But I still think the root of the problem is drinking, smoking, drugs. From there, everything is bad! Because once you lose your mind, you can do anything. You know the story of the Buddha, in the Buddha's time. Somebody says, "OK, you keep all the precepts: Don't kill, don't steal, don't commit adultery, don't tell lies and don't drink." And the man says, "I can keep the other four, but the ‘don't drink,’ I can't." And then he drinks and he then kills and tells lies – all kinds of things happen because he drinks and is drunk.
At least first to begin with, write the warning on the alcohol, and write it in every alcohol shop. And write on all the meat or fish or things like that. Just say, "Some being has just been murdered for you." At least, to tell them the truth like that. Tell people so they have a choice. Because people don't know about it! They know that they eat meat, but they keep eating it every day, they don't even think. But if you make them know that it this is a choice they make, then they might think.
So, if we take away alcohol and all that meat and cigarettes, then families would be much better already, and school would be a better place. So, it affects everything! The effect of a clean life is really big! It is not just for one person or one family, it affects the whole society. So I think the world should do this. If they just do like us, follow our example! Don't even need to study meditation with me or become all saints. I don't need to teach them; they don't need to come see me. All they do is just live a clean life, and pray to God even.
I suppose any good government would like to keep his subjects healthy, happy, intelligent. No? And that's the aim of any leader of the government. So, if anybody helps the government to do that, then they should be the friends of the government. And we are friends of the government, because we keep the society sober, clean, morally high, by making an example, and spreading this example, or keep giving people teachings to do just that. …Otherwise, imagine if everybody just does what we do? Vegan, no alcohol, no drugs, no cigarettes – would be so clean, more healthy, save a lot of money. And everybody would be happy – will have a good house, good car, good health, good family, good example for the children in the school, nothing happens anymore – less.
