OK. Well then, thank you, everyone. (Yes.) Go home safely and take care. (Thank You, Master.) We’re always together. Everyone has different work to do. I stay here to do my work, and you go home to do yours. Try to spread the good news to more people so they can change. Once people change for the better, our world will naturally become peaceful. It affects the people of Âu Lạc (Vietnam). (Yes.) Because Aulacese (Vietnamese) people living abroad are practicing, that’s why the country is starting to change, right? It’s changing. (It’s thanks to You, Master.) I said it would change. No need to fight the communists – a waste of effort.
We cultivate ourselves, then naturally we can manage our family, then govern the country and bring peace to the world. The ancients weren’t wrong when they said that. Aulacese (Vietnamese) people have tradition, have blood ties, shared ancestry. So when we practice abroad, it has an effect inside the country. Because Vietnamese people always think of their homeland, right? Âu Lạc – oops, sorry, forgot. So when we practice outside, it will definitely influence what’s inside.
And if you happen to say it wrong, at least say “Việt Nam,” not “Diệt Nam,” OK? Việt – as in the people of the South. So the name Âu Lạc is the best. Each day we recite “Âu Lạc,” and the country will become peaceful and prosperous. Alright, I wish you all safe travels. Come visit me when you have time. (Yes.) Thank you for your love. Thank you, thank you for your affection. Master knows. But it’s OK! We practice together, then help the world – that’s what’s truly good, not just sitting together all the time, right? Each person has to sacrifice a little. Alright then, goodbye!
You’re heading home too? (I’m going home tomorrow morning.) Tomorrow? Oh, alright. Then stay a while longer – go out and light a fire. Go do what? (Vegan) barbeque? (Alone?) No, not alone. You, together with the Americans, and Koreans, and many Aulacese (Vietnamese) who stay. All the boys are here. You take care. The boys, you take care of those foreigners. Talk to them, try to communicate. Take care of them. And not only the Aulacese (Vietnamese), the Koreans and the Americans, because you all speak English. I guess. I hope. (I’m staying a few more days at least.) Alright. If you want to stay, that’s fine. (Let her go back.) What about the plane ticket? (Well, the flight hasn’t landed yet…) Just go already, dear! If you stay too long, the little kids will be crying. Bye. See you next time.
No wonder it rains so heavily today. Everyone works together. If two countries cry together, what do you think? Both countries have similar fate, also have the North-South communism. (Yes.) Korea and Âu Lạc (Vietnam) are very similar. No wonder I have so much affinity with them. When he sees me, he thinks, “We both share similar fate.” Germany? (Yes.) Germany. Are you Chinese? (A mix of everything, Master.) A mix, huh? (Yes.) Wow! Talking so much now you even know how to say “a mix.” Âu Lạc (Vietnam), huh? (Yes, Âu Lạc [Vietnam].) Who’s going home? Oh wait, no, no. Going home now? (Right now.) At 1 o’clock. One o’clock, huh? (Yes.)
One, two, three. Koreans? Singapore? Come over. Give me the (vegan) cookies. (OK. OK.) But you just came back from a trip? (I got to go yesterday.) You just got back from a trip yesterday? (Yes.) Why did you play for so long? You may go. (Thank You, Master.) You may leave. (OK.) Otherwise… There is one more. (One more. OK.) Those from Hong Kong are also going now? Why are you the last one to leave? Have the others from Hong Kong all left? (Yes.) Only one remains. Aren’t they afraid that you’ll have any problem? (I won’t have any problem.) No? OK. Bon voyage (Have a good trip). (Thank You, Master.) We are all Chinese, anyway. What’s the big deal? I want to look at foreigners, not look at our own people. Alright. Have a nice trip. (Bye-bye, Master.) Tong, go get some rest. Alright then, go home safely. Leaving at 4 o’clock, right? (Yes.) But later, I might not have time to see you. So better to meet now and leave early, just get it over with.
Was the trip fun? (Yes, it was.) (It seemed like… not that fun.) Not fun? (Yes, it was! It was really fun.) Who told you to go? If it wasn’t fun, why go? Who told you to go? You just wanted to try, right? (Yes.) You were afraid that if you didn’t go, you might miss out on something fun, so you went. You went, so now you have to deal with it. Did I say whoever wanted to go could go, and if not, then don’t? (No, didn’t hear that.) (Yes.) (Didn’t hear. Heard it. Heard it said.) In the last moment, I still clearly reminded you – told Đồng to go announce it. Didn’t Đồng say it? (Yes, yes.) (It was announced, but at the last moment when Master called me, they had already left. When I went out, they had gone already.)
But didn’t I say earlier that whoever wanted to go could go, if not, then don’t? (No, that wasn’t said.) (Before that, you said Master gave permission to go.) (So it was allowed.) Yes, I said permission was given – not that I forced you to go! You wanted to go too, but when it wasn’t fun, you came back and blame others. But if it was fun, you’d come back saying, “Oh, that was great! That was great!” (A lot of fellow practitioners went too, Master.) But you go try it, and if it’s not fun, you come back and blame others quickly. (Yes.)
Are all these people leaving today? These four going together? You are going too? Did your mom say anything? Not yet? You’ll find out once you’re home? Probably nothing will happen. If she sees you gained seven pounds, she’ll say she has to send a check over here. Send one check per pound – how much is that? Got to calculate properly. How much for a bag of meat outside? At the very least, we have to charge for the meat. As for the spiritual blessing – that’s free. Seven pounds, huh? Any more than that? (One or two pounds more.) Probably one or two more, so nine pounds. Alright, we’ll charge for seven pounds, the other two pounds will be... Free. (Free.) Free. Bonus. Coupon. How much is a kilo of meat? (I don’t know, Master.) Oh my gosh, just became vegan for a few months and already acting like you forgot everything. Pretending like you forgot it all, huh? Alright, alright then.
Do you want anything else? No? If not, then go home. (Master, come to my house.) (I want to look at You some more, Master.) Want to look. Not today, don’t look – my face is breaking out with pimples everywhere. (Master, You’re beautiful.) Pimples and still beautiful? (Yes.) They say some people are even trying to get a pimple but can’t find one. Let them come. Whoever wants one, come here, I’ll give you one. Face full of pimples and they say it’s pretty. They say having two or three is cute. Oh my! Pimples and still cute. Who told you to come here and waste money? (Master is beautiful.)
(Dear Master, when You visit all the Centers, all the fellow practitioners are very happy and joyful.) (Yes, everyone feels the same.) Of course they’re joyful. Seeing a big crowd, it’s lively and fun. (Some people came and cooked all kinds of things.) Well, they really respect fellow practitioners. Formosa (Taiwanese) people really respect fellow practitioners. (They really pressure us to eat, Master.) They force you to eat? (Even when we closed the door and tried to run, they still followed with the food.) Closed the door and ran, and they still chased after you with food? (That’s nothing, Master.) (They threw it through the window.) Threw it through the window? Threw blessed food in, huh? (Yes.) Blessed it themselves and threw it in, right? Couldn’t close the door in time? (That’s right, couldn’t make it.) (Vegan) snacks and candy just flying in like that? My goodness! And they say spiritual practice has no magical power. Americans may not have magical powers, but Formosan (Taiwanese) sure do. No matter where you hide, you can’t escape their food.
Taiwan (Formosa) has so much food. Life there is abundant. Clothes, food, everything is super cheap. Did you buy clothes? Do you know? Don’t know? (No.) In America, you buy one outfit, there you can buy three. (Wow.) Food in America is cheap too, not that expensive, right? (Yes.) But still not as cheap as there, right? (Yes.) Oh, there the fruit and everything is so satisfying to eat. There are poor people there too, not everyone is rich. But not poor to the level of Âu Lạc (Vietnam). (Yes.) Or like in many other countries where people only eat one meal a day, that doesn’t happen there. Sometimes there’s not even one meal a day. You eat one day and then fast for two or three days, that kind of thing doesn’t happen there. In Formosa (Taiwan), that doesn’t happen. The government provides full support. It’s not like people are extremely wealthy or luxurious, but they’re not so poor that they’re cold and starving. There’s enough food and medicine. For the poor, medicine is given for free. Even the welfare money is enough to eat. So, it’s not to the point of starvation and suffering like in Âu Lạc (Vietnam).
There, if someone wants to work, they’ll definitely find a job. There’s no such thing as unemployment. Many people just don’t want to work. But if they do want to, there are jobs available. Sometimes they’re just picky and don’t want to do hard labor, so they don’t work. But there’s no real unemployment there. The government even has to figure out how to import labor. Import labor. That’s why Master tried to find a way to bring in Aulacese (Vietnamese) people, but they just keep making it difficult. They wait until people are sent back to Âu Lạc (Vietnam), then say it’s OK, then what’s the point?
It’s so frustrating, thinking about the Âu Lạc (Vietnam) issue every day. The refugees are pitiful. If going back to Âu Lạc (Vietnam) meant the government would treat them fairly, then it would be fine, we wouldn’t say anything. It’s not like we want to keep them here for no reason. After all, our homeland is still better, right? But the fear is they’ll go back and be mistreated, persecuted cruelly and made to suffer. If they could return and live freely, then there’d be no problem. Who would say anything?
People could go back whenever they wanted. But because they don’t know what the future holds, they’re afraid. That’s why Aulacese (Vietnamese) refugees are scared – they don’t know what will happen if they return. But if they could go back and live normally and freely, then who wouldn’t want to go home? I heard someone had a handful of gold saved, but still chose to stay in the refugee camp rather than return to Âu Lạc (Vietnam). It’s not true that they left because they were poor, say it wrongly. If they were poor, how did they have money to buy gold, or to buy tickets to go by boat? To escape like that, you need a lot of money, don’t you? (Yes, that’s right.) That amount of money is enough to live on for a whole lifetime, so why would they need to flee if they were truly poor? So it’s not because of poverty. It’s sad, huh?
Photo Caption: AH! Life Here Is Still Looking Bright!
