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(In the cup of tea which the brothers and sisters are drinking or will be drinking tonight, it’s a pretty chilly night, but we have a warm cup of tea such as this. It is very precious. My brothers and sisters, do you know what is special about it? Tonight, Master brought us two jars of tea, personally brewed by Master, and it was poured into the cups of fellow practitioners. We sincerely thank Master.) Aha! (Tastes so good!) It’s called “Heavenly Vegewine.” Thiên Hương (Heavenly Aroma), Thiên Hương wine, without alcohol. […]
The king summoned the old lady and asked, “Why is it that you pray for me every day to live long, while everyone else prays for me to die quickly?” […] She said, “Because when I was young, this country had a terrible, bad king, who caused the citizens extreme suffering. Therefore, at that time, I prayed for the country to be liberated from this terrible king, and that king died immediately. Whenever I prayed, it brought results. Then the king was immediately assassinated, and another king succeeded him. But this king was even more cruel than the one who just died. So I prayed for that king to die early, and he did. And now yet another king succeeded him, but even more cruel than the previous king. So now, I am afraid that if Your Majesty dies, then the next one will be worse than you. Therefore, I pray to God, to Buddha that your time be extended as long as possible.” […] This story is like a funny story, but in fact, it also carries deeper meaning. It means that sometimes we can’t escape fate, “there’s no running from fate.” […] It’s because of the collective karma of the citizens, so we can’t blame anyone. But [the karma] will go away gradually. We practice spiritually, then it will be minimized. […]
