Comments on: Ching Hai: Supreme Master…Of Hypocrisy

By: Michael

Michael — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 18:43:35 +0000

faster and easier way to god? lmao! I highly doubt it. CH is primarily a combination of bad theological mixes with a guru in tow…

i liked your photoshopping.. great!

By: keith

keith — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 21:14:39 +0000

I didn’t say Master Ching Hai took money from people - I suspect you are making a knee-jerk reaction to the normal criticisms of cults. I personally don’t care which god you subcribe to; all I want is honesty and truth. The bible was written over centuries and, not surprisingly, it is full on contradictions: www.godsdirectcontact.org was written over a couple of years, and is equally full of contradictions. I think Master needs a good editor

By: Moss

Moss — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:46:35 +0000

I am an Initiate of Master Ching Hai and lives in South Africa. I am suprised by what people allege and so religiosly propagate as what they know about the Master. Forgive maybe I am also indoctrinated, but apart from having found the way to God through Her, nothing about me has changed. I have never donated and was never asked to donate any money or anything to the Her or the Organisation. Maybe I am too far to be requested, but I have been in her presence and her message about giving is that if one has more than enough, then they may give to those less fortunate, in our own backyards and our streets. My life has only experienced bliss I must be honest. If anyone is to say Master or any of her desciples asked for donation, let them please inform me. If anyone does not beleive in her message, if you believe in the Almighty God, it is sufficient. Master only provides the faster and easier way to God in return for nothing, this has been my experience.

By: keith

keith — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:53:53 +0000

Very astute comments. The more I look at organised religions, the more I realise they reflect and assist the strengthening of the Domination Culture. Domineering, imperial powers have always needed strong power structures - having a single deity at the top, be it supernatural or human, makes the job of control far easier.

Keith

By: gaby santiago

gaby santiago — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:24:19 +0000

Very interesting… more than 10 years ago I found Master Ching Hai’s work because one of my friends, a back then atheist decided to switch and she became one of her followers. Since I was 7 years old (I’m 31 now) I wanted to become vegetarian but for obvious reasons I couldn’t until I finally started studying about Buddhism.

At the beginning, I really thought and considered Ching Hai a good role model, I became vegan and started digging for info about her ministry. I first knew that she was really into charity and all that but she started changing her appearance. She was first wearing Buddhist clothing and she shaved her head but then she started wearing nice clothes and jewelry with diamonds and other precious gems. Hmmm, i didn’t like it. That was totally against Buddhist principles: “attachment to material world.”

I decided that was not a role model to follow. Unfortunately, i think she got totally into the demagogy and the economical power that that brings with it. There are several websites that unveil the nature of her ministry. it is sad that those people with a magnetic personality only use it for money at others’ expenses.

I think your message was clear and I honestly don’t expect they reply it. When somebody accepts to give money to soembody else just because “god” says so, a lot of brainwashing has been already performed, I mean, how can you justify that the religious leaders :(including the pope and other gurus) wear silk and gold while an overwhelming percentage of people live with less than a dollar per day and have “no heaven” because actually people like the religious leaders and their followers (rich and insensible) destroy the ecosystem and it becomes “wasteland?”

Im very mad now, damn, religion is consistently making more harm than good!

By: Russ

Russ — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:36:40 +0000

This is familiar to me. Here in America in the 19th century there was an ideology which said basically the wilderness is the devil’s land, to which man has been relegated since he was cast out of the Garden of Eden. Therefore it followed that the more man “reclaimed” the earth, the more he destroyed the wilderness, the closer he was bringing himself back to god.

Politicians here don’t openly talk like this anymore. I think James Watt was the last to regularly do so. But I imagine alot of them still think it.