I’m very busy. If you want me to learn Korean, Japanese, and also Thai, then I can never finish learning. However, if you meditate well inside, you can see me appear inside. I’ll speak to you in Korean inside. No problem. This body has not yet been trained to speak many languages. But inside, the Master can speak all languages. I have many (transcendental) bodies, doing different kinds of work. The physical body is limited but the spiritual body is limitless. It’s best that you meditate more and look inside, and see my (transcendental) body from inside. She can do anything for you; She can speak all languages.
(I’d already seen You, before I ever met You in person. So that thing You are touching right now – what is it? That cushion and You, I had seen beforehand.) (Before Master came here, she had already seen Master.) Take your time. (I saw You riding the wind and turning the cushion. So I wonder what kind of connection that is between You and me. After meeting You, I’m even more curious.) You speak paragraph by paragraph. (She says that before Master came, she had already seen Master. And the sofa that Master was sitting on seemed to be spinning. The sofa was spinning.) Like that. (What kind of affinity is that?) It’s she who saw it. Why ask me? When she saw the Master, why didn’t she ask Her? Now you know. Many people saw Her. Which means the Master is omnipresent. If not for that, you’d think that I come to hypnotize you, or you see the inner Master only after you have seen me. Then you know that I am a real Master. (I understand.)
(Thank You very much.) (Thank You very much.) (In Korea these days, it is said that the era of Shakyamuni Buddha has passed and that Maitreya Buddha has newly arrived. Therefore, Maitreya Buddha is widely worshipped these days. I would appreciate it if You could tell us what You know about it.) (He says that the era of Sakyamuni Buddha is already over in Korea. Now there’s another… What he said is perhaps Maitreya Buddha, Who is now very popular. What do You think about that? How do You feel about that?) Why do I have to mind others’ business? If Maitreya Buddha is here, then you follow Him. But I myself haven’t seen Him. I cannot introduce you to Him. If you happen to see Him, introduce me. Where is He? Where is Maitreya Buddha? Where does He live? Which hotel does He stay in? (No, it’s not about where he lives... These days, many temples in Korea are building statues of Maitreya Buddha.) (He said that it’s not about where He lives. It’s about many people worshipping Him.) Without a real person, how can they worship? Before worshipping Him, at least you have to see Him. If not, whom are you worshipping? At least you have to know His phone number before worshipping. How can there be nothing at all? Tell me if you see Him and I’ll go to worship Him, too. If not, don’t introduce Him. You ask him, “Isn’t it so?”
OK. Wait, wait. (I feel truly honored to meet You.) (He’s very honored to see Master.) (I feel truly honored to meet You. When I first saw You, I was watching You from afar as You approached... Without realizing it…) Why do you keep “Ka”ing? (I was deeply moved. And without realizing it, I felt tears welling up in my eyes.) Got it. Got it. (Got it. When Master was walking, he was watching You from a distance. He just stood there, very touched inside, and then shed tears.) Yesterday there were several people, a few men crying there. I saw it. He cried during meditation, and cried also when I touched his head. It’s because our souls are connected. The soul knows that we haven’t met for a long time, and now finally have found each other. I understand. Let him speak. He still wants to speak. Right? Now he’s crying. You speak again after crying. OK? Tissue paper.
(Let me ask one more question.) (Are you done crying?) (Yes.) (He has finished crying.) (I thought I was confident about being vegetarian [vegan] until now... But yesterday, after reading a book, when I was about to eat breakfast in the morning, I prepared miso soup using boiled water and anchovies.) (He just got initiated yesterday. This morning, he read Master’s books and was about to take his meal. Someone in his family cooked tofu with small fish[-people], to make a miso soup.) Bonito? (Small fish[-people].) (Someone was cooking fish[-people].) And then? (Then, when I thought about it, I realized that the only things I could eat at home were rice and soy sauce.) (He was slowly thinking… He thought that at home what he could eat was only plain rice and soy sauce.)
You go to buy your own tofu. (But before, I used to think that I was a vegetarian if I did not eat animal[-people] meat. And today, when I was having lunch, I went to a restaurant that serves casual foods. I deliberately went to that restaurant and ordered the noodles. When I ordered it, I found that it also contained anchovy broth.) (He used to think that being a vegetarian means just skipping meat. He thought that since he could not eat like that, he went to the restaurant outside…) He can come here to eat. (He went to a restaurant and found that the noodle soup was also made with fish[-people].) Here we cook by ourselves. Very simple. Come here to ask monks and nuns how to cook simple food.
We don’t have to cook complicated meals. Let me teach you a few tricks. Everyone has plain rice and noodles. Now, buy some tofu, a few pieces of tofu, some gluten, (There is no gluten here.) and a lot of… (Fried tofu.) (Fried tofu.) Fried tofu contains protein that is vegan. There’s protein in all legumes. You can eat raw tofu like this. And then, you put… If you cannot fry vegetables, just blanch the vegetables. And then eat with tofu and rice. Just eat blanched vegetables with soy sauce. When we go out for lectures, sometimes we also eat simple. I sometimes cook like that. I cook for our monks and nuns.
The more we practice spiritually, the less we eat. Don’t worry. You can buy any kind of vegan protein; vegan protein. Fry it briefly with some oil, add some soy sauce, Maggi sauce, then it’s delicious. If you don’t know how to cook, come here and join the group; you teach each other. Buy the vegan cookbook. Don’t just because of a few pieces of (animal-people) meat transmigrate in the circle of birth and death. It’s not that difficult. Not that difficult. When I go outside, I suffer more than you do. Because I don’t have a home and just stay anywhere. Sometimes the hotel doesn’t cook for us, so we just eat randomly. Today I didn’t eat much, either. Maybe a bowl of rice. With a little bit of vegetables, one or two spoons of vegetables. That’s it. And then half a pack of instant noodles. Before coming here, I ate half a pack of instant noodles. You can survive. Don’t be afraid. Have to have faith. Most of us can only absorb… Our meals can only provide us with 30% of the whole nutrition. Thirty percent of our nutrition comes from rice and vegetables, not much.
There’s a spiritual practitioner in India. Sometimes, for several months, he only drinks. Reciting Buddha’s Names and meditating. He also climbs mountains and crosses rivers. Every day, he walks a long distance, not just stays home. The more we practice spiritually, our vitality will naturally come out. It’s not from the food. Don’t worry. Don’t worry. Sooner or later, we’ll die. Come here to learn from them. Buy more tofu. Or just cook mixed vegetables. Buy beans and tofu or some dry (vegan) protein. Then stir fry them together with some oil and then add in other vegetables. Cut all of them into pieces and throw them all in, stir fry briefly, and then cover the lid. Eat with rice, and there is enough nutrition. Before, when I was busy – I was busy from seven in the morning till eleven at night for the refugees – I ate every day like that.
Photo Caption: Oh, Life Is So Blessed Here. Praise GOD!
