By
the Formosa Lecture Tour Working Team
At
the very beginning of our work in Budapest to promote Master's lecture,
we only distributed flyers in Hungarian, which none of us understood.
Once, a group of young people walked over to us excitedly after they
had read the flyers, pointed to the first line on the flyer, and then
pointed to the sky and the ground. I was totally at a loss to interpret
their "Zen language." So I pointed to the time and location
of Master's lecture as a response, and they left happily. After I returned
to our residential area and looked at the Chinese version of the flyers,
I realized that the first line meant "Heaven Is Here And Now."
Given the war situation in nearby Kosovo at the time, Master's words
were filled with power and hope for the local people. No wonder they
were so happy!
Sometimes, Master's power
would send non-disciples to help us with our work. For example, one
day we met a lady when we were distributing flyers who happily told
us that her son was also a disciple! She then asked us where we were
from, when we had arrived, and so on. After we answered her questions,
she excitedly said that her son was the one who had picked us up at
the airport. Then she led us to a supermarket where big crowds of people
were gathered. Following her, we saw her walk with a grocery basket
in her hand. What a sweet mother! There was also a very young girl who
came over to help us. She first distributed flyers and then sample booklets!
One gentleman took a sample
booklet from his pocket, and told us that he had read Master's books
two years earlier and had been waiting for Master ever since. On this
occasion, he had driven two hundred kilometers in order to go to the
lecture and receive initiation. In addition, his wife and child applied
to learn the Convenient Method. Another gentleman who had learned the
Convenient Method in Bulgaria came to Hungary to receive initiation.
The Hungarian people were
very sweet and friendly. Whether they took a flyer or not, they would
always say "koszonom," which means thank you in Hungarian.
If disciples down the street wanted to give flyers to people who had
already received one, the people would take their flyers out of their
pockets and tell us that they already had one. Some people had full
hands, but when they saw the flyers, they would ask us to put them into
their bags. There was one really sweet gentleman, who, when we wanted
to give him a flyer, asked unbelievingly and with excitement, "Is
that for me?" When we answered, "Yes"! He kissed the
face of one of our disciples on the street to express his gratitude.
Finally, the day of Master's
lecture came, and many people were wandering around in front of the
venue before the starting time. As soon as the door was opened, people
rushed in. Fortunately, we had prepared numerous sample booklets and
magazines at the door, because many people were very eager to receive
the beautiful magazines, and some collected different ones for the pictures
of Master inside, and on the covers. Before the lecture, many people
already wanted to register for initiation and the Convenient Method.
Some people even brought pictures for initiation with them, so we could
tell how eager they were.
We were extremely busy after
Master's lecture, as people crowded the registration area to register
for both initiation and the Convenient Method. And those standing behind
in the registration lines raised both hands very high to ask for registration
forms. As soon as they had filled out the forms, they would rush to
our desk for interviews, with longing and eagerness on their faces.
When we asked them whether they would be able to keep the precepts,
they all nodded with assurance.
After the lecture, we all
continued working till late into the night. And then, suddenly, Master
appeared. What a happy surprise! We all surrounded Her, and She touched
our heads and hands with great love! Some disciples said to Her: "Master,
You've worked hard!" And Master replied: "We work together;
we all worked hard!" Then She added: "We succeeded! We are
OK this time!" Her words were instantly followed by thunderous
applause, as we all felt touched and full of peace.
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