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           Report 
          from Japan    Vegetarian 
        Food 
        Sampling 
        at the New Funabashi Center
  
            [Tokyo] 
          The 
          Tokyo Center in Funabashi City is the long-awaited answer to a common 
          aspiration of Japanese fellow initiates. With a seating capacity of 
          about 100 people, the Center serves as a place for gro up meditation 
          and provides a venue for monthly activities such as the exhibition of 
          spiritual artworks, videotapes, audiotapes, and books. On October 25, 
          Tokyo initiates held a vegetarian food sampling event at the Center 
          to celebrate Ching Hai Day. 
 
         
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              Various 
                vegetarian food preparing with love |  
         The 
          activity elicited an enthusiastic response from initiates in Tokyo, 
          Osaka, Nagoya, Shizuoka, Iwate, Niigata and Kobe, some of whom had to 
          travel long distances to attend. Many participants arrived at the Center 
          a night early, sharing news and enjoying more time for meditation. The 
          food sampling event coincided with the Center's monthly group meditation. 
          Fellow initiates cherished this precious moment to communicate with 
          the inner Master and meditate diligently. A small room was reserved 
          for would-be initiates to enjoy God's blessings with us. 
 
  As 
          guests arrived, the sampling party formally commenced. Fellow practitioners 
          presented their artistically styled and exquisitely and lovingly prepared 
          vegetarian delicacies and fruit. Fellow practitioners from Gunma were 
          unable to participate in the event and sent a package of renowned "angel's 
          pastries." Both guests and initiates sampled the delicious treats, 
          their hearts filled with the immeasurable warmth of the Quan Yin family 
          as they immersed themselves in heavenly bliss and Master's infinite 
          blessings on this memorable Ching Hai Day. 
  
    
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