Alright. Oh, pass over the fruit. Anybody who doesn’t have the packet of fruit, raise your hand. Whoever doesn’t have a food basket, raise your hand. (Didn’t. They had all…) They have? Ask them, ask them. They may not know what I… I try. Wow. This? (They have already.) They have packets? (Yes.) You’re so strong, you’re still not satisfied... (I want some [vegan] soup...) You want some (vegan) soup? (Yes, they got [vegan] stew outside. I’m going to get some.) Oh, we have (vegan) stew outside? (Yes.) OK. Let’s go and eat, alright? (OK.) Food. What’s this here? (Please give me one.) (Can throw it out.) No, I can’t throw it out. I’ll throw it in my… The Aulacese (Vietnamese), the Chinese ate and grew up with it, so don’t worry. Here you go, honey. It’s kind of sweet. They are serving (vegan) soup outside. After I leave, you can feed yourselves. Oh, I will have trouble now. I told you I’d give to the Westerners only. You’re American born, right? Here, take one. Special. Come over. Pass it to him, OK? Here, here. Here try, you try. Yeah, a little bit. For the Westerners.
So now we probably go, to leave. Tomorrow group meditation [is at] what time? (9 o’clock [AM].) (Tomorrow at 9; 9 to 11:30 [AM], Master.) Everybody like that time? (Yes.) That hour? (Yes.) OK, I’ll be there. And then afterward, [in the] evening, (We’ll invite Master to go to Quan Yin restaurant to...) party. (...party. Yes.) (Yes.) Wow, first time I’m invited! Wow, I feel excited! (We have to show…,) So what kind of dress? (Anything, Master.) Jeans, OK. (Jeans.) Casual wear, right? Not special dinner. (Special.) Casual, huh? Tomorrow, what time? (We start from 1 or 2 [PM]. Two, right? Two or three.) Two in the afternoon? (Yes, at 2 [PM].) (After meditation.) After meditation, we go to Quan Yin (restaurant) to eat? (Yes. Right.) And everybody pays for me? (Yes.) Wow. I pay for all? No. I don’t go. (Everything is for You, Master.) OK, never mind. So that’s it. (Yes.) So, if the people don’t meditate, you still give them food? They still can go to eat? (I think.) What is that? Tomorrow, I mean. After group meditation, you can go to Quan Yin restaurant and eat.
There are some more here. (Everybody can share.) Some more here, don’t worry. Here. You can share. Whoever likes, it’s special. Behind, if you want. OK, that’s it. For now, can I leave or not yet? (No.) (Dinner for Master.) Dinner for me? No, I’m not hungry. Can I have a glass of water, please? Now you can be free. Liberate yourselves to the (vegan) soup outside. (Vegan) soup is outside, you are free to take some, please. After all these sweets, it’s too much for you. But you have to take some water or some salty thing. Otherwise, too sweet, no good. It’s not good for the stomach. (Master, we cooked dinner for everybody.) Cooked dinner for everybody? (Yes.) Then how come five dollars, each one? (Oh, he talks about the picture.) Oh. I thought dinner’s five dollars, so cheap. (No.) Fifty dollars for one person, for one bowl of (vegan) soup. Joking. (You want to see some good pictures like that?) Where are they from? Oh, I never saw this picture before. (Now they’re blessed.) Do we have this kind of picture? (Yes.) Really? (Yes.)
(Master, can You give everybody popcorn, Master?) Again? Why? (I don’t…) OK. (Oh yeah, the initiates didn’t get their popcorn.) But I’ll wash my hands first. You made them yourself? (What, these pictures?) Yeah. (No, no, no. They’re selling them over there.) Oh. Why do you buy so many? What for? You have too many at home already. (I know, I know. I like giving them away. Somebody I know.) Well, you can go and have (vegan) soup, honey. Take turns to take (vegan) soup or water. I don’t know where they are, so please help yourself. Where can they find water? The new initiates, they don’t know. (It’s right there.) Oh, there it is. If you don’t know, please ask the old ones, because I also don’t know. I’ll just wash my hands so I can touch the blessed food for people and don’t make it dirty, that’s all.
Now popcorn, come. Popcorn, open. Open, open. Help me to open. (OK.) So, whoever needs the popcorn, then come up to take it. And after you take it, please go out and let other people come in. Otherwise, we’ll be crammed together. Now, anyone who wants popcorn, come here. One by one, we have plenty. Don’t worry. Here. (Thank You.) OK. This popcorn, you know, you don’t give to other people. Only for you. The new-initiate people come first. Yes, yes, come first. (Thank You, Master.) You are welcome. Let the new initiated people come first, please. Yeah, new, come. The ones who never had, come first. (New initiate?) Here, here, here. He is a kid. Let him take it first. (Those who just received the initiation, come in quickly.) Whoever just received [initiation], come over here. Everybody, take it themselves. No need, no need to kneel. Just sit down to stay comfortable, no need to kneel. It’s OK, just be quick, that’s all. No, tell her to come and get it herself. Better that they get it themselves. Once you’re done, go outside. Let others come in. Just for yourself, don’t give it to anyone else, OK? That one is not to be given to anyone else. (Yes.) (Got the [vegan] snacks already.) Candy and snacks you can share, but this one you can’t, alright? (Yes.)
My sister, look at that. Hey, you protect my sister. She’s too small, take her out. Nobody knows who she is. Take her out for a bit. She’s tiny, and she gets pushed around when walking. My cousin, my cousin. Nobody knows who’s who here, terrible. I know, but of course they feel bad. Everybody feels bad, even he feels bad. He is crying because I don’t take care of him. (That’s right, You never do.) Oh, yes, yes, yes. Everybody knows. (See how long it took You to get here?) Ah, yeah, yeah. Everybody wants me and I can never have enough time. (Master, he needs one.) Here. Thank you.
Photo Caption: The Spring in the Heart Matches the Spring in the Surrounding
