So, refining a stone cannot make a mirror. (Yes, yes.) Polishing a stone cannot make a mirror. That’s what it means. Because if your level is not high enough, it’s really useless. So, in the past, I also taught a lot of people, but not everyone stayed. They left and ate (animal-people) meat and drank alcohol again. But at that time, if I hadn’t done it this way, it wouldn’t have worked. Otherwise, where would you go? Right? You wouldn’t even be here. If I didn’t teach openly, and offered a big sale, then the customers would all have run away. There’d be no one. So, it’s alright, even if the customers were lousy. I’d train them slowly after they came in. Afterwards, I’d sell at a higher price.
So, like some people in Africa, they go look for gemstones. Do you know how they do it? They go to that… They dig very deep into the earth, or sometimes they dig the soil along the river, and then filter it with mesh. They do the filtering every day, all day long. They dig up a lot of soil, and might only get one piece like this. And that single piece they find, they don’t get all the profit, because it’s still very coarse. They sell it cheap, and then slowly, it’ll be resold again and again, and then sold to the middleman who’ll polish it slowly, then it’ll become expensive. Normally, it’s not so expensive when it’s dug out, and also, it’s not easy to extract.
But some are from the very big mines, they can extract a lot in the mines. But they hide them, because if there are too many, then they can’t be sold, and will become sand. Become those crushed stones like we have here. So, that old initiate can also wear one string on herself. It looks shiny, and it’s cheap too. So now, it’s expensive, she cannot afford to wear it. So, she wears the plastic one, or one made of stone. It’s also a kind of stone. Was she “polished” over there?
Who are these people? (Korean.) Korean? (Residents in Korea.) Hallo. You’ve come so early. Do you enter only now? Didn’t know it before? You don’t know? (They’re helping at Loving Food.) Right. Is there still (vegan) chocolate? (Yes.) Come, come. (They’ve been given some.) (We’ve reserved some.) One for each. (Give it to them.) One, one person. I brought it. Take one. Everybody one piece. One piece only. Not too many. Maybe some more Koreans will come. One piece. Just to taste. And everything else, you can eat a lot. Understand? Is anyone translating? (Yes.) You come here to translate. It’s alright. He understands. Only one, OK? If two... Yeah, yeah.
I’m here just for you to have a look. We’ll talk again later. (OK.) I’ll go back to take a shower, brush my teeth, and wash my face. (OK. Thank You, Master.) Thank you for the breakfast. (Thank You, Master.) I’ll eat it later, if I feel like eating. See you later, OK? (OK.) (Bye-bye.) Love, love. Thank you.
Wow, it’s hot here. It should be cold at this time. How come it’s so hot? (Right.) Oh! (It’ll get cold on Sunday.) So, I’ll tell you another very important thing. (OK.) Just by the way. The whole world is nervous now because of climate change. Do you know it or not? (We know.) Therefore, we save whatever we can save here. OK? (OK.) We use whatever is reusable. OK? (OK.)
We buy those recycled products. (Yes.) We buy whatever, for example, toilet paper, we buy the one that’s made from recycled paper. OK? (OK.) But do not apply it to food-related items. For example, not for this. (OK.) Or those things used in the kitchen; you have to buy better ones, of course. (OK.) And then things like toilet paper, you buy the one made from recycled paper if you can. (OK.) We use the recycled ones, whenever we can. OK? (OK.)
And use energy-saving light bulbs. (OK.) And then about the car, drive it only when it’s necessary. (OK.) Gradually, let’s eliminate those… We’ll buy the one without harmful gas. (OK.) It’s not that fast, (OK.) but we do whatever we can. OK? (OK.) Recycling those bottles, we have to use a separate bag, OK? (Yes.) And another bag for paper. (Yes.) Pack them separately. (Yes.) If there is leftover food, we can keep it and use it as fertilizer. (Yes.) For example like that.
If you have time, (Yes, we are doing that.) and if possible, it’s better to plant our own vegetables to eat. The fresher the vegetables we eat, the more we’ll have... (Energy.) I don’t know how to say it in Chinese. It’s called “Lipid” in English. Lipid means the vitality of life, vibrant vitality. It exists only in fresh vegetables. So, eating vegetables should really be good. But sometimes we have to buy from outside, it’s unavoidable. But it’s also nice if we can plant some. It’s good for our bodies, clean and full of vitality.
Scientists have found a place in Pakistan. There’s a place where the villagers live in a very remote area, leading a hard life. Not too much contact with the so-called civilized world, but they live to more than 100 years old, many of them. And they (the men) can even beget children at the age of over 100. Yes! Still can become a father. It’s very famous in the world. So, some people went there to find out why. And then they saw the water there was very good, good quality, very clean, never polluted. Of course, there are no cars there, no contamination of any kind. The water flows down from the high mountains, etc. There are a lot of minerals in the water. It’s very good for them to drink. But they also found in very fresh vegetables, there’s also the so-called Lipid.
If we eat more of Lipid, our body will be healthier and make us live longer. That’s how it is. I don’t know how good our water is here. (Good.) (Very good.) (Our water here is very good.) Really good? Good water, huh? Good wind, good water. OK. That’s the situation.
I told you, when I was on the airplane, the stewardesses crowded around me. They asked where I live. I said I live in Hsihu, but I don’t know the address. So, I said, if you want to visit me, please find the address on the internet, because I also don’t know the address. At that time, I didn’t have the phone number for here, so I also couldn’t find anyone. So, I asked her to look for it on the internet. Since she knows who I am, it should be easy to find me, right? I don’t know how to find myself. Really. I don’t know how to find anything on the internet. I don’t know anything. I’m helpless with those machines. I don’t have the patience to use them.
So, if any air stewardess says that she’s here, just let her in. Let me know. (OK.) Don’t embarrass them. (OK.) I said, “The day after tomorrow, it’s New Year and everyone can come. If you want to come, you’re welcome, no problem.” Since I invited them to my house, I have no idea where. I only remember it’s in Hsihu, luckily.
And then I also remembered another location. I said that there’s a closer location. Hsihu is a village, and there’s an even smaller location. I said that I remember it’s called some “Long…” (Houlong.) Later, I asked others and then remembered it’s “Houlong.” (Houlung.) But I forgot the address. I didn’t know about the address. I didn’t even have any of your phone numbers here. I had to ask from here to abroad to find out.
I didn’t bring anything. I thought no one in the neighborhood knew me. In case someone checks, he won’t know who I am, but it turns out they all know. No need to check. She even took pictures. Many people wanted to take pictures with me. I asked her, “Why do you want to take my picture?” And she said, “Oh! Are You Supreme Master Ching Hai?” I said, “Yes. And then?” She said, “Because one of my colleagues admires You very much. So, I am taking Your picture to show off to her. It’ll definitely be a big sensation in my office. ‘You see, you admire Her, but you have nothing. But I have a picture with Her!’” The whole group wanted to take pictures with me, and others were called over to take pictures. So, I waited patiently over there. They’re just too cute. Can’t help it.
(Master.) Yes? (Mr. Chen would like to say good-bye to Master.) Yes, of course, if you need to go. OK, bye-bye. My driver. (Oh, thank you.) He didn’t know my address and still dared to take me. This is my family, I’m telling you… This is truly my family. Those over there are my relatives. Be careful. Is everything OK? Are there any (vegan) biscuits to bring home? Yes. It’s a good one. It’s the same. Take them home for your family to eat. It’s alright. Wrap them up. (Yes, there’s a lid for this.) This is beautiful. You are welcome if you want to come. If you don’t come, then Happy New Year! (I’ll come on New Year’s Day.) Good. Come any time you want. Just that there are performances on New Year’s Day, for the children. (To make it lively.) It’ll be livelier. Thank you. Do you know the way out?
You also have to disband! (OK.) (Thank You, Master.) I’ll go and have a rest. (OK.) (Thank You, Master.) OK. (Thank You.) (Thank You, Master.) Come, those who haven’t got it. (Hug.)
OK? (Yes.) Everybody. Good? Can watch TV? (Yes.) In Korea? [Supreme Master] TV, can watch? Clear? (Clear.) It’s good? No broken, broken? Sometimes broken? Wonderful. Because you have high-speed (Yes.) broadband. Good. Good. See you later. [If] you want some more, in here. (Thank You.) OK. (Ciao ciao.) See you later. (OK. Thank You, Master.) Bye-bye. (Thanks.)
Where’s is my house? (The building above, second floor.) OK. I’ll walk to the second floor. (Here, no more. The car is here.) Then I’ll go this way. (Yes.) Very good. Careful, careful, careful. (Mind the back.) Someone is watering so much. Who is there? (It’s the driver. The driver’s leaving.) Are you leaving, too? (I’ll show him the way down.) Lead the way. OK, very good. (Thank You. Thank You.) He’ll take care of you. (OK.) Ciao. Bye. (Thank You.) Have a nice trip. Thank you. Ciao.
(Hallo, Master.) Hallo, everyone. Thank you all. (Thank You, Master.) Is anyone watering here? How can you water so many plants? (Yes, we can. He uses the hose to water, one by one in the morning.) Using a hose is very fast. Good. So beautiful. Why don’t we plant them all. Not this one. It’ll go bad even if you plant it. (Yes, yes.) Some of them will go bad. Some will not. (Yes, yes.) In this case, we just plant it. (OK.) Are these rented or purchased? (We bought all of them.) Bought. Never mind. We just plant it. (OK. Yes.)
Will it look better planted without the pot? Or just leave it like that? (Perhaps like that for the time being. Tomorrow, VIPs will arrive, after that we’ll...) Not enough time. OK. Then leave it like that. It also looks nice. (Yes.) It looks really different with the flowers. So beautiful. Thank you. Alright. Give way. I’ll see you later. (See You later.) See you later, guys. Love you. (See you later.)
What are you busy with? (Nothing.) Busy? (Busy decorating the place.) Busy decorating the place? You have work to do? (Yes.) OK. See you later. (OK.) When will it be finished? (Almost done, finishing up.) OK. OK. (Likely we’ll finish it today.)
