The Essence of a Buddha, Part 1 of 5, Feb. 28, 2005, Hungary

Maybe I was born a Hungarian some other day, because I love (vegan) goulash very much. When I was alone, that was what I cooked. Well, I didn’t think it was goulash per se, but I cooked like that, similar, all the time. It’s a normal Chinese restaurant. And I just told her: “Cook whatever. All of us are vegetarian (vegan). We don’t even taste fish or sauce, meat sauce or anything; so please just bring anything that’s pure vegetarian (vegan). Please wash the cooking utensils.” And they did exactly. It tasted so good! It didn’t stink. And it tasted really good! They cooked with love! I was so pleased, I gave them double the price. I always love the Chinese. When they are abroad, they have a lot of hardship. Strange land, strange language. So I always, whenever I can buy things from the Chinese shop, I always buy.