Cultivating Oneself
is Necessary
before Governing One's Country

Pearls of Wisdom

 

 

 

 

Spoken by Supreme Master Ching Hai, Four-day International Retreat,
Washington DC, USA, December 23, 1997 (Originally in English) DVD #604

Most great leaders have spiritual aspirations in their hearts; that's why they’re great. If not, they’re just politicians, bad ones at best. If they don't have spiritual goals to sustain their souls, they can’t even be good politicians. They can't be good at anything.
 

So spiritual attainment is the most important thing we have to achieve in this life before we can achieve anything else, be it financial status, fame, name or politics. If we want to lead people, we have to first lead ourselves out of darkness.



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