You’d know it if you have teenagers at home. You all know it. Or kids in their twenties are also like that. Wow! It’s very tiring training them. If you often do things for them, then it is alright. When you tell them to do things, oh my, you’d rather die. Yeah, you’d have to explain for a long, long time. They do things very slowly. They’re not used to it, unable to get into the swing of things that quickly. Everything is done by the mother. They don’t understand their mother’s painstaking efforts. So when I come here, I’m in such a rush, and the work is so urgent. It’s truly very, very tiring. They lack that kind of experience of striving in life, they’ve never needed to struggle for survival; they lack that kind of spirit. Their IQ has gone to sleep, or has dropped. Their IQ was originally high, but then… They don’t use it every day! So it has become rusty.
So, those of you who have children, should train them more. It’s definitely hard work, but you have to teach them. Once they grow too old, how can you teach them in their twenties or thirties? At that time, they will cause trouble for the husband, or the wife – both will have trouble. If a wife cannot cook, one day her husband will become unhappy, and if he’s not happy, there’re many other women out there who can please him, etc. And if the husband only relies on his wife to cook, sometimes it may seem convenient. When he wants to practice the Method and eat vegan meals, but if his wife doesn’t cook, he’s finished. He wouldn’t be able to practice. Many people are like this. I’m telling you. Many men say, “I really like spiritual practice, but my wife refuses to cook vegan food for me.” I said, “Can’t you cook?” “Oh, I’ve never cooked. I don’t know how.” As soon as he goes into the kitchen, the gas stove almost explodes, etc. That’s how it is.
So I’m telling you, you must take care in training your kids from childhood. Same for the boys, and same for the girls. It’s best to teach them both the same things. So now, even though it’s already very late, our so-called monks and residents here have all become quite able. I’ve trained them for ten years. Of course it’s not as good as training them from childhood. But it’s much better than when they first arrived. Now they do things much faster. Very, very fast, not like when they first came, taking one step forward and three steps back. I was even worried they might fall.
Now, don’t you see that our monks and nuns do things much faster than you? (Yes.) No matter how quick you work outside. Because I worked very, very hard to train them here. Now even men can cook. Because if you can’t cook, you’re not independent. If your wife doesn’t cook, you’re finished. How would you survive? Then you’ll be bound by your meals, which is one aspect. And if you can’t sew your clothes and so on. If you can’t wash your clothes. Do not be bound by those silly things. Train yourself. If no one helps, then try doing it yourself. Read books or the like. We would rather have less delicious meals, but be more free – really. A free and simple life is the most comfortable.
It’s because recently I’ve been busier with saving the world and doing too many things, so I’ve become even busier. Otherwise, for one person alone, living a simple life is really convenient. For instance, I only eat a little bit per day, having some soup in the morning or… Soup. (Soup, right.) Or a bun. Most of the time I don’t eat anything at all. Then in the afternoon, I just have one meal. Just a bowl of soup, and one plate, with rice and vegetables together. That’s enough for me. If there’s nothing like that then I eat… How do you say it? Happy… (Rice ball.) Happy rice ball. I can also live. Back when I was in a retreat, I ate brown rice with sesame powder and soy sauce. And it was OK; I didn’t die. Maybe I got a little slimmer, so I looked even better in clothes.
When living alone, we don’t need to rely on anyone. If you don’t have any responsibilities, it’s really unnecessary. If you’re single like me, there’s no need to take care of anyone, and no need to earn money. So you see, even though I earn a lot, it’s only for helping the world, for those in need. As for me alone, I just eat one plate of food a day. Why do I have to work so hard? I even have to wear three outfits a day. “If You don’t wear them, people won’t buy them.” Normally I don’t come out very often. So, when I happen to come out, I just wear them all at once. It’s often like that. Otherwise, the Celestial Clothes team will put pressure on me. They bring many clothes, and if they don’t see me wearing them, they’ll react differently; they’ll be upset. They like to see new photos of me in new outfits. And the news team also asks for new photos.
And you Buddhas and Bodhisattvas also ask for new photos. Every time you come and ask, “Are there any new ones? Is there anything new?” Where do you put all the photos you bought? One photo for each person will do. Also, when new books are published, they also ask for new photos. They turn me into a colorful Master. Never before has any Enlightened Master been so colorful. Is “colorful” a bad word? (No.) Is it good? Colorful. (Yes.) Flowery. (Green.) And blue. And green. It seems we’ve never seen one this “colorful.” So “colorful.” (No.) So many styles and colors.
But it’s fun this way. Just sometimes there’s pressure. Sometimes there’s pressure. But sometimes since we have video recordings, and cameras, in every video, if people see the same person wearing the same clothes, they’ll feel bored, and lose interest. If they see different clothes – ah! Their minds will feel more comfortable. Trick the mind a little, it makes us happy, (Yes.) and allows us to meditate in peace. That is because our mind loves beauty; it loves looking at things; it loves seeing new things. We have been like that since childhood. We love wearing new clothes. (Yes.) We have been like this since we were young. During the New Year, wow! Everyone is cheerful and happy. Because of new clothes, and so on. We already knew this since childhood. It’s not that we only start liking beauty when we grow up. Even small children, just two or three years old, if you give them new clothes, wow, look at how happy they are. Because we are naturally born to love truth, goodness, and beauty. We naturally appreciate any form of truth, goodness, and beauty. It is not only about the inner qualities; the outer also reflects the inner. Even if we don’t see the inside, it’s still nice to see it on the outside. Better than nothing. So that’s how it is.
Therefore, I see that sometimes… well, now we are also nice. I just sacrifice a little, rush a little bit, and act faster, so that each video has different colors. It’s also more comfortable for your eyes. Yeah? Does it make a difference? (Yes.) Yes. It affects our minds. When our minds are happy, they give us less trouble. Then we also enjoy watching more, and the more we watch, the more we understand, and the faster we understand. That makes us more stable in our spiritual practice. Of course, my work is never finished. There will always be new people coming. It’s not possible that I teach you today, you improve, and I rest tomorrow. No, no, no, no, no. As you go out distributing sample booklets and magazines, and so on…. like using mobile methods of spreading the Dharma, traveling to propagate the teachings, TV advertisements, and many other ways, there will always be more new initiates. Even if I don’t go out, there are still new initiates.
New initiates mean new karma, new habits that need to be changed. And then this fervent spirit is like they just became a Buddha. Like a freshly graduated doctor who wants to operate on everyone. Yes? Is that not so? Are there any surgeons here? No. So, they cause a lot of trouble. When they see a dog- or a cat(-person), they also give sample booklets. “Read it! If you read it, you’ll receive blessings. Read it!” Dog(-people) are not interested in sample booklets. They just want to eat something, like vegan ham, vegan steak, vegan pork ribs and things like that. Why would they want to read your sample booklet? But you keep forcing them: “You’ll definitely get blessings.” Someone even wrote to me, saying: “Master, about the dog(-person), I’ve let him take a look at Your picture. Will he get blessings?” I said, “That’s crazy.” Poor dog(-person). He was walking quietly along the road when someone pressed his head down and said, “Look! Look Who this is! Look Who that is?” The dog(-person) goes “Awoo…” “Woof! Woof!” It’s already very good that he didn’t bite the sample booklet. Why would he want to look! For example like that.
Previously, when we went out preaching, some funny things happened. For instance, some brothers were careless and left our flyers lying around just anywhere, and a cow(-person) came and ate them. There was no grass around, so when the cow(-person) saw them, “Oh, looks nice, I’ll give it a try.” She has never seen anything like it before. “Let me taste it, why is this grass white? How strange.” They just placed them on the grass, right on the ground, so she chewed them. Then everyone happily said, “Wow! That cow(-person) is very blessed.” What kind of blessing is that? By eating one piece of our flyer, or a few pieces, where is the blessing? What kind of blessing could she get?
He said, “It’s strange, Master. Why didn’t she eat other things around but ate only the flyer. What do You think?” I said, “I think you guys are really silly. You need to take good care of your things. It’s not meant for cow(-people) to eat.” He said that all around the cow(-people), there were fruit jams, bread, vegan cheese, vegan milk, tea, and coffee, “Why didn’t she eat them?” I said, “Cow(-people), of course, don’t eat those kinds of things!” She doesn’t drink milk, she has that herself. Does this cow(-person) want to drink milk? It’s truly very… Really “brain damaged.” “Drink milk.”
And then he said, “Wow! It’s really mysterious! She didn’t eat anything else, just the flyers.” I said, “That’s because it’s the closest thing to grass.” Flyers are made from trees. She smelt the… (The smell.) She knew it came from nature. After all, cow(-people) are Buddhas as well. She had her Buddha Nature, so she knew it was made from trees and was safe to eat. Rat(-people) also eat (Paper.) paper. And cockroaches. When rat(-people) are sick or have stomach distress, they would go eat grass or paper. Just like when we humans eat vegan food. He is smart, he knows to eat things that contain fiber. Fiber. Things that contain fiber, can help eliminate toxic substances or waste that hasn’t been excreted properly. When things aren’t excreted properly, he eats it to flush them out, and then his stomach recovers. Even cat(-people) would look for grass to eat. Yes? (Yes.) Ah, I haven’t forgotten that. That’s how it is. There wasn’t much grass around. So when she saw the “white grass,” she thought, “It’s all grass anyway. Who cares if it’s white or black?” Then ate it. After that, she wanted to come back for more. I said, “That’s enough blessing for her. Quickly, take the flyers away.” They’re so cute.
Why did we come to the cow(-people)? It happened in Costa Rica. What was the topic that led us to this? (New initiates.) New initiates. Yes, yes, yes. They have so many weird ideas beyond my imagination. Even those “scientific fiction” are not as incredible as our new initiates. They can write just about anything. Since you all are so excited and have come up with so many speculative ideas, you might as well write a book full of those speculations. Those kinds of books sell really well and make a lot of money. You can just write whatever you want.
Alright. Where was I before I went off to talk for so long? This doctor, three hundred patients. What about the other one? How many “heads”? How many patients? No, no, no, the one in the back. He is a dentist, and he has extracted teeth for 80 people. No more patients for him. (He charged very cheap.) (Report to Master, the Chinese medicine section has seen more than 520 patients.) Wow! Do you have translation? Was there a translator? (One did come at last. […] is very good at translation.) He is very good.
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