How should we practice the perfect charity and true meditation? During an international gathering, Supreme Master Ching Hai revealed the answer through the Diamond Sutra which recorded the wisdom of the great Shakyamuni Buddha: “A perfect gift, a perfect charity, it is when you give without giving.”

The Supreme Master reminded us that only when our intention in practice is to help all sentient beings to reach eternal peace as we attain the highest Buddha Nature will we be able to control our mind and do true meditation. However, as the full Truth is realized, we will understand that there are in fact no sentient beings to be delivered because there is no selfhood that can begin this search of the highest perception of Buddhahood.