Enlightenment comes alone whenever we seek it. When the time is ripe, enlightenment comes. But not from any kind of physical abuse or asceticism. […]
OK. Well, we can be monks too, but we should work, some little things for our living. That’s why I told you we must earn our own bread, because we are provided with tools and intelligence. We are not a disabled fox(-person). If we are, maybe God provides for us. It happens. It happens like that. But since we are not disabled, why should we walk the way of a disabled animal(-person)? We should walk like lion-, tiger-, elephant-, horse(-people). We should be the provider and not the beggar, not the receiver. That’s the way of life, I think. As long as we are still in this illusionary world, we should provide for ourselves, train ourselves. Play with these tools, experiment with our ability and intelligence. Let’s see what life has to offer. Let’s see what tomorrow will bring. With our intelligence and abilities, we watch life growing inside us. We watch life changing with the seasons. We watch our tools bring benefit to ourselves, our family, and the society at large.
We have intelligence, we should use it. Wisdom is one thing, intelligence and ability are another thing. Wisdom, we keep. Wisdom can never be taken away from us. Wisdom can never be trained, can never be defiled, can never be lessened or increased. But intelligence, knowledge, we should use just to deal with daily life in this mundane world. The wisdom, we keep for ourselves and we can use it for a greater, more noble purpose. Like getting other people enlightened or getting ourselves more power, so that we can help those in need. Like healing without healing. Like knowing without knowing, helping without helping, blessing the world without even a trace of arrogance and without a trace of credit for our part. That’s the way we should be. So, today we meditate or tomorrow we meditate, every day we meditate. This is just like walking the way of the tiger(-person).
We provide, we bless, we don’t ask, we don’t beg. I think God, Angels, Bodhisattvas, They are doing Their parts already. They are having Their job done. And now we have to follow in Their footsteps and do Their jobs too, not always praying for ourselves or begging for this ephemeral life. Whenever we truly need something, we may pray for it just for that necessity, so that we can go on with our spiritual life, but not forever being a beggar in the spiritual kingdom. Is that right? (Yes.)
OK, then from now on, you can be a beggar, take some food. Take some blessed (vegan) food and eat them, so that you may bless other people in the future. Good night. Good night. Good night. Do you all understand? Yeah? Understand? (Understand.) Today my English is not so good. I said my English is not very good today. I stumble around with words. But tomorrow may be better. Tomorrow, the foreigners may sit here and meditate, whenever you feel like it, morning or night or evening. Whoever can come up, should come. First for the whites. Let them have it because they’re a rare species. Here in Asia, they’re a rare species. And then others like the monks, Korean monks, and other faraway lands like Peru, many… The further the guests come, the nearer we let them sit. Those coming from very far places can sit here tomorrow. Or those who have never been here. Tomorrow they’re all allowed. Meaning foreigners. Not local initiates. There’s no need to even see me. You’ve been used to seeing me. OK. Good night. Good night. (Good night.) Here the foreigners can take, each one, one or two. From there too. Welcome. See you around. See my (vegan) shoes? Love (vegan) shoes. Look. The high-heeled Master. Good night. (Good night.) Good night.
About those hats of ours, have they come back yet? (They said that they’re already selling them.) Selling now? (Yes.) OK. If you feel very cold, go get one of those new hats quickly, it can wrap your ears. Very comfortable for meditation. I often wore it, too. Today it’s not very cold. And it feels warm where I sit. So I don’t need to wear that hat. If anybody needs more warmth, please consider the hat. I think the telephonist will be able to tell you. Got it? Be warm. Keep warm, alright? And before you sleep, you do some Quan Yin (inner Heavenly Sound) meditation. That will make your body warm all over and beautiful. And before you know it, you’re already in Heaven, where there’s no work to do. That’s where you dream to go to, no-work-to-do place – no work, and then you’d feel like hell (like in the story told earlier). OK. Good night. (Good night.) Before you sleep, do the (inner Heavenly) Sound meditation for a while, then your whole body will feel warm, and you’ll have a good sleep. Understand? (Yes. Understand.) OK. Good. Good night. (Good night.)
Starting from tomorrow, all you boys sit here. From here all the way to the bamboo grove. As for the girls, go by that road in front of Master. Don’t come in through here anymore. Because whatever I said doesn’t work. So from today on, except for the boys, no girls are allowed to pass through here. That’s it. Girls should take a different route. They can’t sit here and can’t pass through here either. This makes it very clear-cut. Otherwise, I say this today, and tomorrow everything will be a mess again. Understand? (Understand.) The whole place, from the middle to the bamboo garden. And the park on this side. These places all belong to the boys. Even those sitting above here, should only be boys. And then from the middle facing me, to the left side next to the chicken(-people)’s farm, belongs to the girls. Understand? (Understand.) In the future, it’ll always be like that. The same also applies to “new born babies.” No. I mean when you meditate. During meditation, girls absolutely cannot enter; take another route. Just sit on my right side. That is very straightforward, no? Otherwise, they’d always squeeze and squeeze, and then the boys are here, and later the girls come. All messed up. And then the boys are squeezed everywhere disorderly. Boys are rare here; you have to somehow protect them. OK. Good night. (Good night.)
You have the translation, OK? Next time you sit in the front, you can see me better. [Take] care of yourself because nobody does. Too many people, they cannot see you. Do you know? Tomorrow, only boys on this side, also over here. (Yes.) The place near the toilets also belongs to the boys. (Yes.) Girls go to the other places. (OK.) Do it this way. (That side.) It will be like this during the 7-day retreat, when you meditate. During 7-day retreats and also on Sundays when you meditate. (Yes. OK.) If girls have to pass through, take another route. (Yes.) Walk over there from above. (Yes. Understand.) And the boys go from this side, got it? (OK. Understand. Got it.) Remember. (Understand. OK.) I don’t want to say it again. (Yes, understood.) OK. Thank you. (Good night, Master.) (Good night, Master.)
Even for those kitchen people or team members, the same rule also applies. (OK.) Otherwise, what should we do? If there are men and women, it’ll be over here. No, no. What about the guards? Guards… the men sit there, yes or no? (Yes.) Yeah. Male guards sit there. Female guards sit here. (OK.) There should be two different areas. OK? (OK.) (Yes.) Girls go from that side. (Understand. Yes.) Only during meditation hours. (OK.) But if anyone is caught sitting in the wrong place, take away their ID cards. (Yes.) Tell them clearly. (Understand.) From today on, anyone sitting in the wrong place during meditation or during 3-day or 7-day retreats, and on Sundays, return their ID cards to me. Do you understand or not? (Understand.) For those who don’t know, write it down and post it near the toilets. Write it down, where is for males and where is for females, write it clearly. Write on a signboard and put it near the road sign, saying: “No passing for females.” Over there, it is: “No passing for males.” (Yes.)
But sometimes because of work, working people can just walk from up there. (Yes.) Just don’t pass through our main meditation hall and then it’s fine. Then there won’t be confusion. (Yes.) They don’t have to sit there or pass by there. (Yes.) For example, for the sake of convenience, both males and females can walk through from above. (Pass through from above.) For working or other reasons. (Yes.) The place above the nectar river. (Yes, yes, yes.) Or where the Publication Distribution Center is. (Yes.) Pass through from there. (Yes. Understand.) This side all belongs to the boys. (OK.) Then that side all belongs to the girls. Then it’s more straightforward. (OK. Yes.) Don’t mess around anymore. (Yes.) Very troublesome. Always have the same problems. Whatever I’ve instructed them, they never do it correctly. Every time I look, it’s a total mess. OK. (OK. Got it.) Please.
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