(What I am going to say next is that, a fellow initiate prepared a song, which took her a long time. Since it was Your birthday yesterday, and then… our song could not make it to the performance list due to too many programs. Two or three hours later today we will be leaving. May we present the song to You? Master, please...) OK. (Accept it.) OK. Your sincerity is good enough. No need of… No need to tire yourselves out. (Thank You, Master.) Two? Or just she alone? (Me.) Is she your wife? Why do you speak for her? (My wife is sitting over there.) OK. So, only one person? (Yes.) Alright. Sing it.
(Geese coming from the south and wind blowing to the north. Singing folk music for Ching Hai.) Very good. (Thank You.) (Celebrating the festival with joy. Happy song flies out from my heart. Singing folk music for Ching Hai. Wishing Master a Happy Birthday. Singing folk music for Ching Hai. Wishing Master Happy Birthday. My song is like the rising tide and my love is like flowers. Mother and children rejoice together. A song represents a heart that is for Ching Hai Buddha. A song represents a heart that is for Ching Hai Buddha. The Sun rises to give warmth. Mother, You are taking Your children back Home. Hence liberated from the suffering of the Three Realms. I will never forget the loving-kindness of Mother. Hence liberated from the suffering of the Three Realms. I will never forget the loving-kindness of Mother.) Wow! (Thank You.)
(There is one more song: “Quan Yin Method is like the Sun.”) (The Quan Yin Method is like the Sun Master’s Teaching is like gold, shining and glittering. Master Ching Hai points to us the direction Saving all sentient beings, immeasurable merits. La Do La So Fa So Fa Mi Re Fa Mi Re Do Mi Re Mi Re Si La So La Do So All sentient beings have been reincarnating for ten of millions of years. The dark night is longing for dawn.) Wow. (Now that we have encountered Ching Hai Buddha Dark clouds are driven away and the Sun is seen. La Do La So Fa So Fa Mi Re Fa Mi Re Do Mi Re Mi Re Si La So La Do So Every day I do the Light and Sound meditation Practice diligently and have a strong faith in the Tao. Your Teachings, We will always remember in our hearts. Your children will follow You closely, Working hard to progress forever. Ah…)
Wow! (Thank You.) Very pleasant to hear. (Vegan) candies, candies in the back. Give some candy. Give her some candy. (Beautiful voice.) (Sister here.) You give some, give some. You just take away, give. (Thank You.) As a reward. I cannot imagine that at such an old age you can still sing so beautifully. Your voice is very beautiful. Do all people in China have such a bright voice? (Brighter.) Are your voices mostly like that? Very bright. (Master, this song…) (More to come. More to come. Let me sing some more.) (This song was prepared the year before last year when I came here for the retreat. I even recorded the accompaniment tape. In the end, I could not come. This year, I have recorded the accompaniment. That evening, during the first screening, I don’t know which… the sister in the screening team, she lost my accompaniment tape. Then I also could not sing. So, this evening, I didn’t expect that the brother would mention it. Thank You, Master. I’m very happy.) You have been singing so loud the whole evening. Can people not hear you already? OK. Thank you. (Thank You, Master.) Your voice is beautiful. (There’s more. More. More.) You don’t need too much of a good thing. (OK.) People treasure the diamond because it is rare.
OK. Is everyone happy? Happy? Alright. You have eaten, you have bought the tents, and enjoyed the songs. OK, guys. What else should I do? (Just be here.) What? I just sit here and then I’m afraid I’ll sit too long that somebody will drop some “bombs” and we will have trouble. I’m really afraid of that. So, better go when you are successful and happy. You guys are not too many. That’s cool. Not bad. Anything you want to tell me? (Yes.) Don’t sing anymore. If you continue singing, I’ll have to sleep here. I was supposed to have left already. By staying one more day there is already interest. I normally should have gone already. See. So this is a bonus. Don’t complain. (Thank You, Master.) (Thank You.) (Goodbye, Master.) (Are You coming tomorrow?) I’m not sure. I’m never sure of tomorrow. (One day at a time.) One day at a time.
You guys can have some (vegan) candies. No problem. Here. No, no, no. (It’s raining.) You don’t have? No? No? (Thank You.) Share. Here. Some there. Oh, I guess you guys... [It’s] very easy to make you guys happy. (Candies!) Just throw candy. (Master.) Come, come, come. One for each person. One for each. One for each, for those who have not had it. Those Chinese in the front. (Sister.) One for each. (Bye.) (Thank You, Master.) (Thank You for coming.) You know what? I’d better open a supermarket. Not a school, not a hotel, not a meditation [Center], nothing – just a supermarket. Wholesale. Everybody comes there, just a package tour, ten dollars and take anything.
Have you two recovered from your cold? (Yes. Thank You.) Did you take the medicine I gave you? (Yes.) OK. (I have drunk it.) Have you recovered? Your birth sign is ox, you’re just being coy (wordplay with ‘ox’ in Chinese), it’s not really sickness. (It’s OK.) Sometimes I also had a sore throat and so I drank something, just like you. Everyone shares. Then it is gone. Everybody happy? (Yes, Master.) Have all the Chinese got a little bit? I might as well run a big market in the future, instead of setting up a meditation hall. In the big market there is everything. You can just come and buy it. OK now? I should have left. This is just extra. No complaints. Understand? You have also enjoyed the songs. Thank you. (Thank You, Master.) (Thank You, Master.) Hey, I tell you, God is also very good at organizing. If Hes let all Chinese initiates come, it would be too much. Then, when will the singing end? There are only 24 hours a day. If so many of you Chinese come, you will sing till you die, till you finish all the songs. Will you? Is everyone happy? OK.
(Master, I have a story.) Story? (Just two sentences.) Is it a good one? (Two sentences.) Is it a good story? (Good story.) OK. Come. Give it to her. Hurry up. Don’t dilly-dally. (Dear Master, sisters and brothers, I have an interesting story. Please, Master and sisters and brothers, do not worry about us. We are practicing very well. According to…) That we know. (We are practicing according to Master’s Teachings, according to Master’s guidance. And we obey the law of the government, just practicing silently and well. One of our sisters experienced an interesting story. She is practicing well, I suppose. On her beeper appeared Master’s picture which popped up on its own. She meditated very well, and the picture was of Master wearing a sparkling yellow kimono. One day when she switched on her beeper, on the beeper there appeared Master’s picture. She was very surprised.) (She was very surprised. Then the sister…)
Beeper! Beeper, OK. (On the beeper there appeared naturally… After meditation, she saw Master’s picture. Master was wearing a yellow kimono which was sparkling. Very surprised! She didn’t know what was happening. Every morning when she meditated very well, the Light was very strong. And now she is running a business which is going very well. This is due to Master’s Great Power. In the course of her doing the business, Master showed up everywhere to protect her. It is very interesting.) Interesting. Very interesting. (Finished. That’s it. Thank You.) Especially the part about business. It is not just interesting, but also profitable. I am leaving. (Goodbye, Master.)
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