Report from East Africa

Blessed Are
the Sincere Aspirants!

 

[Uganda] When and how someone left a copy of Master's English sample booklet in Uganda is a mystery. Ten years passed, and the booklet remained cherished by a sincere Truth-aspirant. He persistently wrote to the contact addresses listed in the booklet, hoping someone would tell him how he could reach the path to enlightenment called the Quan Yin Method. When our Headquarters learned that a South African fellow initiate was going to begin working in Uganda, it immediately asked him to look up this sincere person who had repeatedly requested initiation.

The dream of this Truth-aspirant materialized when a Quan Yin messenger visited Uganda to initiate him into Master's supreme method of liberation. The messenger came with many other spiritual gifts - Master's sample booklets and News magazines, to be shared with other people blessed with the affinity.

The South African fellow initiate working in Uganda earnestly guided many Truth-seekers in their practice of the Convenient Method. Every Sunday, the would-be initiates squeeze into a crude and roofless mud hut to meditate together. They have very limited access to Master's teachings - only the News magazines, a few videotapes, and two copies of "The Key of Immediate Enlightenment." But they have great faith and intense longing for enlightenment and liberation.

When the Quan Yin messenger re-visited Uganda just before Christmas, he was amazed to find that most would-be initiates awaiting initiation in the area had observed a vegetarian diet for more than twenty years, some of them from the time of conception. They confided that it was the Ugandan ethnic custom to be vegetarian. Except for the modern generation that has begun to eat meat, the majority of the people continue to preserve their traditional diet, with bananas as their staple food.

Although the new Ugandan fellow practitioners have yet to meet Master, they are permeated by bliss all the same. When the Quan Yin messenger distributed the latest issue of the News magazine, some held it close, repeating softly: "Master! Master!" They looked very innocent and lovely, as though they were passionately calling their lover. At the time of departure, the Quan Yin messenger gave a sister initiate one of Master's brooches as a souvenir; the latter bowed reverently and accepted the brooch with both hands. Blessed are all sincere aspirants; Master's intangible love and blessings for them are expressed in their eyes and speech.

Fellow practitioners from Johannesburg, South Africa provide funds for Ugandan initiates to build a roof for their group meditation center and buy a television set for watching Master's videotapes.

Lying adjacent to the beautiful Lake Victoria, Uganda is gifted with a wonderful landscape. Although her people do not enjoy a wealthy lifestyle, they do have an adequate food supply. Thanks to the country's good climate, bananas, corn, and sugar cane grow in abundance. God loves Uganda, though, like other African countries, she faces the severe threat of AIDS. But then, infectious diseases are the mutual karma of humankind. When more people come to know Master's teachings, realize the importance of vegetarianism and spiritual practice, and adopt the five precepts as their fundamental lifestyle, our world will definitely become better and better.