One with Virtue Can Rule the World  Excerpts from lectures by
the Venerable Master Hua In Memory of the Venerable Master Hsuan
Hua, Volume Two  * Don't do any evil. Do only meritorious acts.
Do only the things that benefit people. You should work only for
the people's welfare, not for your own. "When the Great Way
prevailed, every person was a part of public society, and the
public society belonged to everyone. People not only loved their
own parents and children, but loved the parents and children of
others as well." If you can follow this chapter on The
Explication of Great Unity through the Functioning of Propriety,
then you will be able to govern the nation well.  * To want
nothing at all is the best--that's to truly serve the people.
Don't use money to get elected. I am looking for a friend who
understands me, one who can govern the country without taking
money. Such a person can be a pure official. He does not hoard
money and loves the people as if they were his children. That's
the only way the country