(I am a businessman.) Yeah. (And the condition that You put there for initiate people.) The what? (The initiation condition, that if You…) Oh. What condition you cannot bear? (Let’s say a very simple one. You cannot take [animal-people] meat, right?) You cannot eat (animal-people) meat. Right. So that you cannot bear? (How can we go to a restaurant without any vegan people?) We have vegan restaurants. (Not too many in this town.) Well, you can find one. (Yes, but...) Not many, doesn’t mean don’t have any. (Yes.) Or cook yourself. (Yes.) Or eat something and go home and eat more. (That’s right. But in the restaurant, even some vegetables, they put maybe oil from the animal[-people].) This is a small thing. (I know but…) Look, if you want GOD above all things, even if you die, you will go for it. (That’s right.) And if you still bargain for it, then forget it. You’re not ready? And wait next life. (I’m not bargaining, but I try to tell You that it could happen, even if I try to avoid it.) Understand. No, if you do it by mistake, it’s OK. (Oh. It’s OK?) GOD will not kill you. (I see, OK.) But don’t purposely... (No, no, no. I mean…) I mean exchange GOD for a piece of (animal-people) meat, that’s all. (No, no, no.) OK, that’s it.
(So if there’s something I cannot avoid, yet how can I avoid it?) If you know it, you avoid it. (Yes, of course.) If you don’t know, it’s alright. It’s forgivable. (That’s alright then. OK). Just that sometimes you don’t know it affects your meditation. (Yes, it makes me feel guilty.) No, no, no. You don’t even know it, so how can you feel guilty? Just that you meditate. (Afterward maybe I know it. After I eat it and then I taste it or something.) You might meditate, it doesn’t feel good. Even if you don’t know it, you will feel something not comfortable, but it will go away after you meditate more. (Yes.) And nobody will come and tell you that you’re bad or guilty, or anything. (OK.) Just that it might affect your meditation. (I see. OK.) Yes, that’s all. (Thank You.) You see, any conditions or rules that I laid down for you for meditation, it is kind of a practicing secret, practicing method. Understand? (Yes.) Just like you play football or you do business. There are some secret codes (Yes.) to do it successfully. (Yes.) If you abide by it, you are more successful. If you don’t, you are less successful. (That’s right.) This is all. Not that I forbid you from anything, but be responsible for your spiritual low income.
(That’s right. And then in the business world. You have to tell sometimes…) Look here. (Sorry.) How many businessmen in this room, stand up? Those business people, please stand up so I can see you. Stand up. Stand up. All the businessmen, stand up. (Yes.) No, only disciples. Non-disciples don’t need to. Disciples. Those who are my disciples and also doing business, stand up. All stand up, so I can have a look, both males and females. Look here. All of these people are businessmen. You know, the owner of this house (Yes.) is the biggest businessman that you know. (How can you avoid the lying?) You ask him. (Because…) Sit down. (How can you avoid lying to your client sometimes?) I don’t know how they avoid it. You try to do it if you want GOD enough. If you want to progress in the spiritual field, (You see…) even if you sacrifice your life, you’d do it. But even just a piece of (animal-people) meat, if you cannot do it, then don’t bother. (That’s right. That’s right.) Think it over. No rush. You can enjoy life here many hundreds of more years and come back again. Maybe you’ll see me. (OK. Thank You.)
(I’m doing business, Master.) Then you speak with a microphone. Here. Do you understand Chinese? (I can understand but I cannot speak.) OK. OK. Then you can speak in Chinese or English, whichever you prefer. (OK. I’m a businessman. Originally, I became vegan. And then, when I have a meeting with someone else, or have dinner or lunch with someone else, if I tell them that I’m vegan, they respect me very much, and they prepare special food for me, and then ask me some questions. I feel very good. In fact, a high-level person, they will respect you,) Yeah. (your personal hobby. They will respect you, no problem.) No problem.
They even learn to eat vegan with you. You set an example of non-violence, of living love for other people to follow. Why follow the world and not let the world follow you? So you have two choices. Be a great man and let people look up to you as an example or follow every other man and be like the rest. Now, if we follow GOD, of course, we follow the difficult and narrow path. If we follow the world, it’s easy and wide. But where will we go? In the Bible it is said, “Difficult and narrow is the path which leads to life and not many people will walk therein, but the wide and easy path is the path that leads to destruction and many will follow.” You see? (Yes.) So anyhow, it’s very difficult to be a man of Heaven. And it’s easy to be a man of the world. (Yes.) Most people are men of the world. If you want to be something different, then be. If you don’t want to be different, it’s alright. But do whatever you choose and stick to it. We just have to be honest with ourselves. Nobody forces us to be in Heaven or in hell. Yes, Madam. Give (the microphone).
I understand your question, it’s because you are honest. You don’t want to do something, then you’re not sure whether you can keep it or not. I understand. (That’s right.) This is coming from your honesty. But you must understand, as with any business, we have to put all our soul and mind in it to succeed. (That’s right.) So in the Bible it says, “Love your GOD with all your mind, your body and your soul.” It doesn’t say love with your lips only or your intellect. Even body, mind and soul, all put into it. Even in the old days, people followed Lord Jesus and the persecutor or the opposition, put them in a lion’s cage and all that and they willingly went, for their faith. Rather than go against their ideal and their belief. So if we just sacrifice somebody else’s flesh and not our own even, like the cow(-person’s) flesh, we don’t eat it. We sacrifice the piece of (animal-people) meat. It’s not even sacrificing our own flesh yet. And so, there’s no difficulty in it. You don’t need to worry so much. You see, all the big businessmen… Oh, I don’t know, some follow me from Taiwan (Formosa) even. Brother, stand up. He’s a big businessman in Taiwan (Formosa). He follows me everywhere just to give you a sample booklet or stand around, be my guard, or do whatever small things. And he’s a vegan. His wife is also there. Do you think they are foolish people?
(But in business life a lot of cheating is going on.) You don’t need to cheat to succeed. (Well, sometimes it’s life…) Be out of it. Be out of it. Be an honest man and face your own conscience with a big smile. Be a great man. (All businessmen say, “Oh, I don’t make money. You should put the price up, and everything.” Those things to me, it’s kind of… I don’t know.) You do what your conscience says “yes” to. You will not die out of starvation. (OK.) You will prosper more because you abide by GOD’s Love. And GOD will take care of you. (OK.) “Seek you first the Kingdom of GOD and all the things shall be added unto you.” I came to Taiwan (Formosa), I didn’t have anything, and now I have everything just because I’m absolutely for GOD. (OK.) Otherwise, I wouldn’t even have the chance to meet you today because I don’t have money to pay for the air ticket. (Thank You.) But I have everything. And including your love and the love of the people of the world. Just because I love GOD. I seek my own wisdom before everything else in the world. And then I have everything in the world also. Not because I want to seek GOD for everything in the world, but it just comes by the way.
Don’t worry, don’t worry. GOD will never forsake an honest and GOD-loving man. If you work for an ordinary boss in the world, he’ll give you wages, take care of your security and sickness. How would GOD not give you things when you work for HIRM? I mean, if you put all your trust in HIRM. Truly, you have to put your trust in GOD and we relax. If GOD doesn’t help you, even with all your cleverness, you’ll never succeed in business, I assure you. Do you know how many big businessmen fell down and are bankrupt? And do you know how many poor men believe in GOD and became successful? (OK. Thank You.)
(Master, I’d like to ask, if we want to follow Master to practice the Tao, we have to be vegan, right?) (Be vegan.) (Be vegan.) Yes, you have to be vegan. (Do we have to take a vow?) Ah? (Do we have to take a vow?) (Do we have to take an oath?) What kind of oath do you want to take? (Is it not…) No need. No need. (No need.) No need. (No need.) Except, after you are initiated by me. Before you enter the group meditation venue and mingle with everyone, you have to vow, “I haven’t violated the Precepts. I’ve not eaten meat.” Then you can enter. That’s all. (Yes.) It shows that you are the same as everyone else – you’re not coming in to deceive them by claiming you’re vegan, and then eating meat while mingling with them. That’s all.
(Now we’ve seen Master, and we want to follow You. If one day we want to quit, will we incur any sin?) No. (No.) Our mind… (If we leave, if we want to quit, it’s not a sin?) Your mind sometimes changes. I won’t blame you. (No. It won’t happen.) (No. I’m just worried. What I am asking is, would that be a sin?) No sin. That’s it. It’s just not good for yourself. (Oh… I see.) Because I’m your own soul. If you don’t follow your own soul, you’ll suffer a loss.
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