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Rumi's Poem: As the Orchard Is with the Rain

No. 971
Date: 2008.08.22
Place: Europe
Occasion: International Seminar
Language: English

Subtitles: Arabic, Aulacese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Punjabi, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Thai, Turkish, Urdu (26)

Highlights

During an international gathering with Association members, Supreme Master Ching Hai shares the poem, “As the Orchard Is with the Rain,” by Sufi Master Rumi. In this poem, Noah compares his longing for God to the need of the orchard for rain. The Supreme Master encourages us to follow Noah’s example of always seeking God's comfort and refuge in case of any emergency, and trusting and obeying Hiers will.

Supreme Master also emphasizes that saving the planet is not just to save physical lives, but to give more time and opportunity for humans to shed incorrect concepts about God and religion, and to be able to return to their true Nature and save their soul.