“When we are volunteering, we should not reject keeping precepts and keeping the mind to be stable and pure. Volunteering or giving or helping or sharing only is not enough. We need to keep precepts, by not killing, by not stealing, by not doing sexual misconduct, by not telling lies, by not using drugs and alcohol. Besides, we need to be mindful to have stable and pure mind. We should emphasize the mind to be stable and pure. When we are meditating like this we emphasize the mind to be stable and pure. Besides, we are also keeping precepts naturally. When we are in sitting position, we are not killing, we are not stealing, we are not breaking the precepts. Besides, we should understand that we are volunteering in practicing meditation also. If only a few people are practicing meditation, it is more difficult. If many people and foreigners and well known persons are practicing meditation, it is encouraging, more easy. You should volunteer, you should meditate, not only for yourself, but also for others. If no one is meditating here in this country, you will have difficulty meditating. Because many people are meditatings in this country, it’s easy for you to meditate here in this country. Also, people here have a strong desire to meditate if they see the foreigners meditating together with the local people. So this is also volunteering in meditation. If you are able, you should try to share your experience. You can teach what you understand. This is also, not only teaching, but also volunteering in teaching about the truth. It is necessary to do all kinds of good deeds together, not only practicing meditation, but also keeping precepts and volunteering. So it is complete. But most of the volunteers are not practicing like this. They will emphasize only to volunteer, to donate, to help, to share what they understand. That is not complete. You are still young. You are intelligent. You are healthy. That’s why you should do all kinds of good deeds as much as you can. In this way you can develop the standard of the volunteers and meditators. It is difficult in the beginning but easy in the long term. You need to be patient. Compared to volunteering, keeping precepts is more important. Compared to volunteering and keeping precepts, practicing meditation is the most important. So we should try to do the best in doing good deeds. We cannot do it alone, but we can do it together. If more and more volunteers and meditators are understanding and practicing like this, it will not be difficult. It is difficult for volunteers, not to break precepts and to keep the mind stable and pure. But it is possible. We should try to do it. If there is a will there will be a way.”