Anything else? Anything more? Alright, let me go home, OK? (Going home so early?) What do you mean early? (It’s not even nine o’clock yet.) Going home to eat, I’m hungry. What time is it? (Master is hungry. Master is hungry, let Her go home, OK? It’s 7 PM.) I’m getting a little hungry, just letting you know. I’m starting to feel hungry now. About to faint from hunger. (Laughter will make the hunger go away.) Laughter makes hunger go away? (Yes.) Well, you laugh and that stops the hunger; but I talk, then it… I’m just joking, it’s fine. Eat and sleep happen every day, no worries. It’s not going anywhere, no need to worry. But you all have to go home too, today is an unusual day, right? Because I can go see you, that is OK, but I don’t know what to say when we meet. (Anything You say is fine.) (We’re just happy to see You.) I don’t talk much. (Attaining enlightenment is just by looking at Master – that’s enough.) Just looking is enough. Why are you so happy, do you think you’ll gain weight from it? Gain weight from happiness.
By the way, where’s that lady who always speaks in the Bình Định dialect, where did she disappear to? (Sister […]?) Where did she go? (Meditating in the kitchen?) (She disappeared.) Haven’t seen her in a long time. (She just moved to live with […]. She just moved, Master.) Left her husband again? (Yes, yes.) Huh? (She couldn't live there... Her husband was too difficult, so she moved out, yes.) Oh dear! I don’t know if it’s him being difficult or her. I can’t… Maybe she keeps telling miracle stories all day, and he got scared. Afraid she might fly off into the sky. And the kids went with her too? (Yes, yes. All three.) Did her daughters come here? (No.) Why? Why wasn’t there any announcement? (I called, but no one answered. I did call, but no one was there.) (They’re at my house, Master.) Oh. (Earlier, they came after school and took their mom here, but then… they left much earlier than me.) Did they get lost? (Their mom was here already, but they left to pick up the younger sibling.) Oh, did they get lost or something? (They’ve been on the road for hours.) Oh dear, is it that far? (Traffic jam. Traffic jam. It’s traffic right now.) Oh, stuck in traffic? (Yes.) Oh, poor things. (I went home, and she was crying so much. If You leave, she’ll cry…) If I leave, she’ll cry? But I can’t sit here to wait all night, no? OK. No problem.
Let’s meet another time, OK? What’s the point of meeting? Your attraction force is too weak. Put on a few more pounds. OK, that’s enough. We meet tomorrow. Tomorrow or the day after? Or let’s meet on Sunday. (Yes, tomorrow. Any day. Any day works, Master. Any day is fine, Master.) (Tomorrow is Sunday.) Huh? (Sunday, Master.) (Tomorrow, or the day after.) (Two days as well.) (Master, will You give initiation?) Initiation? Why do you keep asking me that? How many people for initiation? Do you know? Do you know the number? There’s no one, right? (Seems like there are about 20-something people.) Twenty-something people? If it’s 20-something, let’s do it on Sunday. (Yes.) Sunday or Saturday. Sunday, right? (Initiation on Sunday.) Sunday, afternoon or morning, either works. Contact them. But if it’s in the morning, there’s no time, and there’s no space to sit. (Group meditation in the morning. Sunday morning group meditation.) If we meditate together, there’s no space to sit. And with so many people from outside, it might be difficult. Or how about the afternoon? (After group meditation in the afternoon. Do it in the afternoon.) After group meditation.
(Saturday afternoon. Yes, Saturday afternoon.) Saturday afternoon works? (Yes, Saturday afternoon is good. Saturday afternoon is good.) Alright. OK. Saturday afternoon? (Yes.) But isn’t there group meditation on Saturday afternoon? (Or next Saturday afternoon.) Saturday afternoon also has group meditation. (Yes, it does.) (But there aren’t many people, Master.) (Yes, there aren’t many people, Master.) (Do it on Sunday, Master. Or Saturday, when there’re few [people] in the afternoon.) Saturday morning has a lot of people? (No, Sunday morning has more.) Saturday afternoon has fewer people? OK. (Yes.) OK. Saturday morning? (Yes.) But is Saturday morning convenient for people? Saturday morning is OK. (Whatever is convenient for You, Master.) OK. Saturday afternoon. OK, fine. Right. Good. [It] doesn’t work, huh? You (cameraman) don’t have power. Ah, let’s do Saturday afternoon, around 3 PM, or maybe 2 PM, OK? (Yes.) 2 PM, OK? This Saturday, give them initiation at two o’clock. (OK. OK. Master.) OK. Do it here. (OK.) Is Saturday “Saturday” in English? (Yes.) OK.
You see my new style? Just half. Did you have that also? (No.) No? I thought it is very in. It’s mine. It’s me. Half only. See, first you put pink or clear, and then whatever color you want. You know why? Because you can do that in the car, and you don’t worry that it smears all over. Sometimes I just point one, two, three and then spray on and finished. And whatever color you want, immediately. It's only half. It's also nice, no? Nice. The “crazy” lady is here. (I’m so... Master, I’m sitting way up there.) I know, I know, I know. I just asked about you, and you showed up. She just arrived, that’s why I smelled her. I just sensed her presence and mentioned it. I just talked about you and you showed up instantly. Your daughters are here too? (Yes.)
A new tip for you. Very easy, because sometimes you wear clothes [of] different colors. You cannot change quickly if you want to do the whole thing. It’s difficult. You just tip it on the tip. You know, just on the tip. (Yes.) And then you change color every day. Yeah, you can do that. Like today you wear white, and you just do pink or something. And tomorrow darker color, red. And the next day violet. Yeah. So, I have three colors on my fingers. You can do it in the car, and you don’t worry that it smears. You see. If you do the whole thing, it’s… So, I just invented a new method. This is just for fun, by the way, OK? Any beautiful people using this technique will have to pay. Pay the copyright fee, you hear? Pay to me. The author retains the copyright, got it? (Yes.) Well, it’s fine, right? (Yes, it’s beautiful, Master. It’s unique.) Looks like a tulip flower, right? (Yes.) Unique, huh? Colorful. (So beautiful, Master. So beautiful!)
(I’ve been sitting here staring at Your hand, Master.) Oh, you thought it was messed up, huh? (Because I see it’s beautiful.) No, it’s not. Beautiful, huh? (Yes.) Yeah. Down here, we put a basic color like pink or white, something simple. (Yes.) Then, we add a darker color on top, like a tulip. (Yes.) It’s noticeable afterward, because I am short on time. Sometimes when I wear a pink outfit and my nails have a different color, it looks odd, so I add some pink polish to match, to make it look complete, you see? (Yes.) It’s just for the love of beauty, not for showing off. Love of beauty. We present ourselves to... Let’s say, we introduce ourselves to the world with a more complete look, that’s all. Otherwise, to have one side green and the other red looks weird. People might think we don’t know how to dress properly. Then they might bad-mouth and say my husband left me, so I became a nun.
(Last Sunday, Master, we watched Your film, and oh, my God, You were so beautiful. So beautiful!) Which film? Which one? (The ones in Chicago.) Chicago, really? (Yes, two places were showing it, Master. Even my sister, who doesn’t follow You yet, praised You so much. So beautiful!) (Maybe they showed it on TV, Master.) (On TV.) (They showed Your image on TV.) (Yes, they aired it.) Where? Where? (On eight channels. On the San Diego channel, Master.) Five screens showing it? (Yes.) How long was it on? (Just a few minutes.) Just a few minutes, can’t be that beautiful? (Three minutes.) Three minutes. And which other channels? (Channel 2.) Channel 2? Which one is that? (A new channel.) (62.) An American channel or an Aulacese (Vietnamese) one? (An Aulacese [Vietnamese] channel. It’s a half-hour program by Aulacese [Vietnamese]) people, Master.) Oh, half an hour of an Aulacese (Vietnamese) channel, and they showed me for a few minutes? (Three minutes.) Three minutes is a lot already. (Yes, they also showed Your teachings for five minutes every other week.) Oh, really? (Yes.) Wow! And did you “pay to publish” for that? (No, there was no paid posting, but we didn’t want to take to advantage of them either, Master.) As long as it looks beautiful, then that’s fine, who says anything? (Yes.)
So what happened? Did you record it? Did you record it? (Yes, yes. […] recorded it.) (I didn’t bring it though.) Didn’t bring it? Did they record here? (Yes, fellow practitioners recorded it, Master.) So, you just watched it and then forgot about it? (We’re saving it.) (Right. Someone managed to record it.) (Yes, we arranged to have it recorded.) Where’s the recording? Show me. Show me, let me see. Why don’t you let me see it? (We’ll bring it on Saturday, Master.) OK. (Tomorrow, tomorrow.) Tomorrow. Not sure if I’ll want to come tomorrow. (Please come, Master. Come tomorrow.) I cannot tell [yet about] tomorrow. Tomorrow, if I promise, then tomorrow I’ll just feel restless, itchy. Tomorrow? What date is it tomorrow? (The 9th.) The 9th again? (Tomorrow is Saturday, one more day.) Yeah. I probably won’t stay here long. Maybe visit for two, three, four days, and then I leave. (Yes.) Not two, three days. Two days. (Two or three days straight, Master.) Tomorrow, OK? (Yes.) Yeah, one more time tomorrow and that’s it. Then we’ll see after that, OK? (Yes.)
(Two, three, four more days, please.) No, just two or three. (Master, please stay for another month.) Two plus three is… (Five days.) Two plus two is four, see. Two plus two is four, OK? (Two plus three.) (One, two, three, four consecutive days.) No, no. I cannot do it. OK. Every day… What do you call it, every day? (Every day.) “Live life day by day.” How to say it in Aulacese (Vietnamese)? (One day, skip one day.) No. How can “live life day by day” be like skipping one day? (The next day after that.) (Another day.) It’s called “one day at a time.” We’ll figure it out day by day, OK? (Yes.) OK. (Master changed it quickly. First, You said two plus three is five, now You’re saying we’ll take it day by day.) Because I’m a flexible person. (It’s a loss for this person.) What loss? Gaining so much. Enough that I am gaining, doesn’t matter if you gain or lose. I gained three days, right?
(It’s been so long since we’ve seen You, Master. Let us see You a bit more.) What are you missing? (I miss You so much, Master.) Too far away, traveling back and forth is tiring. (Not tiring at all. Not tiring at all.) (News that You’re here makes us happy, Master.) Announcement makes you happy? (Just hearing makes us happy.) Your heart starts pounding, huh? (My heart is pounding, Master.) (This afternoon, I was working, but as soon as I heard Master was coming, I ran over here immediately.) Ran over immediately? (Left school and ran straight here.) Seeing me too much can be tiring. We just met in Hawaii, and recently again in Chicago. (Many people couldn’t make it, though.) Many people didn’t come? If they didn’t come, then never mind. If they didn’t come, then so be it. (We come all the time, but we still miss You, Master.) Coming all the time but still missing me? What do you miss, exactly? What is it you miss?
(I heard Master came back to the US but didn’t visit the meditation center. I wished for it just yesterday. Then today, I heard the news, and I was shaking, I didn’t even eat. I was running around trying to find someone to bring me here.) No wonder you’ve lost three or four pounds. (I’m just so happy, that’s all.) Why so dramatic? (Master, she says “Missing You makes me unable to eat or sleep, loving You, I love even the road You walk on.”) Oh God, oh God, oh God! Oh God! No wonder her husband couldn’t bear it. You already have five or six children, and still so romantic, huh? Did your children come? They did? Three of them? (Yes.) Four of them? (Yes.) Did you leave home again? You became a nun? You guys... (I’m a terrible practitioner, Master. I’m so bad. Or maybe it’s because You’re testing me, I don’t even know.) (I tried hard, but it didn’t work. He wouldn’t let me stay, so I left him.) Ah, really? (Following Master is much better.) He wouldn’t let you stay? (No.) Oh. Well, then your worldly karma is ended. Good for you.
He didn’t let you stay. It’s not that you didn’t want to, right? (Yes, exactly, Master.) Yeah, then it’s good. (I told him, “If you let the kids and me practice spiritually, then I’ll dedicate my entire life to serve you. Because my Master taught me that practicing doesn’t mean abandoning your husband and children. To practice joyfully while taking care of husband and kids. So if you let me practice, I’ll stay and serve you for the rest of my life.”) Wow! (That’s what Master taught me, after all.) Yeah. (It’s not that I left him to follow You, Master. It’s just that he wouldn’t let me practice, that’s all, wouldn’t let my kids and me practice.) Oh, then you’ve probably settled your debts with him, huh? (Right.) Feel free now. (What do other sisters think? Following Master is blissful!) OK. I give up, I surrender to her.
(Master, You know, I wrote a poem, I was afraid he’d get jealous. I wrote a poem like this, to tell him not to be jealous. I said: “My Master is thin and frail. But inside, there’s full of love. My Master is an Ancient Buddha from Heaven. She came down here to teach us to practice, so we can graduate and become Buddhas and Saints.”) Wow, wow, wow. (“Loving Master, I can’t eat or sleep. Loving Master, I love even the road You walk on. My Master is a Buddha, but there’s nothing joyful about it. Because She wants to bear the karma of all beings. She advises the world to practice spiritually. Only through the [Quan Yin] Meditation Method can we find peace in the future.”) Wow. (“Life must endure) Enough. (the storms from all directions. Like a boat without a dock, how can it reach the shore? Heaven’s gate opens...”) Enough, mama!
(Master, I was afraid he’d be jealous, afraid he’d ask why I love You so much that I can’t eat or sleep. I was afraid he’d get jealous, so I wrote him a poem too. He loved it! Master, can I read my poem [for him] to You? Master, I was afraid he’d get jealous, but I am not afraid of him.) It doesn’t matter. (I was really scared he’d get jealous, so I said... Dear Master, I said: “Husband... I never referenced myself as ‘your wife’ before but now I softened my tone and referred to myself as ‘your wife.’”) If he overheard these things while visiting fellow practitioners, of course, he kicked you out of the house.
(Please don’t laugh! I’m reading it to my Master only. So if you hear it, don’t laugh. I said: “My dear husband is thin and frail.”) Oh God, oh God! Why does that sound just like me? (This part made me laugh. I said...) You can’t just copy my poem. (No, no.) It’s my copyright. (I was just scared he’d be jealous, so I wrote that poem for him.) It has to be original; you can’t do that. (Then I said: “Inside you, there’s full of love. You are from the Heavens, Came down here to practice spiritually, Try hard to graduate as a Buddha or Saint.”) Oh God, oh God! (That’s what I said. And I copied it from You, Master, to make sure he wouldn’t get jealous. Why I love Master only. So I said...) Copying like this would make him more upset. (“Loving you, I can’t eat or sleep.”) Enough, forget it. Secondhand stuff. (Alright, enough? OK, OK.) Stop it, mama! Reading it like that, he’ll know you copied and gave him a secondhand poem – he won’t accept it. (Yes.) Love must be firsthand; who would want secondhand love? Alright, time to go home. Go home, we’ll meet tomorrow. (Yes.)
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