Save the planet！ Mother(f): Bye-bye！